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Jonathan Fenby

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Jonathan Fenby, CBE, has been the editor of The Observer and the South China Morning Post. His books include Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the China He Lost; Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There and Where It Is Heading and The Penguin History of Modern China. He is currently China Director at the research service Trusted Sources. 

Books by Jonathan Fenby
The Siege of Tsingtao
Jonathan Fenby

In The Siege of Tsingtao, the first of the Penguin China Specials on the First World War, celebrated historian Jonathan Fenby examines the causes of the battle, the ulterior motives for it, and the path it helped set East Asia on for decades to come.

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The Penguin History of Modern China
Jonathan Fenby

The crucial book for understanding modern China, now updated to include the rule of Xi Jinping

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