New books about China

Do you have plans to travel to China for business or pleasure? Are you going on the Chamber of Commerce trip this March? Whether you're planning a visit or just want to do some armchair traveling, Harrison Library has a great selection of new non-fiction books about China's history, culture, economy, and emergence as a global superpower. Come in and take a look!

China: people, place, culture, history/Alison Bailey, et al., 2007.

From Wall Street to the Great Wall: how investors can profit from China's booming economy/Burton G. Malkiel, 2008.

China A to Z: everything you need to know to understand Chinese customs and culture/May-Lee Chai, 2007.

The seventh daughter: my culinary journey from Beijing to San Francisco/Cecilia Chiang, 2007.

Shadow of the Silk Road/Colin Thubron, 2007.

Inside the red mansion: on the trail of China's most wanted man/Oliver August, 2007.

Doing business in China: how to profit in the world's fastest growing market/Ted Plafker, 2007.

The elephant and the dragon: the rise of India and China and what it means for all of us/Robyn Meredith, 2007.

China road: a journey into the future of a rising power/Rob Gifford, 2007.

The dragon and the foreign devils: China and the world, 1100 BC to the present/Harry G. Gelber, 2007.

China from the inside [videorecording]/PBS; Jonathan Lewis, 2006.