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    The Gate to China: A New History of the People’s Republic & Hong Kong

    by Michael Sheridan ...
    Narrated by Daniel York ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 21 min

    ‘Impressive … Fascinating’ Sunday Times‘An authoritative history’ Financial Times‘Gripping and richly researched’ Rana MitterA superb new history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule.The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule are told with unique insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on eyewitness rep... ... Read more

    $58.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Last Boat Out of Shanghai

    The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution

    by Helen Zia ...
    Narrated by Nancy Wu ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 13 min

    The dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist revolution. Shanghai has historically been China's jewel, its richest, most modern, and westernized city. The bustling metropolis was home to sophisticated intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and a thriving middle class when Mao's proletarian revolution emerged victorious ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Rape of Nanking

    The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

    by Iris Chang ...
    Narrated by Anna Fields ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 4 min

    In December 1937, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred in the capital of China. The Japanese army swept into Nanking and not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured, and murdered half of the city’s remaining population, some 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the account of this atrocity was denied by the ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

    Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

    by Jung Chang ...
    Narrated by Joanna David ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 32 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.The best-known modern Chinese fairy tale is the story of three sisters from Shanghai, who for most of the twentieth century were at the centre of power in China. It was sometimes said that 'One loved money, one loved power and one loved her country', but there was far more to the Soong sisters than these caricatures. As China battled through a hundred years of wars, ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Forgotten Ally

    China’s World War II, 1937–1945

    by Rana Mitter ...
    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 26 min

    Theepic, untold story of China’s devastating eight-year war of resistance againstJapanFor decades a major piece of World War IIhistory has gone virtually unwritten. The war began in China two full yearsbefore Hitler invaded Poland, and China eventually became the fourth greatally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. Yetits drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, ... Read more

    $33.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Battle of Sekigahara, The: The History and Legacy of the Battle that Unified Japan under the Tokugawa Shogunate

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Bill Hare ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 27 min

    On October 21, 1600, two massive Japanese armies, totaling an estimated 200,000 soldiers armed to the teeth with swords, yari (spears), arrows, muskets and cannons, faced off on a battlefield near the town of Sekigahara. A bitter fight to the death ensued, and the results would determine the course of Japanese history for the next 250 years.On the battlefield was the warlord Ieyasu Tokugawa, a man ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Emperor's Feast

    'A tasty portrait of a nation' –Sunday Telegraph

    by Jonathan Clements ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Clements ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 31 min

    The journey of Chinese food over 5,000 years of history - and the story it tells us about the land and its people.From the humble takeaway in the middle of a tiny English village to the embarrassment of riches offered in a big-city Chinatown, Chinese food is everywhere to be found. But the meals on offer merely scratch the surface of a rich and dizzyingly varied culinary tradition, spread across 5 ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Long Game

    China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order

    by Rush Doshi ...
    Narrated by Kyle Tait ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 13 min

    In The Long Game, Rush Doshi draws from a rich base of Chinese primary sources, including decades worth of party documents, leaked materials, memoirs by party leaders, and a careful analysis of China's conduct to provide a history of China's grand strategy since the end of the Cold War. Taking listeners behind the Party's closed doors, he uncovers Beijing's long, methodical game to displace ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    China’s Good War

    How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism

    by Rana Mitter ...
    Narrated by Dennis Kleinman ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 37 min

    Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation’s brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the “victory”—a key foundation of China’s rising nationalism.For most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization—and one that saw Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek fighting for the same ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Remembering Shanghai

    A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels

    by Isabel Sun Chao, Claire Chao ...
    Narrated by Isabel Sun Chao, Claire Chao, Rachel Yong ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 58 min

    Rubery Award BOOK OF THE YEARWriter’s Digest GRAND PRIZEAn Extraordinary Multigenerational SagaAudiobook narrated by two-time Asian American Film Lab best actress winner Rachel Yong and authors Isabel Sun Chao and Claire Chao“Jaw-dropping, touching, insightful.” Historic ShanghaiA high position bestowed by China's empress dowager grants power and wealth to the Sun family. Isabel lives a privileged ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows

    The story of two lives, one nation, and a century of art under tyranny

    by Ai Weiwei ...
    Narrated by David Shih ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 7 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.A FAMILY STORY AND THE TALE OF A NATION.Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - weaves a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own life and that of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet.Here, through the sweeping lens of his own and his father's life, Ai Weiwei tells an epic tale of China over the last 100 ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    On Guerrilla Warfare

    by Mao Tse-Tung ...
    Narrated by John Clickman ...

    Unabridged

    This work was written by Mao Tse-tung during the Japanese occupation of china. It is based on his experiences as a guerrilla fighter and has been an extremely influential manual to guerrilla fighters and those who oppose them ever since. It is widely read and is important reading for anyone interested in Chinese History, World War Two, Guerrilla or Unconventional Warfare. ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Maoism

    A Global History

    by Julia Lovell ...
    Narrated by Nancy Wu ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 43 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019FINALIST FOR THE 2019 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE NAYEF AL-RODHAN PRIZE FOR GLOBAL UNDERSTANDINGSHORTLISTED FOR DEUTSCHER PRIZE***'Revelatory and instructive… [a] beautifully written and accessible book’ The TimesFor... ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Dealing with China

    by Hank Paulson ...
    Narrated by Kevin Stillwell ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 23 min

    DEALING WITH CHINA takes the reader behind closed doors to witness the creation and evolution and future of China's state-controlled capitalism.Hank Paulson has dealt with China unlike any other foreigner. As head of Goldman Sachs, Paulson had a pivotal role in opening up China to private enterprise. Then, as Treasury secretary, he created the Strategic Economic Dialogue with what is now the world ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Rape of Nanking, The

    The History and Legacy of the Notorious Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Colin Fluxman ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 23 min

    Cloak and dagger espionage, assassination, dangerous adventure, and strange deceptions such as the Operation Mincemeat plan wherein the corpse of a Welsh pauper fitted with a uniform and false papers deceived the Nazi hierarchy about the location of the W ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Summary of David J. Silbey's The Boxer Rebellion and The Great Game In China

    by Everest Media ...
    Narrated by AI Marcus ...

    Abridged

    43 min

    Please note:This audiobook has been generated using AI Voice. This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The British empire was centered around the sun, as they bragged, and the sun always shone on some part of their imperium. But a revolt nearly a century after the American Revolution threatened British control of India. #2 The British were shocked by the ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    華麗大冒險-朱嘉雯品讀西遊記 第8輯

    by 朱嘉雯, 愛播聽書FM ...
    Narrated by 朱嘉雯 ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 40 min

    《西遊記》是中國四大奇書之一，師徒取經的歷程中，除了集神怪、神話、奇幻、冒險題材外，更蘊涵生命轉型的勇氣、自我與心魔的拉鋸戰、人才如何發揮。講者將原著《西遊記》一百章回膾炙人口的故事，分門別類，以說書人講故事的方式娓娓道來，並適時加入賞析，帶領聽眾遨遊經典的西遊世界。播講介紹：朱嘉雯國立中央大學中國文學博士，國立宜蘭大學人文暨科學教育中心副教授，精通紅樓夢等古典小說，當代文學，西洋女性小說。現任國立東華大學華語文中心主任；為漢聲廣播電台「文學大觀園」節目製作、主持；《人間福報》專欄主筆； 台灣紅樓夢學會會長；第52屆廣播金鐘獎得主，亦在各地讀書會講述經典文學。章節名稱：61 第九回(一) 張稍、李定漁樵問答之一62 第九回(二) 張稍、李定漁樵問答之二63 第九回(三) 張稍、李定漁樵問答之三64 第九回(四) 袁守誠神機妙算65 第九回(五) 老龍王拙計犯天條66 第九回(六) ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

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    The Path

    A New Way to Think About Everything

    by Professor Michael Puett, Christine Gross-Loh ...
    Narrated by Professor Michael Puett ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 12 min

    Penguin presents, the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Path by Professor Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh, read by Professor Michael Puett.Harvard's most popular professor explains how thinkers from Confucius to Zhuangzi can transform our livesThe first book of its kind, The Path draws on the work of the great but largely unknown Chinese philosophers to offer a profound ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    China and the World

    by David Shambaugh ...
    Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 21 min

    As the world evolves in increasingly unpredictable directions, one of the key determinants of the future global order will surely be the impact of China. No country and no society can escape China's reach-indeed many seek its embrace. China brings benefits to many-but it's also a problematic interlocutor for others. In China and the World, one of the world's leading China specialists David ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Battle of Red Cliffs, The: The History and Legacy of the Decisive Battle Fought Near the Start of Ancient China's Three Kingdoms Period

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Bill Hare ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 22 min

    At the forefront of the Three Kingdoms was one of ancient China’s most famous battles, fought in late 208 CE. An area of the Yangtze River located near modern Chibi City in the central Chinese province of Hubei was filled with ships as far as the eye could see. They were swift wooden vessels, built for speed and filled with hard faced men, arrows strung on their backs, ready to be released on the ... Read more

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    The Year 1000

    When Explorers Connected the World – and Globalization Began

    by Valerie Hansen ...
    Narrated by Cynthia Farrell ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 58 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows, it was the year 1000, when for the first time new trade routes linked the entire globe, so an object could in theory circumnavigate the world. This was the 'big bang' of globalization, which ushered in a new era of ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Stronger

    Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence

    by Ryan Hass ...
    Narrated by David Colacci ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 27 min

    An examination of the US-China relationship that charts a new path for America focusing on its existing advantages. Ryan Hass charts a path forward in America's relationship and rivalry with China rooted in the relative advantages America already possesses. Hass argues that while competition will remain the defining trait of the relationship, both countries will continue to be impacted-for good or ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How China Escaped Shock Therapy

    The Market Reform Debate

    by Isabella M. Weber ...
    Narrated by Susan Ericksen ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 12 min

    China has become deeply integrated into the world economy. Yet, gradual marketization has facilitated the country's rise without leading to its wholesale assimilation to global neoliberalism. This book uncovers the fierce contest about economic reforms that shaped China's path. In the first post-Mao decade, China's reformers were sharply divided. Should China destroy the core of the socialist ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    China and the Attack on Canton

    by Richard Cobden ...
    Narrated by Peter Quest ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 40 min

    After Chinese authorities seized the British vessel Arrow, the Brits responded by shelling the city of Canton. This action led to the Second Opium War. The issue was brought forth to British Parliament, and in this memorable speech Richard Cobden asked the men gathered, “what are the grounds of this devastation and warfare which are now being carried on in the Canton River?” The debate over this ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial