China Report Recommends
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
by:
Iris Chang
4.24 avg rating — 50,743 ratings 
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God is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China
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3.99 avg rating — 673 ratings 5. 
Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, And Language
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Deborah Fallows
3.63 avg rating — 2,186 ratings 
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Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present
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Peter Hessler
4.22 avg rating — 7,536 ratings 8. 
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
by:
Leslie T. Chang
3.93 avg rating — 9,485 ratings 9. 
The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present
by:
John Pomfret
4.30 avg rating — 541 ratings 10. 
Home is a Roof Over a Pig: An American Family's Journey in China
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Aminta Arrington
3.98 avg rating — 403 ratings 11. 
Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China
by:
Kay Ann Johnson
4.16 avg rating — 253 ratings 12. 
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
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Paul French
3.86 avg rating — 7,295 ratings 13. 
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Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
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Peter Hessler
4.26 avg rating — 8,012 ratings 
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Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and China Before and After
by:
Anna Wang Yuan
3.96 avg rating — 91 ratings 21. 
Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy
by:
Bill Gertz
3.96 avg rating — 222 ratings 25. 
China's Vanishing Worlds: Countryside, Traditions, and Cultural Spaces
by:
Matthias Messmer
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings 
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Eighth Moon: The True Story of a Young Girl's Life in Communist China
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Bette Bao Lord
3.97 avg rating — 217 ratings 28. 
Chinas One Child Policy: The Governments Massive Crime Against Women And Unborn Babies 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between America and the World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 70 ratings
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China's One-Child Policy and Multiple Caregiving: Raising Little Suns in Xiamen
by:
Esther C.L. Goh
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 30. 
China's Hidden Children: Abandonment, Adoption, and the Human Costs of the One-Child Policy
by:
Kay Ann Johnson
3.85 avg rating — 201 ratings 30. 
Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
by:
Amelia Pang
4.35 avg rating — 2,144 ratings 33. 
China's "One Child": Policy, Population, Pollution, Protest it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
by:
Paul Midler
4.09 avg rating — 2,415 ratings 
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Dragon Ride: True Stories of Adventure, Miracles, and Evangelism from China
by:
Grace Jacob
4.54 avg rating — 258 ratings 38. 
Only Hope: Coming of Age Under China s One-Child Policy
by:
Vanessa L. Fong
4.08 avg rating — 84 ratings 38. 
The Chief Witness: escape from China’s modern-day concentration camps 4.55 avg rating — 883 ratings
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A Mother's Ordeal: One Woman's Fight Against China's One-Child Policy
by:
Steven W. Mosher
4.33 avg rating — 391 ratings 40. 
Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans
by:
Peter Schweizer
4.37 avg rating — 1,146 ratings 
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Different Racisms: On Stereotypes, the Individual, and Asian American Masculinity
by:
Matthew Salesses
4.22 avg rating — 58 ratings 44. 
Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking
by:
Fuchsia Dunlop
4.31 avg rating — 1,449 ratings 45. 
In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China
by:
Michael Meyer
4.04 avg rating — 550 ratings 46. 
Enkhtubushin's Daughter:An East Tumet Girl's Journey From Inner Mongolia to America
by:
Tai Yu Tse
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 47. 
Frederick: The Life of My Missionary Grandfather in Manchuria
by:
Mark O'Neill
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
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A Heart for Freedom: The Remarkable Journey of a Young Dissident, Her Daring Escape, and Her Quest to Free China's Daughters
by:
Chai Ling
3.80 avg rating — 1,081 ratings 50. 
How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit? True Stories of Expat Women in Asia
by:
Shannon Young
4.21 avg rating — 76 ratings 
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Eating Bitterness: Stories from the Front Lines of China's Great Urban Migration 4.15 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Becoming a Star in Beijing
by:
Alan Paul
3.71 avg rating — 539 ratings 
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Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia
by:
Jeffrey Alford
4.15 avg rating — 1,879 ratings 
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The Binding Chair or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society
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Kathryn Harrison
3.47 avg rating — 2,078 ratings 
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American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
by:
Matthew Polly
4.03 avg rating — 3,202 ratings 
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China Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood
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Jeff Gammage
3.87 avg rating — 449 ratings 75. 
Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage
by:
Kay Bratt
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,153 ratings 76. 
Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption
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Scott Simon
3.75 avg rating — 746 ratings 
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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
by:
Xinran
4.12 avg rating — 3,080 ratings 
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The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers
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Richard McGregor
4.01 avg rating — 3,203 ratings 
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Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China
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Fuchsia Dunlop
4.11 avg rating — 4,393 ratings 86. 
Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China
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John Pomfret
4.04 avg rating — 1,461 ratings 
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Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China
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James M. Fallows
3.89 avg rating — 742 ratings 
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China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
by:
Rob Gifford
4.04 avg rating — 3,974 ratings 92. 
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
by:
Simon Winchester
3.84 avg rating — 4,777 ratings 
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Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion
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Michael Levy
3.85 avg rating — 1,248 ratings 
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The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up
by:
Liao Yiwu
4.22 avg rating — 3,055 ratings 99. 
Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China
by:
Jen Lin-Liu
3.88 avg rating — 1,070 ratings 100. 
The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed
by:
Michael Meyer
3.96 avg rating — 1,203 ratings