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Somewhat unrelated but a while back I requested some sources from you, sources that informed your opinions of contemporary China. You asked me to remind you in a couple of days but I kinda flopped. Asking again now!
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ok yes. most of what I have found so far is modern history rather than contemporary books (these I trust somewhat less) in no particular order: Invisible Chinahttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1414445686259535877?s=19 …
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good modern history up to roughly Tiananmen; little bit dryhttps://smile.amazon.com/dp/0393934519/
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ive been writing a thread about the first book linked if you're curious before / instead of buying. its not a super information dense book, just taking in the thesis is probably enoughhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1414808857319145477?s=19 …
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been listening to this on and off, I didnt love the narrator choice but the material is great. a complete history of US-China relationshttps://smile.amazon.com/dp/0805092501/
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I was yelling about this book a while ago. full of stuff that leads one to yellhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1399144924105252864?s=19 …
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autumn in the heavenly kingdom covers the later part of the mid-19C Taiping Rebellion with an emphasis on Sino-Western relations. this book is wild. just insane stuff you would never otherwise learn abouthttps://smile.amazon.com/dp/0307472213/
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from the same author, Imperial Twilight, which is an excellent account of the first Opium War and more interestingly somehow of the Canton tradehttps://smile.amazon.com/dp/0345803027/
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thread on Imperial Twilight you specified "contemporary" so not sure exactly how much of use these will be, but I think it's good to get this historical context because I understand it very much shapes contemporary Chinese views of itself in the worldhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1337660490328109056?s=19 …
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ok that's most of what I've got :)
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