Thanks to everyone for the excellent recommendations! We appreciate it.
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To prep for our China trip in Dec (Chengdu & Shanghai), @sentientist is learning Mandarin with @duolingo. But we also want some good documentaries to watch and history books to read. Any recommendations?
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Amazing. Learning an entire language and delving into the history of a region to prepare for a trip. This is how to live!
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@Scholars_Stage has an excellent list of suggestions available here: http://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2018/12/what-to-read-to-get-into-chinese-history.html?m=1 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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If you want to know the real China history, read “Mao the Untold Story” by Jung Chang and Out of the Gobi by Weijian Shan. Cc:
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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074YK9NHS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_pu9TCbQ4C333Y …
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Read anything by Peter Hessler, especially his China Trilogy. 1) River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, 2) Oracle Bones: A Journey between China's Past and Present, 3)Country Driving: A Journey through China from Farm to Factory. Country Driving is especially good.
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Read the Tao Te Ching. And in Shanghai, go to YuXin Sichuan Dish.
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read the private life of chairman mao, by his personal doc, li zhishui
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