Reliable Books about China

I have recently been reading The Wall Street Journal, a newspaper that I thought was just about business. I was surprised to find interesting articles about books, popular culture, consumer electronics, and health. One recent short article that I enjoyed was a list of reliable books about China compiled by Oliver August, the Beijing bureau chief of Times of London. You too can easily read the newspaper by accessing the Factiva database from home. On Factiva’s homepage, click “News Pages”, and The Wall Street Journal is the third choice.

Fiction

The Bridegroom by Ha Jin
Please Don't Call Me Human by Wang Shuo

Nonfiction
Hermit of Peking; the Hidden Life of Sire Edmund Backhouse by Hugh Trevor Roper
God's Chinese Son; the Aaiping Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan by Jonathan Spence
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze

by Peter Hessler