No comments about Their Hidden Agenda: The Story of a Chinese-American FBI Agent.

1 comments about The Last Confucian: Liang Shu-ming and the Chinese Dilemma of Modernity (Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley).

1. Interesting book of a man who attempted to build a socialist Chinese state instead of a despotic one. Caught in the middle of warlords and would-be emperors, however, his project never really had a chance of success, but serves as a sad illustration of what could have been.
   
   Also, Guy Alitto, the author, looks like some kind of cross between the Pringles guy and the Monopoly guy.

No comments about Footprints in the Snow: The Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk.

No comments about Chinese for Christ: Futher missionary advance in the Far East.

1 comments about Anna Chennault: Informal Diplomacy and Asian Relations (Biographies in American Foreign Policy, No. 8).

1. Anna Chennault played a role in the post World War II Republican party. As the society widow of a war hero, she played the party host for up and coming Republicans in Washington D.C.'s society. She influenced Republican strategy to the Asia and especially the ROC and PRC. This hard line approach dictated policy which resulted in the cold war in Asia.
   Even though China was Communist, her views influenced how the U.S. dealt in this crucial area of the Cold War. I am not sure this is a good thing, since Anna was from a prominent Peking family oppossed to the Communists.
   
   One thing this book explains is the October surprise that Anna influenced. The RSV was against any peace overtures to DRVN, and so Anna's influence may have killed an earlier deal in Vietnam, and got RN elected President. This chapter makes it clear on what actually happened and does show RN influenced American policy before the 1968 election.
   
   This book is a thesis for the author's PhD. Even though I don't like reading a thesis, this book explains well Anna's influence in the American political system. I think it explains well the subject's influence on American policy-right or wrong.

1 comments about The Chinese.

1. John Fraser's book is an easily accesibly, non-scholarly overview of the terrible events that occurred during China's arguably darkest period in it's 3,000 years of history. He avoids the objective by-stander point of view and is able to draw the reader to the story and the Chinese people. Simply must-read for anyone interested in understanding China.

No comments about Religion and Biography in China and Tibet.

No comments about American Paper Son: A CHINESE IMMIGRANT IN THE MIDWEST (Asian American Experience).

3 comments about Reflections of Seattle's Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years.

1. I thought the book was great because I learned a lot about the struggles that the older generation went through. It opened my eyes to a history that I never knew before. The stories were well written and I enjoyed the photos and historical essay. I highly recommend this book.



2. A must-read, must-have for anyone interested in effective presentation of oral histories. Awesome for library research and as a personal coffee table book. I couldn't put it down.



3. Very moving, intimate personal portraits of the lives of 71 Chinese Americans who talk about the very harsh era before World War II, when discrimination and poverty were prevalent. A few of the photo portraits and stories are memorable, quite touching. Immensely readable throughout.

1 comments about Paint the Yellow Tiger.

1. This is a great book for an art lover to read. It is not only because the author Mr. Dong has a tremendus reputation in the watercolor world but also his beautiful art works with familiar city scenes. Reading this book makes you feel that you have been traveling with this great artist as a long time friend, bringing you into his life. from a young boy who like to paint the Yellow Tiger until he becomes a famous artist. Whether this book serve as an autobiography or a story book, the author put most of his art skills and philosophy into it. Such as, all his human figures are facing the same direction and think the same things, He always seems to put the oriental Yin-Yan rule into his painting. I also enjoy his soft color, the balance of shape and light and the composition for which he has become so famous.