Peter Fleming, The Siege at Peking
Larry Habegger & James O'Reilly, Travellers Tales: China
Ann Paludan, Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors
J.A.G. Roberts, A History of China
Mao Zedong, Quotations of Mao Tse-Tung aka The Little Red Book
Historical Accounts
Zhang Boli, Escape from China: the Long Journey from Tian'anmen to Freedom
Jenni Daiches (aka Jenni Calder), Letters from the Great Wall
Peter Hopkirk, Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
Julia Lovell, The Great Wall
Gavin Menzies, 1421, The Year China Discovered the World
Anchee Min, Empress Orchid
Yan Mo, Red Sorghum
Marco Polo, The Travels
Sun Shuyun, The Long March
Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China
Lu Xun, Diary of a Madman & other stories
Hong Kong & Macau
Austin Coates, Myself a Mandarin
Jonathan Dimbleby, The Last Governor
Richard Mason, The World of Suzie Wong
Paul Theroux, Kowloon Tong
Frank Welsh, A History of Hong Kong
Martial Arts
Kumar Frantzis, The Power of Internal Martial Arts
Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Erle Montaigue, Power Taiji
Bruce Thomas, Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit
Religion & Philosophy
Kenneth Ch'en, Buddhism in China
Confucius, The Analects
Martin Palmer, Travels Through Sacred China
Lao Zi, Tao Te Ching
Travel Literature
Raymond Barnett, Jade and Fire: a Novel of Emerging China
Polly Evans, Fried Eggs with Chopsticks
Peter Fleming, One's Company: a Journey to China in 1933
Polly Greeks, Embracing the Dragon: a Woman's Journey along the Great Wall of China
Peter Hessler, Oracle Bones: Journey between China & the West
Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
W. Somerset Maugham, On a Chinese Screen
Simon Myers, Adrift in China
Paul Theroux, Riding the Iron Rooster
Colin Thubron, Behind the Wall
Lulu Wang, The Lily Theater: a Novel of Modern China
Simon Winchester, The River at the Center of the World: a Journey up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time
Gao Xingjian, One Man's Bible
Glossary
Arhat Buddhist saint (luohan in Mandarin)
Cheongsam Traditional Chinese women's dress (qipao in Mandarin)
Dharma Buddhist path to enlightenment
Hutong Narrow alley
Laowai Foreigner (old outsider)
Luoha Chinese word for arhat
Mah Jong Traditional Chinese board game
Mandala Mystical geometric diagram representing the cosmos
Paifang Memorial arch
Pinyi Romanization of Chinese characters
Putonghua Mandarin Chinese (normal language)
Qili Mythical creature associated with good luck
Siheyua Courtyard house
Sinicized Made Chinese
Stele (stelae) Commemorative stone tablet
Tai Ji Style of Martial Art
Wushu Martial Arts
Acronyms
CAAC Civil Aviation Authority of China
CCP Chinese Communist Party
CITS China International Travel Service
CTS China Travel Service
KCR Kowloon-Canton Railway
KMT Kuomintang (Guomindang in pinyin) – Nationalist Party
MTR Mass Transit Railway (subway)
PLA People's Liberation Army
PRC People's Republic of China
PRD Pearl River Delta
PSB Public Security Bureau
RMB Ren Min Bi (People's Money)
ROC Republic of China (Taiwan)
SEZ Special Economic Zone
WHO World Health Organization