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CHINESE

CHINA

BOOKS  AND  MONOGRAPHS

China: Tradition and Transformation by John K. Fairbank and Edwin O. Reischauer

China’s Geography by Zheng Ping (published in Singapore)

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution, 1945–1957 by Frank Dikötter

China’s Leaders: From Mao to Now by David Shambuagh

Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958–1962 by Frank Dikötter

The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962–1976 by Frank Dikötter

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel

China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know, second edition, by Arthur R. Kroeber

“China,” Two Lucky People: Memoirs, pp. 516–558, by Milton and Rose D. Friedman

OVERSEAS  CHINESE

ELECTRONIC  MEDIA

“The Overseas Chinese,” Migrations and Cultures by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Audio CD)

“The Chinese Diaspora: No Escape,” The Economist, March 2, 2024, available via the ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) database (for the London edition)

“Brooklyn’s Chinese Pioneers,” City Journal, Spring 2014, by Kay S. Hymowitz

ESSAYS,  ARTICLES  AND  CHAPTERS

“The Overseas Chinese,” Migrations and Cultures, pp. 175–233, by Thomas Sowell

“Brooklyn’s Chinese Pioneers,” City Journal, Spring 2014, pp. 20–29, by Kay S. Hymowitz

“The Chinese Diaspora: No Escape,” The Economist, March 2, 2024, pp. 35–37

“Chinese,” Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, pp. 217–234, edited by Stephan Thernstrom, et al.

“Chinese,” The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins, second edition, pp. 197–225, edited by James Jupp

BOOKS  AND  MONOGRAPHS

The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas edited by Lynn Pan

From Third World to First: The Singapore Story, 1965–2000 by Lee Kuan Yew

The Chinese in Southeast Asia by Victor Purcell

The Chinese of America by Jack Chen

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