China Resources

BOOKS:

 

River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, by Peter Hessler

 

Wild Swans, by Jung Chang

 

Dream of a Red Chamber, by Cao Xueqin

 

The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan

 

1421: The Year China Discovered The World, by Gavin Menzies

 

Riding the Iron Rooster, by Paul Theroux

 

Life and Death in Shanghai, by Nien Cheng
 
Books by Trip leader Chungliang “Al” Huang :
 
Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain,The Essence of Tai Ji
 
The Chinese Book of Animal Powers
 
Essential Tai Ji
 
Find more books at the Longitude Reading China Page

 

MOVIES:

 

To Live. After a gambler loses his money, he loses his family and property and is forced to start a shadow puppet troupe, set during the Chinese Civil War. 1994

 

Raise the Red Lantern. The story of a young woman who becomes a concubine of one of the wealthy men of the Warlord Era. 1999

 

Not One Less. In a poverty-stricken village, a teacher goes away for a month and leaves a barely literate teenage girl in his place. 1999

 

ONLINE:

 

The Cost of the Cultural Revolution, The New Yorker

 

If you find other books or articles as you prepare for your trip that you would recommend, please let us know!

 

Happy reading!