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!