China Book Summaries

China's Great Wall of Debt Summary
China's Great Wall of Debt
Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
by Dinny McMahon 2018 288 pages
4.13
1.2K ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Asia's Cauldron Summary
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
by Robert D. Kaplan 2014 256 pages
3.95
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
China
China After Mao Summary
China After Mao
The Rise of a Superpower
by Frank Dikötter 2022 416 pages
3.91
848 ratings
China
History
Politics
Wireless Wars Summary
Wireless Wars
China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back
by Jonathan Pelson 2021 328 pages
4.15
274 ratings
Technology
China
Politics
The Importance of Living Summary
The Importance of Living
by Lin Yutang 1937 462 pages
4.06
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
China
Self Help
New Cold Wars Summary
New Cold Wars
China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
by David E. Sanger 2024 528 pages
4.34
1.6K ratings
Politics
History
China
Attention Factory Summary
Attention Factory
The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance
by Matthew Brennan 2020 304 pages
4.15
598 ratings
Business
Technology
China
China's Economy Summary
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Arthur R. Kroeber 2016 336 pages
4.26
1.1K ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Ghost Fleet Summary
Ghost Fleet
A Novel of the Next World War
by P.W. Singer 2015 404 pages
3.76
11.6K ratings
Military Fiction
Science Fiction
Thriller
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap Summary
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap
by Yuen Yuen Ang 2016 503 pages
4.32
317 ratings
China
Economics
History
American Shaolin Summary
American Shaolin
Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
by Matthew Polly 2007 384 pages
4.03
3.2K ratings
Memoir
Martial Arts
China
How to Be a Dictator Summary
How to Be a Dictator
The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
by Frank Dikötter 2019 304 pages
3.69
2.6K ratings
History
Politics
Psychology
The Longevity Plan Summary
The Longevity Plan
Seven Life-Transforming Lessons from Ancient China
by John D. Day 2017 304 pages
4.11
554 ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Alibaba's World Summary
Alibaba's World
How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business
by Porter Erisman 2015 256 pages
3.89
2.1K ratings
Business
China
Biography
Invisible Planets Summary
Invisible Planets
Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
by Ken Liu 2016 383 pages
4.04
5.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
China
The Secret Piano Summary
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
by Zhu Xiao-Mei 2007 311 pages
4.01
2.9K ratings
Memoir
China
Biography
Mao's America Summary
Mao's America
A Survivor’s Warning
by Xi Van Fleet 2023 320 pages
4.45
473 ratings
Politics
History
China
China's Gilded Age Summary
China's Gilded Age
The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
by Yuen Yuen Ang 2021 266 pages
4.19
275 ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Marco Polo Summary
Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
by Laurence Bergreen 2007 415 pages
3.85
3.1K ratings
History
Biography
Travel
Gladys Aylward Summary
Gladys Aylward
The Little Woman
by Gladys Aylward 1970 153 pages
4.40
4.7K ratings
Biography
Christian
China
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping Summary
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping
by Steve Tsang 2024 296 pages
4.09
115 ratings
China
Politics
History
Journey of a Thousand Miles Summary
Journey of a Thousand Miles
My Story
by Lang Lang 2008 239 pages
4.03
897 ratings
Music
Biography
Autobiography
Crouching Tiger Summary
Crouching Tiger
What China's Militarism Means for the World
by Peter Navarro 2015 336 pages
4.05
215 ratings
China
Politics
History
Orphan Bachelors Summary
Orphan Bachelors
by Fae Myenne Ng 2023 256 pages
3.89
206 ratings
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Biography
Waste Tide Summary
Waste Tide
by Chen Qiufan 2013 352 pages
3.32
2.8K ratings
Science Fiction
China
Dystopia
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Summary
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by Amy Chua 2011 237 pages
3.66
53.5K ratings
Parenting
Memoir
Book Club
The Rape of Nanking Summary
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
by Iris Chang 1997 290 pages
4.24
49.4K ratings
History
China
War
The Coming China Wars Summary
The Coming China Wars
Where They Will Be Fought And How They Can Be Won
by Peter Navarro 2006 263 pages
3.32
211 ratings
China
Politics
History
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
by Kishore Mahbubani 2018 112 pages
3.70
931 ratings
Politics
China
History
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? Summary
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?
Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World
by Yong Zhao 2014 272 pages
3.93
197 ratings
Education
China
Politics
Wealth and Power Summary
Wealth and Power
China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
by Orville Schell 2013 478 pages
4.24
1.1K ratings
China
History
Politics
The Third Revolution Summary
The Third Revolution
Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
by Elizabeth C. Economy 2018 359 pages
3.77
1.2K ratings
China
Politics
History
The Great Wall Summary
The Great Wall
China Against the World, 1000 BC - AD 2000
by Julia Lovell 1981 432 pages
3.47
326 ratings
History
China
Asia
Death of a Red Heroine Summary
Death of a Red Heroine
by Qiu Xiaolong 2000 482 pages
3.82
6.1K ratings
Mystery
China
Crime
Poorly Made in China Summary
Poorly Made in China
An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
by Paul Midler 2009 241 pages
4.09
2.4K ratings
China
Business
Economics
Four Battlegrounds Summary
Four Battlegrounds
Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by Paul Scharre 2023 496 pages
3.81
416 ratings
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Military Fiction
Dealing with China Summary
Dealing with China
An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower
by Henry M. Paulson Jr. 2014 688 pages
3.76
1.5K ratings
China
Economics
Politics
Made in China Summary
Made in China
A Memoir of Love and Labor
by Anna Qu 2021 224 pages
3.85
2.5K ratings
Memoir
China
Biography
A Bull in China Summary
A Bull in China
Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market
by Jim Rogers 2007 221 pages
3.51
386 ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
I Stand Corrected Summary
I Stand Corrected
How Teaching Western Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson
by Eden Collinsworth 2014 272 pages
3.20
186 ratings
Memoir
China
Biography
Junkyard Planet Summary
Junkyard Planet
Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
by Adam Minter 2013 304 pages
3.90
1.8K ratings
Environment
Business
Economics
Confucius from the Heart Summary
Confucius from the Heart
by Dan YU 2006 192 pages
3.76
655 ratings
Philosophy
China
Self Help
Lost on Planet China Summary
Lost on Planet China
by J. Maarten Troost 2008 382 pages
3.77
11.9K ratings
Travel
China
Humor
Dreaming in Chinese Summary
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, And Language
by Deborah Fallows 2010 208 pages
3.63
2.2K ratings
China
Language
Travel
Six Billion Shoppers Summary
Six Billion Shoppers
The Companies Winning the Global E-Commerce Boom
by Porter Erisman 2017 256 pages
4.09
391 ratings
Business
Economics
Technology
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk Summary
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
by Kelli Estes 2015 391 pages
4.10
33.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Redemption of Time Summary
The Redemption of Time
by Baoshu 2019 400 pages
3.63
10.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space
Red Capitalism Summary
Red Capitalism
The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise
by Carl E. Walter 2010 256 pages
3.85
453 ratings
China
Economics
History
The Perfect Police State Summary
The Perfect Police State
An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
by Geoffrey Cain 2021 304 pages
4.22
1.0K ratings
Politics
China
History
The Elephant and the Dragon Summary
The Elephant and the Dragon
The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us
by Robyn Meredith 2007 256 pages
3.74
1.4K ratings
China
Economics
Politics
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