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Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War by Stephen R. Platt

On February 7, 2012, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China.

Ghost Hero: A Lydia Chin/Bill Smith Novel by S. J. Rozan

On December 11, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Wilfried F. Voss

American-Born Chinese PI Lydia Chin is called in on what appears to be a simple case. Jeff Dunbar, art world insider, wants her to track down a rumor. Contemporary Chinese painting is sizzling hot on the art scene and no one is hotter than Chau Chun, known as the Ghost Hero.

The Emperor’s Tomb: A Novel by Steve Berry

On September 8, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Wilfried F. Voss

Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone has received an anonymous note carrying an unfamiliar Web address. Logging on, he’s shocked to see Cassiopeia Vitt, a woman who’s saved his life more than once, being tortured at the hands of a mysterious man who has a single demand: Bring me the artifact she’s asked you to keep safe.

Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China by David Wise

On August 6, 2011, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

For decades, while America obsessed over Soviet spies, China quietly penetrated the highest levels of government. Now, for the first time, based on numerous interviews with key insiders at the FBI and CIA as well as with Chinese agents and people close to them, David Wise tells the full story of China’s many victories and defeats in its American spy wars.

Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the Capital City of the Future by Tom Scocca

On August 5, 2011, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Travel, by Wilfried F. Voss

Within the past decade, Beijing has debuted as the defining city of the now and foreseeable future, and China as the ascendant global power. Beijing is the ultimate representation of China’s political and cultural capital, of its might-and threat. For so long, the city was closed off to the world, literally built around the Forbidden City, the icon of all that was ominous about China.

Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China by David Wise

On June 25, 2011, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Wise (Spy) leads readers into the “the wilderness of mirrors that is counterintelligence” for this history of Chinese espionage against the U.S. He reveals how Chinese intelligence has used ethnic Chinese in the U.S. to penetrate American counterintelligence and steal American nuclear weapons data.

Pearl Buck in China: Journey to The Good Earth by Hilary Spurling

On June 24, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Pearl S. Buck’s 1931 blockbuster The Good Earth earned her a Pulitzer Prize and, eventually, the first Nobel Prize for Literature ever awarded to an American woman. These days, however, it’s her life story rather than her novels (which are now barely read in the West or in China) that fascinate readers. In making the case for reappraising Buck’s fiction and her life, award-winning biographer Hilary Spurling transforms Buck from a dreary “lady author” into a female warrior.

Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara Hvistendahl

On June 16, 2011, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Historically, eras in which there have been an excess of men have produced periods of violent conflict and instability. Mara Hvistendahl has written a stunning, impeccably-researched book that does not flinch from examining not only the consequences of the misbegotten policies of sex selection but Western complicity with them.

A New Marketing Strategy: Chinese Seduction

On May 31, 2011, in Marketing, by Wilfried F. Voss

If you are in the business of… well, it doesn’t matter what business you run… you will eventually receive e-mails from Chinese companies offering their service. My business has absolutely no connection to, for instance, plastic molding, but it appears that our business e-mail is being distributed successfully.

Dreams of Joy: A Novel by Lisa See

On May 15, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

In her beloved New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and, most recently, Shanghai Girls, Lisa See has brilliantly illuminated the potent bonds of mother love, romantic love, and love of country. Now, in her most powerful novel yet, she returns to these timeless themes, continuing the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy.