Behind the Bamboo Curtain
Behind the Bamboo Curtain

Author: Priscilla Mary Roberts

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9780804755023

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Based on new archival research in many countries, this volume broadens the context of the U.S. intervention in Vietnam. Its primary focus is on relations between China and Vietnam in the mid-twentieth century; but the book also deals with China's relations with Cambodia, U.S. dealings with both China and Vietnam, French attitudes toward Vietnam and China, and Soviet views of Vietnam and China. Contributors from seven countries range from senior scholars and officials with decades of experience to young academics just finishing their dissertations. The general impact of this work is to internationalize the history of the Vietnam War, going well beyond the long-standing focus on the role of the United States.

Eight Months Behind the Bamboo Curtain
Eight Months Behind the Bamboo Curtain

Author: Chang Kuo-sin

Publisher: City University of HK Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9629372886

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This was the motto of Chang Kuo-sin, and the ideal which he inspired generations of students of communication to follow. He proved his own dedication to this when, in 1949, he found himself in Nanking, the former nationalist capital, under the rule of the newly victorious communists. For eight months he lived and attempted to work in the midst of these historical changes. He managed to smuggle his detailed notes out to share with the world at a time when almost no reports of the new regime were being published. To mark the centenary of his birth, Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Communication has republished this important work by one of its most distinguished professors.

Burmese Shadows
Burmese Shadows

Author: Thierry Falise

Publisher: McNidder and Grace

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780857160416

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Covering 25 years, 'Burmese Shadows' highlights the reality of living and fighting for survival for ordinary people in Burma. These harsh realities, however, are juxtaposed against the vibrant and rich traditions and cultures which combine to make the enigmatic country.

The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain

Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0143119079

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The lives of two different couples--wealthy Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, and Candido and America Rincon, a pair of Mexican illegals--suddenly collide, in a story that unfolds from the shifting viewpoints of the various characters.

Spies in the Himalayas
Spies in the Himalayas

Author: M. S. Kohli

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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Spies in the Himalayas chronicles for the first time the details of these expeditions sanctioned by U.S. and Indian intelligence, telling the story of clandestine climbs and hair-raising exploits. Led by legendary Indian mountaineer Mohan S. Kohli, conqueror of Everest, the mission was beset by hazardous climbs, weather delays, aborted attempts, and even missing radioactive materials that may or may not still pose contamination threat to Indian rivers.

No Dogs in China
No Dogs in China

Author: William Kinmond

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1957-12-15

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1487590873

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In 1949 the bamboo curtain clattered down over one-fifth of the people of the world. In one sudden twist of history, a vast community that had been militarily and politically allied with the West was transmuted into the ideological foe of everything the free world stands for. With the surprise intervention by Red China in Korea, a new alignment of world powers was confirmed and the bamboo curtain had been fastened down securely. If the people of China were inadequately known in the years before the Red Revolution, all free intercourse between East and West was now interrupted completely. Chinese life could be described only by released westerners who had viewed it through prison bars, or it had to be interpreted from the incredibly distorted releases of the communist propaganda bureaus. Suddenly, in 1956, China offered to open its doors to western reporters wishing to come and see what was really happening in their country. In the spring of 1957, William Kinmond, Staff Reporter for the Toronto Globe and Mail, entered Red China with assurances that he might travel where he wished and report what he liked—or disliked. This is his report on China at this moment in history.

Piercing the Bamboo Curtain
Piercing the Bamboo Curtain

Author: Ian Traill

Publisher: Traillblazer Bookshop

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 098070720X

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This book deals with the testimony of one man’s life, from his birth, through childhood, his many tribulations, and his calling to be a missionary in China. It also contains a brief historical background in the Appendix, so that you will understand what has made China what she is today. Most importantly, you will see how God moves in His own mysterious ways to bring about His will in the lives of men and nations. By Fred Corlett