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This article reviews Tsuen-hsuin Tsien's "Paper and Printing," volume 5, part 1 of the "Science and Civilisation in China" series, which traces the history of paper and printing, and their precursors, in China from the Shang through the Qing dynasties. While the work is "not flawless," because it contains a number of unedited errors, it is nevertheless an "important" work for scholars. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR]

A review of the book "The Paper Road: Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet," by Erik Mueggler, is presented.

The article reviews the book "The Paper Road: Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet," by Erik Mueggler.

The article reviews the book "For Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors: The Chinese Tradition of Paper Offerings," by Janet Lee Scott.

A review of the book "Burning Money: The Material Spirit of the Chinese Lifeworld," by C. Fred Blake, is presented.

The article reviews the book "China in the Tokugawa World," by Marius B. Jansen.

The article reviews the book "China and the Transformation of Global Capitalism," edited by Ho-Fung Hung.

The article reviews the book "Collective Resistance in China: Why Popular Protests Succeed or Fail," by Yongshun Cai.

Reviews the book 'The Coming Collapse of China,' by Gordon Chang.

Reviews the book 'Making Chinese Papercuts,' by Corinne and Robert Borja.

The article reviews the book "Worries Nearby: Cultural Politics and the Future of China," by Wenming Tang.

The article reviews the book “Dilemmas of Victory: The Early Years of the People's Republic of China," edited by Jeremy Brown and Paul G. Pickowicz.

This article reviews the book "The China Environment Yearbook (2005): Crisis and Breakthrough of China's Environment," edited by Liang Congjie and Yang Dongping.

The article presents a review of the book "Discourses of Cultural China in the Globalizing Age," edited by Doreen D. Wu.

The book herein reviewed – 'The Aims of Tort Law. Chinese and European Perspectives', edited by Helmut Koziol and published by Jan Sramek Verlag in 2017 – offers something that is much needed: a comparative study of tort law functions that, additionally, focuses on China. On the basis of that study, the paper sketches out some comparative lessons Europeans can learn by looking at Chinese tort law, and in particular at the Chinese approaches to the aims of tort law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "China's Local Public Finance in Transition," by edited by Joyce Yanyun Man and Yu-Hung Hong.

The article reviews the book "Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China," edited by Monroe E. Price and Daniel Dayan.

This paper starts by describing a subjective view on a predicament of rural petition, followed by conclusion and comments on Dr. Tian Xiaohong's Governing Grass-root China. The first part gives a comparison on the National-Centered-Paradigm, employed by Dr. han in his work, and the Society-Centered-Paradigm, which is more commonly used in conventional study. A conclusion is made on the research scale and observation perspective of this book. The second part divides the logic chain of involution into three levels and throw light on three major features, including the omnipotence of government, the limitation of technical governing and the weakening of grass-root governance. The last part reviews the contribution of grass-root governance and suggests a combination of both society-centered and national-centered paradigm should be employed. The author calls for the contribution of representative democracy in rural region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "Chinese Circulations: Capital, Commodities, and Networks in Southeast Asia," edited by Eric Tagliacozzo and Wen-Chin Chang, with a foreword by Wang Gungwu, is presented.

A review of the book "Chinese Circulations: Capital, Commodities & Networks in Southeast Asia," edited by Eric Tagliacozzo and Wen-Chin Chang, with a foreword Wang Gungwu, is presented.

The article reviews the book “Culture, Courtiers, and Competition: The Ming Court (1368-1644)," edited by David M. Robinson.

The article reviews the book "China Turns to Multilateralism: Foreign Policy and Regional Security," edited by Guoguang Wu and Helen Lansdowne.