This list of books received at The China Quarterly during the period stated is intended to serve as an up-to-date guide to books published on imperial, modern and contemporary China.

• Alai. Tibetan Soul: Stories. (Portland, Maine: MerwinAsia, 2012. vii + 254 pp. $45.00. ISBN 978-1-937385-08-8.)

• Bai, Tongdong. China: The Political Philosophy of the Middle Kingdom. (London and New York: Zed Books, 2012. viii + 206 pp. £16.99; $29.95. ISBN 978-1-78032-075-5.)

• Bailey, Paul J. Women and Gender in Twentieth-Century China. (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. vi + 202 pp. £19.99. ISBN 978-0-230-57777-0.)

• Berggruen, Nicolas, and Gardels, Nathan. Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East. (Cambridge, UK, and Malden, MA: Polity, 2013. ix + 196 pp. £16.99. ISBN 978-0-7456-5973-2.)

• Bislev, Ane, and Thøgersen, Stig (eds.). Organizing Rural China: Rural China Organizing. (Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto and Plymouth: Lexington Books, 2012. vii +240 pp. £39.95. ISBN 978-0-7391-7009-0.)

• Bridge, Gavin, and Le Billon, Philippe. Oil. (Malden, MA and Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2012. viii + 256 pp. £12.99. ISBN 978-0-7456-4926-9.)

• Brown, Jeremy. City versus Countryside in Mao's China: Negotiating the Divide. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. xiv + 254 pp. ISBN 978-1-107-02404-5.)

• Carrillo, Beatriz. Small Town China: Rural Labour and Social Inclusion. (London and New York: Routledge. 2011. xii + 212 pp. £75.00. ISBN 978-0-415-60023-1.)

• Cheema, G. Shabbir, McNally, Christopher A. and Popovski, Vesselin (eds.). Cross-Border Governance in Asia: Regional Issues and Mechanisms. (Tokyo, New York and Paris: United Nations University Press. 2011. xvii + 322 pp. £23.99. ISBN 978-92-808-1193-3.)

• Chen, Dean P. US Taiwan Strait Policy: The Origins of Strategic Ambiguity. (Boulder and London: FirstForumPress, 2012. x + 297 pp. ISBN 978-1-935049-44-9.)

• Chong, Ja Ian. External Intervention and the Politics of State Formation: China, Indonesia and Thailand, 1893–1952. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. x + 293 pp. £60.00; $95.00. ISBN 978-1-107-01375-9.)

• Chu, Rodney Wai-chi, Fortunati, Leopoldina, Law, Pui-lam and Yang, Shanhua (eds.). Mobile Communication and Greater China. (London and New York: Routledge, 2012. xiv + 232 pp. £85.00. ISBN 978-0-415-67871-1.)

• Clark, Paul. Youth Culture in China: From Red Guards to Netizens. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. x + 294 pp. £55.00. ISBN 978-1-107-60250-2.)

• Clemmow, Frances. Days of Sorrow, Days of Joy: The Story of a Victorian Family and Its Love Affair with China. (Leicester: Matador, 2012. 334 pp. £13.99. ISBN 978-1-78088-255-0.)

• Cooley, Alexander. Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. xiv + 252 pp. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-19-992982-5.)

• Dalimyayr, Fred, and Tingyang, Zhao (eds.). Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives. (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2012. vii + 295 pp. $50.00. ISBN 978-0-8131-3642-4.)

• Dolin, Eric Jay. When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail. (New York and London: Liveright, 2012. xviii + 369 pp. $27.95. ISBN 978-0-87140-433-6.)

• Dung, Kai-cheung. Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. ix + 158 pp. $24.50; £17.00. ISBN 978-0-231-16100-8.)

• Edmond, Jacob. A Common Strangeness: Contemporary Poetry, Cross-Cultural Encounter, Comparative Literature. (New York: Fordham University Press, 2012. xv + 272 pp. $26.00. ISBN 978-0-8232-4260-3.)

• Feng, Ni (ed.). China–America Relations: Review and Analysis. (Beijing: Social Sciences Academy Press; Reading: Paths International, 2012. vi + 243 pp. ISBN 978-1-84464-110-9.)

• Gilboy, George J., and Heginbotham, Eric. Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. xxx + 346 pp. £21.99; $34.99. ISBN 978-1-107-66169-1.)

• Goldman, Andrea S. Opera and the City: The Politics of Culture in Beijing, 1770–1900. (Stanford: University of California Press, 2012. xv + 365 pp. ISBN 978-0-8047-7831-2.)

• Guo, Baogang, and Teng, Chung-Chian (eds.). Taiwan and the Rise of China: Cross-Strait Relations in the Twenty-first Century. (Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto and Plymouth: Lexington Books, 2012. xi + 173 pp. £37.95. ISBN 978-0-7391-6692-5.)

• Hallion, Richard P., Cliff, Roger and Phillip C., Saunders (eds.). The Chinese Air Force: Evolving Concepts, Roles, and Capabilities. (Washington: National Defense University Press, 2012. xxviii + 394 pp.)

• Hsu, Cho-yun. China: A New Cultural History. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. xv + 612 pp. $40.00; £27.00. ISBN 978-0-231-15921-0.)

• Hu, Ping (trans. by Williams, Philip F. and Wu, Yenna). The Thought Remolding Campaign of the Chinese Communist Party-State. (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2012. 313 pp. €59.00; £49.95. ISBN 978-90-8964-410-7.)

• Itoh, Mayumi. Pioneers of Sino-Japanese Relations: Liao and Takasaki. (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. xxii + 259 pp. ISBN 978-1-137-02734-4.)

• Jiang, Qisheng (trans. by Dew, James). My Life in Prison: Memoirs of a Chinese Political Dissident. (Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Plymouth: Rowman and Littlefield, 2012. xv + 223 pp. £27.95. ISBN 978-1-4422-1222-0.)

• Kavalski, Emilian (ed.). The Ashgate Research Companion to Chinese Foreign Policy. (Farnham, UK, and Brurlington, VT: Ashgate, 2012. xx + 480 pp. £90.00. ISBN 978-1-4094-2270-9.)

• Lai, John T. P. Negotiating Religious Gaps: The Enterprise of Translating Christian Tracts by Protestant Missionaries in Nineteenth-Century China. (Sankt Augustin: Steyler Verlag, 2012. xiii + 382 pp. ISBN 978-3-8050-0597-5.)

• Lary, Diana. Chinese Migrations: The Movement of People, Goods, and Ideas over Four Millennia. (Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Plymouth: Rowan and Littlefield, 2012. xiii + 237 pp. £18.95. ISBN 978-0-7425-6764-1.)

• Li, Xiaorong. Women's Poetry of Late Imperial China: Transforming the Inner Chambers. (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2012. xi + 236 pp. $30.00. ISBN 978-0-295-99229-7.)

• Lin, James C. S. The Search for Immortality: Tom Treasures of Han China. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012. xvii + 356 pp. ISBN 978-0-300-18434-1.)

• Matray, James I. (ed.). Northeast Asia and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman: Japan, China and the Two Koreas. (Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press, 2012. xiv + 362 pp. $34.95; £24.50. ISBN 978-1-61248-014-5.)

• Ong, Lynette H. Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China. (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2012. xviii + 212 pp. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-8014-5062-4.)

• Otsuka, Ronald Y., and Xu, Fangfang. Xu Beihong: Pioneer of Modern Chinese Painting. (Denver, CO: Denver Art Museum, 2012. 227 pp. ISBN 978-0-914738-84-8.)

• Pai, Hsiao-hung. Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants. (London and New York: Verso, 2012. 294 pp. ISBN 978-1-84467-886-0.)

• Perry, Elizabeth. Anyuan: Mining China's Revolutionary Tradition. (Berkeley, New York and London: University of California Press, 2012. xv + 392 pp. £24.95. ISBN 978-0-520-27190-6.)

• Power, Marcus, Mohan, Giles and Tan-Mullins, May. China's Resource Diplomacy in Africa: Powering Development? (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. xix + 327 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-22912-9.)

• Schaller, George B. Tibet Wild: A Naturalist's Journey on the Roof of the World. (Washington, Covelo and London: Island Press, 2012. 372 pp. ISBN 978-1-61091-172-6.)

• Shapiro, Judith. China's Environmental Challenges. (Cambridge, UK, and Malden, MA: Polity, 2012. xxi + 205 pp. £14.99. ISBN 978-0-74566091-2.)

• Shinn, David H., and Eisenmann, Joshua. China and Africa: A Century of Engagement. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. xv + 524 pp. $69.95; £45. 50. ISBN 978-0-8122-4419-9.)

• Smith, I. C., and West, Nigel. Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence. (Lanham, MD, Plymouth and Toronto: The Scarecrow Press, 2012. xxxi + 259 pp. £59.95. ISBN 978-0-8108-7174-8.)

• Soffel, Christian, and Cleveland Tillman, Hoyt. Cultural Authority and Political Culture in China: Exploring Issues with the Zhongyong and the Daotong during the Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2012. 223 pp. €42.00. ISBN 978-3-515-10134-9.)

• Sullivan, Lawrence R. Leadership and Authority in China. (Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto and Plymouth: Lexington Books, 2012. xviii + 313 pp. ISBN 978-0-7391-7154-7.)

• Swancutt, Katherine. Fortune and the Cursed: The Siding Scale of Time in Mongolian Divination. (New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2012. xx + 263 pp. ISBN 978-0-85745-482-9.)

• Swanson, Bruce (with Morrison, Vance H. McDowell, Don H., and Tomasko, Nancy N.). A Plain Sailorman in China: The Life and Times of Cdr. Gillis, USN, 1875–1948. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2012. xiii + 255 pp. $29.95; £23.95. ISBN 978-1-61251-105-4.)

• Tan, Shzr Ee. Beyond “Innocence”: Amis Aboriginal Song in Taiwan as an Ecosystem. (Farnham, UK, and Brurlington, VT: Ashgate, 2012. xvi + 296 pp. (+CD). £60.00. ISBN 978-1-4094-2436-9.)

• Tang, Shui-Yan. Ten Principles for a Rule-Ordered Society: Enhancing China's Governing Capacity (in English and Chinese). (Beijing: China Economic Publishing House, 2012. 133 pp. ISBN 978-7-5136-1500-6.)

• Walter, Andrew, and Zhang, Xiaoke (eds.). East Asian Capitalism: Diversity, Continuity, and Change. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. xiv + 331 pp. £60.00. ISBN 978-0-19-964309-7.)

• Wang, Chi. A Compelling Journey from Peking to Washington: Building a New Life in America. (Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Plymouth: Rowman and Littlefield. 2011. xi + 205 pp. ISBN 978-0-7618-5385-5.)

• Wang, Junmin. State–Market Interactions in China's Reform Era: Local State Competition and Global Market-Building in the Tobacco Industry. (London and New York: Routledge, 2012. xiv + 160 pp. £75.00. ISBN 978-0-415-50694-6.)

• Wang, Zheng. Never Forget National Humiliation: Historical Memory in Chinese Politics and Foreign Relations. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. xiii + 293 pp. $32.50; £22.50. ISBN 978-0-231-14890-0.)

• Wei, C. X. George (ed.). China–Taiwan Relations in a Global Context: Taiwan's Foreign Policy and Relations. (London and New York: Routledge, 2012. xxii + 264 pp. £80.00. ISBN 978-0-415-60012-5.)

• Weissmann, Mikael. The East Asian Peace: Conflict Prevention and Informal Peacebuilding. (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. xiv + 219 pp. £57.50. ISBN 978-0-230-31396-5.)

• Westad, Odd Arne. Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750. (New York: Basic Books, 2012. ix + 515 pp. $32.00. ISBN 978-0-465-01933-5.)

• Wong, Kam C. One Country, Two Systems: Cross-Border Crime between Hong Kong and China. (New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers, 2012. xvii + 216 pp. ISBN 978-1-4128-4623-3.)

• Wong, Kam C. Policing in Hong Kong. Farnham, UK, and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2012. xx + 357 pp. ISBN 978-1-4094-1060-7.)

• Zarrow, Peter. After Empire: The Conceptual Transformation of the Chinese State, 1885–1924. (Stanford: University of California Press, 2012. xiv + 395 pp. ISBN 978-0-8047-7868-8.)

• Zhu, Ying. Two Billion Eyes: The Story of China Central Television. (New York: The New Press, 2012. x + 291 pp. $27.95. ISBN 978-1-59558-464-9.)