John Sheng: 4 books

Do you like thrilling tales of romance, intrigue and moral dilemmas? Does the intricacy of Chinese culture fascinate you? Welcome to A Pale Skin where traditional Chinese values take on modern beliefs, often with catastrophic consequences. A greedy businessman who will do anything and harm anyone for...

History buffs, will enjoy the wealth of detail about the struggle between the monarchists under Chiang Kai Shek and the Communists in this collection of short stories about the development of China from the time of the Qing dynasty to when the U.S. first invaded North Korea. They describe the constant...

The debate over the compatibility of Confucian culture with democracy is an ongoing one. Yet, few books in the existing literature have dealt specifically with the relationship between Confucian culture (as opposed to Confucianism or general cultural factors) and democracy. Prior to the end of the...

State–society relations and governance are closely related areas of study and have become important topics in the social sciences in the past decades, not only in developed countries but also in the developing world. In China, state-society relations have been changing in the new era of reform and...