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1. China

   How the Empire Fell

   Edited by Joseph Esherick, C.X. George Wei

   Series: Asia's Transformations

   The Qing dynasty was China’s last, and it created an empire of unprecedented size and prosperity. However in 1911 the empire collapsed within a few short months, and China embarked on a revolutionary course that lasted through most of the twentieth century. The 1911 Revolution ended two millennia...

   To Be Published October 27th 2013 by Routledge
2. Macau – The Formation of a Global City

   Edited by C.X. George Wei

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   Macau, the former Portuguese colony in southeast China, has a long and very interesting history of cultural interaction between China and the West. Held by the Portuguese from the 1550s until its return to China in 1999, Macau was up to the emergence of Hong Kong in the later nineteenth century the...

   To Be Published September 23rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Macau – Cultural Interaction and Literary Representation

   Edited by Katrine Wong, George Wei

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   Macau, the former Portuguese colony in southeast China from the 1550s until its return to China in 1999, has a long and very interesting history of cultural interaction between China and the West. As an entity with independent political power and unique social setting and cultural development, the...

   To Be Published August 27th 2013 by Routledge
4. China-Taiwan Relations in a Global Context

   Taiwan's Foreign Policy and Relations

   Edited by George Wei

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This book traces the development of Taiwan’s relations with its diplomatic partners and its policy towards the political opponents of its political opponent - mainland China. Paying particular attention to the powers that could exercise great influence in the future of East Asia, China-Taiwan...

   Published June 6th 2012 by Routledge