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An American spy in China. Name: Unknown. Status: Sleeper. Just when he thought life had settled into a pleasant routine, he is called back to Washington. His assignment: go undercover as the American ambassador for a massive Chinese multinational conglomerate, and learn the secrets of their powerful CEO Chen Qi, whom HQ believes to be a front man for the nearly uncrackable Chinese Intelligence, known as the Guoanbu.
22) The last empress
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English
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“Admirers of Empress Orchid will be interested in this sequel. Others may find the introduction to relatively modern Chinese history a revelation” (Rocky Mountain News).
During the tumultuous end of the nineteenth century in China, the only constant was the power wielded by one person: the resilient, ever-resourceful Tzu Hsi, Lady Yehonala—or Empress Orchid—as readers came to know her...
During the tumultuous end of the nineteenth century in China, the only constant was the power wielded by one person: the resilient, ever-resourceful Tzu Hsi, Lady Yehonala—or Empress Orchid—as readers came to know her...
23) The firemaker
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China novels volume 1
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
24) Night heron
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Philip Mangan novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Former British spy Peanut reaches out to his one-time MI6 paymasters via crusading journalist Philip Mangan, offering military secrets in return for extraction from Beijing.
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University of New Orleans Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"From award-winning author Yang Huang, My Good Son explores the power-and the cost-of parental love. A tailor in post-Tiananmen China, Mr. Cai has one ambition: for his son, Feng, to make something of himself. With harsh discipline and relentless pressure, Mr. Cai succeeds in getting Feng ready to attend a U.S. college, but Feng needs a sponsor. When Mr. Cai meets a closeted American art student named Jude, they hatch a plan to benefit them both:...
27) Safely home
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Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2001
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English
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A soul-stirring story of two college friends who reconnect after 20 years. One is living life apart from God in comfortable corporate America while the other is living for Christ under intense persecution in China.
29) Rock paper tiger
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Ellie Cooper novels volume 1
Publisher
Soho
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
30) Gunmetal gray
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Gray Man thrillers volume 6
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English
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After five years on the run, Court Gentry is back on the inside at the CIA. But his first mission makes him wish he had stayed on the outs when a pair of Chinese agents tries to take him down in Hong Kong. Normally, the Chinese prefer to stay eyes only on foreign agents. So why are they on such high alert? -- Page 4 of cover.
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1997]
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English
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In a story set largely in Beijing, a Chinese cop and an American DA uncover the conspiracy behind a series of high-profile murders, revealing China's venerable culture, its teeming economy, and its institutionalized cruelty.
34) Extinction
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Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Discovering that his estranged hacker daughter is being targeted by an assassin determined to stop her from exposing Chinese secrets, Jim Pierce learns that the Chinese military has developed an artificial life form that is threatening humanity.
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Harry Bosch mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
2009.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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The murder of John Li, a South L.A. liquour store owner, hits LAPD Detective Harry Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. As he uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad--a lethal and far-reaching crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in the U.S.--his world instantly explodes and the person he holds most dear is taken from him.
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Harper
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"The Kong women are in crisis. A disastrous trip to visit her 'home' orphanage in China has plunged eighteen-year-old Ari into a self-destructive spiral. Her adoptive mother, Charlie, a lawyer with a great heart, is desperate to keep her daughter safe. Meanwhile, Charlie must endure the prickly scrutiny of her beautiful, Bryn Mawr-educated mother, Granwho, as the daughter of a cultured Chinese doctor, came to America to survive Mao's Revolutionand...
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Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Alex Cohen, a twenty-six-year-old Jewish Bostonian, is living in southern China, where his father runs their family-owned shoe factory. Alex reluctantly assumes the helm of the company, but as he explores the plants vast floors and assembly lines, he comes to a grim realization: employees are exploited, regulatory systems are corrupt and Alexs own father is engaging in bribes to protect the bottom line. When Alex meets a seamstress named Ivy, his...
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