Sino-NK Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Sino-NK on XA collective of Koreanists & Sinologists dedicated to analyzing the borderland dynamics, transnational ties, & history of relations between China & North Korea.

A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955
Ronald H. SpectorRonald H. Spector | 'A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955' Ronald discusses the decade of conflict following the WW2 –and whether these conflicts were inevitable in the postcolonial, Cold War world.' https://t.co/qHuhNNzx6N https://t.co/j3oDIt7dn8
Paperback, 2023
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Prestige, Manipulation, and Coercion: Elite Power Struggles in the Soviet Union and China After Stalin and Mao
Joseph TorigianNew book release: 'Prestige, Manipulation, and Coercion: Elite Power Struggles in the Soviet Union and China After Stalin and Mao' | Joseph Torigian (2022) https://t.co/Sp0fsiwhwQ Buy the book here: https://t.co/7cLGxq8QlM
Hardcover, 2022
$65.00Member price:$65.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
China's European Headquarters
Ariane KnüselAriane Knüsel | China's European Headquarters: Switzerland and China During the Cold War https://t.co/2zjwjDcKmp https://t.co/CnKakUGiQH https://t.co/3AaSeND72b
Hardcover, 2022
$106.00Member price:$100.70 + Free shipping5% off
Guerillas: Omnibus Edition
Brahm RevelNew Book Release: Benjamin R. Young | 'Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World' https://t.co/tqq2r0oztJ https://t.co/K6nCXKSISg
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One China, Many Taiwans: The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Tourism
Ian Rowen'One #China, Many Taiwans: The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Tourism' | Ian Rowen "PRC’s efforts to use tourism to incorporate #Taiwan into an imaginary “One China,” tourism aggravated tensions between the two polities, polarized Taiwanese society and..." https://t.co/HE0ryV8f3Y
Paperback, 2023
$24.95Member price:$24.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Environmental Governance in China
Jesse TurielBook release: Iza Ding | 'The Performative State: Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China' https://t.co/jrpiYyGoIJ https://t.co/fyraTjEb50 https://t.co/K1vZAdyuTI
Paperback, 2017
$94.00Member price:$89.30 + Free shipping5% off
The Prisoner: A Memoir
Hwang Sok-YongBook review: 'Hwang Sok-yong’s ‘The Prisoner’ tells story of his life as a ‘refugee’ from North Korea for whom going home is a crime' | @nknewsorg https://t.co/wm3OusRbLa Buy the book here: https://t.co/Sc9Qm7FZLx
Hardcover, 2021
$39.95Member price:$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chinese Village Life Today: Building Families in an Age of Transition
Gonçalo SantosGonçalo Santos | 'Chinese Village Life Today: Building Families in an Age of Transition' | Washington University Press https://t.co/KJUwO03N8i https://t.co/iynxyx5AmV https://t.co/XDo8f0I1Y0
Paperback, 2021
$35.00Member price:$35.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
Tania BraniganNew book releases in 2023: 'Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution' | Tania Branigan Release date: 02/02/2023 https://t.co/u81RsX4zgz
Hardcover, 2023
$29.95Member price:$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Changing Lives: The 'Postwar' in Japanese Women's Autobiographies and Memoirs
Ronald P. LoftusRonald P. Loftus | 'Changing Lives: The ‘Postwar’ in Japanese Women’s Autobiographies and Memoirs' https://t.co/4sQjD5iAbx https://t.co/PGfgKmQS1m
Paperback, 2013
$25.00Member price:$25.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)