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Interessante boeken over China

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  Fotoboek Hidden China - op het spoor van oude tradities | Ullmann | Alessandra Meniconzi,Bertram Job,Ann Christin Artel,Gerrit J. Bloemendal 12.50 €

  Fotoboek van de nederzettingen en het omringende landschap, riten en tradities van etnische minderheden in China. Over de meer dan 50 volkeren die a... meer

  Fotoboek van de nederzettingen en het omringende landschap, riten en tradities van etnische minderheden in China. Over de meer dan 50 volkeren die als etnische minderheden in de afgelegen delen van China leven, is maar weinig bekend. Dat maakt de indrukwekkende foto's die de Zwitserse fotografe Alessandra Meniconzi gedurende haar talloze expedities maakte zo bijzonder. Zoals zo vaak bij grote fotoreportages zijn deze foto's al historische documenten op het moment van verschijnen; ze laten traditionele levensvormen zien die wellicht niet lang meer zullen bestaan.

  This illustrated book explores some of the most remote regions of China and brings to life a world far removed from the great metropolises, a world that has almost been forgotten, where the people continue to live their traditional lifestyles largely undisturbed. Alessandra Meniconzi's respectful approach has allowed her to gain access to aspects of life that remained largely closed to travellers and other photographers until a few decades ago. She has been invited to join nomads in their tents, experienced the difficult daily life of rice farmers, and witnessed spiritual ceremonies in Buddhist monasteries. Insightful and vivid texts written by travel journalist Bertram Job round off this comprehensive portrayal of traditional China, a world that may not exist in another generation or two.

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  Reisgids Wild West China: The Taming of Xinjiang | 16.95 €

  The world is only too aware of what the Chinese are up to in Tibet. But few know of the sufferings of neighboring Xinjiang. Now, at last, its subjugat... meer

  The world is only too aware of what the Chinese are up to in Tibet. But few know of the sufferings of neighboring Xinjiang. Now, at last, its subjugated people have found a champion in Christian Tyler. His revelations will not go down well in Beijing."—Peter Hopkirk, author of The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
  "Following in the footsteps of Peter Fleming, Tyler paints a vivid portrait of Xinjiang and reminds us of another of the immense problems facing China’s new leadership. A fascinating book."—Chris Patten, former governor of Hong Kong

  Closed to the world for half a century, like a black hole in the Asian landmass, the wilderness of Xinjiang in northwest China is returning to the light. The picture it presents is both fascinating and disturbing.

  Despite a savage landscape and climate, Xinjiang has a rich past: sand-buried cities, painted cave shrines, rare creatures, and wonderfully preserved mummies of European appearance. Their descendants, the Uighurs, still farm the tranquil oases that ring the dreaded Taklamakan, the world’s second largest sand desert, and the Kazakh and Kirghiz herdsmen still roam the mountains. The region’s history, however, has been punctuated by violence, usually provoked by ambitious outsiders—nomad chieftains from the north, Muslim emirs from Central Asia, Russian generals, or warlords from inner China.

  The Chinese regard the far west as a barbarian land. Only in the 1760s did they subdue it, and even then their rule was repeatedly broken. Compared with the Russians’ conquest of Siberia, or the Americans’ trek west, China’s colonization of Xinjiang has been late and difficult. The Communists have done most to develop it, as a penal colony, as a buffer against invasion, and as a supplier of raw materials and living space for an overpopulated country. But what China sees as its property, the Uighurs regard as theft by an alien occupier. Tension has led to violence and savage reprisals.

  This portrait of Xinjiang should be essential reading for travelers and for anyone interested in today’s China and the fate of minority peoples.
  

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