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This article reviews Tsuen-hsuin Tsien's "Paper and Printing," volume 5, part 1 of the "Science and Civilisation in China" series, which traces the history of paper and printing, and their precursors, in China from the Shang through the Qing dynasties. While the work is "not flawless," because it contains a number of unedited errors, it is nevertheless an "important" work for scholars. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR]

A review of the book "The Paper Road: Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet," by Erik Mueggler, is presented.

The article reviews the book "The Paper Road: Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet," by Erik Mueggler.

The article reviews the book "For Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors: The Chinese Tradition of Paper Offerings," by Janet Lee Scott.

The article reviews the book "China in the Tokugawa World," by Marius B. Jansen.

The article reviews the book "China and the Transformation of Global Capitalism," edited by Ho-Fung Hung.

The article reviews the book "Collective Resistance in China: Why Popular Protests Succeed or Fail," by Yongshun Cai.

Reviews the book 'The Coming Collapse of China,' by Gordon Chang.

Reviews the book 'Making Chinese Papercuts,' by Corinne and Robert Borja.

The book herein reviewed – 'The Aims of Tort Law. Chinese and European Perspectives', edited by Helmut Koziol and published by Jan Sramek Verlag in 2017 – offers something that is much needed: a comparative study of tort law functions that, additionally, focuses on China. On the basis of that study, the paper sketches out some comparative lessons Europeans can learn by looking at Chinese tort law, and in particular at the Chinese approaches to the aims of tort law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper starts by describing a subjective view on a predicament of rural petition, followed by conclusion and comments on Dr. Tian Xiaohong's Governing Grass-root China. The first part gives a comparison on the National-Centered-Paradigm, employed by Dr. han in his work, and the Society-Centered-Paradigm, which is more commonly used in conventional study. A conclusion is made on the research scale and observation perspective of this book. The second part divides the logic chain of involution into three levels and throw light on three major features, including the omnipotence of government, the limitation of technical governing and the weakening of grass-root governance. The last part reviews the contribution of grass-root governance and suggests a combination of both society-centered and national-centered paradigm should be employed. The author calls for the contribution of representative democracy in rural region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reviews Yui's posthumous book, which discusses the process whereby the Japanese military integrated all human resources into a Total War System. Yui's papers, originally published several decades ago, used new sources and still present a pioneering perspective of modern Japan's military history.

The article reviews the book "Brush and Shutter: Early Photography in China," edited by Jeffrey W. Cody and Frances Terpak.