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Founded in 1960 by Henry Noyes as the American importer and distributor of the People's Republic of China's books and periodicals, including the Foreign Languages Press editions of Mao, and a publisher in its own right of books on China.

Years
1960–present
Location
San Francisco, United States
Languages
English
Authority records
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Sources
Wikipedia — China Books & Periodicals

Backlist

11019601970198019902000Founded 19601969: 2 titles1978: 3 titles1979: 1 title1980: 1 title1982: 1 title1984: 1 title1985: 5 titles1986: 5 titles1987: 4 titles1988: 11 titles1989: 10 titles1990: 6 titles1991: 6 titles1992: 1 title1993: 1 title1994: 4 titles1995: 3 titles1996: 5 titles1997: 3 titles1998: 6 titles1999: 2 titles2000: 2 titles2001: 2 titles2003: 1 title2004: 1 title2006: 1 title
Titles of China Books & Periodicals by year: 88 dated titles, 1969–2006, most in 1988 (11); 1 undated. Lines mark founded 1960.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1960s2
1970s4
1980s38
1990s37
2000s7
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1969Selected Stories of Lu Hsun✓Lu XunEnglish
1969The True Story of Ah Q✓FreeLu XunEnglish
1978Documents from the First Session of the Fifth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China✓—English
1978Lu Hsun, 1881-1936✓—English
1978Lu, Xun, ǂd 1881-1936✓—English
1979Midnight✓Tun MaoEnglish
1980China's Crafts✓ — The Story of How They're Made and What They MeanRoberta Helmer Stalberg & Ruth NesiEnglish
1982Chinese Papercuts, Their Story and How to Make and Use Them✓Florence TemkoEnglish
1984Two Years in the Melting Pot✓Zongren LiuEnglish
1985Chinese Women Writers✓ — A Collection of Short Stories by Chinese Women Writers of the 1920s and 30sDing LingEnglish
1985Dictionary of Traditional Chinese MedicineXie ZhufanNot recorded
1985The China Trade✓ — A Personal Guide to Business Success in ChinaArne J. De KeijzerEnglish
1985The Realm of Tibetan Buddhism✓Jicheng Li, Shoukang Gu & Shiling XiaoEnglish
1985Two Years in the Melting Pot✓ — From Beijing to Chicago, the Asventure of a Chinese Neswman in AmericaTsung-jen LiuEnglish
1986Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing DynastiesShixiang WangEnglish
1986Love Must Not Be Forgotten✓Jie ZhangEnglish, Chinese
1986Paper Pandas and Jumping Frogs✓Florence TemkoEnglish
1986Shopping in China✓ — Arts, Crafts, and the Unusual = [Zhongguo Gong Yi Mei Shu Shang Dian Zhi Nan]Roberta Helmer StalbergEnglish
1986The China Business Handbook✓Arne J. De KeijzerEnglish
19875000 Years of Chinese Costumes✓Xun Zhou & Chunming GaoEnglish
1987Love Must Not Be Forgotten✓Chieh ChangEnglish
1987Magnificent China✓ — A Guide to Its Cultural Treasures = Chung-kuo Wen Hua Chi Ming Sheng Chih NanYu-Chien KuanEnglish, German
1987Teaching China's Lost Generation✓ — Foreign Experts in the PRCTani E. BarlowEnglish
19885000 Years of Chinese Costumes✓—English
1988Buddhist Art of the Tibetan Plateau✓Li-chung LiuEnglish
1988Chinese for Today. Book 1 = [Jin Ri Han Yu]—English, Chinese
1988Essential Chinese for Travelers✓Zhilong FanEnglish, Chinese
1988Five Thousand Years of Chinese Costumes✓Xun Zhou & Chunming GaoEnglish
1988Grandmother Had No Name✓Alice Murong Pu LinEnglish
1988Lapse of Time✓An-i WangEnglish
1988Magnificent China✓ — A Guide to Its Cultural TreasuresPetra Häring-KuanEnglish
1988Quick Reference Chinese✓ — A Practical Guide to Mandarin for Beginners and Travelers in English, Pinyin Romanization, and Chinese CharactersRichard L. KimballEnglish, Chinese
1988Shopping in China: Arts, Crafts, and the Unusual = [Chung-kuo Kung I Mei Shu Shang Tien Chih Nan]Roberta Helmer StalbergEnglish
1988Two Years in the Melting Pot✓Tsung-jen LiuEnglish
19896 Tanyin Alley✓
China Books
Zongren LiuEnglish
1989A Taoist Guide to Longevity✓Chih-chung PienEnglish
1989China Born✓ — Adventures of a Maverick BookmanHenry NoyesEnglish
1989Crisis at Tiananmen✓ — Reform and Reality in Modern ChinaYi MuEnglish
1989Exploring the Yangtze✓ — China's Longest RiverHow Man WongEnglish
1989Morning Breeze✓ — A True Story of China's Cultural Revolution = [Fu Lang]Fulang LoEnglish
1989Morning Breeze: A True Story of China's Cultural RevolutionFulang LoEnglish
1989Old Well✓
New Chinese Fiction
I. ChengEnglish
1989The Piano Tuner✓
New Chinese Fiction
Naishan ChengEnglish
1989Wonders from the Earth✓ — The First Emperor's Underground ArmyTianchou FuEnglish
1990All the Tea in China✓Kit Boey ChowEnglish
1990Broken Portraits✓ — Personal Encounters with Chinese StudentsMichael David KwanEnglish
1990China's Unfinished Revolution✓ — Problems and Prospects Since MaoJames M. EthridgeEnglish
1990Chinese Artistic Kites✓
The Culture and Art of China Series
Kʻuei-ming HaEnglish
1990Good Deeds & Gunboats✓ — Two Centuries of American-Chinese EncountersHugh DeaneEnglish
1990Good Deeds and Gunboats✓ — Two Centuries of American-Chinese EncountersHugh DeaneEnglish
1991China on the Edge✓ — The Crisis of Ecology and DevelopmentPo-chʻuan HoEnglish
1991Glimpses of China✓ — Short Fiction for Chinese Study with Text in Traditional & Simplified Characters—Chinese, English
1991Living in China✓ — A Guide to Teaching and Studying in China, Including TaiwanRebecca WeinerEnglish
1991Lóng Is a Dragon✓ — Chinese Writing for ChildrenPeggy GoldsteinEnglish
1991Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts✓ — Festivals of ChinaCarol StepanchukEnglish
1991San Francisco Chinatown✓ — A Walking TourShirley Fong-TorresEnglish
1992The Banker✓Nai-shan ChʻengEnglish
1993The Moon Maiden & Other Asian Folktales✓Hua LongEnglish
1994Chinese Camp Cultural Resources Inventory✓Anne BloomfieldEnglish
1994Outrageous Chinese✓ — A Guide to Chinese Street LanguageJames J. WangEnglish
1994Selected Stories of Lu Hsun✓Xun LuEnglish
1994Selected Stories of Lu XunFreeXun LuEnglish
1995Gateway to the Chinese Classics✓ — A Practical Introduction to Literary ChineseJeannette L. FaurotEnglish
1995Hard Time✓ — Thirty Months in a Chinese Labor CampZongren LiuEnglish
1995Outrageous Chinese✓ — A Guide to Chinese Street LanguageJames J. WangEnglish
1996Essential Chinese for Travelers✓Zhilong FanEnglish, Chinese
1996I Can Read That!✓ — A Traveler's Introduction to Chinese CharactersJulie Mazel SussmanEnglish
1996Insect Musicians & Cricket Champions✓ — A Cultural History of Singing Insects in China and JapanLisa Gail Ryan, Berthold Laufer & Lafcadio HearnEnglish
1996Ten Years of Madness✓ — Oral Histories of China's Cultural RevolutionJicai FengEnglish
1996West to East✓ — A Young Girl's Journey to ChinaQian GaoEnglish
1997Gateway to the Chinese Classics✓ — A Practical Guide to Literary ChineseJeannette L. FaurotEnglish, Chinese
1997Living in China✓ — A Guide to Teaching and Studying in China, Including TaiwanRebecca WeinerEnglish
1997Sing Chinese II✓ — China's best folk songs = Zhongguo you xiu min ge ji cuiBaolinChinese
1998A Pocket Guide to All the Tea in China✓Kit Boey ChowEnglish
1998A Wok a Week✓ — 52 Lite & Easy MealsElizabeth Chiu KingEnglish
1998Drinking with the Moon✓ — [Shi]Jeannette L. FaurjotEnglish, Chinese
1998Flowing the Tai Chi Way✓ — A Voyage of Discovery by a Tai Chi Master and His StudentPeter UhlmannEnglish
1998In Their Own Words✓ — Profiles of Today's Chinese StudentsTony GallagherEnglish
1998Painting Paradise✓ — The Art of Ting Shao KuangAnn Elizabeth Barrott WicksEnglish
1999The Thirty-Six Strategies of Ancient China✓Stefan H. VerstappenEnglish
1999Ward Four✓ — A Novel of Wartime ChinaBajin, Haili Kong & Howard GoldblattEnglish
2000Bridging the Pacific✓ — Searching for Cross-Cultural Understanding Between the United States and ChinaShou-hua ChʻiEnglish
2000China's Major Mysteries✓ — Paranormal Phenomena and the Unexplained in the People's Republic of ChinaPaul DongEnglish
2001Healing Energy✓ — The Tibetan Buddhist Qigong of Master Zi Sheng WangVirginia NewtonEnglish
2001The Rise of Digital China✓ — Investing in China's New EconomyGabriel LiEnglish
2003Complementary Education and Culture✓ — In the Global/local Chinese CommunityJoe C. FongEnglish
2004The Thirty-Six Strategies of Ancient China✓—English
2006Gateway to the Chinese Classics✓ — A Practical Guide to Literary ChineseJeannette L. FaurotEnglish, Chinese
n.d.New Chinese Fiction—English