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New World Press (Beijing)

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A Beijing publisher of books about China — its history, society, culture and politics — for readers abroad, and a companion to the Foreign Languages Press. It remains active as a national publishing house under the China International Communications Group. Most sources give 1951 as its founding year; one account dates it to 1966 as a subsidiary of the Foreign Languages Press.

Years
1951–present
Location
Beijing, China
Also known as
新世界出版社 · New World Press, Peking
Languages
English, and others
Authority records
Wikidata
Sources
Wikipedia — New World Press; Paper Republic — New World Press

Backlist

30019501960197019801990200020102020Founded 19511955: 3 titles1956: 4 titles1957: 5 titles1958: 1 title1959: 4 titles1960: 4 titles1961: 6 titles1962: 4 titles1963: 5 titles1964: 6 titles1965: 6 titles1966: 2 titles1967: 1 title1968: 1 title1970: 2 titles1973: 2 titles1976: 1 title1977: 1 title1979: 3 titles1980: 9 titles1981: 11 titles1982: 11 titles1983: 19 titles1984: 17 titles1985: 21 titles1986: 22 titles1987: 25 titles1988: 18 titles1989: 30 titles1990: 13 titles1991: 10 titles1992: 6 titles1993: 13 titles1994: 7 titles1995: 13 titles1996: 16 titles1997: 13 titles1998: 10 titles1999: 12 titles2000: 17 titles2001: 11 titles2002: 4 titles2003: 3 titles2004: 2 titles2005: 1 title2006: 3 titles2007: 10 titles2008: 14 titles2009: 13 titles2010: 6 titles2011: 7 titles2012: 3 titles2013: 9 titles2014: 6 titles2015: 10 titles2016: 9 titles2017: 10 titles2019: 2 titles2020: 2 titles2021: 21 titles2022: 2 titles2023: 1 title
Titles of New World Press (Beijing) by year: 523 dated titles, 1955–2023, most in 1989 (30); 27 undated. Lines mark founded 1951.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1950s17
1960s35
1970s9
1980s183
1990s113
2000s78
2010s62
2020s26
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1955Thinking Soldiers✓ — By Men Who Fought in KoreaA. M. CondronEnglish
1955Thinking Soldiers by Men Who Fought in KoreaAndrew M. Condron, Richard G. Corden & Larance V. SullivanEnglish
1955Yo Banfa!✓ — (We Have a Way!)Rewi Alley & Shirley BartonEnglish
1956From Opium War to Liberation✓FreeIsrael EpsteinEnglish
1956Man Against Flood✓ — A Story of the 1954 Flood on the Yangtse and of the Reconstruction That Followed ItRewi AlleyEnglish
1956Man Againt Flood✓ — A Story of the 1954 Flood on the Yangtse and of the Reconstruction That Followed ItRewi AlleyEnglish
1956New Earth✓ — How the Peasants in One Chinese Country Solved the Problem of PovertyChen JackEnglish
1957Children of the Dawn✓ — Stories of Asian Peasant ChildrenRewi AlleyEnglish
1957New Earth✓ — How the Peasants in One Chinese County Solved the Problem of PovertyJack ChenEnglish
1957New Earth. Now the Peasants in One Chinese County Solved the Problem of Poverty✓Chen JackEnglish
1957Peking Opera✓ — An Introduction Through PicturesRewi AlleyEnglish
1957Peking Opera, an Introduction Through Pictures by Eva Siao and Text by Rewi Alley. Illustrations and Back Cover by Kuan Liang✓Rewi AlleyEnglish
1958Stories Out of China✓Rewi AlleyEnglish
1959The Rise of the Chinese People's Communes✓Anna Louise StrongEnglish
1959The Rise of the Chinese People's Communes. Anna Louise Strong✓Anna Louise StrongEnglish
1959Tibetan Interviews✓FreeAnna Louise StrongEnglish
1959Tibetan Interviews, by Anna Louise Strong✓Anna Louise StrongEnglish
1960Letters from China✓FreeAnna Louise StrongEnglish
1960When Serfa Stood up in Tibet, Report✓Anna Louise StrongEnglish
1960When Serfs Stood up in Tibet✓Free — ReportAnna Louise StrongEnglish
1960When Serfs Stood up in Tibet, Report by Anna Louise Strong✓Anna Louise StrongEnglish
1961Amritananda✓ — Buddhist Activities in Socialist Countries—English
1961Buddhist Activities in Socialist Countries✓Amritananda BhikshuEnglish
1961Cash and Violence in Laos✓Anna Louise StrongEnglish
1961China's Hinterland in the Leap Forward✓Rewi AlleyEnglish
1961Laos in the Mirror of Geneva✓Israel EpsteinEnglish
1961The Upsurge of China✓FreeHewlett JohnsonEnglish
1962An Arab Looks at America — Of Lions, ChainedMohammad T. MehdiEnglish
1962Land and Folk in Kiangsi✓Free — A Chinese Province in 1961Rewi AlleyEnglish
1962Not a Dog✓ — An Ancient Tai Ballad—English
1962Poems of Revolt✓ — Some Chinese Voices over the Last Century—English
1963Amongst Hills and Streams of Hunan--in the Fall of 1962✓Rewi AlleyEnglish
1963China's Fight for Grain✓Free — Three Dates from a Diary in Late 1962Anna Louise StrongEnglish
1963Letters from China✓FreeAnna Louise StrongEnglish
1963Our Seven--their Five✓ — A Fragment from the History of Gung HoRewi AlleyEnglish
1963The Eighteen Laments✓ — With Illustrations in ColourCai WenjiEnglish
1964From Opium War to Liberation✓FreeIsrael EpsteinEnglish
1964Letters from China✓Free — Numbers 11 - 20
Nrs; 11-20
Anna Louise StrongEnglish
1964Letters from China: Numbers 11-20FreeAnna Louise StrongEnglish
1964The Rise of the Chinese People's Communes✓Free — And Six Years AfterAnna Louise StrongEnglish
1964Who Is the Enemy, Poems by Rewi AlleyRewi AlleyEnglish
1964Who Is the Enemy?✓ — PoemsRewi AlleyEnglish
1965China✓ — A Great People, a Great DestinyMamadou El Béchir GologoEnglish
1965China's Millions✓ — Revolution in Central China, 1927
Selected Works on China's Revolution -- 1
Anna Louise StrongEnglish
1965Letters from China✓FreeAnna Louise StrongEnglish
1965Man Against Flood✓ — A Story of the 1954 Flood on the Yangtse and of the Reconstruction That Followed ItRewi AlleyEnglish
1965Selected Works on China's Revolution✓Anna Louise StrongEnglish
1965When Serfs Stood up in Tibet✓Free — A ReportAnna Louise StrongEnglish
1966In the Spirit of Hunghu✓ — A Story of Hupeh TodayRewi AlleyEnglish
1966In the Spirit of the Hunghu✓ — A Story of Hupeh TodayRewi AlleyEnglish
1967Bitter Harvest✓ — Palestine Between 1914-1967Sami HadawiEnglish
1968Kennedy and Sirhan: Why?✓Mohammad Taki MehdiEnglish
1970Palestine and the Bible✓Mohammad Taki MehdiEnglish
1970The Palestine Diary✓Robert John & Sami HadawiEnglish
1973Travels in China 1966 - 1971✓Rewi AlleyEnglish
1973Travels in China, 1966-71✓Rewi AlleyEnglish
1976Israel and South Africa✓ — The Progression of a RelationshipRichard P. Stevens & Abdelwahab M. ElmessiriEnglish
1977The Freshening Breeze✓ — PoemsRewi AlleyEnglish
1979An American in China✓ — Thirty Years in the People's RepublicSidney ShapiroEnglish
1979Living in China✓—English
1979Zionist Relations with Nazi Germany✓Faris GlubbEnglish
198060 [Sixty] Scenic Wonders in China✓—English
198060 Scenic Wonders in China✓Xin shi jie chu ban she. Bian ji buEnglish
1980Images of China✓ — Poems Written in China, April-June, 1980Paul Engle, Czesław Miłosz & Hualing NieEnglish
1980Living in China✓—English
1980Peking Opera as a European Sees It✓Marie-Luise LatschEnglish
1980Refugees from Viet Nam✓Rewi AlleyEnglish
1980Refugees from Viet Nam in China✓Rewi AlleyEnglish
1980Struggle Around the Central Plains✓ — A Story of Honan ProvinceRewi AlleyEnglish
1980Struggle Arround the Central Plains✓ — A Story of Honan ProvinceRewi AlleyEnglish
1981A Great Trial in Chinese History✓Free — The Trial of the Lin Biao and Jiang Qing Counter-revolutionary Cliques, Nov. 1980-Jan. 1981Chʻing ChiangEnglish
1981China's Population✓ — Problems and Prospects
China Studies Series
Liu ZhengEnglish
1981Designs of Chinese Indigo Batik✓Lu PuEnglish
1981Experiment in Sichuan✓ — A Report on Economic ReformSidney ShapiroEnglish
1981Image of China: Poems Written in China, April-June 1980✓Paul EngleEnglish
1981Images of China✓ — Poems Written in China, April-June, 1980Paul EngleEnglish
1981Peking Opera and Mei Lanfang✓ — A Guide to China's Traditional Theatre and the Art of Its Great MasterWu ZuguangEnglish
1981Peking Opera and Mei Langfang✓ — A Guide to China's Traditional Theatre and the Art of Its Great MasterWu ZuguangEnglish
1981The Magic Flute and Other Children's Stories✓—English, Chinese
1981Toward a People's Anthropology✓
China Studies Series
Fei XiaotongEnglish
1981Two Women of China--Mulberry and Peach✓Hualing NieEnglish
1982China's Search for Economic Growth✓ — The Chinese Economy Since 1949: Essays
China Studies Series
Xu DixinEnglish
1982Dream journeys to China✓ — Poems = [Huan xiang meng: Liu Shuning shi xuan]Liu Stephen Shu-ningChinese
1982Folk Poems from China's Minorities✓Fei XiaotongEnglish
1982Living in China✓ — = Zai Hua San Shi NianSam Ginsbourg & Isabel CrookEnglish, Chinese
1982My First Sixty Years in China✓Sam GinsbourgEnglish
1982Seventh Sister and the Serpent✓ — A Narrative Poem of the Yi People—English
1982The Effendi and the Pregnant Pot✓ — Uygur Folktales from China—English
1982Zai Hua san shi nian✓ — Ying Han dui zhao = Living in China—Chinese
1982Zai Hua san shi nian = Living in China✓ — Ying Han tui chao—Chinese
1982在华三十年 — 英汉对照Denise LebretonNot recorded
1982還郷夢 = Dream Journeys to ChinaLiu Stephen Shu-ningNot recorded
1983200 Selected Poem✓Bai Juyi & Rewi AlleyEnglish
1983200 Selected Poems✓ — = Bai-Juyi-shixuanBai JuyiEnglish
1983Bai Juyi, 200 Selected Poems✓ — [Pai Chü-i Shih Hsüan (200 Shou)]Bai JuyiEnglish
1983Cao Zhi✓ — The Life of a Princely Chinese PoetHugh DunnEnglish
1983Chinese Village Close-up✓
China Studies Series
Fei XiaotongEnglish
1983Contemporary Chinese Painting✓ — = Dang Dai Zhongguo HuaHua JunwuEnglish
1983Everyday Chinese✓ — 60 Fables and AnecdotesChʻin ChungEnglish
1983Favorite Folktales of China✓John MinfordEnglish
1983Favourite Folktales of China✓ — = Zhong Guo Min Jian Gu ShiHe YouzhiEnglish
1983Joris Ivens and China✓ — Film Archive of China and the Editorial Department of New World PressZhongguo dian ying zi liao guanEnglish
1983Mei ri Han yu. Yu yan, yi shi liu shi bian✓Zhong QinChinese
1983Meiri Hanyu. Yuyan, yishi liushi bian✓Zhong QinChinese
1983New Strategy for China's Economy✓
China Studies Series
Ma HongEnglish
1983Situational Chinese✓ — Shih Kuang Han YüHong BeverlyEnglish
1983The 1911 Revolution✓ — A Retrospective After 70 Years
China Studies Series
Hu Sheng & Liu Ta-nienEnglish
1983Tibet Transformed✓Israel EpsteinEnglish
1983When They Were Young✓
China Spotlight Series
Women of China (Firm)English
1983Yunnan Travelogue✓ — 100 Days in Southwest China
China Spotlight Series
ZhongxiuEnglish
1983毎日汉语 — 寓言、轶事六十篇 = Everyday Chinese梫 钟Not recorded
1984Beijing Old and New✓ — A Historical Guide to Places of Interest; with Descriptions of Famous Sites Within One Day's Journey of BeijingCho Sha-ch'ênEnglish
1984China: Statistics in Brief 1984✓ChinaEnglish
1984Chinese Christians Speak Out✓ — Addresses and Sermons
China Spotlight Series
K. H. TingEnglish
1984Chinese Folk Songs✓ — An Anthology of 25 Favorites with Piano AccompanimentMai DingEnglish
1984Chinese Folksongs✓ — An Anthology of 25 Favorites with Piano AccompanimentMai DingEnglish
1984Chinese satire and humour✓ — Selected cartoons of Hua Junwu (1955-1982)Hua Junwu & W. J. F. JennerChinese
1984Chinese Traditional Festivals✓
China Spotlight Series
Marie-Luise LatschEnglish
1984Corresponding English and Chinese Proverbs and Phrases✓ — With Explanations and ExamplesJohn D. ChinneryEnglish
1984Daur Folktales✓ — Selected Myths of the Daur Nationality—English
1984Emerging from Primitivity✓ — Travels in the Liangshan Mountains
China Spotlight Series
ZhongxiuEnglish
1984Highlights of Tibetan History✓
China Studies Series
Wang Fu-jenEnglish
1984In the Mansion of Confucius' Descendants✓ — An Oral History
China Spotlight Series
Kong Demao, Ke Lan & Rosemary A. RobertsEnglish
1984Life in Modern China✓
China Spotlight Series
—English
1984Light and Shadow Along a Great Road✓ — An Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry—English
1984Peking Opera✓Rewi AlleyEnglish
1984The Diary of a Young English Teacher✓
China Spotlight Series
Sam GinsbourgEnglish
1984Traditional Chinese Fitness Exercises✓ — Including Taijiquan and Qigong
China Spotlight Series
Hsin shih chieh chʻu pan sheEnglish
1985A Survey of Income and Household Conditions in China✓China. Guo jia tong ji juEnglish
1985An English-Chinese Dictionary of Demography✓Hsüeh-yüan Tʻien & 田雪原English
1985Autobiography of a Shanghai Businesswoman✓
China Spotlight Series
Tʻang Ti-yinEnglish
1985British Girl--Chinese Wife✓
China Spotlight Series
Esther Holland JianEnglish
1985China✓ — A Statistical Survey inChinaEnglish
1985China - ABC✓—English
1985China a B C.✓No Author CreditedEnglish
1985China for Peace✓—English
1985Economic Changes in Rural China✓ — = Zhong Guo Nong Cun de Jing Ji Bian Ge
China Studies Series
Luo HanxianEnglish
1985Economic Changs in Rural China✓Luo HanxianEnglish
1985Eight Years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs✓ — (January 1950 - October 1958) - Memoirs of a Diplomat
China Spotlight Series
Wu XiuquanEnglish
1985Everyday Chinese✓ — Selected Prose Readings = [Mei Jih Han Yü: San Wen Hsüan Tu]Chʻin ChungEnglish
1985Lu Hsün (Lu Xun)✓ — A Chinese Writer for All TimesRuth F. WeissEnglish
1985Lu Xun✓ — A Chinese Writer for All TimesRuth F. WeissEnglish
1985Mei ri Han yu. San wen xuan du✓Zhong QinChinese
1985Modern China✓ — A Topical HistorySu KaimingEnglish
1985Questions and Answers About China's Minority Nationalities✓YinEnglish
1985Smashing the Communal Pot✓ — Formulation & Development of China's Rural Responsibility System
China Studies Series
Wang GuichenEnglish
1985Tales from Peking Opera✓Huang ShangEnglish
1985The Pen and I✓ — The Autobiography of a Shanghai Businesswoman
China Spotlight Series
Tang DiyinEnglish
1985The Underground Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang✓Fu TianchouEnglish
1986A Visit to Confucius' Home Town✓
China Spotlight Series
Cai Xiqin & ConfuciusEnglish
1986At 90, Memoirs of My China Years✓ — An Autobiography of Rewi AlleyRewi AlleyEnglish
1986China✓ — A Statistical Survey in 1986ChineEnglish
1986China Adventure: How to Travel Do Business and Have Fun in ChinaFrederick FisherEnglish
1986China Adventures✓ — How to Travel, Do Business and Have Fun
China Spotlight Series
Frederick FisherEnglish
1986Food and Drink in China✓ — A Visitor's GuideGong DanEnglish
1986Gu qu ji✓ — = Wit and Humor from Ancient China - 100 Cartoons by Ding CongDing CongChinese
1986Inside Stories from the Forbidden City✓Si Er & Shang HongkuiEnglish
1986Journey Along the Great Wall✓
China Spotlight Series
Lai SiEnglish
1986Modern China✓ — A Topical History; 1840 - 1983Su KaimingEnglish
1986Small Towns in China✓ — Functions, Problems & Prospects
China Studies Series
Fei Hsiao-tʻungEnglish
1986Sports and Games in Ancient China✓
China Spotlight Series
—English
1986Sports and Games in the Ancient China✓—English
1986Tales from the Tibetan Opera✓Wang YaoEnglish
1986Tales from Tibetan Opera✓Wang YaoEnglish
1986The American Kaleidoscope✓ — A Chinese ViewWang ZuominEnglish
1986Treatise on Febrile Diseases Caused by Cold✓ — Shanghan LunZhang ZhongjingEnglish
1986Wit & Humour from Ancient China✓ — 100 CartoonsCong DingChinese, English
1986Zhong guo shao shu min zu yue qi zhi✓Yuan Bingchang, Mao Jizeng & Zhong yang min zu xue yuanChinese
1986中国少数民族乐器志炳昌 袁, 继増 毛 & 中央民族学院少数民族文学芸術研究所Chinese
1986逃往中国 (1939-1948)✓Anna Lincoln, 徐展农 & 朱定Chinese
1986鳳還巣 = Phoenix Returns to Its Nest蘭芳 梅 & 莉莎 魏Not recorded
1987101 Chinese lyrics — English-Chinese bilingual edition = 中華雋詞一〇一首Chu DagaoNot recorded
1987Basiba hua zhuan✓
Xizang fo jiao tang ga yi shu
Yang ShuwenChinese
1987Buddhist Thand-ka Art of Tibet✓ — The Biographical Paintings of 'Phags-paYang ShuwenEnglish
1987Buddhist Thang-ka Art of Tibet — The Biographical Paintings of 'Phags-Pa = 八思巴畫傳中央民族学院少数民族文学芸術研究所 & 树文 杨English
1987China✓ — A Statistical Survey in 1987Zhongguo tong ji xin xi zi xun fu wu zhong xin & China. Guo jia tong ji juEnglish
1987China trade and price statistics✓—Chinese
1987China's Economy in 2000✓Liu Kuo-kang, Liang Wen-sen & T'ien Chiang-haiEnglish
1987Chinaʼs Economy in 2000✓—English
1987Everyday Chinese✓ — Brighter Readings in Classical ChineseChin ChungEnglish
1987Flying Dragon and Dancing Phoenix✓ — An Introduction to Selected Chinese Minority Folk DancesChen WeiyeEnglish
1987Gu lao de Tai Shan✓Li JishengChinese
1987Living Treasures✓ — An Odyssey Through China's Extraordinary Nature ReservesTang XiyangEnglish
1987Mei ri Han yu. Gu Han yu qu du✓Zhong QinChinese
1987O ne-hun dre d-an d-o ne 101 Chi ne se L y ri c s✓Chu DagaoChinese
1987Rewi Alley✓ — An AutobiographyRewi AlleyEnglish
1987Sports and Games in Ancient China✓—English
1987Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber✓ — Jinkui Yaolue FanglunZhang ZhongjingEnglish
1987The Biographical Paintings of Phags-Pa✓ — [Pa-ssu-pa Hua Chuan]
Buddhist Thang-ka Art of Tibet
Yang Shu-wenEnglish
1987The Biographical Paintings of ʼPhags-pa✓ — Buddhist Thang-ka Art of TibetYang ShuwenEnglish
1987The Underground Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang✓Fu Tianchou & Sidney ShapiroEnglish
1987Wuxi City and Wuxi County✓ — An Analysis of a Pilot CensusChi-Hsien TuanEnglish
1987Zhonghua Juanci Yi Ling Yi Shou✓ — English-Chinese Bilingual Edition = 101 Chinese Lyrics—Chinese, English
1987Zhonghua Jun Ci Yi Ling Yi Shou✓ — 101 Chinese Lyrics—Chinese, English
1987八思巴畫傳 — 西藏佛教唐嘎艺术中央民族学院少数民族文学芸術研究所, 树文 杨, 加言 张, 旭 安 & 丹 罗Chinese
1987自然保护区探胜錫陽 唐Chinese
1988“An” Age Gone by Lu Hsün's (Lu Xun's) Clan in Decline✓Chou Chien-jen & Chou YehEnglish
1988A General Survey of Tibet✓HeyuEnglish
1988An Age Gone By✓ — Lu Xun's Clan in DeclineZhou JianrenEnglish
1988Changing China✓ — The New Revolution's First Decade, 1979-1988James M. EthridgeEnglish