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This page links to all my reviews of nonfiction books relating to China and other Far East countries.
The earliest reviews—earlier than mid-1991—were done under my pen-name, "Giles Mathews." This is a Sinological in-joke: Herbert Giles compiled the first major Chinese-English dictionary (1892), Robert Mathews the second (1931).
| Date | Place | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2007 | Claremont Review of Books | The Dragon and the Foreign Devils | Harry G. Gelber |
| Aug. 22, 2005 | New York Sun | Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asia | Robert E. Herzstein |
| Feb. 2, 2005 | New York Sun | Pol Pot | Philip Short |
| Nov. 29, 2004 | National Review | Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader | Bradley K. Martin |
| July 21, 2004 | New York Sun | A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World | Rana Mitter |
| Apr. 25, 2004 | Washington Times | Falun Gong: The End of Days | Maria Hsia Chang |
| Apr. 14, 2004 | New York Sun | Losing the New China | Ethan Gutmann |
| Mar. 22, 2004 | National Review | Chiang Kai Shek | Jonathan Fenby |
| Mar. 7, 2004 | Washington Times | China's New Nationalism | Peter Hays Gries |
| Feb. 25, 2004 | New York Sun | Before Mao | Patrick Lescot |
| Nov. 12, 2003 | New York Sun | China's New Order | Wang Hui |
| July/August 2003 | The American Enterprise | The New Chinese Empire | Ross Terrill |
| Jan. 24, 2003 | Washington Times | Before the Deluge | Dierdre Chetham |
| Nov. 10, 2002 | Washington Times | Four Sisters of Hofei | Annping Chin |
| Apr. 14, 2002 | Washington Times | The China Dream | Joe Studwell |
| April 2002 | The New Criterion | Dao De Jing: The Book of the Way | Laozi (tr. Moss Roberts) |
| Nov. 25, 2001 | Washington Times | Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing | Ian Buruma |
| Aug. 12, 2001 | Washington Times | The Coming Collapse of China | Gordon G. Chang |
| Apr. 22, 2001 | Washington Times | Treason by the Book | Jonathan D. Spence |
| Dec. 4, 2000 | National Review | The China Threat | Bill Gertz |
| Oct. 23, 2000 | National Review | Ho Chi Minh | William J. Duiker |
| Aug. 20, 2000 | Washington Times | Hegemon | Steven Mosher |
| Feb. 25, 2000 | National Post (Canada) | Voices from S-21 | David Chandler |
| Jan. 28, 2000 | National Post (Canada) | Colors of the Mountain | Da Chen |
| Aug. 3, 1998 | National Review | The Accidental Asian | Eric Liu |
| Mar. 10, 1997 | Weekly Standard | Hungry Ghosts | Jasper Becker |
| February 1991 | Literary Review (U.K.) | Shanghai | Harriet Sergeant |
| Fall 1988 | American Scholar | Chinese Intellectuals in Crisis | Hao Chang |
| Mid-1985(?) | Daily Telegraph (U.K.) | The Soong Dynasty | Sterling Seagrave |
| Apr. 30, 1985 | Daily Telegraph (U.K.) | Strategy for Survival | Chiao Chiao Hsieh |
| Early 1985(?) | Spectator (U.K.) | Stones of the Wall To Get Rich Is Glorious |
Dai Houying Orville Schell |
| Jan. 24, 1985 | Daily Telegraph (U.K.) | Shamans, Lamas and Evangelicals: The English Missionaries in Siberia | C.R. Bawden |
| Jun. 22, 1984 | Daily Telegraph (U.K.) | Return to Tibet | Heinrich Harrer |
| Early 1984 | Daily Telegraph (U.K.) | Chou: The Story of Zhou Enlai | Dick Wilson |