Fall 2026 Acquisitions at the H.C. Fung Library

Each semester, the Fairbank Center Collection of the H. C. Fung Library at Harvard University acquires new books in English and Chinese. Below is a list of books collected for Fall 2026.

New English Books in the Fairbank Center Collection

No. 121 – Fall 2026

Ai Weiwei, On Censorship (London: Thames & Hudson, 2026), 87 pp.

Akins, Harrison, Adversary and Ally: How China Shapes the Frontier Politics of India and Pakistan (New York: Columbia University Press, 2026), 286 pp.

Baum, Emily, and Albert Wu, eds., Uncanny Beliefs: Superstition in Modern Chinese History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2026), 362 pp.

Benton, Gregor, and Yang Yang, eds., The Longest Night: Three Generations of Chinese Trotskyists in Defeat, Jail, Exile and Diaspora, trans. Gregor Benton and Yang Yang (Chicago: Haymarket, 2025), 1215 pp.

Blecher, Marc, The Making of China’s Working Class: A World to Lose (New York: Routledge, 2026), 256 pp.

Brazinsky, Gregg A., Cold War Comrades: An Emotional History of the Sino-North Korean Alliance (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 266 pp.

Brown, Kerry, Mao: Power and Contradiction (London: Reaktion, 2026), 270 pp.

Cao, Xuenan, Chinese Media Improvisations: Thriving on Deficits (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2026), 274 pp.

Cheang, Kai Hang, Sideways Developments: Queer and Trans Aesthetics of Global Hong Kong (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2026), 240 pp.

Dawley, Evan N., Taiwan: A People’s History (London: Reaktion, 2026), 312 pp.

Dikötter, Frank, Red Dawn over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity (New York: Bloomsbury, 2026), 362 pp.

Dillon, Michael, Shanghai: The Story of China’s Most Dynamic City (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2026), 330 pp.

Driessen, Miriam, Immunity on Trial: Ethiopian Courts, Chinese Corporations, and Contestations over Sovereignty (Oakland: University of California Press, 2026), 206 pp.

Freeman, Eyck, Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China (New York: Oxford University Press, 2026), 432 pp.

Gurtov, Mel, China Inside and Out: Politics and Policies in a Turbulent World (New York: Bloomsbury, 2025), 241 pp.

Han, Rongbin, Make China Great Again: Online Alt-History Fiction and Popular Authoritarianism (New York: Columbia University Press, 2026), 218 pp.

Healy, Gavin, A Guide to Mao’s China: Showing the Nation to Foreign Guests (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2026), 294 pp.

Hillman, Ben, and Fengyuan Ji, eds., The Communist Party of China: Understanding the Durability of the World’s Most Powerful Political Organization (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 340 pp.

Horton, Chris, Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival (London: Macmillan, 2025), 328 pp.

Hsu, Szu-chien, Kellee S. Tsai, and Chun-chih Chang, eds., Evolutionary Governance in China: State-Society Relations under Authoritarianism (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2021), 396 pp.

Huang, Yasheng, Statism with Chinese Characteristics: A History of China’s Reforms and Reversals, Second Edition (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 363 pp.

Jiang, Dongxian, Why China Needs Democracy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2026)

Kennedy, Andrew B., Rebellious Follower: China’s Search for Science, Technology, and Innovation (New York: Oxford University Press, 2026), 224 pp.

Lanza, Fabio, Urban Revolution: People’s Communes in Beijing (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 277 pp.

Lau, Ting Hui, Decolonial Endurance: Lisu Worldmaking against Chinese Settler Colonialism (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2026), 238 pp.

Lin, Justin Yifu, Demystifying the Chinese Economy, Second Edition (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2025), 392 pp.

Liu, Adam Y., Authoritarian Markets: The Politics of China’s Banking Explosion (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2026), 216 pp.

Liu, Shih-Diing, and Wei Shi, Affective Spaces: The Cultural Politics of Emotion in China (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2025), 240 pp.

Liu, Yi-Ling, The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2026), 326 pp. 

Lu, Miao, The Transsion Approach: Translating Chinese Mobile Technology in Africa (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2025), 176 pp.

Ma, Xiao, Rethinking Political Meritocracy: An Attention- Based Approach (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 89 pp.

Malešević, Gordana, ed., Challenges for Chinese Women in the Early Twenty-First Century (Singapore: World Scientific, 2026), 333 pp.

Muscolino, Micah S., ed., Revolutionary Natures: Grassroots Environmental Histories of China’s Mao Era (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2026), 321 pp.

Ngai, Joe, and Nick Leung, The Next China is Still China: An Insider’s Playbook for Winning in the New Era (New York: Scribner, 2026), 318 pp.

Peng, Sheng, Jimmy Carter and China: Multilateral Competition in the Global Cold War (New York: Columbia University Press, 2026), 328 pp.

Pollio, Andrea, Silicon Elsewhere: Nairobi, Global China, and the Promise of Techno-Capital (Oakland: University of California Press, 2026), 218 pp.

Postiglione, Gerard A., Higher Education in China: Domestic Demands and Global Aspirations (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2026), 297 pp.

Potter, Pitman B., China and the Rules-Based International Order: Globalized Populism and Crisis Response (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2026), 309 pp.

Repnikova, Maria, Competing for Soft Power: China’s Image-Making in Africa (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 265 pp.

Schoenhals, Michael, Eyes and Ears: Secret Agent Work in Cold War China (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 255 pp.

Setzekorn, Eric, On the Brink: A Military History of Taiwan (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2026), 259 pp. 

Shaw, Eros, Mark Larrimore, and Michael Clifton, eds., Blessed are those who Mourn: Chinese Tongzhi Catholics’ Tales (Petaling Jaya: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2022), 369 pp.

Smith, S.A., Communism in an Enchanted World: Chinese Folk Religion Under Mao Zedong (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 382 pp.

Smith, S.A., Supernatural Politics: Mao Zedong and the Drive to Eliminate Religion in China, 1949-79 (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 385 pp.

Stanzel, Volker, Newspeak and Newthink: China’s “Rejuvenation” of its Memory (Singapore: World Scientific, 2026), 231 pp.

Tang, Denise Tse-Shang, Everyday Erotics: Older Chinese Women and Same-Sex Desire (Durham: Duke University Press, 2026), 186 pp.

Tang, Ling, Burnout Market Feminism: Urban Chinese Businesswomen in the Internet Age (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2025), 196 pp.

Tsai, Wen-Hsuan, Reshaping the State: Chinese Political Institutions under Xi Jinping (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2026), 287 pp.

Tsang, Steve, and Olivia Cheung, China’s Global Strategy under Xi Jinping (New York: Oxford University Press, 2026), 296 pp.

Wang, Aihe, Painting into Being: Underground Art during China’s Cultural Revolution (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2026), 321 pp.

Wang, Alex L., Chinese Global Environmentalism (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 90 pp.

Wang, Chenyi, Mao’s Final Legacies and the Sino-Vietnamese War, 1971-79 (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2026), 262 pp.

Wang, Mengqi, Anxious Homes: Inflexible Demand and China’s Housing Market (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2026), 170 pp.

Wang, Yueduan, The New Dual State: Judicial Autonomy and Political Control in China (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 235 pp.

Whiting, Susan H., Illiberal Law and Development: Property Rights and Conflict over Land in China (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026), 231 pp.

Wong, Audrye, Subversion and Seduction: China’s Economic Statecraft (New York: Oxford University Press, 2026), 316 pp.

Xi Jinping, The Governance of China (v.4) (Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2022), 658 pp.

Xi Jinping, The Governance of China (v.5) (Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2025), 635 pp.

Xu Guoqi, The Idea of China: A Contested History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2026), 306 pp.

Zhao Dingxin, Politics of Legitimacy: State-Society Relations and Patterns of Chinese Politics (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2026), 292 pp.

Zhao Quansheng, Ye Min, and Sun Taiyi, eds., A Series in Memory of Professor Joseph Fewsmith (Boston: Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, 2025), 149 pp.

Zhou, Mujun, The Death and Life of Chinese Civil Society (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2026), 265 pp.

New Chinese-Language Books in the Fairbank Center Collection

No. 49 – Fall 2026

1. 陈慕华主管计划生育 [Chen Muhua Oversees Family Planning] (纽约: 博登书屋, 2026)

    2. 從大饑荒到文化大革命: 一個紅衛兵的告白 (新北市: 聯經, 2026)

    3. 從《共同綱領》到 “五四憲法” — — 論人民共和國的政治-法律哲學 (澳門: 啟蒙時代, 2020)

    4. 当代西藏工作理论思考与实践 (北京: 中国藏学出版社, 2023)

    5. 党员干部 “八小时外” 100条纪律红线 (北京: 中国方正出版社, 2025)

    6. 动荡中国 [Turbulent China] (纽约: 博登书屋, 2026)

    7. 方舱记忆: 万众一心抗疫情 (上海: 上海科学技术文献出版社, 2020)

    8. 福爾摩沙意識形態: 東方殖民主義與臺彎民族主義的興起 1895-1945 [The Formosan Ideology: Oriental Colonialism and the Rise of Taiwanese Nationalism, 1895-1945] (臺北市: 春山, 2025)

    9. 恭祝季音前辈百岁晋一纪念 (2024)

    10. 恭祝陆超棋前辈百龄初度纪念 (2024)

    11. 恭祝钱李仁前辈期颐大寿纪念 (2024)

    12. 郭罗基访谈录 — — 一生充当反对派 [A Lifelong Opposition: Interview with Guo Luoji] (上/下) (Texas: Fellows Press of America, 2025)

    13. 國運的轉危為安: 再探民國政府遷臺初期的軍事與外交 (1949-1955) [Setting the Course from Peril to Peace: Re-Examining the Republic of China’s Military and Diplomatic Affairs during the Early Years on Taiwan, 1949-1955] (臺北市: 民國曆史文化學社, 2024)

    14. 國運的轉危為安: 再探民國政府遷臺初期的軍事與外交 (1949-1955) (二版) [Setting the Course from Peril to Peace… (Second edition)] (臺北市: 民國曆史文化學社, 2024)

    15. 黄河流域大型水利工程文献资料选编: 1950 ~ 1995 [华东师范大学文献史料中心] (上海: 东方出版中心, 2024)

    16. 纪念胡赵与八九民运卅五周年论文集 (纽约: 博登书屋, 2024)

    17. 江青年谱 [Jiang Qing Chronology] [余汝信] (香港: 新世纪, 2026)

    18. 解殖中國史 [Decolonizing Chinese History] (新北市: 有理文化, 2025)

    19. 金融监管: 理论与实践 (北京: 中信出版社, 2025)

    20. 巨浪後: 國安法時代的香港與香港人 (新北市: 左岸文化, 2025)

    21. 李慎之口述往事 (東京都日野市: 読道, 2025)

    22. 炼狱归魂 — — 大饥荒年代 “星火” 案幸存者的回忆 (1957-1981) [Return from Purgatory: A Memoir of Surviving China’s Great Famine and the ‘Spark’ Case] [向承鉴] (纽约: 博登书屋, 2024)

    23. 林明生活账本: 1976-2000 [华东师范大学社会主义历史与文献研究院中国当代史研究中心] (上海: 东方出版中心, 2024)

    24. 劉金獅回憶錄: 勇敢堅韌的革命者 (臺北市: 前衛, 2024)

    25. 麦苗青 菜花黄 — — 大饥荒川西纪实 (纽约: 博登书屋, 2024)

    26. 毛澤東和「新中國」: 延綿不絕的政治運動與其深層的戰爭思維 [宋永毅] (新北市: 聯經, 2026)

    27. 美国国务院与中美关系缓和研究: 1969 ~ 1972 (北京: 社会科学文献出版社, 2015)

    28. 名耆杨钧泰文集 [Collected Works of Famous Senior Juntai Yang] (美国: 求真出版社, 2024)

    29. 彭真: 毛澤東的「親密戰友」(1941-1966) (新北市: 聯經, 2024)

    30. 企业IT架构转型之道: 阿里巴巴中台战略思想与架构实战 (北京: 机械工业出版社, 2017)

      31. 认识中国: 乡村的前途与中国现代化 (北京: 生活 · 读书 · 新知三联书店, 2025)

      32. 杉树坡: 一个家族的百年故事 [郭于华] (纽约: 博登书屋, 2024)

      33. 社会分层十五讲 (北京: 社会科学文献出版社, 2024)

      34. 生产队纪事 [华东师范大学社会主义历史与文献研究院中国当代史研究中心] (上海: 东方出版中心, 2024)

      35. 枢纽: 3000年的中国 (长沙: 湖南文艺出版社, 2023)

      36. 数智重生: 战略求变与组织焕新 (北京: 机械工业出版社, 2025)

      37. 数字疾驰: 外卖骑手与平台经济劳动秩序 (上海: 上海人民出版社, 2024)

      38. 送葬 [Dies Irae] [许章润] (纽约: 博登书屋, 2025)

      39. 臺彎人的抵抗與認同 (1920-1950) [增訂版] (臺北市: 春山, 2025)

      40. 臺彎史是什麼? (新北市: 大家; 遠足, 2025)

      41. 探寻社会学之旅: 20位当代美国社会学家眼中的社会学 (北京: 北京大学出版社, 2019)

      42. 天津某粮管干部工作笔记摘编(四)党务行政部分: 1951年-1965年 [华东师范大学中国当代史研究中心] (上海: 东方中心, 2020)

      43. 同时代人物录 (上/下) [Records of Contemporaries] [郭罗基] (纽约: 博登书屋, 2026)

      44. 文革死亡档案 (纪时文学出版社, 2005)

      45. 文革中公民抗争的文字记录 (上/下) [Documentary Records of Citizen Resistance in the Cultural Revolution) (Volume I / Volume II) (New Jersey: BeAuthor Press, 2026)

      46. 我是寨子里长大的女孩 (上海: 上海译文出版社, 2025)

      47. 新冠肺炎浩劫: 一場本來完全可以避免的大災難 [胡平] (台北市: 允辰文化, 2024)

      48. 血的黎明 [老鬼] (東京都日野市: 読道, 2026)

      49. 一個人或一個時代: 習近平執政十週年的檢視 (台北市: 五南, 2022)

      50. 怎样做好新时代巡察工作 (北京: 东方出版社, 2023)

      51. 戰地之框: 從漁村到預備戰地的魔幻時光, 在軍管實驗下成為馬祖人 (臺北市: 春山, 2024)

      52. 章元善日记 [华东师范大学中国当代史研究中心] (上海: 东方出版中心, 2023)

      53. 制度基因: 中國制度與極權主義制度的起源 [Institutional Genes: The Origins of China’s Institutions and Totalitarianism] (臺北市: 國力台灣大學出版中心, 2024)

        54. 中国当代史研究(五)内部交流本 (上海: 华东师范大学社会主义历史与文献研究院中国当代史研究中心, 2024)

        55. 中国会成为民主国家吗?[Will China become a Democratic Country?] (纽约: 博登书屋, 2026)

        56. 中国抗日战争史论稿 (北京: 中共党史出版社, 2018)

        57. 中国农村 “土地换保障” 的实践反思与理性建构 (上海: 上海三联书店, 2012)

        58. 中国农村 “土地换保障” 的实践反思与理性建构 – 2版 (上海: 上海三联书店, 2015)

        59. 中国式母女 (上海: 上海译文出版社, 2025)

        60. 中国新能源汽车产业发展报告 · 2024 (北京: 社会科学文献出版社, 2024)

        61. 中台实践: 数字化转型方法论与解决方案 (北京: 机械工业出版社, 2020)

        62. 中台战略: 中台建设与数字商业 (北京: 机械工业出版社, 2019)

        63. 注視: 都蘭野書 [龍應台] (臺北市: 時報文化, 2024)

        64. 走向共产党之后的中国: 转型八论 [Toward a Post-Communist China: Eight Treatises on Transformation] (上/中册) [吴国光] (纽约: 博登书屋, 2024)

        65. 走向婚姻的一步: “90后” 流动青年未婚同居过程研究 (上海: 上海社会科学院出版社, 2025)

        66.左冲右突: 胡耀邦、赵紫阳与计划生育 [Rushing Left and Right: Hu Yaobang, Zhao Ziyang and Family Planning] (纽约: 博登书屋, 2026)