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Jonathan Fenby

Jonathan Fenby

Jonathan Fenby is a former editor of the OBSERVER and of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. He is the author of several books including the acclaimed ON THE BRINK: THE TROUBLE WITH FRANCE and GENERALISSIMO: CHIANG KAI-SHEK AND THE CHINA HE LOST. In 2013... Read full bio

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Tiger Head, Snake Tails will be released on April 25, 2013 in Mass Market Paperback
Apr 25, 2013
Tiger Head, Snake Tails is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Apr 25, 2013
Tiger Head, Snake Tails will be released on April 24, 2013 in
Apr 24, 2013
Tiger Head, Snake Tails is now available in
Apr 24, 2013
May 22, 2012
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May 22, 2012
Tiger Head, Snake Tails will be released on March 29, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 29, 2012
Tiger Head, Snake Tails is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 29, 2012
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Feb 22, 2012
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Chapter 1 from Alliance
Dec 18, 2011
The General will be released on July 07, 2011 in
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Jul 07, 2011
The General will be released on June 24, 2010 in
Jun 24, 2010
The General is now available in
Jun 24, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Alliance
Mar 31, 2009
Alliance will be released on January 07, 2008 in
Jan 07, 2008

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Londonist, May 8, 2013
...Sarah Rees Brennan talk teen horror at Foyles (6.30pm, £3). Get the experts’ take on China from Jonathan Fenby, Gerard Lemos and Yuwen Wu at the  Festival of Asian Literature  (6.45pm, £10 / £8). Join Andrew Taylor for a literary dinner and...
Redhotcurry, April 19, 2013
...and experts on China Will Hutton (The Writing on the Wall-China and the West in the 21st Century); Jonathan Fenby (Modern China, The Seventy Wonders of China); Gerard Lemos (The End of the Chinese Dream: Why Chinese People Fear the Future) and Isabel...
Telegraph, April 8, 2013
...to just 0.1pc. He also admitted he would not reach his 3pc budget deficit goal until 2014. Jonathan Fenby in the Guardian argues that this latest failure by sociailst French President Francois Hollande to get the economy growing has left the balance of...
News Sentinel, March 2, 2013
...books from the library. One I'm reading most actively is 'Tiger Head, Snake Tails,' by British author Jonathan Fenby. The subtitle is 'China Today, How It Got There and Where It Is Heading.' ?China is much more complicated than people make it. There is...
Knox News Sentinel, January 17, 2013
...Chevalier nTiger Rag by Nicholas Christopher NONFICTION nThe General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved by Jonathan Fenby nHomegrown in Florida nMy Share of the Task by Stanley McChrystal nThe Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You...
Londonist, January 9, 2013
...Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Wednesday 9 January:  Jonathan Fenby talks about China past and present at Foyles (6.15pm, free). Hear poets Claire Crowther, Timothy Adès, Sharon Morris and David Morley plus...
Minyanville, December 28, 2012
...this year and a few classics that should be on every investor's bookshelf. Satyajit Das recommends: , by Jonathan Fenby On an increasingly crowded list of books purporting to explain China, Jonathan Fenbys Tiger Head, Snake Tails (Simon & Schuster,...
Londonist, May 8, 2013
...Sarah Rees Brennan talk teen horror at Foyles (6.30pm, £3). Get the experts’ take on China from Jonathan Fenby, Gerard Lemos and Yuwen Wu at the  Festival of Asian Literature  (6.45pm, £10 / £8). Join Andrew Taylor for a literary dinner and...
Prospect, May 7, 2013
...China flexing its muscles abroad to distract from troubles at home is something the world does not need. Jonathan Fenby’s book Tiger Head, Snake Tails; China Today has just been published in an updated paperback edition to take in the latest...
Redhotcurry, April 19, 2013
...and experts on China Will Hutton (The Writing on the Wall-China and the West in the 21st Century); Jonathan Fenby (Modern China, The Seventy Wonders of China); Gerard Lemos (The End of the Chinese Dream: Why Chinese People Fear the Future) and Isabel...
Asian Times Online UK, April 16, 2013
...Kuehn on Sunday, April 21. Also, Michael Palin discusses his time travelling in Asia; political heavyweights, Will Hutton, Jonathan Fenby and Gerard Lemos re-evaluate the ‘Chinese Dream, while Colin Pyle talks about this 18,000km ride around China...
Eastern Eye, April 16, 2013
...Kuehn on Sunday, April 21. Also, Michael Palin discusses his time travelling in Asia; political heavyweights, Will Hutton, Jonathan Fenby and Gerard Lemos re-evaluate the Chinese Dream, while Colin Pyle talks about this 18,000km ride around China and...
Eastern Eye, April 16, 2013
...Kuehn on Sunday, April 21. Also, Michael Palin discusses his time travelling in Asia; political heavyweights, Will Hutton, Jonathan Fenby and Gerard Lemos re-evaluate the Chinese Dream, while Colin Pyle talks about this 18,000km ride around China and...
Money Week, April 11, 2013
...European cohesion. Hollande’s weakness means that the traditionally pivotal Franco-German alliance is now in “questionable shape”, said Jonathan Fenby in The Guardian. The Germans think France’s reforms are far too slow “and take a dim view...