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Reading List for History 106: China
Here are some sample titles of books we have in the library. Some of them are available as ebooks and some are only available as print -- please check the format at the top of the item description.
The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China by Details the history of the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900, in which groups of peasants in northern China began to band together into a secret society known as "Righteous and Harmonious Fists", called the "Boxers" by Western press wanted to rid China of all foreign influence and massacred foreigners until subdued by international forces.
- Demystifying China new understandings of Chinese history edited by Naomi Standen.
China is now too globally important to allow such oversimplifications to continue unchallenged, and this engaging and deeply knowledgeable volume counters them vigorously. In concise and accessible style, the contributors scrutinize a range of historical misconceptions that have ramifications for the present and future of China and its relations with the rest of the world.
The Retreat of the Elephants: an environmental history of China by ISBN: 9780300133530Publication Date: 2004-03-10This is the first environmental history of China during the three thousand years for which there are written records. It is also a treasure trove of literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources, which allow the reader direct access to the views and feelings of the Chinese people toward their environment and their landscape.
Scattered Sand: the story of China's rural migrants by Argues that the two hundred million Chinese migrant workers represent the country's most marginalized and impoverished group and cites the brutal conditions they endure, from illness to documented labor militancy.
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War by This narrative history of China's nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion (which cost some twenty million lives) brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and sometimes gruesome battles, in a portrait of the largest civil war in history, a conflict that shaped the fate of modern China.
The Silk Road: a new history by The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different -- and far more interesting -- as revealed in this new history.
Matteo Ricci: a Jesuit in the Ming Court by A biography of Matteo Ricci, an Italian and the first Jesuit missionary to China, who is credited as an outstanding cultural mediator between China and the West and performed important scientific work.
China in Ten Words by Uses a framework of ten common phrases in the Chinese vernacular to offer insight into China's modern economic gaps, cultural transformations, and ubiquitous practices of deception.
Confucianism by The author explores how Confucianism was conceived and molded by its earliest masters, discusses its main tenets, and considers its history and relevance for the modern world.
Ancestral Leaves by Ancestral Leaves follows one family through six hundred years of Chinese history and brings to life the epic narrative of the nation, from the fourteenth century through the Cultural Revolution.
Tragedy in Crimson: how the Dalai Lama conquered the world but lost the battle with China by "Tragedy in Crimson" is award-winning journalist Tim Johnson's extraordinary account of the cat-and-mouse game embroiling China and the Tibetan exile community over Tibet.
China Inside Out: 10 irreversible trends reshaping China and its relationship with the world by Bill Dodson presents the stories of average Chinese workers, along with interviews with topical experts, interlaced with his own experiences.
Escape from the Land of Snows by Documents the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet to India in 1959, describing the violent uprising in Lhasa between Tibetan rebels and Chinese occupiers and the near-death incidents that the Buddhist spiritual leader endured.
Unbound: a true story of war, love, and survival by In October 1934, the Chinese Communist Army found itself surrounded and facing annihilation. Rather than surrender, the Red Army embarked on an epic journey to safety, covering more than four thousand brutal miles on foot over the next year.
China in the 21st Century: what everyone needs to know by Within one generation, China has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse. In this book the author provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise.
Mao's Great Famine: the history of China's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-1962 by Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward. The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known, destroying tens of millions of lives.
Tiananmen Moon: inside the Chinese student uprising of 1989 by This compelling book provides a vivid first-hand account of the student demonstrations and violent crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Country Driving: a journey through China from farm to factory by In this penetrating narrative account, Hessler investigates China's lurch into modernity as he survives the advent of the nation's uniquely terrifying car culture, probes the transformation of village life, and explores China's frantic industrialization.
Emperor Qianlong: son of heaven, man of the world by This new entry in the Longman Library of World Biography series offers an intimate and provocative account of the Manchu emperor Qianlong, one of the world's great empire-builders, who helped build the foundation of the modern Chinese nation.
Global Shanghai, 1850-2010 : a history in fragments by This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai.
The Bitter Sea: coming of age in a China before Mao by The author documents his childhood in post-World War II China as the son of a wealthy government official, the crippling dissolution of his family's wealth when the Nationalists came to power, and his efforts to become an independent Chinese American.
Music in China: experiencing music, expressing culture by Music in China offers a unique exploration of the rich, dynamic, and multifaceted Chinese musical landscape. This volume takes a balanced look at a variety of traditional and modern genres, including those performed among local and regional folk musicians, in academia, in the media, and on concert stages both inside and outside of China.
Modern China: the fall and rise of a great power, 1850 to the present by China has emerged in the last three decades as an economic powerhouse set to play a major global political role. Understanding how that transformation came about and what China constitutes today means understanding its epic journey since 1850 and recognizing how the past influences the present.
China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors by Examines the life and achievements of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, who ordered the construction of the Great Wall and the buried terra-cotta army that guards his tomb, assessing whether he was a visionary or tyrant.
Death by a Thousand Cuts by A unique interdisciplinary history, Death by a Thousand Cuts is the first book to explore the history, iconography, and legal contexts of Chinese tortures and executions from the tenth century until lingchi's abolition in 1905.
Nixon and Mao: the week that changed the world by In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the enigmatic Communist dictator, met for an hour in Beijing. Their meeting changed the course of history and ultimately laid the groundwork for today's complex relationship between the countries
Empire of Great Brightness: visual and material cultures of Ming China, 1368-1644 by This book is a history of a high point in Chinese culture, seen through the riches of its images and objects.
Journey to the East: the Jesuit mission to China, 1579-1724 by It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This 'Journey to the East' is explored by Liam Brockey as he retraces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China.
The Early Chinese Empires by In 221 BC the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for its political survival on a fundamental reshaping of Chinese culture. With this informative book, we are present at the creation of an ancient imperial order whose major features would endure for two millennia.
Coming Home to China by In 2005, distinguished geographer Yi-Fu Tuan ventured to China to speak at an architectural conference, returning for the first time to the place he had left as a child sixty-four years before. In this enchanting volume, Tuan's childhood memories and musings on the places he encountered during his homecoming are interspersed with new lectures, engaging principles of human geography and the changing Chinese landscape.
Mao Zedong: a political and intellectual portrait by In this book, Maurice Meisner offers a balanced portrait of the man who defined modern China.
The Genius of China: 3,000 years of science, discovery, & invention by The captivating, award-winning look at ancient China's unparalleled achievements in engineering, medicine, technology, math, science, warfare, transportation, and music.
Cinderella's Sisters: a revisionist history of footbinding by Conventional views of footbinding as patriarchal oppression often neglect its complex history and the incentives of the women involved. This revisionist history presents a new picture of the practice from its beginnings in the tenth century to its demise in the twentieth century.
Zhou Enlai: the last perfect revolutionary: a biography by Zhou Enlai, the premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976, is the last Communist political leader to be revered by the Chinese Communist Party. This work offers an objective portrait of the real Zhou, a man who lived his life at the heart of Chinese politics for fifty years and survived - not thanks to ideological or personal purity, but because he was artful, wily, and politically supple.
The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army by A new look at one of the most spectacular finds in the annals of archaeology, the tomb of Qin Shihuangdi.
Dilemmas of Victory: the early years of the People's Republic of China by This work examines the social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions of the Communist takeover of China.
The Arts of China after 1620 by Beginning with discussions of pictorial fine art and progressing to decorative arts that include carving, architecture, sculpture, ceramics, jade, glasswares and textiles, the authors demonstrate that during the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries China was on the verge of becoming a global cultural power.
Return to Dragon Mountain: memories of a late Ming man by Traces the life and legacy of esteemed Ming historian and essayist Zhang Dai, describing the cultural renaissance and Buddhist reform of his early years, the impact of the Manchu invasion of 1644 on his dynasty, and his four-decade career as a writer.
Liquid Jade: the story of tea from east to west by Traveling from East to West over thousands of years, tea has played a variety of roles on the world scene--in medicine, politics, the arts, culture, and religion. Behind this most serene of beverages, idolized by poets and revered in spiritual practices, lie stories of treachery, violence, smuggling, drug trade, international espionage, slavery, and revolution.
Mao's Last Revolution by After Mao's death, in reaction to the killing and the chaos, Deng Xiaoping led China into a reform era in which capitalism flourishes and the party has lost its former authority. In its critical analysis of Chairman Mao and its portrait of a culture in turmoil, Mao's Last Revolution offers the most authoritative and compelling account to date of this seminal event in the history of China.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: China's eternal first lady by Beautiful, brilliant, and captivating, the woman known as China's Eternal First Lady wielded unprecedented official and unofficial power during China's long and violent civil war. She passionately opposed Chinese Communism and influenced decades of American foreign policy.
Will the Boat Sink the Water? The life of China's peasants by Depicts life among the nine hundred million peasants who inhabit the rural areas of China, revealing the destitute conditions under which they live and the reasons why they have been excluded from China's economic revolution.
Oracle Bones: a journey between China's past and present by Explores how China has changed over the last century, focusing on the role of the Chinese people in this transformation and the country's growing links to the Western world and its people.
Opium Culture: the art and ritual of the Chinese tradition by Peter Lee presents a narrative that covers every aspect of the Chinese art and craft of smoking opium.
The Long March: the true history of Communist China's founding myth by The Long March is Communist China's founding myth. Seventy years afterwards, Sun Shuyun set out to retrace its steps and discovered the true history behind the legend.
The Great Wall: China against the world, 1000 BC-AD 2000 by This is a history of the epic story of the Great Wall of China that guides the reader through the conquests and cataclysms of the Chinese empire, from the second millennium B.C. to present day.
The Establishment of the Han Empire and Imperial China by Profiles the Han Dynasty, that created an enduring Chinese empire comparable to the Roman Empire. Narrative chapters, biographical sketches, and translated primary documents give readers an overview of this important founding dynasty.
Mao: the unknown story by Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China--and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him--this is the most authoritative life of Mao ever written.
Sparrows, Bedbugs, and Body Shadows by Sheldon (Xicheng) Lou's captivating memoir, written against the backdrop of the early decades of the People's Republic, offers a rare and personal look at China's dream of a Communist paradise.
China Marches West: the Qing conquest of Central Eurasia by Peter Perdue chronicles for the first time in English the little-known story of the Qing conquest, discussing the military strategies, diplomatic maneuvers, logistical preparations, and ideological proclamations of all the contending parties.
Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China by Drawing on nearly 30 years of field and documentary research in rural North China, this book explores the contested relationship between village and state since the 1960's.
A Bitter Revolution: China's struggle with the modern world by Mitter explores the resulting social turmoil and political promise, the devastating war against Japan in the 1940s, Communism and the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, and the new era of hope in the 1980s ended by the Tian'anmen uprising.
Governing China: from revolution through reform by In this highly readable account by a renowned expert on Chinese politics, we enter China's real channels of power, known to all participants but invisible to most observers.
Writing Women in Modern China by Collection of translation of works by Chinese women writers.
China's Golden Age: everyday life in the Tang dynasty by Charles Benn paints a vivid picture of the lifestyle behind the grandeur of the Tang culture. All aspects of day-to-day life are presented, including crime, entertainment, fashion, marriage, food, hygiene, dwellings, and transportation.
The Silk Road by Covering more than 5,000 years, this book, lavishly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings from the collections of the British Library and other museums worldwide, presents an overall picture of the history and cultures of the Silk Road.
The Chinese Garden by An exploration of how Chinese culture manifested itself in the art of garden-making and design.
The Chinese Revolution in Historical Perspective by Schrecker proposes new approaches for conceptualizing and evaluating China's modern revolution and the long and often misunderstood Chinese past, clarifying a topic made more complex because the West and Western ideas have played crucial roles in the revolutionary process.
1421: the year China discovered America by This volume presents the author's assertion that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng visited the Americas prior to European explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, and that this same Chinese fleet circumnavigated the globe a century before the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan.
Aching for Beauty by The author explores the cultural history behind the Chinese custom of footbinding, why Chinese women over 1,000 years endured the practice, and why Chinese men found women's "golden lotuses" so arousing.
Chinese Art and Culture by An illustrated chronicle of Chinese art from the late Neolithic period through the twentieth century, which discusses artistic reflections of politics, material culture, belief systems, and more, and includes over one hundred color plates, eight maps, and a time line.
Perpetual Happiness by Perpetual Happiness will captivate all who enjoy historical biography, and will be of interest to specialists in history and Asian studies.
Music in the Age of Confucius by Presented here are the insights of six specialists who describe these instruments' sophisticated tuning systems, techniques of manufacture, and inscriptions revealing their musical and nonmusical significance in ancient Chinese society.
The Boxer Rebellion: the dramatic story of China's war on foreigners that shook the world in the summer of 1900 by The Boxer Rebellion is a panoramic chronicle of the uprising and ensuing two-month siege of the eleven foreign ministries in Peking (now Beijing), and of the foreign community in Tientsin (now Tianjin), during the summer of 1900 - the repercussions of which have echoed throughout the intervening century.
Nanking: anatomy of an atrocity by Drawing on English, Chinese, and Japanese sources, this study challenges the prevailing view that the Rape of Nanking was a deliberate, planned effort on the part of the Japanese military and concludes that it was instead an unfortunate tragedy of conventional warfare.
China in the Tokugawa World by This engaging book challenges the traditional notion that Japan was an isolated nation cut off from the outside world in the early modern era. This familiar story of seclusion, argues master historian Marius B. Jansen, results from viewing the period solely in terms of Japan's ties with the West, at the expense of its relationship with closer Asian neighbors.
The Rape of Nanking: the forgotten holocaust of World War II by Relates an account of the 1937 massacre of 250,000 Chinese civilians in Nanking by the invading Japanese military, a carnage for which the Japanese government has never admitted responsibility.
God's Chinese Son by In this master work of the historian's art, Jonathan Spence creates a history of intimate detail and grand scale. We enter the fevered dream world of Hong Xiuquan as he meets his Heavenly family; we see the torments awaiting earthly sinners in King Yan Luo's hell; we feel the anxieties of Westerners living circumscribed lives on the edges of a China they do not understand.
Bitter Winds: a memoir of my years in China's Gulag by In the powerful tradition of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Bitter Winds chronicles a brave man's triumph over mindless brutality and unimaginable oppression.
When China Ruled the Seas: the treasure fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 by In When China Ruled the Seas, Louise Levathes focuses on China's rise as a naval power that literally could have ruled the world and at its precipitous plunge into isolation when a new emperor ascended the Dragon Throne.
The Private Life of Chairman Mao: the memoirs of Mao's personal physician by In this book, Dr. Li vividly reconstructs his extraordinary time with Chairman Mao.
Wild Swans: three daughters of China by Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord's concubine; her mother's struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents' experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution.
Voices from the Whirlwind by ISBN: 9780394586458Publication Date: 1991-05-21A collection of 14 first-person accounts selected and translated from: Yi bai ge ren de shi nian.
Tell the World by ISBN: 0394583701Publication Date: 1989-12-30An account of the momentous events shaking China today and of the turbulent spring of 1989 and the forces that shaped it, told by three former members of the Chinese Communist Party.
Son of the Revolution by An account of growing up during China's Great Cultural Revolution.
The Gate of Heavenly Peace: the Chinese and their revolution, 1895-1980 by Spanning the years 1895-1980, this book is a study of some prominent members of China's intellectual elite during a turbulent period of the country's history.
49 Myths about China by ISBN: 9781442236226Publication Date: 2014-11-13The authors debunk widespread "knowledge" about Chinese culture, society, politics, and economy. In some cases, Chinese themselves encourage mistaken impressions. But many of these myths are really about how we Westerners see ourselves, inasmuch as China or the Chinese people are depicted as what we are not. 2015.
Buddhist Buildings by ISBN: 9781627740180Publication Date: 2015-03-03The natural settings of many monasteries are emphasized, as many were located far from urban sites, in lush valleys, or on the slopes and peaks of mountains. In 146 color photographs, 50 illustrations and figures, 2 charts, and 2 maps, Buddhist Buildings shows breathtaking monasteries and temples, schematics of monastery layouts, and design illustrations of pagodas. 2014
From Moon Cakes to Mao to Modern China by ISBN: 9781627740029Publication Date: 2014-01-31A group of scholars from China and America have put this book together as a primer on all things China, from art and science to religion and society. They attempt to offer a panoramic view of the totality of Chinese culture, using only the most representative material, to introduce to the West the most typical aspects of Chinese civilization and life. 2014.
China's Hidden Children by ISBN: 9780226529073Publication Date: 2017-10-23Since China instituted its One-Child Policy, 120,000 children -- mostly girls -- have left China through international adoption, including 85,000 to the United States. It is generally assumed that this diaspora is the result of China's approach to population control, but there is also the underlying belief that the majority of adoptees are daughters because the One-Child Policy often collides with the traditional preference for a son. While there is some truth to this, it does not tell the full story-- a story with deep personal resonance to Kay Ann Johnson, a China scholar and mother to an adopted Chinese daughter. 2016.
Little Emperors and Material Girls by ISBN: 9781780769844Publication Date: 2015-04-28From the woman starting China's first online dating agency to the mistresses of the rich and powerful; from the company trying to sell sex toys to China's middle-classes to the sino-punks of Beijing's bar scene. 2015
Alibaba by ISBN: 9780062413406Publication Date: 2016-04-12Traces the founding of Alibaba, the world's second largest Internet company, by an English teacher from humble origins, drawing on exclusive interviews to explore how the company and Jack Ma have become icons and leading employers in China's booming private sector. 2016.
The China Mirage by ISBN: 9780316196673Publication Date: 2015-04-21From drug dealer Warren Delano to his grandson Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from the port of Hong Kong to the towers of Princeton University, from the era of Appomattox to the age of the A-Bomb, THE CHINA MIRAGE explores a difficult century that defines U.S.-Chinese relations to this day"--
An account of U.S.-China relations from the 19th century through post-World War II reveals lesser-known facts about America's role in Asia, including the historical influence of prominent Americans who made fortunes in China's opium trade. 2015.
Leftover in China by ISBN: 9780393254631Publication Date: 2018-02-13Among many other unintended consequences, the one-child policy resulted in both an enormous gender imbalance-- a predicted twenty million more men than women of marriage age by 2020-- and China's first generations of only-daughters. Enough of these women have decided to postpone marriage-- or not marry at all-- to spawn a label: "leftovers." 2018.
Reference Shelf: US China Relations by ISBN: 9781682170656Publication Date: 2016-06-06Multiple viewpoints on many issues in US-China relations. Environment, human rights, spying and military power are examined.
The Cultural Revolution by ISBN: 9781632864215Publication Date: 2016-05-03This book draws for the first time on hundreds of previously classified party documents, from secret police reports to unexpurgated versions of leadership speeches. Frank Dikötter uses this wealth of material to undermine the picture of complete conformity that is often supposed to have characterized the last years of the Mao era. Argues that the collapse of the army led to political chaos and capitalist-influenced economic changes.
Betraying Big Brother by ISBN: 9781786633644Publication Date: 2018-09-25Tracing the rise of a new feminist consciousness now finding expression through the #MeToo movement, and describing how the Communist regime has suppressed the history of its own feminist struggles.
End of an Era by ISBN: 9780190672089Publication Date: 2018-03-01Argues that China is moving back to an authoritarian system that will soon end the era of reformation and economic expansion. A contrarian viewpoint.
The Slaughter by ISBN: 9781616149406Publication Date: 2014-08-12Based on interviews with top-ranking police officials and Chinese doctors who have killed prisoners on the operating table, veteran China analyst Ethan Gutmann has produced a riveting insider's account--culminating in a death toll that will shock the world. Why would the Chinese leadership encourage such a dangerous perversion of their medical system? To solve the puzzle, Gutmann journeyed deep into the dissident archipelago of Falun Gong, Tibetans, Uighurs and House Christians.
Foundations of Chinese Civilization by ISBN: 9781611720273Publication Date: 2016-05-31A graphic novel (Comic book) in 5 volumes.
Half the Sky by Call Number: Cascade Main 709.51 G84h 2016ISBN: 9780980834741Publication Date: 2016Half the sky is the first major book on contemporary women artists in China. The dynamic artistic centres of China are producing some of the most interesting and compelling contemporary art of our time. But there are fascinating stories as yet insufficiently told: the stories of women artists. It was Chairman Mao who said "Women hold up half the sky". This book reveals the work and lives of 32 artists.
Chopsticks by ISBN: 9781107023963Publication Date: 2015-01-26Chopsticks have become a quintessential part of the Japanese, Chinese and Korean culinary experience across the globe, with more than one fifth of the world's population using them daily to eat. In this account of the history of chopsticks, Q. Edward Wang charts their evolution from a simple eating implement in ancient times to their status as a much more complex, cultural symbol today.
Reference Shelf: the South China Sea Conflict by ISBN: 9781682178645Publication Date: 2018-02-05Chinese military bases being built on tiny islands in the S. China Sea has the potential to blow up. What to do?
Barbarians and the Birth of Chinese Identity by ISBN: 9781611720341Publication Date: 2017-04-25A graphic novel trip through Chinese political history from 907- 1368, the Song dynasty to the Mongol Empire.
What Is China? by ISBN: 9780674737143Publication Date: 2018-03-26An unusual book about modern China, because it is written by a Chinese man trying to explain his culture to the western world.
Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy by ISBN: 9780231152181Publication Date: 2015-04-07A Manchu princess, born in 1906 who grew up in Japan, and got tangled in the Sino-Japanese wars in Manchuria. A cross-dresser who wore military clothes, and one complex person.
I Stand Corrected by ISBN: 9780385538695Publication Date: 2014-10-07The subtitle says it all: How teaching Western manners in China became its own unforgettable lesson.
Verse Going Viral by ISBN: 9780295993690Publication Date: 2014-05-06Examines what happens when poetry, a central pillar of traditional Chinese culture, encounters an era of digital media and unabashed consumerism in the early twenty-first century.
AI Superpowers by ISBN: 9781328546395Publication Date: 2018-09-25Kai-Fu Lee reveals that China has suddenly caught up to the United States at an astonishingly rapid and unexpected pace. In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of the unprecedented developments in artificial intelligence, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us have expected.
China's Second Continent by ISBN: 9780307956989Publication Date: 2014-05-20How a million migrants are building a new empire in Africa.
Humanity by ISBN: 9780691181523Publication Date: 2018-04-24China's most famous artist gives his views on art, life and refugees.
The Empire of Tea by ISBN: 9781780234403Publication Date: 2015-07-15Imported by the East India Company in increasing quantities across the eighteenth century, tea inaugurated the first regular exchange between China and Britain, both commercial and cultural. While European scientists struggled to make sense of its natural history and medicinal properties, the delicate flavor profile and hot preparation of tea inspired poets, artists and satirists.
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