Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys. The dictator, the warlord, the unscrupulous bureaucrat who bilks the developing w...(展开全部)

Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys. The dictator, the warlord, the unscrupulous bureaucrat who bilks the developing w...(展开全部)

Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys. The dictator, the warlord, the unscrupulous bureaucrat who bilks the developing w...(展开全部)

Demon warrior puppets, sword-wielding Taoist priests, spirit mediums lacerating their bodies with spikes and blades—these are among the most dramatic images in Chinese religion. Usually linked to the propitiation of plague gods and the worship of popular military deities, such ritual practices have an obvious but previously unexamined kinship with the traditional Chinese martia...(展开全部)

【作者介绍】 伊恩·布鲁玛（Ian Buruma），生于荷兰海牙。曾担任《远东经济评论》和《旁观者》杂志记者，为《纽约时报》《新闻周刊》等报刊撰写关于亚洲的政治和文化评论，并曾任教于牛津、哈佛、普林斯顿、格罗宁根等大学。现为《纽约书评》主编、纽约巴德学院保罗·威廉斯教席之民主、人权和新闻学教授。出版的著作有《零年：1945现代世界诞生的时刻》《罪孽的报应：德国和日本的战争记忆》《创造日本：1853—1964》等。2008年被授予“伊拉斯谟奖”以表彰他“在欧洲对文化、社会或社会科学做出的重要贡献”，同年以其卓越的著作帮助美国读者理解亚洲的复杂性而获得“肖伦斯特新闻奖”。2008年和2010年被《外交政策》杂志列入“全球顶尖思想家”。 【译者介绍】 倪韬，1985年出生，毕业于复旦大学国际政治系，法学学士，现从事新闻工作，任英文报纸Shanghai Da...(展开全部)