Books by Michael (Independent Scholar Dillon

Barely a century removed from the struggling and outdated Qing Empire, China has managed to reinvent itself on an unprecedented scale: from Empire, to Communist state, to hybrid capitalist superpower. This title explores these contrasts in detail, while also highlighting the enduring values which have informed Chinese identity for millennia.

Since declaring independence from China in 1911, Mongolia has suffered from repression, turbulent Soviet rule, dictatorships and corruption.