Please recommend some books about the period from the late Qing Dynasty to the founding of New China, preferably by overseas authors.

1. Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, CH, FRS, FBA (English: Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, December 9, 1900 - March 24, 1995), was born in London, England, United Kingdom, biochemist. His "History of Science and Technology in China" has a profound influence on modern cultural exchanges between China and the West. His Needham question about China's technological stagnation has also attracted attention and discussion from all walks of life.

2. In January 1931, Bethune published an article "Eliminating Self-Profit from Medical Care" in "Canadian Doctor" magazine: "The poor have the poor's tuberculosis, the rich have the rich's tuberculosis. The poor have it. "Let us purge profit and private economic interests from medicine and purify our profession of greedy individualism. Let us purify architecture." It is a disgrace to seek wealth at the expense of the suffering of our fellow men."

3. John Rabe (November 23, 1882 - January 5, 1950). A German businessman born in Hamburg, he is famous for his humanitarian actions during the Nanjing Massacre from late 1937 to early 1938 and for his "Rabe's Diary" which serves as detailed evidence of the Nanjing Massacre.

4. Edgar P. Snow (English: Edgar Snow, July 11, 1905 - February 15, 1972), an American journalist, famous for his writings during the Chinese Revolution. He is believed to be the first Western journalist to interview Chinese leader Mao Zedong. "The Journey to the West" written in 1937 is Snow's most famous publication. The book records the Chinese communist movement from the founding of the Communist Party of China to 1930. He is also regarded as an old friend by China. In January and February 1937, Shanghai's English-language newspaper "Damei Evening News", Beijing's English-language publication "Democracy" and some British and American newspapers also published Snow's reports on northern Shaanxi. Among them, the American "Life" magazine published more than 70 photos he took in the Soviet area in northern Shaanxi, and the American "Asia" magazine published his "Report from Red China" and so on. Based on these reports, Snow wrote the 300,000-word "Red Star Over China" in Beijing in July. The book was published in London, England, in October of the same year. In January 1938, the book was republished by Blue Lantern Bookstore in the United States. In February, the Chinese translation was renamed "The Journey to the West" and published in Shanghai with a few additions and deletions. It caused a great sensation and became a best-selling book. In the late 1950s, he published two more books on China: Random Notes on Red China, which used previously unpublished material to supplement scholarly research, and his autobiography up to 1949, A Journey to the New Beginning. (Journey to the Beginning). "Far Eastern Front" was published in the United States in September 1933.

"Living China" (Living China), 1936, an English translation of modern Chinese short stories, including the works of 15 left-wing writers such as Lu Xun, Rou Shi, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, and written by Shi Nuo "Critical Biography of Lu Xun" and so on.

Red Star Over China (Red Star Over China) was first published in London Gollancz Company in October 1937. It was reprinted four times within two months and issued more than a dozen times. Thousands of volumes. The book was published in the United States by Blue Lantern Bookstore in January 1938. In February of the same year, the Shanghai Underground Party translated and published the book. In order to facilitate distribution in Kuomintang-controlled areas and occupied areas, the title was changed to "A Journey to the West" and the content was partially modified.

"Insider in the Red Zone", also known as "Continued Journey to the West", written by Helen.

"The Battle for China", 1941, a collection of interviews and reports.

"The Pattern of Soviet Power", 1945.

"Stalin Needs Peace", 1947.

"Journey to the Beginning", 1959.

"Red China Today", 1962.

"The Other Side of the River" (The Other Side of the River), published in 1962, praises the Communist Party of China.

"Generalissimo Chiang" (Generalissimo Chiang), translated by Zhang Xuehui, published by the Taiwan Cultural Press in December 1945.

5. Israel Epstein (April 20, 1915 - May 26, 2005), Chinese name Aipei, Chinese-Jewish-Polish, journalist, writer. In 1944, Epstein visited the United Kingdom for the first time, and then lived in the United States with Qiu Moli for 5 years. During this time, he served as editor-in-chief of Allied Labor News and published the book The Unfinished Revolution in China in 1949.

Qiu Moli was also a contributor to a widely used Chinese-English dictionary published in the People's Republic of China and, many years later, gradually became known to a generation of Chinese students in China and around the world. "People's War" 1939

"Impressions of Mao Zedong" January 1949

"Witness China: Epstein's Memoirs" (translated by Shen Suru and others) Beijing: New World Publishing House (2004 Year), 415 pages, ISBN 780187241X

"History Should Not Be Forgotten" (translated by Shen Suru, Jia Zongyi, etc.) Beijing: Wuzhou Communication Publishing House (2005), 230 pages, ISBN 7508506936

"Witnessing China: The Narration of a Chinese Jew", 2005

First published in English

Editor

"China's Unfinished Revolution" , Little, Brown and Company (1947), hardcover 442 pages

First published in Chinese and later translated into English

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< p>"From the Opium War to Liberation", Beijing: New World Publishing House (1956), hardcover 146 pages

"The Transformation of Tibet", Beijing: New World Publishing House (1983), paperback 563 Pages, ISBN 0835110877

"Song Qingling: Great Women of the Twentieth Century", New World Publishing House (Beijing, 1993), hardcover, ISBN 7800051617

6. Louis E. Rewi Alley (December 2, 1897 - December 27, 1987) was a New Zealand writer, educator, and social activist living in the Republic of China. Alley's first book published in China, "There is a Way". This English book has been republished three times in New Zealand and has had a wide impact. Alley soon wrote "The People Have Power", "Shandan", "The Story of China" and other works.

7. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Thai: ?, born April 2, 1955), princess of the Chakri Dynasty of Thailand. She is the second daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Her title is "Her Royal Highness." On December 5, 1977, the title was changed to "Princess Maha Chakri", also known as Phra Thep (Thai: ?, English: Phra Thep, meaning "Heavenly Buddha", "Angel Princess"). He is the author of novels, essays and poems such as "The Naughty Gail", "Visiting the Land of the Dragon", "A Journey of Ten Thousand Miles on Plain Sands", "Picking Peach Blossoms", and "A Journey to the Great Wall". In January 1994, China Life·Reading·New Knowledge Sanlian Bookstore published "Princess Sirindhorn Poetry and Painting Collection".