Race the Rising Sun: A Chinese University's Exodus during the Second World War

by Jean Kan Hsieh and Chiao-Min Hsieh

This book is about Zhejiang University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China, which was forced to evacuate from the beautiful city of Hangzhou when the Japanese arrived in 1937. The events surrounding this exodus inland remain virtually unknown to the Western world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761841482
• ISBN13: 9780761841487
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"