Contemporary World Press

Also known as: 当代世界出版, 当代世界, 理想国丨当代世界出版社, 当代世界出版社有限公司

Founded
1993
Country / Region
China
Notable books
RashomonChina's Struggle: 1600–2000The Arabs' Dream Palace: Nationalism, Secularization, and the Predicament of the Modern Middle East

144 books 119 authors

About the publisher

Contemporary World Press focuses on social science books, with international politics, world political parties, and the politics, economy, military affairs, historical events and biographies of various countries as its publishing priorities; it also publishes the monthly journal Contemporary World. Judging from the 127 titles in the database, foreign literature, world history, history readers and Eastern philosophy are also visible publishing areas. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's Rashōmon, Xu Zhongyue's The Struggle for China: 1600–2000 and the Asia Trilogy represent its editorial orientation, while works by Guo Jianlong, Sheng Xunchang and Mao Jiaqi reflect a sustained interest in Asian history and culture and modern biographical subjects. Public information on the press's fuller publishing profile is limited.

Published (144)

Family Business Succession: Interview Notes with the Wealthy Second Generation cover
Rating 3.4
Family Business Succession: Interview Notes with the Wealthy Second Generation 韩东 Contemporary World Press · 2017 Over three years, the author traveled both banks of the Pearl River interviewing more than 50 "second-generation rich" from family businesses, and sel…
Chinese-Style Wisdom: Sun Tzu's Military Wisdom and Stories cover
Rating 3.4
Chinese-Style Wisdom: Sun Tzu's Military Wisdom and Stories Wang Mingzhe Contemporary World Press · 2017 The "Estimates" chapter serves as the general outline of the thirteen chapters of The Art of War. It mainly discusses how war commanders should plan t…
Li Zongwu's Thick-Black Wisdom and Stories cover
Rating 3.4
Li Zongwu's Thick-Black Wisdom and Stories Wang Mingzhe Contemporary World Press · 2017 Since 1912, the thick-black theory founded by Li Zongwu has existed for nearly a century. Countless books on the subject have appeared on the market, …
Jiang Ziya's Strategic Wisdom and Stories cover
Rating 3.3
Jiang Ziya's Strategic Wisdom and Stories Wang Mingzhe Contemporary World Press · 2017 In Jiang Taigong's view, the realm belongs to all under Heaven: share it with the people and you keep it; rule arbitrarily and you lose it. As for the…
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Rating 3.3
My Wild Colleagues 水中鱼 Contemporary World Press · 2017 I kept working at the company, but my spirit was very different from before. I found that both my colleagues and my boss were good, and I worked while…
Liu Bowen's Strategic Calculation Wisdom and Stories cover
Rating 3.3
Liu Bowen's Strategic Calculation Wisdom and Stories Wang Mingzhe Contemporary World Press · 2017 Legend has it that Liu Ji mastered the Hundred Schools of Thought, astronomy and geography, yin-yang and the Five Elements, prophecy and divination, m…
Only by Thinking Can You Win: Life Without Frames cover
Rating 3.3
Only by Thinking Can You Win: Life Without Frames 章晴雨 / 李翰洋 Contemporary World Press · 2017 Sometimes the road is blocked, and the problem lies not with others or with circumstances but, on the contrary, perhaps squarely with ourselves. In ot…
92 Creative Sales Promotion Plans for the Retail Industry cover
Rating 3.3
92 Creative Sales Promotion Plans for the Retail Industry 李智微 Contemporary World Press · 2017 Gender-based spending preferences, stimulating demand across different groups, golden days when everyone's attention converges, success stories worth …
Listening to Etiquette Experts Tell Stories cover
Rating 3.1
Listening to Etiquette Experts Tell Stories 羽西 Contemporary World Press · 2017 Manners and deportment are now widely regarded as the yardstick by which a person's character is judged. They are the outward expression of inner cult…
A Mirror of Power cover
Rating 2.3
A Mirror of Power Lü Shuchun / 苟君厉 Contemporary World Press · 2017 From the Qin to the Qing dynasty, China shows a striking phenomenon: dynasties rise and fall in cycles. Behind it lies a defining feature: power stand…
Internet Celebrity Economy 3.0: Gold-Rush Opportunities in the Age of Self-Media cover
Rating 3.4
Internet Celebrity Economy 3.0: Gold-Rush Opportunities in the Age of Self-Media 王先明 / 陈建英 Contemporary World Press · 2016 This book offers an in-depth examination of the business models and industrial chains behind the Internet celebrity economy 3.0, providing a comprehen…
Just Be Different: Living Out Your True Self cover
Rating 3.3
Just Be Different: Living Out Your True Self 蒋家容 Contemporary World Press · 2016 The clearer a person's self-knowledge, the more distinct their life mission, the more defined their values, and the firmer their beliefs, the more sha…
Business Ecosystem: Building a Win-Win Symbiotic Business Ecosystem Model in the Internet Plus Era cover
Rating 3.1
Business Ecosystem: Building a Win-Win Symbiotic Business Ecosystem Model in the Internet Plus Era 江远涛 Contemporary World Press · 2016 In this highly information-driven era, any new phenomenon can spread widely and become known to the general public. Just a few years ago, "internet fi…
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Rating 3.1
Brand Revolution: The Way to Brand Success in the Mobile Internet Era 刘润泽 Contemporary World Press · 2016 Drawing on years of strategic consulting for growth-stage brands across more than 30 Chinese market segments, plus in-depth research and comparison of…
Meeting You Was the Most Beautiful Accident cover
Rating 3.0
Meeting You Was the Most Beautiful Accident 葛菲 Contemporary World Press · 2016 What exactly is love? This is the answer we spend our whole lives seeking. In love we can find warmth and beauty. In love we have also been hurt and s…
Selected Works of Republic of China Masters: A Collection of Famous Authors and Classics of the Republic of China Era (5-Volume Set) cover
Selected Works of Republic of China Masters: A Collection of Famous Authors and Classics of the Republic of China Era (5-Volume Set) Lin Huiyin / Xu Shoutang / Lu Xun / Cai Yuanpei Contemporary World Press · 2015 This five-volume set belongs to the Republican Era Classics·Celebrated Authors and Works series. The texts are compiled and edited from Republican-era…
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The Complete Practical Contract Signing Templates 黄胜 / Chen Mingzhi Contemporary World Press · 2010 The Complete Practical Contract Signing Templates, compiled by Huang Sheng and Chen Mingzhi and published by Contemporary World Press in May 2010, is …
The Hourglass cover
Rating 3.4
The Hourglass Rao Xueman Contemporary World Press · 2007 The Hourglass is the sixth installment in Rao Xueman's "Youth Pain" series and the novel she spent the longest time conceiving after Left Ear. The fir…
Chronicles of the Great Han Empire cover
Rating 4.2
Chronicles of the Great Han Empire Meng Zi Contemporary World Press · 2006 Chronicles of the Great Han Empire is often listed by readers of late-Han historical fiction as required reading, not because it is especially satisfy…
Chronicles of the Great Han Empire cover
Rating 4.2
Chronicles of the Great Han Empire Meng Zi Contemporary World Press · 2006 Chronicles of the Great Han Empire is a long historical novel by the Anhui author Mengzi, serialized on Qidian from July 2005 to March 2008, totaling …

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