Current Affairs Press

Founded in 1980, Current Affairs Press has long focused on international politics, economics, military affairs, history, and biography, and has developed a professional publishing direction in international relations and area studies. Its library of about 16 titles is especially strong in two categories: general biography and classical poetry. The former includes figure and family narratives such as Ren Zhengfei: Always Thinking About Failure and The Bush Dynasty: A Powerful American Family, as well as emotionally oriented biographies such as Sanmao: A Love Story—Not for Meeting, but for Distance; Lu Xiaoman: A Love Story—Fireworks Are Cold, Youth Fleeting; and Hemingway: A Man Can Be Destroyed, but Not Defeated. The latter, including Obsessed with Poetry, Intoxicated by Ci: Meeting the Most Beautiful Love in the Most Beautiful Poems, Song Ci Is a Cup of Clear Wine: A Biography of Liu Yong through His Ci, and Tang Poetry Is a Flowing Romance 5: A Biography of Li Bai through His Poems, interprets classical poetry in an accessible style. Authors such as Su Mei, Wang Nan, Wei Wei, Yu Yanran, Cang Yue, Bai Zhihan, Wu Yunxi, and Meng Yuyan form its content resources. It should be noted that, apart from the in-library information above, public materials are limited; this introduction therefore focuses on the publishing profile reflected in the library's titles.