About the author
Sa Su, whose real name is Gong Yun, is of Han ethnicity with ancestral roots in Hebei, and was born in Beijing in 1970. He graduated from Beijing Normal University in 1992. He lived in Japan for many years and also served as a correspondent in Japan for Global Times. He is now a writer and a researcher of military history and Japanese affairs. His writing spans several fields: in military history and documentary writing on the War of Resistance, he has published works such as The Eagles Breaking Through Northern Myanmar, The Longest Resistance, and China Will Not Perish: The Deadly Operations of Anti-Japanese Agents; in social fiction and mystery, he has written Ten Cases in the Capital; and his essays and miscellanies include I Couldn't Help Laughing Again in Japan and Nine Talks on Beijing Flavor, written in a humorous tone with a Beijing flavor. Thirteen of his works are included in the collection. Public information is limited, but it is clear that his writing combines historical research with accessible expression, covering diverse subjects with a distinctive style.
Written (16)
Rating 3.7★ Sa Su on Military Affairs: China's War of Resistance in the Archives (Four Volumes) Sa Su · 2026 Four-volume set comprising Sa Su's history series: The Truest War of Resistance, the Longest Resistance: Interpreting the Fourteen Years of Resistance… Rating 4.1★ One Step Back Is Home Sa Su Shandong Pictorial Publishing House · 2025 From Japanese Historical Sources, the Truth About China's War of Resistance: One Step Back Is Home (Collector's Edition) is not meant to call for war,… Rating 4.0★ The Eagles Breaking Through Northern Burma Sa Su Shanghai Wenhui Publishing House · 2025 During the Second World War in Asia, the Japanese fought three so-called battles to the last man, in which their forces were completely annihilated: a… Rating 3.8★ In Japan, I Couldn't Help Laughing Again Sa Su Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 This is the latest 2011 work by Sa Su, a famous engineer and writer living in Japan. With the optimism unique to Chinese people and a playful Beijing-… Rating 3.8★ Ten Cases in the Capital Sa Su Gold Wall Press · 2025 Through interviews with frontline police officers and eyewitnesses, Ten Cases in the Capital recounts the investigation and resolution of ten public s… Rating 3.7★ Nine Chats with a Beijing Flavor Sa Su Oriental Press · 2025 Centered on stories of neighborhood cops and tales of the skies, this book collects the latest and most entertaining Beijing-flavored anecdotes from S… Rating 3.6★ China Will Not Perish: The Kill Operations of Anti-Japanese Agents Sa Su Jiuzhou Press · 2025 During the eight-year war in defense of the nation, alongside the martyrs who shed blood on the battlefield, Chinese agents also waged fierce struggle… Rating 3.5★ Ice and Blood: A Criminal Investigation Scene at Minus 30 Degrees Celsius Sa Su Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 A flayed human face mask on the ice, a headless female corpse on Hanged Ghost Island, a major case involving 33 bodies... This is a collection of shor… Rating 3.5★ Neighbors to Ghosts: Japan and the Japanese Through the Eyes of a Chinese Engineer Stationed in Japan Sa Su Shanghai Wenhui Publishing House · 2025 The book collects 76 pieces in four sections: Part One, "Neighbors with Ghosts," depicts encounters between Chinese people in Japan and Japanese peopl… Rating 3.8★ The Longest Resistance Sa Su Xiyuan Publishing House · 2024 This is a work of narrative military history. Taking as its thread more than four hundred Japanese photographs and maps that the author was the first … Rating 3.5★ Police Notes: The Legend of the Capital's Four Young Famous Detectives Sa Su Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2024 Old Yin, a famous detective in the capital, spent decades on the police force and developed an unerring eye that struck terror into criminals. Even mo… Rating 3.5★ The King of Arrests in the Capital Sa Su Xiyuan Publishing House · 2024 In Saga Su Tells Stories: The King of Captors of the Capital, the protagonist is based on Zhao Changyin, a veteran criminal investigation captain at t… Rating 3.4★ The Poor General (Sa Su Tells Stories Series) Sa Su Xiyuan Publishing House · 2024 Following the bestselling Jingwei Jiukan, Beijing Duanzi, Jingcheng Shi'an and Dongwu Qi'an, this is another installment in Sa Su's storytelling serie… Rating 3.9★ Those Chinese People Sa Su China Social Sciences Press · 2010 Those Chinese People is a collection of character sketches by the writer Sa Su, published in 2010 by China Social Sciences Press. The book is divided … Rating 4.0★ Dignity Is Not Without Cost: Uncovering China's War of Resistance Through Japanese Historical Sources Sa Su Shandong Pictorial Publishing House · 2009 Dignity Is Not Without Cost is the sequel to military historian Sa Su's The Nation Is Broken, the Mountains and Rivers Remain, employing the same meth… The Nation Broken, the Hills and Rivers Remain: China's War of Resistance Through Japanese Historical Sources Sa Su Shandong Pictorial Publishing House · 2007 The Nation Broken, the Hills and Rivers Remain is a work of war history by the writer Sa Su, first published by Shandong Pictorial Publishing House in…Publishers
Oriental PressChina Social Sciences PressJiuzhou PressBeijing United Publishing Co., Ltd.Shandong Pictorial Publishing HouseShanghai Wenhui Publishing HouseHunan Literature and Art Publishing HouseXiyuan Publishing HouseGold Wall PressYangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House