The first volume in this easy to read, comic-style series on Chinese history
"A great way to learn about China's vast history!" - Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club
"Excels at clarifying the often-confusing transitional periods between dynasties... An excellent introduction to the large trends of early Chinese history." -- School Library Journal
Combines breezy style with historical rigor to strike just the right gong-tone for a middle school audience approaching the vast scope of Chinese history." -- Education About Asia
5/5 Stars "An invaluable source... Chinese history is a vast subject, but Jing Liu has a skillful ability to condense it all into an interesting and manageable narrative." -- Kids' Book Buzz
"The combination of silhouettes--often threatening, martial ones--with open-faced, expressively individualized figures of many social classes adds dramatic tension while neatly balancing the big-picture narrative. There's a lot to absorb even in this abbreviated form, but the visual approach lightens the load considerably." -- Kirkus Reviews
Jing Liu is an artist and entrepreneur from Beijing, China. He is currently the Managing Director of Moli Design, a China-based design firm that counts the BBC, MasterCard, The Ford Foundation, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and UNICEF among its many clients. Liu graduated from Beijing University of Technology with undergraduate degrees in industrial design and engineering, and a masters in international economics and trade. Foundations of Chinese Civilization is his first book.