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...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Inside Central Asia By Dilip Hiro Overlook Duckworth, £25 For those who still get their “-stans” mixed up, Hiro’s book provides a detailed and nuanced overview of the region of central Asia....
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