Bombard the Headquarters!: China’s Cultural Revolution
2025
A riveting account of a turbulent period in Chinese history.
Linda Jaivin is an internationally published Australian author,
translator, essayist, novelist and specialist writer on China.
2025
A riveting account of a turbulent period in Chinese history.
2021
This is a pacy history of China that will transform the way you see the world’s rising superpower.
2014
A witty and playful mystery set in contemporary Beijing, The Empress Lover is Linda Jaivin’s seventh novel and her most accomplished.
20 July 2025
Chatswood Library
Linda Jaivin and Michael Pembroke discuss how relations with the outside world have changed China, from ancient to modern times.
China, open and shut - from imperial times to the Cultural Revolution - Michael Pembroke and Linda Jaivin discuss how relations with the outside world have changed China, from ancient to modern times. They will show how the writing of history can help make sense of complex events in the past and offer insights into the present day.