Download or read book Snapshots of China written by Alison Mullins and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snapshots of China is a collection of short stories about people living in China. Some of the people in the stories are Chinese people facing struggles and challenges in their lives, and some of the stories are about foreigners living in China who face a variety of different challenges and struggles. Many of the struggles are related to relationships as parents and their children, teachers, and their students, girlfriends and their boyfriends all figure out how to live together. Each story is illustrated with full color, giving the readers a visual picture of things in the story.
Download or read book Snapshots of China written by Brooke Horvath and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Snapshots of China written by United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 15th and published by . This book was released on 192? with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Snapshots of a China Past written by Jonathan Standing and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at early 1980's China through the letters and photos of a British language exchange student in Beijing. Quirky and descriptive, the letters record places and events across the country and are accompanied by copious photographs that show a country now almost lost through its rapid transformation
Download or read book Snapshots of Chinese Culture written by Zhao Yin and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over their long and colorful history, the Chinese people have produced a variety of fascinating and useful cultural artifacts and performance inventions--from the compass and paper money to tea ceremonies and wedding parties--that have won the admiration of people around the world. They have improved living conditions for many who remain unaware of the Chinese origins of these innovations. This book's forty concise chapters serve as windows into a wide range of Chinese cultural traditions and practices. Some aspects of culture featured here include Chinese gardens, homes, and temples; calligraphy, chess, and clothing; paper cutting, seals, and musical instruments; martial arts and Peking Opera; and feng shui (auspicious design). Amply illustrated, with idiomatic phrases parsed throughout, the authors offer a road map to guide both the novice and "old hand" alike through the essential elements of Chinese culture.
Download or read book Tai Chi Morning written by Nikki Grimes and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations by Ed Young complement essays and poems by Nikki Grimes that reflect Grimes' experiences when she visited China in 1988 as part of an art advocacy group.
Download or read book Tiananmen Square written by Andrew Langley and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the events and aftermath of the massacre by the Chinese army of protestors in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Download or read book Snapshots of a New China written by Shanghai Daily and published by Shanghai Book Traders. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With articles taken from the Shanghai Daily, this book covers everything from the Lantern Festival to Shaolin kung fu, from standup comedy to traditional doll making. It shows how culture plays a part of and impacts the daily lives of people in China and shows a little of how Chinese people live, think, and see the world.
Download or read book Ming written by Craig Clunas and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ask anyone what single object they associate with China and the most common answer will be a Ming vase. Probably without even knowing the dates of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), people are aware of the fragility of its porcelain, its rarity and value. But porcelain is just one part of the story of one of the most glorious epoques of China's past. By focusing on the significant years of the early Ming dynasty and through the themes of court people and their lives, extraordinary developments in culture, the military, religion, diplomacy and trade, this book brings the wider history of this fascinating period to colourful life.
Download or read book The Chinese Revolution written by Paul J. Byrne and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an account of the Chinese Civil War and what the communist victory meant to Chinese society and the Chinese people.
Download or read book At Times written by Brooke Horvath and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over thirty years of poems from an American poet in the spirit of Alan Dugan and Nelson Algren's Chicago: City on the Make. "At times . . . I wanted to be a poet." A fittingly sly and humble epigraph for this half- a- lifetime's worth of sly and humble, and also lyrical and joyous, poems. From the first poem in the collection, "The Woman in the Peter Pan Collar," in which the poet examines an old photograph of his mother, searching for clues, to the last, "Rainouts," in which he beseeches the Lord to let his own death take place on the sort of day that strands baseball games mid-inning, leaving "all final decisions happily deferred," Brooke Horvath is always intimate, never rhetorical or bland. This is poetry not just for the sake of poetry, but poetry as a way of life, of engaging with the world. Like the works of Alan Dugan or Galway Kinnell, these are poems of the everyday and, when read slantwise, of what lies beyond. The whole collection, in fact, is imbued with the wily double meaning of the final couplet from "What in the World Were We Thinking Of?"--"It was a day when nothing happened / that we will find worth remembering."
Download or read book Snapshots of Intellectual Life in Contemporary PR China written by Arif Dirlik and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Snapshots of Intellectual Life in Contemporary PR China" discusses changes that have taken place in Chinese intellectual life over the past decade, the self-reflection that these changes have provoked among Chinese intellectuals, and the ways in which these changes have been received in the United States. Featuring essays by intellectuals from throughout Asia, this special issue of boundary 2 examines how China's changing economy creates both new problems and new opportunities. These essays explore contemporary discussions concerning education and culture as China aspires to create innovative world-class universities and new national universities. Others discuss the question of "Chineseness" as an ideological operator within China, throughout the Chinese diaspora, and increasingly across the competitive globalized economy of culture and ideas. Contributors: Chris King Chi Chan, Chu Yiu-Wai, Alexander Day, Arif Dirlik, Han Shaogong, Pun Ngai, Fengzhen Wang, Wang Hui, Wang Shaoguang, Shaobo Xie, Yu Keping
Download or read book Snapshots of a New China written by Sam Meekings and published by Shanghai Book Traders. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about people who come from all over the world to live in Shanghai -- their effect on the city and the city's affect on them. There stories of TV stars, chefs, teacher and others who contribute to the eclectic city.
Download or read book China Inside Out written by Bill Dodson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the forces and trends changing China and its place in the world China has dominated the news for nearly a decade and will continue to grab headlines as it moves inexorably toward becoming the world's largest economy. It already has the largest middle class in the world; the most Internet users; the largest army; and is the world's largest polluter. Yet all this growth causes problems as China adapts to the laws of other lands in which it has investments; learns how to meet international guidelines and safety standards for its products; stretches its resources to the limit; and struggles to maintain stability and control over an increasingly restive population. China Inside Out explores the social and economic forces unleashed by China's relentless drive to modernization. Bill Dodson presents the stories of average Chinese workers, along with interviews with experts interlaced with his own experiences. The end result is an insider's view of the forces reshaping China as it takes an increasingly prominent role in the new world order. Looks at the trends reshaping China and reveals how China's place in the world is evolving Written by an industry analyst, advisor, and business manager in China, who is also a columnist for the China Economic Review Explains important changes for investors and business leaders interested in China For business leaders, investors, and China watchers, China Inside Out offers a truly in-depth examination of China's changing role in the world.
Download or read book The Third Revolution written by Elizabeth Economy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After three decades of reform and opening up, China is closing its doors, clamping down on Western influence in the economy, media, and civil society. At the same time, President Xi Jinping has positioned himself as a champion of globalization, projecting Chinese power abroad and seeking toreshape the global order. Herein lies the paradox of modern China - the rise of a more insular, yet more ambitious China that will have a profound impact on both the country's domestic politics and its international relations.In The Third Revolution, eminent China scholar Elizabeth Economy provides an incisive look at the world's most populous country. Inheriting a China burdened with slowing economic growth, rampant corruption, choking pollution, and a failing social welfare system, President Xi has reversed course,rejecting the liberalizing reforms of his predecessors. At home, the Chinese leadership has reasserted the role of the state into society and enhanced Party and state control. Beyond its borders, Beijing has recast itself as a great power and has maneuvered itself to be an arbiter - not just aplayer - on the world stage. Through an exploration of Xi Jinping's efforts to address top policy priorities - fighting corruption, controlling the internet, reforming state-owned enterprises, improving the country's innovation capacity, reducing the country's air pollution, and elevating itspresence on the global stage - Economy identifies the tensions, shortcomings, and successes of Xi's first five years in office. Xi's ambition, she argues, provides new opportunities for the United States and the rest of the world to encourage greater Chinese contribution to global public goods butalso necessitates a more proactive and coordinated effort to counter the rapidly expanding influence of an illiberal power within a liberal world order. This is essential reading for anyone interested in both China under Xi and how America and the world should deal with this vast nation in thecoming years.
Download or read book Snapshots of Asia written by Richard Ledger and published by Curriculum Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set of three big books offers an excellent way to develop literacy and introduce knowledge and appreciation of our Asian neighbours to the classroom. The books focus on Malaysia, India and the Phillipines. They include colour photographs, fact files, board games, and stories of daily life.
