Author: Shanghai Daily
Publisher: Shanghai Book Traders
ISBN: 9781602204027
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is meant to help Westerners who have no idea of what is going on in China. Compiled from the pages of the Shanghai Daily, the city's largest English-language newspaper, it is full of snapshots of daily life, ranging from a man whose simple blog gets over 2 million hits a month to hairy crabs, weekend warriors, spending the day as an imperial concubine--it is all here, the pulse, the life, the breath of China.
Snapshots of a New China
Author: Shanghai Daily
Publisher: Shanghai Book Traders
ISBN: 9781602204027
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is meant to help Westerners who have no idea of what is going on in China. Compiled from the pages of the Shanghai Daily, the city's largest English-language newspaper, it is full of snapshots of daily life, ranging from a man whose simple blog gets over 2 million hits a month to hairy crabs, weekend warriors, spending the day as an imperial concubine--it is all here, the pulse, the life, the breath of China.
Publisher: Shanghai Book Traders
ISBN: 9781602204027
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is meant to help Westerners who have no idea of what is going on in China. Compiled from the pages of the Shanghai Daily, the city's largest English-language newspaper, it is full of snapshots of daily life, ranging from a man whose simple blog gets over 2 million hits a month to hairy crabs, weekend warriors, spending the day as an imperial concubine--it is all here, the pulse, the life, the breath of China.
Snapshots of a New China
Author: Sam Meekings
Publisher: Shanghai Book Traders
ISBN: 9781602204003
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Shanghai Book Traders
ISBN: 9781602204003
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Shanghai Year
Author: Peter Brigg
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0930261887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This book represents "snapshots" of Shanghai with speculations on their meaning as China opens to the West and undergoes yet another shift towards modernity.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0930261887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This book represents "snapshots" of Shanghai with speculations on their meaning as China opens to the West and undergoes yet another shift towards modernity.
Snapshots of China
Author: Alison Mullins
Publisher: Free Fall Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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 in black and white, giving the readers a visual picture of things in the story.
Publisher: Free Fall Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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 in black and white, giving the readers a visual picture of things in the story.
Tai Chi Morning
Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780812627077
Category : Children's poetry, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780812627077
Category : Children's poetry, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
The Chinese Revolution
Author: Paul J. Byrne
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756520069
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Presents an account of the Chinese Civil War and what the communist victory meant to Chinese society and the Chinese people.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756520069
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Presents an account of the Chinese Civil War and what the communist victory meant to Chinese society and the Chinese people.
Ming
Author: Craig Clunas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714124841
Category : Art objects, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714124841
Category : Art objects, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Tiananmen Square
Author: Andrew Langley
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 0756541018
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Examines the events and aftermath of the massacre by the Chinese army of protestors in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 0756541018
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Examines the events and aftermath of the massacre by the Chinese army of protestors in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Snapshots of Intellectual Life in Contemporary PR China
Author: Arif Dirlik
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780822366898
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
"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
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780822366898
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
"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
Narratives of Diaspora
Author: W. Lim
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137055545
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Chinese American authors often find it necessary to represent Asian history in their literary works. Tracing the development of the literary production of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Lisa See, and Russell Leong, among others, this book captures the effects of international politics and globalization on Chinese American diasporic consciousness.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137055545
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Chinese American authors often find it necessary to represent Asian history in their literary works. Tracing the development of the literary production of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Lisa See, and Russell Leong, among others, this book captures the effects of international politics and globalization on Chinese American diasporic consciousness.