Oh, China! meets the needs of advanced beginners or ""heritage learners"" who already speak some Chinese but require instruction in reading and writing fundamentals before moving to the intermediate level. In this fully revised edition, state-of-the-art lessons go over the basic…
" ... These works not only chronicle a leading dissident's struggle against tyranny but enrich the record of universal longing for freedom and dignity. Liu writes pragmatically, yet with deep-seated passion, about peasant land disputes, the Han Chinese in Tibet, child slavery, t…
When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in December 2010, its recipient, Liu Xiaobo, was serving an eleven-year sentence in a Chinese prison for "incitement to subvert state power." These essays and poems not only chronicle a leading dissident's struggle against tyranny but enric…
This revised and updated edition of the Chinese Primer--an introductory textbook in wide use for more than a decade--uses proven techniques to put beginning learners of Mandarin Chinese on the path toward true mastery. The goal of the book is internalization--to lead students to…
Main description: Rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey meanings of which Chinese speakers themselves may not be aware. Link's Anatomy of Chinese contributes to the debate over whether language shapes thought or vice versa, and its comparison of English wi…
"During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to 'smash the four olds': old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted 'We want to see Chairman Mao, ' they unknowingly used a classical rhythm that dates…
During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to "smash the four olds": old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted "We want to see Chairman Mao," they unknowingly used a classical rhythm that dates b…
This text offers an account of the Beijing Spring of 1989 from inside the heart of the Politburo itself. The book contains excerpts from many documents detailing the highest-level processes of decision-making during the fateful period.
The Tiananmen papers
by Nathan, Andrew J., (Andrew James), Link, Perry, Liang, Zhang Ting
This text offers an account of the Beijing Spring of 1989 from inside the heart of the Politburo itself. The book contains excerpts from many documents detailing the highest-level processes of decision-making during the fateful period.
This compelling book explores the explosive pace of change in China and how its citizens are grappling with a dramatically new world, both in the public and private spheres. China{u2019}s stratospheric growth has made it the second largest economy in the world-and one of the mos…
This compelling book explores the explosive pace of change in China and how its citizens are grappling with a dramatically new world, both in the public and private spheres. There is enormous popular pride in the ascension of China to the rank of global superpower and general sa…