Practice Shaolin Five-Form Fist under the Big Buddha
Learn kung fu with Shaolin and Wu Dang masters at Ngong Ping Village on Hong Kong's Lantau Island
Maybe the springboard has been Photoshopped out.
Learn kung fu from the masters of Shaolin and Wu Dang-style martial arts against a backdrop of the world's tallest seated outdoor bronze Buddha.
From July 1 to September 2, some 19 kung fu experts will jump, fly, kick and shadow-fist their way around the square at Ngong Ping Village, a complex of shops and restaurants adjacent to Lantau's Tian Tan Buddha Statue.
Demonstrations of killer moves that you'll otherwise only see in movies will take place throughout the afternoon. Watch out for the Shield and Knife, the Celestial Fuchen-brush Sword and the Eighteen Weapons Routine.
There will also be free 15-minute kung fu workshops at the square for acquiring the basics of Chinese martial arts. The Shaolin Five-Form Fist and the Wu Dang Foundation Fist Form will be taught to budding fighters who have registered in advance.
A Shaolin kung fu summer camp is also open for registration. The two-day schedule will give campers a taste of the life of kung fu masters with an early-morning hike, meditation, chores and kung fu practice sessions. The camp will be held primarily in Cantonese.
Getting there: Ngong Ping Village, Monday Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. See www.np360.com.hk for details on the various ways of reaching Ngong Ping 360 on Lantau Island.
See the schedule of kung fu performances at www.np360.com.hk and register for workshops by calling +852 3666 0606.
Shaolin kung fu summer camp will be held on July 27-28, August 3-4 for children aged 6-11, HK$ 800; August 24-25 for over-12s, HK$ 850. Deadline for registration is June 30. Call +852 3666 0666/ 0123 or email edu@360.com.hk to register.
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China Business
China Business focuses on the realities of business operations in China, and provides information about the business environment and relative rules and regulations. It also constitutes a valuable source of reference material on China¡¯s economic development trends. For the businesspeople¡¯s convenience, the book comes with a CD-ROM detailing all major laws and regulations on trade and investment in China, and provides links to the websites of government departments, various trades, organs of commerce and the mass media.
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Sources in Chinese History: Diverse Perspectives from 1644 to the Present
The format of Sources in Chinese History assumes the use of outside readings or a textbook, but for the more adventurous it could also be used as a standalone sourcebook. Each chapter begins with a short introductory essay that examines a key event, personage, or theme from the period covered by the chapter. In addition, the authors have selected perspectives that help to orient the student to the issues, trends and challenges of each particular period, and hope that the different viewpoints presented will lead students to rethink the way in which historical events are commonly understood.
Chinese Dreams (Kindle Single)
What does the next generation of Chinese want -- besides economic growth? A report from China on the country's search for meaning, by Anand Giridharadas, columnist for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times online, and author of "India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking."------------------
An excerpt:
The airplane fell into China through what seemed like a vat of sour milk: a thick, yellow-white haze of cloud and smog that gave a preview of all the frenetic world-changing activity below. As we taxied through Pudong's airport, on the outskirts of Shanghai, the stew of rain and smog was thick enough to obscure the identities painted on other planes' tails. They wove around the airport as strangers in daylight.
I had been to China twice before, both times only to Shanghai and briefly. Six years had passed, spent mostly in India, writing about that nation's own great turning. And, with India on my mind, what arrested me upon landing was the bodies. Every time I land in India, a jolt comes in seeing the bodies in the aerobridge and around the airport: the bodies of ballerinas, worn by grown men. They are bodies that were once—and perhaps still are—hungry. They sober the visitor at once; they remind one of the degradations that endure. Now, arriving in China, the seeming absence of such bodies struck me. The men in the airport—the laborers, the gate staff, the taxi coordinators—were full-bodied men. They had none of the Indian worker's meekness....
China's accomplishment in modern times is formidable: that much everyone knows. But it is also elusive. The Chinese scholar Steven N. S. Cheung has compared the nation to a clumsy, stumbling high jumper who, despite appearances, makes a world record jump. "The man must have done something right, more right than all jumpers before," Cheung wrote in a book published last year. "What is it? That, in a different context, is the China question."
I traveled! to Chin a last summer as an outsider, seeking answers to that question. My time in India had schooled me in the dangers of interpreting so vast and complicated a country through Western-built frameworks. I knew all about China's electronics sweatshops and factory suicides and cancer villages, its unaccountable death sentences and slow-oozing chemical spills and thick corruption, its prison abuse and censorship and treatment of minorities. What I didn't have a handle on was how Chinese themselves viewed these heady new times. I wondered how they were defining and going after their Chinese dreams.
In four different settings, I eavesdropped on a fascinating conversation among the younger generation about what China has become and is becoming....
I began these conversations open-endedly and followed them wherever they led. But a common thread presented itself before long. In ways as diverse as the country itself, my interlocutors were consumed and frustrated by the thought that China is lost, adrift. It was variously claimed that everything has moved too fast; that the capitalist present is burying the Maoist past as crudely and dangerously as the Maoists buried the past that they inherited; that anything resembling the future has been adopted without a thought to consequences...
There seemed among those I met to be a yearning to slow it all down, to chew on what China has done and will mean, to supplement growing with reflection. Again and again, I detected a feeling of wanting more than economic success—of wanting to invent, and not merely wake up in, a new China.
"When you make a certain amount of money, you ask, 'What's next?'" Victor Koo, the effervescent co-founder of Youku, a Chinese equivalent of YouTube, told me high above the earth in his company's headquarters in Beijing. "We're getting to a point where we've moved up a level, where the basic needs of many people are taken care of. And so the question of purpose now comes up."
Red Star Over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy
Combining a close knowledge of Asia and an ability to tap Chinese-language sources with naval combat experience and expertise in sea-power theory, the authors assess how the rise of Chinese sea power will affect U.S. maritime strategy in Asia. They argue that China is laying the groundwork for a sustained challenge to American primacy in maritime Asia, and to defend this hypothesis they look back to Alfred Thayer Mahan s sea-power theories, now popular with the Chinese. The book considers how strategic thought about the sea shapes Beijing s deliberations and compares China s geostrategic predicament to that of the Kaiser's Germany a century ago. It examines the Chinese navy s operational concepts, tactics, and capabilities and appraises China s ballistic-missile submarine fleet. The authors conclude that unless Washington adapts, China will present a challenge to America s strategic position.
China: A Century of Revolution (Three Disc Set)
Over the course of the 20th century, China went from being an imperial nation to a democracy to the world's largest Communist country, a tumultuous history that is thoughtfully examined in this three-disc documentary series. Segments include "China in Revolution," "The Mao Years" and "Born Under the Red Flag." 6 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: Chinese.
The Chinese Civil War 1945-49 (Essential Histories)
Out of the ashes of Imperial China arose two new contenders to lead a reformed nation; the Chinese Nationalist Party, the Kuomintang, and the Chinese Communist Party. In 1927, the inevitable clash between these two political parties led to a bitter civil war that would last for 23 years, through World War II and into the Cold War period. The brutal struggle finally concluded when Communist forces captured Nanjing, capital of the Nationalist Republic of China, irrevocably altering the course of China's future. Dr. Michael Lynch sheds light on the cruel civil war that ultimately led to the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
Speaking of Chinese: A Cultural History of the Chinese Language
"This pleasant, unpretentious account [is] a small stream leading to the ocean of the culture of China."—Scientific American
Not a how-to text, this beguiling book is instead a fascinating look at Chinese language and culture. Ranging through history, literature, folklore, linguistics, and sociology, this is a breezy, straightforward primer of surprising breadth.
Granddad's Old Books - Manual of Self-Defence, Shanghai Municipal Police
Shanghai, in the first three decades of the 20th Century, was the Wild West (er... East?). As a separate, Westernised city state in China it was still reeling from the effects of the British-sponsored opium trade. Gang warfare, smuggling, prostitution and all other forms of organised and not so organised criminal activities were rife. The municipality of Shanghai organised its own police force to deal with these threats to harmy and public safety. The Shanghai Municipal Police were an eclectic lot, essentially soldiers of fortune hired to police the waterfront and back alleys of old Shanghai. To maintain their fierce reputation as enforcers of the law of the Municipality, they needed to be backed up by the best training and equipment they could buy.The self-defence techniques were designed from the outset as an offshoot of the Japanese art of Jiu Jutsu and a man wielding them was capable of looking after every unarmed and some armed threats. Revolutionary for their time, and just as effective today, each policeman in Shanghai would learn 8-10 core techniques and practise them until they became an instinctive reaction.
Fully illustrated, just like the original in Granddad's war trunk, this little manual details dozens of self-defence techniques from holds and throws to blows and kicks.
To the reader who is interested in military "combatives", this is the granddaddy of them all - a direct precursor to WE Fairbairn's "Defendu" system and WE Sykes' "Silent Killing" course designed for the British SOE in WWII. O'Neill, Fairbairn and Sykes definitely trained in these techniques and they were the basis for their later work in the art of "gutterfighting".
Fairbairn himself most likely had a hand in writing this manual and it has been verified that he is the officer who appears in most of the photographs.
A piece of history and still relevant today, the Manual of Self Defence is a must for any martial artist.
Designated Drivers: How China Plans to Dominate the Global Auto Industry
An in-depth look at the Chinese car industry that sheds new light on the delicate nature of China's planned economyChina's unprecedented growth over the last three decades, along with the recent financial crisis in the West, has raised questions about the superiority of state-led capitalism. In Designated Drivers: How China Plans to Dominate the Global Auto Industry, G.E. Anderson, a specialist in finance and Chinese political economics, uses the auto industry to examine how China's industrial planning works, and explores whether state involvement in the economy really is a winning formula for sustainable growth.
Bringing to light the strengths and weaknesses that define the Chinese economy, Anderson finds that in some ways the government has become its own worst enemy, unable to choose between industrial competitiveness and social stability. While the economy is booming now, evidence suggests that long-term success is far from assured. Tracing the evolution of the post-Mao auto industry through thirteen case studies, Designated Drivers raises the difficult questions about the future of China that few people have dared to ask.
- Offers a unique insight into the Chinese economy through the lens of the auto industry
- Explores how successful the central government has been in spurring economic growth and the long-terms costs of intervention
- Uses case studies to illustrate China's explosive growth over the last three decades
A painstakingly researched analysis of the Chinese automobile industry, Designated Drivers explains the risks and rewards inherent in doing business in China that anyone interested in, or already working there need to understand.
Republic of China on Taiwan 1991 (Documentary Exploring the Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Aspects of the ROC on Taiwan)
The Republic of China's forty arduous years of development on the island province of Taiwan, have engendered an economic miracle. In recent years, the ROC has instituted many democratic and constitutional reforms to usher in the 21st Century. This documentary explores the political, economic, social and cultural aspects of the ROC on Taiwan. It documents the innovative behavior of the ROC government and reveals the increasing pluralization of society in Taiwan. A spirit of renewal suffuses the fast-paced film with the natural confidence that makes the ROC so unique.
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The Dynasties of China: A History
Shang, Chou, Han, T'ang, Sung, Yuan, Ming, Ch'ing—for most Westerners, they stand only as adjectives to describe a lacquer, a bronze, a silk, a watercolor. And for all the familiarity a blue and white porcelain vase from the Ming dynasty or the bright and sturdy pottery figures of horses and grooms from the T'ang may now have acquired, the history of the civilization that produced them remains obscure. So do the names of the potters and artists and philosophers and emperors and generals—except perhaps for those of Kublai Khan, who was not Chinese, and K'ung Fu Tzu—known as Confucius—who flourished a century before Socrates. Focusing upon the incidents and personalities that epitomize most vividly each of the dynasties, this lucidly narrated volume, beautifully illustrated by a lavish selection of color photographs, places in their historical context the images that came to define imperial China from its origins in 1600 B.C. to the revolution of Sun Yat-sen in October 1911. It provides a background to China's turbulent twentieth century, which is surveyed in an informative postscript, highlighting such events as the troubled presidency of Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Tse-tung's ruthless Cultural Revolution, and the 1989 student protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Death by China: Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action
The world's most populous nation and soon-to-be largest economy is rapidly turning into the planet's most efficient assassin. Unscrupulous Chinese entrepreneurs are flooding world markets with lethal products. China's perverse form of capitalism combines illegal mercantilist and protectionist weapons to pick off American industries, job by job. China's emboldened military is racing towards head-on confrontation with the U.S. Meanwhile, America's executives, politicians, and even academics remain silent about the looming threat. Now, best-selling author and noted economist Peter Navarro meticulously exposes every form of "Death by China," drawing on the latest trends and events to show a relationship spiraling out of control.
Death by China reveals how thousands of Chinese cyber dissidents are being imprisoned in "Google Gulags"; how Chinese hackers are escalating coordinated cyberattacks on U.S. defense and America's key businesses; how China's undervalued currency is damaging the U.S., Europe, and the global recovery; why American companies are discovering that the risks of operating in China are even worse than they imagined; how China is promoting nuclear proliferation in its pursuit of oil; and how the media distorts the China story--including a "Hall of Shame" of America's worst China apologists.
This book doesn't just catalogue China's abuses: It presents a call to action and a survival guide for a critical juncture in America's history--and the world's.
China: A History
Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. With the world's longest tradition of history-writing, its extraordinary past ought to be common knowledge. China, by the eminent historian John Keay, should make it so.
Informed by the latest research and enlivened by wit and anecdote, Keay's narrative spans 5,000 years, from the Three Dynasties (2000–220 BC) to Deng Xiaoping's opening of China and the past three decades of economic growth. Broadly chronological, the book presents a history of all the Chinas—including regions (Yunnan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Manchuria) that account for two-thirds of the People's Republic of China land mass but which barely feature in its conventional history.
Crisp, judicious, and engaging, China is destined to become the classic single-volume history for anyone seeking to understand the past, present, and future of this immensely powerful nation.
Ladies who Launch in Hong Kong
**New version uploaded with improved formatting**How did 12 women with no previous experience as entrepreneurs go on to create million-dollar businesses in Hong Kong?
Ladies who Launch in Hong Kong captures their journey to success – from start-up challenges to lessons learned – and shows how you, too, can create a hugely successful business of your own.
Find out the secrets to their success including:
* How they turned their good ideas into great businesses
* How they attracted customers and celebrity clients
* And how they sought venture capital funding
'These women mean business! If you've toyed with the idea of starting up your own venture, this unique book can offer the tips and ideas you need to get started.' Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me
'Truly inspiring and interesting stories that will make you want to forge your own path. This book shows you why some things need to be believed to be seen.' Guy Kawasaki, author of Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions, and former chief evangelist of Apple
'This book is a blueprint for every woman who has dreamed of starting her own enterprise. The lessons you'll learn from the stories of these successful entrepreneurs will save you time, money, and heartache.' Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., author of Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office and Nice Girls Just Don't Get It.
Understanding China [3rd Edition]: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture
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After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at stake in China's present and future. In the new edition, Starr seamlessly weaves in additional material on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government's ongoing efforts to curb the influence of the Internet, and the intensifying trade disputes between the United States and China. Succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright, Understanding China remains a necessary guide for the uninitiated to everything from the Chinese economy and political system, to its intellectual freedoms and human rights, to its relationship with the rest of the world.
Without question, the 21st century will include an increase China's global importance--a situation that is sometimes ground for optimism, sometimes fear. Despite the recent growth of interest in the region, China's political and economic nuances remain widely misunderstood. Those seeking to grasp the complexities of modern-day China will find much to admire in Understanding China, a remarkably concise, fact-filled, and fair-minded survey by Yale professor John Bryan Starr. Written for a general audience, Understanding China fills in historical context while evaluating the major issues facing the People's Republic today, from environmental degradation to exploding population growth. Bryan's conclusion: China's problems are too intractable to support the current political system for much longer. And despite the free-market accommodations of the Deng era, it's not democracy he envisions as China's most likely fate, but rather a political future controlled largely by the People's Liberation Army. It's a grim forecast, but one ably supported by the book's data and statistics.After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at stake in China's present and fu! ture. In the new edition, Starr seamlessly weaves in additional material on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government's ongoing efforts to curb the influence of the Internet, and the intensifying trade disputes between the United States and China. Succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright, Understanding China remains a necessary guide for the uninitiated to everything from the Chinese economy and political system, to its intellectual freedoms and human rights, to its relationship with the rest of the world.
The Legal System of the People's Republic of China in a Nutshell (West Nutshell)
This book with a brief overview Begins of the major events of the twentieth century shaped modern China Have That, and then turns to a systematic analysis of the structure of government, basic human rights and liberties, and the crucial role of the Communist Party. It examined all major legal institutions in China, Including the law-making organs, courts, procuratorates, police and the legal profession. Also Provides An Overview Of The Major Areas of procedural and substantive black letter law in China, with a focus on foreign investment and intellectual property laws.
Frommer's Hong Kong (Frommer's Complete Guides)
- Frommer's Hong Kong is completely updated, and features gorgeous color photos of the sights and experiences that await you.
- Our author, a longtime Hong Kong expert, offers an insider's look at the city, from Causeway Bay to Kowloon. She's checked out all the best markets, hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget. Whether you're interested in Hong Kong's vibrant mix of cultures, ancient Chinese temples, or cutting-edge architecture, there's something here for everyone.
- You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of Hong Kong's world-famous shopping and nightlife; detailed walking tours; accurate neighborhood maps; advice on planning a successful family vacation; and side trips to Macau, Taipa, and Coloane.
- Frommer's Hong Kong also includes a color fold-out map.
- Frommer's Hong Kong is completely updated, and features gorgeous color photos of the sights and experiences that await you.
- Our author, a longtime Hong Kong expert, offers an insider's look at the city, from Causeway Bay to Kowloon. She's checked out all the best markets, hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget. Whether you're interested in Hong Kong's vibrant mix of cultures, ancient Chinese temples, or cutting-edge architecture, there's something here for everyone.
- You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of Hong Kong's world-famous shopping and nightlife; detailed walking tours; accurate neighborhood maps; advice on planning a successful family vacation; and side trips to Macau, Taipa, and Coloane.
- Frommer's Hong Kong also includes a color fold-out map.
This is Hong Kong
Like the other Sasek classics, this is a facsimile edition of the original book. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later. Facts have been updated for the 21st-century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of the book. These charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek's witty, playful narrative, make for a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember the series from their own childhoods. This is Hong Kong, first published in 1965, captures the enchantment and the contrasts of Hong Kong in the sixties. Roaring jets bring in the tourists; bamboo rickshaws taxi them through exotic streets fragrant with incense, roasting chestnuts, and honey-glazed Peking duck. Sasek shows you the sweeping panorama of gleaming Kowloon Bay framed by misty mountain ridges, then moves in for close-ups of laborers and hawkers, refugees from the mainland, and sailors of flame-red junks, and the strange "water people" who, it is said, never set foot on dry land.Chasing China: A Daughter's Quest for Truth
Mia is beautiful, talented and has the world at her fingertips. But what makes her different than the average college student who juggles a heavy workload and a rat of a boyfriend? Many years ago she was born to an unknown family in China but soon discarded to fend for herself in a busy train station. Fate stepped in when Mia was taken to the local orphanage and adopted at the age of four by her American family. Life has been good for her, or at least as much as she has allowed it to be while pushing her deep feelings of abandonment to the back of her mind. Finally she has decided that in order to move forward, she must confront her past. Mia takes a journey to the mysterious land of her birth and embarks on a mission to find answers. As she follows the invisible red thread back through her motherland, she is enamored by the history and culture of her heritage--strengthening her resolve to get to the truth, even as Chinese officials struggle to keep it buried. With her unwavering spirit of determination, Mia battles the forces stacked against her and faces mystery, danger, a dash of romance, and finally a conclusion that will change her life. 91,000 words, 344 pages.Demystifying the Chinese Economy
China was the largest and one of most advanced economies in the world before the eighteenth century, yet declined precipitately thereafter and degenerated into one of the world's poorest economies by the late nineteenth century. Despite generations' efforts for national rejuvenation, China did not reverse its fate until it introduced market-oriented reforms in 1979. Since then it has been the most dynamic economy in the world and is likely to regain its position as the world's largest economy before 2030. Based on economic analysis and personal reflection on policy debates, Justin Yifu Lin provides insightful answers to why China was so advanced in premodern times, what caused it to become so poor for almost two centuries, how it grew into a market economy, where its potential is for continuing dynamic growth and what further reforms are needed to complete the transition to a well-functioning, advanced market economy.China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and economic revolution that is turning China upside down.In this utterly surprising and deeply personal book, acclaimed National Public Radio reporter Rob Gifford, a fluent Mandarin speaker, takes the dramatic journey along Route 312 from its start in the boomtown of Shanghai to its end on the border with Kazakhstan. Gifford reveals the rich mosaic of modern Chinese life in all its contradictions, as he poses the crucial questions that all of us are asking about China: Will it really be the next global superpower? Is it as solid and as powerful as it looks from the outside? And who are the ordinary Chinese people, to whom the twenty-first century is supposed to belong?
Gifford is not alone on his journey. The largest migration in human history is taking place along highways such as Route 312, as tens of millions of people leave their homes in search of work. He sees signs of the booming urban economy everywhere, but he also uncovers many of the country's frailties, and some of the deep-seated problems that could derail China's rise.
The whole compelling adventure is told through the cast of colorful characters Gifford meets: garrulous talk-show hosts and ambitious yuppies, impoverished peasants and tragic prostitutes, cell-phone salesmen, AIDS patients, and Tibetan monks. He rides with members of a Shanghai jeep club, hitchhikes across the Gobi desert, and sings karaoke with migrant workers at truck stops along the way.
As he recounts his travels along Route 312, Rob Gifford gives a face to what has historically, for Westerners, been a faceless country and breathes life into a nation that is so often reduced to economic statistics. Finally, he sounds a warning that all is not well in! the Chi nese heartlands, that serious problems lie ahead, and that the future of the West has become inextricably linked with the fate of 1.3 billion Chinese people.
"Informative, delightful, and powerfully moving . . . Rob Gifford's acute powers of observation, his sense of humor and adventure, and his determination to explore the wrenching dilemmas of China's explosive development open readers' eyes and reward their minds."
–Robert A. Kapp, president, U.S.-China Business Council, 1994-2004
From the Hardcover edition.
Lonely Planet China (Country Travel Guide)
Antique yet up-to-the-minute, familiar yet unrecognizable, outwardly urban but quintessentially rural, conservative yet path-breaking China is a land of mesmerizing and eye-opening contradictions. Damian Harper, Lonely Planet WriterOur Promise
You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about, each and every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage, and you can rely on us to tell it like we see it.
Inside This Book
11 intrepid authors
198 maps
76 temples & monasteries
100s of noodle spots
Inspirational photos
Clear, easy-to-use maps
Hong Kong & Beijing pull-out map
Special Great Wall feature
Comprehensive planning tools
In-depth background
Interpreting China's Economy
This book is unique in covering all important topics of the Chinese economy in depth but written in a language understandable to the layman and yet challenging to the expert. Beginning with entrepreneurship that propels the dynamic economic changes in China today, the book is organized into four broad parts to discuss China's economic development, to analyze significant economic issues, to recommend economic policies and to comment on the timely economic issues in the American economy for comparison.Unlike a textbook, the discussion is original and thought-provoking. It is written by a most distinguished economist who has studied the Chinese economy for thirty years, after making breathtaking contributions to the fields of econometrics, applied economics and dynamic economics and serving as a major adviser to the government of Taiwan during its period of rapid development in the 1960s and 1970s. In the last thirty years, the author has served as a major adviser to the government of China on economic reform and important economic policies and cooperated with the Ministry of Education to introduce and promote the development of modern economics in China, including training hundreds of economists in China and placing many graduate students to pursue a doctoral degrees in economics in leading universities in the US and Canada. These graduates now plays pivotal roles in China and in the US in academics, business or government institutions. The essays, a culmination of the author's expertise in China over five decades, are being widely read in China. When the author became professor emeritus at Princeton, the University named the Econometric Research Program as the Gregory C Chow Econometric Research Program in his honor.
Look What Came From China!
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Describes many things, both familiar and unfamiliar, that originally came from China, including inventions, food, tools, animals, toys, games, musical instruments, fashion, medicine, holidays, and sports.
Hong Kong Nights: A Story About Art, Love, and Life
Original and daring, Hong Kong Nights is a pulse-pounding romance with a message. The story introduces us to Marshawn and Cassy who are battling different cultural traditions with the will to be together. Raised in poverty, Marshawn, an African American, is invited to Hong Kong by his expatriate uncle to get him far away from the gang violence and dangerous streets of Los Angeles. Within a week of arriving in Hong Kong, Marshawn secures a job as a janitor at an art museum in Hong Kong. Unbeknownst to the management in the museum, he is a brilliant artist and art historian. Cassy is a Hong Kong native who is completing her final year at the prestigious Hong Kong Art Institute. An aspiring sculptor, her creativity and growth are about to be stifled by her chauvinistic fiancé. Destiny brings Cassy and Marshawn together in the hippest nightclub in Hong Kong. Their common connection to art is radiant. A spark is ignited and lives are changed forever. Soothing and thought provoking, the story candidly weaves issues of race, culture, and class while taking us on a spin through the spectacular wonders of Hong Kong Nights.About the Author
Renford Reese is a university professor and founder of the acclaimed Colorful Flags program. He is the author of four provocative non-fiction books. He is also the author of the Starbucks "The Way I See It" quote #294: "Insensitivity makes arrogance ugly; empathy is what makes humility beautiful." As a Fulbright Fellow, lecturing at the University of Hong Kong in 2009, Reese wrote his first novel, Hong Kong Nights. The author states:
"Through Marshawn Washington, the reader learns just as much about the stark challenges of growing up in the inner city in America, as they learn about the dynamic intricacies of Hong Kong."
HongKongNights.org
Ugly Duckling - Kung Fu Chinese
- Adorable graphics and easy to use interface
- Multilingual language learning tool for native English speaking users
- Formatted in a proven most effective way to learn and practice a second language
- Each paragraph of story is presented in English with Chinese subtitles
- Optional voice read along with text by native Chinese speaker
China Airborne
More than two-thirds of the new airports under construction today are being built in China. Chinese airlines expect to triple their fleet size over the next decade and will account for the fastest-growing market for Boeing and Airbus. But the Chinese are determined to be more than customers. In 2011, China announced its Twelfth Five-Year Plan, which included the commitment to spend a quarter of a trillion dollars to jump-start its aerospace industry. Its goal is to produce the Boeings and Airbuses of the future. Toward that end, it acquired two American companies: Cirrus Aviation, maker of the world's most popular small propeller plane, and Teledyne Continental, which produces the engines for Cirrus and other small aircraft.
In China Airborne, James Fallows documents, for the first time, the extraordinary scale of this project and explains why it is a crucial test case for China's hopes for modernization and innovation in other industries. He makes clear how it stands to catalyze the nation's hyper-growth and hyper- urbanization, revolutionizing China in ways analogous to the building of America's transcontinental railroad in the nineteenth century. Fallows chronicles life in the city of Xi'an, home to more than 250,000 aerospace engineers and assembly workers, and introduces us to some of the hucksters, visionaries, entrepreneurs, and dreamers who seek to benefit from China's pursuit of aerospace supremacy. He concludes by examining what this latest demonstration of Chinese ambition means for the United States and the rest of the world—and the right ways to understand it.
Understanding China: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture
After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at stake in China's present and future. In the new edition, Starr seamlessly weaves in additional material on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government's ongoing efforts to curb the influence of the Internet, and the intensifying trade disputes between the United States and China. Succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright, Understanding China remains a necessary guide for the uninitiated to everything from the Chinese economy and political system, to its intellectual freedoms and human rights, to its relationship with the rest of the world.
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