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Author : Mary Ninde Gamewell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Gateway to China written by Mary Ninde Gamewell and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Sheridan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197576257
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)
Download or read book The Gate to China written by Michael Sheridan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule. Essential reading for anyone wishing to deal with China or to understand the world in which we live. The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule are told with unique insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on documents from archives in China and the West, interviews with key figures and eyewitness reporting over three decades. The story takes the reader from the earliest days of trade through the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century to the age of globalisation, the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China, the fight for democracy on the city's streets and the ultimate victory of the Chinese Communist Party. As the West seeks a new China policy, we learn from private papers how Margaret Thatcher anguished over the fate of Hong Kong, sought secret American briefings on how to deal with Beijing and put her trust in a spymaster who was tormented by his own doubts. The Chinese version of history, so often unheard, emerges from memoirs and documents, many of them entirely new to the foreign reader, which reveal China's negotiating tactics. The voices of Hong Kong people eloquent, smart and bold speak compellingly here at every turn. The Gate to China tells how Hong Kong was the gate to China as it reformed its economy and changed the world, emerging to challenge the West with a new order that raised fundamental questions about freedom, identity, and progress. Told through real human stories and a gripping narrative for the general reader, it is also critical reading for all who study, trade or deal with China.
Author : Mary N. Gamewell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780848242077
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (42 download)
Download or read book The Gateway to China written by Mary N. Gamewell and published by . This book was released on 1988-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeannette L. Faurot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780835125376
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (253 download)
Download or read book 文言入門 written by Jeannette L. Faurot and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An introduction to literary Chinese (wenyan) which includes grammar, basic vocabulary, translations, and exercises. Text is drawn from such classics as the Dao De Jing and Zhuang Zi. Audio cassette with texts read by native Chinese speakers is also available."
Author : Edward Denison
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118867548
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Building Shanghai written by Edward Denison and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shanghai's illustrious history and phenomenal future is celebrated in this book, which examines the evolution of the city's architecture and urban form in order to contextualise the challenges facing the city today. The physical legacies that reflect Shanghai's uniqueness historically and contemporarily are examined chronologically using specific case studies of exemplary architecture interwoven in a compelling narrative that unlocks the many mysteries surrounding this amazing metropolis. Some of the most influential colonial architecture in the world, outstanding examples of Modernism and Art Deco, and an exceptional selection of eclectic and vernacular architecture reflecting Shanghai's many adopted cultures are revealed. This is the first book ever to examine this remarkable subject in a manner that is both comprehensive and captivating in its written content and stunningly illustrated with over 300 archive and contemporary photographs and maps.
Author : Mary Ninde Gamewell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Gateway to China written by Mary Ninde Gamewell and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Sheridan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197576230
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)
Download or read book The Gate to China written by Michael Sheridan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule are told with unique insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on documents from archives in China and the West, interviews with key figures and eyewitness reporting over three decades"-- Provided by Amazon book.
Author : Marie-Claire Bergère
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ISBN 13 : 9780804749046
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Shanghai written by Marie-Claire Bergère and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details Shanghai's beginnings as a treaty port in the mid-nineteenth century; its capitalist boom following the 1911 Revolution; the fifteen years of economic and social decline initiated by the Japanese invasion in 1937 and attempts at resistance; and the city's disgraced years under Communism.
Download or read book Gateway to China written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Ninde Gamewell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282461447
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book The Gateway to China written by Mary Ninde Gamewell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gateway to China: Pictures of Shanghai Ample, reads like a romance and it is a well-established fact that its books had much to do in shaping the radi cal policy of the late Emperor Kuang Hsii and the liberals of that period, which eventuated in the dawn of progress and a New China. To all friends, Chinese and foreign, whose suggestions and criticisms have helped make possible this little book, warmest thanks are extended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Seiji Shirane
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501765582
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Imperial Gateway written by Seiji Shirane and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Imperial Gateway, Seiji Shirane explores the political, social, and economic significance of colonial Taiwan in the southern expansion of Japan's empire from 1895 to the end of World War II. Challenging understandings of empire that focus on bilateral relations between metropole and colonial periphery, Shirane uncovers a half century of dynamic relations between Japan, Taiwan, China, and Western regional powers. Japanese officials in Taiwan did not simply take orders from Tokyo; rather, they often pursued their own expansionist ambitions in South China and Southeast Asia. When outright conquest was not possible, they promoted alternative strategies, including naturalizing resident Chinese as overseas Taiwanese subjects, extending colonial police networks, and deploying tens of thousands of Taiwanese to war. The Taiwanese—merchants, gangsters, policemen, interpreters, nurses, and soldiers—seized new opportunities for socioeconomic advancement that did not always align with Japan's imperial interests. Drawing on multilingual archives in six countries, Imperial Gateway shows how Japanese officials and Taiwanese subjects transformed Taiwan into a regional gateway for expansion in an ever-shifting international order. Thanks to generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program and its participation in TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.
Author : Elizabeth C. Economy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509537511
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The World According to China written by Elizabeth C. Economy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An economic and military superpower with 20 percent of the world’s population, China has the wherewithal to transform the international system. Xi Jinping’s bold calls for China to “lead in the reform of the global governance system” suggest that he has just such an ambition. But how does he plan to realize it? And what does it mean for the rest of the world? In this compelling book, Elizabeth Economy reveals China’s ambitious new strategy to reclaim the country’s past glory and reshape the geostrategic landscape in dramatic new ways. Xi’s vision is one of Chinese centrality on the global stage, in which the mainland has realized its sovereignty claims over Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the South China Sea, deepened its global political, economic, and security reach through its grand-scale Belt and Road Initiative, and used its leadership in the United Nations and other institutions to align international norms and values, particularly around human rights, with those of China. It is a world radically different from that of today. The international community needs to understand and respond to the great risks, as well as the potential opportunities, of a world rebuilt by China.
Author : Timothy B. Weston
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442209062
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book China in and beyond the Headlines written by Timothy B. Weston and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third volume of this popular series, leading experts provide fascinating and unexpected insights into critical issues of culture, economy, politics, and society in today's China. This world, outside the reach of state control and either misunderstood or unreported in Western media, gains clarity and dimension from the fresh insights of a prominent group of activists, investigative journalists, lawyers, scholars, and travelers, who share a common interest in lessening the profound information gap between China and the rest of the world. In sixteen new essays, they address such key topics as civil society, consumerism, environmental adversity, ethnic tension, the Internet, legal reform, new media and social networking, nationalist tourism, sex and popular culture, as well the costs of urban gigantism to portray the complexity of life in contemporary China—and how, increasingly, it speaks to the everyday experience of Americans. Contributions by: David Bandurski, Susan D. Blum, Timothy Cheek, Gady Epstein, Andrew S. Erickson, Lionel M. Jensen, John Kamm, Wenquing Kang, Katherine Palmer Kaup, Travis Klingberg, Orion A. Lewis, Benjamin L. Liebman, Jonathan S. Noble, Tim Oakes, Jessica C. Teets, Alex L. Wang, and Timothy B. Weston.
Author : Adrian H. Hearn
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822374587
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Diaspora and Trust written by Adrian H. Hearn and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Diaspora and Trust Adrian H. Hearn proposes that a new paradigm of socio-economic development is gaining importance for Cuba and Mexico. Despite their contrasting political ideologies, both countries must build new forms of trust among the state, society, and resident Chinese diaspora communities if they are to harness the potentials of China’s rise. Combining political and economic analysis with ethnographic fieldwork, Hearn analyzes Cuba's and Mexico's historical relations with China, and highlights how Chinese diaspora communities are now deepening these ties. Theorizing trust as an alternative to existing models of exchange—which are failing to navigate the world's shifting economic currents—Hearn shows how Cuba and Mexico can reformulate the balance of power between state, market, and society. A new paradigm of domestic development and foreign engagement based on trust is becoming critical for Cuba, Mexico, and other countries seeking to benefit from China’s growing economic power and social influence.
Author : Berthold Laufer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Chinese Gateway written by Berthold Laufer and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Beth E. Notar
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824862198
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Displacing Desire written by Beth E. Notar and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do millions of people from around the world flock to Dali, a small borderland town in the Himalayan foothills of southwest China? "Lonely planeteers"— American, European, and Israeli backpackers named for the guidebook they carry—trek halfway across the globe to "get off the beaten track," yet converge here to drink coffee, eat banana pancakes, and share music from home. Coastal Chinese who are prospering in the phenomenal economic growth of China’s reform era travel thousands of miles to sing songs and dress up as their favorite characters from a revolutionary-era movie musical. Overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia as well as a new generation of mainland youth follow in the footsteps of heroes and villains from Hong Kong martial arts novels, seeking an experience of a Buddhist "wild, wild, West" at a martial arts theme park dubbed "Hollywood East," or "Daliwood." Inspired by representations in popular culture that engender fantasies of the exotic, these tourists, Western and Chinese, journey to Dali, Yunnan, in search of an imagined place where they can indulge their craving for authenticity, display their status in the present, and act out their nostalgia for the past. Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research, Beth Notar explores struggles over place as people in Dali attempt to represent their historical identity and define their future. Displacing Desire takes representation into the realm of practice to consider the ways in which those who are represented must contend with their image in popular culture and the material after-effects of representations even decades after their original production. It contributes to an exploration of travel as performance of nostalgia, fantasy, and status. More specifically it contributes to an understanding of the growth of consumer culture in China, examining what China’s modernization process and market economy mean for different social actors in their struggles over power and place.
Author : Louisa Schein
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822324447
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (244 download)
Download or read book Minority Rules written by Louisa Schein and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender, ethnicity, and nation in China, as seen through an ethnography of the changing cultural production of the Miao, a minority population.
