Area Handbook For The Peoples Republic Of China
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Area Handbook for the People's Republic of China
Author | : D.C.) American University (Washington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
Area Handbook for Communist China
Author | : Frederic H. Chaffee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 698 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
General study of China - covers historical and geographical aspects, sociological aspects, languages, the social structure, living conditions, education, religion, political aspects, the economy, government policy, armed forces organisation, etc. Bibliography pp. 631 to 650, and maps.
Language Policy in the People’s Republic of China
Author | : Minglang Zhou |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2004-08-27 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1402080387 |
Language matters in China. It is about power, identity, opportunities, and, above all, passion and nationalism. During the past five decades China’s language engineering projects transformed its linguistic landscape, affecting over one billion people’s lives, including both the majority and minority populations. The Han majority have been juggling between their home vernaculars and the official speech, Putonghua – a speech of no native speakers – and reading their way through a labyrinth of the traditional, simplified, and Pinyin (Roman) scripts. Moreover, the various minority groups have been struggling between their native languages and Chinese, maintaining the former for their heritages and identities and learning the latter for quality education and socioeconomic advancement. The contributors of this volume provide the first comprehensive scrutiny of this sweeping linguistic revolution from three unique perspectives. First, outside scholars critically question the parities between constitutional rights and actual practices and between policies and outcomes. Second, inside policy practitioners review their own project involvements and inside politics, pondering over missteps, undergoing soul-searching, and theorizing their personal experiences. Third, scholars of minority origin give inside views of policy implementations and challenges in their home communities. The volume sheds light on the complexity of language policy making and implementing as well as on the politics and ideology of language in contemporary China.
The People's Republic Of China
Author | : Harold C. Hinton |
Publisher | : Westview Press |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1979-06-24 |
Genre | : History |
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The People's Republic of China Today
Author | : Zhiqun Zhu |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9814313505 |
Despite the significant progress it had achieved in the past 60 years, especially in the past 30 years since Deng Xiaoping's reform initiatives in the late 1970s, China faces daunting challenges today. These challenges include, among others, a rigid political system that does not match economic vibrancy, uneven economic growth and widening income gap, a graying population, environmental degradation, potential social instability, ethnic tensions and separatist movement, poor international image, and military modernization. Based on papers originally presented at an international conference held at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC), this book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative assessment of the PRC's political, economic, social, ethnic, energy, security, military, diplomatic and other developments and challenges today. Contributed by scholars and experts in political science, international relations, economics, public administration, history, mass communication, psychology, and diplomacy, the book focuses on the efforts needed by China to grow in a sustainable manner and to become a respected global power. With each chapter addressing a different and yet an inter-related issue of the PRC's development, this book aims to make a significant contribution to the understanding of key challenges the country faces today as it strives to become a global power.