New Terms for New Ideas

New Terms for New Ideas
Author: Michael Lackner
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004120464

This volume is about the lasting impact of new (Western) notions on the 19th and early 20th century Chinese language; their invention, spread and standardization. Topics examined range from preconceptions about the capacity of the Chinese language to accommodate foreign ideas, the formation of specific nomenclatures and the roles of individual translators, to Chinese and European attempts at coming to terms with each other s grammar. A valuable reference work for all those interested in the historical semantics of modern China.

Bringing In the New Year

Bringing In the New Year
Author: Grace Lin
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375987045

This exuberant story follows a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then it’s time to put on new clothes and celebrate with family and friends. There will be fireworks and lion dancers, shining lanterns, and a great, long dragon parade to help bring in the Lunar New Year. And the dragon parade in our book is extra long–on a surprise fold-out page at the end of the story. Grace Lin’s artwork is a bright and gloriously patterned celebration in itself! And her story is tailor-made for reading aloud.

New Literature in Chinese

New Literature in Chinese
Author: Zhu Shoutong
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2017-03-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1443876410

This book systematically discusses the academic connotations of the concept of “Modern Chinese Literature”, as well as its basic categories. The discipline founded upon this concept is influential both in China and throughout the world, and scholars engaged in teaching and research in this field number around ten thousand. The discipline was originally established in haste in an abnormal academic environment, and, with the passage of time, such derivative disciplines as “Contemporary Chinese Literature”, “20th Century Chinese Literature”, “the Literature of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau” and “World Chinese Literature” have appeared. This book argues that these fields should be united in the area of “New Literature in Chinese”, because they have a shared language, culture and tradition. In today’s multi-polar world, where Chinese literature is so diversified, such an approach is obviously helpful.

China's New Cultural Scene

China's New Cultural Scene
Author: Marie Claire Huot
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780822324454

Portrays the ongoing revolution in cultural production that has transformed contemporary life in the People's Republic of China.

China's New Diplomacy

China's New Diplomacy
Author: Zhiqun Zhu
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2017-11-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351161822

What is the impact of China's new multi-directional diplomacy on international political economy and how can the international community properly respond to the new diplomacy? Based on extensive research addressing these and other important policy questions, this book investigates China's new diplomacy since the early 1990s with a focus on Chinese initiatives in the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. Zhiqun Zhu examines China's current efforts to secure energy, to expand investment and trade, and to enhance 'soft power' around the world. He evaluates how China's activities affect international political economy and how the international community, especially the United States, has reacted to China's new, pro-active diplomacy. The study answers some of the lingering questions about Chinese politics and the policy implications for both China and the international community as they become increasingly interdependent.

New Approaches to Chinese Word Formation

New Approaches to Chinese Word Formation
Author: Jerome Lee Packward
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1997
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9783110151091

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

Chinese

Chinese
Author: Jerry Norman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1988-01-21
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780521296533

A study of the Chinese language, tracing its history from its beginings in the second millennium BC to the present day.

Lion Dancer

Lion Dancer
Author: Kate Waters
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1990
Genre: Children's literature, English
ISBN: 0590430475

Ernie Wan is very excited for the Chinese New Year festival. He is dancing the lion dance for the first time

China in Ten Words

China in Ten Words
Author: Yu Hua
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307739791

From one of China’s most acclaimed writers: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades. Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacular, China in Ten Words uses personal stories and astute analysis to reveal as never before the world’s most populous yet oft-misunderstood nation. In "Disparity," for example, Yu Hua illustrates the expanding gaps that separate citizens of the country. In "Copycat," he depicts the escalating trend of piracy and imitation as a creative new form of revolutionary action. And in "Bamboozle," he describes the increasingly brazen practices of trickery, fraud, and chicanery that are, he suggests, becoming a way of life at every level of society. Witty, insightful, and courageous, this is a refreshingly candid vision of the "Chinese miracle" and all of its consequences.