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Author | : Brian Page |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1911216821 |
Beijing has several millennia of human history. It has been a city of regional importance for many centuries, first becoming the Chinese imperial capital in 1267. The city has been known by various names through the ages, reflecting a turbulent history of change. As the political and cultural heart of modern China, Beijing has grown dramatically since the Communist revolution of 1949.Beijing Then and Now shows how that dramatic modernization has affected the city and how, despite all the new building and modern infrastructure, some of the great historic sites have been preserved and maintained. Sites include: Deshengmen Arrow Tower, Qianmen Arrow Tower, Qianmen Gate, Entrance to the Imperial City, Mao's Mausoleum, Tiananmen Gate, Duanmen Gate, Entrance to the Forbidden City, Wumen Gate, Hall of Supreme Harmony, Jingshan, Beihai Park, the White Dagoba, Imperial Canal, Drum Tower, Beihai Lake, Bell Tower, Temple of Confucius, Hall of Classics, Imperial Observatory, Qianmen Boulevard, Hall of Prayer, Altar of Heaven, British Legation, Dong Tang, Marble Boat, Jade Belt Bridge, Ming Tombs, Spirit Road and the Great Wall of China.
Author | : Jasper Becker |
Publisher | : eBook Partnership |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2015-08-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1783017856 |
A startling, eye-opening account of a fascinating and decisive moment in Chinese history, packed with evocative stories. Jasper Becker tells the story of why and how China's leaders set about to destroy and rebuild one of the world's greatest cities and how many of the residents tried to stop it and protect their great architectural legacy.
Author | : Shamini Flint |
Publisher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2021-03-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1838851682 |
'Flint . . . creates fascinating, unforgettable characters' Booklist A LONG-LOST DAUGHTER. AN EXPLOSIVE SECRET. A LETHAL CONSPIRACY. Ex-Delta Force soldier Jack Ford is trying to put the past behind him. But when he receives a letter from someone he hasn’t spoken to in thirty years, claiming he has a daughter, he can’t resist investigating for himself. Soon he’s on a plane to China, a country he hasn’t returned to since witnessing the atrocities of the Tiananmen Square massacre. But on his search he stumbles upon a document which both the Chinese and American governments are desperately chasing. Now Jack is trapped in an impossible dilemma: save his daughter or prevent a new world war where thousands will lose their lives.
Author | : Val Wang |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2014-10-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0698156994 |
A humorous and moving coming-of-age story that brings a unique, not-quite-outsider’s perspective to China’s shift from ancient empire to modern superpower Raised in a strict Chinese-American household in the suburbs, Val Wang dutifully got good grades, took piano lessons, and performed in a Chinese dance troupe—until she shaved her head and became a leftist, the stuff of many teenage rebellions. But Val’s true mutiny was when she moved to China, the land her parents had fled before the Communist takeover in 1949. Val arrives in Beijing in 1998 expecting to find freedom but instead lives in the old city with her traditional relatives, who wake her at dawn with the sound of a state-run television program playing next to her cot, make a running joke of how much she eats, and monitor her every move. But outside, she soon discovers a city rebelling against its roots just as she is, struggling too to find a new, modern identity. Rickshaws make way for taxicabs, skyscrapers replace hutong courtyard houses, and Beijing prepares to make its debut on the world stage with the 2008 Olympics. And in the gritty outskirts of the city where she moves, a thriving avant-garde subculture is making art out of the chaos. Val plunges into the city’s dizzying culture and nightlife and begins shooting a documentary, about a Peking Opera family who is witnessing the death of their traditional art. Brilliantly observed and winningly told, Beijing Bastard is a compelling story of a young woman finding her place in the world and of China, as its ancient past gives way to a dazzling but uncertain future.
Author | : Brian Page |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The popular city of Beijing is illustrated in this new addition to the Then and Now series. With an increase in interest and travel to China, Beijing has become a hot tourist and business destination, and all eyes are on the city for the 2008 Summer Olympics.Readers will experience the richness of this ancient and modern city through remarkable then-and-now photographs, featuring landmarks such as Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, as well as captivating street scenes, temples, palaces and more.
Author | : David Aikman |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2012-03-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1596986522 |
This book details the great unreported story of the Chinese giant, its enormously rapid conversion to Christianity, and what this change means to the global balance of power.
Author | : Beitong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781558619074 |
Beijing Comrades is the story of a torrid love affair set against the socio-political unrest of late-eighties China. Due to its depiction of gay sexuality and its critique of the totalitarian government, it was originally published anonymously on an underground gay website within mainland China. This riveting and heart-breaking novel, circulated throughout China in 1998, quickly developed a cult following and remains a central work of queer literature from the People's Republic. This is the first English-language translation.
Author | : Ma Jian |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 2008-05-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780374110178 |
At once a powerful allegory of a rising China, racked by contradictions, and a seminal examination of the Tiananmen Square protests, "Beijing Coma" is a novel spiked with dark wit, poetic beauty, and a deep rage.
Author | : Henning Mankell |
Publisher | : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2010-02-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307593177 |
From the dean of Scandinavian noir, Henning Mankell, the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, an incredible stand-alone masterpiece: a bone-chilling mystery that spans two centuries and four continents. In the far north of Sweden a small, quiet village has been almost entirely wiped out by a mass murderer. The only clue left at the scene is a red ribbon. Among the victims are the grandparents of Judge Birgitta Roslin, who sets out to find the killer. Despite being brushed off by the police, Birgitta is determined to prove that the murders were not a random act of violence but are part of something far more dark and complex. Her investigation leads to the highest echelons of power and into the recesses of history where the seeds of evil deeds were planted.
Author | : Teresa Robeson |
Publisher | : Albert Whitman & Company |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 2020-04-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0807507652 |
Cycle through the sights of Beijing with Lunzi as she searches for her best friend. One, two; yi, er. Side by side, two bicycles, Lunzi and Huangche, come out of the factory. Side by side, they watch the city of Beijing from their shop window. Then a young girl comes in and buys Huangche, rolling him away from Lunzi! With the help of a delivery boy, Lunzi begins an epic race to find her friend that introduces readers to all the sights and sounds of Beijing.