It all began with a dream. A young woman saw a white tiger leap into her lap. It was both auspicious and unlucky—her son, the fortune-teller said, would grow up with no brothers, and his father's heal
Foreign learners of the Chinese language always find function words, such as prepositions, auxiliaries, conjunctions, articles, etc., difficult to master. A Student Handbook for Chinese Function Words
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Building in China is about striking an architectural balance between the pull of monumental tradition and the push of technological novelty. Centering on the dynamic period of post-imperial and pre-Co
This book examines Chinese food and the culture of food consumption in East and Southeast Asia. Through the lens of food, the authors address recent theories in social science concerning cultural iden
Gao Xingjian, the Nobel Laureate in Literature 2000, is a writer of many talents, being a novelist, playwright, stage director, painter, translator and critic at the same time. The Swedish Academy sum
Hong Kong is a cosmopolitan city where international communication is a fact of everyday life. Translation has thus always been essential in bridging the social and cultural gap between Chinese and We
One of the important ingredients of Deng Xiaoping's reform programme of the late 1970s was the establishment of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to manage economic institutions hitherto directly adminis
Confucius is the one thinker most influential and instrumental in informing the Chinese tradition. The Analects, which is a record of the words and teachings of Confucius, is considered the most relia
As one of China's strategic coastal provinces, Fujian has traditionally played a vital role in the economic development and diplomacy of the country. Overseas Chinese, the Taiwan factor and the design
This work is the result of a co-operation between a social anthropologist and a social historian and is focused on the social evolution of Southern China. Based on a longitudinal fieldwork study in th
Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction in Chinese, Taipei People has been frequently compared to James Joyce’s Dubliners. Patrick Hanan praises the volume as “the highest achievement in
Traditional Chinese medicine, such as the practice of herbal medicine and acupuncture, is becoming widely accepted as alternative medical treatments in the medical field outside China. Nevertheless, t
This book covers all the necessary aspects of our knowledge on nasopharyngeal carcinoma, from anatomy, histopathology, epidemiology, experimental studies, clinical manifestations, clinical and laborat
At the end of the 20th Century, the focus of global attention and concern is on the future relationship between the world's most influential nation and its most populous one. The series of high-level
The Other Hong Kong Report 1998 discusses the latest developments of Hong Kong, especially the changes since the handover and the current problems. Twenty-five experts have contributed papers on topic
A baby girl, a family of sugar workers, a disabled man, a student, a well-meaning banker, a village woman and a boy with leprosy. Nobody rich or famous. Just faces in the crowd. Yet each with a remark
Helping students with learning difficulties has been a perennial issue in special education in Hong Kong. The authors address in this book the important questions in the field with reference to the Ho
China is the largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) among developing countries. This study compares China's FDI performance with a number of other Asian countries and focuses on the poli
The year 1997 should be considered a successful year for the Chinese leadership. Deng Xiaoping's passing away in February and the holding of the Fifteenth Party Congress in September confirmed Jiang Z
Deng Xiaoping's death marked the end of an era in contemporary Chinese politics. The first generation revolutionary leaders have gone, and the third generation leaders are genuinely in power. At the s
About the Author Pat L. Kwan, who is a practising management and training consultant, has also enjoyed a successful career in teaching at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on a part-time basis for
Until recently, few case books have been written about human resources management in Hong Kong. Most previous publications in the field have drawn their material from North America and Europe. There a
Chinese calligraphy has been an independent visual art form for thousands of years. Its wonderful aesthetics has inspired the art of Chinese painting since the second century B.C. Before pen and penci
Until recently, few case books have been written about information systems management in Hong Kong. Most previous publications in the field have drawn their material from North America and Europe. The
Until recently, very few case books are written about Hong Kong's hotel management. Most case books have drawn their materials from North America and Europe. There are very few which reflect the local
Until recently, very few case books are written about Hong Kong business situations. Most case books have drawn their materials from North America and Europe. There are very few which reflect the loca
In fifty lessons, the authors examine both structural patterns and morphological features characteristic of Mandarin Chinese. The book describes cultural idiosyncracies in language use as well as give
This book includes fifty most widely used Chinese sentence patterns, and is specially designed for intermediate learners of Chinese as a foreign language. Each chapter is divided into three parts: sen
Advanced Chinese Reader is broadly representative of the baihua or colloquial writings that have appeared in print from the Literary Revolution of 1917 to the present time. There are altogether twenty
This book is a study of the Chinese experience with racial discrimination in Montreal, Canada. It begins with the arrival of the first batch of Cantonese, in the 1850s, in Victoria, British Columbia a
The revolutionary writer and literary critic Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren, 1881–1936) is celebrated at home and abroad as one of the most groundbreaking and influential writers of modern China. A first-hand wi
The core of the work is a systematically arranged listing of 2,558 sound glosses and 345 Buddhist transcriptions. Chinese characters in each entry are supplied with Middle Chinese and Eastern Han reco
The sixteen articles collected in this volume represent major disciplines in ancient Chinese studies, including archaeology and anthropology; epigraphy, philology, and linguistics; intellectual, cultu
在踏入廿一世紀，教育隨着社會急速變化而面臨許多挑戰，如何化危為機、抓緊機遇尋求更大的發展，是研討會主要探討的課題。透過集思廣益，取長補短，共同研究最佳的方案。The original title is《澳門教育如何邁進新紀元教育研討會論文集》. In the new millennium, our society is experiencing rapid changes and so is ou
The Hong Kong film industry – the Hollywood of the Orient – has been losing its glamour since the mid-1990s. The prolonged recession has given rise to serious doubts about its survival. As competition
The present book is an abridged English translation of the Chinese novel Erh-shih nien mu-tu chih kuai hsien-chuang by Wu Wo-yao (1867-1910), first serialized in Liang Ch'i Ch'ao's magazine Hsin Hsiao
The present book is an abridged English translation of the Chinese novel Erh-shih nien mu-tu chih kuai hsien-chuang by Wu Wo-yao (1867-1910), first serialized in Liang Ch'i Ch'ao's magazine Hsin Hsiao
