Computer Aided Drawing software has changed the world of architecture dramatically. It now allows designers to create curvilinear buildings without hesitation. This phenomenon has revolutionized the p
Xiao Hong (1911--1942) was a contemporary of Eileen Chang and perhaps the most celebrated Chinese woman writer of the 1930s. She lived her short life with love, with freedom, and the land and its peop
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Cantonese is the only dialect of Chinese which has developed a widely known and used written form. It has played a role in publishing in the Guangdong region since the late Ming dynasty when various t
Inserting China into the history of nineteenth-century colonialism, English Lessons explores the ways that Euroamerican imperial powers humiliated the Qing monarchy and disciplined the Qing polity in
Chung Sze-yuen is not only a veteran politician in Hong Kong, but an important figure in the development of Hong Kong in the past forty years. He has played a significant role in Hong Kong's political
Chung Sze-yuen is not only a veteran politician in Hong Kong, but an important figure in the development of Hong Kong in the past forty years. He has played a significant role in Hong Kong's political
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
Over the past decade, the gas industries of many countries have undergone substantial changes. Gas utilities have been corporatized or privatized, and competition has replaced monopoly. Despite this c
Among the many books dealing with the epochal changes of China during the eighties, this is probably the first full-length account of the popular cultural movement, or wenhuare. It is the result of co
As China's largest city best known for its pre-eminent achievements in the early part of the twentieth century, Shanghai grew modestly in comparison with southern China after the adoption of China's o
This study makes a significant contribution to the formulation of policies on pollution abatement. It is the first publicly available economic analysis of an important subject that sets out the facts
A Glossary of Political Terms of the People's Republic of China is a collection of over 560 important and frequently-used Chinese political terms and phrases that appeared between 1949 and 1990. Each
This book is a collection of nine articles on various paradoxical aspects of traditional Chinese literature. The literary works chosen for analysis range from the Tang dynasty to the late Qing. Beside
This annotated bibliography examines a wide range of sources, both contemporary and recent, written in English, Chinese and Japanese, that concern Manchuria's modernization roughly from 1911 through t
A symposium of essays presented in honour of T. T. Ch'en and F. W. Mote on the occasion of their retirement from the East Asian Studies Department of Princeton University. The participants and contrib
This book analyzes the government and politics of Macau: the democratization, citizen participation, political mobilization, administrative reforms, and the political implications of Macau's economic
This is a comprehensive record of all the macrofungus found in Guangdong, China, in which 1,058 species under 239 genera, 56 families, 20 orders and 4 classes of Basidiomycotina and Ascomycotina are i
The book is the author's view of Hong Kongers: their customs, mores and habits of mind. It is a fascinating account of a very special people who have achieved great prosperity in a very short time and
The first section of this book deals with the life and times of Ch'en Tzu-ang (Chen Zi'ang) and ends with a general appraisal of the poet's political philosophy. Section two, which deals with Ch'en's
This study proposes a new plan called ChoiceCare as a solution to the problems facing Hong Kong's health care system. The scheme entails the creation of a competitive market for health care services w
This book is a well combined and connected series of essays on the roles of research, development, engineering, production and marketing of future high-technology industries. Professor Kao presents a