This volume comprises eight articles that fall into three groups: studies of the art in Sichuan and an account of the famous pottery produced in and around Tongguan in Hunan; the export of Chinese cer
This volume comprises eight articles that fall into three groups: surveys of Chinese art and archaeology and their interrelationships, the exhibition of Chinese archaeological finds, and an account of
Since the Second World War Hong Kong’s development has been characterized not only by income inequality but, oddly enough, by economic growth and political stability. In an era when widespread poverty
This volume comprises nine articles that fall into three categories: general survey of Chinese archaeology as well as the author's visit to Tom Harrison's field work in Sarawak in 1966; field reports
This book includes twenty-five articles on the biology and practical cultivation of three groups of mushroom: Volvariella, Pleurotus, and Auricularia, and on their nutritional value, genetical breedin
The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons by Liu Hsieh (c. 465-522) is the first literary critical work, dealing comprehensively the genres, subject-matter, forms and styles of all Chinese writings
Each author delivers four to six lectures on optical communication, integrated optics, quantum electronics, and semi-conductor lasers respectively, allowing the topics to be treated in depth.
This is a comprehensive, selected and classified bibliography, covering the whole field of Chinese dialectology. The work includes all important published studies in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English
The world's pre-eminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure, arts, crafts, and even military strategies that form our understanding of Chinese science, making instru
The book traces the development of the carving of jade flowers as decorative ornaments and the evolution of the complex floral patterns in Chinese decorative art.Richly illustrated with 48 pages of pl
The video code is designed to facilitate the mechanization of the use of Chinese ideographs without destroying their etymological identities. It is formed of two four-digit codes--the structure code a
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
This collection of tales record and preserves a part of the oral tradition of Chinese folk tales and legends still current among the older generation of immigrants who came to Hong Kong from various p
The relationship between Guangdong and Hong Kong is one of long standing, and their economic development in the last three decades has brought the two places even closer together. However, the changin
The stories in this collection have been recorded, transcribed and translated from the professional story-tellers of traditional tales who have come to Hong Kong from various parts of China.
This major new history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with founding of the Crown Colony af
