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E-BooksChinese Signs An Introduction to China's Linguistic Landscape



Chinese Signs An Introduction to China's Linguistic Landscape
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English | 2024 | ISBN: 1108839061 | 239 Pages | PDF | 18 MB
Highlighting stylistic and rhetorical characteristics, this fully illustrated book explores the written form of Mandarin Chinese in a range of everyday settings. Taking examples from Chinese public writing across a variety of textual genres, such as signs, banners and advertisements, it prepares students for navigating 'real world' Chinese, not only in terms of its linguistic and stylistic characteristics, but also its social and cultural context. Drawing over 500 pictorial examples from the linguistic landscape, it explores the signs from a variety of perspectives, for example by highlighting elements of classical Chinese that are still used in the modern language, showing the most popular rhetorical patterns used in Chinese, and presenting the interactions between both Standard Mandarin and dialect, and Chinese and other languages. Detailed annotations are provided for all signs, in both Chinese and English, to accommodate readers of all proficiency levels in Chinese.



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E-BooksChina–Swiss Relations during the Cold War, 1949–1989



China–Swiss Relations during the Cold War, 1949–1989
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English | ISBN: 103211181X | 2022 | 286 pages | PDF | 6 MB
During the Cold War, Switzerland functioned as a hub for Chinese propaganda networks. Despite its fierce anti-communism, the Swiss Confederation was one of the first capitalist countries to recognise the People's Republic of China (PRC). As a neutral country and as the home base for many international organisations, Switzerland represented a strategic centre for the spread of Maoism throughout the world. Focusing on cultural diplomacy and questioning the notion of soft power, this book explores how the PRC developed its influence and its prestige abroad through its Embassy in Bern, the most important in Western Europe. The book also discusses how China's approach in Switzerland, bypassing traditional diplomatic structures, and relying on contacts with individual people - "foreign friends" - was then used, and continues to be used, in many other countries, including the United States, France, and Japan.



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E-BooksChina's Urban Revolution Understanding Chinese Eco–Cities



China's Urban Revolution Understanding Chinese Eco–Cities
Free Download China's Urban Revolution: Understanding Chinese Eco-Cities By Austin Williams
2017 | 241 Pages | ISBN: 135010180X | PDF | 4 MB
By 2025, China will have built fifteen new 'supercities' each with 25 million inhabitants. It will have created 250 'Eco-cities' as well: clean, green, car-free, people-friendly, high-tech urban centres. From the edge of an impending eco-catastrophe, we are arguably witnessing history's greatest environmental turnaround - an urban experiment that may provide valuable lessons for cities worldwide.Whether or not we choose to believe the hype - there is little doubt that this is an experiment that needs unpicking, understanding, and learning from. Austin Williams, The Architectural Review's China correspondent, explores the progress and perils of China's vast eco-city program, describing the complexities which emerge in the race to balance the environment with industrialisation, quality with quantity, and the liberty of the individual with the authority of the Chinese state. Lifting the lid on the economic and social realities of the Chinese blueprint for eco-modernisation, Williams tells the story of China's rise, and reveals the pragmatic, political and economic motives that lurk behind the successes and failures of its eco-cities.Will these new kinds of urban developments be good, humane, healthy places? Can China find a 'third way' in which humanity, nature, economic growth and sustainability are reconciled? And what lessons can we learn for our own vision of the urban future?This is a timely and readable account which explores a range of themes - environmental, political, cultural and architectural - to show how the eco-city program sheds fascinating light on contemporary Chinese society, and provides a lens through which to view the politics of sustainability closer to home.



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E-BooksChina's Law of the Sea The New Rules of Maritime Order



China's Law of the Sea The New Rules of Maritime Order
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English | ISBN: 0300256477 | 2023 | 416 pages | PDF | 2 MB
An in-depth examination of the law and geopolitics of China's maritime disputes and their implications for the rules of the international law of the sea



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E-BooksBeautiful China 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People's Views on Eco–civilization Construction



Beautiful China 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People's Views on Eco–civilization Construction
Free Download Jiahua Pan, "Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People's Views on Eco-civilization Construction"
English | ISBN: 9813367415 | 2021 | 818 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book discusses and studies the basic course of ecological civilization construction in the 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China and summarizes the experience and lessons. It contains 75 articles from 75 top experts and government officials in the field of ecological civilization policy-making and basic theory research in China, including Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, ecological culture, green industry economy, environmental quality, legal system, ecological security and so on, so as to provide reference for understanding and studying the progress of ecological environment protection since the founding of China.



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E-BooksWuhan How the COVID–19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control



Wuhan How the COVID–19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control
Free Download Dali L. Yang, "Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control"
English | ISBN: 0197756263 | 2024 | 416 pages | EPUB/pdf | 4 MB
The definitive account of the Chinese government's response to the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan.



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E-BooksWhat Makes China China An Overview of the Central Plains around 2000 B.C



What Makes China China An Overview of the Central Plains around 2000 B.C
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by Hong, Xu;

English | 2024 | ISBN: 1636673481 | 142 pages | True PDF | 13.09 MB



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E-BooksThe Strategic Logic of China's Economy



The Strategic Logic of China's Economy
Free Download The Strategic Logic of China's Economy: Millennial Pathways, Mega-strategy and the World in 2100
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031472284 | 346 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 9 MB
This book reviews China's strategic pathway over the last 1000 years and considers its prospects for ascending to high-income status by the end of the 21st century. It analyzes why, although China's chances of joining the global core are sound, they are not outstanding; in addition, it faces mounting challenges, internal and external alike. The argument is presented in the framework of dynamic-strategy theory, which is expounded here in novel form. This exposition includes a wide ranging survey of global history, with a focus on the development of the industrialisation paths of the major economies of today, including a detailed study of Japan's long-run strategic pathway.



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E-BooksThe Population History of China (1368–1953)



The Population History of China (1368–1953)
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by Shuji Cao
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9004682651 | 634 Pages | True PDF | 16 MB



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E-BooksThe Political and Economic History of China Volume 3 The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976)



The Political and Economic History of China Volume 3 The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976)
Free Download Hu Angang, "The Political and Economic History of China Volume 3: The Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) "
English | ISBN: 9814339946 | 2012 | 280 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Tracing the prolonged transformation of modern China from 1949 to 1976-or from the founding of People's Republic of China to the end of the Cultural Revolution-this account chronicles the economic and political history of modern China. It provides rich details on China's economic growth pattern, the process of industrialization, and its unique five-year-plan system, and elaborates on China's political life based on penetrating analyses and profound historical events.



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