Although dozens of books have been published about China's rise, most authors treat it as an economic, political or military bloc rather than seeing it as a powerhouse of ideas that could influence our world. They have little to say about China's intellectual debates, or the ideological competition they might pose to the European and American world-views.
The meeting of the Russian and Qing empires in the nineteenth century had dramatic consequences for Central Asia’s Muslim communities. Along this frontier, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and the revolutions that engulfed Russia and China in the early twentieth century. David Brophy explores how a comm…
Contents: 1. National conditions 2. Politics 3. Economy 4. Science and technology, education, culture and art, public health and sports etc.
This book is actually a sequel to, and the eleventh chapter of, An Outline History of China edited by Prof. Bai Shouyi and published by the Foreign Languages Press in English in 1982. The May 4th Movement of 1919 is regarded as the beginning of the new-democratic revolution in China. From that time until the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949, the four decades saw …
The Revolution of 1911 is the most important event in early 20th century China. At that time the Qing Dynasty, which had ruled over China for 260 years, was overthrown, ending two thousand years of feudal monarchic dictatorship. With the subsequent establishment of the Republic of China, democracy and the republican form of government was able to strike a deep root in the hearts of the Chinese …
Contents: 1. The only coastal province in the western region 2. The region with the biggest population of minority nationalities 3. Beautiful and abundant southern border etc.
This book contains a description of tourist attractions in China.
The defining moment in the development of a modern China is shown to be 4 May 1919 at the Tian'anmen gate in Beijing, where a new generation rejected Confucianism and traditional Chinese culture, and protested violently against the Paris Peace Conference. Chinese cities at that time still bore the imprints of their ancient past, with narrow lanes and sacred temples, but they were starting to ch…
This book is a comprehensive reference book and commentary on basic documents about relations between the EU and the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the present. It contains all significant official and unofficial documents in English and Chinese about EU-China relations since the founding of the PRC in 1949. Since the opening-up of China in 1979, and especially after the establishment …
More than any other historical source, stone inscription provide firsthand information on the public activities of local government and elites in imperial China. In this first English language collection, the author presents a selection of stone inscriptions dating from the Sung dynasty along with translations and analyses of stone texts found in the Fukien province. Contents: 1. Stone record…