Along the River During the Qingming Festival is a renowned Chinese painting that captures the daily life of the Northern Song Dynasty. This artwork is an invaluable national treasure that offers unique insights into the cultural, social, and economic aspects of the time period. Its intricate details and vivid depictions have made it an iconic ......
In this timely book, leading scholars of US-China relations and China's foreign policy address recent changes in American assessments of China's capabilities and intentions and consider potential risks to international security, the significance of a shifting international distribution of power, problems of misperception, and the risk of ......
Chinese Christianity and Cultural Confluence since 1552
Western missionaries in China were challenged by something they could not have encountered in their native culture; most Westerners were Christian, and competitions in their own countries were principally denominational. Once they entered China they unwittingly became spiritual merchants who marketed Christianity as only one religion among the ......
Winner of Chinese National Literature Prize, the novel A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains is based on the Communist Party Central Committee's strategic shift in Shanghai in 1933. It tells the story of the Shanghai Special Operations Team, who bravely overcame difficulties and dangers to complete their mission of implementing the 'Thousands ......
High quality photographs from the region's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, vegetation, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species.
Rebalance, Reassurance, and Resolve in the U.S.-China Strategic Relation
China has achieved near superpower status in both the economic and military realms. The United States has reacted with a strategy of rebalancing, pivoting, toward Asia, and China. How the United States should execute this strategy to reassure China and the rest of Asia so that cooperation, not confrontation, governs the relationship between ......
President Nixon's historic trip to China in February 1972 marked the beginning of a new era in Sino-American relations. For the first time since 1949, the two countries established high-level official contacts and transformed their relationship from confrontation to collaboration.
Follow Chi Wang as he escapes a war-torn China to pursue a better education and life in America. As you join Wang on his journey you will also experience key historical events in U.S.-China relations through the eyes of someone who lived it.
This compelling book analyzes the dramatic changes in rural Chinese society as a result of rapid urbanization. Building on eight decades of studies of the village of Lengshuigou, Chinese sociologists examine the fundamental changes over the last century that have radically transformed centuries-old systems of patriarchy and generational order.
