Covers topics that are essential to understanding contemporary Chinese society, including changing attitudes toward women and marriage, the one-child policy, economic development, China's ethnic minorities, and debates surrounding Taiwan and Hong Kong.[...]
"A Kaleidoscope of China" is an advanced Chinese-language textbook that gives students a greater command of Chinese while deepening their understanding of the social and cultural issues facing China today. Geared to the unique needs of students with two or more years of instruction in modern Chinese[...]
Wei Hui's second semi-autobiographical novel of desire and lust in a new city far from China... According to the author, 'Marrying Buddha' is the continuation of her first novel 'Shanghai Baby', the international bestseller which was banned in China and catapulted her to fame and notoriety in the co[...]
The gap that divides those of us born in the 1970s and the older generation has never been so wide. Dark and edgy, deliciously naughty, an intoxicating cocktail of sex and the search for love, "Shanghai Baby" has already risen to cult status in mainland China. The risque contents of the breakthroug[...]
This semiautobiographical novel explores the conflicting feelings involved in love and passion. Coco is a would-be novelist, working as a Shanghai cafe waitress, who is torn between two lovers - one impotent, the other passionate.[...]