By Shun Ni, published: June 20, 2014
Zhaoyuan is my hometown. The Baidu Encyclopedia tells us that Zhaoyuan (招远) is one of the top one hundred counties in China. It was established as Zhaoyuan County in the year 1131. As of the end of 2013, Continue reading
What Kind of a Place Is Zhaoyuan? A slice of China.已关闭评论
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An Illustration from a Sixteenth Century German Book, Entitled “Imaginative Representation of the Cosmos in the Middle Ages.” Continue reading
A Jesuit Astronomer in a Qing Emperor’s Court-How Johann Adam Schall Shaped China’s Imperial Calendar已关闭评论
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Photo credit: Adams , Jeffrey. “Orson Welles’s “The Trial”: Film Noir and the Kafkaesque.” College Literature. Continue reading
From Doctors to Kings: Who Are China’s ‘Old Friends’?已关闭评论
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By JOHN WILLIAMSJUNE 13, 2014
When BookExpo America, the annual trade convention, took place in Manhattan two weeks ago, the publishing industry turned its gaze to the traditionally heavy-hitting fall season. Continue reading
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When Shen Yitong left her home in China to study French at Cairo University in 2008, she didn’t know that she would come to think of Egypt as a second home, Continue reading
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According to Weibo, most Chinese fathers aren’t as comforting as this one, Continue reading
Chinese Fathers Who Beat Their Kids Get a Beating Online已关闭评论
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Posted on 2 April 2014 by Robert Bickers
As a scholar working on the Chinese in Britain, I was excited to embark on BICC’s knowledge exchange partnership with Penguin Books China, researching Penguin’s UK back catalogue Continue reading
Dr Diana Yeh writes about her Penguin Books China Cultural Engagement Partnership已关闭评论
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