Big Noses In Beijing

Author : Sally Grattidge
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595223459

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Big Noses in Beijing by Sally Grattidge Pdf

What would it be like to pack up the family and go to live in China for three years? To swap the clean air and convenience of North America for the chaos and clamour of the world’s most populous nation? Journey with Sally Grattidge behind the bamboo curtain as she strives to raise a family, see some of the country and generally have a life while learning to cope with the culture, the language and the ubiquitous "China factor." From the exhilaration of mastering Mandarin and visiting fascinating places, to the despair and sheer frustration of trying to get the simplest things done, the narrative sweeps the reader along on an expatriate roller-coaster ride. Throughout it all, the author paints an intimate portrait of the Chinese people, as she discovers what they are really like beneath that inscrutable public face.

Author : Kay Jones,Anthony Pan
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9789814435741

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CultureShock! Beijing by Kay Jones,Anthony Pan Pdf

Author : Randall E. Stross
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307826152

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BULLS IN THE CHINA SHOP by Randall E. Stross Pdf

Bulls in the China Shop is an engagingly anecdotal, lucidly written account of the tragicomic cultural and political misadventures that have plagues American commercial ventures over the past two decades in the People’s Republic of China. When diplomatic tensions between the two countries were eased in the 1970s, American businesses rushed to China, lured by the world’s largest national market. As they tried to introduce capitalism to China’s socialist society they soon discovered that the rules of business, as they understood them, did not apply. Chinese buyers placed huge orders for which they had no money to pay: Chinese marketing bore no relation to capitalist exigencies—playing cards were named “Maxipuke” (pu-ke: poker), designer men’s underwear, “Pansy”; million-dollar projects already underway were cancelled without warning. The Chinese, in turn, were astonished by the indiscretion of the Americans, who prized “directness” above all in negotiations and were at once brash and guileless in exposing weaknesses in their own bargaining positions. Like Mark Twain’s innocents, Americans were woefully ignorant of Chinese etiquette, and prone to embarrassing gaffes. And more: the Chinese found the American insistence on lengthy, detailed contracts fatuous, if not insulting. Bulls in the China Shop is a fascinating look at the uneasy commerce between American and China—between capitalism and socialism—and at the cultural, political, and historical significance of trade between the two nations.

Author : Alastair Humphreys
Publisher : Eye Books (US&CA)
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781785630866

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The Boy Who Biked the World by Alastair Humphreys Pdf

All three volumes of this bestselling adventure series collected in one ebook.Alastair Humphreys' bestselling trilogy about Tom, a young boy who dreams of becoming an adventurer and ends up cycling around the world, has entertained and inspired thousands of readers across the past decade. Now, for the first time, all three volumes are available in one specially-priced ebook omnibus.Alastair Humphreys' bestselling trilogy about Tom, a young boy who dreams of becoming an adventurer and ends up cycling around the world, has entertained and inspired thousands of readers across the past decade. Now, for the first time, all three volumes are available in one specially-priced ebook omnibus.

Author : Alastair Humphreys,Tom Morgan-Jones
Publisher : Eye Books (US&CA)
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781785630095

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The Boy Who Biked the World: Part Three by Alastair Humphreys,Tom Morgan-Jones Pdf

Tom was laughed at for day dreaming. His dreams were of being an adventurer. One day he decided to prove everyone wrong and set off cycling round the world. Parts One and Two follow Tom crossing Europe and descending Africa, then pedalling through the Americas to Alaska. In Part Three, Tom is on the last leg of his journey where he continues to discover strange and amazing sights and meet a host of fun characters. He skids through the freezing temperatures of Siberia, and in Japan even shares a steaming hot pool with some surprised monkeys. He follows the Great Wall of China towards the mysterious lands of Central Asia and on crossing the world's largest inland sea, is at last biking through Europe towards his home in Yorkshire. Based on the author's personal experiences and with engaging illustrations, maps and handwritten journal entries throughout, this book provides an immersive experience for any young adventurer.

Author : Claire Conceison
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824864316

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Significant Other by Claire Conceison Pdf

Chinese views of the United States have shifted dramatically since the 1980s, with changes in foreign relations, increased travel of Chinese citizens to the U.S., and wide circulation of American popular culture in China. Significant Other explores representations of Americans that emerged onstage in China between 1987 and 2002 and considers how they function as racial and cultural stereotypes, political strategy, and artistic innovation. Based on fieldwork in Beijing and Shanghai, it offers a unique view of contemporary Mainland Chinese spoken drama from the perspective of a Western academic who is both a Chinese studies scholar and a theatre practitioner. Claire Conceison’s close readings of recent plays take into account not only the texts of the plays themselves and other primary sources, but also production contexts, creative origins, artistic collaboration, and audience reception. Identifying the American as China’s "significant Other," Conceison introduces the complex cultural relationship between China and the United States, situating it in both the long history of Sino-Western relations and the present dynamics of post-colonialism. She then examines the emergent discourse of Occidentalism, tracing its origins and recent circulation and repositioning it as a discursive strategy to analyze appearances of Americans on the Chinese stage. Conceison maintains that Chinese staging of American characters—often played by local actors made up and costumed as Americans, and more recently played by foreigners themselves—reveals cultural norms and attitudes regarding the United States, reflects Sino-American political relations, articulates Chinese national and cultural identity, and signifies innovation in spoken drama as an art form.

Author : Tom Bradley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0741400766

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Black Class Cur by Tom Bradley Pdf

Author : 焦波
Publisher : 五洲传播出版社
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 7508503848

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Foreigners in China by 焦波 Pdf

Author : Linda Jakobson
Publisher : M. Evans
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781461704300

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A Million Truths by Linda Jakobson Pdf

Income levels have risen sharpley in China during the last two decades. Although just 2% of all Chinese have hot, running water, virtually all households have televisions. This personal, intelligent book addresses these sweeping changes and how they are forming modern China.

Author : Simon Lewis
Publisher : Rough Guides
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1843532425

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The Rough Guide to Beijing by Simon Lewis Pdf

This guide to historic city of Beijing brings its highlights to life from the latest hip nightspots to the Forbidden City. There are accounts of all the city's attractions and reliable, practical information on how to get around, where to stay and where to find the best restaurants and bars. The guide also includes detailed accounts of excursions outside the city to historic towns and hikes along the Great Wall. Each district is covered by a thoroughly researched and fully indexed map.

Author : Jelena Cvorovic,Kathryn Coe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781440872952

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Storytelling around the World by Jelena Cvorovic,Kathryn Coe Pdf

This book provides students, instructors, and lay-readers with a cross-cultural understanding of storytelling as an art form that has existed for centuries, from the first spoken and sung stories to those that are drawn and performed today. This book serves as an indispensable resource for students and scholars interested in storytelling and in multicultural approaches to the arts. By taking an evolutionary approach, this book begins with a discussion of origin stories and continues through history to stories of the 21st century. The text not only engages the stories themselves, it also explains how individuals from all disciplines, from doctors and lawyers to priests and journalists, use stories to focus their readers' and listeners' attention and influence them. This text addresses stories and storytelling across both time (thousands of years) and geography, including in-depth descriptions of storytelling practices occurring in more than 40 different cultures around the world. Part I consists of thematic essays, exploring such topics as the history of storytelling, common elements across cultures, different media, lessons stories teach us, and storytelling today. Part II looks at more than 40 different cultures, with entries following the same outline: Overview, Storytellers: Who Tell the Stories, and When, Creation Mythologies, Teaching Tales and Values, and Cultural Preservation. Several tales/tale excerpts accompany each entry.

Author : Zhixin Lin
Publisher : Zhixin Lin
Page : 1438 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Martial Arts Collection: Bodhi Tribulation by Zhixin Lin Pdf

Author : Christopher A. Gray,Howard E. Carson
Publisher : Sunbow Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781926433141

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All The Big Ones Are Dead by Christopher A. Gray,Howard E. Carson Pdf

“In All the Big Ones are Dead by the talented writing team of Christopher A. Gray and Howard E. Carson, the seedy underworld linked to the illegal animal trade is exposed in brilliant and disturbing detail… a polished and powerful international thriller.” −SP Review The trade in illegal elephant ivory and rhino horn is the tip of an iceberg made of money used to finance terrorism, torture and murder. The political and social failures among some of the wealthiest and most politically powerful people in America, result in a corrupt, morally depraved view of the world and how it should run. CIA agent Michael Bishop is one of a cast of sharply etched characters in a story that takes readers from the African poaching grounds deep in the interior of Cameroon, through the rough, narrow and dangerous old streets of Marseille, to the seething, densely packed streets of New York City. Bishop is the one man who is prepared to follow the money trail at all costs to bring the worst kinds of criminals and terrorist networks to account. The trail is dangerous, the traps along the way are devious, and Bishop confronts some of the worst villains ever created for the modern thriller. The end game is about life and death, and a behind-the-scenes battle for freedom that most people never see. “An exhilarating, globe-trekking espionage tale that delivers robust characters.” −Kirkus Reviews “A whirlwind spy story that keeps the action going… told with humor and vigor.” −Madeline Dennis-Yates for IndieReader Keywords: All The Big Ones Are Dead, Illegal elephant ivory and rhino horn, CIA Interpol thriller, Terrorist financing and smuggling, Big game poaching, Morality vs greed and power, CIA officer Michael Bishop

Author : Bob Coyle
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781663212993

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I Have Been I Have Seen I Have Been Blessed. by Bob Coyle Pdf

Life’s Journey While On Earth The journey, the quest, I was merely a guest On life’s backbone of time, from zero to prime To confirm I was blessed, I will tell you the rest Of my fruits on the vine, of a life by design. — Robert Coyle

Author : Kylienne A. Clark,Travis R. Shaul,Brian H. Lower
Publisher : The Ohio State University
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Environmental ScienceBites by Kylienne A. Clark,Travis R. Shaul,Brian H. Lower Pdf

This book was written by undergraduate students at The Ohio State University (OSU) who were enrolled in the class Introduction to Environmental Science. The chapters describe some of Earth's major environmental challenges and discuss ways that humans are using cutting-edge science and engineering to provide sustainable solutions to these problems. Topics are as diverse as the students, who represent virtually every department, school and college at OSU. The environmental issue that is described in each chapter is particularly important to the author, who hopes that their story will serve as inspiration to protect Earth for all life.