China Boy

Author : Gus Lee
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101664742

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China Boy by Gus Lee Pdf

“What a knockout. An incredibly rich and new voice or American literature… China Boy grabs the reader’s heart and won’t let go… A wonder of a story.”—Amy Tan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club Kai Ting is the only American-born son of a Shanghai family that fled China during Mao’s revolution. Growing up in a San Francisco multicultural, low-income neighborhood, Kai is caught between two worlds—embracing neither the Chinese nor the American way to life. After his mother’s death, Kai is suddenly plunged into American culture by his stepmother, who tries to erase every vestige of China from the household. Warm, funny and deeply moving, China Boy is an account of how a brave friend on the street and a former pro boxing coach equip Kai to navigate through broken family relationships and the perils of growing up in America to find the triumph and richness of developing a new and complex American identity.

Author : Keith Brymer Jones
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781529385236

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Boy in a China Shop by Keith Brymer Jones Pdf

'During downtime on the pottery throwdown Keith made my hair curl with some of his tales - he's a great raconteur and recounts his story in this book as he does in real life - with joy, charm & mischief.' - Sara Cox 'Fans of Throw Down will enjoy this warm autobiography.' - Daily Mail 'An engaging read by an endearing, unassuming man who has always stayed true to his passions.' - Daily Mirror Ballet dancer. Front man in an almost famous band. Judge on The Great Pottery Throwdown. How did all that happen? By accident mostly. But I always say we make our own luck. What if an art teacher hadn't given me a lump of clay? What if the band had been really successful? What if I hadn't taken a photograph of a bowl to the buyer at Heals in London? What if she'd hated it? Or hadn't seen it... What if I hadn't agreed to dress up as Adele to make a crazy YouTube video? Every chapter of my book is based around an object (usually a pot) that's been significant in my life. It's just a trigger to let me go off in a lot of different directions and tell a few stories. A lot of stories. Dyslexia. The art teacher who changed my life. My Mother. My Father. A life-changing job interview with a man who lay under his car throughout. That video. Sifting through half-forgotten memories, trying to pick out the golden nuggets from the stuff that is definitely dross has been a curious, and at times hilarious, sometimes sad, but definitely enlightening process. So here it is - my pottery life with some very loud music and some pretty good dancing. And a lot of throwing, fettling and firing. Oh ...and a good dose of anxiety.

Author : Yan Phou Lee
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781465321701

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When I Was a Boy in China by Yan Phou Lee Pdf

Richard V. Lee, MD, is a graduate of Yale University (BS 1960) and of the Yale University School of Medicine (MD 1964). His clinical training in internal medicine and infectious/inflammatory disease was at Yale. Dr. Lees research and clinical interests have covered a broad range of issues, including the health status of geographically isolated human populations, international health, and the complexities of managing medical complications of pregnancy. His international work has involved providing care and medical educational programs for refugees under the auspices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (Thailand, Cambodia) and consulting for the World Health Organizations Collaborating Center for Health in Housing based in Buffalo. He has a long-term interest in the relationships among environmental factors and human health. He has maintained an active research program studying the health of isolated populations in Northern Kenya (Rendille tribe), Brazil (Kayapo, Parakana, and Apalai tribes), and the Northwestern Himalaya (Ladakh). Dr. Lee developed the Medical Trek Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo 15 years ago. The medical treks have allowed a variety of students to participate in field work with isolated populations. He is emeritus secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Yale-China Association and maintains active academic interchange with medical schools in Hong Kong, Changsha (Hunan Province), and Beijing. He is presently Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo with secondary or adjunct appointments as Professor in Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Anthropology and Social and Preventive Medicine. He has written chapters for toxicology and occupational health textbooks as well as the standard texts for obstetric medicine. He has published more than 200 papers, essays, and book chapters and edited several books. Dr. Lee is a peer reviewer for numerous scientific and medical journals. He is corresponding editor for the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (UK) and an associate editor of the International Journal of Environmental Health Research. He is Medical Director of Ecology and Environment, Inc., and has been a member of its Medical Advisory Board for 20 years

Author : Mei Fong
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780544276604

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One Child by Mei Fong Pdf

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist offers an intimate investigation of China’s one-child policy and its consequences for families and the nation at large. For over three decades, China exercised unprecedented control over the reproductive habits of its billion citizens. Now, with its economy faltering just as it seemed poised to become the largest in the world, the Chinese government has brought an end to its one-child policy. It may once have seemed a shortcut to riches, but it has had a profound effect on society in modern China. Combining personal portraits of families affected by the policy with a nuanced account of China’s descent towards economic and societal turmoil, Mei Fong reveals the true cost of this controversial policy. Drawing on eight years of research, Fong reveals a dystopian legacy of second children refused documentation by the state; only children supporting their parents and grandparents; and villages filled with ineligible bachelors. A “vivid and thoroughly researched” piece of on-the-ground journalism, One Child humanizes the policy that defined China and warns that the ill-effects of its legacy will be felt across the globe (The Guardian, UK).

Author : Nicholas Platt
Publisher : New Academia Publishing, LLC
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780984406227

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China Boys by Nicholas Platt Pdf

"An ADST-DACOR dipolmats and diplomacy book."

Author : Bao-Er
Publisher : Bao-Er
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781921300561

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China's Child Contracts by Bao-Er Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Abduction
ISBN : CORNELL:31924023250941

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Story of a Chinese Boy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Susan Greenhalgh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520253391

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Just One Child by Susan Greenhalgh Pdf

Population politics are a major issue in China. Susan Greenhaigh explores the origins and development of the one-child policy from the late 1970s to the present day, showing how sociopolitical life in China has been subject to scientization and statisticalization.

Author : Lijun Chen,Dali L. Yang,Di Zhou,Qiang Ren
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429627736

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Child and Youth Well-being in China by Lijun Chen,Dali L. Yang,Di Zhou,Qiang Ren Pdf

The true measure of any society is how it treats its children, who are in turn that society’s future. Making use of data from the longitudinal Chinese Family Panel Studies survey, the authors of this timely study provide a multi-faceted description and analysis of China’s younger generations. They assess the economic, physical, and social-emotional well-being as well as the cognitive performance and educational attainment of China's children and youth. They pay special attention to the significance of family and community contexts, including the impact of parental absence on millions of left-behind children. Throughout the volume, the authors delineate various forms of disparities, especially the structural inequalities maintained by the Chinese Party-state and the vulnerabilities of children and youth in fragile families and communities. They also analyze the social attitudes and values of Chinese youth. Having grown up in a period of sustained prosperity and greater individual choice, the younger Chinese cohorts are more independent in spirit, more open-minded socially, and significantly less deferential to authority than older cohorts. There is growing recognition in China of the importance of investing in children’s future and of helping the less advantaged. Substantial improvements in child and youth well-being have been achieved in a time of growing economic prosperity. Strong political commitment is needed to sustain existing efforts and to overcome the many obstacles that remain. This book will be of considerable interest to researchers of Chinese society and development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101010006201

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Lippincott's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lenora Chu
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062367877

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Little Soldiers by Lenora Chu Pdf

New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice; Real Simple Best of the Month; Library Journal Editors’ Pick In the spirit of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Bringing up Bébé, and The Smartest Kids in the World, a hard-hitting exploration of China’s widely acclaimed yet insular education system that raises important questions for the future of American parenting and education When students in Shanghai rose to the top of international rankings in 2009, Americans feared that they were being "out-educated" by the rising super power. An American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, Lenora Chu noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. How did the Chinese create their academic super-achievers? Would their little boy benefit from Chinese school? Chu and her husband decided to enroll three-year-old Rainer in China’s state-run public school system. The results were positive—her son quickly settled down, became fluent in Mandarin, and enjoyed his friends—but she also began to notice troubling new behaviors. Wondering what was happening behind closed classroom doors, she embarked on an exploratory journey, interviewing Chinese parents, teachers, and education professors, and following students at all stages of their education. What she discovered is a military-like education system driven by high-stakes testing, with teachers posting rankings in public, using bribes to reward students who comply, and shaming to isolate those who do not. At the same time, she uncovered a years-long desire by government to alleviate its students’ crushing academic burden and make education friendlier for all. The more she learns, the more she wonders: Are Chinese children—and her son—paying too high a price for their obedience and the promise of future academic prowess? Is there a way to appropriate the excellence of the system but dispense with the bad? What, if anything, could Westerners learn from China’s education journey? Chu’s eye-opening investigation challenges our assumptions and asks us to consider the true value and purpose of education.

Author : Ying Chang Compestine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : China
ISBN : 082341955X

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Boy Dumplings by Ying Chang Compestine Pdf

As night falls, one hungry ghost is looking for his dinner. Yum! He spots a plump, delicious-looking boy just right for boy dumplings. Even better, the boy knows the perfect recipe. He sends the ghost all over China for stinky garlic, wormy cabbage, and moldy dumpling wrappers. There's always one more ingredient the boy tells the ghost to find, but the hungry ghost knows the boy dumplings will be worth it. But when dawn arrives, will this crafty youngster escape--or will the plan he's cooked up lead him to the cooking pot?

Author : Guy Delisle
Publisher : Drawn & Quarterly
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781770461871

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Shenzhen by Guy Delisle Pdf

Shenzhen is entertainingly compact with Guy Delisle’s observations of life in urban southern China, sealed off from the rest of the country by electric fences and armed guards. With a dry wit and a clean line, Delisle makes the most of his time spent in Asia overseeing outsourced production for a French animation company. By translating his fish-out-of-water experiences into accessible graphic novels, Delisle skillfully notes the differences between Western and Eastern cultures, while also conveying his compassion for the simple freedoms that escape his colleagues in the Communist state. Shenzhen has been translated from the French by Helge Dascher. Dascher has been translating graphic novels from French and German to English for over twenty years. A contributor to Drawn & Quarterly since the early days, her translations include acclaimed titles such as the Aya series by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, Hostage by Guy Delisle, and Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. With a background in art history and history, she also translates books and exhibitions for museums in North America and Europe. She lives in Montreal.

Author : Claire Huchet Bishop
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996-06-18
Category : Brothers
ISBN : 081247628X

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The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop Pdf

Classic story of the Five Chinese Brothers who use their extraordinary abilities to save the life of the First Chinese Brother, unfairly condemned to death for the accidental drowning of a selfish and naughty boy.

Author : She Lao
Publisher : Midland Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UVA:X000322911

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Camel Xiangzi by She Lao Pdf

This novel marks the peak of Lao She's career as a professional writer and registers a new approach to the representation of China in its absurdist situation. It can be read as an "epic" of modern China.