Author: Lao She
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Keywords: chinese, literature, modern, series, xiangzi, bilingual, camel
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 2005-07-28
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 9629961970
ISBN-13: 9789629961978

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.

Author: Management Development CentreThe Management Devel
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Keywords: development, series, management, communication, english, business
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 1999-06
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 9622018424
ISBN-13: 9789622018426

Authors:John C. Y. Wang, Sue-mei Wu, Shaoyu Jiang, Frank F. S
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Keywords: reader, primer, chinese, classical
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2007-08-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 9629963396
ISBN-13: 9789629963392

While the teaching of Modern Chinese as a foreign language has made progress by leaps and bounds, the same cannot be said about the teaching of Classical Chinese. This is regrettable as the influence of the latter on the former in terms of both vocabulary and syntax is pervasive and profound, so much so that many of the subtler points and fine nuances in Modern Chinese will be missed unless one also has acquired at least a rudimentary knowledge of Classical Chinese. At the same time, a good and solid foundation in Classical Chinese is a must if one would pursue reading any text written before

Authors:Jing-Heng Sheng Ma, Jing-Heng Sheng Ma,
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Keywords: writing, character, chinese, keys
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2006-08-01
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 9629962926
ISBN-13: 9789629962920

Gateway to Chinese Character Writing is designed to show beginners of Chinese how to write a Chinese character properly. The book introduces the principles that govern the construction of Chinese characters, the basic strokes that comprise Chinese characters, and the proper stroke order when writing Chinese characters. The book is also accompanied by a DVD which clearly demonstrates how to write those Chinese characters introduced in the book in the proper stroke order. The book is highly compatible with Gateway to Chinese Language.

Author: Jeffrey W. Cody
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Keywords: adaptive, architecture, murphy, henry, china, building
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2001-12-15
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 9622018718
ISBN-13: 9789622018716

Centring on the dynamic period of post-imperial and pre-Communist China, this text focuses on the building and city planning initiatives of Henry Murphy. Murphy, an American architect, ventured to China in 1914 to find himself captivated for two decades.

Author: Ling-hin Li
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Keywords: kong, hong, land, appraisal, development
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2006-02-15
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 9629962608
ISBN-13: 9789629962609

This book provides the market and the profession an overall view of the land management system in Hong Kong by presenting a combination of both factual account of the system and practice as well as some academic and theoretical discussion of the application of development appraisal models. The author discusses various basic appraisal models and gives his views on the future development of cash flow model to be applied in land. This is not only a useful guide to investors investing in Hong Kong, but also an important reference for development appraisal taking place in a similar land market, Mai

Authors:Chan Sin-wai, David Pollard,
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Keywords: english, chinese, translation, encyclopaedia
Number of Pages: 1180
Published: 2001-09
List price: $33.00
ISBN-10: 9622019978
ISBN-13: 9789622019973

The compilation of this encyclopaedia was prompted by the growth of translation as an academic subject in Hong Kong, this busy entrepot city where the transfer between the Chinese and English languages spans all aspects of life. At the same time translation has been attracting increasing attention universally among students of the humanities for its historical role in introducing and relating one culture to another, and its ways and means of coping with the seemingly impossible task of accurately reflecting one "thought-world" in terms of another. Hence this encyclopaedia serves a dual purpose