Title : | China A to Z : everything you need to know to understand Chinese customs and culture | |
Author : | Chai, May-Lee Chai Winberg | |
Publisher : | Plume, 2007 | |
Abstract : | A comprehensive A to Z guide to understanding the customs, culture, and people of China. | |
Identifier : | ISBN: 9780452288874 (pbk.); 0452288878 (pbk.); LCCN: 2006-102000 | |
URL : | http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006102000.html Materials specified: Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006102000.html | |
Notes : | ill. ; 21 cm. Introduction --; Animals --; Architecture --; Banquets --; Bargaining --; Beijing --; Body language --; Buddhism --; Canton (Guangzhou) --; Cars --; Chiang Kai-shek --; Children --; Chinese Communist Party --; Chongqing --; Colors --; Confucianism --; Corruption --; Cultural Revolution --; Dalai Lama --; Daoism --; Deng Xiaoping --; Dialects --; Dissidents --; Dynasties --; Education --; Ethnic minorities --; Face --; Family --; Farmers --; Feng shui --; Festivals --; Film --; Food --; Forbidden City --; Gang of Four --; Gay and lesbian culture --; Gifts --; Gong Li --; Government --; Great Leap Forward --; Great Wall --; Guanxi (connections) --; Guomindang (Kuomintang or KMT) --; Hand gestures --; History --; Hong Kong --; Hu Jintao --; Human rights.; Inner Mongolia Autonomous region --; Interracial relationships --; Jiang Qing --; Jiang Zemin --; Kunming --; Li Peng --; Long March --; Lu Xun (Lu Hsün) --; Macau --; Maggie Cheung --; Mao Zedong --; Martial arts --; Medicine (traditional) --; Music --; Names --; Nanjing --; National holidays --; Novelists --; One child policy --; One country, two systems --; Peking Opera --; People's Liberation Army (PLA) --; Pinyin Spelling System --; Public displays of affection --; Qi --; Qingdao (Tsing-tao) --; Religion --; Respect for elders --; Shanghai --; Shenzhen Special Economic Zone --; Shopping --; Sino-Japanese War --; The Soong Sisters --; South China Sea --; Spring Festival --; Sun Yat-sen --; Tailors and clothing --; Taiwan --; Three Gorges Dam --; Tiananmen Square Pro-Democracy Movement --; Tibet --; Tipping --; Urumqi --; Visiting a home --; Wen Jiabao --; Xi'an --; Xingiang Uighur Autonomous Region --; Yuan --; Zhong Guo --; Ziyi Zhang --; Notes --; Index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Everything you need to know to understand Chinese customs and culture May-lee Chai and Winberg Chai. Internet resource (url) Book; Internet Resource Date of Entry: 20061214 | |
Subjects : | China -- Encyclopedias. | |
Languag : | English | |
Linked guides : | China Studies Resource Guide | |
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