New Terms for New Ideas
New Terms for New Ideas

Author: Michael Lackner

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9789004120464

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This volume is about the lasting impact of new (Western) notions on the 19th and early 20th century Chinese language; their invention, spread and standardization. Topics examined range from preconceptions about the capacity of the Chinese language to accommodate foreign ideas, the formation of specific nomenclatures and the roles of individual translators, to Chinese and European attempts at coming to terms with each other s grammar. A valuable reference work for all those interested in the historical semantics of modern China.

New Literature in Chinese
New Literature in Chinese

Author: Zhu Shoutong

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2017-03-07

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1443876410

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This book systematically discusses the academic connotations of the concept of “Modern Chinese Literature”, as well as its basic categories. The discipline founded upon this concept is influential both in China and throughout the world, and scholars engaged in teaching and research in this field number around ten thousand. The discipline was originally established in haste in an abnormal academic environment, and, with the passage of time, such derivative disciplines as “Contemporary Chinese Literature”, “20th Century Chinese Literature”, “the Literature of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau” and “World Chinese Literature” have appeared. This book argues that these fields should be united in the area of “New Literature in Chinese”, because they have a shared language, culture and tradition. In today’s multi-polar world, where Chinese literature is so diversified, such an approach is obviously helpful.

China's New Cultural Scene
China's New Cultural Scene

Author: Marie Claire Huot

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780822324454

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Portrays the ongoing revolution in cultural production that has transformed contemporary life in the People's Republic of China.

China's New Diplomacy
China's New Diplomacy

Author: Zhiqun Zhu

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-30

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1351161822

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What is the impact of China's new multi-directional diplomacy on international political economy and how can the international community properly respond to the new diplomacy? Based on extensive research addressing these and other important policy questions, this book investigates China's new diplomacy since the early 1990s with a focus on Chinese initiatives in the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. Zhiqun Zhu examines China's current efforts to secure energy, to expand investment and trade, and to enhance 'soft power' around the world. He evaluates how China's activities affect international political economy and how the international community, especially the United States, has reacted to China's new, pro-active diplomacy. The study answers some of the lingering questions about Chinese politics and the policy implications for both China and the international community as they become increasingly interdependent.

Chinese
Chinese

Author: Jerry Norman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988-01-21

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780521296533

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A study of the Chinese language, tracing its history from its beginings in the second millennium BC to the present day.

China's Political Economy in Modern Times
China's Political Economy in Modern Times

Author: Kent G Deng

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1136655131

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This book examines Chinese political economy spanning from 1800 to to the dawn of the 21st century, shedding new light on our understanding of the reasons and impact of socio-political and socio-economic changes in China. Crossing over the three disciplines of history, politics and economics, the analyses China’s ideology, politics, and the economy using state-building as the key theme and puts the emphasis on China’s internal factors and mechanisms instead of the influence from Western imperialism or Japanese colonialism. It pays close attention to the movers and shakers inside Chinese society and carefully reveals historical contingencies which lend the reader a unique and radically different re-interpretation of China’s recent history.

Japanese Propriety, Past and Present
Japanese Propriety, Past and Present

Author: Florian Coulmas

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-05-31

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1000885836

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This book thus offers a fresh view on Japanese society focussing on the role of comportment for group cohesiveness. It explores the stereotype that Japan is the world’s most polite country, examining how proper conduct is acquired and expressed, and how the apparent conflict with some of the concepts considered essential for Western modernity, such as society, freedom and the individual, are balanced with Japan’s great emphasis on courtesy, politeness and civility. By comparing the present situation in Japan with behavioural standards of former periods as well as with other cultural traditions the book explains some of the distinctive features of present-day Japanese society. Overall the book argues that Japan is a prime example of multiple modernities concerning individuals, collectives and relationships between state and society.

Protestant Bible Translation and Mandarin as the National Language of China
Protestant Bible Translation and Mandarin as the National Language of China

Author: George Kam Wah Mak

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-03-06

Total Pages: 427

ISBN-13: 9004316302

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This book represents the first monograph-length study of the relationship between Protestant Bible translation and the development of Mandarin from a lingua franca into the national language of China. Drawing on both published and unpublished sources, this book looks into the translation, publication, circulation and use of the Mandarin Bible in late Qing and Republican China, and sets out how the Mandarin Bible contributed to the standardization and enrichment of Mandarin. It also illustrates that the Mandarin Union Version, published in 1919, was involved in promoting Mandarin as not only the standard medium of communication but also a marker of national identity among the Chinese people, thus playing a role in the nation-building of modern China.