Biographical Dictionary Of The Peoples Republic Of China

Author : Yuwu Song
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781785391170
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China written by Yuwu Song and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This biographical dictionary is an indispensable research tool for information about the prominent persons of the past seven decades in China. The book documents nearly 600 Chinese individuals who contributed, for better or worse, to the development of Chinese life and culture since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949"--

Author : Yuwu Song
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476602980
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China written by Yuwu Song and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biographical dictionary is an indispensable research tool for information about the prominent persons of the past seven decades in China. The book documents nearly 600 Chinese individuals who contributed, for better or worse, to the development of Chinese life and culture since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Though the book is weighted toward political figures, it includes persons in business, the military, academia, medicine, social movements, the arts, entertainment and athletics. In addition to an objective description of the person's life, an analysis is provided that identifies the individual's contributions and importance.

Author : Kerry Brown
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 161472900X
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography Volume 4 written by Kerry Brown and published by Berkshire Publishing Group. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography (1979-2015) provides a riveting new way to understand twenty-first-century China and a personal look at the changes that have taken place since the Reform and Opening Up era started in 1979. One hundred key individuals from this period were selected by an international group of experts, and the stories were written by more than 70 authors in 14 countries. The authors map the paths taken by these individuals-some rocky, some meandering, some fateful-and in telling their stories give contemporary Chinese history a human face. The editors have included-with the advice of myriad experts around the world-not only the life stories of politicians and government officials, who play a crucial role in the development of the country, but the stories of cultural figures including, film directors, activists, writers, and entrepreneurs from the mainland China, Hong Kong, and also from Taiwan. The "Greater China" that comes through in this volume has diverse ideas and identities. It is often contradictory, sometimes fractious, and always full of creative human complexity. Some of the lives rendered here are heroic. Some are tragic, and many are inspirational. Some figures come in for trenchant criticism, and others are celebrated with a sense of wonder and awe. Like previous volumes of the Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography, this volume includes a range of appendices, including a pronunciation guide, a bibliography, and a timeline of key events.

Author : Pak-Wah Leung
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Leaders of Modern China written by Pak-Wah Leung and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2002-10-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the individual characteristics of China's political leaders, a nation-building process began. Chinese leaders fell into two categories of reformers: conservative and liberal. Conservative reformers saw a corruption of the moral order of society that needed to be eliminated in order to restore the country's moral integrity, while liberal reformers attempted to embrace the flaws and lead China toward Socialism. One hundred Chinese leaders—from the Opium War to 2001—are profiled in this comprehensive biographical dictionary. This book provides the most up-to-date coverage of modern Chinese political leadership during the Imperial, Republican, and Communist periods. Political leaders throughout each period had a common desire for reform within the country while maintaining China's political and cultural legacy. Leung invokes the uniqueness of those leaders in their struggle for personal gain and national improvement as they fought to preserve traditional values. Written by 30 international scholars and experts in the field using both Western and Chinese sources, this is the most authoritative dictionary on the subject.

Author : Howard L. Boorman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231045582
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Republican China written by Howard L. Boorman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence R. Sullivan
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810864436
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China written by Lawrence R. Sullivan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2007-05-23 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seized power in October 1949 China was one of the poorest nations in the world. In fact, it was so weak it had been conquered by Japan, a country one-tenth its size, a decade earlier. Now, more than fifty years later, the People's Republic of China (PRC) is an emerging economic, political, and military superpower with the world's fastest growing economy and largest population (1.3 billion in 2005). A member of the United Nations Security Council since the early 1970s and a nuclear power, China wields enormous influence in the world community. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China contains more than 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on individual topics spanning China's political, economic, and social system along with short biographies on important figures_from politicians to writers and movie directors_who have shaped Chinese history during the period of Communist rule from 1949 to 2006. Supplementing the entries are a chronology, an introduction, charts outlining the structure of the Chinese government, and a bibliography of works in English, making this a superb resource for college and high school students needing a quick reference on contemporary China.

Author : Edwin Leung
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313076863
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Leaders of Modern China written by Edwin Leung and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-10-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the individual characteristics of China's political leaders, a nation-building process began. Chinese leaders fell into two categories of reformers: conservative and liberal. Conservative reformers saw a corruption of the moral order of society that needed to be eliminated in order to restore the country's moral integrity, while liberal reformers attempted to embrace the flaws and lead China toward Socialism. One hundred Chinese leaders—from the Opium War to 2001—are profiled in this comprehensive biographical dictionary. This book provides the most up-to-date coverage of modern Chinese political leadership during the Imperial, Republican, and Communist periods. Political leaders throughout each period had a common desire for reform within the country while maintaining China's political and cultural legacy. Leung invokes the uniqueness of those leaders in their struggle for personal gain and national improvement as they fought to preserve traditional values. Written by 30 international scholars and experts in the field using both Western and Chinese sources, this is the most authoritative dictionary on the subject.

Author : 杨犁
Publisher : Beijing : New World Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Writers written by 杨犁 and published by Beijing : New World Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Yuhuai He
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315500434
Total Pages : 973 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of the Political Thought of the People's Republic of China written by Henry Yuhuai He and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 973 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far more than a simple glossary, this unique resource provides a detailed lexicography of political and social life in China today, and deepens our understanding of the last twenty years of enormous change in the People's Republic. Each of the 1,600 entries (1) is rendered in Chinese characters; (2) is alphabetized according to pinyin, the Chinese phonetic alphabet; (3) is translated into English; and (4) is explained in terms of the situation in which it first appeared and how its meaning shifted over time. In addition to the main body of definitions and annotations, there are three appendices, abbreviations, a name index, and a bibliography.

Author : Donald W. Klein
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism, 1921-1965 written by Donald W. Klein and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism, first published in 1970, provides biographies of 433 influential figures of the Chinese Communist Party in the years from 1921 to 1965. Each biography contains all information then available on the person's family, education, socio-economic status, early revolutionary activity, and career after the Communists came to power in 1949, as well as the dates and purposes of all foreign trips, information about important writings, and involvement in all kinds of Party activities.