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Free Download Mao’s China and Post-Mao China: Revolution, Recovery and Rejuvenation (417 Pages)
by Robert Weatherley
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1800612222 | 418 pages | True PDF | 17.7 MB

Free Download James McMullan, "Leaving China: an Artist Paints His World War II Childhood"
English | 2014 | pages: 250 | ISBN: 161620401X, 1616202556 | EPUB | 29,3 mb
A memoir in paintings and words by internationally acclaimed illustrator, author, and teacher James McMullan. A Booklist Top 10 Biography for Youth"It is this dreamlike quality of my memories that I wanted to capture in some way in the paintings that accompany the text-to suggest in the images that the events occurred a long time ago in a simpler yet more exotic world, and that the players in that world, including me, are at a distance." Artist James McMullan’s work has appeared in the pages of virtually every American magazine, on the posters for more than seventy Lincoln Center theater productions, and in bestselling picture books. Now, in a unique memoir comprising more than fifty short essays and illustrations, the artist explores how his early childhood in China and wartime journeys with his mother influenced his whole life, especially his painting and illustration. James McMullan was born in Tsingtao, North China, in 1934, the grandson of missionaries who settled there. As a little boy, Jim took for granted a privileged life of household servants, rickshaw rides, and picnics on the shore-until World War II erupted and life changed drastically. Jim’s father, a British citizen fluent in several Chinese dialects, joined the Allied forces. For the next several years, Jim and his mother moved from one place to another-Shanghai, San Francisco, Vancouver, Darjeeling-first escaping Japanese occupation then trying to find security, with no clear destination except the unpredictable end of the war. For Jim, those ever-changing years took on the quality of a dream, sometimes a nightmare, a feeling that persists in the stunning full-page, full-color paintings that along with their accompanying text tell the story of Leaving China. Read more Age range 12 – 18 Grade range 7 – 12 Categories Teens & YA Number of pages 128 Publication date March 25, 2014 ISBN 9781616204013

Free Download China’s Trump Card: Cryptocurrency And Its Game-Changing Role In Sino-US Trade By Raymond Yeung
2020 | 306 Pages | ISBN: 1119699126 | PDF | 5 MB
Discover the impact of blockchain on the trade relationship between the world’s two largest economies China’s Trump Card: Cryptocurrency and its Game-Changing Role in Sino-US Trade grapples with the fascinating issue of the effect of digital currencies on world trade and the relationship between China and the United States in particular. Full of forward-looking insights, solid data analysis, extensive collection of relevant literature and incisive observations, author Raymond Yeung compellingly argues that cryptocurrencies will have a significant role to play in harmonizing geopolitical power struggles. Covering all the subjects required for a full understanding of the future of the Sino-US trade relationship, China’s Trump Card discusses: The looming risks of de-dollarization in the wake of de-globalization The pressing need to construct a new currency standard superior to the fiat money regime in response to the global imbalance. China’s diversification of its offshore portfolios to include alternative investments The implications of Facebook’s plan to create a blockchain-based digital currency The fact that blockchain offers a fungible asset class option for China’s reserves investment, which can be relatively independent of political considerations This book is perfect for business leaders, investors, financial analysts, policymakers, economists, fintech developers and others who have a stake in the outcome of the blossoming trade disputes between the United States and China.

Free Download China And The World Economy: Anti-crisis And Rebalance by Da Lei
English | July 29, 2022 | ISBN: 9811247617 | 234 pages | MOBI | 22 Mb
This book studies the main characteristics of the operation of the Chinese economy and the world economy after the financial crisis in 2008. The analysis starts from the core logic of the dilemma of the anti-crisis and rebalancing growth of the world economy. It further analyzes the impact of major countries’ macro-economic policies on the global economy and the external risks and countermeasures faced by the Chinese economy. In addition, this book studies the development of foreign direct investment and the service industry in major countries after the crisis.

Free Download "Guiguzi," China’s First Treatise on Rhetoric: A Critical Translation and Commentary By Hui Wu; C. Jan Swearingen
2016 | 196 Pages | ISBN: 0809335263 | PDF | 3 MB
When Gorgias, Plato, and Aristotle were discussing and defining rhetoric in ancient Greece, many students in China, including Sun Bin, a descendent of Sun Tzu, who wroteThe Art of War, were learning the techniques of persuasion from Guiguzi, "the Master of the Ghost Valley." This pre-Qin dynasty recluse provided the basis for what is considered the earliest Chinese treatise devoted entirely to the art of persuasion. Called Guiguzi after its author, this translation of the received text provides an indigenous rhetorical theory and key persuasive strategies, some of which are still used by those involved in decision making and negotiations in China today. In "Guiguzi," China’s First Treatise on Rhetoric, Hui Wu and C. Jan Swearingen present a new critical translation of this foundational work, which has great historical significance for the study of Chinese rhetoric and communication and yet is little known to Western readers. Wu’s translation includes footnotes that incorporate both past and present scholarly commentary, and is accompanied by a prefatory introduction that situates Guiguzi in the sociopolitical and cultural realities of ancient China, and a glossary of rhetorical terms used in the treatise. Swearingen presents a comparative study suggesting the similarities and differences between emerging Greek and Chinese rhetorics during the same period, including the cultural contexts of warring states and emergent empires that surrounded each."Guiguzi," China’s First Treatise on Rhetoric combines a new translation of a historically significant text with scholarly analysis and critical apparatus that will contribute to the emerging global understanding of Chinese rhetoric and communication.

Free Download DK, "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: China"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1465411828 | PDF | pages: 662 | 120.3 mb
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: China reveals the magnificence of China’s greatest sights, including in-depth coverage of the Forbidden City and Terracotta Soldiers. The guide provides expert tips for visiting the Great Wall, cruising through the stunning Yangzi Three Gorges, and exploring the ultra-modern cities of Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Free Download An Absence of Imagination: A Tale of the China coast (Tales of the Sea)
by Richard Woodman
English | 2021 | ASIN: B08T6JYGBG | 146 Pages | AZW3/ePUB | 0.55 MB

Free Download Proceedings of China-Europe Conference on Geotechnical Engineering: Volume 2 by Wei Wu
English | PDF,EPUB | 2018 | 904 Pages | ISBN : 331997114X | 166.67 MB
This book compiles the second part of contributions to the China-Europe Conference on Geotechnical Engineering held 13.-16. August 2018 in Vienna, Austria. About 400 papers from 35 countries cover virtually all areas of geotechnical engineering and make this conference a truly international event.

Free Download Oliver Moore, "Photography in China: Science, Commerce and Communication "
English | ISBN: 1350108049 | 2021 | 294 pages | PDF | 26 MB
Emphasizing the medium’s reception among several Chinese constituencies, this book explores photography’s impact within new discourses on science, as well as its effects in social life, visual modernity and the media during China’s transition from imperial to republican government.

Free Download Urban Infrastructure and Economic Development in China
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9819966280 | 277 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 6 MB
This book provides an overview of the history, basic concepts, and provision models of infrastructure, significant theories on infrastructure economics, practices at home and abroad that reflect the economic development effects of infrastructure, and four infrastructure economic growth models. Great attention is placed on the domestic front. This book describes and discusses in detail the historical background, development trends, achievements, and challenges of China’s infrastructure from 1949 to 2019, under the classic "supply and demand" analysis framework. From the four perspectives of market integration, open development, people’s livelihood, and endogenous growth, this book carries out an empirical study on how to quantify and make causal inferences about the economic development effects of infrastructure. Based on the conclusion that national governance is of important help to infrastructure provision, this book interprets China’s governance system and its impact on infrastructure provision from the angle of decentralization and offers suggestions on policy optimizing.