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Business Chinese by Howard Jiaying
RRP: $50.68Booksplease Price: $44.85The book aims to develop competence in advanced Chinese particularly on business content. In contrast to the normal practice that language is taught in isolation from substantive content, Business... -
Meeting the Challenges: A Historical Record of China's Development - Speeches by Wen Jiabao at the World Economic Forum Events by Wen Jiabao
RRP: $54.58Booksplease Price: $47.89This book presents, for the first time in English, a collection of speeches delivered by Wen Jiabao, China's Premier from 2003 to 2013, at the six successive Summer Davos Forums held in China from... -
Searching for the Way: Theory of Knowledge in Premodern and Modern China by Jana S. Rosker
RRP: $81.90Booksplease Price: $69.24This book deals with the analyses and interpretations of modern Chinese philosophical discourses, especially those concerning theories of knowledge. The author looks at how contemporary Chinese... -
The Best China by John Minford
RRP: $54.58Booksplease Price: $47.89The Best China, an expression traditionally used to refer to the finest crockery brought out when one is entertaining special guests, has been adapted here to mean the Best Chinese Tradition of... -
Poverty in a Rich Society: The Case of Hong Kong by Maggie Lau
RRP: $81.90Booksplease Price: $68.66Hong Kong's income inequality is greater than that in any developed economy. The growing unequal income distribution and poverty in Hong Kong have aroused public concern. This book is a timely and... -
An Encyclopedia of Practical Translation and Interpreting by Sin Wai Chan
RRP: $81.90Booksplease Price: $69.24As a sequel to An Encyclopedia of Translation: Chinese-English English-Chinese, which was published in 1995, this volume, An Encyclopedia of Practical Translation and Interpreting, focuses on... -
Globalization After the Pandemic - Thoughts on the Coronavirus by Qin Hui
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $32.53The coronavirus pandemic that broke out in 2019 has finally calmed down in China, after the bungling occasioned by the iron hand of lockdown. But beginning in March 2020, the disaster spread abroad,... -
Ascendant Peace in the Four Seas: Drama and the Qing Imperial Court by Ye Xiaoping
RRP: $85.80Booksplease Price: $72.31Relying on materials uncovered by in the First Historical Archives in Beijing, the author investigates the development of imperial drama and its influence on Peking Opera, as well as the function and... -
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain by Jin Yong
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $29.48The story took place in Snowy Mountain in the coldest part of Manchuria, one Winter's morning in 1781. The Dragon Lodge party ran into the Horse Spring Banditry who were there to unearth a buried... -
Chrysanthemums by Ernest Wichner 9789882371644
Booksplease Price: $11.60Started in 2009, IPNHK is one of the most influential international poetry events in Asia. In its ten-year anniversary in November 2019, 30 famous poets from various countries will be in Hong Kong... -
A Medical History of Hong Kong 1842-1941 by Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung 9789882370784
RRP: $85.80Booksplease Price: $72.31This book tells the fascinating story of the development of medical and sanitation services in Hong Kong during the first century of British rule and how changing political values and directions of... -
Memories of Peking: South Side Stories by Lin Hai-yin 9789882371293
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $24.53Through the keen eyes and curious mind of a young girl, Ying-tzu, we are given a glimpse into the adult world of Peking in the 1920s.The five sequential stories in this collection can be read as... -
Cantonese Colloquial Expressions by Lo Tam Fee-Yin 9789629961817
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $32.53This book of Cantonese idioms is a pragmatic reference guide to everyday Cantonese conversation in Hong Kong. It will help learners understand speakers' intended meanings, since people do not always... -
New Life for Old Ideas: Chinese Philosophy in the Contemporary World: A Festschrift in Honour of Donald J. Munro by Yanming An 9789882370524
RRP: $81.90Booksplease Price: $69.24Munro was more than an intellectual mentor. He has been an unfailing source of wisdom, inspiration, and support.Over five decades, Donald J. Munro has been one of the most important voices in... -
Brush, Seal and Abacus: Troubled Vitality in Late Ming China's Economic Heartland, 1500-1644 by Jie Zhao 9789629967765
RRP: $81.90Booksplease Price: $68.66This book is a study of the social and cultural change in Ming China's lower Yangzi delta region from about 1500 to 1644. It takes three social groups?literati, scholar-officials, and merchants?as... -
China: Modernization In The 1980'S by 9789622014169
RRP: $40.93Booksplease Price: $36.15An internationally recognized authority on Chinese history and a leading innovator in its telling, Cho-yun Hsu constructs an original portrait of Chinese culture. Unlike most historians, Hsu resists... -
Snow In August by 9789629961015
RRP: $15.58Booksplease Price: $14.31From Gao Xingjian, a winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, comes a "major drama about life.Snow in August blends Eastern and Western cultures. In form, there are elements of Shakespearean... -
Treasures The Yenching by Shum Chun 9789629961022
RRP: $117.00Booksplease Price: $96.66This volume is intended to be both a catalogue for the special exhibit that will mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Harvard-Yenching Institute's founding and also a set of studies highlighting... -
Notable Doctors in the Medical History of Hong Kong, 1842-2015: Individuals Who Shaped the Medical Services, 1842-2015 by Moira M W Chan-Yeung 9789882373549
RRP: $85.80Booksplease Price: $70.98The development of Western medicine in Hong Kong to its current sophisticated state over more than 150 years is a fascinating story. And this book tells the above history from a special... -
Politics and Religion in Ancient and Medieval Europe and China by Frederick Hok-ming Cheung 9789622018501
Booksplease Price: $103.70Seven, diverse papers, written by ancient and medieval historians, are collected in this volume. These papers were presented at the academic conference "Politics and Religion in Ancient and Medieval... -
How the Red Sun Rose: The Origin and Development of the Yanan Rectification Movement, 1930-1945 by Gao Hua 9789629968229
RRP: $109.20Booksplease Price: $88.18This work offers the most comprehensive account of the origin and consequences of the Yan'an Rectification Movement from 1942 to 1945. The author argues that this campaign emancipated the Chinese... -
Is the Chinese Economy a Miracle or a Bubble? by Lawrence Juen–y Lau 9789882370951
RRP: $85.80Booksplease Price: $72.31The New Era will be transformative of the Chinese economy. China will join the ranks of developed economies of the world.This book presents a collection of articles by Professor Lawrence Juenyee Lau... -
The Yale-China Association: A Centennial History by Nancy Chapman 9789629960186
RRP: $46.78Booksplease Price: $41.81The Yale-China Association's long legacy of work in China places it among the premier American organizations engaged in international service. Founded in 1901, Yale-China built on a long tradition of... -
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Iron Ox: Part Four of the "Marshes of Mount Liang by Shi Nai'an 9789622019898
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $29.66Iron Ox contains chapters 63-90 of the original and can be divided into four main sections. The first of these is very much concerned with the question of the leadership on Mount Liang. Iron Ox is... -
An Exposition of Benevolence: the Jen-Hsueh of T'an Ssu-t'Ung by Sin-wai Chan 9789622012608
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $33.62This fully annotated translation is a valuable addition to the study of T'an S'su-t'ung (Tan Sitong) as well as to our understanding of late Qing political thought.Book InformationISBN... -
Flash Cards by Yu Jian 9789629964719
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $18.82Flash Cards is a primer of modern Chinese life, constructing a complex philosophical vision from swatches of daily events and observations. As Yu Jian has written about his own work: "It is possible... -
Culture and History in Postrevolutionary China: The Perspective of Global Modernity by Arif Dirlik 9789629964740
RRP: $81.90Booksplease Price: $68.66Offering critical perspectives on a number of ideological issues that have figured prominently in Chinese intellectual discourse since the beginning of the so-called reform and opening (gaige... -
Village Life in Hong Kong: Politics, Gender and Ritual in the New Territories by James L. Watson 9789629961008
RRP: $85.80Booksplease Price: $71.57This book explores the cultural traditions of Cantonese villagers who first settled in South Chinas Pearl River Delta during the Tang and Song dynasties (10th to 12th centuries). The authors lived... -
A Cloud Across the Pacific: Essays on the Clash Between Chinese and Western Political Theories Today by Thomas A. Metzger 9789629961220
RRP: $101.40Booksplease Price: $85.45This book uncovers the basic contradictions between contemporary China's complex ideological marketplace and Western liberalism. It describes and puts into critical context three versions of Western... -
Classical Chinese Primer by John C. Y. Wang 9789629963392
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $46.37While 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... -
Daxue and Zhongyong: Bilingual Edition by Ian Johnston 9789629964450
RRP: $124.80Booksplease Price: $103.72For eight hundred years, scholars have regarded the Daxue and the Zhongyong as essential critical studies on Confucian doctrine. In their original forms, however, these texts were part of a larger... -
Of Mountains and Seas: A Tragicomedy of the Gods in Three Acts by 9789629963750
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $42.24"Of Mountains and Seas" is one of the most spirited and fun-filled plays written by Gao Xingjian. Based on the ancient text "The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhai jing)", the play re-enacts the... -
China in the Post-Deng Era by Joseph Cheng 9789622017924
RRP: $46.78Booksplease Price: $42.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789622017924Author Joseph ChengFormat PaperbackPage Count 717Imprint The Chinese University... -
Partnership and Change: Toward School Development by John Chi-kin Lee 9789629961138
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $31.16The book is broadly divided into two parts. Part One focuses on university-school partnership while Part Two highlights changes in school development. Many chapters illustrate the nature of different... -
Glossary on Food Science and Technology by Chi-fai Chau 9789629960926
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $46.82Listing over 20,000 terms commonly used in food science, with their Chinese equivalents, this work is intended as a useful reference covering subjects such as biotechnology, environmental protection,... -
Scotoma by Fernando Pinto do Amaral 9789629967260
Booksplease Price: $13.07This pocket-sized paperback is one of the twenty-two titles published for 2015 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2015 is "Poetry and Conflict". 21 international poets from 18... -
Reinventing China: A Generation and Its Films by Paul Clark
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $26.44A pioneering study of the startlingly original films by Chinese filmmakers of the 1980s, such as Judou, Raise the Red Lantern, and Farewell My Concubine. These films bring into vivid relief changes... -
Spiritual Foundation of Chinese Culture by Cho-yun Hsu
RRP: $93.60Booksplease Price: $78.39Revisiting the foundation of Chinese spiritual life, the prestigious historian Cho?yun Hsu seeks a way to connect Chinese culture with the world.This book is an insightful and lively discussion of... -
Dubbing and Subtitling in a World Context by Gilbert C. F. Fong
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $45.79With globalisation and the proliferation of new forms of entertainment such as DVD and pay-perview TV, the demand for dubbing and subtitling has been growing exponentially. This book is a collection... -
Transmutations of Desire: Literature and Religion in Late Imperial China by Qiancheng Li
RRP: $78.00Booksplease Price: $66.20In the West, love occupies center stage in the modern age, whether in art, intellectual life, or the economic life. We may observe a similar development in China, on its own impetus, which has...