Hiss! and Pop! snap the firecrackers. Boom! says the drum to the Lion Dancer. Chinese New Year is here! Beautiful Chinese brush painting and elegant calligraphy illustrate each moment of the New Year celebration. Share the traditions with your child, and learn a few...
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This book is a rich photographic record of the history of overseas Chinese communities throughout the world. Christine Lim shows how the Chinese came to settle in North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Southeast Asia, India, Europe, South America, and...
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The Silk Road served for tens of hundreds of years as the main route of business over the continents of Asia. This book introduces the history of the Silk Road from the Han Dynasty's transnational businessmen to the cultural diversity of those who traveled the road....
2019 is the Year of the Pig! Born on New Year's Day, the piglet Patricia explores the farm with her parents and Farmer Wu. Growing up is a learning process, as Patty gets advice from her uncles, aunts, and cousins. But being a sensible pig takes practice, as...
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History is always fascinating with the rise and fall of kingdoms and dynasties, the twists and turns of events, and the triumphs and tragedies of the individual. Asiapac Books launched the "History Express" series to enhance the understanding of China's...
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What would China's revolutionary leader, Mao Zedong, think if he were alive today? Mao's Chinese Communist Party continues to hold a monopoly on political power, and China remains at its core a developing nation. But in other respects, today's China bears little...
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Travel with Ping and Max through the fifteen days of the Chinese New Year celebration, as well as three other major holidays. Read along as they eat yummy festival treats, watch lion dancers in Chinatown, cheer a dragon boat race and more! Includes a list of hands-on...
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Over the centuries, Chinese civilization has produced many important inventions and innovations, including paper, printing, porcelain, the magnetic compass, and gunpowder. Similarly, China has produced a host of exceptional and accomplished individuals in all...
Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China has been a one-party state, in which the Chinese Communist Party holds a monopoly of political power. Many Western students are unfamiliar with the structures, institutions, and ideologies by which the...
China, whose recorded history extends back several thousand years, was once the most advanced civilization on earth. But after centuries of self-imposed isolation, China found itself lagging behind the world's industrialized countries. Defeated militarily by the...
In 1976, at the death of its longtime leader Mao Zedong, China was in a state of economic stagnation and social chaos. Mao's radical policies and continual political campaigns, including the disastrous Cultural Revolution, had taken a heavy toll on the Chinese...
China is one of the world's oldest uninterrupted civilizations, and the essential culture and identity of the Chinese people - the Chinese way - was formed more than 2,000 years ago. This volume chronicles the development of Chinese civilization from Neolithic...