Qian Ning's Books

Chinese Students Encounter America

By: Qian Ning

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Chinese Students Encounter America

By: Qian Ning

An instant bestseller upon its publication in China in 1996, Chinese Students Encounter America (Liuxue Meiguo) appealed to those who had studied abroad, those who dreamed of doing so, and those who wanted a glimpse of the real America. This translation allows American readers to see their country through a Chinese lens. Since China reopened to the West in the late 1970s, several hundred thousand Chinese students and scholars have traveled abroad for advanced education, primarily to the United States. Based on interviews conducted while the author studied journalism and taught Chinese literature at the University of Michigan from 1989 to 1995, Chinese Students Encounter America tells the poignant and often revealing stories of students from a variety of backgrounds. After describing the history of Chinese students in America--from Yung Wing, who graduated from Yale in 1854, to the post-Cultural Revolution generation--Qian presents the experience of Chinese students today through anecdotes ranging from students' obsession with obtaining Green Cards and their struggles to support themselves, to their marital crises. Looming large in these personal stories is the legacy of China’s three decades of social and political turbulence following the Communist revolution in 1949 and America's dizzying abundance of material goods and personal freedom. Qian Ning , son of Qian Qichen, China's former Foreign Minister and a Deputy Prime Minister, studied at People's University in Beijing and worked as a reporter for People's Daily before entering graduate school at the University of Michigan. Since returning to China, he has worked as a business consultant. His most recent book is about the Qin dynasty prime minister Li Si.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

University of Washington Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0295803541

ISBN 13

9780295803548

Deciphering Chinese School Leadership

Conceptualisation, Context and Complexities

By: Allan Walker,Haiyan Qian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Deciphering Chinese School Leadership

Conceptualisation, Context and Complexities

By: Allan Walker,Haiyan Qian

With existing educational leadership models and theories being predominantly western influenced, this book aims to provide more insight into school leadership in China. It pioneers building research- and practice-informed knowledge and unravels the complexities that characterize the scholarship, context and practices of school leadership. School leadership in China is presented through four sub-purposes: investigating how Chinese school leadership is conceptualized in the international and Chinese literature; exploring the shifting context within which Chinese school leaders enact their leadership, and examining key policies that have shaped the practice of leader development; extending the understandings about the complexities of work lives of Chinese school leaders; and further locating indigenous understandings of Chinese school leadership in the political and socio-cultural context of contemporary China, and the theoretical and conceptual context of international school leadership. This text will be particularly useful to international education researchers with focus on educational leadership, comparative education, education policy and education in China.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

316

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317351916

ISBN 13

9781317351917

Colloquial Chinese (eBook And MP3 Pack)

The Complete Course for Beginners

By: Qian Kan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Colloquial Chinese (eBook And MP3 Pack)

The Complete Course for Beginners

By: Qian Kan

COLLOQUIAL CHINESE is easy to use and completely up to date!Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Chinese. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes COLLOQUIAL CHINESE your best choice in personal language learning?Interactive - lots of exercises for regular practiceClear - concise grammar notesPractical - useful vocabulary and pronunciation guideComplete - including answer key and reference sectionWhether you''re a business traveller, or about to take up a daring challenge in adven.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

384

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317583450

ISBN 13

9781317583455

Colloquial Chinese

The Complete Course for Beginners

By: Qian Kan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Colloquial Chinese

The Complete Course for Beginners

By: Qian Kan

Colloquial Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by a leading academic in Chinese language teaching and course design. Based on feedback from learners and teachers who used its previous version, this new edition has been updated to reflect the language and cultural changes in China, such as online shopping and WeChat payment, and to provide a more integrated and step-by-step approach to making the learning of modern Mandarin Chinese more effective and enjoyable. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential knowledge and skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Chinese in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Chinese is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back, as well as transcripts of listening practice exercises. Key features include: A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar Step by step introduction of Chinese characters An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises A combination of listening, reading and speaking activities with the support of transcripts at the back of the book Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in China An overview of the Chinese language: its sounds, structure and Chinese characters Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Chinese is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Chinese as well as teachers of Chinese. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues, new words and listening practice exercises from the book and will help develop your listening and speaking skills.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

308

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429758588

ISBN 13

9780429758584

Women in Traditional Chinese Theater

The Heroine's Play

By: Qian Ma

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Women in Traditional Chinese Theater

The Heroine's Play

By: Qian Ma

Women in Traditional Chinese Theatre seeks to introduce Western readers to Chinese classical drama as well as investigate how women have traditionally been portrayed on stage by presenting original translations of six plays from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. Framed with a comprehensive introduction to the Chinese theatre and its representation of women, each play is preceded by an interpretative summary of the plot, and an analysis of each play's theme and significance. The selections in this volume feature women representing the most popular female archetypes in Chinese literature: the paragon of virtue, the stoic sufferer, the faithful wife, the femme fatal, and others. Appealing to both scholars and general enthusiasts of theatre, literature, and women's studies, this book reveals how the cultural constructs of Chinese women are represented in dramatic literature, and how the theatre, in turn, shapes this representation into the cultural perception of women.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

327

Publisher

University Press of America

Published Date

ISBN 10

1461693950

ISBN 13

9781461693956

Warrior King's Splendid Love

Volume 2

By: Qian Qian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Warrior King's Splendid Love

Volume 2

By: Qian Qian

Once she transmigrated, she brought along her adorable baby, the battle concubine, and the trashy girl to fight against her selfish father. Feng Yu's life could only be described as wonderful!She thought that she would be able to bring her baby around the ancient times, but who would have thought that a cold and dark prince would suddenly appear in the middle of her path?Alright, then she will spar against him and see who can do what he wants!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

954

Publisher

Funstory

Published Date

ISBN 10

1646779541

ISBN 13

9781646779543

Roaming the World

Volume 2

By: Qian YueWeiYang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Roaming the World

Volume 2

By: Qian YueWeiYang

He had awoken before, Jing Ke was a steed, he had slept before, he had changed between mountains and rivers. Some people said that he had appeared and set up tombstones for him. Others said that he had never appeared, and they disdained him. The great Dao was intangible, Pan Gu nurtured the world; the great Dao was heartless, Yin and Yang turned in four directions; the great Dao was nameless, nourishing all living things. With just a single thought, he lost track of the year. Fate has been established since the very beginning, with no desire to live and no desire to live. The Green Lotus of Eternity, independent Primal Chaos, thus there was someone who spoke of the Green Lotus of Clouds and Blue Lotus as an immortal from ancient times, the White Jade Pillar, the Purple Gold Beam, the Green Lotus from ancient times had transformed into an unparalleled ancient times, thus the Green Emperor was incomparable to the Primordial Era.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1626

Publisher

Funstory

Published Date

ISBN 10

1649487908

ISBN 13

9781649487902

His Destined Love

Volume 4

By: Qing Qian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

His Destined Love

Volume 4

By: Qing Qian

When he was 18 years old, he ended his first love for more than a decade. Seven years later, he met Cheng Hanjin again. He had already returned to the Hingyu Shen Family and turned into the real diamond king of several diamond mines in Belgium, his fifth brother. However, she didn't expect that not long after, this fifth brother of the diamond king would become her immediate superior, a small minister in the appraisal department of the Rotten Jewelry Department. Although the minister was young, he could still suppress her easily. Not only could he squeeze out her labor force, but he also had the tendency to develop into a personal butler, the kind who could control others in his bed ...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

569

Publisher

Funstory

Published Date

ISBN 10

1649555342

ISBN 13

9781649555342

Peerless God Emperor

Volume 8

By: Qian Qiuxue

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Peerless God Emperor

Volume 8

By: Qian Qiuxue

Is there really a soul in the endless starfield that can give the unimaginable ability to ordinary people? Whether the beautiful pictures believed by countless people really exist? It seemed that destiny had abandoned Qin Xuan from the beginning. In order to open the road towards cultivation, Qin came to the cold area alone three years ago. Three years later, he still hadn't made any progress. It was also during these several years that his parents were framed and expelled from the family, and he was betrayed by close friends. Is there really a soul in the endless starfield that can give the unimaginable ability to ordinary people? Whether the beautiful pictures believed by countless people really exist? ☆About the Author☆ Qian Qiu Xue, a new web novelist, has the fiction debut "Peerless God Emperor". This fantasy novel is still ongoing and has accumulated nearly five million words. Because of the excellent literary quality, Qian Qiu Xue has become a contract writer of a novel website.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

914

Publisher

Funstory

Published Date

ISBN 10

1647964873

ISBN 13

9781647964870

Poetry as Re-Reading

American Avant-Garde Poetry and the Poetics of Counter-Method

By: Ming-Qian Ma

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Poetry as Re-Reading

American Avant-Garde Poetry and the Poetics of Counter-Method

By: Ming-Qian Ma

Rereading and rewriting our understanding of the poetics of modernism and postmodernism, this truly revisionary work identifies a significant counter-tradition in twentieth-century poetry. Postmodernism, Ming-Qian Ma argues, does not so much follow from modernism as coexist with it, with postmodernists employing the anarchic poetics introduced by Gertrude Stein in countering the rationalist method of high modernists such as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. Grounded in a detailed and compelling account of the philosophy guiding such a project, Ma’s book traces a continuity of thought and practice through the very different poetic work of objectivists Louis Zukofsky, George Oppen, Carl Rakosi, and John Cage and language poets Susan Howe, Lyn Hejinian, Bruce Andrews, and Charles Bernstein. His deft individual readings provide an opening into this notoriously difficult work, even as his larger critique reveals a new and clarifying perspective on American modernist and post-modernist avant-garde poetics. Ma shows how we cannot understand these poets according to the usual way of reading but must see how they deliberately use redundancy, unpredictability, and irrationality to undermine the meaning-oriented foundations of American modernism--and to force a new and different kind of reading. With its unusually clear explanation of the philosophy informing postmodern practice, and its unique insights into some of the more interesting and vexing poets of our time, this book points to a reading of an important strain of postmodern American poetry that is likely to develop well into the twenty-first century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

326

Publisher

Northwestern University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0810124858

ISBN 13

9780810124851

Book's by Qian Ning

Chinese Students Encounter America

Chinese Students Encounter America

Deciphering Chinese School Leadership

Deciphering Chinese School Leadership

Colloquial Chinese (eBook And MP3 Pack)

Colloquial Chinese (eBook And MP3 Pack)

Colloquial Chinese

Colloquial Chinese

Women in Traditional Chinese Theater

Women in Traditional Chinese Theater

Warrior King's Splendid Love

Warrior King's Splendid Love

Roaming the World

Roaming the World

His Destined Love

His Destined Love

Peerless God Emperor

Peerless God Emperor

Poetry as Re-Reading

Poetry as Re-Reading

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email