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The Long March

The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth

By: Sun Shuyun

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The Long March

The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth

By: Sun Shuyun

In The Long March, Sun Shuyun uncovers the true story behind the mythic march of Mao's soldiers across China, exposing the famine, disease, and desertion behind the legend.In 1934, in the midst of civil war, the Communist party and its 200,000 soldiers were forced from their bases by Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist troops. Led by Mao Tse Tung, they set off on a strategic retreat to the barren north of China, thousands of miles away. As Sun Shuyun travels along the march route, her interviews with survivors and villagers show that the forces at work during the days of the revolution – poverty, sickness, and Mao's use of terror, propaganda, and ruthless purges – have shaped modern China irrevocably. Uncovering the forced recruitment, political infighting, and futile deaths behind the myth, Shuyun creates a compelling narrative of a turning point in modern Chinese history, and a fascinating journey that spans China, old and new. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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030727831X

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The Long March

The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth

By: Shuyun Sun

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The Long March

The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth

By: Shuyun Sun

Recounts the events of China's Long March, describing the odyssey of thousands of Chinese Communists from their bases to the remote north of China and discussing stories behind the March, including ruthless purges, hunger and disease, and mistreatment ofwomen.

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Doubleday Books

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0385520247

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The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetry

By: Cecile Chu-chin Sun

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The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetry

By: Cecile Chu-chin Sun

For more than half a century, Chinese-Western comparative literature has been recognized as a formal academic discipline, but critics and scholars in the field have done little to develop a viable, common basis for comparison between these disparate literatures. In this pioneering book, Cecile Chu-chin Sun establishes repetition as the ideal perspective from which to compare the poetry and poetics from these two traditions. Sun contends that repetition is at the heart of all that defines the lyric as a unique art form and, by closely examining its use in Chinese and Western poetry, she demonstrates howone can identify important points of convergence and divergence. Through a representative sampling of poems from both traditions, she illustrates how the irreducible generic nature of the lyric transcends linguistic and cultural barriers but also reveals the fundamental distinctions between the traditions. Most crucially, she dissects the two radically different conceptualizations of reality—mimesis and xing—that serve as underlying principles for the poetic practices of each tradition. Skillfully integrating theory and practice, The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetryprovides a much-needed model for future study of Chinese and English poetry as well as lucid, succinct interpretations of individual poems.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226780228

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9780226780221

History Of Chinese Thoughts On Public Finance, A (In 2 Volumes)

By: Wenxue Sun,Haipeng Qi

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History Of Chinese Thoughts On Public Finance, A (In 2 Volumes)

By: Wenxue Sun,Haipeng Qi

This book provides a chronological record of the development of Chinese thoughts on public finance over its 4,000 years of history, ranging from the Xia Dynasty to the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. It addresses the onset and evolution of Chinese thoughts on public finance across the different periods, such as thoughts on public finance during the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, and thoughts from the early feudalistic period; offers an account about the thriving and declining of China's ancient thoughts on public finance; and deals with the emergence of capitalistic theories from the late Qing Dynasty to the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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World Scientific

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9811226679

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9789811226670

The Chinese Zheng Zither

Contemporary Transformations

By: Sun Zhuo

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The Chinese Zheng Zither

Contemporary Transformations

By: Sun Zhuo

The zheng zither is one of the most popular instruments in contemporary China. It is commonly regarded as a solo instrument with a continuous tradition dating back to ancient times. But in fact, much of its contemporary solo repertory is derived from several different regional folk ensemble repertories of the mid-twentieth century. Since the setting up of China’s modern conservatories, the zheng has been transformed within these new contexts of professional music-making. Over the course of the twentieth century, these regional folk repertories were brought into the performance traditions of modern regional zheng schools. From this basis, a large new zheng repertory was created by conservatory musicians, combining aspects of Western classical music with folk music materials. With the ’opening up’ of China’s economy since the 1980s, the zheng has been brought into the wider stage of international music-making which includes contemporary art music compositions by overseas based Chinese composers and commercial world music works by Western composers. Through a series of case studies, this book explores how the transformation of the Chinese zheng has constantly responded to its changing social context, critiquing the long-standing arguments concerning ’authenticity’ in the development of tradition. This work arises out of, and reflects on, the research methodologies known as performance as research. As an insider to the tradition, brought up within China’s zheng society, a trained and practising zheng performer, this study is largely drawn from the author's own experiences of practising and performing the music in question; her study also draws on fieldwork, as well as primary and secondary written sources in Chinese and English. This book is accompanied by downloadable resources which contain audio visual materials relating to the author's fieldwork and zheng performances by different zheng musicians.

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1351892967

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9781351892964

Women Writers of Traditional China

An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism

By: Kang-i Sun Chang,Haun Saussy,Charles Yim-tze Kwong

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Women Writers of Traditional China

An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism

By: Kang-i Sun Chang,Haun Saussy,Charles Yim-tze Kwong

The book also includes an extended section of criticism by and about women writers.

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Stanford University Press

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0804732310

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9780804732314

Ancient China and its Eurasian Neighbors

Artifacts, Identity and Death on the Frontier, 3000–700 BCE

By: Katheryn M. Linduff,Yan Sun,Wei Cao,Yuanqing Liu

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Ancient China and its Eurasian Neighbors

Artifacts, Identity and Death on the Frontier, 3000–700 BCE

By: Katheryn M. Linduff,Yan Sun,Wei Cao,Yuanqing Liu

This volume looks at the effects of interaction and the nature of identity construction in a frontier or contact zone through the analysis of material culture, especially in mortuary settings.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108418619

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9781108418614

Many Worlds Under One Heaven

Material Culture, Identity, and Power in the Northern Frontiers of the Western Zhou, 1045–771 BCE

By: Yan Sun

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Many Worlds Under One Heaven

Material Culture, Identity, and Power in the Northern Frontiers of the Western Zhou, 1045–771 BCE

By: Yan Sun

In the mid-eleventh century BCE, the Zhou overthrew the Shang, a dynastic power that had dominated much of northern and central China. Over the next three centuries, they would extend the borders of their political control significantly beyond those of the Shang. The Zhou introduced a political ideology centered on the Mandate of Heaven to justify their victory over the Shang and their territorial expansion, portraying the Zhou king as ruling the frontier from the center of civilization. Present-day scholarship often still adheres to this core-periphery perspective, emphasizing cultural assimilation and political integration during Zhou rule. However, recent archaeological findings present a more complex picture. Many Worlds Under One Heaven analyzes a wide range of newly excavated materials to offer a new perspective on political and cultural change under the Western Zhou. Examining tombs, bronze inscriptions, and other artifacts, Yan Sun challenges the Zhou-centered view with a frontier-focused perspective that highlights the roles of multiple actors. She reveals the complexity of identity construction and power relations in the northern frontiers of the Western Zhou, arguing that the border regions should be seen as a land of negotiation that witnessed cultural hybridization and experimentation. Rethinking a critical period for the formation of Chinese civilization, Many Worlds Under One Heaven unsettles the core-periphery model to reveal the diversity and flexibility of identity in early China.

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Columbia University Press

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0231552629

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9780231552622

The Art of War

By: Tzu Sun

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The Art of War

By: Tzu Sun

The definitive translation of Sun-tzu's timeless classic of military strategy, Art of War Sun-tzu's Art of War is almost certainly the most famous study of strategy ever written. This treatise has been credited with influencing some of the most legendary military operations. Beyond the battlefield, people far and wide have long turned to Art of War for advice on how to succeed in various competitive situations, and companies around the world now make this book required reading for their executives. In this translation, Chinese warfare scholar Ralph D. Sawyer places Art of War in its proper historical context, outlining several battles that Sun-tzu either conducted or that may have influenced him, and offers an edition that is uniquely accurate and accessible.

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Basic Books

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0465013279

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9780465013272

Applied Electrostatics (ICAES 2004)

Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Applied Electrostatics

By: SUN SUN KEPING,Gefei Yu

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Applied Electrostatics (ICAES 2004)

Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Applied Electrostatics

By: SUN SUN KEPING,Gefei Yu

This proceedings contains papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Applied Electrostatics held in Shanghai, China on November 2--5,2004. The ICAES 2004 Conference is of wide interest, as is shown by the contributions received from 11 countries and districts throughout the world. About 90 researchers attend the conference and more than 100 papers were submitted for presentation in the proceedings. The paper sessions covered following topics: - fundamentals and physics - applications (precipitation, pollution control, spray, separation, material, Ozone, etc.) - hazards and problems - biology technology - electrets - measuring technology - electromagnetic compatibility and others These papers demonstrated recent research level and developing trends of the entire electrostatic field.

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0080527426

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Beyond the Iron House

Lu Xun and the Modern Chinese Literary Field

By: Saiyin Sun

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Beyond the Iron House

Lu Xun and the Modern Chinese Literary Field

By: Saiyin Sun

Beyond the Iron House is a critical study of a crucial period of life and work of the modern Chinese writer Lu Xun. Through thorough research into historical materials and archives, the author demonstrates that Lu Xun was recognized in the literary field much later than has hitherto been argued. Neither the appearance of "Kuangren riji" (Diary of a madman) in 1918 nor the publication of Nahan (Outcry) in 1923 had catapulted the author into nationwide prominence; in comparison with his contemporaries, neither was his literary work as original and unique as many have claimed, nor were his thoughts and ideas as popular and influential as many have believed; like many other agents in the literary field, Lu Xun was actively involved in power struggles over what was at stake in the field; Lu Xun was later built into an iconic figure and the blind worship of him hindered a better and more authentic understanding of many other modern writers and intellectuals such as Gao Changhong and Zhou Zuoren, whose complex relationships with Lu Xun are fully explored and analysed in the book.

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Routledge

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1317207939

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9781317207931

A Year in Tibet

By: Sun Shuyun

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A Year in Tibet

By: Sun Shuyun

‘A Year in Tibet’ follows the author as she lives for eighteen months in a remote village in Tibet.

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HarperCollins UK

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0007283997

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The Long March

The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth

By: Shuyun Sun

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The Long March

The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth

By: Shuyun Sun

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Book's by Sun Shuyun

The Long March

The Long March

The Long March

The Long March

The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetry

The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetry

History Of Chinese Thoughts On Public Finance, A (In 2 Volumes)

History Of Chinese Thoughts On Public Finance, A (In 2 Volumes)

The Chinese Zheng Zither

The Chinese Zheng Zither

Women Writers of Traditional China

Women Writers of Traditional China

Ancient China and its Eurasian Neighbors

Ancient China and its Eurasian Neighbors

Many Worlds Under One Heaven

Many Worlds Under One Heaven

The Art of War

The Art of War

Applied Electrostatics (ICAES 2004)

Applied Electrostatics (ICAES 2004)

Beyond the Iron House

Beyond the Iron House

A Year in Tibet

A Year in Tibet

The Long March

The Long March

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