ThisbookisacollectionofarticlesonChina,coveringawiderangeoftopics.ReaderswillfindaspectsofChina’shistoryandculturefromancienttimestocontemporaryChina,theGreatWall,theGrandCanal,ancientandmoderninfrastructure,theThreeGorgesDam,agriculture,ancientinventions,scienceandtechnology…Onculturaltopics,thisbookprovidesanintroductiontotheessenceofConfucianism,Daoism,BuddhismandIslam,traditionalChinesemedicine,KungFu,Taiji,Qigong,SunZi’sArtofWar;comparisonsbetweenChinaandtheWestaswellasoutlookforthefuturebyrenownedscholarslikeHenryKissinger,MartinJacques,GrahamAllisonandWuJianmin.Insteadofconformity,articleswillretainindividualstylesandvariations.Differentpinyinsystemsmaybeusedbydifferentauthors.Chinesecharactersareincludedwhennecessaryfornamesorpassagesnotfamiliartothepublic.History—Articlesrelatingtohistoryaredividedin3groupsinchronologicalorder:1.ImperialChina—fromHuangdi(YellowEmperor)toQingDynasty,includingtheOpiumWars.2.ModernChina—fromestablishmentoftheRepublicofChinain1912,throughNorthernExpeditions,WarwithJapan,bombingofJapan,theCivilWars,establishmentofPRCandtheCulturalRevolution;OneChinaPolity;Taiwan;Tibet.3.ContemporaryChina—Developmentssincereformandopeningupin1978;outlookforthefuture,viewpointsnUS-ChinarelationofWesternscholarslikeHenryKissinger,MartinJacques,GrahamAllisonandChinesescholaranddiplomatWuJianmin.Civilization—Sincetheancienttimes,Chinahasmadeimportantcontributionsinscienceandcivilization,inagriculture,TraditionalChineseMedicineandinfrastructure,includingtheGreatWall,theGrandCanalandtheThreeGorgesDam.Culture—Onculturalsubjects,thebookhasintroductoryessaysonthesesubjects:ConfuciusandConfucianism,Daoism(Taoism),Buddhism,Islam,SunZi,religions,differenceswiththeWest,education,poetryandKungFu…..AlltheauthorshavecontributedtheirtimetowriteonvariousaspectsofChinesehistoryandculture.ThisbookwillbeavailableonAmazon.com.SaleofthisbookwillbenefitChineseAmericanForum,anon-profitorganizationtopromoteunderstandingofChinaforbetterUS-Chinarelation.ThisbookisintendedforEnglish-languagereadersandAmericanBornChinese(ABC)forbetterunderstandingofChina,acountryof1.38billionpeoplewithincreasingglobalinfluenceoneconomy,worldtrade,internationalrelations,climatechange,etc.Withunderstandingofitshistoryandculture,readerscanbeassuredthatChinaisaforceforpeaceandprosperity.
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