When six-year-old Taotao is sent by her mother to live with her grandparents, her whole world seems to have fallen apart. Only in later years does she learn of her mother's secret pain—her own father's fall from grace in the Cultural Revolution—and come to understand the sacrifice she has made for her daughter. Startling Moon looks back to a past of rich but suppressed tradition, and forward to a very different China. Above all, it is the story of Taotao's quest to know her own heart, and of the blossoming of a passion which will lead her to risk all that she holds dear.

"Startling Moon follows Taotao on a journey of discovery as she comes to understand her mother's stark choice - and to look towards a very different China. Her first guides are her grandparents, who open her eyes to a rich tradition of folk tales, Peking Opera and classical poetry. Hungry to learn more, she travels to a distant university; to the timeless grasslands of Inner Mongolia; and finally to the city of Beijing, electric with the excitement of the democracy movement. Above all, it is the story of her quest to know her own heart: of the joys and responsibilities of friendship, the pain of first love, and of the full blossoming of passion for an older, western man, which will lead Taotao to risk her safety, and all that she holds dear."--BOOK JACKET.

Spanning five decades of Chinese history, Wives of the East Wind is an epic tale of friendships, love, and idealism betrayed. Two couples - Wenya and Zhiying, Zhenzhen and Laoyin - meet, marry and become inseparable just as China is shaking off the memory of war, and the brightest of its youth are pledging themselves to building a vibrant new future. Yet for all that their lives embody the ideals of the young republic, they are spared none of the suffering and hardship that are to follow, through years of famine and the terror of the Cultural Revolution. It is the two women who form the most powerful bond, and Wenya's loyalty and Zhenzhen's spirit sustain them both through their darkest hours. And as a new, more affluent China dawns and the struggle for survival gives way to an equally fierce battle to protect the values closest to their hearts, Zhenzhen teaches Wenya an unforgettable lesson about courage.

Imperial China meets Edwardian England in this epic story of loves lost and gained set during the aftermath of the Opium Wars. Best friends Jiali and Wu Fang know that no man is a match for them. In their small harbour town of Fudi, they practise sword fighting, write couplets to one another, and strut around dressed as men. Jiali is a renowned poet and Wu Fang is going to be China's first female surgeon. But when Wu Fang returns from medical training in Japan, she is horrified to hear of Jiali's marriage to a man who cannot even match her couplets, and confused by her intense feelings of jealousy towards her friend's new husband, Yanbu. Ocean man Charles has arrived in Fudi to start a new life. He eschews the company of his fellow foreigners, preferring to spend time with new colleague Yanbu, his wife, Jiali, and her friend, Wu Fang. Over the course of several months, he grows close to them all, in increasingly confusing ways, but what will happen when he is forced to choose between his country and his friends? As tensions between the Manchu rulers and the people rise, and foreign battleships gather out to sea, loyalties will be tested in more ways than Jiali, Wu Fang, Yanbu, and Charles can possibly imagine.

Privilégier la compréhension auditive et l'expression orale, telle est la ligne directrice du présent ouvrage, qu'accompagne un riche enregistrement sonore (plus de 7 heures 30 minutes d'écoute). S'inspirant de l'approche communicative, la Méthode de chinois premier niveau propose un accès à la langue non par les seules voies de la grammaire et du vocabulaire, mais par le biais de situations de parole : comment se présenter ou présenter une autre personne, comment décrire, raconter une expérience vécue, se situer dans l'espace, formuler une proposition ou un refus, exposer ses projets. La logique de la langue y a aussi sa place, à travers des observations méthodiques sur les lois qui régissent la syntaxe, la formation lexicale ou la structure des caractères. Chacune des quatorze leçons qui composent l'ouvrage se divise en deux parties bien distinctes, centrées l'une sur la pratique orale, l'autre sur l'écrit (apprentissage d'une trentaine de caractères, étude d'un texte et exercices). Des leçons de révision permettent de faire régulièrement le point sur les connaissances acquises. Les corrigés des exercices écrits sont téléchargeables gratuitement depuis notre site (www.asiatheque.com) au format pdf. Un CD mp3 complète l'ouvrage. Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO) avec la coopération du Guojia Hanyu guoji tuiguang lingdao xiaozu bangongshi, Bureau de la Commission pour la diffusion internationale du chinois (République populaire de Chine). Environ 7 heures 30 minutes d'enregistrements audio sur un cd mp3.

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A Chinese doctor in a southern English town, Ju Lin's solitary life is transformed when Lucy walks into her acupuncture clinic, and opens her heart. Lucy is a woman who has everything Ju Lin could wish for: a loving husband, a beautiful child, and a supportive extended family. And, their friendship becomes a lifeline.

China's development has entered a new phase since the era of Mao and Deng Xiaoping. Its GDP has grown to more than 10 trillion US dollars, twice that of Japan's and close to that of the United States; and Chinese diplomacy has taken on a more active profile as the nation moves towards superpower status on the world stage. At the same time, all of this has resulted in serious ecological problems, and as the economy develops social contradictions are growing more prominent within the country. Xi Jinping, who became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, has developed a new philosophy of governance to confront these challenges. The result is a 30-year plan that is the roadmap to The China Dream, which has led to various programs such as the ongoing campaigns to address and eliminate corruption within the CCP and reform of the Military; Market reforms and the "Belt and Road Initiatives" meant to improve domestic infrastructure and broaden Chinese economic influence on the world stage; and the evolution of a new approach to foreign relations. In addition to an analysis by leading Chinese thinkers of the elements of this plan and its implementation, an overview of Xi's early career and the first two years of his leadership provide readers a look at his thinking and how it has developed and provides a preview of what we might expect from China in the Xi Jinping Era.