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Pioneers of Modern China
副标题: Understanding the Inscrutable Chinese
ISBN: 9789812564641
出版社: World Scientific Publishing Company
出版年: 2005-11-30
页数: 549
定价: USD 65.00
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
Amongst the Chinese exists great cultural variety and diversity. The Cantonese care more for profit than face and are good businessmen, whereas Fujian Rén are frank, blunt and outspoken but daring and generous. Beijing Rén are more aristocratic and well-mannered, having stayed in a city ruled by emperors of different dynasties. Shanghai Rén are more enterprising, adventurous and materialistic but less aristocratic, having been at the center of pre-war gangsterism. Hainan Rén are straightforward, blunt and stubborn. Hunan Rén are more warlike and have produced more marshals and generals than any other province.
Pioneers of Modern China is a fascinating book that paints a vivid picture of the unique cultural characteristics and behavior of the Chinese in the various provinces. Using leaders in the modern history of China, such as Sun Yat Sen, Chiang Kai Shek, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao as representatives, it offers an in-depth look into the psyche of the Chinese people. It also pays tribute to writers, painters and kungfu experts, who have helped to develop the country socially and artistically.
作者简介
Lee Khoon Choy was a Member of Parliament of the Republic of Singapore for 25 years starting from 1959. He was Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs) from 1974 to 1976, then Senior Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office) from 1976 to 1984 and also served as Singapore's Ambassador to eight countries: Egypt, Yugoslavia, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Indonesia, Japan and Korea. He came into contact with China in 1975 when he was Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and met many PRC leaders in the capacity of a Minister. Since then, he has traveled to China more than 50 times.
With his Chinese educational background, he understands Chinese history and being able to speak various dialects, he is able to communicate with the people from the various provinces. With his journalistic experience and keen observation, he is in a position to better fathom the psyche of the Chinese people. Endowed with a passion for all things cultural, he has made friends with Chinese who are leaders in different fields, such as authors, painters as well as kungfu experts. This makes him a natural commentator on “Understanding the Inscrutable Chinese”. He was awarded “Honorary Academic Member” by the Chinese Academy of Social Science for his contributions to the promotion of knowledge by giving lectures to various Chinese institutions.
目录
Fujian Rén and Lin Ze Xu: The Fuzhou Hero Who Destroyed Opium
Guangdong Rén and Sun Yat Sen: The Founder of the Republic of China
Zhejiang Rén and Chiang Kai Shek: The Christian President Who Ruled China with an Iron Hand
Hunan Rén and Mao Ze Dong: Leader and God
Hubei Rén and Lin Biao: Mao's Named Successor
Sichuan Rén and Deng Xiao Ping: The Hero of China's Modernization
Jiangsu Rén and Jiang Ze Min: Former President of the People's Republic of China
Henan Rén and Zhao Zi Yang: The Pioneer of China's Market Economy
Shandong Rén: Wan Li and the Gang of Four
Jiangxi Rén: Hu Yao Bang's Grand Tomb
Anhui Rén and Hu Jin Tao: The New Star in Communist China
Tianjin: Birthplace of the New Prime Minister, Wen Jia Bao
Beijing: Mei Lan Fang, Poets, Writers and Painters
Shanghai: Du Yue Sheng, the Gangster Chief
Taiwan and The Dream for an Independent State
Hong Kong in the Experiment of “One Country, Two Systems”
Macau: The Las Vegas of the East
