The Belgian Mandarin
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The Belgian Mandarin
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Author : Anne Splingaerd Megowan
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris
Release Date : 2008
The Belgian Mandarin written by Anne Splingaerd Megowan and has been published by Xlibris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The life of the poor Brussels orphan who became an honored mandarin in China may sound more like fiction than a true biography, but Paul Splingaerd really did walk this earth. The four decades that he spent in China were during the pivotal post-Opium Wars years when China's doors were being pried open for trade with the West. Paul explored all regions of the "Middle Kingdom" with renowned German geologist Ferdinand von Richthofen, and established a fur trading business in Mongolia before being appointed customs inspector in China's far west by powerful viceroy Li Hongzhang. Find out what brought Splingaerd to China, and learn how he earned recognition from his king, King Leopold II, who made him a "Chevalier de L'Ordre de la Couronne." Read about Paul's role in the construction of the first iron bridge across the venerable Yellow River at Lanzhou. Splingaerd's perspective on China's interaction with the West during the late nineteenth century, offers the reader many intriguing insights into the roots of China's dynamism in the twenty-first century. Masterfully authored by Splingaerd's great-granddaughter, Anne Splingaerd Megowan, The Belgian Mandarin is one unforgettable read, a well-researched and richly illustrated account of the life of this truly exceptional individual.
The Belgian Mandarin
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Author : Anne Splingaerd Megowan
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2008-01
The Belgian Mandarin written by Anne Splingaerd Megowan and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The life of the poor Brussels orphan who became an honored mandarin in China may sound more like fiction than a true biography, but Paul Splingaerd really did walk this earth. The four decades that he spent in China were during the pivotal post-Opium Wars years when China's doors were being pried open for trade with the West. Paul explored all regions of the "Middle Kingdom" with renowned German geologist Ferdinand von Richthofen, and established a fur trading business in Mongolia before being appointed customs inspector in China's far west by powerful viceroy Li Hongzhang. Find out what brought Splingaerd to China, and learn how he earned recognition from his king, King Leopold II, who made him a "Chevalier de L'Ordre de la Couronne." Read about Paul's role in the construction of the first iron bridge across the venerable Yellow River at Lanzhou. Splingaerd's perspective on China's interaction with the West during the late nineteenth century, offers the reader many intriguing insights into the roots of China's dynamism in the twenty-first century. Masterfully authored by Splingaerd's great-granddaughter, Anne Splingaerd Megowan, The Belgian Mandarin is one unforgettable read, a well-researched and richly illustrated account of the life of this truly exceptional individual.
A Belgian Passage To China 1870 1920
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
A Belgian Passage To China 1870 1920 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
Van 1870 tot 1914 financierden, bouwden en exploiteerde België - in die tijd een van de voornaamste financiële en industriële mogendheden - honderden kilometer treinen tramlijnen over de vijf continenten. Het westerse meerderwaardigheidsgevoel en de kolonisatiedrang van koning Leopold II waren de motor van de ondernemingen uit dit land. In China concretiseerde dit avontuur zich in de aanleg van de spoorlijn tussen Beijing en Hankou en een tramnet in Tianjin. 0'A Belgian passage to China (1870-1920)' brengt twee projecten voor het voetlicht. François Nuyens vertrok in 1905 vanuit Gent naar Tianjin waar hij een elektriciteitscentrale bouwde en een tramnet aanlegde. In een goed gedocumenteerd dagboek schrijft Nuyens zijn indrukken neer over zijn verblijf in China tussen 1905 en 1908. De broers Philippe en Adolphe Spruyt, beiden arts, reisden naar China om de medische dienst te te verzorgen op de werven van de spoorlijn tussen Beijing en Hankou. Ze kwamen terug met koffers vol Chinese antiquiteiten. Hun interessante correspondentie en meer dan 1200 fotografische glasplaten bieden een unieke blik op het dagelijkse leven van China in het begin van de twintigste eeuw.0.
Chinese Shadows
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Author : Simon Leys
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 1978
Chinese Shadows written by Simon Leys and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
A Phonological History Of Chinese
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Author : Zhongwei Shen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-04
A Phonological History Of Chinese written by Zhongwei Shen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-04 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A one-stop, comprehensive account of the key developments in the phonological history of Chinese.
Language Ideological Debates
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Author : Jan Blommaert
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2010-12-14
Language Ideological Debates written by Jan Blommaert and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-14 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Birdless Summer
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Author : Han Suyin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Birdless Summer written by Han Suyin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
When China Rules The World
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Author : Martin Jacques
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-11-12
When China Rules The World written by Martin Jacques and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-12 with History categories.
Greatly revised and expanded, with a new afterword, this update to Martin Jacques’s global bestseller is an essential guide to understanding a world increasingly shaped by Chinese power Soon, China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more Western. Since the first publication of When China Rules the World, the landscape of world power has shifted dramatically. In the three years since the first edition was published, When China Rules the World has proved to be a remarkably prescient book, transforming the nature of the debate on China. Now, in this greatly expanded and fully updated edition, boasting nearly 300 pages of new material, and backed up by the latest statistical data, Martin Jacques renews his assault on conventional thinking about China’s ascendancy, showing how its impact will be as much political and cultural as economic, changing the world as we know it. First published in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim - and controversy - When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order has sold a quarter of a million copies, been translated into eleven languages, nominated for two major literary awards, and is the subject of an immensely popular TED talk.
China Airborne
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Author : James Fallows
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-05-15
China Airborne written by James Fallows and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-15 with Business & Economics categories.
More than two-thirds of the new airports under construction today are being built in China. Chinese airlines expect to triple their fleet size over the next decade and will account for the fastest-growing market for Boeing and Airbus. But the Chinese are determined to be more than customers. In 2011, China announced its Twelfth Five-Year Plan, which included the commitment to spend a quarter of a trillion dollars to jump-start its aerospace industry. Its goal is to produce the Boeings and Airbuses of the future. Toward that end, it acquired two American companies: Cirrus Aviation, maker of the world’s most popular small propeller plane, and Teledyne Continental, which produces the engines for Cirrus and other small aircraft. In China Airborne, James Fallows documents, for the first time, the extraordinary scale of this project and explains why it is a crucial test case for China’s hopes for modernization and innovation in other industries. He makes clear how it stands to catalyze the nation’s hyper-growth and hyper- urbanization, revolutionizing China in ways analogous to the building of America’s transcontinental railroad in the nineteenth century. Fallows chronicles life in the city of Xi’an, home to more than 250,000 aerospace engineers and assembly workers, and introduces us to some of the hucksters, visionaries, entrepreneurs, and dreamers who seek to benefit from China’s pursuit of aerospace supremacy. He concludes by examining what this latest demonstration of Chinese ambition means for the United States and the rest of the world—and the right ways to understand it.
Educated Man Is Not A Pot
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Author : Simon Leys
language : en
Publisher: Black Incorporated
Release Date : 2017-01-30
Educated Man Is Not A Pot written by Simon Leys and has been published by Black Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-30 with categories.
""Confucius said- 'An educated man is not a pot'. A pot, or a tool, has only limited capacity and a narrow, specialised use. The aim of education is to enable a person to become more fully human. Western humanism had the same aim. Remember Erasmus- 'One is not born a man, one becomes a man.'" - Simon LeysSimon Leys was one of the world's most distinguished public intellectuals, renowned for the depth, acuity and wit of his writing. For nearly forty years, he taught and researched at universities. Six years before retirement age, he quit academia - horrified by the odeeply corruptingo changes occurring within higher education. In An Educated Man is Not a Pot, Geremie BarmU - award-winning writer, filmmaker and translator, and Leys' former student - collects six pieces that illuminate Leys' thoughts about the role and value of education. This gem-like book includes a reflection on "The idea of the university"; interviews with Leys about his life of learning, particularly Chinese language and history; his sharp fable about the pitfalls of contemporary academia; and BarmU's essay on his experience of being mentored by Leys. A passionate, urgent plea for change as well as a tribute to Leys' brilliant mind, An Educated Man is Not a Pot will provoke, stimulate and inspire."