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Needham Question, The
Nathan Sivin
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
The Needham Question Introduction The “Needham Question” or “Needham Problem,” also misleadingly called “the Needham Paradox,” refers to the...
Neo-Confucianism
Robert Foster
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Neo-Confucianism Introduction Neo-Confucianism is the English reference to the revival of Confucian religious, social, and ethical thought tha...
Neolithic Cultures in China
Tracey L-D Lu
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Neolithic Cultures in China Introduction Defined by John Lubbock in 1865, Neolithic initially referred to the period when polished stone tools...
New Social Classes, 1895–1949
Joshua H. Howard
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
New Social Classes, 1895–1949IntroductionThe ability of foreign enterprises to establish factories in China after the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895 ac...
One Country, Two Systems
Joseph Cheng
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
One Country, Two SystemsIntroductionDeng Xiaoping (b. 1903–d. 1997) secured power and launched a policy program of economic reforms and an opening to ...
Opium Trade
Alan Baumler
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2014-02-25
Opium Trade Introduction Chinese history textbooks begin the modern period of Chinese history at the First Opium War (1839–1842). This is not ...
Orientalism, China and
David Martínez Robles
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2015-06-29
China and “Orientalism” Introduction Very few books have left a more lasting impression on scholars involved with non Euro-American cultures t...
Paleography
Edward L. Shaughnessy
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Paleography Introduction Paleography, literally “the study of ancient writing” (Ch. Guwenzixue 古文字学), is now used in Chinese Studies in the We...
People’s Liberation Army (PLA), The
Ian Burns McCaslin, Andrew S. Erickson
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2021-10-27
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA)IntroductionThe field of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) studies has evolved with the PLA’s own development, and Chin...
Poetics, Chinese-Western Comparative
Jonathan Stalling
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2015-06-29
Chinese-Western Comparative Poetics Introduction Until the rise of narrative fiction as the dominant genre of literary cultural production (in...
Poetry, Early Medieval
Jack W. Chen, Evan Nicoll-Johnson
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Early Medieval Poetry Introduction The designation “early medieval China” denotes the centuries between the end of the Eastern Han 東漢 (27 ce–2...
Poetry, Traditional Chinese
Olga Lomová
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Traditional Chinese PoetryIntroductionIn modern China, “traditional poetry” (also called “classical”) refers to gu shi 古詩 (old poetry) and encompasses...
Political Art and Posters
Shaoqian Zhang
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2018-08-28
Political Art and PostersIntroductionUnderlying all political arts and posters are questions about social-political culture and its creation of visual...
Political Dissent
Timothy Cheek
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Political DissentIntroductionPolitical dissent has existed in China since at least the time of Confucius in the 5th century bce. Every political regim...
Political Thought, Modern Chinese
Leigh Jenco
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2014-02-25
Modern Chinese Political Thought Introduction Although debates abound as to when “modernity” in China began, modern Chinese political thought ...
Polo, Marco
Susan Whitfield
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2019-01-15
Marco PoloIntroductionMarco Polo (b. 1254–d. 1324), from a family of Venetian merchants, was only one among many merchants and missionaries who visite...
Population Dynamics in Pre-Modern China
Zhongwei Zhao
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Population Dynamics in Premodern China Introduction China constituted one of the earliest civilizations in the world. During most of the past ...
Population Structure and Dynamics since 1949
Thomas Scharping
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2014-08-26
Population Structure and Dynamics Since 1949 Introduction Studies of population dynamics are the domain of demography, a joint enterprise of s...
Post-Collective Agriculture
Peter Ho, Francesco Zaratin
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2021-01-12
Post-Collective AgricultureIntroductionSince the start of the economic reforms in 1978, China has developed today into one of the world’s leading prod...
Poverty and Living Standards since 1949
Alan Piazza
Subject: Chinese Studies »
Date Added: 2014-05-29
Poverty and Living Standards since 1949IntroductionTrends in poverty and living standards in China were mixed during the period from 1949 to 1978. In ...
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