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Written from the perspective of a foreign student who has just arrived in China, this title provides the lessons and learning materials about the changing face of China. It includes lessons on daily life, such as doing laundry and getting a haircut, as well as visiting the zoo, night markets, and the Great Wall.

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Provides students with essential lessons for advancing their Chinese language skills, and also introduces important aspects of contemporary Chinese society and culture. It incorporates suggestions from years of student and teacher feedback, and includes lessons as well as vocabulary glosses, grammar explanations, and exercises.

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Suitable for advanced beginners or 'heritage learners' who already speak some Chinese but require instruction in reading and writing fundamentals before moving to the intermediate level, this title contains lessons, grammar notes, and exercises. It offers foundations in pronunciation, characters, and grammar.

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Most Chinese-language textbooks cater to beginners and intermediate-level students, but virtually none address the unique needs of advanced students. This work fills this gap through the use of critically acclaimed Chinese films to teach students Chinese while also broadening their knowledge about China.

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Offers a look at contemporary Chinese society. This book covers such topics as: buying a home versus having a child; consumer exports to America; depression; online dating; cell phones; empty-nest syndrome; fast food; the Virginia Tech massacre; medicine; the 2008 Sichuan earthquake; and, global warming.

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A Reflection of Reality is an anthology of modern Chinese short stories designed as an advanced-level textbook for students who have completed at least three years of college-level Chinese. While many advanced-level Chinese language textbooks stress only practical communication, this textbook uses stories from well-known Chinese authors not only to

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Suitable for students who have completed at least two years of college Chinese, this title includes topics that are relevant to contemporary Chinese society, such as the increasing divisions between the rich and poor, the conflict between economic development and environmental protection, and changing attitudes toward sex and marriage.

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Covers topics that are essential to understanding contemporary Chinese society, including changing attitudes toward women and marriage, the one-child policy, economic development, China's ethnic minorities, and debates surrounding Taiwan and Hong Kong.

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Focusing on the basics of modern Chinese phonetics and grammatical structure, this book uses everyday topics to help students establish a solid foundation in the Chinese language. It includes color illustrations, contains thirty lessons, each of which can be covered in a week's worth of classes.

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Featuring both traditional and simplified characters along with pinyin and English translation, this book includes comprehensive exercises and character writing sheets with information on the stroke orders of introduced characters.

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