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Chu Ju's house

2004
In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old Chu Ju leaves her rural home in modern China and earns food and shelter by working on a sampan, tending silk worms, and planting rice seedlings, while wondering if she will ever see her family again.

Step into China

1988
Text and photographs depict contemporary daily life in China.

Brothers

2009
Baldy Li, a sex-obsessed boy, and Song Gang, his sensitive, intelligent stepbrother, live in newly capitalist China, where they struggle with their bond and make and lose money around the village of Liu Town as everybody experiences the shift to extreme materialism after the Cultural Revolution.

China

opposing viewpoints
1989
Presents opposing viewpoints on the impact of China in the twentieth century.

Global Studies

China
2002
Background information and current world press articles on China.

Culture shock!

1996
A guide to the customs and etiquette of China, providing insight into the behavior of the Chinese people, and discussing history, transportation, business, housing, cuisine, and other topics.

Chinese lives

an oral history of contemporary China
1987
Two Chinese reporters present China-as seen through the eyes of over sixty of its own people.

Legacies

a Chinese mosaic
1991
Presents personal stories describing the Chinese experience during the last half of the century.

Digging to China

down and out in the Middle Kingdom
1991
The author tells of his travels and experiences in China in the ancient capital of Xi'an.

China

2009
Explores the issue oc China by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a unique pro/con format. Each anthology features 14-16 carefully edited, accessible articles that clearly express various perspectives on the topic at hand. Useful charts, graphs, and cartoons illustrate each article, while attractive color photos enliven the text.

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