The Resource Chinese lessons : five classmates and the story of the new China, John Pomfret
Chinese lessons : five classmates and the story of the new China, John Pomfret
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- Summary
- A first-hand account of the remarkable transformation of China over the past forty years. As a 20-year-old exchange student from Stanford in 1981, Pomfret spent a year at Nanjing University in China. His classmates were among those who survived the twin tragedies of Mao's rule--the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution--and whose success in government and private industry today are shaping China's future. Pomfret went on to a career in journalism, spending the bulk of his time in China. After attending the twentieth reunion of his class, he decided to reacquaint himself with some of his classmates. This book is their story and his own. As we watch Pomfret and his classmates begin to make their lives as adults, we see the human cost and triumph of China's transition from near-feudal communism to first-world capitalism.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Warmly welcome you
- The slap
- Broken wing
- Father's lessons
- Black bricks
- A meat pie from heaven
- Bitter love
- Party animal
- Outside the gates
- New street crossing
- A handful of bran
- Spiritual pollution
- Petrified marriage
- Yin finds yang
- Crossed paths
- Show me the money
- To the barricades
- Asylum
- Fishy handshakes
- Fake foreign devils
- Killing the chickens
- White like mother's milk
- Rice bowl Christians
- Yes man
- Homecoming
- The adman
- The China price
- Spiritual civilization
- Gods and animals
- Pine on a cliff
- Endure
- Crawling home
- The enthusiasms of high altitude
- Severe and acute
- High tides
- Thugs' revolution
- My place in the procession
- Conclusion: The Chinese dream
- Isbn
- 9780805076158
- Label
- Chinese lessons : five classmates and the story of the new China
- Title
- Chinese lessons
- Title remainder
- five classmates and the story of the new China
- Statement of responsibility
- John Pomfret
- Subject
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- American students -- China | Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng) -- Biography
- trueAmerican students in China
- trueAmericans in China
- trueChina -- History -- 1976-2002
- China -- History -- 1976-2002 -- Biography
- trueChina -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
- trueAmerican people in Asia
- trueForeign correspondents
- Foreign correspondents -- China -- Biography
- Foreign correspondents -- United States
- Nanjing da xue -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography
- Pomfret, John
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Biography
- trueAmerican people in China
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A first-hand account of the remarkable transformation of China over the past forty years. As a 20-year-old exchange student from Stanford in 1981, Pomfret spent a year at Nanjing University in China. His classmates were among those who survived the twin tragedies of Mao's rule--the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution--and whose success in government and private industry today are shaping China's future. Pomfret went on to a career in journalism, spending the bulk of his time in China. After attending the twentieth reunion of his class, he decided to reacquaint himself with some of his classmates. This book is their story and his own. As we watch Pomfret and his classmates begin to make their lives as adults, we see the human cost and triumph of China's transition from near-feudal communism to first-world capitalism.--From publisher description
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- 169997
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pomfret, John
- Dewey number
- 951.05/8
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS779.28
- LC item number
- .P66 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pomfret, John
- Nanjing da xue
- American students
- Foreign correspondents
- China
- China
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- five classmates and the story of the new China
- Label
- Chinese lessons : five classmates and the story of the new China, John Pomfret
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- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
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- txt
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- Contents
- Warmly welcome you -- The slap -- Broken wing -- Father's lessons -- Black bricks -- A meat pie from heaven -- Bitter love -- Party animal -- Outside the gates -- New street crossing -- A handful of bran -- Spiritual pollution -- Petrified marriage -- Yin finds yang -- Crossed paths -- Show me the money -- To the barricades -- Asylum -- Fishy handshakes -- Fake foreign devils -- Killing the chickens -- White like mother's milk -- Rice bowl Christians -- Yes man -- Homecoming -- The adman -- The China price -- Spiritual civilization -- Gods and animals -- Pine on a cliff -- Endure -- Crawling home -- The enthusiasms of high altitude -- Severe and acute -- High tides -- Thugs' revolution -- My place in the procession -- Conclusion: The Chinese dream
- Control code
- 607750
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780805076158
- Lccn
- 2006041211
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780805076158
- (OCoLC)64390603
- Label
- Chinese lessons : five classmates and the story of the new China, John Pomfret
- Link
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Warmly welcome you -- The slap -- Broken wing -- Father's lessons -- Black bricks -- A meat pie from heaven -- Bitter love -- Party animal -- Outside the gates -- New street crossing -- A handful of bran -- Spiritual pollution -- Petrified marriage -- Yin finds yang -- Crossed paths -- Show me the money -- To the barricades -- Asylum -- Fishy handshakes -- Fake foreign devils -- Killing the chickens -- White like mother's milk -- Rice bowl Christians -- Yes man -- Homecoming -- The adman -- The China price -- Spiritual civilization -- Gods and animals -- Pine on a cliff -- Endure -- Crawling home -- The enthusiasms of high altitude -- Severe and acute -- High tides -- Thugs' revolution -- My place in the procession -- Conclusion: The Chinese dream
- Control code
- 607750
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780805076158
- Lccn
- 2006041211
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780805076158
- (OCoLC)64390603
Subject
- American students -- China | Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng) -- Biography
- trueAmerican students in China
- trueAmericans in China
- trueChina -- History -- 1976-2002
- China -- History -- 1976-2002 -- Biography
- trueChina -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
- trueAmerican people in Asia
- trueForeign correspondents
- Foreign correspondents -- China -- Biography
- Foreign correspondents -- United States
- Nanjing da xue -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography
- Pomfret, John
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Biography
- trueAmerican people in China
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