Chinese Students Encounter America
Title | Chinese Students Encounter America PDF eBook |
Author | Qian Ning |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | 305 |
Release | 2012-07-29 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0295803541 |
An instant bestseller upon its publication in China in 1996, Chinese Students Encounter America (Liuxue Meiguo) appealed to those who had studied abroad, those who dreamed of doing so, and those who wanted a glimpse of the real America. This translation allows American readers to see their country through a Chinese lens. Since China reopened to the West in the late 1970s, several hundred thousand Chinese students and scholars have traveled abroad for advanced education, primarily to the United States. Based on interviews conducted while the author studied journalism and taught Chinese literature at the University of Michigan from 1989 to 1995, Chinese Students Encounter America tells the poignant and often revealing stories of students from a variety of backgrounds. After describing the history of Chinese students in America--from Yung Wing, who graduated from Yale in 1854, to the post-Cultural Revolution generation--Qian presents the experience of Chinese students today through anecdotes ranging from students' obsession with obtaining Green Cards and their struggles to support themselves, to their marital crises. Looming large in these personal stories is the legacy of China’s three decades of social and political turbulence following the Communist revolution in 1949 and America's dizzying abundance of material goods and personal freedom. Qian Ning , son of Qian Qichen, China's former Foreign Minister and a Deputy Prime Minister, studied at People's University in Beijing and worked as a reporter for People's Daily before entering graduate school at the University of Michigan. Since returning to China, he has worked as a business consultant. His most recent book is about the Qin dynasty prime minister Li Si.
Chinese Students Encounter America
Title | Chinese Students Encounter America PDF eBook |
Author | Ning Qian |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 280 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780295981802 |
"An instant bestseller upon its publication in China, in 1996, Chinese Students Encounter America (Liuxue Meiguo) appealed to those who had studied abroad, those who dreamed of doing so, and those who wanted a glimpse of the real America. This English-language edition allows American readers to see their country through a Chinese lens." "Since China reopened to the West in the late 1970s, several hundred thousand Chinese students and scholars have traveled abroad for advanced education, primarily to the United States. Based on interviews conducted while the author studied journalism and taught Chinese literature at the University of Michigan from 1989 to 1995, Chinese Students Encounter America tells the poignant and often revealing stories of students from a variety of backgrounds."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Handbook of the Chinese Students in the U. S. A.
Title | The Handbook of the Chinese Students in the U. S. A. PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 116 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Chinese |
ISBN |
Patriots or Traitors
Title | Patriots or Traitors PDF eBook |
Author | Stacey Bieler |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 545 |
Release | 2014-12-18 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1317478347 |
This title sxplores the love-hate relationship between the USA and China through the experience of Chinese students caught between the two countries. The book sheds light on China's ambivelance towards the Western influence, and the use of educational and cultural exhanges as a political device.
The Handbook of the Chinese Students in the U.S.A.
Title | The Handbook of the Chinese Students in the U.S.A. PDF eBook |
Author | Chinese Students' Alliance in the United States of America |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | |
Genre | Chinese |
ISBN |
Directory of the Chinese Students in the United States of America, 1911-1912
Title | Directory of the Chinese Students in the United States of America, 1911-1912 PDF eBook |
Author | Chinese Students' Alliance in the United States of America |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 74 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Chinese in the United States |
ISBN |
Who's who of the Chinese Students in America
Title | Who's who of the Chinese Students in America PDF eBook |
Author | Chinese Student's Alliance of the United States of America |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 87 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | |
ISBN |