Author: Genevieve WimsattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A Griffin in China
Author: Genevieve WimsattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A Griffin in China
Author: Genevieve WimsattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A Griffin in China. Fact and Legend in the Every Day Life of the Great Republic ... Illustrated
Author: Genevieve B. WimsattPing-Pong Diplomacy
Author: Nicholas GriffinPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451642814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Combining the insight of Franklin Foer’s How Soccer Explains the World and the intrigue of Ben Affleck’s Argo, Ping Pong Diplomacy traces the story of how an aristocratic British spy used the game of table tennis to propel a Communist strategy that changed the shape of the world. THE SPRING OF 1971 heralded the greatest geopolitical realignment in a generation. After twenty-two years of antagonism, China and the United States suddenly moved toward a détente—achieved not by politicians but by Ping-Pong players. The Western press delighted in the absurdity of the moment and branded it “Ping-Pong Diplomacy.” But for the Chinese, Ping-Pong was always political, a strategic cog in Mao Zedong’s foreign policy. Nicholas Griffin proves that the organized game, from its first breath, was tied to Communism thanks to its founder, Ivor Montagu, son of a wealthy English baron and spy for the Soviet Union. Ping-Pong Diplomacy traces a crucial intersection of sports and society. Griffin tells the strange and tragic story of how the game was manipulated at the highest levels; how the Chinese government helped cover up the death of 36 million peasants by holding the World Table Tennis Championships during the Great Famine; how championship players were driven to their deaths during the Cultural Revolution; and, finally, how the survivors were reconvened in 1971 and ordered to reach out to their American counterparts. Through a cast of eccentric characters, from spies to hippies and Ping-Pong-obsessed generals to atom-bomb survivors, Griffin explores how a neglected sport was used to help realign the balance of worldwide power.
Information of Value to the Visitor to China
Author: California Directory AssociationPublisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Folk-lore of China
Author: Nicholas Belfield DennysPublisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal
Author: Wildlife Conservation in China
Author: Richard B. HarrisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131745202X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Very little is known about the issue of wildlife conservation within China. Even China specialists get a meager ration of stories about pandas giving birth in zoos, or poachers in some remote setting being apprehended. But what does the future hold for China's wildlife? In this thoughtful work the leading U.S. expert on wildlife projects in Western China presents a multi-faceted assessment of the topic. Richard B. Harris draws on twenty years of experience working in China, and incorporates perspectives ranging from biology through Chinese history and tradition, to interpret wildlife conservation issues in a cultural context. In non-technical language, Harris shows that, particularly in its vast western sections where most species of wildlife still have a chance to survive, China has adopted a strongly preservationist, "hands-off" approach to wildlife without confronting the larger and more difficult problem of habitat loss. This policy treats wildlife conservation as a strictly technical problem - and thus prioritizes captive breeding to meet the demand for animal products - while ignoring the manifold cultural, social, and economic dimensions that truly dictate how wild animals will fare in their interaction with the physical and human environments. The author concludes that any successes this policy achieves will be temporary.
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