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Cat Country (simplified Chinese: 猫 城 记; traditional Chinese: 貓 城 記; pinyin: Māochéngjì, also translated as City of Cats [1]) is a dystopian satirical novel by Chinese writer Lao She (1899–1966), first published in 1933. It has been translated into English, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese and Russian. [2]
The book is a memoir of his experience in Fuling, told in first person. The language used is deliberately informal and aims to convey the beauty of the city and the poignancy of the stories. One of the features of the book is that most of its chapters can be read out of order without confusion.
On a Chinese Screen, also known as On a Chinese Screen: Sketches of Life in China, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham, first published in 1922.It is a series of short sketches Maugham made during a trip along the Yangtze River in 1919–1920, and although ostensibly about China the book is equally focused on the various westerners he met during the trip and their struggles to accept or ...
The film The Last Emperor features the book. In the fourth impression, published in December 1934 by Victor Gollancz Ltd., additional information such as the fully spread fan (pp. 448–9) was developed and some important parts of the history, such as the confinement of Cao Kun (p. 381) and Kang Youwei 's escape from the country (p. 17), were ...
17: 漢興以來諸侯王年表: Yearly Table of the Nobles of the Imperial Clan since the Han Dynasty's Founding: Nobles of the imperial family who held titles of nobility 18: 高祖功臣侯者年表: Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu: Officials who received marquis titles in the time of Emperor Gaozu of ...
China appears to be constructing a runway on a disputed island in the South China Sea, which has also been claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.. According to satellite images, a new airstrip appeared in ...
Timothy Brook was born on January 6, 1951, in Toronto, Ontario in Canada, grew up in that city and currently lives in Vancouver. [1] [5]After graduating from the University of Toronto Schools, Brook received a bachelor's degree in English literature at the University of Toronto in 1973; a master's degree in Regional Studies–East Asia at Harvard University in 1977, and in 1984 received a Ph.D ...
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War is a 2022 book by Zhuqing Li (Chinese: 李竹青), published by W. W. Norton & Company. The author tells the story of her two aunts, who were separated on opposite sides after the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.