——Re-examiningRuralEthics
AuthorGeFeiisafamouscontemporaryChinesewriterandprofessorofChineseliteratureatTsinghuaUniversity.ThroughrecountingstoriesofordinarypeoplefromZhaocunVillageinsouthernChina,AwaitingtheBreezetracesthedevelopmentofthevillageacross50years,landingonthepossibilityof“ruralChina”disappearingaltogetheroneday.Butthisisnotasimpleworkofnostalgia.“Itlooksquitedecadent,butit’sactuallyfullofvitality,”opinedonecritic.
WrittenbyGeFei,publishedbyYilinPress,June2016
Anonymous
——UrbanandRuralLifeInhernovelAnonymous,renownedcontemporaryChinesewriterWangAnyitookamanfromamodern,civilizedsocietyandthrewhimdeepintothemountainsforafightforsurvival.Filledwithsubtlewarningsandabstractmetaphors,thebookdeftlyreflectsontheprocessofcivilization.AsprofessorofChineseliteratureatFudanUniversityZhangXinyingnoted,“ItmightseemlikethemainheroofAnonymousisaspecificperson,butit’sreallyaboutthechangesinallhumanswhentheysuddenlyreturntoanuncivilizedworld.”
WrittenbyWangAnyi,publishedbyPeople’sLiteraturePublishingHouse,January2016
TideofStudyingAbroad:EraofTurbulenceandDreams
——SurveyofEarlyForeign-boundChi－neseStudentsSeniorHongKongpublisherandwriterCheungShin-yeesearchedthememoirsofnearly300peopletopiecetogethertrendsofthefirsthalfofthe20thCentury,whentheflowofstudentsstudyingabroadreacheditszenithduringChina’searlywavesofmoderntransformation.ItalsorecountstheexperiencesofstudyingabroadofCaiYuanpeiandLuXunandmanyotherfamousmodernChineseintellectuals.ThestudyisparticularlymeaningfulasitcoincideswithanotherwaveofstudyingabroadthathasemergedinChina:“Ihopethenewtrenddoesn’tsharethefateofitspredecessor.”
WrittenbyCheungShin-yee,publishedbyBeijingJointPublishingCompany&PostWavePublishingCompany,October2016
PublicPoliticalPhilosophy
——OriginalChineseWorkonPoliticalPhilosophy
AbookdescribingandanalyzingthethreemainstreamWesternpublicpoliticalphilosophies,thispublicationmarkedChina’sfirstdomesticsystemicresearchonpublicpoliticalphilosophy.Thebookhasbeendescribedas“anoutstandingoriginalworkthatfilledavoidinresearchinChina.”AuthorRenJiantaoisaprofessorofpoliticalscienceatTsinghuaUniversityandactiveinresearchofpoliticalphilosophy,ChineseandWesternpoliticaldiscourses,andChinesepolitics.
WrittenbyRenJiantao,publishedbyGuangxiNormalUniversityPress
CollectionofYangXianrang
——CenturyofArtTradition
Bornin1930,YangXianrangisoneoftheearliestChineseprintmakerstohavewoninternationalacclaim,aswellasapioneerintheresearchofChinesefolkart.Thisanthologyofhisworkconsistsoffourvolumes:FromtheIsland,AGroupofThree,RoaringDreams,andBeMyself.Thecollectioncovershisexperience,teachers,helpfulfriends,folkart,andSino-Westernartcommunication,composingacomprehensivereviewofhislife.Insomecircles,Yangiscalled“amanwithChinesecentury-oldarthistory.”
WrittenbyYangXianrang,publishedbyGuangxiNormalUniversityPress,November2016
BigCityinaMassiveCountry:Unity,DevelopmentandBalanceofContemporaryChina
——ResearchonDevelopmentofBigCities
Thisbookusesthegenerallawsofeconomicsandempiricaldatatostudytherealitybehindairpollution,trafficcongestionandotherissuesarisingfromChina’srapidurbanizationandhighlightstheimportanceofChina’sdevelopmentofbigcities.Fromtheauthor’spointofview,thegeneralpublic’shelpisneededtosolveproblemssuchasoverpopulationandprovideequalresourcesandopportunities.AuthorLuMingisdirectoroftheCenterforDevelopmentandPolicyStudiesatFudanUniversity.
WrittenbyLuMing,publishedbyShanghaiPeople’sPublishingHouse,August2016
AKingdomofGiantBabies
——SeeingthroughChina’sPsychology
Thisbookisbasedonathoroughanalysisofthenarcissismofagiantbaby,suggestingthatthesamesortofconceptisaffectingmanyChineseplaguedbycommonpsychologicalproblemsincludingactinginamanic,over-controllingandhelplessway.Itpresentsanacutepictureofhumanpsychology.Gracefullywrittenwithdeepconcernforprovidingrelief,thebookalsotouchesonthebrillianceofhumanity.AuthorWuZhihongisafamousChinesepsychologist.
WrittenbyWuZhihong,publishedbyZhejiangPeople’sPublishingHouse,December2016
NotesonTheHandbookonSeaCreatures
——PopScienceTheHandbookonSeaCreatureswasillustratedbypainterNieHuangin1698.Hedrew300seacreatureshehadseenonChina’scoast.Thebookisfullofwitandhumor,butitalsohasmanyinaccuracies.ZhangChenlianganalyzedandresearchedNie’sworkfromtheperspectiveofmodernbiology.Duetoitsdetailedcontentandconcisestyle,ithasprovedtobeaverypopularpieceoforiginalscientificwork.
WrittenbyZhangChenliang,publishedbyCITICPressGroup,December2016
BehindtheLoneliness
——AHao-styleSci-fiThisbookisacollectionofsciencefictionsthatHaoJingfangpublishedfrom2010to2016,includingthe2016HugoAward-winningBeijingFolding.Thetitlewasdrawnfromwordsoftheauthor:sciencefictionconceivesapossibleworldwherepeoplestandontheedgeoftheworldandwillmostlikelyfeelalienated.Toberejectedbytheworldistheloneliestkindofloneliness.
WrittenbyHaoJingfang,publishedbyJiangsuPhoenixLiterature&ArtPublishingHouse,August2016
AFarmerLikeThis
——WondersofRuralLifeFarminglifeinChina’sTaiwaniswellknownthroughouttheworld.AuthorLuYaovisitedmorethan60farmersand10non-governmentalorganizationsinTaiwantorecordtheirstoriesandgetabigpictureofrealruralfarmers.Thebookilluminatesthepossibilitiesofcombiningmodernityandtraditionstocreateabetterrurallife.
WrittenbyLuYao,publishedbyChangjiangLiterature&ArtPublishingHouse,June2016
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