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082 _a951.050922 LEE
100 _aKhoon Choy Lee
245 _aPioneers of modern China
_b: understanding the inscrutable Chinese
_c/Khoon Choy Lee
260 _aRiver Edge, NJ
_b: World Scientific Pub.
_c, ©2005
300 _axxiii, 549 pages
_c;24 cm.
365 _b6498
505 _aThe Multi-Cultural Chinese -- How Can One Tell Chinese Apart? -- Leadership from the North to the South -- Inscrutability -- Pioneers of Modern China -- Chapter 1 Fujian Ren & Lin Ze Xu: The Fuzhou Hero Who Destroyed Opium -- The Opium War 8212; and Lin Ze Xu -- Fujian: Building on Fortune -- Lin Ze Xu: The Fuzhou Hero Who Destroyed Opium -- Beginnings -- Imperial commissioner Lin & the Opium War -- Exile in Xinjiang -- Appointed to suppress the taiping rebels -- The Language and Culture of Fujian Rn -- Fujian Hua: A misnomer -- The minnan dialect group and its regions -- Migrant cultural assimilations in language and music -- Gu Hong Ming: An Unusual Chinese Scholar Who Translated Confucius Four Books into English -- Liu Bu Chan: The Patriotic Qing Dynasty Admiral -- Lin Jue Min: The Martyr of the Huanghuagang Uprising from Fuzhou -- Yan Fu: The Anti-Monarchy Writer from Fuzhou -- Chen Bo Da and Huian: The Stone City -- Anping Bridge & Nanan: The Birthplace of Zheng Cheng Gong -- Lai Chang Xing, Chinas Biggest Smuggler -- Beginnings -- Lai: A smuggler-philanthropist in Hong Kong -- Lais business in his hometown -- Investigation, arrest and escape -- Fuzhou: The Dialect and the People of East Fujian -- Lin Sen: Chinas First President -- Bing Xin: A Famous Female Author -- Chapter 2 Guangdong Ren & Sun Yat Sen: The Founder of the Republic of China -- Guangdong: The Vast Territories to the Southeast -- Sun Yat Sen: Founder of the Republic of China -- Beginnings -- Resolve -- Exile -- President of the Republic of China -- A virtuous leader -- Cuiheng Village: The birthplace of Sun Yat Sen -- The Sun Yat Sen memorial villa in Kobe -- Sun Yat Sens families -- The Three Major Dialect Groups of Guangdong -- The Cantonese -- The Teochew -- The Hakka -- Kang You Wei: Leader of the Hundred Days Reform -- Wang Jing Wei: The Fallen Right-hand Man of Dr. Sun -- Beginnings -- Sun Yat Sens loyal supporter -- President of the puppet Nanjing government -- Madam Wang -- Liang Qi Chao: Another Reformer of the Late 19th Century -- Liangs children -- Xinhui: The birthplace of Liang Qi Chao -- Liang Si Li: An outstanding nuclear scientist -- Liang Si Yong: A prominent archaeologist -- Rong Hong: Pioneer and Pathfinder in the Modernization of China -- Other Cantonese Pioneers -- Tang Shao Yi: First Cabinet Prime Minister of the Republic -- Chun A Fong: The Hawaii tycoon who became Chinese Consul -- Xu Run: The greatest Chinese entrepreneur and tea king -- Yu Yong Ling: Chinas earliest ballet dancer -- Seow Yew Mei: Founder of Shanghai Academy of Music -- Characteristics of the Cantonese -- Cantonese Cuisine and Customs -- Characteristics of the Hakkas -- The History of Hakka Migrations -- Hakka Ren -- Haifeng Hakka -- Meixian Hakka -- Dabu Hakka -- The Hakka abroad -- Hakka Culture and Traditions -- Hakka of renown -- Hong Xiu Quan: The Christian Crusader and Leader of the Taiping Rebellion -- Beginnings -- Good Advice to the World -- The Taiping Rebellion -- Betrayals -- The collapse of the rebellion -- Huaxian: Birthplace of Hong Xiu Quan -- Famous Haifeng Hakka in History.
520 _a Amongst the Chinese exists great cultural variety and diversity. The Cantonese care more for profit than face and are good businessmen, whereas Fujian Rén are frank, blunt and outspoken but daring and generous. Beijing Rén are more aristocratic and well-mannered, having stayed in a city ruled by emperors of different dynasties. Shanghai Rén are more enterprising, adventurous and materialistic but less aristocratic, having been at the center of pre-war gangsterism. Hainan Rén are straightforward, blunt and stubborn. Hunan Rén are more warlike and have produced more marshals and generals than an
650 _aPolitics and government
655 _aChina -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002.
700 _aKhoon Choy Lee
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