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The Bookworm (bookstore) The Bookworm is a China -based literary organization with three bookstores by the same name in Beijing, Chengdu and Suzhou. As of November 2019 all locations have closed. In addition to selling books, The Bookworm is a restaurant, cafe, event space and library with more than 50,000 English and Chinese titles. [1]
The Practical Chinese Reader ( Chinese: 实用汉语课本; pinyin: shíyòng hànyǔ kèběn) is a six-volume series of Chinese language teaching books developed to teach non-Chinese speakers to speak Chinese, first published in 1981. Books I and II consist of 50 lessons where the reader studies a vocabulary of 1,000 words, and basic Chinese ...
Folding Beijing ( simplified Chinese: 北京折叠; traditional Chinese: 北京折疊; lit. 'Beijing Folds') is a science fiction novelette by the Chinese writer Hao Jingfang . This work was originally posted on newsmth.net, the BBS of Tsinghua University, in December 2012. It took the author around 1 month to plan, and 3 days to write. [1]
Moment in Peking is a novel originally written in English by Chinese author Lin Yutang.The novel, Lin's first, covers the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 1938, including the Boxer Uprising, the Republican Revolution of 1911, the Warlord Era, the rise of nationalism and communism, and the start of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945.
The Jingxingji ( Chinese: ; pinyin: Jīngxíngjì; Wade–Giles: Chinghsingchi; literally "Record of Travels") was a now lost journey book written by Du Huan shortly after he returned to China in 762 from the Abbasid Caliphate. Only about 1,511 words are being preserved under the Tongdian. It recorded about thirteen main countries, and a ...
Wade–Giles. Yu-i Shang-tian. Guangzhou Friendship Store in 1982. Guangzhou Friendship Store. A friendship store ( Chinese: 友谊商店) is a state-run store in the People's Republic of China (PRC), which initially sold exclusively to foreign visitors and tourists, diplomats, and government officials, but now has no restrictions on customers.
9. Chat to people wherever you tend to spend time. Start with your passions and hobbies. “Making friends is going to feel more natural when the environment is full of familiar things you know ...
The book was released in Chinese in 1991 and was China's #1 best-seller for that year. In one week alone, over 120,000 copies were sold. In one week alone, over 120,000 copies were sold. The book was subsequently serialized in the Beijing Evening News newspaper, increasing circulation of that paper fivefold [ dubious – discuss ] .