xiv, 368 pages : black and white, illustrations ; 26 cm + 2 CD-ROMs
Contents
Unit One: Popular culture -- Online dating -- Name brand fever -- Popular culture as seen from TV serials -- Unit Two: Social change -- Yiwu in Zhejiang: a miracle of Chinese regional economic development -- Floating population -- Changes in marriage customs -- Unit Three: Cultural traditions -- Chinese food culture -- A short introduction to Confucian thought -- Chinese architecture in transition -- Unit Four: History & politics -- The generation of educated youth -- A start for democracy in China -- The Taiwan Straits
