This Sunday sees the beginning of The Lunar New Year: the Year of the Snake. New Year is the most important annual vacation for many Asian countries. Global Times reporter Lu Yun asks people in the streets about their celebration plans.
Why not browse our Contemporary China series to find out more about Chinese traditions?
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
Before the modernist transformations of the twentieth century, China had one of the richest and most diverse religious cultures in the world. The radical anti-traditionalist policies of both the Republican and Communist regimes as well as other socio-historical factors posed formidable challenges...
Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
This book explores the diversity and dynamism of China’s workplaces and of the wider labour market experiences of its workforce. Drawing on the authors’ extensive recent research, it considers a diverse range of issues and types of workplaces. These changes include: the continuing spread of...
Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
Since the late 1970s, China’s move towards neoliberalism has made it not only one of the world’s fastest growing economies, but also one of the most polarised states. This economic, social and political transformation has led to the emergence of a new Chinese middle class, and understanding the...
Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Chinese Worlds
Breaking new ground in the study of Chinese urban society, this book applies critical discourse analysis to ethnographic data gathered in Anshan, a third-tier city and market in northeast China. The book confronts the – still widespread – notion that Chinese consumers are not "real" individuals,...
Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
This book explores China’s quest for energy sources, raw materials and natural resources around the world, with a specific emphasis on oil. China’s ubiquitous presence in Africa, Asia and Latin America is reshaping the world with regards to economics, politics and national security. It offers a...
Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
Urbanization is one of the major challenges facing China. Of China’s 1.3 billion people, around half still live in rural areas. There has been huge migration from rural areas to cities in recent years, a trend that is likely to continue strong for some time. The strains that this vast migration...
Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
