The Hong Kong Ballet /

The Hong Kong Ballet /

by Siu, Wang-Ngai, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- THE HONG KONG BALLET -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- MESSAGE -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- THE HONG KONG BALLET -- APPENDIX…”
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Mao's last dancer / by Li, Cunxin, 1961-

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China on stage; an American actress in the People's Republic. by Snow, Lois Wheeler

Table of Contents: “…--Peasants and soldiers in ballet shoes.--The red lantern, and the theatre to be.…”

Revolutionary bodies : Chinese dance and the socialist legacy / by Wilcox, Emily, 1981-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Locating Chinese dance : bodies in place, history, and genre -- From Trinidad to Beijing : Dai Ailian and the beginnings of Chinese dance -- Experiments in form : creating dance in the early People's Republic -- Performing a socialist nation : the golden age of Chinese dance -- A revolt from within : contextualizing revolutionary ballet -- The return of Chinese dance : socialist continuity post Mao -- Inheriting the socialist legacy : Chinese dance in the twenty-first century.…”
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A critical history of new music in China / by Liu, Jingzhi, 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: New music in China and its theoretical foundations -- The origins of new music (1885-1919): the westernisation of military music and the birth of schoolsong -- New music in the May fourth period (1919-1937) -- The mass singing movement and musical creation in the anti-Japanese war period (1937-1945) -- New music education and creation during the Civil War (1946-1949) and in the seventeen years after the founding of the People's Republic of China (1949-1966) -- Yangbanxi and the music of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1979): revolutionary modern Peking opera, ballet, symphonic music and songs -- Musical creation after the Cultural Revolution and New Wave music -- New music and composers in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao -- Review and reflection: historical review (1885-1985) and the Sinicisation and modernisation of new music -- New development (1996-2006): mainland China, overseas, Taiwan and Hong Kong.…”
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A critical history of new music in China / by Liu, Jingzhi, 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: New music in China and its theoretical foundations -- The origins of new music (1885-1919): the westernisation of military music and the birth of schoolsong -- New music in the May fourth period (1919-1937) -- The mass singing movement and musical creation in the anti-Japanese war period (1937-1945) -- New music education and creation during the Civil War (1946-1949) and in the seventeen years after the founding of the People's Republic of China (1949-1966) -- Yangbanxi and the music of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1979): revolutionary modern Peking opera, ballet, symphonic music and songs -- Musical creation after the Cultural Revolution and New Wave music -- New music and composers in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao -- Review and reflection: historical review (1885-1985) and the Sinicisation and modernisation of new music -- New development (1996-2006): mainland China, overseas, Taiwan and Hong Kong.…”

A Critical History of New Music in China. by Liu, Jingzhi, 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: New music in China and its theoretical foundations -- The origins of new music (1885-1919): the westernisation of military music and the birth of schoolsong -- New music in the May fourth period (1919-1937) -- The mass singing movement and musical creation in the anti-Japanese war period (1937-1945) -- New music education and creation during the Civil War (1946-1949) and in the seventeen years after the founding of the People's Republic of China (1949-1966) -- Yangbanxi and the music of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1979): revolutionary modern Peking opera, ballet, symphonic music and songs -- Musical creation after the Cultural Revolution and New Wave music -- New music and composers in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao -- Review and reflection: historical review (1885-1985) and the Sinicisation and modernisation of new music -- New development (1996-2006): mainland China, overseas, Taiwan and Hong Kong.…”
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Alice in China /

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Art in turmoil : the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-76 /

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Pioneers of modern China : understanding the inscrutable Chinese / by Lee, Khoon Choy, 1924-

Table of Contents: “…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.…”
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Encyclopedia of modern China /

Table of Contents: “…Falun Gong -- Family -- Famine Since 1800 -- Fan Changjiang 1909-1970 -- Fang Lizhi 1936- -- Fascism -- Fashion -- Federalism -- Federation of Literary and Art Circles -- Feng Guifen 1809-1874 -- Feng Xiaogang 1958- -- Feng Zikai 1898-1975 -- Fengshui -- Festivals -- Filial Piety -- Film Industry -- Financial Markets -- Financial Regulation -- Five-Year Plans -- Folk Art -- Food Since 1800 -- Footbinding -- Forbidden City -- Foreign Concessions, Settlements, and Leased Territories -- Foreign Currency Reserves -- Foreign Investment, 1800-1949 -- Foreign Investment Since 1949 -- Foreign Loans, 1800-1949 -- Foreign Policy Frameworks and Theories -- Foreign Trade, 1800-1950 -- Foreign Trade Since 1950 -- Four Modernizations -- France, Relations with -- Fujian -- Furniture -- Fuzhou -- Games and Play -- Gansu -- Gao Xingjian 1940- -- Gardens and Parks -- Ge Gongzhen 1890-1935 -- Gender Relations -- Geographical Regions, Natural and Human -- Germany, Relations with -- Giquel, Prosper 1835-1886 -- Gong Zizhen 1792-1841 -- Gordon, Charles 1833-1885 -- Government Administration, 1800-1912 -- Government Administration, 1912-1949 -- Government-Organized Nongovernmental Organization -- Gramophone and Gramophone Records -- Grand Canal -- Great Depression -- Gu Hua 1942- -- Gu Wenda 1955- -- Guangdong -- Guangxi -- Guangzhou (Canton) -- Guizhou -- Guo Moruo 1892-1978 -- Hainan -- Hairstyles -- Hakka -- Handicrafts -- Hangzhou -- Harbin -- Harmonious Society -- Hart, Robert 1835-1911 -- Health Care, 1800-1949 -- Heavy Industry -- Hebei -- Heilongjiang -- Henan -- Heritage Protection -- High Technology -- History -- HIV/AIDS -- Hokkien (MIN) -- Homosexuality -- Hong Kong -- Household Registration -- Household Responsibility System (Baogan Daohu) -- Housing -- Hu Die 1908-1989 -- Hu Feng 1902-1985 -- Hu Jintao 1942- -- Hu Shi 1891-1962 -- Hu Yaobang 1915-1989 -- Hua Guofeng 1921-2008 -- Huang Binhong 1865-1955 -- Huizhou -- Human Rights Since 1949 -- Hunan and Hubei -- Hundred Days' Reform -- Hundred Flowers Campaign -- Hutong -- Identification and Belonging -- Identity, Chinese -- Illiteracy -- Imperial Household Department -- Imperial Palaces -- Imperialism -- Income -- India, Relations with -- Individual and the State, 1800-1949 -- Industrial Development Since 1949 -- Industrial Policy Since 1949 -- Industrialization, 1860-1949 -- Influences Abroad -- Inner Mongolia -- Inspection and Audit -- Internal Migration and Internal Colonization Since 1800 -- International Development AID -- International Development Programs in China -- International Organizations, Relations with, 1900-1949 -- International Organizations, Relations with, Since 1949 -- International Relations -- International Students -- Internet -- Interpreters of Things Chinese to the West -- Irrigation and Management of Water Resources -- Islam -- Japan, Relations with -- Jewish Communities and Refugees -- Jia Pingwa 1952- -- Jiang Zemin 1926- -- Jiangsu -- Jiangxi -- Jilin -- Jinan -- Journalism -- Kang Youwei 1858-1927 -- Kaohsiung (Gaoxiong) -- Korea, Relations with (North and South) -- Korean Community in China -- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Labor -- Land Tenure Since 1800 -- Land Use, History of -- Language and Language Policy -- Lao She 1899-1966 -- Latin American States, Relations with -- Law Courts, 1800-1949 -- Law on the Protection of Women and Children -- Law Since 1949 -- League of Left-Wing Writers -- Lee, Ang 1954- -- Legal Training and the Legal Profession, 1800-1949 -- Legge, James 1815-1897 -- Leisure -- Leisure and Culture for the Elderly -- Lexicography -- Li Denghui (Lee Teng-Hui) 1923- -- Li Hongzhang 1823-1901 -- Li Hua 907-1994 -- Li Keran 1907-1989 -- Li Rui 1917- -- Li Xianglan 1920- -- Liang Qichao 1873-1929 -- Liang Sicheng 1901-1972 -- Liaoning -- Liberalism -- Libraries, Origins and Early Development of -- Life Cycle -- Lin Biao 1907-1971 -- Lin Fengmian 1900-1991 -- Lin Huiyin 1904-1955 -- Lin Yutang 1895-1976 -- Lin Zexu 1785-1850 -- Lineage -- Ling Shuhua 1904-1990 -- Lingnan School of Painting -- Literary Societies -- Literati Painting (Wenrenhua) -- Literature of National Defense -- Literature Since 1800 -- Lithographic and Modern Printing -- Little, Alicia 1845-1926 -- Liu Binyan 1925-2005 -- Liu Guosong (Liu Kuo-Sung) 1932- -- Liu Haisu 1896-1994 -- Liu Hongsheng 1888-1956 -- Liu Shaoqi 1898-1969 -- Liu Xiaobo 1955- -- Liuqiu Islands -- Local Gazetteers -- Locust Plagues Since 1800 -- Long March -- Love and Friendship -- Lu Xun 1881-1936 -- Lu Zuofu 1893-1952 -- Luo Gongliu 1916-2004 -- Ma, Yo-Yo 1955- -- Macau -- Major, Ernest 1841-1908 -- Manchukuo (Manzhouguo) -- Manchuria -- Mandarin Duck and Butterfly Literature -- Mao Dun 1896-1981 -- Mao Zedong 1893-1976 -- Marco Polo Bridge Incident, 1937 -- Margary Affair, 1875-1876 -- Marriage -- Marriage Laws -- May Fourth Movement -- Medical Care Since 1949 -- Medicine, Traditional -- Medicine, Western, 1800-1949 -- Medicine, Western, Since 1949 -- Mei Lanfang 1894-1961 -- Miao Uprisings -- Microfinancing -- Middle Eastern States, Relations with -- Migrant Workers -- Militarism -- Military, 1912-1949 -- Military Culture and Tradition -- Militia -- Mines and Metallurgy, 1800-1949 -- Minority Nationalities -- Missionaries -- Mo Yan 1955- -- Model Operas and Ballets -- Modernist Art of the 1920s and 1930s -- Money and Banking, 1800-1949 -- Money and Monetary Policy, 1800-1927 -- Mongolia, People's Republic of, Relations with -- Monuments -- Morality -- Morrison, George E. 1862-1920 -- Morrison, Robert 1782-1834 -- Most-Favored-Nation Treatment -- Museums -- Music, Impact in the West -- Music, Popular -- Music, Propaganda, and Mass Mobilization -- Music, Western and Russian Influence on -- Muslim Uprisings.…”
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