内容简介
; Thiook does not claim to be an encyclopaedia on China．
;;A country the size of a continent，China comprises an immense terri—to home to FIsix different ethnic groups，with their own languages，customs，cultures，traditions and religions~true rainbow of peoples
;;But wait，there’s more．
;;Whether one crosses the country from north to south or follows itsmajot rivers，which all flow from west to east into the sea，the unmistak-able fact is that the dominant Han ethnic Gup_-rdn identity common to90％of the Chinese population--itself is a gigantic jigsaw puzzle-In hisjourneys around．a Shanghainese will not understand a single word from aCantonese spe to him in his dialect；a resident of the northeasterncoastal city of Tia will be hard—pressed to advise a compatriot fromthe central province of Hubei a him for directions；and the latterwill be unable to talk with a Mongol who speaks only his own language．The situation reaches grotesque proportions at the People’s Congress
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目录
introduction ;Understanding China：An Impole Mission?
Chapter 1 ;;;It's A11 Chinese to;Me!
Chapter 2 ;;;TeⅡMe WhatYou Eat
Chapter 3 ;;;Newly-Weds ofToday and Tomorrow
Chapter4 ;;;My Body Is a Keyboard
Chapter 5 The Mle Kingdom's Big Bang
Chapter。The Single Child，or the Embattled
Chinese Family Structure
Chapter7 ;;;A Nation of“Empty Shells
Chapter 8 The Nine Pro~inces
Chapter。The Chinese Intelligentsia
A Game ofThree Currents
Chapter 10 ;;;UnhappyChina
Chapter 111 Distorted Vision ofthe W0rid?
Chapter12The Weight of History
in the Collecrive Unconscious
Chapter 13 ;;;More Believers than Communists
Chapter 14 ;;;China on FoHF Wheels
Chapter 15 HOUr Mueh for That
Chapter 16 ;;;The Examination Cuh
Chapter 17 ;;;Likc a Foreigner in China or When
the Chinese Look Down OR the Chincse
Chapter 18 Poor and Chinese
Chapter 19 The Day ofLove
Chapter 20 ;;;500 Million Interact Users
Chapter 21 What Is Chinas“No Enemf Strategy?
Chapter 22 ;;;China’s Future—As the Chinese See It
Conclusion ;;;A Story about Jade
Collowed bu ;;;My;Cultural Revolution
ANNEX ;;;China and the Chinese in Numbers
Ackno;;;Iedaemen
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摘要与插图
; Thiook does not claim to be an encyclopaedia on China．
;;A country the size of a continent，China comprises an immense terri—to home to FIsix different ethnic groups，with their own languages，customs，cultures，traditions and religions~true rainbow of peoples
;;But wait，there’s more．
;;Whether one crosses the country from north to south or follows itsmajot rivers，which all flow from west to east into the sea，the unmistak-able fact is that the dominant Han ethnic Gup_-rdn identity common to90％of the Chinese population--itself is a gigantic jigsaw puzzle-In hisjourneys around．a Shanghainese will not understand a single word from aCantonese spe to him in his dialect；a resident of the northeasterncoastal city of Tia will be hard—pressed to advise a compatriot fromthe central province of Hubei a him for directions；and the latterwill be unable to talk with a Mongol who speaks only his own language．The situation reaches grotesque proportions at the People’s Congress
;of Xinjiang，an autonomous northwestern region inhabited by 20 mil—lion people that hail from thirteen different ethnic groups including the
;Uygurs，the Kazaks，the Kirgizs，the Huis，the Mongolians，the Russians，the 0zbeks．and the Hans．It is therefore necessary to calTy out a simul—taneous interpretation of aU debates in the following five languages：Man—darin，Uygur,Kazak，Mongolian and Kirgiz，so that the representatives in
;attendance can participate in the discussions!
;;Despite a long history ofconflictetween the various minorities thatmake up the great family of the Chinese nowadays，and the leadership’imillenary efforts--ever since the first emperor,Qin Shi Huang~tounify the Chinese language，there still remains very officially more thaneigh哆oral languages and thirty writing systems in use in the countr~
;;This fundamental particularity of China noheless evades mostEuropeans，reluctant as they are to admit that China has multiple identi—ties and innumerable facets．Accordingly,whenever I anl asked“How arethings in China?”I am tempted to answer：“What China?”
;;Is it the China that Western and Chinese‘ democratic”017“fiberal”in—teUectuals describe without fear or favour?A‘ dictatori al and totalitariaIl，’China，occasionally dubbed“the greatest prison of the world， a paradox-
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