This Is China: The First 5,000 Years (First Edition) (This World of Ours)

This Is China contains, in brief, everything we need to know about 5,000 years of history, 30 years of opening, and a future that promises to shape the 21st century for all of us.

Drawn from the vast resources of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, this concise 120-page book is recommended for classroom use, curriculum development, and student review.

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Haiwang Yuan, now a U.S. citizen, came from China to the states in 1988 as a Fulbright student and graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington with a history and a library science degree by 1995. Yuan has been a member of the Department of Library Public Services faculty, Western Kentucky University, since 1997, where he is now Professor and Special Assistant to the Dean of Libraries. He now serves on the Board of Chinese American Librarians Association.

Haiwang Yuan served as an associate editor of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China (2009); he was a major contributor to the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture (Routledge, 2004) and Theories and Practices of American Libraries in the Twenty-First Century (Beijing Library Press, 2007). He is the author of Princess Peacock: Tales from the Other Peoples of China (Libraries Unlimited, 2008), The Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales from the Han Chinese (Libraries Unlimited, 2006), Virtual Libraries Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Huayi, Beijing, 2002), and co-author of Celebrate Chinese New Year, Holidays around the World Series (National Geographic, 2009). Over two dozen of Yuan s professional articles have appeared in international, national, and regional journals.