Shaoling Ma examines late Qing China's political upheavals and modernizing energies through the problem of the dynamics between new media technologies such as the telegraph the discursive representations of them.
The Painted Skin Chinese Breeze Graded Reader Level 3 750 Words.
Chinese Breeze is a large and innovative Chinese graded reader series which offers over 60 titles of enjoyable stories at eight language levels. It is designed for college and secondary school Chinese language learners from beginning to advanced levels (including AP Chinese students), offering them a new opportunity to read for pleasure and simultaneously developing real fluency, building confidence, and increasing motivation for Chinese learning. 《汉语风》是一套大型中文分级泛读系列丛书。这套丛书以”学习者通过轻松、广泛的阅读提高语言的熟练程度，培养语感，增强对中文的兴趣和学习自信心”为基本理念，根据难度分为8个等级，每一级8-10 册，共60余册，每册8,000至30,000字。丛书的读者对象为中文水平从初级（大致掌握300个常用词）一直到高级（掌握3,000-4,500个常用词）的大学生和中学生（包括修美国AP课程的学生），以及其他中文学习者。
"Chenyu came to Shanghai in pursuit of her dream. She bears the burden of single motherhood at such a young age, and yet her smile never falters. Chunyan came searching for her roots, after growing up in America with adopted parents. I wanted to help them both, so off we went; first in Shanghai, then later to Chenyu's home in the mountains. It would all be much simpler if I hadn't fallen in love with them, and they with me. A bit convoluted, perhaps, but interesting stories and worthwhile relationships often are."--Page 4 of cover