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Beijing
  • Format
  • HARDCOVER
  • Authored by: Nancy Pellegrini
  • From the Series: Global Cities
  • Trim Size: 7 x 10
  • ISBN-10: 0791088480
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7910-8848-7
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $30.00
  • Imprint: Chelsea House
  • Published: 02/01/2007
  • Dewey Number: 951
  • Reading Level: Grades 5-8
  • Pages: 64

Summary

Beijing is the capital of China, the most populous country in the world—and a nation in flux. After half a century of strict communist rule, China relaxed its economic controls in the mid-1990s to allow growth. However, economic development has had mixed results for Beijing. An important religious and cultural center for at least 2,000 years, the city possesses irreplaceable treasures that are now under threat as developers change the face of the city. An enormous population that previously moved around on nonpolluting bicycles can now afford cars, which has terrible consequences for air pollution and congestion. And with no free elections, residents of Beijing have little say in how their city is run. Beijing, an information-packed new title from the resourceful Global Cities series, is an ideal introduction to this rapidly changing city.

Specifications

Commissioned photography. Full-color maps. Interviews with residents. Charts. Statistics. Glossary. Further information. Index.

About the Author(s)

Nancy Pellegrini is a writer and photographer who lives in Beijing. She serves as performance editor and writes regular columns and features for Time Out: Beijing. Her work has appeared in the anthology Traveler's Tales: China, as well as such publications as Transitions Abroad, International Living, and China Daily, and she is a regular contributor to That's Beijing. She teaches English part-time, and has co-written and presented weekly English television programs and a radio program on China Radio International (CRI).

Reviews and Awards

“[An] attractive [title] for browsing or for assignments.”
School Library Journal

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