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Internationalization of Renminbi

Written by Cheng Siwei

Published by China CITIC Press

ISBN： 978-7-5086-4358-8

Published in February 2014

Price： ?69.00

Book introduction

The author systematically expounds the connotation of internationalization of Renminbi （RMB）， respectively discusses problems in three aspects including exchange rate regime reform， RMB convertibility and capital account opening， and analyzes the relation between these problems and the internationalization of RMB. Besides， he offers a proposal for the objective of basically realizing RMB internationalization within 10 years and the schedule.

Meanwhile， the author analyzes the change of international exchange rate after the financial crisis and makes empirical analysis on various factors that influence the exchange rate arrangement. Through analyzing the exchange rate regime reforms， capital account opening sequences and relations of financial development in Japan， Chile， Poland and Singapore， he puts forward helpful references for the exchange rate regime reform and capital account opening in China. This book expounds the evolutionary process of RMB exchange rate regime， as well as analyzes and comments the background， measures and effect in each stage of exchange rate regime change.

Excerpt

In 1997， after the financial crisis in Asia broke out， I began to focus on problems related to fictitious economy， including the problem of exchange rate. In 1999， I put forward a strategy of “three steps” for China’s exchange rate reform， namely developing from pegging the American dollar to pegging a basket of currency and then to free convertibility. From then on， I have been devoted myself to pondering and researching these aspects such as exchange rate regime reform， RMB convertibility， capital account opening and financial system reform. In 2009， after the global financial crisis caused by subprime crisis in America broke out in 2007， I wrote an article On the Next Step of RMB Exchange Rate System Reform―Establish Flexible RMB Exchange Rate Double-deck Target Area and submitted it to the central collective leadership. The former Chairman Hu Jintao wrote an instruction on this article， “Please send it to comrade Wen Jiabao to review”， and Premier Wen Jiabao wrote an instruction， “Please send it to comrade Wang Qishan to review and then deliver it to People's Bank of China to study.” Later， this article was collected in Research on Economic Reform and Development in China （III） I wrote in 2009 and also published on the first and second issue of the journal Economy Affairs in 2010， exerting some certain influence on various aspects.

In July 2009， CAS Research Center on Fictitious Economy & Data Science where I hold the post of director undertook the fund project， research on relative problems of RMB exchange rate system reform， of National Natural Science Foundation of China， in which I assumed the general director of this project. In early 2011， this project was finished and total five reports were submitted， including （I） Exchange Rate Regime Selection and Key Factors Analysis； （II） Research on International Experience： Relation between Exchange Rate Regime Reform and Capital Account Opening Sequence and Financial Development； （III） Evolution and Evaluation of RMB Exchange Rate System； （IV） RMB Currency Basket Rate Index Construction； （V） Exchange Rate Policy and Management―Critical Problems in Constructing RMB Exchange Rate Targeted Area.

In view of that RMB internationalization has been a hot topic in recent years， in March 2011， the Twelfth Five-year Plan passed in National People's Congress clearly put forward to “gradually achieve capital account convertibility”， so I come up with an idea of writing a monograph of my own to collect my years of research achievement. With the support of my disciples and students， I expand the content based on the article I wrote abovementioned and spent over one year on finishing this book Internationalization of Renminbi.

This book is divided in eight chapters. The first chapter is of the characteristics of pandect. It expounds the connotation of the internationalization of RMB from objective， means and process， and respectively discusses problems in three aspects including exchange rate regime reform， RMB convertibility and capital account opening， and analyzes the relation between these problems and the internationalization of RMB. Besides， I offered a proposal for the objective of basically realizing RMB internationalization within 10 years and the schedule.

Chinese History Lost in the Western： The Late Qing Dynasty 1842～1873 Recorded in The Illustrated London News

Written by Shen Hong

Published by Beijing Times Chinese Press

ISBN： 978-7-80769-193-8

Published in March 2014

Price： ?198.00

Book introduction

Founded in 1842， The Illustrated London News is the first illustrated weekly publication in the world. With fine and vivid wood engravings and lithograph， it reports great events happened in all parts of the world at the fastest speed it allowed under the technical conditions at that time. In the very beginning， this magazine began to pay close attention to imperial China and assigned numerous painter and journalists to China. Just from 1857 to 1901， over one thousand copies of sketches about China and over hundreds of thousands of characters of reports about China were sent to Britain.

Most of those reports were reported by witnessing on scene， so they are the first-hand source materials. Generally， opinions and viewpoints in these reports are different from those in Chinese historical materials， which provide us an objective reference for studying history. Besides， some events it reported and details in Chinese society described are lacked in Chinese historical materials. For this magazine， the systematization and continuity of its reports are perhaps much superior to other historical materials in China and other western countries.

About the author

Shen Hong， born in Hangzhou， is a doctoral supervisor of the department of foreign language in Zhejiang University. From 1990s， he has visited numerous libraries in Harvard， Chicago， London and other places， and has collected a large amount of precious materials that are rare in domestic. At present， he undertakes the critical brainstorm project of Ministry of Education， “arrangement and study of archives of missionaries in China during the 16th -20th century collected in foreign countries”， and the monographic research project of Zhejiang historic culture， “Zhejiang and Zhejing people in foreigners’ eyes”.

Be Honest to Clinging Self

Written by Ji Guanlin

Published by China Friendship Publishing House

ISBN： 978-7-5057-3387-9

Published in July 2014

Price： ?38.00

Book introduction

This is a monologue story about a dubbing actor. It’s about affection， insistence， daily life and trifles， telling the story of a “one-track mind” woman about how she lives together with her dream and appreciate the world she wants to see. She passes us on such a belief： in this love-hate world， we should love and appreciate the clinging self， striving to make ourselves warm， strong， elegant and happy…

About the author

Ji Guanlin is a dubbing actor.

By virtue of superior voice and solid foundation in actor's lines， she creates many well-known voice images and endows distinct characteristics of personality for different figures with versatile sound. She became popular on the internet due to dubbing for the character Zhen Huan in Empresses in the Palace and is titled as “rare dubbing” by her fans.

Her works are pure and intangible， like the character Xiaolongnv in The Return of the Condor Heroes， also clear and sweet， like the character Pan Jinlian in Water Margin， also soft and demure， like the character Xiaoqiao in Red Cliff II， and also bright and straight， like the character Zhao Min in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. Especially， her voice is fine and smooth and she is good at manifesting female roles that are deliberate in mind and complex in character， such as the characters Zhen Huan in Empresses in the Palace and Dongfang Bubai in The Smiling， Proud Wanderer.

Excerpt

When I was young， I was especially afraid of doing two things. First， before going to class， I was afraid of being forced by my dad to practice basic skills of Beijing opera. After practicing split kicking and bending backward into a bridge， I would feel aching and tingling in two legs. Second， after going to class， I was afraid of being asked to summarize the main idea and the gist of a paragraph in the texts. With the pen in hand， I thought that would be better to practice split kicking with my dad.

Sometimes， you may find the life is both funny and annoying. For a girl who couldn’t even summarize the main idea and the gist of a paragraph in the texts when she was young， she should engage in a job which needs to express in words when she grows into an adult. I’m wondering whether this is the punishment or reward from the heaven. However， due to the deep influence of “expression phobia”， I can narrowly meet the requirements in working when I face with the screen， but would show my true color in expressing in real life. Therefore， pursuing for perfect expression and communication has always been the task I have to dig into， no matter in life or work.

Some friends always think the persons who are engaged in this industry must be those who are strong in mind and have no feeling of lose or fear. For this opinion， I have to explain that it’s because they don’t know this industry well. In domestic， 90% people in this industry are part-timers. When there is work， they would try their best to do it； when there is no work， they would hunt for jobs to work. Of course， in most cases， they are dazed and idle， looking up into the sky silently.

These people mock themselves as “studio worm”.

Eat， sleep and dub； dub， sleep and eat. These are what they do day after day and year after year.

It’s not that people in this industry are strong in mind， but they have to possess a strong mind if they want to live on this job. Believe it or not， it’s possible that you can make money to make a hearty meal today and may have to starve tomorrow. So， in so many years， I always have the psychological preparation that I may have no work to do someday. Without such a positive mental attitude， I’m afraid I have already disappeared from this industry.

When I have no work to do， I like to stay together with my families， travel in a strange place， look for delicacies， have fun in nature and clear up thinking together with them. These hobbies are a powerful motivation that drives me to insist on my work.

Perhaps， many people don’t understand why these “studio worms” could be so clinging. I’ve pondered all kinds of possible answers and finally find， in addition to making a living， “interest” is the best answer.

Some people say that Ji Guanlin succeeds and has gone through all sorts of ordeal.

I have to embarrassingly smile and reply with a saying of one super star， “Succeed？ I just set out on the journey.”

The Eye of Yarlung Tsangpo： Manual of Biodiversity in Grand Canyon

Written by Tibet Outdoors Association

Published by Beijing Publishing House

ISBN： 9787200100280

Published on October 1， 2013

Price： ?199.00

Book introduction

This book is elaborately compiled based on three-times of observation of biodiversity in Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon conducted by the author and relative specialized personnel. It covers four parts including the overview， maps， creatures in the Grand Canyon and observation manual， develops from aspects including current living situation， morphological characteristics， geographical distribution and protection of information， fully and vividly exhibiting main animal and plant resources， such as birds， beasts， batrachians， reptiles， insect and plant， in this district， and totally collects over 600 pictures of rare animals and plants， which is of important reference value for scientific investigation and study of biology in the Grand Canyon area.

This book wins the contribution and support of many professional photographers and natural conservation workers， including Xu Jian， a senior wild animal photographer， participant producer of the BBC documentary Wild China and once a journalist of Chinese National Geography， Guo Liang who once won the gold award of nature photography competition “wild legend” of Chinese National Geography， Peng Jiansheng， the most senior ecological tourism expert in China， Dong Lei， senior photographer of wild animals， Zhang Weiwei， a well-known entomologist in China， Wang Chen， plant ecology photographer， Xiao Shibai and Fanyi， professional photographer of batrachians， Liu Yuan， doctor of anthropology， Wu Lixin and Li Jiafan， well-known underwater photographer， etc..

Discovering China

Published by CYP International Ltd

Published in May 2012

ISBN： 9787515306711

Binding： clothbound

Price： ?350.00

Book introduction

This book covers four parts including Classical Arts and Culture， Discovering Regions of China， Traditions and Lifestyles and Today's China. Accompanied with exquisite pictures， it presents distinctive cultural landscape in China to readers.

Wet Civilization

Edited by History Program Department of CCTV Xinying

Published by China Renmin University Press

ISBN： 978-7-300-18298-8

Published in January 2014

Price： ?45.00

Book introduction

Wetland resource in China ranks the first in Asia and the fourth in the world. However， due to the long-term immoderate exploitation and rapid urban extension， the wetland is on the hazard， with almost half of the natural wetland disappearing.

From the perspective of the country， this book comprehensively presents the current situation of wetland and the wetland conservation process in China. By taking the destiny of individuals as the main narrative clue， it narrates the story of wetland and human civilization and the inseparable relation between wetland and human beings based on the life of people living around the wetland， as well as culture， ecology and even common sense of earth history.

In 2012， the Chinese government put forward the slogan of constructing “beautiful China” and planned to achieve the objective of wetland protection rate of 70%. The river system running in the wetland is performing various stories…

Excerpt

Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve is the only “locked” wetland I’ve ever seen. The reserve is located at both sides of the entrance where the Yellow River runs into the sea. In order to protect the wetland， workers constructed a packway that runs through the core area of the reserve and built two gates locked with locks respectively on two ends of this packway. By virtue of these two locks， the “nature” is “collected and treasure”. Yet， the “humans”， born by the nature， are separated from the nature due to these two gates and two locks. To some extent， this reflects the current situation of wetland protection and even the environment protection in China. It has only been over 60 years since the foundation of new China， but half of the wetland has been invaded and occupied by human beings and then disappeared. The status of “nature”， for Chinese people， has become a kind of “luxury”.

Founded in 1992， Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve is located in Dongying City of Shandong Province， covering an area of about 1，530 square kilometers. The reserve is at the junction of Yellow River and Bohai Sea. Reciprocally influenced by seawater and river water， the wetland is of extremely high salinity and basicity and covered with large amount of mire. Yellow River Delta wetland is the widest wetland in temperate zone， as well as the youngest wetland in China， with a history of over 150 years.

In 1855， Yellow River inundated on a large scale in present-day Tongwaxiang， Lankao County， Henan Province and ended its era running from Huaihe River to the East China Sea and changed its channel into running from Lijin of Shandong to Bohai Sea. The inundated Yellow River ran across the area of hundreds of li from Lanyang to Zhangqiu， with its migrating from south to north lasting for over 20 years. A large amount of sediment flowed with the river and deposited wherever it went. Till about 1883， the Qing Government constructed a large levee at the mouth where Yellow River ran into Bohai Sea. Thus， the new channel of Yellow River formed initially. This is the forming process of the present-day landform of Yellow River Delta.

If you didn’t visit Yellow River Delta， you’ll never know how beautiful the morning in wetland is. In early November in the reserve， the autumn breeze is blowing and birds’ singing is lingering in every corner of the delta. With the first light of the day， bird flocks fly over the silver white reed and soar into the deep blue sky.

If without the permission of managers in the conservation area， our camera crew couldn’t open the lock and get into the core area of the wetland before the day break to shoot so beautiful scenery that is really rare to see. If without the permission， I’m afraid few visitors could get in this core area to appreciate the beautiful scenery here.

We’ve been separated from the nature for a long time， which make us get used to the armored concrete constructions and high-rise buildings. However， we forget that Chinese civilization and even various world civilizations just were born in such barren-like and wet lands. Even each link in our life has countless ties with these humid lands.

Luckily， Yellow River Delta provides us a sample of the birth and development of civilization. What is going on on this young wetland had emerged at the beginning when the Yellow River civilization just sprung up. People living here， by their life-style， tell us how those ancient people here depended on the endowment of the Yellow River…

Yellow River， the second longest river in China， is 5，464 kilometers long. At the entrance where Yellow River flows into Bohai Sea， the terrain is gentle and flat； besides， due to the backwater of the sea， flow velocity here is slowed down， which cause large amount of silt deposited here to form land. According to statistics， an area of a football field forms due to the silting of Yellow River each day. Averagely， Yellow River Delta wetland could form an area of 32.4 square kilometers each year. During 150 years after it changed its watercourse， Yellow River has silted to form a plain of 5，400 square meters， which accounts for over 60% of the present-day Dongying City. In other words， 60% of the land of Dongying City comes from the silt of Yellow River. Correspondingly， Yellow River civilization develops based on the frequently inundations and silting of Yellow River.

Yellow River is famous for its “silting， inundation and migration” and wins an evaluation of “two inundations in three years and one migration in one hundred years”. According to the statistics of Yellow River edited by Yellow River Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources， 1593 inundations and 26 times of large migrations happened in Yellow River in history.

Yet， the current existing things are generally sifted repeatedly by “nature”. The inundation of Yellow River seems to be of a lot of danger， but it also hides an advantageous aspect. Just because of inundations and migrations of the Yellow River， it provides people lands that can be farmed with simple farm tools， which makes Yellow River become one of important sources of Chinese civilization.

High sediment concentration is one of reasons for the repetedly inundations and migrations of Yellow River. Each year， there are about 1.6 billion tons of silts flow along with the river， among which a quarter of them deposite in the downstream watercourse and the rest flow into the sea. If we pile the amount of silt deposited in Yellow River into the earth embankment of one meter high and one meter wide， the length of this embankment would be three times of the distance from the earth to the moon， witch is 27 times of terrestrial equator.

Common Sense of Chinese Ancient Civilization （illustrated and revised 4th edition）

Edited in chief by Wang Li

Published by Beijing United Publishing House

ISBN： 978-7-5502-2608-1

Published in August 2014

Price： ?35.00

Book introduction

The compilation of this book about common sense of Chinese ancient civilization is sponsored by Professor Wang Li who convened many experts to jointly complete. Since its first publication fifty years ago， this book has gone through four important revisions. Till today， it still deserves to be the most important and comprehensive reference book of readers to know about Chinese ancient civilization. It is divided into fourteen aspects such as etiquette and custom， patriarchal clan system， diet， clothes and ornaments. This book was translated into various foreign languages such as Japanese and Korean to export to the abroad.

About the editor-in-chief

Wang Li （1900～1986）， native of Bobai in Guangxi， is the first-class professor in the department of Chinese language and literature of Peking University， one of founders of Chinese contemporary linguistics and committee member of philosophy and social science department of Chinese Academy of Sciences. In his early ears， he learned from Liang Qichao， Wang Guowei， Zhao Yuanren， and Chen Yinke. Later， he studied abroad in France and obtained the doctorate of literature of Paris University. He wrote over forty books such as Chinese Poesy Rhythm and Chinese Linguistics History， edited in chief Ancient Chinese， Ancient Chinese Dictionary by Wang Li， etc.， and translated over thirty works such as Flowers of Evil（collection of poems） written by Baudelaire.

The Record of Teaching

and Practicing

Edited by Wang Yangming， punctuated and proofread by Ye Shengtao

Published by Beijing Times Chinese Press

ISBN： 9787807695868

Published on July 1， 2014

Price： ?39.00

The Record of Teaching and Practicing， punctuated and proofread by Ye Shengtao， is divided into volume I， volume II， and volume III. The volume I was checked and approved by Wang Yangming； letters in volume II were written by Wang Yangming， which are his works in his later years； though volume III wasn’t checked by him， it specifically expounds his thought in later years and also records “Four-Sentence Doctrine” put forward by Wang Yangming.

About authors

Wang Yangming， given name Shouren， courtesy name Bo'an， artist's pseudonym Yangming， was born in Yuyao， Zhejiang Province. He is a Chinese idealist， litterateur， philosopher and militarist during the Ming dynasty. He is proficient in Lu and Wang School of Mind， Confucianism， Taoism and Buddhism. His representative works include Collections of Wang Yangming， The Record of Teaching and Practicing， Great Learning， etc.

Ye Shengtao （1894―1988） whose real name is Ye Shaojun and pseudonyms is Shengtao was born in Suzhou. He is a well-known litterateur， educator， editor and publisher and social activist. His representative works include Ni Huanzhi， Collection of Steps， Collections in Xichuan， and A Scarecrow， etc.

Excerpt

What on earth is the Wang’s School？ This is the answer： Wang’s School is the platonic and idealistic philosophy of life.

For Confucianism， from its founder Confucius， it tends to study the philosophy of life. If we want to talk about the philosophy of life， we cannot ignore the cultivation of life； if we want to talk about the cultivation of life， we must probe into disposition. That’s why Mencius and Xunzi， without exception， both put forward opinions on disposition. Since the introduction of Buddhism in the Eastern Han Dynasty， it experienced six dynasties and reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty. Zen， as a school of Mahayana Buddhism， has no doctrines and doesn’t focus on rite， but especially teach people to be familiar with their own disposition. Meanwhile， the Taoist school， which studies Taoism and I Ching as well as diagram of the universe， lays particular emphasis on probing into cosmology. Influenced by these schools， Song Ru put forward Neo-Confucianism mixed with Confucianism， Buddhism and Taoism. When it came to the age of Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan， Neo-Confucianism was obviously divided into two schools. Zhu Xi advocates the “investigation of things”， namely all things and beings have their own principle （li）； while Lu Jiuyuan advocates “abiding dharma”； namely， as long as the mind/heart is just， everything will be good. Zhu Xi didn’t abandon the inward theory. He had been devoted himself to annotating ancient books and studying philosophy. His theory obviously emphasizes the outward of “investigation of things”. Yet， Lu Jiuyuan’s theory is totally inward. He thinks "The universe is my mind， and my mind is the universe" and we don’t need to seek for principles from the outward. Later， due to the large amount of Zhu Xi’s works and extremely popular of books he annotated， Zhu Xi’s theory became the state religion and were studied and believed by scholars； while other people’s doctrines were all deemed as unorthodox. In the Ming Dynasty， Zhu Xi’s doctrine was praised highly due to the emperor’s surname is the same with Zhu Xi’s. If the person， without the force of ruling mental， does research like Zhu Xi， digging into all things and beings， he would easily result in fragments and separate the mind of Humanity and the mind of the Way. Moreover， because of the support and protection of political force， Zhu Xi’s doctrine was obeyed scrupulously and the common people didn’t want to open up new theories with their own mind. Therefore， the worship and believing of Zhu’s doctrine make people more obedient and lazier in mind. Yet， such situation was opposed by those who were active in mind and striving to pursue real life. Wang Shouren was one of these people. When he was pursuing for a belief but hadn’t found an appropriate shelter， he naturally went into Zhu Xi’s school in that situation， but didn’t settle down there； when he found his own pursuit and had the foundation to live better， he naturally moved to Lu Jiuyuan’s school. So， Wang Shouren energetically advocated Lu Jiuyuan’s school and he thought Lu’s school was directly the successor of Mencius’ school. Also， he tried his best to argue that Lu’s school is different from the Buddhism. He was especially regret for unpopularity of Lu’s school. When the analysis comes to here， we can conclude that Shouren’s theory， originated from Lu’s school， is a resistance against the then realm of thought. That’s why the later generations call them “Lu-Wang”. Wang’s school was influenced by Buddhism and Taoism. Though he believed Buddhism in his early years and finally abandoned it， Confucian school from the Song Dynasty， due to the age， had to be influenced by Buddhism and Taoism.