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前言

Chian Daily is blessed with some good writers and columnists:Some are Chinese with a world view;others are foreigners with global views of China.But Raymond Zhou stands out-Chinese,yet an outsider who has studied and worked in the United States for 16years,and brings a unique perspective to whatever he does.He is the quitnessential insider looking out;and the outsider looking in-without any emotional baggage.

內(nèi)容概要

X-Ray: Examining the China Enigma is a collection of 99 columns Raymond Zhou wrote for China Daily in the past few years. It is one man's adventure into the murky world of mostly mundane changes - progress and frustration that make up the tableau of a country in breakneck growth.     Zhou shies away from the big issues that everyone is familiar with; instead, he focuses on controversies that cannot be explained away with broad black-and-white strokes. His keen insight, sometimes infused with biting humor,adds a multi-dimensional hue to what would otherwise be regular issues of the week.    What makes Zhou stand out is his unique perspective and his acute rationality. He refuses to join in crowd-pleasing choruses, and he does not take any preconceived stands. He appreciates complexity and encourages the reader to do the same.    Vast and sweeping changes are made up of many smaller ones - some expected, others more difficult to digest. By dissecting some of the befuddling happenings of the past few years,Zhou has put a personal mark on cracking the codes - cultural and otherwise - that run the emerging power that is China.      Barely a contemporary subject is spared in this collection of commentaries written by Raymond Zhou over the past three years. From the weighty to the frothy, Zhou charts the dramatic changes taking place in China by striving to be a voice of reason. With each topic - China's youth, culture and the arts, the Intemet,morality and spirituality, the economy, and East-West relations - Zhou projects the same message: keep an open mind and exercise moderation.

作者簡介

Raymond Zhou is a writer who is hard to define or categorize.He is prolific in English and Chinese;his topics and interests cover many areas,from culture to social issues;he is comfortable with all media platforms,including print,online and television,or government-oriented,market-driven and grassroots;and he explores many genres,to genre-busting experi-ments in fusing fiction and non-fiction.Above all,Zhou is praised for his ability to cross the boundaries of languages and cultures.Immersed in both Chinese and Western (specially American)cultures,he often deciphers a Chinese ontroversy from a Western perspective and vice versa.The ease with which he shifts his viewpoint endows him with a rare openness and independence of thinking.Zhou started writing in California's Silicon Valley in the early days of the Internet boom.His focus has shifted from high tech and e-commerce,to travel,arts and culture in general,and form social issues to travel and humor.He began to blur the lines of some of these areas inrecent years.ramondzhou@chinadaily.com.cnAlso by Raymond Zhou:In English-China the Beautiful(2008)In Chinese The Seven Veils of Salome (2007)Hollywood Politics and Economics(2005)Raymond Zhou's Movie Guide (Volumes 1-3,2003-06)On the scene(2002)Looking Through(2000)E-Merchant(1999)Learning to Be Shallow(1998)

書籍目錄

Foreword by Zhu LingChapter One: It's the Economy  　1. Don't get carried away with GDP  　2. Thou shalt not collude on pricing  　3. Can you monopolize song selection？  　4. Pork price swing can be minimized  　5. Food safety officials must be on alert  　6. Small things make up the big picture  　7. Reverse brain drain a sign of the times  　8. 'Urban village' an eyesore in growth  Chapter Two: It Takes All Kinds   　9. Names in stone mark much-deserved appreciation  　10. Elevator ladies, checkout clerks and the human touch  　11. Don't treat street vendors as the enemy  　12. Schlepping for a little respect  　13. Birth place no yardstick for place of death  　14. News on the move  Chapter Three: Inside the Red Compound  　15. Oath taken with a pinch of salt  　16. Sadly, there is an Ah Q in all of us  　17. Slap on the wrist not enough for lying officials  　18. 'Shameful' exhibition backfires  　19. Unconscious reflections of official mind  　20. The 'rats' just keep nibbling  Chapter Four: Rebel without a Cause  　21. Rebelliousness needs outlets  　22. Youth facing dilemma of role models  　23. Don't let gaokao seal your fate  　24. If it's honest work, what else matters？  　25. In a hugging league of one's own  　26. Better teen body image with privacy  Chapter Five: In the Wild World of the Web  　27. Bloggers' revolution is largely overrated  　28. Let's stop lynching by public opinion  　29. Cat killers could be given alternatives  　30. Starbucks in the Forbidden City  　31. Mr. Mayor, a netizen is calling  　32. Netizen's arguments do not sit　43. Maid in China  　44. Sex sells, but tastefulness still vital  　45. Adult humor has its place among mature  　46. Hong Kong sex scandal  Chapter Eight: Highbrow and Lowbrow  　47. Arts events for national holidays  　48. Grand National Theater. Can you afford it？  　49. Best comedy knows how to tickle audience  　50. Festival gala as tasteless as chicken ribs  　51. Too much TV not a good thing  　52. Don't parade entertainers as role models  　53. Dabbling in real politics  　54. Rocker's sad show a lesson to media hounds  Chapter Nine: Cherish Our Tradition, Sensibly  　55. Appreciate Guoxue as it is  　56. Kneeling is a thing of the past  　57. Kowtowing not best show of gratitude  　58. Is the dragon too fearsome a symbol for China？   　59. Be sincere in preservation of cultural artifacts  　60. No need to standardize a saint's look  　61. A memorial service, outsourced  　62. Yes, Spring Festival is truly golden  　63. Chunyun provides a glimpse of China's reality  Chapter Ten: Language Matters  　64. Hyperbole in advertising   　65. Hyperbole in advertising: redux  　66. Platitude overload depreciates language  　67. Cutting out the waffle in speeches  　68. Taking pride in our accents  　69. Variety in name not a bad thing  　70. Those addresses, they keep changing   　71. A learning fad that's truly crazy  　72. Make English learning less agonizing  Chapter Eleven: When East and West interact  Chapter Thirteen: In the Mood for Humor  Afterword   Acknowledgments

媒體關(guān)注與評論

Raymond Zhou's essays go beyond the usual China coverage of party meetings and GDP stats to illuminate the lives of everyone from street vendors to pop stars,college students to migrant workers,and reel writers to corrupt officials.He zoomes in on all the characters that make this country such a mesmerizing and vibrnt place.                                                   -Austin Ramzy,Time magazine Beijing correspondentRaymond Zhou gently chides his readers to avoid sloganeering and appreiate complexity.His best pieces deal with precisely those parts of Chinese society where the Opposite trend is most strongly at work-online lynch mobs,or baffingly dull official language.                                                   -Mary Elizabeth Hennock,Beijing correspondent of newsweek

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