对比与巧合，新闻与旧识，凝视与思考，语言，艺术，社会，科学，美景，风俗习惯。在华旅居35年的作者一步一步地发现了一个又一个奇迹，与读者们一起分享他在中国的所见所闻。

With the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic on October 1, 2009, China has presented a new face to the world. Over the past 60 years, Chinese society has undergone significant changes that are clearly reflected in literature, painting, film, drama and other literary and artistic works. In China, both the rich and the poor, the elite and the working class all celebrate the Spring Festival. Paintings depicting Spring Festival entertainments are one of the most popular and inexpensive consumables of the season. Before TV sets and inter became as popular as today, Chinese New Year paintings (including publicity paintings) were one of the most direct and biggest media for observations of China, which were able to reach millions of households throughout the country. This book is posed of 200 carefully chosen Chinese New Year paintings from 1949 on, and is divided into threetime periods: 1949-1965. 1966-1978, and 1979-2009. These paintings tell of the major events in China from di

ChinaPanoramaisintendedfortheusebyinternationalstudentsingtoChinatostudytherequiredcourse"ChinaPanorama".AswellasreadingmaterialforallofthosestudyingChineseasasecondlanguage，thiookisthetopchoiceforlearningChinesecultureandmotivatingstudents'interest.ThisbookintroducestopicssuchasChinesegeography，culture，history，internationalrelationsandthedevelopmentofthenation.Readerswillfindtheyareinspired，challengedandprovidedwithculturalfactsthroughoutthelearningprocess.Inthepracticesections，lotsofthoughtprovokingandpracticalexercisesareset，encouragingintermunicationbetweenbookandreaders，teacherandstudents.Itachievestheperfectmatchofculturalawarenessandstudentsneeds.

China Panorama is intended for the use by internationalstudents ing to China to study the required course "ChinaPanorama". As well as reading material for all of those studyingChinese as a second language， thiook is the top choice forlearning Chinese culture and motivating students' interest. Thisbook introduces topics such as Chinese geography， culture， history，international relations and the development of the nation. Readers will find they are inspired， challenged and provided withcultural facts throughout the learning process. In the practicesections， lots of thought provoking and practical exercises areset， encouraging intermunication between book and readers，teacher and students. It achieves the perfect match of culturalawareness and students needs.