This dictionary includes about 1,000 words and phrases frequently used in Chinese media, especially the new media, over the last five years. Each entry has Pinyin, background information and sample sentences in both Chinese and English. Through these words and phrases, readers can learn authentic Chinese and see China's development and the changes in people's lives.

This book presents eight separate essays and provides the reader with an informed and objective judgment on how Shanghai will stand by the year 2020. Dr. Kerry Brown, a professor on the study of China, interviewed city officials, scholars, top businessmen as well as Westerners working and living in Shanghai in late 2012. His book emphasizes three points: the future of finance in Shanghai, the importance of the middle class in the Chinese economy, and what China's future will be like. It is suitable reading for foreign policy practitioners, academics and anyone interested in one of the world's fastest developing countries.

The book includes the inspiring life stories of 10 Chinese women who work and make achievements in chemistry, medicine, ecology, oceanography, psychology, archeology and information engineering. How have they succeeded in the male-dominated business world? What twists and turns have they gone through? Their stories will enlighten every woman who wants to seek a balance between career and family.