China Smart: What You Don't Know, What You Need to Know-- A Past & Present Guide to History, Culture, Society, Language - Paperback

by Larry Herzberg (Author)

Essential essays on all things Chinese that inform and entertain travelers, students, and anyone working or living in China

Author Biography

Larry Herzberg studied Chinese for five years at Vanderbilt University before doing his Master's and Ph.D. work in Chinese Language and Literature at Indiana University. In 1980 he founded the Chinese Language Program at Albion College and then did the same at Calvin College in 1984. For the past three decades he has taught the Chinese language at the college level. He is author of Speak and Read Chinese and along with his wife, Qin Xue Herzberg, of China Survival Guide, Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar, Chinese Proverbs and Popular Sayings (all from Stone Bridge Press), and A Writing Guide for Learners of Chinese (Yale University Press).