Defends the use of complex Chinese characters and criticizes the use made of his previous paper in an article by C. Cheng in this journal advocating the teaching of simplified characters. (CHK)

Reviews the development of the oral history tradition in China. Identifies a number of problems that presently exist in the use of oral history in this country. (RKM)

In order to gain a better view of the phonological properties of Taiwanese, examines how the rules of three dialects in the Taiwanese secret language operate. Describes the three main types of rules which are required to derive the secret language from the source language. Discusses implications of the study. (SED)

Describes cultural and temporal problems in learning about contemporary China. Provides an introduction to the other articles on China in this issue of the journal. (JDH)

Presents three theories or "perspectives" for studying recent changes in China: the modernization perspective which views changes as a form of evolutionary development, the cyclical perspective which interprets changes as the ebb and flow of normal phases, and the dialectical perspective which assumes changes stem from unresolved…

Presents one elementary, one middle school, and two high school lesson plans designed to teach about changes which have occurred in China. (JDH)

Presents a system for quick conversion of Chinese cyclical-binary dates to western year dates. (CHK)

Part of a panel discussion on the modern Japanese novelist presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies on March 29, 1972, in New York, New York. (DS)

Various types of pirated Chinese books are given with specific examples. The basic steps followed for the proper identification of these books is described, and remedies suggested in case the original is discovered after the book has been cataloged according to the information given by the book pirate. (13 references) (Author/NH)

The redundancy of some English grammatical elements is illustrated by comparisons with similar Chinese constructions. (RD)

Modal verbs in Chinese are characterized in terms of internal and external modality; the former defines a state a noun is in or a quality a noun has while the latter defines a circumstantial factor that affects an event. Modal verbs and their compounds are contrasted in Mandarin and Amoy dialects. (Author/PJM)

Research was conducted among 70 Chinese speakers to measure the degrees of reciprocity, solidarity, and inequality in dyadic address exchanges. The results provided support for extending Brown's allegedly universal Invariant Norm of Address to Chinese usage. (Author/GC)

States that "Ren," the first Chinese "manifesto of egalitarianism," written in 1896-97, was an important spiritual contribution to the republican movement toward the end of China's last imperial dynasty. Argues that the persuasiveness of its nontraditional egalitarian argument is explained by the writer's skills in exploiting…