Argues against Gunther Barth's assertion that the anti-Chinese movement in the United States resulted from Chinese Americans' rejection of liberal American ideals. Holds that it was the participation of Chinese farmer/vendors in Californian society during the late 1800s that made them objectionable to racially biased Whites. (Author/GC)

The importance of learning and providing thorough cultural information to students learning a second language is illustrated with a variety of examples showing misunderstanding between Chinese and English-speaking individuals. (MSE)

Places the social education of Chinese youth in an historical context. Topics discussed include teacher background, the role of teachers, the value placed on learning, Mao's influence, political education, objectives and practices at various grade levels, and test questions given to students at the conclusion of precollege studies. (DB)

Presents a historical analysis of the Chinese in Cuba and examines the influence of the Chinese language on Spanish. Examples are given of Chinese words used in Cuba today and it is concluded that they have made a considerable contribution to Cuban Spanish. (NCR)

China engages in massive and persistent citizenship education. (MM)

A conservation ethic seems to be woven into the fabric of Chinese life. (MM)

An agreement between the U. S. and the People's Republic of China to initiate some steps to a broader understanding between the two countries is described and some of the efforts so far undertaken are discussed. Difficulties in getting significant information exchanges are noted. (LBH)

This paper compares the simplified characters of China, Japan and Singapore, based on China's list of 2295 simplified characters. Charts summarize the comparisons by numbers of characters in each country, and a comparative table lists and illustrates simplified characters in these countries. Taiwanese forms are summarized separately. (CHK)

Discusses e-mail programs to view and write in Japanese and Chinese script in a Windows setting. Notes that the big issue is not so much displaying the text but inputting it, a formidable task considering the thousands of characters to learn. (Author/CK)

A series of experiments determined whether thesauri enhance the retrieval of Chinese documents and automatic indexing can compete with manual indexing in a Chinese information retrieval system (CIRS). Statistical analysis of recall and precision measures suggest that relational thesauri do improve retrieval and that automatic indexing is…

Implements and evaluates a positive parenting program intervention with Chinese parents. Results reveal significant improvements on the Prosocial Behavior Score. Given the unwillingness of some parents to complete questionnaires, the difficulties encountered in conducting evaluation in cross-cultural contexts are discussed, along with…

This study examined links among global ethnic identity and ethnic behaviors, ethnic identity salience, and psychological well-being among Chinese American adolescents. Analysis of daily diary entries over a 2-week period indicated a positive daily association between engagement in ethnic behaviors and ethnic salience, while links between ethnic…

Reports on a study on how English-as-a-Second/Foreign-Language (ESL/EFL) writers use their first language (L1) when composing their second language and how L1 use is affected by second language proficiency and writing tasks. Chinese EFL learners were asked to compose aloud on two tasks--narration and argumentation. Analyses of their think-aloud…

Examined the role of phonological memory and phonological awareness in foreign language word learning. Measures of phonological memory and phonological awareness were administered to 58 Chinese-speaking 4-year-olds four times over 2 years. Results suggest phonological memory may support foreign language word learning but phonological awareness may…

Examines how "-guo," a perfective aspect marker in Chinese, is used to narrate a sequence of events in speech. The study's analysis of transcribed audio-recorded natural conversation shows "-guo" indicates that a situation is viewed as a bounded whole with an emphasis on the situation's end-boundary, and that the confusion in…