Colour photos and tables in Understanding Modern China through its Language and Culture:

• Comparison: The Bopomofo and Pinyin transcriptions
• Table: Overview of terms used for Modern Standard Chinese
• Table: The same characters in different Asian languages/dialects
• Photo: With a souvenir peddler in Beijing
• Photo: Inside a large furniture gallery
• List: Cantonese snacks with their Mandarin and Cantonese readings
• Photo: Inside a department store in Xi’an
• Photo: Inside a department store in Xi’an, with banner reading “Experience the unlimited pleasure of shopping!”
• List: The Five Human Relationships (Five Cardinal Relationships)
• Screenshot: Historical integration of Chinese words into Japanese
• Screenshot: A shift in meaning can create problems in Chinese/Japanese transparency
• Screenshot: The Japanese are literate in Chinese through Kanbun
• Table: The “capital” forms of the Chinese numerals from 1-10
• Photo: The typically northern Chinese noodle dish of Zhajiangmian
• Photo: Kitchen in northern China producing pan-fried round flatbread
• Photo: Nowadays the busy streets are teeming with taxicabs
• Photo: The New Campus of Nanchang University, with buses
• Photo: The New Campus of Nanchang University, with festive balloons
• Photo: Korean restaurant in a department store food court
• Photo: Japanese restaurant in a department store food court
• Photo: Intersection at the downtown campus of Nanchang University
• Photo: Bus stop near the downtown campus of Nanchang University
• Photo B&W: Big Confucius statue on New Campus of Nanchang University
• Photo: Scene at the city gate of Xi’an with migrant worker
• Photo: Group of street musicians in the city centre of Xi’an
• Photo: Group of youngsters selling puppies on the street in Nanchang
• Photo: Farmer selling live geese on the streets of Nanchang
• Photo: Modern food court in a Nanchang department store
• Photo: People exercising early in the morning
• Photo: Park-like setting in front of the Humanities Building on the New Campus of Nanchang University
• Photo: Amphitheatre-like meeting grounds with dragons on the New Campus of Nanchang University
• Table: Overview of the cyclical characters and 12 animals forming the 12- and 60-year Chinese calendar cycles
• Photo: Mid-Autumn-Festival shopping at Wal-Mart in Nanchang
• List: The Eight Model Operas of the Cultural Revolution
• Photo: Example of traditional Chinese heritage in Japan: a small roadside temple with Mizuko Jizou Bodhisattva statues
• List: Specific kinship terms for “aunt”