Social Perspective is a course set over one academic year for intermediate learners of Chinese. In two volumes, it focuses on developing learners' language competency to a high advanced plus/advanced level (ACTFL/CEFR B2-C1) through exploring social issues in contemporary China.

Yi Ning is Associate Professor and has nearly 30 years of teaching experience in Chinese language at the University of Leeds. She was in charge of Chinese teaching in East Asian Studies for more than 15 years until her retirement in 2017.

Jing Fang has an MSc in Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh. She is a Lecturer in Chinese with 31 years' experience teaching Chinese literature and language. Since 2000 she has been teaching at the University of Oxford. Before that, she taught for ten years at the University of Edinburgh.

Wei Shao is a Lecturer and the BA Chinese Programme Director at Cardiff University. He has taught in the BA Chinese programmes at the Universities of Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield as well as the Open University. Wei has an MA in Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language from the University of Sheffield.

Zhengrong Yang is a qualified Lecturer of Chinese Language and Culture with nine years' experience and is currently a Tutor of Chinese Language and Culture at the University of Leeds.

Esther Tyldesley has a BA in Chinese Studies from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Applied Translation Studies (Chinese) from the University of Leeds. She is a Teaching Fellow in Chinese and Translation at the University of Edinburgh.

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Chapter I Demographic Issues

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Lesson 1 Dealing with an Aging Population

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Lesson 2 Why does the Younger Generation not Want to Get Married

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Chapter II 'Love' and 'Sex'

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Lesson 3 Should the Sex Trade be Legalised?

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Lesson 4 Homosexuality in China

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Chapter III Technology

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Lesson 5 Artificial Intelligence - Blessing or Curse?

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Lesson 6 The Smartphone Market - Who Will Win and Who Will Lose?

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Chapter IV Medical Care

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Lesson 7 Barriers to Medical Care

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Lesson 8 The Doctor-Patient Relationship

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Chapter V The Economy

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Lesson 9 China's Poverty Gap

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Lesson 10 'Laoganma'- A Well-Known Private Enterprise

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Chapter VI Education

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Lesson 11 Zhong Fangrong's University Dream

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Indexes

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