Divided into two volumes, China in View-From Tradition to Contemporary has "TraditionalCulture" in Volume I and "Contemporary Society" in the other,with a total of eight units out of25 chapters—cach unit includes three chapters in addition to “A Brief Introduction to China".Each chapter,with abundant illustrations, provides an outline and key words in both English andChinese,and has a variety of interesting exercises and challenging questions for discussion. Fromthe perspective of Western readers, this book covers the essentials of Chinese culture in its depth andbreadth, and from the past to the present, while striving to be concise and to the point. This book cannot only be used as a textbook for courses on world culture in universities and high schools,it canalso be used as a reading material to explore Chinese culture.