Books of the Association members:
Papasotiriou, H.. (2013). China: From the Celestial Empire to the Emerging Superpower of the 21st. Athens: Poiotita. (in Greek)
The purpose of this book is to present the historical background and recent political developments in China. It does not assume any knowledge of the history of China and East Asia. Rather, it aims to present the generally unknown Chinese political tradition in our country with a general overview, which nevertheless places more emphasis on the 20th and 21st centuries than on the more distant past.
Tsimonis, K (2021). The Chinese Communist Youth League: Juniority and Responsiveness in a Party Youth Organization. Amsterdam university Press.
With more than 81 million members, the Chinese Communist Youth League (CYL) is the largest youth political organisation in the world.1 The Chinese Communist Youth League: Juniority and Responsiveness in a Party Youth Organization is valuable as one of the few books on the topic that have been published in English.
Rogelja, I. and Tsimonis, K. (2023). Belt and Road: The First Decade. Agenda Publishing.
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most talked about yet little understood policy initiatives of the People’s Republic of China. This book offers a comprehensive, balanced and policy-oriented assessment of the BRI’s first ten years and what it has meant for the world’s businesses, polities and societies.
Papakosma. F. (2023) Chinese Grammar Exercises 1. Mandarin Books
Written with Greek as the starting point, it consists of 15 units that cover the most important phenomena of Chinese grammar and syntax for beginner levels (HSK1, HSK2). Each chapter begins with the key study points of the respective grammatical phenomenon and is followed by original exercises, which are accompanied by detailed instructions that provide guidance and, at the same time, offer advice and highlight the points that need attention. This is a handbook specifically structured for the study of Chinese grammar by a Greek-speaking audience and is the first of a series of three books (beginner – intermediate – advanced level).
Check the book:
Papakosma, F. (2020) Chinese Grammar for All Levels. Mandarin Books
Written specifically for native speakers of Greek and with correspondences to Greek grammar and syntax, this is a comprehensive handbook on Chinese grammar and syntax, and the first book published by Mandarin Books. It contains 38 chapters with simple and understandable rules, examples with vocabulary based on the first four levels of the HSK, useful analytical tables, comparison and contrast with phenomena from Greek grammar, and a detailed, user-friendly table of contents. It emphasizes the linguistic peculiarities of Chinese, such as the particle 了 [le], to which 25 pages are dedicated. It covers all levels of the HSK certification exams.
