Lion and Dragon Dance in Singapore

Pauline Loh

Key Features

• his is the onl book chronicling Singapore lion and dragon dance in English

• eatures writeups o lion and dragon dance pioneers which have never been recorded be ore in an English publicatons

• ocuments the d ing ar orm o lion and dragon dance in Singapore

Descripton his book is the frst o its kind to introduce the histor , culture, sport and per ormance art that is lion and dragon dance in English. t will cover the t pes o dances and costumes, s mbolisms and values embedded in the lion and dragon dance communites. t will tell the stories o Singaporean lion and dragon dance pioneers which have never be ore appeared in an English publicatons. t will also eature interviews with current leaders in the communit and share our hopes or the uture o the art orm in Singapore.

Lion dance has been in Singapore since the 1930s and is closely connected with the Chinese clans that organised the frst troupes, with some of these clans hailing as far back as the 1800s. Chronicling the histor o lion dance, there ore, is akin to chronicling the pioneering ears o our naton. However, ew books document the histor o this art orm in Singapore.

Author

Pauline Loh is an award winning author with 30 ears o writng e perience. She has published 2 adult non fcton books, 6 outh books and 9 children s stor books. s a creatve writng teacher, she has 60 weekl students and conducts author visits in schools. She graduated rom Singapore Chinese Girls School, a es unior College and atonal Universit o Singapore, and was ormerl a ournalist, maga ine editor and book editor. She is happil married with three children.

February 2023

£55 | HARDCOVER

978 98 26 098 8

£30 | S C E

978 98 26 209 8

Imprint: World Scientfc Publishing

Compan

Extent: 60pp

Type: Popular ook

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: Singapore Collecton sian Culture Literar Studies

Literature Culture Studies

Keywords: Lion ance ragon ance Chinese Culture Singapore Per orming rts Histor Chinese Pioneers Kung u artal rts Lion and ragon ance roupes Hok San Gong Chow Hui Koon hou ia uan u hou ragon Chin Woo ssociaton

Readership: Lion and dragon dance enthusiasts, historians, culture enthusiasts, Chinese people, martal arts enthusiasts verseas lion and dragon dance troupes. verseas Chinese

• cknowledgements

• Pre ace

• History:

Lion and Dragon Lore

Advent of the Lion and the Dragon History of Lion and Dragon Dance in Singapore

Pioneers Remembered Current leaders Speak Being a Trainee Values

• Culture:

Lion and Dragon Species

Crafing a Lion and a Dragon

The Lion and the Dragon Play

The Lion’s and Dragon’s Companions

The Lion’s and Dragon’s Band Symbolisms in Lion and Dragon Dance

• Sport: Training

• Lion and Dragons of the Future: Lions and Dragons at Large Lions and Dragons of the Future — Call to Acton

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Future? China!

How the New Superpower is Changing the West

Frank Sieren

Endorsement

“For centuries, it was taken for granted that the West determined the rules of the global game. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, it was the Europeans. In the 20th century, it was the Americans. Now we fnd ourselves at the dawn of an epochal, worldwide transformaton. For the frst tme, the global center of power is shifing towards Asia.”

Frank Sieren

Key Features

• E plains how China is changing the western dominated world order to a mult polar world order rom the perspectve o a European who has been living in China or almost three decades

Descripton

Future? China! is the frst book that comprehensively examines the infuence of a new superpower on all contnents and aspects of life. he book e plains how China is changing the western dominated world order to a mult polar world order rom the perspectve o a European who has been living in China or almost three decades. he book argues that the tmes in which the West sets the standards are over. or the frst tme in centuries, an sian countr is assuming the positon o being a world power. he Chinese are alread uestoning values that we consider to be universal.

China, the new superpower, alread contributes to well over 30 percent o the global economic growth. he author believes China is onl at the beginning o its ascent. He e plains how the iddle Kingdom is e panding its in uence throughout the world whether in the automobile industr , which China is revolutoni ing thanks to electric mobilit and autonomous driving or in the feld o digitali aton and artfcial intelligence, where China is on a level pegging with the US whether in rica, where China has long since been investng in mineral deposits, in rastructure but also in light industr and creatng trillions o obs or on the scale o the new Silk oad, a one trillion dollar pro ect, which reaches up to uisburg and or which China has won the support o numerous Eastern European states.

Author

Frank Sieren is regarded as one o the leading German China e perts. ( E E ). He is a documentar flmmaker and columnist and has wri en several bestsellers about China (China Code, China Shock, and In Fear of China). o other German ournalist has penned more books about China. Sieren has been living in ei ing or a uarter o a centur . His most recent book published is Shenzhen: Future Made in China (202 ) with Penguin.

February 2023

£55 | HARDCOVER 978-981-126-423-8

£25 | S C E 978-981-126-467-2

Imprint: World Scientfc Publishing Compan

Extent: 368pp

Type: Popular ook

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: China Studies sian Economies Politcal Science Polic Studies Public Polic nternatonal elatons nternatonal Economics

Keywords: rtfcial ntelligence igitali aton ntuitve nnovaton sia s Crisis China s eighbors US rica Global E ualit sia utomotve Car ndustr utonomous riving Electric Cars obilit Silk oad elt and oad nitatve E ualit Econom Superpower echnolog uture

Readership: General public interested in China s development and its impact on the West

• oreword

• Pre ace

• China, ussia and Europe Pesk eighbors

• rtfcial ntelligence and ther uture echnologies ramatc igitali aton

• he ew Car utonomous i erent hinking

• China s e ormers adical etread

• nventveness ntuitve nnovaton

• he ew Silk oad Skill ul elt

• sia s Crisis China s eighbors Special argin

• China and the US aseless rade epresentatves

• rica eparture without lternatves

• he Centur o Global E ualit

• cknowledgements