The scientists and explorers profiled in this engaging study of pioneering Euro-American exploration of late imperial and Republican China range from botanists to ethnographers to missionaries. Although a diverse lot, all believed in objective, progressive, and universally valid science; a close association between scientific and humanistic knowledge; a lack of conflict between science and faith; and the union of the natural world and the world of "nature people." Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands examines their cultural and personal assumptions while emphasizing their remarkable lives, and considers their contributions to a body of knowledge that has important contemporary significance.
Essays are devoted to D. C. Graham, Joseph Rock, Reginald Farrer and George Forrest, Ernest Henry Wilson, Paul Vial, Johan Gunnar Andersson and Ding Wenjiang, and Friedrich Weiss and Hedwig Weiss-Sonnenburg. Richly illustrated with historic photographs, this collection reveals the extraordinary lives and times of these remarkable people.

A logo on products ranging from chopsticks and toilet paper to cell phones and automobiles, the panda is one of the most ubiquitous images in China and throughout the world. Yet the panda holds little notable historical significance in China. Although it has existed in the territory of present-day China since the Pliocene epoch, its widespread popularity there is not only recent, but almost sudden.
In Panda Nation, E. Elena Songster links the emergence of the giant panda as a national symbol to the development of nature protection in the People's Republic of China. The panda's transformation into a national treasure exemplifies China's efforts in the mid-twentieth century to distinguish itself as a nation through government-directed science and popular nationalism. The story of the panda's iconic rise offers a striking reflection of China's recent and dramatic ascent as a nation in global status.

首度以人见人爱的大熊猫和中国功夫作为故事主线，《功夫熊猫》定于6月全球上映，届时配合举世瞩目的2008年北京奥运，加上武术首度被列为奥运特设项目，相信定必在全世界掀起势不可挡的中国功夫热潮，电影有望打破纪录，勇夺全球动画票房金牌！
梦工厂对这部重头戏非常重视，除了出动《怪物史瑞克》、《马达加斯加》班底精心构思故事、设计角色，钻研最先进的电脑特技外，更请来最星光熠熠的声演阵容，包括搞笑巨星杰克·布莱克( Jack Black )声演熊猫阿宝、金像影帝达斯汀·霍夫曼( Dustin Hoffman )声演施福大师、成龙大哥声演灵猴、性感巨星安吉丽娜·朱丽( Angelina Jolie )声演飞虎女、《霹雳天使》华裔红星刘玉玲( Lucy Liu )声演毒蛇，如此强劲卡士绝对前所未见！
梦工厂CEO杰弗瑞·卡森伯格( Jeffrey Katzenberg )早前更为电影将会铺天盖地的宣传攻势揭开序幕，亲自在一段45分钟短片亮相介绍剧情和特色。香港电影公司亦特别安排放映给业内人士及商业伙伴率先欣赏，片中熊猫阿宝、飞虎女、灵猴、毒蛇、仙鹤、猛螳螂、大豹等角色一出场，即引发笑声不绝，观众反应非常热烈，大家都很期望电影正式上映时，可看到熊猫阿宝使出「无敌扑楼梯」、「面条护身术」、「肚腩凸击」等独门绝招！
故事讲述好食懒做的熊猫阿宝，一直醉心中国功夫，一次误打误撞竟然被认定为传说中的武林高手「龙战士」，奉命去对付刚逃狱的魔头大豹！一代宗师施福大师因而要面对人生最大的挑战──如何在迫切的时间内，将拥有一身豪华臀、麒麟臂、肚腩肉、不能看也不能打的大熊猫，训练成为名震江湖的功夫大师？