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1、StudyChineseCultureandLanguageatChineseUniversityofHongKongHongKonghaslongbeenafascinatingplaceinwhichtostudyChinesecultureandlanguage,andtointeractwithChinesepeopleinamulti-culturalcontext.AlthoughtheterritorywasaBritishcolonyformorethan150years,itspopul

2、ationis98%Chinese,andthatgroupitselfisbynomeanshomogeneous.ThemanydifferentworldsandsubcultureswithintheChinesecommunityincludeurbanpoor,theeducatedmiddleclass,jet-setmulti-passportholders,Putonghua(Mandarin)speakingemigreintellectuals,Shanghai-nativebusi

3、nessmen,youngintelligentsia,civilservants,oldvillagefamiliesandrecentarrivalsfromtheChinaMainland.Theforeigncommunity,althoughnumericallysmall,isequallyvaried.Withinit,onefindsbusinesspeople,professionals,educators,missionaries,craftsmenandlaborersfromman

4、ypartsoftheworld.WithintheHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegion's(SAR)1075squarekilometres,onecanobservemanyoftheparadoxesofmodemChineselifeanddevelopment.Modemurbanindustrialcenters,forexample,withtheirfrenziedpaceandcongestion,arejuxtaposedwithtraditional

5、farmingandfishingvillages.CulturalperformancesfromeverycontinenttakeplaceinthesamehallsastraditionalChineseoperas.ThemostexperimentalinternationalartsharesgallerywallswithChinesecalligraphyandmountainandstreampaintings.MostoftheHongKongSAR'ssevenmillionin

6、habitantsliveonthe82squarekilometersofHongKongIslandandthenearly25squarekilometersoftheadjacentKowloonpeninsula.TheNewTerritories,comprising740squarekilometersthatstretchtotheMainlandborderandscoresofislets,containthriving'NewTowns'suchasSharinandTaiPo,as

7、wellashillyandsparselypopulatedareas.Scatteredthroughouttheregionarecommunitiesoffishermenandagriculturalworkers,whoseclanstracetheirHongKongancestrallinesbackforcenturies.TheSARboastseightgovernment-fundeduniversitiesandteachinginstitutes.Theseincludecom

8、prehensive,world-classinstitutions,includingthecolonially-establishedUniversityofHongKong(nownearlyacenturyold),theforty-yearoldChineseUniversityofHongKong,andinstitutionsoriginallyestablishedbymissionaries,suchasLi