For students, businesspeople, or anyone planning to travel to China, here is multimedia presentation of the diversity of modern China in the context of its traditional roots. As both an integrated curriculum and 'virtual' introduction, this new CD-ROM combines imagery, music, and the spoken language with text and narrative that are grounded in the latest scholarship. Traversing from map to linked image, from video footage to a summoned explanation, from glossary to spoken pronunciation, the user's journey of knowledge is quickly underway. The CD-ROM even logs the progress! Six Thematic Modules collectively incorporate the perspectives of economics, politics, history, sociology, literature, the visual and performing arts, anthropology, religion, and education: ? Unity in Diversity ? Views of Time and Space ? The Individual and the Collectivity ? Adapting to a Changing World ? Shaping Conformity and Dissent ? Political Culture Users can also opt to use the program's Three Pathways, a
