China Scene: An Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course provides third- and fourth- year students at the university level with a rigorous but engaging course in modern Mandarin Chinese. In addition to a traditionally-styled textbook and workbook, accompanying audio and video cassettes present authentic broadcast media reports from Mainland China. Subjects are contemporary and diverse, with topics such as single-parent households, film and theatre personalities, baby adoptions, peasants and private entrepreneurs, China's gymnasts, and the market economy. Each lesson is organized into three parts: texts, key grammar points, and exercises. The texts include the original television broadcast that appears on the audio and video cassettes, as well as dialogues and new vocabulary. The Key Grammar Points section shows how grammar and sentence structures are used in everyday life, and includes cultural notes. Exercises help students increase vocabulary and opportunities to practice what they have learned in everyday speech. In traditional and simplified characters with pinyin. Audio and video cassettes sold separately.