The Language Situation in China, Volume 2.

I Language Work -- 1 An update on the use and management of standard spoken and written Chinese -- 2 Information management of spoken and written languages in China: An update on the latest efforts and development -- 3 An overview of ethnic language affairs -- 4 A survey of sci-tech terminology work -- 5 Status quo of sign language -- II Special Research -- 6 The international dissemination of Chinese language -- 7 Language use in civil aviation -- 8 Language situation on the Qinghai-Tibet railway -- 9 Language standardization in criminal courts -- 10 Language of psychological assistance in post-earthquake services -- 11 The improvement of the language environment for the Shanghai Expo 2010 -- 12 Language situation of the Three Gorges immigrants of the Changjiang River -- 13 A survey of the language use at the migrant schools in Shanghai -- 14 A survey on parents' attitudes towards maids' use of dialects -- 15 The language situation at foreign companies: A case study of Shanghai -- 16 An overview of languages used in Beijing markets catering to foreign customers: A case study of Silk Street -- 17 Language situation of Zhejiang's Yiwu Small Commodity Market -- 18 Bilingual education in Altay Prefecture of Xinjiang -- 19 A survey of languages used by immigrants in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Group -- 20 The English translation of Chinese menus -- 21 Short message language use report -- 22 Buzzwords vis-á-vis social change in China from 1978 to 2008 -- III Language Focuses -- 23 Chinese elements in the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics -- 24 Language issues in advertising -- 25 The case of Zhao C -- 26 The Internet language craze -- 27 The three buzzwords: (Shanzhai),(Lei),and(Jiong) -- 28 Chinese catchwords of the year (2007-2008) -- 29 Chinese neologisms of the year (2007-2008).

IV Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan -- 30 New shifts in the medium of instruction policy of Hong Kong -- 31 Language policy and language education for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong -- 32 Legal language of Macao -- 33 Language situation in Taiwan -- Appendix -- 1 A record of major Chinese language events (2007) -- 2 A record of major Chinese language events (2008) -- Contents (Chinese version 2007) -- Contents (Chinese version 2008) -- Postscript -- Editorial Teams of the English Edition -- Index.