Baokan Yuyan Jiaocheng revolves around articles from magazines and newspapers such as People's Daily, Beijing Youth Daily and China Youth Daily. Geared towards 2nd year Chinese students, this title focuses the rhetoric of the Chinese language used in periodicals. Each lesson is based on an individual article on a variety of topics ranging from finance, cultural customs to medical epidemics. It offers exercises that help students with the nuances and relationships of vocabulary terms used newspapers. The back of each volume contains a comprehensive list of mentioned terms and its pinyin and an answer key. The Undergraduate Series of Chinese as a Foreign Language, consisting of the textbooks for undergraduate studies in college Chinese, is systematically and scientifically designed and has specific quantitative standards for learners' achievements. In addition, the content of the series is very interesting. There are textbooks for four different levels and for different subjects, which are categorized into language skills, culture, economy and trade, and language theories. Because of the wide coverage in terms of contents and the availability of materials for different levels, the series suits the needs for undergraduate programs, and short-term intensive training programs and pre-college Chinese programs as well. Those who study on their own can also find the materials useful for their specific needs -- Beijing Language and Culture University Press - from Amzon