Masterworks Chinese Companion fills the need of students from Chinese-speaking families or advanced non-native speakers who have mastered basic oral communication in Chinese but need further development of their reading and writing skills. Qin-Hong Anderson presents students with 12 short works that are emblematic of superlative writing style, primarily from the Chinese canon of modern literature. By selecting short stories that reflect human emotions and relationships, Masterworks provides students with the vocabulary and patterns they need to express their feelings in writing.