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Geotechnical Hazard Mitigations with Experiment, Theory and Practice presents the keynote lectures and general papers presented at the Fifth International ISSMGE Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (5th GEDMAR, Taipei, Taiwan, September 13-14, 2017). The contributions discuss rainstorm and storm surge induced riverine and coastal flooding event, liquefaction, and landslide. The book is divided into the following sections: -Keynote lecture -Combined hazard in river basin -Liquefaction -Landslide -Other natural geo-hazards Geotechnical Hazard Mitigations with Experiment, Theory and Practice will be of interest to researchers, academics, industry practitioners and other professionals involved in earthquake geotechnical engineering and landslide hazards.

This book included seven papers on modernization researches and the overviews of 15 annual reports of China modernization Report(CMR) from 2001 to 2016.CMRs with different topics year by year ,focus on the systematics studies of the principles of world modernization, as well as the features and roads of China's modernization with a model of scientific,innovative,strategic and constructive approach.It covered 131 countries and 97% of world population,with the time span of 400 years(from 1700 to 2100),invovled modernization theories, level-relative modernization(world,international,nation,regional and urban modernization),filed-related modernization(economic,social,cultural and ecological modernization) and sector-related modernization(agricultural,Industrial and service modernization),and so on.（中译文：本书包括新现代化研究的7篇文章和《中国现代化报告》的15篇综述。前者关注理论研究，重点讨论世界现代化和国家发达的原理和方法。后者关注实证研究，重点分析中国走向现代化国家的路径和战略选择，是15部《中国现代化报告》的内容摘要。本书可供关心新现代化研究和中国现代化的专家学者和相关人士参考。）

讓全世界風靡自然體驗的一本書，共有23種語文版本！ 本書為世界五大教育理念之一「心流學習法」（Flowing Learning）開創者約瑟夫•柯內爾，集三十五年自然體驗活動經驗之全新增訂版。 本書是柯內爾為孩子到成人之全齡對象書寫的分享自然大作。 擴充心流學習法的概念，提供自然教育工作者最佳示範。 超過五十種遊戲設計，讓讀者親身感受大自然賜予的啟發與感動。 柯內爾是踩著偉大自然學家的腳步前進。 讓我們也踩在他的腳步上，與萬物共享自然，並珍愛世界。

音樂劇故事衍生自1937年上海四行倉庫保衛戰，女童軍送國旗給守軍戰士，激勵國人抗日士氣，從而產生浪漫、感動和引人入勝的情節，男女主角亦要在愛情與保衛國家之間作出選擇。 在烽火年代，甚麽是生存的意義？ 本書前半收錄完整的中英文台詞及精美劇照，後半為小說《戰火忘情》中英文本摘錄。 “1937 The Lost World’s Love”, is a grand musical, based on the history of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937. The story begins with a girl-guide, who brings a national flag to the regiment of 800 soldiers defending Sihang Warehouse. The scene is set for a tragic love story that emerges in the midst of a dramatic set of circumstances, where life and death are but a shadow apart. In the era of turbulence, what is the value of staying alive? First half of this book includes script of the whole musical while the second part is the same story presented in novel format, with all written in both Chinese and English. 本書特色 音樂劇影片《1937 戰火忘情》榮獲美國Accolade Global Film Competition 表彰獎 (2016年3月) 中英雙語閱讀

Advertising is something which we are exposed to from a young age and which can affect us in many different ways. Centered around the question “Does advertising improve society?” this volume explores the impact and issues of advertising and questions its social responsibility, with a focus on Hong Kong society. The collection of essays offers a broad view of the interaction between society and advertising, from an introduction to semiotic studies, exploring the use of gender stereotypes to the employment of brand placement as a new form of product promotion. Written by professors of advertising with experience from both within the industry and from international research, this is a senior level textbook designed to augment any studies in advertising, marketing, public relations or media studies.

The genre of poems that may be read both forward and backward, producing different creations was known as the “flight of wild geese.” These poems were often sent so that a distant lover, like the migrating birds, would return. Its greatest practitioner, and the focus of this critical anthology, is Su Hui, a woman who, in the 4th Century, embroidered a silk for her distant husband using a grid of 840 characters that created perhaps 12,000 ways to read this poem. With examples from the 3rd to the 19th centuries, Michele Metail describes reversible poems as “a singular adventure at the edge of meaning, of language, and of writing.”

Tracing China’s journey began from exploring rural revolution and reconstitutions of community in South China. Spanning decades of rural-urban divide, it finally uncovers China’s global reach and Hong Kong’s cross-border dynamics. Helen Siu traverses physical and cultural landscapes to examine political tumults transforming into everyday lives, and fathom the depths of human drama amid China’s frenetic momentum toward modernity. Highlighting complicity, Siu portrays how villagers, urbanites, cadres, entrepreneurs, and intellectuals—laden with historical baggage—venture forward. But have they victimized themselves in the process? This essay collection, informed by critical social theories and shaped by careful scrutiny of fieldwork and archival texts, is woven by key historical/anthropological themes—culture, history, power, place-making, and identity formation. Siu stresses process and contingency and argues that culture and society are constructed through human actions with nuanced

Before 2000, roughly 96% of China’s energy demands were met domestically. Since 2001, however, this position of near self-reliance has changed. With steadily increasing demands, China’s need for foreign energy has grown. Today, China is the world’s biggest energy consumer and emitter of greenhouse gases. Building upon the first volume, which examined China’s energy plans, this book will examine the strategies China has taken to meet its burgeoning energy demands, continue its fast-paced economic growth and also address the mounting concerns about environmental welfare and the true cost of China’s development. With new chapters addressing international agreements, the so-called “China energy threat” and the Belt and Road Initiative, this volume will continue to discuss and interpret both domestic policies and China’s international role.

This was the motto of Chang Kuo-sin, and the ideal which he inspired generations of students of communication to follow. He proved his own dedication to this when, in 1949, he found himself in Nanking, the former nationalist capital, under the rule of the newly victorious communists. For eight months he lived and attempted to work in the midst of these historical changes. He managed to smuggle his detailed notes out to share with the world at a time when almost no reports of the new regime were being published. To mark the centenary of his birth, Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Communication has republished this important work by one of its most distinguished professors.

不同於﹝境界之輪迴﹞及﹝高橋留美子劇場﹞， 高橋留美子另一個世界的漫畫決定版！ 收錄數篇﹝少年SUNDAY﹞&﹝BIG COMIC﹞短篇作品， 以及高橋留美子與安達充共同創作的 ﹝少年SUNDAY﹞創刊50周年紀念大作！ 連載彩稿原封不動完整呈現！ 絕對值得收藏！ 收錄作品：﹝鏡子來了﹞﹝復仇娃娃﹞﹝千面女星﹞﹝可愛的花﹞﹝with CAT﹞﹝MY SWEET SUNDAY（安達充╳高橋留美子）﹞

Kung Fu has evolved from a traditional means of defence to become a system of attacking and defending oneself, with or without weapons, exercising the body and maintaining good physical and mental health. As such, these practices have found an international following. Yet what has remained a largely unexplored area is the scientific principles behind these martial arts. This book not only covers the brief history of Chinese martial arts, but also brings together the wisdom of a Kung Fu grand master with a scientist and teacher to explain the scientific reasons why Kung Fu is the powerful practice that it is. Using the principles of physics, biomechanics and biology, with a number of drawings showing some basic postures of Kung Fu, the authors present a deep understanding of how the styles, the specific movements and methods of attack and defence operate.

Originally written over a period from about 1979 to the early 1980s, the first in the trilogy was inspired by the theatre of the absurd and focused on the nature of human relationships across the fabric of space-time. The second, written in the late 1980s and the following early 1990s, was focused on repercussions of events across space-time; and then the third, written in 2000 and after, more or less concludes the trilogy with elements of the preceding two interwoven and coming to grips with the vicissitudes of life.

Sam, working as a trainee waiter in a small Italian restaurant near the West End of London, was one day fooled by a bohemian sort of man with a bad sort of logic that led to his dismissal by the head waitress. Feeling lost and trotting along Regent Street he bumped into his girl friend Amy who had just been through a similar scenario, and that made them both laugh away their ‘misfortune’ to start afresh. Sam decided to take a critical thinking course run by a certain Professor Panggloss, a name that rang a bell for him, recalling Voltaire’s famous novel Candide, and the course turned out to be very useful, albeit puzzling at times, which therefore troubled Sam quite a lot, so much so that he had to share his critical thinking problems with Amy, even when she was already away from the UK, holidaying at her aunt’s invitation in Hong Kong. The lovers, separated by at least six thousand miles, carried on their intimate communication using state-of-the-art IT, frequently disturbing each o

Most people suppose that the whole world knows what it is to love; that romantic love is universal, quintessentially human. Such a supposition has to be able to meet three challenges. It has to justify its underlying assumption that all cultures mean the same thing by the word ‘love’ regardless of language. It has to engage with the scholarly debate on whether or not romantic love was invented in Europe and is uniquely Western. And it must be able to explain why early twentieth-century Chinese writers claimed that they had never known true love, or love by modern Western standards. By addressing these three challenges through a literary, historical, philosophical, biographical and above all comparative approach, this highly original work shows how love’s profile in China shifted with the rejection of arranged marriages and concubinage in favour of free individual choice, monogamy and a Western model of romantic love. 名人推薦 ‘This book, Lynn Pan’s best to date, adds a wonderful new an

Archival records are meant to serve as evidence of responsible governance, and in addition to their undeniable political value, they also serve as the basic component of a nation’s documentary heritage. Records today are history tomorrow. However, with the absence of an Archives Law in Hong Kong and the significance of keeping records being overlooked or actually not understood by people of Hong Kong, there are heightened concerns that government records would be destroyed for unjustifiable reasons and that public’s rights to access well-preserved government records would be deprived of. This book in 16 chapters is based on a series of direct face-to-face interviews with different practising archivists and special library managers in Hong Kong. Their conversations recorded in the book not only enable readers to understand the urgency of approving the Archives Law, but also reveal the details about their profession, as well as the richness of the local heritage that is uniquely Hong Ko

《商务英语听说》上册内容着重于公司企业的日常商务交际活动，共包含十个单元，每个单元包括 以下六个部分：（1）学习目标（Learning Objectives） 。（2）导入活动（Lead-in）。（3）听力模块（Listening）。 （4）休闲模块（Have Fun）。（5）常用句式（Useful Sentence Patterns）。（6）演说模块 （Speaking）。 听力部分通过一系列的情景对话或主题短文的听力练习引出并夯实商务主题，在训练听力技能的同时， 使学生熟悉该情境中的商务活动，掌握基本商务词汇和表达句式，为学生下一步的商务交际模拟进行足 够的知识储备。

My Master of Laws Dissertation is about International Arbitration with focus on discussing the Autonomy of Arbitration by: (1) comparing Arbitration with Litigation and Mediation and discussing the involvement of the Court in these dispute resolution mechanisms; and (2) comparing the Arbitration Regimes of two Common Law Jurisdictions, namely, United Kingdom and Hong Kong, so as to have a glimpse of the future trend of the development of Arbitration.

In this region, medium streams sloppily freeze, except before an imminent severe snowstorm. — LIFE AND DEATH OF SNOW Originally written back in 1991, the first half, five short stories, remains special, being inspired by experiences of growing up, travel, and interactions with the animal world, even the eponymous centipede did exist! As for the poems (written circa 1978 – 86), some of these were motivated by the Sino-British talks and Hong Kong’s uncertain future, not to mention the astronomical interest associated with another group gripped by the enthusiasm aroused by planetary exploration. The others turn over themes of nature and life. Note: In the first story, the region depicted has been administratively incorporated into the new Uonuma city. Slow business has led to shorter ski season and the shutting of lesser-known ski grounds.

1)介紹組詞成短語的方法，如dab、touch、handful可以組成adabofbutter、atouchofhumour、ahandfulofseats等短語，表達不同意思。 2)主題短語以四格漫畫故事貫串，可供自學者輕鬆學習，也可供家長陪伴閱讀。短語有中文解釋，例句英漢對照，體現實際情景。 3)另設綜合練習部份五個，讀者學完每九組短語，可以做練習自我檢查學習進度，有助逐步提升運用短語的能力。內容簡介此書介紹組詞成短語的有效方法，幫助讀者正確運用短語，提高英語表達能力。亦借助熟悉的常用詞，掌握組詞成短語的技巧，以提升英語講寫能力。

Features • Seeing 2000+ Real photos and colorful illustrations help learners gain a broader understanding of key concepts in grammar • Learning Clear explanations and immediate practices help learners prepare for various English grammar exams • Believing Perfect grammar and writing skills encourage learners to express individual opinions and ideas confidently 學文法，不再搔頭苦背又煩悶！ 一本淺顯易上手的全新文法書！ 生動、活潑、易學又完備！ ＊針對中學英文課程，涵蓋必學的重要文法概念！ ＊Alex Rath Ph.D. 執筆，解說活潑，範例生動！ ＊內容深入淺出，不死背文法公式！ ＊精心設計練習題，幫助活用！ ＊運用彩圖，幫助理解與記憶！ 本套書分初級兩冊（Basic 1 & 2）及中級兩冊（Intermediate 1 &2），適合當作英文輔助教材，供課堂上補充使用，亦可自學！ 初級兩冊（Basic 1 & 2）是專為英語初學者所設計的文法書，採大開本全彩印刷，搭配上千張吸睛彩圖解說，要顛覆你對文法書的刻板印象，給你不一樣的學習新感受！ 1. 基礎文法 收錄初級必學的文法條目，難度適中，絕對符合初學者的學習需要。 2. 一頁文法一頁練習 每一單元採對頁編排，左頁文法說明文法重點，右頁立即做練習，分量固定，學習進度好安排，能定焦學習重點，也能立即檢測學習成效。 3. 列點說明好抓重點 各單元內的文法條目，採取條列式說明，清楚易消化。 4. 彩色圖解 上千張的彩色圖片，帶你進入文法的美麗新世界。大量的圖解練習，沒有文法書密密麻麻的文字背誦壓力，學習文法也可以放鬆無負擔！ 5. 豐富例句 豐富而多元的生活化例句，取材廣泛，舉凡運動、休閒、閱讀、飲食，都在取材範圍內，句子簡潔好閱讀，讓學文法就像說會話一樣輕鬆寫意。 6. 表格分析 大量採用表

Features • Seeing 2000+ Real photos and colorful illustrations help learners gain a broader understanding of key concepts in grammar • Learning Clear explanations and immediate practices help learners prepare for various English grammar exams • Believing Perfect grammar and writing skills encourage learners to express individual opinions and ideas confidently 學文法，不再搔頭苦背又煩悶！ 一本淺顯易上手的全新文法書！ 生動、活潑、易學又完備！ ＊針對中學英文課程，涵蓋必學的重要文法概念！ ＊Alex Rath Ph.D. 執筆，解說活潑，範例生動！ ＊內容深入淺出，不死背文法公式！ ＊精心設計練習題，幫助活用！ ＊運用彩圖，幫助理解與記憶！ 本套書分初級兩冊（Basic 1 & 2）及中級兩冊（Intermediate 1 &2），適合當作英文輔助教材，供課堂上補充使用，亦可自學！ 初級兩冊（Basic 1 & 2）是專為英語初學者所設計的文法書，採大開本全彩印刷，搭配上千張吸睛彩圖解說，要顛覆你對文法書的刻板印象，給你不一樣的學習新感受！ 1. 基礎文法 收錄初級必學的文法條目，難度適中，絕對符合初學者的學習需要。 2. 一頁文法一頁練習 每一單元採對頁編排，左頁文法說明文法重點，右頁立即做練習，分量固定，學習進度好安排，能定焦學習重點，也能立即檢測學習成效。 3. 列點說明好抓重點 各單元內的文法條目，採取條列式說明，清楚易消化。 4. 彩色圖解 上千張的彩色圖片，帶你進入文法的美麗新世界。大量的圖解練習，沒有文法書密密麻麻的文字背誦壓力，學習文法也可以放鬆無負擔！ 5. 豐富例句 豐富而多元的生活化例句，取材廣泛，舉凡運動、休閒、閱讀、飲食，都在取材範圍內，句子簡潔好閱讀，讓學文法就像說會話一樣輕鬆寫意。 6. 表格分析 大量採

Transnational Representations focuses on a neglected period in Taiwan film scholarship: the golden age of the 1960s and 1970s, which saw innovations in plot, theme and genre as directors highlighted the complexities of Taiwan's position in the world. Combining a concise overview of Taiwan film history with analysis of representative Taiwan films, the book reveals the internal and external struggles Taiwan experienced in its search for global identity. This cross-disciplinary study adopts a transnational approach which presents Taiwan's film industry as one that is intertwined with that of mainland China, challenging previous accounts that present the two industries as parallel yet separate. The book also offers productive comparisons between Taiwan films and contemporary films elsewhere representing the politics of migration, and between the antecedents of new cinema movements and Taiwan New Cinema of the 1980s.

There is a growing trend in virtual world commercial transactions. In order to protect people’s rights in the virtual world and keep pace with innovative trading demands, it is essential for us to understand the commercial implications of virtual world economies by evaluating the effectiveness of the existing laws, practices, and policies in business, technology, intellectual property and related fields. This book, in 11 sections, investigates the issues and opportunities associated with commercial transactions in the virtual world. In 29 detailed essays, this book analyses every facet of virtual world transactions, including the nature of virtual commercial transactions, virtual goods and services, transfer of virtual property, issues of negotiable instruments, remedies for buyers and sellers in the virtual world, consumer protection, dispute resolution and other related topics. Each of these sections both contributes to and advances the field of commercial law and related discipline

The book provides guidelines and practical creative exercises which equip creative-major students in early semesters as well as creative practitioners with fundamental knowledge on creation methods. Combination of functionality, simplicity and aesthetics in modern design is considered a fundamental design principle in the Bauhaus School in Germany,and, inspired by the School, the creative handcrafting exercises and the concepts introduced in this book are primarily coherent with this principle. The book draws a direction between two and three dimensional material-based design and modern digital creation process. The first part of the book introduces various creative handcrafting exerciseson proportion, geometry and modularity, among other fundamental design principles. The creative exercises will sensitise students on aesthetical and structural issues, and thus serve as an essential building block for application of the design principles to computer-based creative processes, which ar

Animal Farm, published in 1945, is a satirical novel by British novelist and essayist George Orwell (1903-1950), pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair. Orwell is best known for Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). As a socialist, he was a keen critic of imperialism, fascism, Stalinism, and capitalism. His works are concerned with the sociopolitical conditions of his time. Animal Farm, with great critical and popular success, is a witty, satirical allegory about the failure of Soviet totalitarianism. Some events in the book are based on events from the Soviet Union during the Stalin era. This novel is ostensibly about a group of animals who oust the humans from the farm and run it themselves, only to have it corrupted into a brutal tyranny on its own. This idea of a revolution betraying its supposed aims is a chief issue of Animal Farm. 【故事簡介】 No animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. No animal must ever kill any other anim

在冰雪初融的溪裡 春之來 汩汩似我的脈息 在眼前、耳際和唇邊 春之來 若詩的不可避免 In the creeks with newly melting ice Spring is arriving Rhythmically like the beating of my pulse Through my eyes, ears and lips Spring is arriving As inevitable as poems’ spontaneous 本書特色： 當今詩壇、少數譯介及從事文化交流者之一 藍星

Agriculture builds upon the integration of crops and the environment, with which its yield depends strongly on a healthy soil foundation. With that in mind, the knowledge of the soil and fertilizer is crucial to maintaining an environment with optimal nutrients, water and oxygen for crop production. Soil is one of human's precious resources, the protection and nurturing of our soil is thus an integral part of sustainable development. Effective soil management is considered not only a technology, but also an art. In practice, to make use the full potential of the land, the management strategies need to take account of the differences and characteristics of the soil, plant and climate that are unique to each geographical location. Such an approach is increasingly more important nowadays because of the increasing loss of cultivable land and need of high quality agricultural products.

從基礎到進階， 萬用單字庫， 一次囊括所有英文基礎單字！ 單字是口語英文的架構， 只要背背單字， 就可以順利開口說英文！ 【英文保證班全系列】 1.one two three你一定要會的基礎單字 2.Hi, how are you你一定要會的基本問候語 3.OK, no problem你一定要會的基礎對話 4.Maybe美比 你一定會愛死的”菜英文” 在台灣， 英文已經不知不覺的融入我們的生活中了！ 歐巴桑會說：哈囉、拜拜 上班族常掛嘴邊：print出來 女生常邀約：我們去shopping 都屬於基礎單字。 ****必備‧重點單字**** 基礎單字不可少， 豐富的字彙是開口說英文的重要助力， ****會話‧萬用例句**** 匯集可以套用同類型單字的例句。 將單字套用在例句中， 開口說英文更簡單。 ****記憶‧重點提示**** 深度分析單字套用在例句中的準則， 提升學習的效率。

★人氣作品連發！《迷茫管家與膽怯的我》、《蒼柩的青金石》作者朝野始，輕科幻愛情喜劇系列第五彈！ 【故事簡介】 「我也已經做好覺悟了。」 暑假結束後約兩個禮拜，儘管想起了跟亞留美之間的過去而感到有些尷尬，為了達成高中出道這個目標，我還是重新將全副心神放在文化祭舉行在即的學校生活上。不過因為姬宮學姊的提議，我們機研決定要展開樂團活動了。而且我不僅被迫穿上女裝扮演『小櫻』，甚至連姊姊都要來看演唱會。此外，沒發現我扮女裝的亞留美還邀我到自己家裡去──！？ 「妳、妳妳妳妳妳突然這樣是要幹麼啊！」 「No problem。因為小櫻是女生吧？」 朝野始╳高苗京鈴，為您獻上揭開嶄新日常的青春愛情喜劇第五彈！ 【繪者簡介】 高苗京鈴（Takanae Kyourin） 喜歡某卡片作品，還有推薦東西給別人。 最近向編輯推薦了某黑子的籃球漫畫。 性感的高傲角色是我的最愛(^ω^)。 ＨＰ「苗床育成觀察記錄」 http://takanae.chu.jp/

More than any other treasure, Shijing 詩經 contains the historical roots of China, from which much of modern culture grew. From a lovelorn young man to an aging woman spurned by her wedded husband, from an elder statesman admonishing a young sovereign, to foot-soldiers facing the unspeakable fate of sacrificial burial, the love and war in Shijing serves as a key to unlock the cultural roots of Ancient China. The book presents the reader with a fascinating glimpse of the peoples of Ancient China by analyzing many poems in Shijing and discussing aspects of culture and events reflected in the poems from a wide range of disciplines, including archeology, ethnography, history and linguistics. Reading this book will enhance the general reader’s knowledge of Chinese culture as well as familiarity with the language as a “bare-bone”. Minimalist English translation is used which enables readers to get closer to and gain a better sense and flavor of the original text.

Competition is Fierce, 2013 Taiwanese Industry Expects Transition Global economy, surviving from the impact of the previous financial crisis, is now presenting a slow-to-moderate growth rate in 2013. Taiwan is now facing the pressure from regional economy expansion, new threats from Asia’s newly developing countries and competition from Japan/Korea with their strong industrial vertically integrated power. Moreover, there is a trend for those major western multinational companies to move their overseas manufacturing and technical services back to their mother lands, creating a new face of the global supply chain. More severe industrial competition is being expected. As such, Taiwan needs to aggressively proceed with its own industry structural transformation concentrating on the industries, investment, human resources and industrial efficiency. One of the government efforts could be made to continue building the industrial intelligent information service system through the mechanism of

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This authoritative collection contains writings by some thirty of the most significant Chinese writers of the period between 1919 and 1949. The three decades from which these pieces are drawn encompass most of the Republican period, a tumultuous era in Chinese history in which modernization and republicanism coexisted with classical culture. Thematically, these xiaopin wen, or modern Chinese essays, differ significantly from the more social and political fiction of the May Fourth movement. Their scope varies, from ruminations on broader existential issues to more personal contemplations on everyday life, often delving into issues of morality and interpersonal relations. Although described as "essays," they are not restrained by the formal, expository connotations of this English term; rather, their tone is more intimate, reflective, and at times witty or tinged with melancholy.

夜深人靜時，一盞燈，一杯茶，讓我們一起…… 深夜遇見福爾摩斯 Midnight with Sherlock Holmes ~福爾摩斯探案故事集

At the close of the Chinese Civil War, two million Chinese fled from the victorious communist army under Mao Zedong. They fled across a long ocean strait to the island of Taiwan where they waited for almost fifty years, dreaming of their lost homes and relatives left behind, aging and living out their lives as defeated, cursed people. But when both Taiwan and China began to become wealthy, the two sides allowed cautious exchanges. The split families met up again. There was hope, joy, sorrow, and disasters. Yet the losers of the Chinese civil war, who had endured for so long, now found a new reason to persevere: they no longer hated their enemies. In fact, they now wanted to join them. This book draws on oral histories with Kuomintang loyalists in Taiwan to show their painful struggles with family, friends, and relatives back in the mainland, their hopes and disappointments, the effects on a changing society and political situation in Taiwan, and the dynamics of cross-strait relation

八核心能力的修煉 讓工作MAKE BEST 自己就BECOME THE BEST 1未來力 2學習力 3多專力 4創新力 5應執力 6表達力 7容挫力 8強健力 「章魚哥、章魚妹」多專業能力時代來臨了！ 章魚有八個爪，這八個爪不是獨立作戰， 他是相輔相成達到超完美MAKE BEST 社會變遷腳步太快，人的能力也要多樣化， T型人、丌型人已經不能符合未來需求， 我們要像章魚那樣， 具有多種專長的能力才能應付未來工作的需求…… 本書詳細解說如何修練八種能力的方法與步驟。 本書特色 「章魚哥、章魚妹」的時代來臨了！ 章魚有八個爪，且具有超強的生命力，所以將具備此八種能力的稱為：MAKE BEST（完美） Multiple expertise 多專業能力（多專力） AQ(Adversity Quotient)&Positive thinking 挫折恢復能力與正面思考 Knowledge utilization&Execution 應用力與執行力（應執力） Effective learning 效率學習能力（效學力） Brain storming innovation思考創新能力 Energy 體能與腦能（健康力） Speak&Languages口才語言能力 Trend 掌握趨勢能力（未來力）

This volume explores the management of conflicts arising from the siting of unwanted projects in the Asia-Pacific, a region inadequately explored by the relevant literature. The work includes studies on a variety of locations, including Hong Kong, Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, and others. Contributions are drawn from several leading scholars intimately familiar with the locations under study, and employ theoretical, comparative, and policy-based approaches to analysis of environmental conflict, risk management, and public participation. The editors also provide introductory and concluding sections in which the siting issues under discussion are summarized and contextualized. The result is a collection that serves as an invaluable aid and source of information for policymakers, environmentalists, and scholars of the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere.

A skilled observer and noted scholar of Chinese culture, Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien has contributed profoundly to the West's understanding of the East and vice versa. Having spent six decades as a professor and curator at The University of Chicago, he has been an indispensable resource on a wide range of topics that include Chinese paleography, paper, inkmaking, printing, cultural exchange, libraries, and biographies. Collected Writings on Chinese Culture contains distilled selections from Tsien's major works and journal articles, as well as his Memoir of a Centenarian, which traces Tsien's life from his youth in China through sixty years of scholarship at The University of Chicago. This volume is an excellent companion for anyone familiar with Tsien's work and also a welcome resource for readers unfamiliar with the author's writings and extensive impact within East Asian studies and across all of academia.

This weighty monograph offers a thoughtful assessment of one of globally raising China’s most profound political issues—democratization since the 1989 Tiananmen Incident. Not exactly a “looking back” retrospective nor a typical commemorative work, this book harbors a more forward prospecting approach with 13 substantive chapters yielding informed analysis and insightful interpretations of various key issues. The core subjects range from legal foundation of Chinese democracy, middle-class politics, Internet based-democratization debates and pro-democratic mobilizations, civic society activism, to the external and international media’s inputs, democracy and China’s ethnic minorities; and PRC-Vatican interface. This timely volume will be of considerable interest to scholars, journalists, and those keen to learn about contemporary China’s ideo-political transformation.