Exploring Borders

Frontiers of Memory in the Asia-Pacific explores the making and consumption of conflict-related heritage throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Contributing to a growing literature on ‘difficult heritage’, this collection advances our understanding of how places of pain, shame, oppression, and trauma have been appropriated and refashioned as ‘heritage’ in a number of societies in contemporary East and Southeast Asia and Oceania. The authors analyse how the repackaging of difficult pasts as heritage can serve either to reinforce borders, transcend them, or even achieve both simultaneously, depending on the political agendas that inform the heritage-making process. They also examine the ways in which these processes respond to colonialism, decolonization, and nationalism. The volume shows how efforts to preserve various sites of ‘difficult heritage’ can involve the construction of new borders in the mind between what is commemorated and what is often deliberately obscured or forgotten. Tak

Carlo Urbani was an infective disease specialist with a beaming career, one of the most experienced in the world. He has received the Nobel Peace Prize as a national president of Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSF). On March 29, Urbani, ironically as the very first doctor discovering Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), was killed by the mysterious virus in a remote hospital of the Far East. Doctor Without Borders: Portrait of Carlo Urbani documents his remarkable life stories by including contents of manuscripts, interviews, and letters, in an attempt to honor Urbani’s memories in every way possible.

Do you know why there have been so many problems in various parts of the world? In furtherance of their colonial interests, British politicians from time to time wrote national borders for other peoples. They did so in the Balkans, in Africa and in the Middle East. They even drew the border between China and India. Such borders were very often not based on the conditions on the ground. This sowed the seeds of future conflicts. Open your eyes and be open-minded, learn history from different perspectives. Hear the other side, reflect on our own position, independent thinking, say no to double standard. What have we learnt from history? The Great Flood of Yahweh killed almost all living things (including the lovely boys and girls in China). Is this not genocide? In the Conquest of Canaan, did Yahweh not instruct his Chosen People to embark on genocide? Are these really consistent with the all-loving Christian God? God must have been very upset by so many people claiming to be Christia

本書已翻譯17種版本， 全球銷量3,000,000冊， 僅在美國Amazon, Barnes&Noble及Borders 三大網路書店的銷量 已逾1,000,000冊

Taiwan to Launch The National Park service A New Journey in Conservation and Sustainable development Special Theme Steadfast Steps Respond to the Land's Gentle Calls Tracing the Establishment of the National Park Service Cover Story Let’s Protect the Mother Earth Together! Everyone's National Parks! Finding the Way to Harmonious Coexistence through Co-governance Conservation without Borders Transnational and Transregional Efforts to Protect the Environment and Ecology Bridging the Cultural Gap The Ongoing Practice of Cultural Inheritance and Transmission

"Wine Travelogue: Exploring the Charms of the Okanagan Valley" unveils the journey of savouring the wines of Canada's Okanagan Valley! When you think of Canadian wine, ice wine might be the first to come to mind. However, when the author embarked on a wine tour in the Okanagan Valley and tasted over a hundred local wines, he was immediately captivated by the reds, whites, sparklings, and rosés. This book is presented in both Chinese and English, brimming with captivating photographs and text. It chronicles the author's adventures and emotions, along with wine tasting notes and conversations with individual winemakers, grape growers, and estate managers during visits to twelve representative wineries across the Okanagan Valley, from north to south. The photographs vividly portray the region's lakes and mountains, the vineyards, and the winemaking facilities of each winery, as well as the warm faces of the local community. The book also delves into the author's insights into the regi

Women We Love: Femininities and the Korean Wave is an edited volume exploring femininities in and around the Korean Wave since 2000. While studies on the Korean Wave are abundant, there is a dearth of thought put toward the female-identifying stars, characters, and fans who shape and lead this crucial cultural movement. This collection of essays is one of the first works to focus on gender and the key female actors of this global phenomenon. Using “women” as an inclusive term extending to all those who self-define as women, this volume examines the role of women in K-pop and K-drama industries and fandom spaces, encompassing crucial intersectional topics such as queering of gender, dissemination of media, and fan culture. In addition to the communities engaged with visual culture of the Korean Wave, the audience for Women We Love will reflect the contributors to this text. They are K-pop and K-drama fans, queer, international; they are also academics of Asian histories, sociology, gen

In this ground-breaking, posthumous study, the late Lo Jung-pang discusses the geographic, political, and commercial factors that led to the emergence of seapower and a navy under the Ming. While Zheng He and his seven expeditions have received some scholarly attention, few understand the long history of maritime engagement which provided the nautical and technical background for these voyages. The evolution of this maritime engagement and its extension into the Indian Ocean is the focus of Lo’s still-timely and highly significant work. In addition to detailing the rise of the Ming navy and its extraordinary accomplishments, Lo also examines some of the factors that led to the end of China’s first great maritime era: Why did China suddenly seem to turn away from the seas? Were the military defeats in Annam and on the northern borders significant in this? Or were financial pressures key? Empire in the Western Ocean represents the most comprehensive and insightful English-language trea

In Chinese Cinema: Identity, Power, and Globalization, a variety of scholars explore the history, aesthetics, and politics of Chinese cinema as the Chinese film industry grapples with its place as the second largest film industry in the world. Exploring the various ways that Chinese cinema engages with global politics, market forces, and film cultures, this edited volume places Chinese cinema against an array of contexts informing the contours of Chinese cinema today. The book also demonstrates that Chinese cinema in the global context is informed by the intersections and tensions found in Chinese and world politics, national and international co-productions, the local and global in representing Chineseness, and the lived experiences of social and political movements versus screened politics in Chinese film culture. This work is a pioneer investigation of the topic and will inspire future research by other scholars of film studies.

"A “concise encyclopaedia” of Hong Kong in the Belt and Road. With the emergence of the Belt and Road boom have come many related research papers, but few have addressed Hong Kong’s role and opportunities in the initiative. Hong Kong in the Belt and Road Initiative fills this gap. This monograph represents the efforts of some twenty experts from both Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland, providing a comprehensive introduction to the national initiative and exploring various opportunities for the territory in the Belt and Road as well as Hong Kong’s cooperation with relevant regions along the routes, offering many highly valuable policy recommendations."

Through the keen eyes and curious mind of a young girl, Ying-tzu, we are given a glimpse into the adult world of Peking in the 1920s. The five sequential stories in this collection can be read as either stand-alone pieces, or as a novel, due to the cleverly constructed themes and character development. Exploring ideas of loss and bewilderment, Lin Hai-yin carefully captures the transition from childhood to adulthood. Shielded by a child’s innocence, we are taken on a journey of discovery as Ying-tzu grapples with the uncertainties of human relationships as well as her developing awareness of the world around her. Poignant and poetic, it is hard not to be moved by Memories of Peking: South Side Stories.

《探索越南文化本色：從系統及類型論的視角Exploring the Vietnamese Cultural Characteristics》TÌM VỀ BẢN SẮC VĂN HÓA VIỆT NAM- Cái nhìn hệ thống - loại hình (bản dịch tiếng Hoa)這本書的貢獻在為越南文化的特色及主體性發展做出學術性的詮釋。過去，在大中國沙文主義思維下，總是把包含越南在內的東南亞當做野蠻的邊陲，經由中華文化傳播後才被啟蒙而稍具有文化。然而，陳玉添教授提出論證反駁這樣的謬論。

Over five decades, Donald J. Munro has been one of the most important voices in sinological philosophy. Among other accomplishments, his seminal book The Concept of Man in Early China influenced a generation of scholars. His rapprochement with contemporary cognitive and evolutionary science helped bolster the insights of Chinese philosophers and set the standard for similar explorations today. In this festschrift volume, students of Munro and scholars influenced by him celebrate Munro’s body of work in articles that extend his legacy, exploring their topics as varied as the ethics of Zhuangzi’s autotelicity, the teleology of nature in Zhu Xi, and family love in Confucianism and Christianity. They also reflect on Munro’s mentorship and his direct intellectual influence. Through their breadth, analytical excellence, and philosophical insight, the articles in this volume exemplify the spirit of intellectual inquiry that marked Donald Munro’s career as scholar and teacher. ~~~~~~~~ “Mun

A sincere life experience sharing from a Catholic As a lay Catholic, in this book Cindy Yuen Chan asks the question: how one can learn to be more forgiving? Starting from reflecting on her own faults and herself as being an offender, Cindy shares how Catholic teachings brought more forgiveness into her life and helps her to live a grateful life. This book shares her insights while exploring how forgiveness relates to salvation, empathy and justice. The narrative message of this book is healing, in which Cindy uses examples showing how God healed His followers, from a hurt student to family members of murdered victims. The aim is to provoke readers’ thoughts and analyzing recollections of own experiences of being forgiven or forgiving; and receiving kindness from God and others. The backbone of forgiveness is …. It is our choice …. When the Cock Crows for the Second Time is worth reading; not only to Catholics and Christians, but also people who do not yet know Jesus. The book was

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.

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

Nutrition aside, there are other interesting topics worth exploring in the pursuit of health. Can cancer be prevented? Why doesn’t everyone live long, healthy lives? What is the relationship between cardiovascular disease and the immune system? How does the immune system affect overall health? Which is a healthier food option: natural and wholesome plant foods or animal-based foods? How do our lifestyles affect our health? Good health is not a secret. To achieve good health, we must first understand it. By drawing links between diet, health, and the immune system, this book provides fascinating insights into the preventive science of Nutritional Immunology.

Books about cities can open pathways to discover new places, and familiar places anew. Hong Kong is a much visited place. Over 50 million people stream through its hotels, restaurants and shopping malls each year. That is a lot of first impressions! This book, written by fourteen reflective scholars about living and learning from Hong Kong, builds on the growing interest of using “place” as text while providing a model of deepening cross-cultural encounters. Each chapter is written in a personal and experiential style, exploring Hong Kong through the lenses of a range of disciplines that shaped individual author's perceptions and encounters. The city is like a text one reads and deciphers, linking one’s sense of other cities with one’s present experiences of this city in this moment of time. In reading the city, readers discover not only what is “out there” in the ever moving surround of Hong Kong’s urban life, but also what is inside oneself as newcomer and as from another city and

痛苦無法避免、快樂可以選擇 本書已翻譯17種版本，全球銷量3,000,000冊，僅在美國Amazon, Barnes&Noble及Borders三大網路書店的銷量已逾1,000,000冊 「這是一種享受。」……這是一部很棒的作品，你可以從任意一章開始，到任意一章結束。 作者為我們對待家庭生活、為人處事等諸多方面提供了多種輕鬆幽默的戰略戰術。尤其讀完第九章時，我幾乎樂得難以自控。而本書的第六章，即「發掘你笑的潛力」——更為我們提供了重新審視生活的角度，讓人們看到了生活的輕鬆、幽默、光亮的一面。我真為此書拍案叫絕！——John Gray約翰．葛瑞（暢銷書《男人來自火星．女人來自金星》作者）

電影除了在屏幕上的再現外，還有甚麼可能性？在數碼年代，電影與人工智能的關係是甚麼？本書回顧橫跨十三年的媒體藝術展覽CINEMA 2.0，展示電影作為思考與策展的方法。此展覽項目由媒體藝術家葉旭耀及策展人范可琪共同策劃，多年來嘗試探索當代科技與媒體文化，包括監控、演算法、後人類及遊戲等各種議題。 此書不單是展覽的紀錄，更試圖重溯電影，告別固有的概念，以跨學科及媒體考古學等方式重新探索電影與科技文化的關係。書中除了珍貴的展覽文獻，亦有重要的媒體藝術家邵志飛及羅海德等撰寫專文，擴展我們對當代文化的思考，同時引領我們走進新媒體藝術的世界。 Contemplating cinema beyond its traditional screen-based form, what other possibilities are there for cinema? In the digital age, what is the relationship between cinema, artificial intelligence, and algorithms? This book reviews the 13-year media art exhibition CINEMA 2.0, which showcases cinema as a method of thinking and curating. The exhibition, co-curated by media artist Ip Yuk Yiu and media art curator Kattie Fan, has covered key issues in contemporary technology and media culture, such as surveillance, algorithms, posthumanism and games. This book serves as more than a mere documentation of the exhibitions. It attempts to retrace cinema, bidding farewell to fixed concepts and exploring the relationships be

◎根據學習者自身條件、生長環境，以及學習過程有關的各種原理，所發展出來的一套兒童教育理論。 ◎本書能使孩子的智力、情感以及人際關係，隨著成長和生理狀況的變化而不斷的同時發展。 ◎作者同時兼具法學博士、MBA、律師、會計師多種專業身分，中英對照，精闢解析。 The author is an attorney and C.P.A. Throughout his life, he has been questing and exploring common grounds for people and concluded that childhood education is the foundation for people, families, society, and the future of the world. He is very appreciative of the opportunities and education offered by society. In this book, he shares his principles of education as a giving back to society. 作者是位執業律師暨會計師。他一輩子在找尋人間的共通之處，得到兒童教育正是人們、家庭、社會及未來世界之基石的結論。他非常感激社會給他的教育和機會。在此書中分享了他的教育原理來回饋社會。 ●This book shows you ways to 這本書告訴你如何去 ‧Discover how people learn 發覺人們是怎麼學習的 ‧Guide our children 引導我們的孩子們 ‧Review effectiveness of education 檢討教育的效率 ‧Explore tools for education 探尋教育之工具 ‧Grow with children 與孩子們一起成長 ‧Introduce children to a wonder world 帶孩子們進入美妙的世界 Dedicated to parents, educators, learners, and leaders of the universes 獻給所有父母、老師、學生和領袖們

結合Matlab與ROS快速上手無人自走車 波士頓顧問公司(BCG)預測2025 年全球自動駕駛車市場銷售上探 420 億美元，而了解自駕車 AI 原理最好方式就是從無人自走車開始。本書以深入淺出方式帶領對自走車技術有興趣的社會人士或是高中職、大專程度學生了解無人自走車原理與實現方式，並透過本書實驗範例與程式可以在家動手實作無人自走車。 ‧本書提出以 MATLAB®　圖形化的元件程式環境與 ROS 整合方式，相較完全以 ROS 的開發方式，本書方法大幅降低無人自走車程式門檻 ‧本書使用 TurtleBot3自走車套件，硬體包括單板電腦、馬達驅動板、雷射測距感測器 ‧本書介紹常用自走車演算法包括快速隨機搜索樹演算法(Rapidly-exploring random tree, RRT)、單純追踪演算法 (Pure Pursuit)、向量直方圖演算法 (Vector Field Histogram, VFH)、佔據柵格地圖 (Occupancy grid map)、同步定位與地圖建構 (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, SLAM)。 ‧本書提供無人自走車初階與高階實驗範例與程式，讓讀者可以按部就班的在家操作並經歷實現自走車的成就感。 本書利用 MATLAB® 及 ROS2 的軟體整合，並使用 TurtleBot3 自走車套件來引領讀者輕鬆實現「路徑導航 (Navigation)」、「避障 (Obstacle Avoidance)」、「同步定位與地圖建構 (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, SLAM)」。對於需要進行專題實驗的學生或是工作上有需要的社會人士，本書將是不可或缺的一本參考書籍。

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