Introduction to JavaScript Object Notation

We visit Earth in current life and maybe head to others in next. It is our instinct to carry over DNA in reincarnation, to taste unknown desires, and to experience seven emotions with six sensory pleasures; however, everything in action shall be as nature as possible. Nobody really knows who dominate on life-stage, it can be actor/actress themselves, or drama writer, else screen director, or else audience instead. Metropolitan exits with multiple values; usually, cause of event is unclear to define from individual’s irrationally protection of interest or selfishly defending portion of pie. People usually capture one section of story and miss the other part of puzzle. Living chaos is daily usual. no matter you are wealthy, majestic, poor, or underclass, once doom day arrives, bell on stage rings off, curtain pulls down, light shuts off, everything is buried under dirt of history. No matter how successfully achieved in history, or how remarkably accomplished in professional field; it

In Modern Chinese Counter-Enlightenment: Affect, Reason, and the Transcultural Lexicon, Peng Hsiao-yen argues that a trend of Counter-Enlightenment had grown from the late Qing to the May Fourth era in the 1910s to the 1920s and continued to the 1940s. She demonstrates how Counter-Enlightenment was manifested with case studies such as Lu Xun’s writings in the late 1900s, the Aesthetic Education movement from the 1910s to 1920s, and the Science and Lifeview debate in the 1920s. During the period, the life philosophy movement, highlighting the epistemic debate on affect and reason, was connected with its counterparts in Germany, France, and Japan. The movement had widespread and long-term impact on Chinese philosophy and literature. Using the transcultural lexicon as methodology, this book traces how the German term Lebensanschauung (lifeview), a key concept in Rudolf Eucken’s life philosophy, constituted a global tide of Counter-Enlightenment that inspired the thought of leading Chinese

Build for a Vibrant Future We all face environmental issues such as oceanic warming, glacier calving, spreading pollution, and species extinctions. Because of this, national governments around the world are trying to deal with the problems in every possible way, from policy, to investment, to education, and more.

How do public markets, as ordinary as they seem, carry the weight of a city’s history? How do such everyday buildings reflect a city’s changing political, social, and economic needs, through their yearslong transformations in forms, functions, and management? Integrating architecture and history, this book invites readers to go through the growth and governance of colonial Hong Kong by tracing the past and present of public markets as a study of extensive firsthand historical materials. As the readers witness the changes in Hong Kong markets from hawker pitches to classical market halls to clean modernist municipal complexes, the book offers a new perspective of understanding the familiar everyday markets with historical contexts possibly unfamiliar to most, studying markets as a microcosm of the city and a capsule of its history. This book is a robust and in-depth study of the market building history of Hong Kong since the 1840s and contributes to a holistic understanding of everyday

COVID-19 alongside the Russia-Ukraine war have brought about an enormous across-the-globe impact to demonstrate no one can remain insulated from the global change. US-China’s rivalry, coupled with Japan’s and Korea’s ceaseless moves, plus ASEAN countries’ & South Asian nations’ significant advances are likely to herald an era of unprecedented change. Is Taiwan well prepared to avert falling victim to the war of two superpowers? Never count on a handful of aces up your sleeve, a game-changer may just turn your longstanding advantage into a future liability. Semiconductors and the supply chains are Taiwan’s most significant strategic assets to engage with the international community. In retrospect, Taiwan’s semiconductor industry led by industry leaders like Morris Chang and Ming-Kai Tsai, had achieved a global leading position. Corporate strategies employed by Taiwan’s representative rivals as Intel, U.S. and Samsung, Korea all feed into their distinct future development. Semiconducto

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

Heritage and History in the China–Australia Migration Corridor traces the material and social legacy of migration from China to Australia from the 1840s until the present day. The volume offers a multidimensional examination of the material footprint of migration as it exists in the migration corridor stretching between Zhongshan county in south China and Australia. Spanning the fields of heritage studies, migration studies, and Chinese diaspora history, Denis Byrne, Ien Ang, Phillip Mar, and other contributors foreground a transnational approach to the heritage of migration, one that takes account of the flows of people, ideas, objects, and money that circulate through migration corridors, forming intricate ongoing bonds between those who migrated to Australia and their home villages in China.

The pandemic left disorder and crises in its wake everywhere it struck. Drawing on disciplines including public health, politics, and socioeconomics, this book tracks the spread of COVID-19 to weave a coherent picture that explains how scientists learnt about the virus, how authorities reacted around the world, and how different societies coped. Written by a leading team of public health, policy, and economics experts, this volume provides an in-depth analysis of various countries’ responses to the onset of the pandemic, as well as suggestions to increase capacity and capability to fight future pandemics. The first part of the book provides an overview of global governance and international cooperation, economic and social consequences of the outbreak, and breakthroughs in mathematical modelling and COVID-19 vaccines. The second part of the book examines and compares specific countries and regions through the lens of good governance, social contract, and political trust. This book

With the increasing number of complaints and court cases relating to healthcare disputes, healthcare practitioners (HCPs) are now facing more challenges and dilemmas in their daily practices. This book is unique in that most chapters are written jointly by two authors: one with legal training and one with a healthcare background. The balanced view offered thus allows readers to gain a thorough understanding of the concepts presented. Although most of the examples and scenarios are specific to medical doctors, the basic principles and ethical considerations as well as the enforcement of laws and regulations are, with some modifications, equally applicable to other HCPs, such as dentists, nurses, midwives, etc. Readers interested in healthcare law and ethics from numerous fields and stages of training, including legal and healthcare practitioners, trainees, postgraduate researchers and undergraduate students, will find this book both informative and practical as an aid to their work and

C# 最強入門 邁向頂尖高手之路 王者歸來 ★★★★★【國內第1本最新 C# 語法】★★★★★ ★★★★★【最完整的 C# 基礎語法】、【最徹底物件導向觀念】★★★★★ ★★★★★【最強視窗設計專案實戰】★★★★★ 多次和資訊教育界閒談，大家公認C#是非常重要的程式語言，也是資訊科系的學生或是工程師必備的程式語言。閒聊中大家也一至獲得結論，C#不容易學習，許多人學習C#都感到很辛苦，原因如下： 1：市面上的書籍沒有從C#基礎語法開始介紹。 2：使用舊語法解說C#，C#已經進化到最上層語句觀念(Top-level statement)，幾乎沒有任何書籍介紹或說明。 3：C#其實是物件導向語言，國內書籍書籍內容對於C#語言物件導向觀念講解太粗淺。 4：C#是博大精深的程式語言，市面上書大多是在讀者尚未了解C#的觀念與精神時，就使用視窗程式做介紹，所造就的只是不紮實的結果。 5：C#經過20年的發展，已經進化到10.0版，許多新的語法，書籍皆沒有介紹，買了一些書辛苦好幾個月閱讀，好像書中內容都會了，學完也無法進入C# 實戰世界，一到網路看專家所寫的程式通通不懂。 本書以約 1025 個程式實例，講解紮實的 C# 語法，讀者研讀完此書，相信可以學會下列知識： ☆ 認識最新語法：最上層語句 ★ using指示詞與陳述式的用法 ☆ 實質資料與參照資料 ★ var宣告 ☆ object、dynamic資料類型 ★ 裝箱(Boxing)與拆箱(Unboxing)的記憶體說明 ☆ 獨家解說C# 元組Tuple意義與應用 ★ 隱式(implicit)與顯示(explicit)強制轉換資料類型。 ☆ 匿名資料Anonymous Type、匿名陣列Anonymous、Array匿名方法 Anonymous Method ★ 表達式主體方法Expression-bodied Method ☆ 自行定義方法Extension Method ★ 列舉(enum)、結構(struct)、類別(class)與物件 ☆ 靜態類別、靜態方法與靜態欄位 ★ 物件的建構、屬性與封裝 ☆ 欄位(field)與屬性(property)的關係 ★ 繼承與多型 ☆ 靜態綁定(static bin

Grounded in a desire to bring back to life rare items from the University of Hong Kong’s Fung Ping Shan Library that are entwined within the world of music and to place them in a context of books and images in American, British, and other Asian collections, Chinese Music in Print views the library as a repository not of information but of artifact, and then uses these artifacts as a means for generating scholarly narrative. It begins by assessing seminal texts in the Confucian canon set against the delicacy of the concubine and amanuensis Shen Cai’s calligraphy and poetry. Confucianism was itself a crucial aspect of courtly life, and an exploration of its ritual is the book’s second theme. Vernacular genres of opera and song are represented in the third chapter, while the Great Sage returns in the fourth for an exploration of the repertoire and richness of his favourite instrument, the qin. The final chapter ends the journey with discussion of the legacy of generations of Europeans who

展開程式設計師的就業廣告，幾乎都是以Python語言為主流，這本書則是收集國內外各大主流公司的熱門考試主題，Leetcode考題以及筆者認為學習Python應該了解的主流觀念，全部以極詳細、超清楚的程式實例解說，期待讀者可以錄取全球著名企業獲得高薪。 Python工程師面試第一個主題當然是測試面試者對於Python語言的瞭解與熟悉程度，內行的面試主管可以經由面試者對於下列Python重點與特色的理解程度，可以很輕易了解面試者Python功力如何？是不是具備真正Python工程師的資格？ ●認識Python特色 ●跳脫Java、C/C++邏輯，從Python觀念設計程式 ●串列(元組)切片(slicing)、打包(packing)、解包(unpacking) ●認識何謂可迭代物件(iterator object) ●認識生成式(generator) ●認識字典、集合操作 ●類別與模組 ●正則表達式 面試時間通常不會太長，面試的另一個重點是考演算法，一個看似簡單的題目描述往往暗藏豐富的演算法知識，這時就是訓練讀者的邏輯與思考的能力，在這本書筆者也使用了極豐富與廣泛的演算法題目，詳細說明解題過程，至少在面試時讀者碰上類似考題可以輕鬆面對，在極短的面試時間完成解題，本書的演算法考題包含下列內容： ●排序與搜尋 ●字串 ●陣列 ●鏈結串列 ●二元樹 ●堆疊與回溯 ●數學問題 ●深度、廣度優先搜尋 ●最短路徑演算法 ●貪婪演算法 ●動態規劃演算法 整本書除了內容豐富，適合Python面試工程師外，也可以增強讀者Python功力。 本書特色 這是國內第一本針對Python工程師考試的圖書。

◎ In the night sky, those shining stars may be in the past tense. Those dark may no longer be nothingness, but the distance is too far, and the light is still galloping. ◎ The thermal process is a part of the space state. The order is from the hot in the past to the cold in the future, and the direction is from the inside to the outside. ◎ The time order is from tomorrow to today to yesterday, that is from future to past. Time and space are reverse loops. So the direction of time is from outside to inside.

With the society developing, the legislators of education would naturally put more attention to special education in order to protect the minority and those neglected. The history of special education mirrors the social development of Macau, it is an important indicator of the status in Macau society, reflecting the cultural quality at present and predicting the prospects in the future.

歡迎來到Called To Work《職場使命》的精彩旅程,它將幫助你在工作中活出信心，享受神的5P祝福（Presence同在、Promises應許、Power能力、Provisions供應、Pleasant Surprises驚喜），體驗神在日常工作中的同工和介入。

歡迎來到Called To Work《職場使命》的精彩旅程,它將幫助你在工作中活出信心，享受神的5P祝福（Presence同在、Promises應許、Power能力、Provisions供應、Pleasant Surprises驚喜），體驗神在日常工作中的同工和介入。

Low-carbon tourism is an emerging issue of tourism industry and academia in recent years. Previous studies have provided us some reasons that tourists participate in low-carbon travel or not, however, these reasons are scattered in literature and not been integrated into the construct of low-carbon travel motivation or low-carbon travel constraint. Meanwhile, previous studies often designed low-carbon package tours through the perspective of operators, few studies have assisted independent tourists on how to save energy and reduce carbon in travel. Therefore, this book is focused into two parts. The purpose of one part is to draw on tourism related literature, to develop and test the Low-Carbon Travel Motivation and Constraint Scales. The purpose of the other part is to draw on tourism related literature, to develop and test the Low-Carbon Travel Behavior Scale.

In The Chinese Idea of a University: Phoenix Reborn, Rui Yang conceptualizes the cultural foundations of modern university development in Chinese societies. Instead of focusing on the uniqueness of the societies, this book aims to prove that one educational purpose could be fulfilled via many paths, and that most of the characteristics the university could be found in other institutions of higher learning. Citing the practices of four selected Chinese societies, Yang opposes the existence of an impassable chasm between Chinese and Western ideas of a university and argues that it is possible to combine Chinese and Western ideas of a university. Also, this book is one of the first in English to theorize the Chinese idea of a university. It links the historical events to the present, in a context of an enormous impact of Western academic models and institutions, from the beginning of modern universities in Chinese societies to the contemporary period.

★ 提升切版魅力！從初階到進階必學的新世代排版神器！ 跟著 Tailwind CSS 降低開發響應式網站的時間，提升元件開發的效率。 「非官方文件」的導讀，帶領你了解基礎核心知識，直接上場做 project 開發！ 多人開發前端 project，團隊卻經常因為標籤命名不夠精準產生溝通困難？ 從網頁切版進入前端的世界，對於 UI/UX 息息相關的前端工程師，介面的設計規劃除了手刻能力要講究，在專案時程很趕的時候就會需要使用到框架來快速建構網頁畫面。對於多人開發 project 而言，光是想每個標籤使用的類別名稱就會燒腦到不行，命名就變成一種學問。 2019 年崛起的 Tailwind CSS 打破過往 CSS 框架的思維，您只需要考慮樣式優先的撰寫方式，專注於要給予列表的背景顏色、邊框顏色、文字顏色、按鈕需不需要滑鼠經過有效果，或是排版要怎麼安排，只需要從功能去發想，不需要先去想命名，這在開發上省下相當多的時間！ 本書為【擁有 CSS 與 RWD 開發經驗的網頁設計師與前端工程師】、【多人協作開發專案有統一風格需求的團隊】、【網站需要高客製化的元件需求專案】的最強參考書籍！ 作者著重在實際開發時的心得與情境，帶您從零開始，入門核心觀念、實作小功能介面，到呈現一個基本頁面的響應式網頁，後續也使用 jQuery 與 Vue.JS 為範例作為框架引入 Tailwind CSS 實際開發案例，完成一個靜態網頁。 本書使用 Tailwind CSS 版本：V3.0 現在就跟著本書輕鬆活用 Tailwind CSS 提升你的前端網站渲染效果！擺脫多人團隊專案風格紊亂無序的困擾吧！ 本書特色 ● 從零開始介紹 Tailwind CSS 的核心知識、安裝方式、基本元件建立，帶領讀者快速入門 ● 透過許多基礎元件感受 Tailwind CSS 的特色與魅力！ ● 功能優先特色，打造獨一無二的元件 ● 透過 Tailwind CLI 的編譯，讓網頁渲染效果提升！ ● 多個元件與功能實作／以及 2 個中大型範例開發／Vue.js 與 Tailwind CSS 的完美結合 ● 六角學院創辦人兼校長 廖洧杰 推薦 ● 熱愛 JavaScript 知名直播主 Tommy 推薦 專業推薦

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

Based on a close reading of Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu’s extant films, this book provides insights into the ways the director created narrative structures and used symbolism to construct meaning in his films. Against critics’ insistence that Ozu was indifferent to plot and unlikely to use symbols, Geist demonstrates otherwise, revealing the director’s subtle iconographic paradigms. Her incisive understanding of the historical and cultural context in which the films were conceived amplifies her analysis of the films’ structure and meaning. Ozu: A Closer Look guides the reader through Ozu’s early, silent films and his sound films made during Japan’s wars in Asia and the subsequent American Occupation, then takes up specific themes relevant to his later, better-known films. These themes include religion, gender, and the influence of traditional Japanese painting. Geist also examines the impact that Ozu’s films had on specific directors in Europe, America, and Japan. Intended for f

The Sinological Development Charitable Foundation (SDCF) aspires to help spread 5,000 years of cultural history embedded in the Chinese Classics as a fundamental basis for understanding Chinese civilization. To that end, every year since 2016, the SDCF has provided intensive summer programs by which means scholars from across the globe are brought together in situ (in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and mainland China) to learn together and share their research into some of the most important topics in Chinese Studies. Over the last five years (2016–2020), candidates representing nations from Africa, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and other parts of Asia have embraced the SDCF program and its goals. This compendium is published to mark the milestone of five comprehensive programs completed successfully. It includes a sample of the best research by program participants from around the world, along with personal reflections and reflections by professors and tutors allied with

The Genera of Orchidaceae in Hong Kong is a handy reference for both amateurs and professional botanists in Asia who wish to enter the field of modern orchidology. Orchid appreciation is an art deeply rooted in Asian cultures. But in 1977, when this book was first published, orchidology as a science was new to people there. The technical vocabulary was unfamiliar and the subject matter difficult to understand. Therefore, this volume was intended as a general, easy-to-use reference book, with illustrations of the basic structure of orchids and their habit and habitat clearly described in Chapter I. The book may also be used as a self-help guide for naturalists and gardeners in Hong Kong who wish to identify an orchid new to them. In Chapter II, keys, descriptions, and illustrations are given to allow the reader to look up and gain information about individual orchid species. Chapter III provides an analysis of the composition and an interpretation of the phytogeographic significance of

In On Saving Face, Michael Keevak traces the Western reception of the Chinese concept of “face” during the past two hundred years, arguing that it has always been linked to nineteenth-century colonialism. “Lose face” and “save face” have become so normalized in modern European languages that most users do not even realize that they are of Chinese origin. “Face” is an extremely complex and varied notion in all East Asian cultures. It involves proper behavior and the avoidance of conflict, encompassing every aspect of one’s place in society as well as one’s relationships with other people. One can “give face,” “get face,” “fight for face,” “tear up face,” and a host of other expressions. But when it began to become known to the Western trading community in China beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century, it was distorted and reduced to two phrases only, “lose face” and “save face,” both of which were used to suggest distinctly Western ideas of humiliation, embarrassment, honor, a

☆本書按照命題重點編寫，內容豐富紮實☆ ☆經濟部所屬國營事業、中華電信招考適用☆ ☆歷屆試題搭配全真模擬試題，增加演練機會☆ 【本書架構】 Part1內容整理，一共分為緒論、程式語言、純量資料型別、流程控制和程式開發等五個章節，配合相關例題解說，帶領讀者洞悉命題重點。 Part2黃金考點觀念聚焦，整理出程式設計（程式語言）的重要考點替考生做深入學習。 Part3歷屆試題與解析，大量收錄92～110年國營事業考試相關試題共20 回並提供模擬試題，協助考生掌握命題重點與趨勢。 【學習心得】 1.建議熟讀本書內容，最好能搭配原文書，將相關的公式與原理重新閱讀過。 2.原理與公式都熟習後，一定要自己動筆練習，一開始盡量先練習典型而且解答詳實的題目，切記！解析只用讀的而不動筆，一定無法發現自己盲點所在。 3.程式設計除了原理、定義須熟記外，常見的的遞迴問題或是 Class 問題建議都可以直接背誦下來，減少考試撰寫的時間。由於近期考試的程式語言除了 JAVA 與 C 之外，有越來越邁向網頁化的趨勢，所以若有餘力者不妨也多看看網頁程式語言相關書籍，以增進本身實力。 4.可相約志同好友編組讀書會，對於難懂的觀念，或是難解的試題，可由互相討論的方式解決，如此教學互長，必然有所裨益。 5.當仍有問題無法解決，建議詢問相關學有專精的教授或是先進。 【應試要點】 綜觀以往相關的考題，程式設計其主要包含：C、C++、JAVA、HTML、Javascript和 PHP 等程式語言，想要在考試中獲得高分，必須先瞭解其專業知識與核心能力： 1.應瞭解程式設計之發展、內涵及其變化之趨勢。 2.應瞭解程式設計所必備之相關知識及整合技術之能力。 3.應瞭解程式設計與相關專業學門的關係及跨領域分工合作必要之知識與能力。 因此，不管任何程式語言，在設計及應用的時候，使用者必須瞭解程式語言的： 1.變數（variable）及有效範圍（scoping）。 2.資料型態（data type）。 3.陣列（array）和指標（pointer）。 4.運算式（expression）及各種控制結構。 以下是準備程式設計（程式語言）的三大提醒： 1.掌握重要觀念，清楚瞭解架構內容。 2.熟悉基本語法，強化應考答題速度。 3.勤做考古題目，洞悉命題方向重點。 【購買本書重

內容簡介 ˙The learning goals that center on the thematic units are set in accordance with the language proficiency levels, established by the ACTFL ˙To Comply with the pedagogical principle of backward design to establish the teaching/learning goals for the intermediate learner of Chinese ˙Integrates into its thematic contents the ACTFL-defined, three mores of language uses as well the 5C concepts ˙Assist the learner to achieve holistic progress and to cultivate specific linguistic abilities of Chinese ˙The selecting of keywords/phrases in thetextbooks is greatly in line with vocabulary levels defined by the HSK and by the TOCFL. The regional difference in language uses between the two sides of theTaiwan Strait are also meticulously annotated in the textbooks In recent years, the background of learners has become diversified, and the number of self-study students of elementary Chinese is also increasing. On the pedagogical front, however, learning materials, found to be biased towards s

In Painting Architecture: Jiehua in Yuan China, 1271–1368, Leqi Yu has conducted comprehensive research on jiehua or ruled-line painting, a unique painting genre in fourteenth-century China. This genre relies on tools such as rulers to represent architectural details and structures accurately. Such technical consideration and mechanical perfection linked this painting category with the builder’s art, which led to Chinese elites’ belittlement and won Mongol patrons’ admiration. Yu suggests that painters in the Yuan dynasty made new efforts towards a unique modular system and an unsurpassable plain-drawing tradition. She argues that these two strategies made architectural paintings in the Yuan dynasty entirely different from their predecessors, as well as making the art form extremely difficult for subsequent painters to imitate.

In The First British Trade Expedition to China, Nicholas D. Jackson explores the pioneering British trade expedition to China launched in the late Ming period by Charles I and the Courteen Association. While utilizing the vivid and unique perspective of its commander, Captain John Weddell, this study concentrates on the fleet’s adventures in south China between Portuguese Macao and the provincial capital, Guangzhou (Canton). Tracing the obscure origins of Sino-British diplomatic and commercial relations back to the late Ming era, Jackson examines the first episodes of Sino-British interaction, exchange, and collision in the seventeenth century. His definitive narrative and original analysis constitute a groundbreaking study of early modern British initiatives and enterprise in the coastal areas of south China. The book begins by sketching the Tudor-Stuart historical background of British trade expansion in Asia before precisely reconstructing the voyages of East India Company and then

Games help drive engagement, achieve goals, and ultimately promote development within a group. As such, it is important for group facilitators to be equipped with game skills to ensure a lively, vibrant, and motivated atmosphere. This book includes four theoretical essays by experienced game facilitators regarding the concept, practice sharing, and application skills of group game facilitation, as well as a collection of 100 practical group games covering ice-breaking, mutual understanding, group cooperation, and problem solving. This list of games is built on the experiences and contributions of the author and social work students.

The present volume originates from “The Fourth Asian Translation Traditions Conference” held in Hong Kong in December 2010. The conference generated stimulating discussions relating to the richness and diversity of non-Western discourses and practices of translation, focusing on translational exchanges between non-Western languages, and the change and continuity in Asian translation traditions. Translation and Global Asia shows a rich diversification of historical and geographical interests, and covers a broad array of topics, ranging from ninth-century Buddhist translation in Tibet to twenty-first-century political translation in Malaysia. This collection is strikingly rich. Its authors deal with a wide range of topics in geographically diverse locations from India, Thailand, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines to different parts of China. They evoke different linguistic and historical contexts from ancient times right up to the contemporary period, and take a variety of approaches, st

Is the opinions agreed by the majority of experts necessarily correct? Is there any other way for the universe to be created besides the Big Bang? Why “potential energy” is described as extra energy? Is the speed of light the limit? What is space? What is time? Can an empty space really give rise to all things? This book offers a new perspective on the birth of the universe and gives you an insightful and unique explanation.

Masculinity, fast-changing and regularly declared to be in the throes of crisis, is attracting more popular and scholarly debate in China than ever before. At the same time, Chinese literature since 1989 has been characterized as brimming with countercultural ‘attitude’. This book probes the link between literary rebellion and manhood in China, showing how male writers, as they critique the outcomes of decades of market reform, also ask the same question: how best to be a man in the new postsocialist order? In this first full-length discussion of masculinity in post-1989 Chinese literature, Pamela Hunt offers a detailed analysis of four contemporary authors in particular: Zhu Wen, Feng Tang, Xu Zechen, and Han Han. In a series of insightful readings, she explores how all four writers show the same preoccupation with the figure of the man on the edges of society. Drawing on longstanding Chinese and global models of maverick and marginal masculinity, and responding to a desire to retain

Essentials of Contract Drafting and Negotiation for Construction Professionals is a practical and user-friendly guide to common practical contractual matters and is intended for construction professionals involved in contract drafting and negotiating. Knowing how to draft an effective contract is crucial in construction, particularly because of the complex and technical nature of construction projects. Divided into six chapters, this guide will enhance and refresh essential knowledge for lawyers and construction professionals who need to understand the principles of drafting and interpreting construction contracts, how to clearly identify and include key elements in these contracts, as well as how to avoid legal traps and pitfalls in contract negotiations and enforcement.

Tripitaka and his three disciples, Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, were chosen to undertake a pilgrimage to India, during which they came across all sorts of dangers and difficulties. This time, the Flaming Mountain blocked their way, and they needed a little help from the Princess Iron Fan and Bull Demon, well, parents of the Red Boy, who wanted to eat up Tripitaka and was just defeated by Monkey. Things never go smooth for them! My Favourite Chinese Stories is a collection of three Chinese stories specially selected and retold in English for young readers. The first story is from Chinese mythology, while the other two are from classical Chinese literature. They are widely known to the Chinese people, and reflect, in varying degrees, some of the essential characteristics of Chinese culture. Each story is accompanied by beautiful full-colour illustrations drawn by Lo King-man as well as audio narration by the author Pamela Youde.

The Dragon King below the Jing River defied the orders of the Jade God of the Heavens and was executed. His ghost resented the Tang Emperor Taizong for not saving him, and dragged the Emperor to the Underworld. What would the Emperor see in the Underworld? Was he able to return to life? My Favourite Chinese Stories is a collection of three Chinese stories specially selected and retold in English for young readers. The first story is from Chinese mythology, while the other two are from classical Chinese literature. They are widely known to the Chinese people, and reflect, in varying degrees, some of the essential characteristics of Chinese culture. Each story is accompanied by beautiful full-colour illustrations drawn by Lo King-man as well as audio narration by the author Pamela Youde.

Traversing from the rapidly urbanising county-level city of Fuqing to the remote mountainous kingdom of Lesotho in Southern Africa, Searching for Sweetness is one of the first and most extensive ethnographies linking rural-to-urban migration in China with Chinese migration to Africa. Against the backdrop of China’s national struggle for modernity and globalisation, Sarah Hanisch examines Chinese migrant women’s complex and ever-shifting struggles for upward social mobility across different generations and localities in China and Lesotho. Embedding the women’s individual portraits into larger historical contexts, Hanisch illustrates how these women interpret and narrate their migratory and everyday experiences through and beyond powerful state metanarratives on ‘sweetness’ and ‘bitterness’. In her exploration of migratory identities and projects that have been overlooked by previous studies, Hanisch brings uniquely gendered, multi-sited, and intergenerational perspectives to existing sc

More Than 1001 Days and Nights of Hong Kong Internment is the wartime journal of Sir Chaloner Grenville Alabaster, former attorney-general of Hong Kong and one of the three highest-ranking British officials during the Japanese occupation. He was imprisoned by the Japanese at the Stanley Internment Camp from 1941 to 1945. During his internment, he managed to keep a diary of his life in the camp in small notebooks and hid them until his release in 1945. He then wrote his wartime journal on the basis of these notes. The journal records his day-to-day experiences of the fall of Hong Kong, his time at Stanley, and his eventual release. Some of the most fascinating extracts cover the three months immediately after the fall of Hong Kong and when Alabaster and his colleagues were imprisoned in Prince’s Building in Central and before they were sent to the camp, a period little covered in previous publications. Hence, the book is an important primary source for understanding the daily operation

Hong Kong’s Link to the US Dollar covers the origins of the city’s currency crisis in 1983, the initial resolution of the crisis by creation of a traditional currency board, the subsequent problems leading to the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98, and the later reforms. A new final chapter traces monetary developments in Hong Kong between 2005 and 2020. This valuable compendium of articles, originally written in the bimonthly journal Asian Monetary Monitor between 1981 and 1989, includes the key article that formed the basis for the Hong Kong government’s decision in 1983 to peg the currency to the US dollar, as well as other important documents of historical record. The main contribution of the book is its detailed monetary analysis of Hong Kong’s unique financial system before and after the currency crisis of 1983. The book explains the collapse of the floating Hong Kong dollar under the pressure of capital outflows during the Sino-British negotiations (1982–84) over the future of

本书是一本电气工程相关专业学生的入门教材,共有 7 个章节,主要内容包括总论、电路原理基础、电机 与电气、电力电子、电力系统及自动化、高电压与绝缘技术和智能电网,列举了电气工程技术在一些重要行业 的应用案例。 本书通过对电气工程学科的起源、主要研究内容、现状和未来发展趋势的介绍,让学生对电气学 科有基本的认识,激发学生的学习兴趣和积极性,为后续课程学习奠定良好的基础。 本书深入浅出、内容翔实,体现了电气工程的基础性、系统性、前沿性和理论性,反映了本领域的新动态、 新观点,适合本科类院校电气类专业高校本科生,尤其是来自英语国家的国际学生,也可作为英语国家非电气 行业初学者、部分电气从业人员的培训教材和学习参考书。