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The JINTIAN [今天] series of contemporary literature features new and innovative writing from mainland China and abroad. Titles in the series are edited by Bei Dao, Lydia H. Liu, and Christopher Mattison. A collaborative venture between Zephyr Press, the Jintian Literary Foundation, and The Chinese University Press, each bilingual title highlights the ever-changing literary culture of China while simultaneously expanding the English language with a wave of new voices in translation. “Jami Proctor Xu’s exceptional translation of Song Lin’s lyric landscapes magically captures the poet’s original mind, offering readers an authentic experience of one of our generation’s great writers. A book to savor.” —Ari Larissa Heinrich, translator of Qiu Miaojin’s Last Words from Montmartre (NYRB, 2014) “Translation as poetry. That is the excellent way Jami Proctor Xu presents poetry by Song Lin. The impact of warm breath on my skin is an imprint forever. One will never forget it or erase it. Word

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

For myself, however, it is the human element, the recollected words, the remembered faces, which give life to the printed record.” James Hayes’s many writings have made a major contribution to knowledge about life in rural Hong Kong. This book presents sixteen of his illuminating and original articles, each of which is rooted in his experiences as a district officer, administering and visiting villages under his care. His interest in the life and lives of the people went far beyond the formal demands of his official work, and Dr Hayes grew to admire and respect the villagers. As a result, his writings are suffused with his affection and esteem. Intended for scholars in the field of New Territories history as well as general readers interested in rural life in the region, A Pattern of Life provides a fascinating, academically important, yet highly readable picture of traditional life in rural South China and reinforces Dr Hayes’s reputation as one of the most important writers on the N

前作《時光當舖》授權克頓傳媒，影視化改編啟動！ 為了自由，我們願意付出多大的代價？ 華文原創新風貌！ 翼想本，帶您幻想展翼── ★ Google Play行動嘉年華‬，獨家精選代表作── ★ 2016國際動漫節簽名會獲得ＴＶＢＳ、東森、蘋果等海內外媒體專題報導 ★ 博客來、金石堂，暢銷排行雙冠王 ★ 連霸蘋果日報暢銷排行 ★ 尖端編輯部驚艷不已的留日新星作家 ★ 東川篤哉《純喫茶「一服堂」之四季》御用繪師──Ooi Choon Liang 繪製 【內容簡介】 面對不知真實立場為何的林蕭然，以及預言若嵐死定了的高林，修元努力隱暪柴柴的出現，並期望柴柴能引領他找到若嵐。 此時，自治市發生了神祕的飛機失事事件，潔雯的男友亦傳出自殺身亡，這一切事件的核心竟都指向奧米勒斯教的神藥「德魯斯」。德魯斯的發明到底存在著善意或惡意？ 發現真相的那一刻，修元下定決心，一定要讓若嵐自由的活下去。 ＃致自由

Contrary to the general impression that wet markets are smelly, dirty, and slippery, Christine finds that they are actually fun places to walk around and shop. As a French lady, Christine’s learning experience has not been without disappointments, such as being overcharged, given old veggies or pushed to buy more. Nonetheless, in Hong Kong, most sellers are generally very kind. Like in France, vendors remember the preferences of their regular clients. _e kindness of many sellers help her overcome the fear of speaking Cantonese. They even take time to explain to her how to cook this and that. It is the warm atmosphere that she loves most. Christine finds it exciting to discover lots of new foodstuffs such as Chinese yam. She even discovers ingredients, such as lye water, a kind of alkaline solution that is not used in Western countries. Last but not least, this book helps us understand the real French lifestyle which often sounds so “elegant” and sometimes “mysterious” to most people,

The Dark Side 2: Day Zero and Other Stories is a mix of stories, dividing broadly between six’horror’ stories and six’thriller’ stories. Horror stories often fill us with dread and show us a much darker side of human behaviour. At the same time, they can be funny and satirical. The other six stories are more varied. Some are thrillers where the main aim is to excite the reader. Some like’Auto Message’ try to say something about how technology is affecting our daily lives. Others like’The Curse’ try to show us, in a humorous way, how greedy people could be. The great thing about stories is that they carry us into another world on top of helping us to learn words, parts of speech and sentence construction. If we dive into the pool of good stories, we’ll learn how to swim – using those good examples in our own writing.

大人機是三大關鍵資訊科技技術的縮寫，包括：「大」數據（Big Data）、「人」工智慧（Artificial Intelligence）與「機」器人（Robot）。這三項重要的資訊科技正快速全面地發展，同時整合軟體與硬體，影響人類的未來。 面對大人機時代，我們的學習不應再用傳統的方式來進行，大量的反覆練習，並無法培養出大人機時代的核心競爭力。我們不應該再把珍貴的腦力，耗費在記憶上面，應該要把腦力用在具有創造力的工作、學習「自我學習」的能力，Life-C正是面對未來的關鍵能力。

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

前作《時光當舖》授權克頓傳媒，影視化改編啟動！ 地獄是太晚見到的真相。 華文原創新風貌！ 翼想本，帶您幻想展翼── ★ Google Play行動嘉年華‬，獨家精選代表作── ★ 2016國際動漫節簽名會獲得ＴＶＢＳ、東森、蘋果等海內外媒體專題報導 ★ 博客來、金石堂，暢銷排行雙冠王 ★ 連霸蘋果日報暢銷排行 ★ 尖端編輯部驚艷不已的留日新星作家 ★ 東川篤哉《純喫茶「一服堂」之四季》御用繪師──Ooi Choon Liang 繪製 【內容簡介】 姜肅生的死去，似乎開啟了某一個不為人知的開關，整個社會的氛圍在不知不覺中變了。鄭修元看到不再理智的人們，也在一個不可能的地點看到一個不可能的人，更看到了軟弱的自己……而後，鄭修元看到了屬於自己的地獄。 奧米勒斯教浮出水面，卻帶來更多的疑團。沒有人告訴鄭修元到底發生了什麼事，大家都感覺到某些變化，可所有人都保持沉默。 就如同姜肅生所說—— 他的死亡真的不是結束，而是一個可怕的開始。

★金石堂漫畫排行榜冠軍 ★博客來中文電子書漫畫暢銷排行榜冠軍 ★原著小說家‧千川：「這部漫畫在很多方面擁有小說沒有的效果和優點，完全可以當作一本全新的作品來欣賞。」 ★原著繪師‧Ooi Choon Liang：「看見筆下人物從圖畫變成漫畫超感動，而且畫風類型非常喜歡！」 ★抒情系漫畫家葉澄巧心改編，夢夢電子期刊人氣連載中。一卷書、一盞茶，經由漫畫重溫小說裡古鐘餘韻悠悠繚繞…… ※單行本加筆新繪超值內容： ●四格小劇場「角色們的狂想曲」8則 ●番外篇「書書與閔姿的對決」 ●彩刊草圖集企劃單元「刊頭彩頁的構思內幕」 ●作者花絮「葉澄愛吃熱蛋糕」 【故事介紹】 靜僻的街角，佇立著一間名為「茶飯屋」的當舖。它生意慘澹，推門而入者十之八九還是飢腸轆轆的食客；偶有想買典當物的客人，卻被店主用各種理由拒之門外。窮得想把自己也當了的當舖老闆阿樂，為了生計，迫不得已接下一個奇怪委託──幫助知名插畫家「七尾魚」，尋回遺失的繪畫天賦。懷疑事件與物靈有關的他，才初步展開調查，便驚訝地發現原因竟是如此簡單又不簡單。面對物靈溫柔但笨拙的心意，與委託人最真純的請託相衝突時，謊言，似乎是最好的辦法…… 誠實是一種美德，可如果美德成了幸福的阻礙…你是否願意違背良心，也要「道德淪喪」？

The English edition of Liu Lihong’s milestone work is a sublime beacon for the profession of Chinese medicine in the 21st century. Classical Chinese Medicine delivers a straightforward critique of the politically motivated “integration” of traditional Chinese wisdom with Western science during the last sixty years, and represents an ardent appeal for the recognition of Chinese medicine as a science in its own right. Professor Liu’s candid presentation has made this book a bestseller in China, treasured not only by medical students and doctors, but by vast numbers of non-professionals who long for a state of health and well-being that is founded in a deeper sense of cultural identity. Oriental medicine education has made great strides in the West since the 1970s, but clear guidelines regarding the “traditional” nature of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) remain undefined. Classical Chinese Medicine not only delineates the educational and clinical problems faced by the profession in bo

School’s out for summer but Jasmine has a history project to complete. Hong Kong Ferris wheel spins her and Gong Gong Gramps to eighteen historical places in Hong Kong where they find clues to sites and a mystery letter. Will Jasmine finish her project on time? What is the mystery message and who wrote it? Join Jasmine for her magical ride through time and space.

The Assassin tells the story of a swordswoman who refrains from killing. Hou Hsiao-hsien astonishes his audience once again by upsetting almost every convention of the wuxia (martial arts) genre in the film. This collection offers eleven readings, each as original and thought-provoking as the film itself, beginning with one given by the director himself. Contributors analyze the elliptical way of storytelling, Hou’s adaptation of the source text (a tale from the Tang dynasty, also included in this volume), the film’s appropriation of traditional Chinese visual aesthetics, as well as the concept of xia (knight-errant) that is embedded in Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist worldviews. There are also discussions of the much-celebrated sonic design of The Assassin: the nearly exclusive use of a diegetic film score is a statement on the director’s belief in cinematic reality. Underlying all the chapters is a focus on how Hou reinvents Tang-dynasty China in contemporary culture. The meticulous

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community.

A Sensational Encounter with High Socialist China is a recollection of the historic visit of fourteen American students (and one Canadian) to China in 1971. The visit was one of the first approved for American scholars after the Chinese Communist Party came to power in 1949 and occurred prior to President Nixon’s famous trip (as well as that of a second group of scholars) in 1972. One of these students, Paul Pickowicz, kept a journal and photographically documented the trip. This book is a personal account of the events leading up to their visa approvals as well as those that occurred during the journey itself. The five senses are used to connect the reader to his experience and are placed in the context of a theatrical production. The images included have been selected from an archive at the University of California, San Diego, which digitized the author’s images as well as those of others in the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) taken during both the 1971 and 1972 delegati

The relation between China and the United States is arguably the most important bilateral relation in the world today. The U.S. and China are respectively the largest and the second largest economies in the world. They are also respectively the largest and the second largest trading nations in the world as well as each other’s most important trading partner. If China and the U.S. work together as partners towards a common goal, many things are possible. However, there exist significant friction and potential conflict in their economic relations. The large and persistent U.S.-China bilateral trade deficit is one of the problems. It is essential to know the true state of the China-U.S. trade balance before effective solutions can be devised to narrow the trade surplus or deficit. The impacts and potential impacts of the 2018 trade war between China and the U.S. on the two economies are analysed and discussed. The longterm forces that underlie the economic relations between the two count

前作《時光當舖》授權克頓傳媒，影視化改編啟動！ 什麼時候聽到那個名字， 臉上的笑容不會消失， 才是真正的成熟。 華文原創新風貌！ 翼想本，帶您幻想展翼── ★ Google Play行動嘉年華‬，獨家精選代表作── ★ 2016國際動漫節簽名會獲得ＴＶＢＳ、東森、蘋果等海內外媒體專題報導 ★ 博客來、金石堂，暢銷排行雙冠王 ★ 連霸蘋果日報暢銷排行 ★ 尖端編輯部驚艷不已的留日新星作家 ★ 東川篤哉《純喫茶「一服堂」之四季》御用繪師──Ooi Choon Liang 繪製 【內容簡介】 複製人的自殺申請日漸增多，經過調查發現都是奧米勒斯教的信徒。因為來自複製人監察廳的壓力，第二人生公司不得不開始針對奧米勒斯教展開調查，而若嵐和修元找到公司的特殊複製技術顧問姜肅生尋求幫助，期望憑藉姜肅生的能力，判斷出奧米勒斯教的中心所在。 複製人監察廳公開宣布奧米勒斯為邪教組織，來自外在與內部的壓力，讓若嵐與修元疲於奔命，此時，他們卻發現姜肅生的自殺申請也出現在辦公桌上，並且已經是第三封……

The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong presents the Chinese painting exhibition Tradition to Contemporary: Ink Painting and Artistic Development in 20th-century China. The exhibition is curated from artworks within the museum’s permanent collection. Works trace the evolution of ink painting in Hong Kong, and include many of the masters that have helped to build the city’s art scene and museum collections. The exhibition and its associated catalogue offers audiences a broad overview of the provenance and aesthetic quality of individual works, and the cultural interactions among twentieth-century Chinese artists, curators, collectors and scholars in Hong Kong, mainland China and abroad. It makes reference to individuals and their networks, to teacher-student relationships and to the generosity of the numerous painters who have helped UMAG to grow the museum’s holdings, and whose work constitutes the foundation of UMAG’s educational work today. Since

The publication of this book marks the fifteenth anniversary of the outbreak of SARS epidemic in Hong Kong in 2003. This documentary study, originating as a research project a year after the epidemic, is a comprehensive attempt to examine the development of public health in Hong Kong from 1841 to the early 1990s. It covers the periods of prewar colonial rule, Japanese occupation, postwar reconstruction and growth, and the beginning of decolonisation. It analyses political, social, economic, and cultural factors, including the intersection of colonial priorities and indigenous agency and practices that affected disease outbreaks and development, government and local responses, advances in technology related to health and medicine, as well as the emergence of health agencies and institutions. The historical documents, selected from government archives, personal papers, and special collections, are invaluable source materials for the critical evaluation of such developments. The book prov

★ Amazon Best Seller No.1 ★《Excel Power Programming with VBA》被國外讀者喻為「經典權威」，造就無數工程師與職場相關工作者， 是每個學習VBA的人都要看的重量級巨作。 ★本書以最新修訂內容編製成國際中文版，全書經過再次審校，絕對是專業而實用的參考教本！ 架構嚴謹從函式入門、圖表設計、應用程式到表單開發 具系統性、標竿學習、傳承教學典範的EXCEL VBA著作 範例剖析、延伸運用以及技巧提點，不藏私傾囊相授 本書學習者為中心，摒棄華而不實的、冗長的解釋，呈現實用的示例、注意事項和訣竅，提供大量程式碼和示例範本，幫助你從資料分析人員蛻變為Excel程式設計專家。 Part I Excel VBA基礎知識 第I 部分介紹Excel VBA，為建立和管理Excel 子常式和函數提供程式設計基礎知識。第 1 章全面介紹Excel 應用開發方面的各種概念。第 2 章到第 6 章討論在進行VBA 程式設計時需要了解的各種知識。第 7 章則列舉許多有用的範例助你記起前面所學的VBA 知識。 Part II 進階VBA技術 第Ⅱ部分涵蓋一些VBA 進階程式設計技術。第 8 章和第 9 章討論如何使用VBA 來處理樞紐分析表和圖表（包括走勢圖）。第 10 章討論在與其他應用程式（如Word 和Outlook）互動時所採用的各種技術。第11 章介紹如何處理文件和外部資料來源。 Part III 操作使用者表單 該部分的 4 章內容主要介紹自訂對話盒（也稱為使用者表單）。第 12 章介紹建立自訂使用者表單的一些內建方法。第 13 章介紹使用者表單以及可供使用的各種控制項。第 14 章和第 15 章則列舉從基本到進階的自訂對話盒的大量範例。 Part IV 開發Excel應用程式 該部分講述建立導向使用者的應用程式的重要內容。第 16 章教你建立增益集。第 17 章和第 18 章討論如何修改Excel 的功能區和快速選單。第 19 章介紹向應用程式提供線上說明的幾種不同方法。第 20 章展示如何開發導向使用者的應用程式。第 21 章探討在進行Excel VBA程式設計時與相容性相關的一些資訊。 附錄 V VBA語句和函數 附錄是一份參考指南，列出作為VBA 中關鍵字的所有語句和函數。 適用

When Liu Bang, the eponymous protagonist of this novel, set out to conquer all under Heaven, he was already 47 years old. A medium-built, foul-mouthed peasant with a reputation as a ne’er-do-well, a womanizer, and a drunkard, who, though literate, never cared much about literature, he seemed to have a slim chance at success at a time when all the heroes in the realm contended for power and dominance. Against all odds, he defeated his rivals to found the Han dynasty, and quelled the numerous rebellions that challenged his rule. 本書以史實與故事兼容之手法，描述歷史人物劉邦以平民出身，卻能扭轉情勢爭奪天下的經過。 好評推薦 Praises for Heavenly Khan: An engrossing fictionalized history that examines an ingenious and powerful Chinese ruler.--Kirkus Reviews A new historical legend to stand alongside Alexander the Great and Napoleon.--San Francisco Book Review A deftly written and truly riveting work from beginning to end, Heavenly Khan: A Biography of Emperor Tang Taizong is an extraordinary and solidly entertaining story

Putting admirable rationales of university education into practice is never easy. While it is popular to emphasize market values and competitive rankings, moral values and ideals sound way too lofty nowadays. Under tensions on campus and in society, the head of a university takes the role of striking a balance as skilfully as possible. Professor Joseph Sung is no exception to all these challenges. He has been enjoying university life with teachers and students, going through ups and downs with them. This book, a collection of 57 blog articles by Professor Sung during his tenure as the seventh Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, tells us the stories. He talks about higher education and social responsibility, pathways and choices our youths make, the visions he had and the challenges he faced, and life values which he wishes his students could take seriously. Though generations come and go, he still cares that they live a simple, noble and humble life. He hopes we ca

As a sequel to An Encyclopedia of Translation: Chinese-English English-Chinese, which was published in 1995, this volume, An Encyclopedia of Practical Translation and Interpreting, focuses on practical translation and interpreting, the two emerging areas of increasing importance in recent decades. Some chapters in this volume are illustrated with examples in translation between Chinese and English. Scholars and experts from China, France, Hong Kong, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States share with us their experiences in translation or interpreting practice. This encyclopedia should be of great interest to both specialists and general readers.

學習熱門的機器學習演算法 本書介紹熱門的機器學習演算法及其實作方式。你將會了解如何在Spark ML這套開發框架之內，實作各種機器學習概念。首先，我們會帶你在單一節點與多重節點的運算叢集上，完成Spark的安裝工作；接著，說明如何執行以Scala和Python語言撰寫的Spark ML程式；然後以幾套資料集為範例，深入探索分群、分類與迴歸；最後，利用Spark ML來處理文字資料。 打造可以應用於工作中的機器學習程式 弄懂概念之後，便可運用來實作演算法，可能是從頭開始，或是將既有的系統轉移到這個新平台，像是從Mahout或Scikit轉移到Spark ML。當你讀完本書之時，應該能夠善加運用Spark，打造可以應用於工作中的機器學習程式。 本書將帶您： ．實際動手嘗試最新版的Spark ML ．以Scala與Python語言撰寫Spark程式 ．在本機以及Amazon ECS雲端平台上，安裝並設置Spark開發環境 ．取用公開的機器學習資料集，使用Spark進行資料的載入、處理、清理與轉換等動作 ．處理巨量的文字資料，包括特徵萃取，並使用文字資料作為輸入餵給機器學習模型 ．撰寫Spark函式，評估機器學習模型的表現能力

前作《時光當舖》授權克頓傳媒，影視化改編啟動！ 即使註定要死，我也要走自己選擇的路！ 華文原創新風貌！ 翼想本，帶您幻想展翼── ★ Google Play行動嘉年華‬，獨家精選代表作── ★ 2016國際動漫節簽名會獲得ＴＶＢＳ、東森、蘋果等海內外媒體專題報導 ★ 博客來、金石堂，暢銷排行雙冠王 ★ 連霸蘋果日報暢銷排行 ★ 尖端編輯部驚艷不已的留日新星作家 ★ 東川篤哉《純喫茶「一服堂」之四季》御用繪師──Ooi Choon Liang 繪製 【內容簡介】 一旦擁有者死亡，複製人也會面臨被回收的命運。 但，在期限降臨之前，能否任性一回？ 余晴妍從被複製重生之後，就從長女變成了家裡年紀最小的孩子。遺憾早年家境不好導致女兒死亡的余振，對於重生的晴妍百般呵護，並在經濟上給予相當大的空間，而註定沒有繼承權的晴妍，在家裡成了一個超然的存在。 然而看似美好的一切都在余振發現自己已是癌症末期之後，逐漸走了樣。 余振想用自己剩餘的時間延長女兒的生命，但這也只是延後了晴妍的死期。逃無可逃的命運，會讓晴妍做下何種決定來渡過剩下的日子呢？ 「第二人生」，在此為您服務。

本书是作为人口学的第一门教程而著，也是为此，书之英文名除了可翻译为Introduction to Demography，还可译为Demography: A First Course。通过系统阅读本书，读者能对人口学的基本概念与方法，即“生（生育分析）、死（死亡分析）、迁（迁移流动）、测（人口预测）”有系统的认识，并能够据此对一些社会现象及其背后的相关政策逻辑有自我的分析和理解，比如中国生育政策的动态调整、人口老龄化趋势及其社会影响等。

★金石堂漫畫排行榜冠軍 ★博客來中文電子書漫畫暢銷排行榜冠軍 ★原著小說家‧千川：「這部漫畫在很多方面擁有小說沒有的效果和優點，完全可以當作一本全新的作品來欣賞。」 ★原著繪師‧Ooi Choon Liang：「看見筆下人物從圖畫變成漫畫超感動，而且畫風類型非常喜歡！」 ★抒情系漫畫家葉澄巧心改編，夢夢月刊人氣連載中。一卷書、一盞茶，經由漫畫重溫小說裡古鐘餘韻悠悠繚繞…… ※一般版內含： (1)單行本／25K 【故事介紹】 「物靈師」阿樂為了經營當舖，憑藉可看到物靈的能力承接了私家偵探的工作，調查因物靈產生的神祕事件。為了尋找葉氏鎮店之寶的下落，阿樂決定重回葉氏老宅探索真相。保險箱物靈阿湘為何與李昌平長得一模一樣？葉采欣與阿湘、李昌平之間有何糾葛？被揭開的過往是否掩藏了更多的祕密？真相背後讓人感動落淚的無悔深情，是否輕輕觸動你心中某個柔軟的角落… ※單行本超值內容： ●加筆新繪①「角色們的狂想曲」四格小劇場 ●加筆新繪②番外篇 ●作者花絮「葉澄愛吃熱蛋糕」

The Jews first arrived in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD) and settled as businessmen, civil servants and professionals. They assimilated into Chinese society and lost their Jewish character. The next wave came in the mid-19th century with the opening of the treaty ports and settled in Shanghai. They went into trading, especially opium, and diversified into property, manufacturing, finance, public transport and retail. Another Jewish community settled in Harbin after the opening of the China Eastern Railway in 1903. They also prospered in trading and business. Both communities built synagogues, schools, social clubs and welfare institutions. During World War Two, 25,000 Jews from Nazi-occupied Europe took refuge in Shanghai, one of the few cities in the world open to them. Many received visas from Asian diplomats who defied their governments to issue them. The Japanese military refused the Nazi demand to carry out ‘the final solution’ of the Jews in Shanghai. After 1945, infl

In January 1980 a young police officer named John MacLennan committed suicide in his Ho Man Tin flat. His death came mere hours before he was to be arrested for committing homosexual acts still, at that point, illegal in Hong Kong. But this was more than the desperate act of a young man, ashamed and afraid; both his death and the subsequent investigation were a smokescreen for a scandal that went to the heart of the establishment. MacLennan came to Hong Kong from Scotland during a time of social unrest and corruption scandals, a time when the triads still took their cut, and when homosexuality and paedophilia were considered interchangeable and both offered easy targets for blackmail. The governorship of Sir Murray MacLehose was to be a time of reform and progress, but with that remit came the determination of many to suppress scandals and silence those who stirred up trouble. Both the life and death of John MacLennan seemed to many of those in power to threaten the stability of one of

This book is a study of social and cultural change in the lower Yangzi delta. This region, Ming China’s economic heartland, flourished commercially and culturally during the sixteenth century, and its elites maintained strong political ties with the central government at Beijing. Drawing upon a large body of contemporary writings, the author discusses important socio-economic and cultural trends wherein scholars and scholar-officials entered the marketplace while the merchant class improved its status and importance. For all the benefits they brought about, these developments sowed the seeds of trouble. The author explains how unconstrained profit-seeking eroded the social and moral fabric of society and widened the gap between rich and poor. Toward the end of the sixteenth century, economic conditions worsened. Bitter resentments gave rise to popular riots against predatory great families. Eventually, mass revolts across the empire and Manchu’s invasion dealt a crushing blow to th

《邊學邊用：華語聽說教材》是針對以普通話為第二語言／外語人士的特點和需要編寫的普通話口語系列教材。教材取材於普通話母語人士的口語對話，幫助學習者學習普通話，在日常生活或專業領域學以致用。 “Chinese（Putonghua）in Communication” is a series of spoken Putonghua textbooks designed for learners studying Putonghua as a second／foreign language. By drawing all examples and sample conversations from authentic speaking materials collected from native Putonghua speakers, this book series is suitable for learners aiming at learning practical Putonghua to be used in their daily as well as professional lives. 本書特點： Features of this textbook: 1. 簡體中文和漢語拼音對照，並附繁體中文供參考。 Simplified Chinese characters and Pinyin（Romanization）are presented side by side, also with conventional Chinese characters attached for reference. 2. 豐富多彩的練習，還原日常生活場景，活學活用。 Providing various communicative tasks simulating real world scenarios or situations. 3. 隨書附課文及詞彙錄音。 Providing full recordings of text and vocabulary. 4. 本書在大學已經使用多年，特別適合短訓班，學習者可以在比較短的時間內，基本掌握學校課堂、交通詢問、邀約、留言、飲食購物、簡短講演等方面的語言運用。 This textbook has been used

China’s ascent to the ranks of the world’s second largest economic power has given its revolution a better image than that of its Russian counterpart. Yet the two have a great deal in common. Indeed, the Chinese revolution was a carbon copy of its predecessor, until Mao became aware, not so much of the failures of the Russian model, but of its inability to adapt to an overcrowded third-world country. Yet, instead of correcting that model, Mao decided to go further and faster in the same direction. The aftershock of an earthquake may be weaker, but the Great Leap Forward of 1958 in China was far more destructive than the Great Turn of 1929 in the Soviet Union. It was conceived with an idealistic end but failed to take all the possibilities into account. China’s development only took off after—and thanks to—Mao’s death, once the country turned its back on the revolution. Lucien Bianco’s original comparative study highlights the similarities: the all-powerful bureaucracy; the over-explo

前作《時光當舖》授權克頓傳媒，影視化改編啟動！ 如果有權決定，我想自私地死在你之前。 華文原創新風貌！ 翼想本，帶您幻想展翼── ★ Google Play行動嘉年華‬，獨家精選代表作── ★ 2016國際動漫節簽名會獲得ＴＶＢＳ、東森、蘋果等海內外媒體專題報導 ★ 博客來、金石堂，暢銷排行雙冠王 ★ 連霸蘋果日報暢銷排行 ★ 尖端編輯部驚艷不已的留日新星作家 ★ 東川篤哉《純喫茶「一服堂」之四季》御用繪師──Ooi Choon Liang 繪製 【內容簡介】 記憶、外型、性格，全然一致。 但，複製而來的愛意，是否能稱之為愛？ 人總有太多不捨。 不捨曾經的溫暖，不捨曾經的笑語，不捨曾經的關懷。 所以我們用照片、影像、音樂，還有回憶，去留下那註定要失去的人和事。 然而，你我都清楚，這些並不夠。再多的方式，生離死別，仍是一道無解的習題。 人們總說只能接受現實，但我們是幸運的，即便生活依舊柴米油鹽，依舊無法挽留逝去的那些，但我們擁有的不僅僅是照片、影像、音樂或者回憶，我們還有──被復活的摯愛。 與其對方離開後無限追思，不如在世時珍視對待；如果您錯過了第一次機會，只要您願意讓您的摯愛從此只是一件商品，那麼，「第二人生」，在此為您服務。

Previous collections of photographs illustrating the lost world of Old Hong Kong have tended to focus exclusively on black-and-white images from before the Second World War. In this new collection of photographs from the period 1948-1969, Otto Lam has instead selected a dazzling array of images in glorious full colour, most of them taken by overseas visitors to Hong Kong, including some of the earliest surviving colour views of the city and its environs. These evocative images demonstrate what a vibrant place Hong Kong was during this crucial period in the colony's rapid economic growth and modernisation. This volume, covering a wide range of images from daily life in post-war Hong Kong, comes at a time when a new generation of citizens is taking a greater interest in the rich and largely intangible heritage of their city.

《边学边用：华语听说教材》是针对以普通话为第二语言 / 外语人士的特点和需要编写的系列普通话口语教材。教材取材於普通话母语人士的口语对话，帮助学习者学习普通话，在日常生活或专业领域学以致用。 “Chinese (Putonghua) in Communication” is a series of spoken Putonghua textbooks designed for learners studying Putonghua as a second / foreign language. By drawing all examples and sample conversations from authentic speaking materials collected from native Putonghua speakers, this book series is suitable for learners aiming at learning practical Putonghua to be used in their daily as well as professional lives.

Why is Selflessness a way to Wisdom? This book is a real story, but more than that it is also a book for academic life education purpose. It first contains real stories from eleven suicide prevention telephone hotline volunteers of the Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong (SBHK) who had been serving for more than 25 years. They came from all walks of life such as engineer, businessman, teacher, nurses and housewife. There were episodes of unforgettable conversation between volunteers and clients, stories of how volunteer managed the situation when a suicide attempt was ongoing at the other end of the phone. Based on these stories, the author, who are also a long-serving volunteers of SBHK himself, combined with several academic references to explore relationships between empathy, selflessness, virtues, transcendence, wisdom and Eudaimonia (ultimate happiness) which human being should be aware of and to try to understand. This book consists of two parts. The first part is a series of stor

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

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

For so many around the world, it was in the cinema that they saw their first glimpse of martial arts. Through the films of Lau Kar Leung, among others, they came to appreciate the power and skill of many kung fu techniques. However devotees and practitioners of kung fu and Hung Kuen were aware of the much longer tradition of these arts and in particular, the contribution of both the Lam family and the Lau family. In 2009 the Hong Kong Government endeavoured to identify and recognize forms of intangible cultural heritage. It was this awareness of a vibrant part of Hong Kong history and culture which led to the creation of the Hong Kong Martial Arts Living Archive, and from this the exhibition, Lingnan Hung Kuen Across the Century: Kung Fu Narratives in Hong Kong Cinema and Community. In the exhibition and this companion book, the histories of the Lam and Lau families are traced, and their role in preserving and creating new stances and forms and bringing Hung Kuen to a wider audience th

In a career of public service spanning 30 years, Dr. Leong Che-hung had always been there when Hong Kong people needed him. His faith in serving his own people had taken him from the operating theatre to the Executive Council and Legislative Council representing the medical constituency, and he was successively appointed as the Chairman of the Hospital Authority, the HKU Council and the Elderly Commission, among others. Now, for the first time, Dr. Leong uses each phase of his professional and public career as a spur to reflect on what makes Hong Kong tick. Opinionated, perceptive and often prescient, he tells the inside stories of the city’s most challenging health care crisis and most treasured medical triumphs. Throughout the book, he thinks passionately about many pressing issues facing Hong Kong, and why they are not only challenges but also opportunities. In the end, this is a book more about the history and future of Hong Kong than the life of one of its inhabitants.