Visual Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks

Given the rapid pace at which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and other Asian economies are growing and the global volatility that these societies are experiencing, social capital and its diverse connectivities can furnish useful anchoring to communities, neighbourhoods, local governments and social protection networks. This volume in twelve chapters provides a critical analysis of social capital, its indigenous evolution and spread in HKSAR. Some of the experiments and activities narrated in these chapters indicate the ingenious blending of the local ethos and culture with modern organisational forms and information networks. Policy makers, development practitioners, researchers of civil society organisations and welfare agencies will find this book a helpful reference source. The book will also appeal as a text or supplementary reading in management, public administration, governance, and development economics courses dealing with social capital and social enterprise.

Sustaining Landscapes: Governance and Ecology in Chinese Visual Culture, 960–1368 CE examines ecological thought contested amid the rise of the Chinese landscape genre, tracing its intersections with infrastructure governance, natural resource management, and geospatial knowledge. It traces the pre-industrial notion of “sustainability” in policy debates, legal regulations, and arts. Landscape imagery on paintings, maps, as well as mass-produced artifacts such as fans and ceramic pillows documented both appropriate and exploitative use of natural resources, and critiqued on social inequity and political turmoil. This book breaks new ground by bringing together research on visual and material culture with analysis of politics and ecology. Wang argues that the Chinese landscape genre embodied a holistic approach to negotiating debates on human-nature interdependence and people-state relationships. It joins the increasing literature on ecocriticism and offers alternative perspectives to ad

本書使用Visual Basic和Visual Studio Community來開發Windows Forms與主控台應用程式，這個整合開發環境具有所視即所得、拖放式資料設計、IntelliSense、自動完成程式碼、設計階段編譯等功能，只要以滑鼠拖曳控制項並設定相關屬性，就會自動產生程式碼，之後再撰寫一些簡短的程式碼，即便是初學者，也能快速開發出Windows應用程式。 *範例導向：各章均以精心設計的範例帶領讀者動手實作，從上機的過程中學會Visual Basic程式設計。 *主題完整：涵蓋Visual Basic語法教學、例外處理、Windows Forms控制項、GDI+ 繪圖與列印支援、檔案存取、建立SQL Server資料庫與SQL查詢、ADO.NET資料庫存取、物件導向程式設計、事件驅動與事件處理等完整的主題。 *視覺化設計：使用Visual Studio的視覺化工具自動產生程式碼，協助讀者以簡短的程式碼開發功能強大的Windows應用程式。 *反覆練習：提供豐富的隨堂練習與學習評量，馬上驗收學習效果，讓學習與練習相輔相成。

Li shang wanglai is a phrase that combines practice and principle. It is what others have discussed as Confucianism. But it is the summation of what is practised in daily life and without the leadership of an elite intelligentsia. With this phrase the author has brought together what had been separately discussed: the social philosophy of bao (asymmetrical reciprocity), the central importance of mianzi and lian (face), the moral economy of renqing (human relationships of fellow-feeling), the art of making guanxiwang (social networks), and much else. She shows how they work together in what might be called a discursive constellation. Using sociological and anthropological theorisations of reciprocal relations in China and Japan, she creates a framework of four dimensions, namely, principled rational calculation, human-feeling, moral, and religious, and four kinds of relationships, namely, instrumental, expressive, negative and generous.

"The fact that Snow did not sneak into “red China” to gather information constituting the basis of his Red Start over China all alone is in many instances misunderstood even by scholars. Mao Zedong’s biography has been the subject of an international mountain of commentary in China and elsewhere. Biographies praising Mao and those slandering him are all based on the American journalist Edgar Snow’s (1905–1972) account in Red Star over China for the route Mao traveled from early childhood through his youth. How the “Red Star” Rose introduces the image of Mao and the biographical information made known to the world through the publication of Red Star, and with its publication the circumstances which they fundamentally undermined. Ishikawa Yoshihiro uses Mao Zedong as raw material to examine from whence and how ordinary historical information and images which we habitually use unconsciously come into being. He desires to help readers to reconsider the historicity of the generation of no

Dr. Tzu Yu Allison Lin achieved her PhD with her study of Virginia Woolf and London narratives at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research interests are visual and verbal representations, literary criticism and language teaching. She has articles and books published in English, including the most recent, Art and Narrative (2019). She is teaching at Gaziantep University, Turkey.

本書第一版榮獲國家圖書館狀元推薦閱讀書單科學類第15名，也是唯二進榜的程式設計書籍！ *作者累積二十年教學與著作經驗完成，章節架構採循序漸進、難易適中，內容說明簡單扼要。 *針對大專院校教學進度編寫，適合作學習C++程式語言的教材，內容由淺入深、由簡而繁的帶領讀者學習C++的基本程式設計、結構化程式設計、物件導向程式設計、與應用程式設計。 *本書所有的語法、範例與程式都是使用ANSI/ISO C++的標準，同時也兼顧到Visual C++的相容性，因此本書所有範例程式皆使用「Orwell Dev-C++ 5.11 with GCC 4.9.2編譯器」與「Visual C++ 2019編譯器」編譯、連結與執行過。 *第四版適用Windows 10系統，且更新至Orwell Dev-C++ 5.11 with GCC 4.9.2與Visual C++ 2019編譯器。

本书系统介绍了Visual Basic基础理论及其程序设计方法。以基于程序设计应用能力培养为主要目标，面向应用型教学需求，重点突出基础性和应用性。按照“理论实践”的思想关联知识。全书共8章，配套实验教程，具有大量的实验内容，通过实验巩固所学的知识。

本书是《Visual Basic程序设计教程》配套实验教学用书，结合“VB程序设计”课程理论教学中对实验教学的要求，在内容组织上与理论教材想对应。全书分为8章，每章包含目的要求、主要内容、实验操作及习题与答案四部分内容。

本書第一版榮獲國家圖書館民國100年狀元推薦閱讀書單科學類第15名，也是唯二進榜的程式設計書籍！ *作者累積二十年教學與著作經驗完成，書的章節架構採循序漸進、難易適中，內容說明簡單扼要。 *針對大專院校教學進度編寫，適合作學習C++程式語言的教材，內容由淺入深、由簡而繁的方式帶領讀者學習C++的基本程式設計、結構化程式設計、物件導向程式設計、與應用程式設計。 *本書所有的語法、範例與程式都是使用ANSI/ISO C++的標準，同時也兼顧到Visual C++的相容性，因此本書所有範例程式皆使用Orwell Dev-C++ 5.11 with GCC 4.9.2與Visual C++ 2017編譯器編譯、連結與執行過。 *第三版更新至適用Windows 10系統，且所有範例程式皆在64 bits Windows系統中編譯。

本书共分为十章，前九章为考试真题和上机实践指导部分，涵盖了《全国计算机等级考试二级Visual Basic语言程序设计考试大纲(2015年版)》内容。第十章主要安排了一些综合实验。

本書從初學者的角度出發，以通俗易懂的語言，配合豐富多彩的實例，詳細介紹了使用Visual C++ 2013進行程序開發應該掌握的各方面知識。

Visual Basic是目前國內使用者最多的程式語言之一，對於熟悉Visual Basic的使用者來說，Android App開發雖然是當紅的軟體開發領域，但是，苦於不熟悉Java語法和物件導向程式設計，根本無法馬上入門。現在，直接使用現有Visual Basic程式設計經驗，一樣可以輕鬆跨平台開發Android和iOS App！ Basic4android（B4A）是一套整合開發環境IDE，可以讓Visual Basic語言的開發者直接使用BASIC語言來開發Android App，B4A能夠自動將開發者撰寫的BASIC程式碼編譯轉換成Java程式碼來建立原生的Android應用程式。 Basic4iOS（B4i）是B4A的兄弟產品，可以讓我們使用相同觀念和語法來開發iOS App，輕鬆使用Visual Basic語言在Windows作業系統進行iOS App開發。 *全面升級Android 5.x和Java SE8 *完整說明B4A+B4i整合開發工具的使用。特別製作實用幻燈片教學影片來幫助讀者快速入門B4A。 *使用大量程式範例說明B4A和B4i的Visual Basic語法。 *提供大量實際B4A和B4i專案幫助讀者學習Android/iOS App程式設計。 *詳細說明B4A活動模組、事件處理和活動的生命周期，和活用B4A和意圖建立多活動Android App，和啟動內建應用程式。 *完整說明使用介面設計，包含：版面配置、基本介面元件、選單、清單元件、標籤頁和對話方塊等。 *完整說明Android App的圖片顯示、圖庫瀏覽、繪圖、動畫建立和統計圖表。 *活用B4A函數庫、RESTful API和JSON來建立股票查詢和圖片搜尋程式。包含SQLite資料庫、GPS服務、Google地圖、服務模組、狀態列通知和首頁小工具的完整解說。 *詳細說明iOS帳號申請和B4i安裝步驟，和如何在Windows作業系統建立iOS開發環境。 *使用實例說明B4i的iOS生命周期、介面元件和函數庫的使用，並且說明如何使用B4A+B4i開發跨平台行動App。

This book is for readers who are interested in literature, visual arts and writings about life. Most of the time, life itself, including personal ones and collective ones (such as nation, natural environment and so forth), gives incredible inspirations to the one who is writing. And yet, through more reading and more thinking, the writing self can imagine someone else’s way of living, as if he or she is living through it. This collection of essays brings literature and visual arts together, as their aesthetics come to complete each other. 本書特色 A collection of essays that explores the intricate relationships between literature and art, bringing new insights into famous writers such as Henry James and Virginia Woolfe.

程式設計最絢麗的星星 The Art of Pointer: Beautiful Star 探討C語言指標的基本概念及它與變數、陣列、結構和檔案之間的應用。 同時也剖析C++、C++/CLR、Java、Visual C#及Visual BASIC的Reference。 分別以指標和Reference實作鏈結串列、堆疊與佇列。 針對以下14個主題，分別在C、C++、C++/CLR、Java、Visual C#及Visual BASIC程式語言比較其寫法： 1、變數的定義。 2、算術運算子。 3、關係運算子。 4、邏輯運算子。 5、輸出函數。 6、輸入函數。 7、選擇敘述。 8、迴圈敘述。 9、陣列。 10、函數呼叫。 11、指標與reference. 12、指向或reference到空的地方之表示法。 13、動態配置記憶體。 14、回收記憶體。

The digital divide and the inequalities of the availability and deployment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) between developed and developing countries have long been a source of concern. Global institutions such as the United Nations, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the World Bank, as well as regional and national level agencies, have set up task forces to investigate how ICTs can be enacted most effectively in developing countries. How this shared vision should be put into practice is a complex undertaking, but it is already taking place. In this volume, we go beyond the theoretical, the polemical and the philosophical to consider practical issues as they are encountered by stakeholders in the developing country context. 15 author teams explore key issues organized into four sections: (1) Theoretical Background and Culture; (2) Telecentres; (3) Applications; and (4) Key Concepts with Country Specific Studies. Examples of these applications are

Throughout the long-term evolution of global capital markets, stock markets, and crypto-asset markets have historically operated as two parallel systems: the former is built upon over a century of institutional accumulation and vast institutional networks, while the latter has thrived within the technological framework of blockchain. Today, with the ongoing implementation and application of new models—such as the tokenization of real world assets (RWAs), stablecoins, crypto-asset ETFs, and digital asset treasury (DAT) companies—the convergence of securities and crypto is emerging as the most disruptive transformation trajectory in capital markets. Traditional securities are stepping into the on-chain world, while native crypto-assets are making their way into the mainstream financial arena through compliant pathways. Capital markets are witnessing a historic convergence characterized by "mutual convergence."  This book presents a comprehensive overview of the convergence of securities

The widely acclaimed films of Wong Kar-wai are characterized by their sumptuous yet complex visual and sonic style. Bettinson argues that Wong’s films—from Days of Being Wild and Chungking Express to In the Mood for Love and The Grandmaster—are permeated by an aesthetic of sensuousness and “disturbance” achieved through techniques such as narrative disruptions, jarring cuts, the blocking of facial access, and other complex strategies. The effect is to jolt the viewer out of complete aesthetic absorption. This tenth-anniversary edition of The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai includes a substantial new afterword bringing the story of Wong’s career up to date (including reflections on the mainland Chinese drama Blossoms Shanghai). Bettinson revisits and extends the arguments of the first edition, surveys the recent key debates on Wong’s filmmaking, and introduces fresh lines of critical investigation.

COUPLET PAIR REBUS explores the principle of cause and effect in art, offering various approaches to this philosophical relationship. Based on the UMAG exhibition curated by Harald Kraemer, the COUPLET section is comprised of more than twenty calligraphic pairs of poetic lines, known in Chinese as duilian (對聯). Through the multi-layered texts, one discovers the multitude of voices that can be used to describe nature and the world and how content can be visualised through various forms of calligraphy. PAIR features artworks that form a balanced equilibrium through diverse visual languages along with objects that exemplify how mankind’s pursuits create objects in symmetrical harmony across genres. While works presented in the REBUS section form a network of diverse references that connect the objects. Individuals are then tasked with decoding these connections like a 3D puzzle. This publication features an essay by curator Harald Kraemer unpacking the issues of harmony, symmetry and c

Journalism EthicsThis concise and authoritative work offers the latest guidance on journalism ethics for students and media professionals and will help empower news consumers to make informed decisions about the trustworthiness of their sources of information. It offers advice on all aspects of journalism ethics including accuracy and seeking the truth, representation of women, LGBTQ coverage, climate change, mental health, use of images, conflict reporting, elections, and how to use artificial intelligence. The author brings a unique perspective and depth of knowledge to the complex challenges facing journalists and news consumers in this era of fake news, disinformation, and artificial intelligence.

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

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

Focusing on the latest management trends, Transformational HRM Practices for Hong Kong provides HR professionals with a comprehensive and accessible guide to human resource management in Hong Kong. Written by a leading team of HR professionals, psychologists, legal experts, and academics, the book provides up-to-date coverage of current practices, laws and procedures, as well as guidance on the professional skills required to operate successfully in the region. Suitable for practitioners and students alike, the book contains authentic case studies in local context and sets out the latest strategies for talent acquisition and assessment as well as performance and rewards management. It provides essential coverage of organizational change management, recent technological advancements in the field, and outlines the development of Hong Kong’s employment laws and their likely implications for professionals. In one volume, this book provides the key information, guidance, and context HR pro

本书主要内容包括C++程序设计的基础知识、类与对象的基本概念和应用、继承与多态的基本概念和应用。本书以Visual C++ 6.0作为调试程序的主要环境，所选使用案例与理论知识相辅相成，每个案例均已经过调试，可以正确运行。

This is the first collection of essays in English, contributed by well-known experts of Chinese literature as well as scholars of a younger generation, dedicated to the poetry of Du Fu, commonly regarded as the greatest Chinese poet. These essays are engaged in historically nuanced close reading of Du Fu’s poems, both canonical and less known, from new angles and in various contexts, and discuss a series of critical issues, including the local and the imperial; the body politic and the individual body; poetry and geography; perspectives on the complicated relation of religion and literature; materiality and contemporary reception of Du Fu; poetry and visual art; and tradition and modernity. Many of the poems discussed in this book were written in the backwater town of Kuizhou, far from Du Fu’s earlier residence in the capital city Chang’an, at a time when the Tang dynasty was going through devastating social and political disturbances. The authors contend that Du Fu’s isolation from

Chinese Diaspora Charity and the Cantonese Pacific, 1850–1949 sheds new light on the history of charity among Chinese overseas and its place in the history of charity in China and in the wider history of global philanthropy. It finds that diaspora charity, besides serving traditional functions of helping the sick and destitute and supporting development in China, helped to build trust among dispersed hometown networks while challenging color boundaries in host societies by contributing to wider social causes. The book shows that charitable activities among the “Gold Rush” communities of the Pacific rim—a loosely integrated émigré network from Guangdong Province perhaps better known for its business acumen and hard work among English-speaking settler societies in North America and Australasia—also led the way with social innovations that helped to shape modern charity in China. Fitzgerald and Yip’s volume demonstrates that charity lay at the heart of community life among Chinese commu

"In what period did objects of worship appear in China? Could there be a possible convergence between written testimonies and archaeological remains? How was the production of icons understood, especially in light of its eventual condemnation in iconoclastic discourse? This history of cultic images designed for religious worship in China remains to be written. The statue collections over the course of 16th to 20th centuries in central Hunan of southern China will give us insight into the local artistic tradition of statue-making, and the dynamics of multifarious religious practices consisting of a hybrid of Buddhism, Daoism, Confucian, Shamanism, and so forth. The documents contained inside these effigies, as well as the inscriptions found on the statues themselves, provide first-hand information that has not been filtered down through theological or philosophical discourses. Moreover, this art of domestic statuary—which is found far from palaces, large temples, monasteries, and pain

Lens on China: Intermediate and Advanced Readings on Film for Learning Chinese is an innovative textbook that uses film to teach Mandarin Chinese. It not only provides students with a non-traditional way to learn Chinese by combining visual and textual materials, but also creates real, sociocultural and linguistic situations where students can use their acquired skills. Each lesson of the textbook focuses on one film in a highly engaging and effective way of learning. Each lesson comes with a comprehensive vocabulary list, detailed grammar explanations, and exercises in various forms. Such a design ensures a balance between basic language training in vocabulary and grammatical structure, and more advanced goals in interactive communication and in-depth reflection. Ten films are chosen to help the student achieve sociocultural knowledge that will deepen their understanding of contemporary China. Half of the films selected are light-hearted works on youth, love, and aspirations, with d

“Without a clear idea of the history of the New Territories, the history of Hong Kong as a whole would be impossible to bring to any sort of satisfactory completion. ... Elucidating the development of a village, a clan, a temple, or a market-town is also, in and of itself, real and valuable history, and abundantly justifies the time and effort spent on it.” This book is a history of village communities in the New Territories of Hong Kong, including those in the areas of Ha Tsuen, Hung Shui Kiu, and Sha Tin as well as those on the islands of Lamma, Ma Wan, and Tung Ping Chau. Elaborating on primary interviews with village elders, government documents, and public information, this book places the individual histories of each area into the context of Hong Kong’s rich past. The introduction sets up the rest of the book, outlining common themes and highlighting the dangers of using the communal memories of village communities while, at the same time, showing the valuable information doing

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

*秉持從做中學的寫作理念，提供生活化的程式範例，將精彩的程式範例與VB知識，做一妥善的結合，提供最完整的學習方案！ *詳盡地介紹Visual Basic程式設計的重要觀念與技巧，包括：VB的運算、判斷流程控制、迴圈流程控制、陣列、搜尋、排序、VB函式應用、檔案操作…等重要主題。 *程式範例架構明確，將程式範例分為：「程式設計目標」、「表單配置圖例」、「屬性值設定」、「程式碼撰寫」、「程式碼解說」等部分，透過結構化的學習架構，讓讀者清楚地瞭解程式的語法與程式設計方式。 *書中的程式範例程式，同時適用於Visual Basic 2017/2015/2013版，提供更彈性的程式開發軟體選擇。 *介紹運算思維與電腦解題的特性，特別將微軟的Software Development Fundamentals（Microsoft MTA 98-361）證照考試之重點，融入章末的習題之中。

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

本書使用C# 和Visual Studio Community來開發Windows Forms與主控台應用程式，這個整合開發環境具有所視即所得、拖放式資料設計、IntelliSense、自動完成程式碼、設計階段編譯等功能，只要以滑鼠拖曳控制項並設定相關屬性，就會自動產生程式碼，之後再撰寫一些簡短的程式碼，即便是初學者，也能快速開發出Windows應用程式。 ．範例導向：各章均以精心設計的範例帶領讀者動手實作，從上機的過程中學會C# 程式設計。 ．主題完整：涵蓋C#語法教學、例外處理、Windows Forms控制項、GDI+繪圖與列印支援、檔案存取、建立SQL Server資料庫與SQL查詢、ADO.NET資料庫存取、物件導向程式設計、事件驅動與事件處理等完整的主題。 ．視覺化設計：使用Visual Studio的視覺化工具自動產生程式碼，協助讀者以簡短的程式碼開發功能強大的Windows應用程式。 ．反覆練習：提供豐富的隨堂練習與學習評量，馬上驗收學習效果，讓學習與練習相輔相成。

本书分为9章，介绍了AutoCAD绘图的基本知识、基本绘图命令、基本编辑命令、尺寸标注、图块及绘图组织技术、图样的布局与打印、三维绘图与实体造型、用户接口设计技术、Visual LISP语言与AutoCAD二次开发技术。

2019 Chinese Almanac is perfect for any people or families, with all useful information at your fingertips: 1. Basic information of an Almanac 2. General forecast based on zodiac sign 3.Flying Star Charts for every direction 4.Naming basics 5.Face and Palm reading 6. Practical Feng Shui 7. Chinese Almanac - suitable and unsuitable activities for each day of the year.

This book presents the first in-depth analysis of a monumental scroll known as the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang, dated 1493, from the collection of the San Diego Museum of Art. Through images and text, this scroll documents the ordination of Empress Zhang (1470–1541), wife of the Ming-dynasty Hongzhi emperor (r. 1488–1505) by a Heavenly Master of Zhengyi Daoism. It is a key source in the study of the history of Daoist ordinations, and a rare surviving record of the relationship between a Ming empress and the Heavenly Masters. Through detailed analysis of different historical perspectives and the Ordination Scroll itself, this book offers new insights into Daoist practices, Daoist material and visual culture, and the lives of imperial women in Ming China. By combining a rigorous attention to the specific object with a broad awareness of cultural context, this important book marks a real advance in our understanding of the agency of imperial women in Ming China, and the role of

The widely acclaimed films of Wong Kar-wai are characterized by their sumptuous yet complex visual and sonic style. This study of Wong's filmmaking techniques uses a poetics approach to examine how form, music, narration, characterization, genre, and other artistic elements work together to produce certain effects on audiences. Bettinson argues that Wong's films are permeated by an aesthetic of sensuousness and "disturbance" achieved through techniques such as narrative interruptions, facial masking, opaque cuts, and other complex strategies. The effect is to jolt the viewer out of complete aesthetic absorption. Each of the chapters focuses on a single aspect of Wong's filmmaking. The book also discusses Wong's influence on other filmmakers in Hong Kong and around the world. The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai will appeal to all who are interested in authorship and aesthetics in film studies, to scholars in Asian studies, media and cultural studies, and to anyone with an interest in

"Arthur's depth and breadth of knowledge on growing food plants are beyond compare, both theoretically and practically. His love of plants in general, and growing vegetables in particular, is clearly evident in the quality and variety of vegetables he grows in his own garden. He is also an excellent teacher, who gives clear and detailed explanations for everything he demonstrates, both in person and in his inspiring books. Arthur’s hard earned experience is an invaluable source of information and he constantly researches and experiments to enhance understanding of growing food plants. This second edition of Growing Your Own Food in Hong Kong expands on the rich content of his first book on the subject. Whether you are a novice, experienced gardener or armchair student, it is an invaluable source of wisdom used together with the first edition or as a new arrival in your reference library."──Vivien Wallis, Long time Hong Kong gardener, Past Vice Chair, The Hong Kong Gardening Society 「他在

The R&D activity in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) industrial sectors is an important factor in boosting the competitiveness of the European economy, and it stands high on the European political agenda (European Council held in Lisbon, March 2000). As an extension of existing research efforts, IPTS (DG Joint Research Centre, European Commission) has launched a research tender focused on R&D in ICT sectors in India, China and Taiwan, in order to gain a better understanding of major ICT R&D capabilities in that part of the world. The research exercise includes the preparation of three national Country Reports, supported by a Dataset and a Technical Annex for each country. Contract title: “Study on the trends in public and private investments in ICT R&D in China, India and Taiwan, and on the globalization of R&D and the competitiveness of their innovation systems in ICT”. Contract number: 150970-2008 F1SC-HU The contract was awarded by: Institute of Prosp

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.