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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

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.

深度學習 最佳入門邁向AI專題實戰 ★★★★★【深度學習】★★★★★ ☆☆☆☆☆【理論】+【實作】☆☆☆☆☆ 這是目前市面上講解【深度學習(Deep Learning)】從基礎到應用最完整的書籍，從基礎數學與統計開始，將演算法的原理解釋得更簡易清晰，協助讀者跨入 AI 的門檻，為避免流於空談，盡量增加應用範例，希望能達到即學即用。多位試閱本書內容的專家與學者全部皆給【五顆星】滿分評價。 整本書採用【最新版TensorFlow】+【大量圖片輔助】，+ 【完整理論解說】+【Python程式實作】以原理與實作，講解下列最熱門的AI主題。 ☆【神經網路(NN)】 ☆【卷積神經網路(CNN)】 ☆【物件偵測(YOLO)】 ☆【光學文字辨識(OCR)】 ☆【車牌辨識(ANPR)】 ☆【人臉辨識】 ☆【生成對抗網路 (GAN)】 ☆【深度偽造 (DeepFake)】 ☆【自然語言處理(NLP)】 ☆【聊天機器人(ChatBot)】 ☆【語音辨識(ASR)】 ☆【強化學習(RL)】 讀者只要遵循本書步驟學習相信必可以徹底認識人工智慧、機器學習與深度學習觀念，邁向浩瀚領域。

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.

上班睡覺也不會被老闆罵，因為我是貓咪！ § 動物插畫新銳 Dawning Crow 黑山的烏鴉 第一本故事集 § 一次公開15篇從未發表過的漫畫作品！貓咪摸布想打工，竟寫出騙人履歷？ 【彩蛋無限】 準備好接受心臟爆擊！收錄神祕黑貓同事、傑克室友、出差水豚…… 【圖文作家齊聲讚譽，推薦給奮鬥中的打工人】 圖文作家 Aida 《黃阿瑪的後宮生活》志銘與狸貓 「跟著摸布以貓咪的視角看世界，搭上作者自然又細膩的筆觸，療癒感十足！」——圖文作家Aida *********************************** 「每天一樣的日子，我已經厭倦了， 我要成為自力更生的小貓咪， 摸布……要自己賺罐罐！」 他是摸布，白底灰棕色斑點的三色貓， 女生，三歲，有可愛的臉蛋跟粉紅色的肉球。 主人每天無微不至的照顧，讓他不愁吃穿， 但摸布不想再當嬌生慣養的小貓咪， 他決定到貓咪咖啡廳打工，自己賺罐罐！ 明明不喜歡被摸又閉俗， 卻寫了騙人履歷「喜歡和人類相處」； 害怕陌生人，上班又只想偷懶， 但摸布還是決定踏出艱難的第一步…… 在此之前，先睡一覺或許也是不錯的。 【目錄】 Prologue 我是摸布 摸布的一天 傑克來了 MOBU JUMP 輯1：Mobu's Diary 摸布想自己賺罐罐 摸布面試了 摸布第一天上班 摸布要幫忙 Mobu's coffee bean 摸布的粉絲 番外篇　摸布想當網紅 黑貓同事弗蘭茲 煩死了喵 HAPPY TOGETHER 輯2：Animal Friends FRIENDLY LION 水豚出差的一天 Gallery 輯3：About the Artist Interview Acknowledgments Dawning Crow

Studies in Colloquial Chinese and Its History: Dialect and Text presents cutting-edge research into issues regarding prestige colloquial languages in China in their spoken forms and as well as their relationship to written forms and the colloquial literary language. These include the standard regional languages and prestige dialects of the past, the influence of historical forms of spoken Chinese on written Chinese, the history of guānhuà and the history of báihuà, proto-dialects and supra-regional common languages (koines), and their relationship to spoken dialects. The various studies in this collection focus on the dialect groups with the most substantial written tradition, including Mandarin, Wu, Min, and Cantonese, in north, central and eastern coastal, and southern China respectively. The contributors explore the histories of these dialects in their written and spoken forms, presenting a variegated view of the history and development of the regional forms, including their evoluti

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

Sir Robert Ho Tung (1862–1954) is a compelling figure in Hong Kong history. He is regularly portrayed as the colony’s greatest philanthropist and wealthiest man of his day, the first Chinese to live on the Peak, and, at the end of his life, the ‘Grand Old Man of Hongkong’. The illegitimate son of a Chinese mother and European father, he was highly sensitive about his mixed heritage though he consistently made the most of his fate. He was a man perfectly in tune with his place and time, his success driven as much by his entrepreneurial talents as by his being Eurasian. This book shows him in all his immense variety—clerk with the Imperial Maritime Customs, chief compradore of Jardine Matheson, financial wizard, husband and lover, patriarch of a large family of five sons and eight daughters, loyal British subject but also, paradoxically, Chinese patriot. China’s president Yuan Shikai awarded him the Order of the Excellent Crop, and King George V knighted him. May Holdsworth’s thoughtful

Set against the backdrop of regional and international post–Second World War tensions, Grounded at Kai Tak is the most comprehensive account of the complex legal struggle for ownership of 71 airplanes belonging to the two main Chinese airlines, which were stranded at Kai Tak airfield in Hong Kong at the end of the Chinese civil war. The resulting contest for possession of them took place in the courts and among politicians and diplomats on three continents. In the process, the struggle became entangled with the anti-communist policies of the United States in the emerging ‘Cold War’, British hopes for restoration of her pre-war commercial position in China, disagreements between nations about recognition of the new government in Peking, and the delicate balance that the colonial government of Hong Kong had to keep to preserve that colony’s interests. Merry tells the tale of this legal saga by weaving together archival documents and news reports of the day, revealing the international a

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

matplotlib 2D到3D資料視覺化 王者歸來 | 全彩印刷 | ★★★★★ 【國內作者第１本】【全彩印刷】【資料視覺化】 ★★★★★ ☆☆☆☆☆ 【國內作者第１本】【matplotlib書籍】 ☆☆☆☆☆ 本書包含【32個主題】、【509個程式實例】，整本書內容如下： ★ 完整解說操作matplotlib需要的Numpy知識 ☆ 認識座標軸與圖表內容設計 ★ 繪製多個圖表 ☆ 圖表的註解 ★ 建立與徹底認識圖表數學符號 ☆ 折線圖與堆疊折線圖 ★ 散點圖 ☆ 色彩映射Color mapping ★ 色彩條Colorbars ☆ 建立數據圖表 ★ 長條圖與橫條圖 ☆ 直方圖 ★ 圓餅圖 ☆ 箱線圖 ★ 極座標繪圖 ☆ 階梯圖 ★ 棉棒圖 ☆ 影像金字塔 ★ 間斷長條圖 ☆ 小提琴圖 ★ 誤差條 ☆ 輪廓圖 ★ 箭袋圖 ☆ 幾何圖形 ★ 表格製作 ☆ 基礎3D繪圖 ★ 3D曲面設計 ☆ 3D長條圖 ★ 設計動畫 本書程式實例豐富，相信讀者只要遵循本書內容必定可以在最短時間精通使用Python + matplotlib完成資料視覺化。

A Sketch of Truth Theory The Truth Theory refers to a natural attribute which all things embody during cosmic movement. And which features the inherent quality of the universe, that is, the attraction between Yin and Yun, the negative cosmic gas and the positive cosmic gas. It is the natural and scientific reality of the universe. The appearance of this theory will completely shatter the barriers that have hindered human understanding of life and all things in the universe for thousands of years. It will put an end to the idealism-materialism dichotomous outlook on the world and completely terminate the theism-atheism dualistic religious concept that people have disputed for thousands of years. It will enable humankind on Earth to see the universe in the true, clear-minded and correct manner for the first time. It will enable humankind to explain mysterious cosmic phenomena with our acquired part of scientific knowledge about the universe in a deep and complete manner for the first

"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

★★★★★ 國內作者【第一本】×【全彩印刷】×【AI視覺】書籍 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 完整解說【影像創意】×【AI視覺】的實例 ★★★★★ ★★★★★【31個主題】＋【423個Python實例】★★★★★ 筆者在撰寫這本書除了採用當下最熱門的Python程式語言，同時採用2步驟說明： ◤函數數學原理解說◢ ◤套用OpenCV函數講解影像創意與AI視覺的實例◢ 當讀者遵循這些步驟學習時，相信所設計的物件就是一個帶有靈魂與智慧的程式碼了。這本書從影像原理開始說起，逐一解說從影像到AI視覺所需的完整知識，本書的主題內容如下： ☆ 完整解說操作OpenCV需要的Numpy知識 ★ 影像讀取、輸出與儲存 ☆ 認識色彩空間、BGR、RGB、HSV ★ 建立藝術畫作 ☆ 建立靜態與動態影像，打破OpenCV限制建立中文字輸出函數 ★ 影像計算與影像的位元運算 ☆ 重複曝光技術 ★ 影像加密與解密 ☆ 閾值處理 ★ 數位情報員、深藏在影像的情報秘密 ☆ 數位浮水印、版權所有翻譯必究 ★ 影像幾何變換、翻轉、仿射、透視、重映射 ☆ 影像遮罩與影像濾波器 ★ 認識卷積 ☆ 認識與刪除影像雜質 ★ 數學形態學、腐蝕、膨脹、開運算、閉運算、禮帽運算、黑帽運算 ☆ 從影像梯度到內部圖形的邊緣偵測 ★ 影像金字塔 ☆ 影像輪廓特徵與匹配 ★ 輪廓的擬合、凸包與幾何測試 ☆ 醫學應用器官影像的徵兆 ★ 霍夫變換(Hough Transform)與直線檢測 ☆ 無人車駕駛車道檢測技術 ★ 直方圖、增強影像對比度、修復太曝或太黑影像、去霧處理 ☆ 模板匹配、找尋距離最近的機場、找尋某區域高山數量 ★ 傅立葉變換的方法與意義、空間域與頻率域的切換，進行影像處理 ☆ 分水嶺演算法執行影像分割 ★ 前景影像擷取 ☆ 影像修復—搶救蒙娜麗莎的微笑 ★ 辨識手寫數字 ☆ OpenCV的攝影功能、活用拍照與錄影 ★ 應用OpenCV內建的哈爾(Haar)特徵階層式分配器 ☆ 偵測人臉、身體、眼睛、貓臉、俄羅斯車牌 ★ 設計自己的哈爾偵測分配器，應用在偵測台灣汽車車牌 ☆ 人臉辨識原理與應用 ★ 執行車牌辨識

In New Asian Disorder: Rivalries Embroiling the Pacific Century, Lowell Dittmer and his team explore the recent political disorder in East Asia resulting from growing Sino-American polarization. The rise of China in recent years is widely regarded as a momentous shift in the global balance of power. China is now extending sovereignty into the East China Sea and the South China Sea, constructing a new set of global financial institutions and replacing “universal values” with technologically enhanced nationalism. The country’s “Belt and Road Initiative” is also tainted by the vast ambition to realize the “China Dream” within the foreseeable future. In response to China’s challenge, the United States has abandoned its “constructive engagement” policy towards the rising power and engaged in a trade war. Sino-American relations have been at a historical trough since the normalization of their relationship in the late 1970s. This book sheds new light on the current political disorder in the

What does it mean to be queer in a Confucian society in which kinship roles, ties, and ideologies are of such great importance? This book makes sense of queer cultures in China—a country with one of the largest queer populations in the world—and offers an alternative to Euro-American blueprints of queer individual identity. This book contends that kinship relations must be understood as central to any expression of queer selfhood and culture in contemporary cultural production in China. Using a critical approach—“queering Chinese kinship”—Lin Song scrutinizes the relationship between queerness and family relations, and questions Eurocentric queer culture’s frequent assumption of the separation of queerness from blood family. Offering five case studies of queer representations across a range of media genres, this book also challenges the tendency in current scholarship on Chinese and East Asian queerness to understand queer cultures as predominantly counter-mainstream, marginal, and un

This book explains the key aspects of executing an international IPO. Packed with useful tips, it reviews rules and market practices from the US to Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Real-life case studies are used to illustrate all aspects of conducting an IPO, including documentation, valuation, as well as marketing issues. This new edition has been the subject of a complete and detailed revision, including new information pertaining to market developments. Some topics, such as spin-off offerings, SPACs, listing requirements, and due diligence have also been further expanded while some 15 additional IPOs have been included as examples to illustrate various aspects of new offerings. It is most suitable for entrepreneurs, chief executives, and CFOs of companies about to be floated, investor relations professionals, family offices, private equity, hedge fund and institutional investors, and finance students. It will also be of interest to market practitioners such a

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.

This book is a comprehensive guide to one’s fate in the year of Tiger, including: 1. The Luck of the Newborn Tiger and Naming Tips; 2. Land Luck, Investment Strategy and Feng Shui Setting-out for the Year of the Tiger; 3. Fortune of Each Zodiac Sign as well as guidelines on Enhancing the Luck of Wealth, Health and Relationship; Chinese Almanac for the Year with suggested Lucky Days for various events.

The purpose of this book is to explain both the historical context and current practices of land administration in Hong Kong. Although Hong Kong has an open and business-friendly environment, it is underpinned by a socialist leasehold land tenure system. The government is landlord to virtually all land and so it plays a pivotal role in the administration of this scarce, and therefore, valuable resource.As land administration is governed by private contract law rather than legislation, it is constantly evolving with the courts handing down significant decisions on a regular basis. Government practice has to respond to this, as well as the community’s concern on how best land can be administered. The fifth edition has some substantial and important updates which should continue to be useful to both students and practitioners of surveying, architecture, planning and law, as well as the wider business and financial community.

In Hong Kong’s Last English Bishop, Philip L. Wickeri explores the life and times of John Gilbert Hindley Baker, who served as Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao from 1966 to 1981. Baker lived through exciting times, as a missionary in wartime and revolutionary China, as a priest in America during the early years of the Cold War, and as a mission leader in the Church of England when churches in many parts of the world were becoming independent, before returning to Hong Kong where he was elected bishop. He was a faithful correspondent and a prolific writer throughout his life, offering a personal commentary on the churches and the societies in which he lived. Wickeri has made extensive use of Baker’s writings and other archival materials to provide a vivid picture of his life and work. Bishop Baker was instrumental in working for reconciliation after the 1967 riots, expanding the work of the diocese, and engaging Hong Kong with the wider world. In 1971, he opened a ne

輕鬆簡單的好書，讓你從入門到高手，掌握機器學習及神經網路的數學、理論與實作！ 本書特色 機器學習唯一的入門書，從完全不懂到開發專案靠這本書就搞定 充分展現出日本書的細膩流暢又簡單清楚 想了解機器學習又怕被數學公式轟炸的AI小白最適合 作者把所有的數學公式都用最簡單的二維平面來處理，是對人腦最直覺的投射 懶人最愛的程式設計環境，Jupyter Notebook，在瀏覽器中就可以執行神經網路 高中文組數學程度就可以100%看得懂的Python程式 雖然簡單但十分詳細的公式推導 L1、L2回歸你我都會用，但這本書卻有完整的來龍去脈，打下神經網路及深度學習的基礎 無監督學習也有詳細說明，K-means和混合高斯模型 使用Tensorflow，每一行程式碼都看得懂，完全沒有不必要細節或玩弄技巧

最熱門的跨平台網頁設計技術大集合！ 6大主題、300個立即可套用範例，全新Bootstrap 5來襲， 最適合全面學習、現學現用的21堂經典關鍵課！ HTML5是最主流的跨平台網頁開發技術，書中以HTML5為主體，綜合當今最經典的跨平台網頁程式設計工具，完整解鎖各項技術，提供最佳學習途徑，現學現用！ 【結合最新前端技術】 全面引進最新的前端框架與技術，無論是HTML5、CSS3、JavaScript、jQuery、jQuery Mobile或是Bootstrap 5，都能銜接學習而快速上手，打造符合新一代標準的跨平台網站。 全新Bootstrap 5更是新一代RWD網站開發中的熱門焦點，能讓網頁因應不同大小的螢幕自動改變內容的配置，確保每個平台的使用者都能得到最好的操作體驗。無論是框架的安裝方式、格線系統的使用、網頁的元件、表單及工具的應用，一直到網頁互動程式的開發，Bootstrap 5都能提供簡單但功能強大的幫助！ 【徹底掌握開發語法】 透過詳細語法解說、大量圖表示意，引領了解各主題的核心概念與重點技術，並利用最適合的開發工具進行範例實作，徹底掌握語法與應用。 【立即套用海量範例】 提供大量範例應用，每個主題都依功能別加入實用範例，可依架構學習，也可以依功能主題立即尋找可套用的範例。 【跨越平台行動優先】 面對行動裝置的普及，網頁就必須跨越不同螢幕尺寸，因應不同作業平台。書中將RWD網頁建置技術徹底解構，進而掌握從電腦到手機版網頁的設計心法，讓跨平台網頁製作更簡單！ 【超值RWD影音教學】 提供RWD(Responsive Web Design，響應式網頁設計)使用Bootstrap 5的實戰影音教學，利用Bootstrap 5引導您從無到有快速打造一個跨平台的RWD網站，快速強化開發實力！ 【超值學習資源】範例程式檔、RWD網頁快速開發：使用Bootstrap 5實戰影音教學

The origins of modern Daoism can be traced to the Church of the Heavenly Master (Tianshidao), reputedly established by the formidable Zhang Daoling. In 142 CE, according to Daoist tradition, Zhang was visited by the Lord on High, who named him his vicar on Earth with the title Heavenly Master. The dispensation articulated an eschatological vision of saving initiates—the pure, those destined to become immortals— by enforcing a strict moral code. Under evolving forms, Tianshidao has remained central to Chinese society, and Daoist priests have upheld their spiritual allegiance to Zhang, their now divinized founder. This book tells the story of the longue durée evolution of the Heavenly Master leadership and institution. Later hagiography credits Zhang Daoling’s great-grandson, putatively the fourth Heavenly Master, with settling the family at Longhushan (Dragon and Tiger Mountain); in time his descendants—down to the present contested sixty-fifth Heavenly Master living in Taiwan— made th

Death and Life of Nature in Asian Cities explores the encounter between two processes that are unfolding in diverse patterns across Asia—the rapid urbanization of Asia across big cities, smaller towns, and the newest urban concentrations; and the contentious debates and novel schemes by which nature is figured and emplaced in cities and their conurbations. Contemporary Asian cities displace nature by causing its death and withering, but also embrace it through acts of renewal and the pursuit of sustainability. Contributors to this volume gather case studies from across Asia to address projects of urban greening and reimagining nature in urban life. The book illustrates how the intersection of urban growth and urban nature is a place rich with fresh ideas about urban planning, governance, and social life. This book illuminates a continuing process of discovery and regeneration through which urban natures may well be moving from taken-for-granted infrastructures to more consciously exper

本書是以React hook為核心、入門React.js的指引，適合已有原生Javascript前端開發經驗、初次想要接觸前端框架的讀者。內容分為四個部分，包含： ・解釋前端框架是什麼 ・function component的運用和各個React hook的使用方式 ・從零打造React專案的範例 ・效能處理等進階知識(含class component的使用方式和life-cycle介紹) 改編自作者在第11、12屆IT邦幫忙鐵人賽的文章，本書更帶領讀者探討在開發前端專案中的開發思維，大至如何設計專案結構，小至如何劃分元件。同時詳細說明各個API的出現原因和使用時機，希望讓讀者不只是單純學習使用React，更能理解前端框架的用意，進而具備業界開發React.js專案的能力。 全書共9章，內容如下 ■ 第0章 先備知識 – 使用React 需要知道的Javascript ■ 第1章 什麼是「前端框架」？ ■ 第2章 認識React 和環境建置 ■ 第3章 Hello, React ! ■ 第4章 基礎Function Component ■ 第5章 React-Developer-Tools ■ 第6章 Flux 結構 與 React 的狀態管理方案 ■ 第7章 前端專案的架構設計 ■ 第8章 React 進階 - 效能處理 ■ 第9章 React 進階 – 其他的React 本書的目標除了讓初次接觸前端框架的讀者能夠更容易理解React，也介紹了在以React開發專案時，應該具備哪些基礎的「軟體設計」思維。第2~第7章節是講解React API使用方式，第7章後的範例會帶領讀者從0打造React專案，第8章~第9章是講述較進階的React知識。讀者可以根據自己的需求查閱對應的章節。

“For this brief moment, the two sisters could be ‘together in heart and affection’, and through such letters bridge the distance of empire.” We often learn about the commerce, diplomacy, and military campaigns of the British empire without reference to the intimate side of life in these times—the development of self, the position of women, and the importance of family. In this book, the story of empire, so often told from a man’s perspective, is given a unique vantage point through Eliza Hillier’s letters to her younger sister, Martha. Written largely from Hong Kong, Shanghai, England, and Siam, the letters allow us to become a member of her family and follow the daily tribulations associated with the life of a young British woman in the port cities of Asia. We are thus able to share Eliza’s experiences as she leaves home to embark on married life, starts and raises a family, grieves at the abrupt and tragic loss of her husband, Charles Batten Hillier, and then sets about re-building

The context in which constitutional laws and human rights instruments are read is ever-changing, and this is particularly true for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. To understand the application of both national and local legislation and internationally recognized covenants, it is essential to be well acquainted with the documents themselves. Constitutional Law and Human Rights in Hong Kong—A Sourcebook is a one-stop resource for teaching, learning, and researching constitutional law and human rights in Hong Kong. As a handbook of teaching materials suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, it is an indispensable tool for courses such as Hong Kong Constitutional Law, Basic Law, Public Law of Hong Kong, The Law of Human Rights of Hong Kong, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law, International Labour Law, Law and Gender, International Environmental Law, Business and Human Rights, and Discrimination Law. Moreover, it is equally useful for teachin

An individual’s health depends on their personal lifestyle and living conditions, which are influenced by a host of complex physical, social, and economic determinants. The same is true of organisational and community health. This book explains the Healthy Settings Approach as a means to define population and health standards as well as a framework to promote and evaluate health in daily living activities. The determinants affecting public health go beyond the availability and quality of healthcare, and a concerted effort from all sectors of the community is required to bring about sustained improvements. Using the Healthy Settings Approach to facilitate the “right to health”, this book argues that promoting health in multiple and varied settings concurrently will ensure healthy living throughout the community and, ultimately, the world. The author uses real life experiences from different countries, with a focus on Hong Kong, and discusses many initiatives that have been enacted (alth

Revisiting the foundation of Chinese spiritual life, the prestigious historian Cho-yun Hsu seeks a way to connect Chinese culture with the world. This book is an insightful and lively discussion of the spiritual life of the Chinese people. Through investigation of cultural ideals and life practices, Professor Cho-yun Hsu constructs an original portrait of Chinese cultural values. Apart from the exalted subtleties of the scholarly elite, he pays much attention to everyday people’s daily practices and collective memory, seeking to clarify Chinese ideas concerning the universe, human life, and nature, from traditional times down to the present day. Professor Hsu contends the problems Western civilization is facing nowadays, including various crises of alienation and separation from nature, are ones that it lacks resources to solve. He believes Chinese humanistic culture might offer another way forward and be of benefit to the future of the world. ------------- A work of passionate hum

St. Stephen’s Girls’ College is one of the many schools run under the auspices of the Anglican Church in Hong Kong. Starting as a tiny missionary school for upper-class Chinese girls and their younger brothers, it has evolved into a large establishment, comprising kindergarten, primary and secondary sections, playing its full part in the public sector of education and now serving a complete socio-economic cross-section of the community. As one of the earliest schools for girls in the territory, St. Stephen’s played a significant role in the opening up of educational opportunities for Chinese girls. This book records the history and development of the school and is written for its 90th Anniversary, using much original source material. The author, who was head of the school for over thirty years, has set this history within the educational, social and political context of the times. This book will be of obvious interest to those who have a connection with the school: council members, t

Appropriate for use by students at varying levels of competence, Burmese: A Cultural Approach provides a thorough and systematic introduction to the Burmese writing system in Part One and a series of true-to-life conversations in Part Two. Students with some prior knowledge of the spoken language but little familiarity with the Burmese script can use Part One to solidify their grasp of the Burmese sound system as well as its orthography. Intrepid beginners could also start their study of the language by making use of Part One. Doing so would mean making a slower start at formulating phrases as compared to using a romanization system but learners would gain a firmer foundation for the later—and eventually, faster—development of their speaking and reading skills. The conversations in Part Two are extensively annotated in order to illustrate grammatical patterns, characteristic turns of phrase, and typical habits of social interaction. True to an anthropological approach to language le

求職不只是「投寄求職信和履歷表、面試、等候通知」，想在求職市場上突圍而出，箇中大有學問。本書作者特意編寫了一本協助求職者順利踏入職場的書，依照求職到入職的先後順序進行編排設計。本書分為三大部分，每部分附上必學技巧、實用句型及詞彙、對答範例： Part 1針對求職相關的問題：撰寫「求職信」和「履歷表」、回覆面試通知、面試後續，以及「熱門面試問題」，當中還包括近年流行的Video interview（視像面試）小貼士。 Part 2熱門職位面試真實演練：包括市場營銷、餐飲業、接待員、秘書、辦公室文員／白領、地產／保險、銷售員，還原面試現場，提前體驗面試的過程。 附錄 針對「初入公司」及辭職相關的事宜：「初入公司」不同情景的對答範例、注意事項、必學詞彙等等；在職期間請假去面試、撰寫得體的「辭職信」、被公司挽留應如何應對、如何爭取加薪等等。 掃描QR code即可收聽英語發音範例，輕鬆自學英文對話中的語調、語速和發音。

本書集結六篇論文（第一、三、四、六篇德文，第二篇西班牙文，第五篇義大利文），本書為因應時代變遷下的教育環境及學生職涯挑戰，在教學方法上所提出新的論述及建構。 This book contains essays by various teachers from different universities and departments with the aim of presenting modern teaching methods for the changed learning and study conditions on the basis of theoretical preliminary considerations. Language teachers at Taiwanese universities often encounter similar difficulties in designing lessons: students’ increasing frustration and lack of motivation. Many students experience a high level of frustration and demotivation; they cannot find future prospects in language studies. Confronted with reality of time-consuming internships, part-time jobs and life, many students become painfully aware that a linguistic degree won’t prepare them for later work or provides career opportunities. In addition, they realize their low language skills and life experiences. Aware of that problem, the language departments have to find new teaching methods and create curricula which

基于PKI的强安全认证密钥交换: 安全模型、协议构造和安全分析.PKI-based Authenticated Key Exchange with Strong Security:Security Models,Constructions and Security Analysis

This collection of selected works by Professor Albert H.Y. Chen shows the contours of the author’s scholarship as it developed over 35 years of his academic career, from 1984 to the present. The essays are divided into three sections which cover the three major domains of Professor Chen’s research. Part I covers the legal developments and controversies of “One Country, Two Systems” since the Hong Kong interpretation on “the right of abode” in 1999 to the anti-extradition movement of 2019. Part II shifts to focus on tradition and modernity in Chinese Law, including China’s Confucian and Legalist traditions and how the socialist legal system in China evolved and modernized in the era of “reform and opening”. Part III examines the transplantation of Western thinking and constitutionalism to East Asia in modern times and discusses the achievements and failures of these efforts. In conjunction with an introductory chapter that sets out the basic orientation and paradigm of these legal and c

Young People and the Belt and Road is a joint effort by over 40 young people across 20 countries to tell their stories about the future of Central and Eastern Europe, China, and the Belt and Road Initiative. In 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative, which envisions a world with better development, better connectivity, and better cooperation was launched in Kazakhstan,. As a global, multi-generational vision, the Belt and Road Initiative will primarily benefit the young people of the world today. To ensure the success of the Initiative, their voices need to be heard. This is particularly urgent as little systematic work has been done to encourage the participation of young people. This publication places the focus on young people and asks them the question: what should the Belt and Road Initiative look like for you? In this book, young authors from 16 Central and Eastern European nations share insights about their countries. For the Belt and Road Initiative, Central and Eastern Europe p

一、新日本語能力試験基準に基き、作成します。 It's made based on JLPT. 二、新日本語能力試験N1の単語を網羅して、制覇できます。 Collect all the JLPT N1 vocabulary, and can be easily operated with one hand, making learning more efficient, this is an indispensable exercise for those aiming for the JLPT N1 exam. 三、多く練習するのを通して難しい問題でも早く完熟できます。 Even a difficult problem can become mature early through practicing much. 四、重なることなく、それぞれ違う多くの問題をしっかり練習するのを通して、使い方はもとより、どんどん会話能力も増進できるようになります。 The questions simulate the 4 questions of the JLPT N1 word problem test, and you will be able to familiarize with various vocabularies through practicing by constantly working on problems.

Developmental social work emphasizes interdisciplinary collaborations and believes it can accurately respond to the issues and the needs of our society. Therefore, more and more non-profit organizations are involved in this field. In Taiwan, the recent social issues, such as the poverty of young adults and the Long-term Care, all indicate a need for fresh thoughts and working methods. Responding to this need, “social innovation” has been seen as a way of developmental social work practice. Since 2015, Eden Social Welfare Foundation has collaborated with the Department of Social Work of National Taiwan University to hold three international conferences regarding developmental social work. We published two conference proceedings Developmental Social Work: Theory and Practice and Developmental Social Work: Advancing Policy and Practice. This book focuses on the theme of “social innovation” and contains various innovative ongoing cases of developmental social work. It also compiles lectu

From the accomplished psychological professional and expert of social etiquette, celebrated blogger and social influencer, counselor and mentor, author and essayist Virginia Leung: [An Original Work] of the most captivating, awe-inspiring writing. Did you know that personality and attitude are the two deciding aspects of your fate? Be crowned with a halo now as I share my top tips for improving your mentality, analytical skills, perspective, mindset, communication, Adversity Quotient, social etiquette- and putting them all into practice! Epigraph For the state of things to change for the better, You must first change yourself for the better; For the state of things to improve even more, You must always be improving yourself even more! Preface Blind spots in our thinking, a lack of emotional intelligence or poor social skills- various problems, like these, admittedly drive away many opportunities. At times, one wonders whether these are foregone conclusions- or are they a result o