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The Scholar and the Tiger

A Memoir of Famine and War in Revolutionary China

By: David Wen-wei Chang,Alden R. Carter

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The Scholar and the Tiger

A Memoir of Famine and War in Revolutionary China

By: David Wen-wei Chang,Alden R. Carter

The Scholar and the Tiger is at once a compelling family saga, thriller, social history, and spiritual journey. Written by a noted China scholar, assisted by a writer friend, the story brings to life a tumultuous period in Chinese history while providing surprising insights into China's emergence as a global power. Wen-wei Chang was born in 1929 as famine gripped northern China, taking the lives of countless peasants, including his father. Only his iron-willed mother kept the family alive. The eldest son, Wen-po, joined the army. Eighteen years Wen-wei's senior, Wen-po fought bandits, opium smugglers, the Japanese, and Mao's Communists, becoming known as "Tiger Chang." Meanwhile, Wen-wei—a brilliant scholar from childhood—seemed destined for a career in the age-old mandarin tradition of civil service. But civil war intervened, forcing him to evacuate his ill mother and two sisters-in-law and their children only days before the Communists reached Beijing. In Shanghai, they were reunited with Wen-po, now a leading Guomindang general who commanded the city's final defenses. Wen-wei refused evacuation to Taiwan, insisting on caring for his mother and making the best life he could under the Communists. But a day after the occupation of the city, a terrified friend told Wen-wei that Wen-po had been left behind and was hiding in the friend's apartment, putting all of their lives at risk. What follows has all the drama of a spy novel: narrow escapes and rescues, treachery and blackmail, and a final wrenching irony that would tear Wen-wei from his family and homeland. Only after thirty years in America, with a new life as university professor David Chang, is he allowed to return to China to learn the fate of his mother and loved ones—and perhaps to heal his broken heart.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0742557634

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9780742557635

The Little Red Dot

Reflections by Singapore's Diplomats

By: Tommy Thong Bee Koh,Li Lin Chang

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The Little Red Dot

Reflections by Singapore's Diplomats

By: Tommy Thong Bee Koh,Li Lin Chang

2005 is the 40th anniversary of SingaporeOCOs independence. This collection of essays by SingaporeOCOs past and present diplomats tells the remarkable story of how this small and vulnerable country has become a stable, prosperous and respected member of the international community. The essays include those from the late President Wee Kim Wee and President S R Nathan as well as seminal contributions from the four former Foreign Ministers Mr S Rajaratnam, Mr S Dhanabalan, Mr Wong Kan Seng and Professor S Jayakumar. The current Foreign Minister, Mr George Yeo, has written the foreword. The absorbing stories about people, places and international politics make this book a highly enjoyable read for all who are interested in Singapore, its history, and foreign policy.

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World Scientific

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9812567623

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The Nexus between Peacekeeping and Peace-building: Debriefing and Lessons

Report of the 1999 Singapore Conference

By: Chang Li Lin,Nassrine Azimi

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The Nexus between Peacekeeping and Peace-building: Debriefing and Lessons

Report of the 1999 Singapore Conference

By: Chang Li Lin,Nassrine Azimi

Over the last few years, and with the collapse of the bipolar world order, new and complex conflicts have emerged which, in some cases, have ignited into larger and devastating regional wars. In the very midst of peacekeeping operations for such conflicts, experts claim, the requirements of peace-building should be considered a priority as well. It is for this reason that the United Nations, even as it deploys military and civilian forces in the four corners of the globe, seeks to set the foundations for sustainable peace. The task is daunting but the challenge impossible to ignore. Against such a background, and even as events were unfolding in East Timor and Kosovo, the fourth in a series of prestigious conferences organised on lessons learnt from peacekeeping operations was held under the auspices of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) of Singapore, and the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA). Throughout two intense days in Singapore, in November of 1999, an eminent group of academics, government officials, representatives of international organisations, and military scholars gathered behind closed doors to reflect upon what has been coined the nexus between peacekeeping and peace-building. This volume contains all the papers commissioned for that event. It also includes a summary of the many animated debates that took place during the conference. The broad range of opinions and perspectives it contains provides insights into a difficult and important topic, and demonstrates how dangerous it would be for the international community to ignore it. Four past cases - Angola, Haiti, Mozambique, and Cambodia - and two ongoing operations - Kosovo and East Timor - were analysed. The findings should give policy makers, researchers and international affairs analysts a candid review and critique of past experiences that is essential for the comprehension of current peacekeeping missions and the requirement of peace-building strategies.

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BRILL

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9004478604

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9789004478602

The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)

Debriefing and Lessons

By: Chang Li Lin,Nassrine Azimi

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The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)

Debriefing and Lessons

By: Chang Li Lin,Nassrine Azimi

The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) which had effectively 'ruled' that territory for two and a half years handed over the country's administration to the government of the newly-independent Democratic Republic of East Timor on May 20, 2002. Praised as one of the most comprehensive and successful nation building operations of the United Nations, UNTAET had the challenging task of facilitating the creation of a new country from virtually non-existent institutional foundations, following a traumatic period of violence and civil war. A group of eminent scholars and practitioners, many deeply and personally involved with UNTAET, came together in a closed-door gathering in Tokyo in September 2002, to review the achievements and shortcomings of UNTAET, and to understand the lessons of hope that it may carry for other nations emerging from war and destruction. The conference reflected on the intense debates held at the United Nations Security Council in New York and at key capitals around the world leading to the creation of UNTAET. It also dealt with the manner in which the mission unfolded, operated, and the level of reconstruction achieved when East Timor was handed over to its people. This volume forms a lively and indispensable reading to experts or laypersons interested in current affairs in general and in post-war nation building in particular.

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9004479147

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9789004479142

The United States Singapore Free Trade Agreement

Highlights and Insights

By: Tommy Thong Bee Koh,Li Lin Chang

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The United States Singapore Free Trade Agreement

Highlights and Insights

By: Tommy Thong Bee Koh,Li Lin Chang

On 1 January 2004, the USOCoSingapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA)came into force. The USSFTA was the result of a two-year negotiationprocess which started towards the end of the Clinton Administrationand concluded under the Bush Administration. How did the negotiationprocess straddle the two administrations? What is the rationale forthe FTA? What were the unique features of the negotiating process? Wasnegotiating with the US different from negotiating with othercountries? How will the FTA benefit the two countries? What is theimpact on ASEAN, APEC and the WTO? This book captures some of the personal insights thrown up in thenegotiations and offers highlights and analysis of theUSSFTA. Contributors to the volume include the Chief Negotiators ofthe two delegations, the US and Singapore Ambassadors, key negotiatorsand close observers of the process. Selected key documents pertainingto the USSFTA process have also been included. This book is acomprehensive reader on the story behind the negotiations of theUSSFTA.

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World Scientific

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981256716X

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9789812567161

Southeast Asia in China

Historical Entanglements and Contemporary Engagements

By: Ying-kit Chan,Chang-Yau Hoon

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Southeast Asia in China

Historical Entanglements and Contemporary Engagements

By: Ying-kit Chan,Chang-Yau Hoon

As part of “China’s south,” Southeast Asia has historically assumed a peripheral position when juxtaposed against the power of the Chinese state. In the existing scholarly literature, the power asymmetry is reflected in the ostensible bias where most studies are about China’s presence in or engagement with Southeast Asia rather than the reverse; studies on the presence or influence of Southeast Asia in China have been a marginal enterprise. The present volume aims to fill this void by exploring the historical entanglements and contemporary engagements of Southeast Asia(ns) in China through a Southeast Asian perspective. As China seeks to understand Southeast Asia’s presence in the country on its own terms, it is also engaged in a process of self-discovery and defining where and how it should stand in relation to the region. Departing from the discourse of China as the a priori center dominating the scholarship on China–Southeast Asia relations, the present volume hopes to subvert such power relations in order to bring fresh perspectives on the historical and contemporary contributions of Southeast Asia(ns) in China.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793612153

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Blossom Of Noble Woman

Volume 1

By: Chang Xiao

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Blossom Of Noble Woman

Volume 1

By: Chang Xiao

Ling Xue, a woman who had transcended from modern times to ancient times, became the Crown Princess. How would Ling Xue deal with what had happened in the ancient times, and how would she treat Crown Prince Xuanyuan Luo who was by her side?"The two of them, from the simple and comfortable life to the misunderstanding that had occurred, were like strangers to them. Afterwards, Ling Xue had figured out their own inner feelings, and whether Xuanyuan Luo's feelings for Ling Xue were real or fake ...

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Funstory

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1647963982

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9781647963989

China's Rising Research Universities

A New Era of Global Ambition

By: Robert A. Rhoads,Xiaoyang Wang,Xiaoguang Shi,Yongcai Chang

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China's Rising Research Universities

A New Era of Global Ambition

By: Robert A. Rhoads,Xiaoyang Wang,Xiaoguang Shi,Yongcai Chang

Offering important insights into the changing higher education policy context in an age increasingly defined by globalization, China's Rising Research Universities will appeal to higher education leaders and policymakers; students, faculty, and scientists who interact with Chinese counterparts; and scholars of international and comparative studies.

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JHU Press

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1421414546

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Zombie Prince, Killer Concubine

Volume 4

By: Chang Fenggongzi

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Zombie Prince, Killer Concubine

Volume 4

By: Chang Fenggongzi

She, the queen of the Dark Assassin Empire. How could he have known that she would be betrayed by her lover, and that she would be the infamous adulterous Consort Lin Zhaojun of the Changchun Dynasty! It's fine if she transmigrated and became an adulterer, but how did she know that she was still a widow? When the most wretched of them all came to the grave, all the creditors came to pay their respects. Some came to seek revenge, while others came to avenge their wrongdoings. The escape plan failed midway. Unexpectedly, a Zombie King appeared out of nowhere and raised her like a pet.

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1648844456

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Place, Identity, and National Imagination in Post-war Taiwan

By: Bi-yu Chang

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Place, Identity, and National Imagination in Post-war Taiwan

By: Bi-yu Chang

In the struggles for political and cultural hegemony that Taiwan has witnessed since the 1980s, the focal point in contesting narratives and the key battlefield in the political debates are primarily spatial and place-based. The major fault line appears to be a split between an imposed identity emphasizing cultural origin (China) and an emphasis on the recovery of place identity of ‘the local’ (Taiwan). Place, Identity and National Imagination in Postwar Taiwan explores the ever-present issue of identity in Taiwan from a spatial perspective, and focuses on the importance of, and the relationship between, state spatiality and identity formation. Taking postwar Taiwan as a case study, the book examines the ways in which the Kuomintang regime naturalized its political control, territorialized the island and created a nationalist geography. In so doing, it examines how, why and to what extent power is exercised through the place-making process and considers the relationship between official versions of ‘ROC geography’ and the islanders’ shifting perceptions of the ‘nation’. In turn, by addressing the relationship between the state and the imagined community, Bi-yu Chang establishes a dialogue between place and cultural identity to analyse the constant changing and shaping of Chinese and Taiwanese identity. With a diverse selection of case studies including cartographical development, geography education, territorial declaration and urban planning, this interdisciplinary book will have a broad appeal across Taiwan studies, geography, cultural studies, history and politics.

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Routledge

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1317658124

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The Rise of the Chinese Empire: Nation, state, & imperialism in early China, ca. 1600 B.C.-A.D. 8

By: Chun-shu Chang

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The Rise of the Chinese Empire: Nation, state, & imperialism in early China, ca. 1600 B.C.-A.D. 8

By: Chun-shu Chang

The second and first centuries B.C. were a critical period in Chinese history—they saw the birth and development of the new Chinese empire and its earliest expansion and acquisition of frontier territories. But for almost two thousand years, because of gaps in the available records, this essential chapter in the history was missing. Fortunately, with the discovery during the last century of about sixty thousand Han-period documents in Central Asia and western China preserved on strips of wood and bamboo, scholars have been able, for the first time, to put together many of the missing pieces. In this first volume of his monumental history, Chun-shu Chang uses these newfound documents to analyze the ways in which political, institutional, social, economic, military, religious, and thought systems developed and changed in the critical period from early China to the Han empire (ca. 1600 B.C. – A.D. 220). In addition to exploring the formation and growth of the Chinese empire and its impact on early nation-building and later territorial expansion, Chang also provides insights into the life and character of critical historical figures such as the First Emperor (221– 210 B.C.) of the Ch’in and Wu-ti (141– 87 B.C.) of the Han, who were the principal agents in redefining China and its relationships with other parts of Asia. As never before, Chang’s study enables an understanding of the origins and development of the concepts of state, nation, nationalism, imperialism, ethnicity, and Chineseness in ancient and early Imperial China, offering the first systematic reconstruction of the history of Chinese acquisition and colonization. Chun-shu Changis Professor of History at the University of Michigan and is the author, with Shelley Hsueh-lun Chang, ofCrisis and Transformation in Seventeenth-Century ChinaandRedefining History: Ghosts, Spirits, and Human Society in P’u Sung-ling’s World, 1640–1715. “An extraordinary survey of the political and administrative history of early imperial China, which makes available a body of evidence and scholarship otherwise inaccessible to English-readers. The underpinning of research is truly stupendous.” —Ray Van Dam, Professor, Department of History, University of Michigan “Powerfully argues from literary and archaeological records that empire, modeled on Han paradigms, has largely defined Chinese civilization ever since.” —Joanna Waley-Cohen, Professor, Department of History, New York University

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0472115332

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9780472115334

Tao - A New Way of Thinking

A Translation of the Tao Tê Ching with an Introduction and Commentaries

By: Chung-yuan Chang

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Tao - A New Way of Thinking

A Translation of the Tao Tê Ching with an Introduction and Commentaries

By: Chung-yuan Chang

This exceptional translation of the Tao Tê Ching by Chinese scholar Chung-yuan Chang reveals the true wisdom and beauty of this ancient Chinese text. Traditionally attributed to Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu, the Tao Tê Ching remains relevant worldwide today, more than two thousand years after it was written. This translation of the Taoist text, with Chang's accompanying commentaries, illuminates the real meaning of the Tao Tê Ching and makes this Chinese classic both accessible and relevant to modern ways of thinking, without any reduction of the complex thought within its pages. Chang Chung-yuan is unique in his approach and his introduction and commentaries place the Taoist text in the context of Western metaphysics, making reference to Heidegger, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Jung, Plato, Kant and Nietzsche, as well as capturing the context within which Taoism came to the West. Tao: A New Way of Thinking will be fascinating to anyone with an interest in Taoism and will be particularly appealing to those interested in comparative philosophy.

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Singing Dragon

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0857011537

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9780857011534

Some T'Ang and Pre-T'Ang Texts on Chinese Painting

By: Chang Yen-Yuan

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Some T'Ang and Pre-T'Ang Texts on Chinese Painting

By: Chang Yen-Yuan

Contents: V. II, part 1. Translation and annotations -- V. II, part 2, Chinese text.

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9004039384

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9789004039384

Last Chance in Manchuria

The Diary of Chang Kia-ngau

By: Kia-ngau Chang,Ramon Hawley Myers

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Last Chance in Manchuria

The Diary of Chang Kia-ngau

By: Kia-ngau Chang,Ramon Hawley Myers

Translation based on the original, handwritten diary entitled: Tung-pei chieh shou chiao she jih chi. Includes index.

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Hoover Institution Press Publi

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0817987916

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9780817987916

Chinese Circulations

Capital, Commodities, and Networks in Southeast Asia

By: Eric Tagliacozzo,Wen-chin Chang

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Chinese Circulations

Capital, Commodities, and Networks in Southeast Asia

By: Eric Tagliacozzo,Wen-chin Chang

This collection of twenty essays provides an unprecedented overview of Chinese trade through the centuries, highlighting its scope, diversity, complexity, and the commodities that have linked it with Southeast Asia.

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Duke University Press

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0822349035

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9780822349037

Atlas of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

High Resolution Image for New Surgical Technique

By: Chang-Ming Huang,Chao-Hui Zheng,Ping Li,Jian-Wei Xie

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Atlas of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

High Resolution Image for New Surgical Technique

By: Chang-Ming Huang,Chao-Hui Zheng,Ping Li,Jian-Wei Xie

Due to recent advances in laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer, a high-resolution atlas in this field was felt necessary. This book describes the laparoscopic surgical procedure and precautions of lymph node (LN) dissection, comprehensively. The details of preoperative preparation, regional LN dissection, and digestive tract reconstruction are introduced based on a large numbers of clinical cases. Modified intracorporeal anastomosis procedure and clinical application of indo cyanine green (ICG) in LN dissection are included. This atlas will be of benefit to gastrointestinal surgeons, surgical oncologists, and minimally invasive surgeons.

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Springer

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9811328625

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The Logic of Economic Reform in China

By: Xiaojing Zhang,Xin Chang

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The Logic of Economic Reform in China

By: Xiaojing Zhang,Xin Chang

This book provides a historical overview of Chinese economic reform over the past 30 years. From the genesis of the reform to the gradual improvement of the market system, and then to the re-start of the critical stage of the reform, this book includes not only research on the reform process, but also detailed descriptions of the key areas of reform since the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee. On this basis, the author develops six logics for Chinese economic reform. Firstly, reform is cyclical, moving between rapid advances and deadlock; this calls upon us to re-examine the common view of reform. Secondly, reform is systematic; it cannot succeed without supporting reforms in other fields. Thirdly, the relationship between reform, development and stability should be properly handled. This “trinity” is quite different from the perspective of western mainstream theory, which puts too much emphasis on efficiency. Fourthly, the success of Chinese reform was not achieved by chance. The reform practice is based on the theoretical logic, and also goes beyond the debate between progressive and radical modes. Fifthly, the Top-level Design should be combined with “crossing the river by moving from stone to stone,” i.e., the theoretical basis of reform should be combined with reform practice. Sixthly and lastly, the ongoing reform in China must be understood in the contexts of global competition and reform competition.

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3662474042

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