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New Dimensions of Confucian and Neo-Confucian Philosophy

Contemporary Allegory and the Search for Postmodern Faith

By: Zhongying Cheng

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New Dimensions of Confucian and Neo-Confucian Philosophy

Contemporary Allegory and the Search for Postmodern Faith

By: Zhongying Cheng

This is the first book to thoroughly explore Confucian and Neo-Confucian metaphysics and ethics, building upon the creativity and temporality of human existence and human nature as well as their extension into human culture. Fundamental essays deal cogently with the relationship between Chinese language and Chinese philosophy, offering general categories which shape the matrix of ideas woven in Chinese philosophy from its very beginnings. Along with more general characterizations, there are themes placing Confucian thinkers in touch with modern communication theories, perceptions of individuals, religious themes, and scientific worldviews. Conceptual and comparative essays probe the frontiers of Chinese philosophy in its contemporary Confucian revival.

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SUNY Press

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0791402835

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Biographical Dictionary of Republican China

By: Howard L. Boorman

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Biographical Dictionary of Republican China

By: Howard L. Boorman

The summation of more than two thousand years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of four hundred years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese philosophy and history rendered in English by the most renowned translators of classical Chinese literature: Arthur Waley, Ezra Pound, David Hawkes, James Legge, Burton Watson, Stephen Owen, Cyril Birch, A. C. Graham, Witter Bynner, Kenneth Rexroth, and others. Arranged chronologically and by genre, each chapter is introduced by definitive quotes and brief introductions chosen from classic Western sinological treatises. Beginning with discussions of the origins of the Chinese writing system and selections from the earliest "genre" of Chinese literature -- the Oracle Bone inscriptions -- the book then proceeds with selections from: • early myths and legends; • the earliest anthology of Chinese poetry, the Book of Songs; • early narrative and philosophy, including the I Ching, Tao-te Ching, and the Analects of Confucius; • rhapsodies, historical writings, magical biographies, ballads, poetry, and miscellaneous prose from the Han and Six Dynasties period; • the court poetry of the Southern Dynasties; • the finest gems of Tang poetry; and • lyrics, stories, and tales of the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties eras. Special highlights include individual chapters covering each of the luminaries of Tang poetry: Wang Wei, Li Bo, Du Fu, and Bo Juyi; early literary criticism; women poets from the first to the tenth century C.E.; and the poetry of Zen and the Tao. Bibliographies, explanatory notes, copious illustrations, a chronology of major dynasties, and two-way romanization tables coordinating the Wade-Giles and pinyin transliteration systems provide helpful tools to aid students, teachers, and general readers in exploring this rich tradition of world literature.

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Columbia University Press

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0231089570

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9780231089579

Chinese Communist Studies of Modern Chinese History

By: Albert Feuerwerker,S. Cheng

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Chinese Communist Studies of Modern Chinese History

By: Albert Feuerwerker,S. Cheng

Preliminary Material -- General Works -- The Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties -- The Republic -- Economic History -- Intellectual and Cultural History -- Reference Works -- List of Publishers -- Index.

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Harvard Univ Asia Center

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0674123018

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Journey to the West, Volume 3

By: Cheng'en Wu

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Journey to the West, Volume 3

By: Cheng'en Wu

The Journey to the West, volume 3, comprises the third twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. The fantastic tale recounts the sixteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsüan-tsang (596-664), one of China's most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures. For nearly a thousand years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the hundred-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humor, and satire.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226971538

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The Hong Kong Legal System

By: Stefan H. C. Lo,Kevin Kwok-yin Cheng,Wing Hong Chui

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The Hong Kong Legal System

By: Stefan H. C. Lo,Kevin Kwok-yin Cheng,Wing Hong Chui

Offers an accessible overview of Hong Kong's legal system and guides first-year law students in legal research and methods.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108721826

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Secrets of Phoenix Eye Fist Kung Fu

The Art of Chuka Shaolin

By: Cheong Cheng Leong,Mark Wiley

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Secrets of Phoenix Eye Fist Kung Fu

The Art of Chuka Shaolin

By: Cheong Cheng Leong,Mark Wiley

Master the terrifyingly effective Phoenix Eye Fist style of Chinese Kung Fu with this illustrated martial arts guide. The Secrets of Phoenix-Eye Fist Kung-Fu depicts an enormously potent art, also known as Chuka Shaolin, that does not depend on strength or size. Instead, it utilizes a special striking technique, the phoenix-eye fist, aimed at vital points on the opponent's body. Phoenix-Eye Fist Kung-Fu excels at close-range fighting—an area neglected in many other martial arts—and employs a variety of lightning-fast strikes and kicks. Due to its deadly efficacy, there is no sparring in Chuka Shaolin, but instead complex two-person practice forms are employed—both for empty-handed fighting and for fighting with weapons—in which the practitioners fight all-out, and are protected only by a precise knowledge of the form. With hundreds of clear photographs, The Secrets of Phoenix-Eye Fist Kung-Fu reveals: The fundamental techniques of the empty-handed art A complete breakdown of the two-person empty-hand practice forms Detailed instruction in Chuka Shaolin pole fighting, including the practice forms An overview of the other weapons used in Chuka Shaolin, including the sai, the twin knives, the spear, and the farmer's hoe Special forms of Chi Kung designed to increase striking power, increase vitality, and aid in resisting and healing injuries

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462917011

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China's Economic Development, 1950-2014

Fundamental Changes and Long-Term Prospects

By: Chu-yuan Cheng

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China's Economic Development, 1950-2014

Fundamental Changes and Long-Term Prospects

By: Chu-yuan Cheng

China's Economic Development, 1950-2014: Fundamental Changes and Long-Term Prospects is a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Chinese economic development from 1950-2014 focusing on current world-wide attention to the economic reform. Chu-yuan Cheng covers a wide range of topics, including the cultural effects and ideological influences on China's economic development; the process of China's transition from a planned to a market economy, leadership changes and the root of the Cultural Revolution; the machine-building industry and scientific and engineering manpower in China; China's new development plans in the twenty-first century and the process and consequence of the "Quiet Revolution"; the international economic relations including the U.S.-China, Sino-Japanese economic relations and access to WTO; economic relations across the Taiwan Strait and the formation of the Greater China Economic Sphere; and the long-term development prospect of the Chinese economy in the twenty-first century and beyond.

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Lexington Books

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0739186566

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9780739186565

Synthesized Transmission Lines

Design, Circuit Implementation, and Phased Array Applications

By: Tzyh-Ghuang Ma,Chao-Wei Wang,Chi-Hui Lai,Ying-Cheng Tseng

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Synthesized Transmission Lines

Design, Circuit Implementation, and Phased Array Applications

By: Tzyh-Ghuang Ma,Chao-Wei Wang,Chi-Hui Lai,Ying-Cheng Tseng

An original advanced level reference appealing to both the microwave and antenna communities An overview of the research activity devoted to the synthesis of transmission lines by means of electrically small planar elements, highlighting the main microwave applications and the potential for circuit miniaturization Showcases the research of top experts in the field Presents innovative topics on synthesized transmission lines, which represent fundamental elements in microwave and mm-wave integrated circuits, including on-chip integration Covers topics that are related to the microwave community (transmission lines), and topics that are related to the antenna community (phased arrays), broadening the readership appeal

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118975723

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9781118975725

Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

6th Pacific-Asia Conference, PAKDD 2002, Taipei, Taiwan, May 6-8, 2002. Proceedings

By: Ming-Syan Cheng,Philip S. Yu

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Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

6th Pacific-Asia Conference, PAKDD 2002, Taipei, Taiwan, May 6-8, 2002. Proceedings

By: Ming-Syan Cheng,Philip S. Yu

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2002, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in May 2002. The 32 revised full papers and 20 short papers presented together with 4 invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 128 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on association rules; classification; interestingness; sequence mining; clustering; Web mining; semi-structure and concept mining; data warehouse and data cube; bio-data mining; temporal mining; and outliers, missing data, and causation.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540437045

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War, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas (1622-1683)

By: Weichung Cheng

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War, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas (1622-1683)

By: Weichung Cheng

Approaching its demise, the Ming imperial administration enlisted members of the Cheng family as mercenaries to help in the defense of the coastal waters of Fukien. Under the leadership of Cheng Chih-lung, also known as Nicolas Iquan, and with the help of the local gentry, these mercenaries became the backbone of the empire’s maritime defense and the protectors of Chinese commercial interests in the East and South China Seas. The fall of the Ming allowed Cheng Ch’eng-kung—alias Coxinga—and his sons to create a short-lived but independent seaborne regime in China’s southeastern coastal provinces that competed fiercely, if only briefly, with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and English merchants during the early stages of globalization.

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900425353X

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The Economy of Communist China, 1949–1969

By: Chu-yuan Cheng

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The Economy of Communist China, 1949–1969

By: Chu-yuan Cheng

Economic development in mainland China during the first two decades of Communist control provides a typical example for the difficult task to transform a vast underdeveloped agrarian economy into a modern industrial one. In the first half of this period, a series of massive transformations of social and economic institutions was accompanied by a drafted industrialization program; the result was an impressive speed-up in economic growth. The second decade witnessed an economic crisis (1960–62) and a political upheaval (1966–68). These disruptions marred the economic performance over the period as a whole. Consequently, the long-term growth rate appears to have been only moderate. The Economy of Communist China reviews selected aspects of the economy. After examining the development strategy, it analyzes the quantitative trends and the structural changes. The book goes on to analyze the key factors contributing to the earlier growth and the elements responsible for the later disruption and finally assesses the impact of the Cultural Revolution on the Chinese economy and the prospects of the current Third Five-Year Plan. The text includes a bibliography of selected materials on Chinese economic development.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472902202

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9780472902200

Ethical Treatment of Animals in Early Chinese Buddhism

Beliefs and Practices

By: Chuan Cheng

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Ethical Treatment of Animals in Early Chinese Buddhism

Beliefs and Practices

By: Chuan Cheng

Through detailed discussions of several Buddhist and Chinese moral concepts and beliefs and accompanied by some edifying short stories, this book investigates three types of ethical treatment of animals in early Chinese Buddhism: the imperial bans on animal sacrifice; the early development of the two unique and living traditions of vegetarianism; and the freeing of animals. The book presents a demonstration of the early Chinese acceptance of Indian Buddhism, providing the reader with a better understanding of the early history of Chinese Buddhism in general, and of the integration of Chinese and Indian Buddhist cultures in particular.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443857785

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Sun Yat-sen's Doctrine In The Modern World

By: Chu-yuan Cheng,Hung-Chao Tai,Harold Z Schiffrin,Yu-Long Ling

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Sun Yat-sen's Doctrine In The Modern World

By: Chu-yuan Cheng,Hung-Chao Tai,Harold Z Schiffrin,Yu-Long Ling

This volume focuses on Sun Yat-sen's social, political, and economic ideas as seen in his major work, The Three Principles of the People, which discusses nationalism, democracy, and people's welfare, examining his doctrines as well as a his ideas with other contemporary ideologies.

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Routledge

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1000313581

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Postal Communication in China and Its Modernization, 1860–1896

By: Ying-wan Cheng

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Postal Communication in China and Its Modernization, 1860–1896

By: Ying-wan Cheng

Provides a history of the modernization of the Chinese postal service, with chapters on the problems of modernizing postal communication, the Ch'ing official post, letter agencies, early foreign postal establishments in China, the origin and development of the customs post, attempts to create a national postal service, and the establishment of the Imperial Post Office.

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1684171652

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Journey to the West, Volume 1

By: Cheng'en Wu

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Journey to the West, Volume 1

By: Cheng'en Wu

First published in 1952, The Journey to the West, volume I, comprises the first twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. The fantastic tale recounts the sixteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsüan-tsang (596-664), one of China's most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures. For nearly a thousand years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the hundred-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humor, and satire.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226971503

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9780226971506

Guide to Hong Kong Medical, Health and Welfare Libraries and Information Resources

By: Grace Cheng

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Guide to Hong Kong Medical, Health and Welfare Libraries and Information Resources

By: Grace Cheng

This comprehensive guide includes detailed information on the policies, services and facilities of about 80 libraries, and is a valuable resource for all those involved in medical, health and social welfare services in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9622094104

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A Bushel of Pearls

Painting for Sale in Eighteenth-Century Yangchow

By: Ginger Cheng-chi Hsü

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A Bushel of Pearls

Painting for Sale in Eighteenth-Century Yangchow

By: Ginger Cheng-chi Hsü

This book studies 18th-century Yangchow paintings as artistic products shaped by collective social and cultural experiences, and by constant exchanges between the artists and their audience.

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Stanford University Press

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0804732523

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Master of Five Excellences

By: Cheng Man-ch'ing á

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Master of Five Excellences

By: Cheng Man-ch'ing á

Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing regarded a set of five disciplines—the "five excellences"—to be the mark of a well-rounded person: calligraphy, painting, poetry, t’ai chi, and medicine. Although he is best known for his teachings on the martial arts (in particular, his highly influential adaptation of t’ai chi), versatility was central to Cheng’s philosophy of life, and he encourage his students to combine artistry with scholarship. This inspiring book is a commentary on and working compendium of Cheng’s literary and pictorial interpretations of these subjects. Of interest to aficionados of Chinese art, culture, and history, Master of Five Excellences also offers internal techniques for practitioners of the martial arts, as Hennessy provides an insight into the rarely-glimpsed creative side of Cheng Man-Ch’ing.

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Frog Books

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188331903X

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Pop! Lit For Kids (Set 3)

By: Lee-ling Ho,Guanzhong Luo,Cheng'en Wu,Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

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Pop! Lit For Kids (Set 3)

By: Lee-ling Ho,Guanzhong Luo,Cheng'en Wu,Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Taking classic stories from Asia and the West, Pop! Lit for Kids reimagines them into easy-to-read stories that provide the perfect introduction to classic tales. The most well-loved stories from around the world have been adapted into a form that will excite and entertain children everywhere.

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World Scientific

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9811258058

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9789811258053

China's Japan Policy: Adjusting To New Challenges

By: Joseph Yu-shek Cheng

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China's Japan Policy: Adjusting To New Challenges

By: Joseph Yu-shek Cheng

China and Japan are the two most important countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Their economic ties are significant not only because they are the second and third largest economies in today's world, but also because their economic relationship has an important impact on regional economic co-operation and international production chains.China's Japan Policy: Adjusting to New Challenges analyzes the significance of Japan in China's foreign policy framework within the broader context of China's world view, its national objectives, and the Chinese leadership's policy adjustments in response to the changing international and domestic circumstances. It looks at China's Japan policy in recent decades since their normalization of relations in 1972. The book also examines the unique characteristics of the China-Japan bilateral relationship, especially the historical legacy, territorial disputes, and the special cultural affinities between the two nations. Readers interested in China and Japan will find this an invaluable reference with detailed insights on international relations and economic developments in the Asia-Pacific region.

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World Scientific

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9814596434

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Resistance in the Era of Nationalisms

Performing Identities in Taiwan and Hong Kong

By: Hsin-I Cheng,Hsin-i Sydney Yueh

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Resistance in the Era of Nationalisms

Performing Identities in Taiwan and Hong Kong

By: Hsin-I Cheng,Hsin-i Sydney Yueh

The desire of the people of Taiwan and Hong Kong to exercise democratic self-rule, fully embody their local identities, and become global citizens challenges the big-power politics between China and the United States. Occupying a critical stance on the margins, the local perspectives and international relations of these two cosmopolitan and postcolonial societies challenge both narratives centered on China and those focused on the U.S.–China power struggle. Taking a culture-centered approach to the communicative process of “glocalized resistance” in an era of rising nationalisms, the chapters in this volume address topics ranging from the rhetoric of political leaders and the language games of mass protesters on social media to resistant street performance. These chapters showcase the geocultural identity-in-the-making of the Taiwanese and Hong Kong people and offer insights into societies under imminent threat by an aggressive neighbor.

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MSU Press

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1609177304

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Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications

First International Conference, WASA 2006, Xi'an, China, August 15-17, 2006, Proceedings

By: Xiuzhen Cheng

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Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications

First International Conference, WASA 2006, Xi'an, China, August 15-17, 2006, Proceedings

By: Xiuzhen Cheng

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First Annual International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications, WASA 2006, held in Xi'an, China in August 2006. The book presents 63 revised full papers together with 2 invited keynote speech abstracts, organized in topical sections on wireless PAN and wireless LAN, wireless MAN and pervasive computing, data management, mobility, localization and topology control, performance modeling and analysis, security and more.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540371893

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The Many Layered Skirt

Dàn Gao Qún

By: Marlene F Cheng

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The Many Layered Skirt

Dàn Gao Qún

By: Marlene F Cheng

In the 1930s and 40s, Man Sheung is a young girl, in a country gone mad with Japanese threats, invasion and occupation. She desperately longs for an education, but; instead, finds herself manoeuvring the horrible stench and sights on the streets of Kowloon Tong, tripping over rogue bodies (dead or dying, some quartered with pieces missing--food for the starving), trying to get the meagre rice ration, needed to keep her family alive. She escapes by refugee boat to Mainland China, treks high above the midstream of the Yangtze to a school, in a Ming Dynasty built hermitage, but soon has to evacuate. All alone, she keeps one heart-pounding step ahead of the ruthless enemy. Numbed and emotionally at the breaking point, she gets to Chungking. The Sino-Japanese war ends. She is given her brother Kit's air force uniform and personal belongings, among which, is an unfinished letter to their mother. Even though, China is now at Civil War, primitive instinct drives her homeward.

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1469190125

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The Hijacked War

The Story of Chinese POWs in the Korean War

By: David Cheng Chang

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The Hijacked War

The Story of Chinese POWs in the Korean War

By: David Cheng Chang

A study of the experiences of Chinese prisoners of war during the Korean War and the struggle over their repatriation. The Korean War lasted for three years, one month, and two days, but armistice talks occupied more than two of those years, as more than 14,000 Chinese prisoners of war refused to return to Communist China and demanded to go to Nationalist Taiwan, effectively hijacking the negotiations and thwarting the designs of world leaders at a pivotal moment in Cold War history. In The Hijacked War, David Cheng Chang vividly portrays the experiences of Chinese prisoners in the dark, cold, and damp tents of Koje and Cheju Islands in Korea and how their decisions derailed the high politics being conducted in the corridors of power in Washington, Moscow, and Beijing. Chang demonstrates how the Truman-Acheson administration’s policies of voluntary repatriation and prisoner reindoctrination for psychological warfare purposes—the first overt and the second covert—had unintended consequences. The “success” of the reindoctrination program backfired when anti-Communist Chinese prisoners persuaded and coerced fellow POWs to renounce their homeland. Drawing on newly declassified archival materials from China, Taiwan, and the United States, and interviews with more than 80 surviving Chinese and North Korean prisoners of war, Chang depicts the struggle over prisoner repatriation that dominated the second half of the Korean War, from early 1952 to July 1953, in the prisoners’ own words. Praise for The Hijacked War “This book represents a giant step forward in our understanding of the prisoner-of-war issue in the Korean War. The research on the Chinese prisoners is extraordinary, the stories of individuals compelling, and the analysis of the context in which they made choices balanced and persuasive.” —William Stueck, author of The Korean War: An International History “David Cheng Chang’s superlative research reveals the use of Chinese POWs as pawns in the larger Cold War standoff between the US and China during the Korean War. His cogent analysis encourages us to think about the aftermath of the war and the lives of those who made the ‘voluntary choice’ to join or who faced ‘forced conformity.’” —Barak Kushner, author of Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice “Chang’s exceptionally vivid prisoner’s-eye account, based on camp archives and interviews with ex-POWS, leads him to condemn the key U.S. policymakers, including President Harry Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson, for their “arrogance, ignorance, and negligence.” —Foreign Affairs

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Stanford University Press

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1503605876

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From East To West: Memoirs Of A Finance Professor On Academia, Practice, And Policy

By: Cheng Few Lee

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From East To West: Memoirs Of A Finance Professor On Academia, Practice, And Policy

By: Cheng Few Lee

This memoir presents a special look into Professor Cheng-Few Lee's formative childhood years, his distinguished career as a respected scholar and conference organizer, and his substantial experience in the fields of education and policy-making. It shares the innovative methods and forward-looking educational philosophy that underpin the rigorous training of his students in finance and accounting. This memoir also reflects upon Professor Lee's life experiences, and his involvement in business consulting and government policy-making. Readers will enjoy this private retrospection into the memories, experiences, and philosophy of this humble man, who is counted among the most published finance professors and experienced journal editors in the world.

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981314615X

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Grassland Journal

The Nomads and The Red Sun (Part 1)

By: Chi Cheng

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Grassland Journal

The Nomads and The Red Sun (Part 1)

By: Chi Cheng

This is the author's story written by tears. He is the center of this odyssey as a participant and an observer. It's a story about the loss of innocence, freedom, family, comfort, and family and about the good tradition of the Chinese culture that is slowly being lost. But it's also a story about gain and growth: gaining a few cultures and languages, new friends and trust, of experience and education, humility, of freedom, and regaining of self. Chi is not a hero in this narrative, just an ordinary man groping for meaning in his efforts to heal and help others. It is also a story of his own healing among the nomads of the grassland of Inner Mongolia. He survived and grew ever stronger in his own faith. It chronicles the tragedy of a Christian family during the chaos of China's Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Zedong in 1966. The author's parents were detained, beaten, and abused by Red Rebels in 1968, due to in 1952, they held a farewell party for Dr. Frank W. Price, a former pastor in Shanghai, and because during China's 1959 through 1962 national starvation, they received foreign food from their siblings living in the United States. In 1968, the author's fourteen-year-old sister's application to a reunion with her sister who lived near the northern national border was turned down, so she had to cut her fingertips, then wrote a pledge with the blood. The author records the primitive life of Mongolian nomads during his trip to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia to look for his two sisters and how he overcame difficulties with Mao Zedong badges as well as his unique acupuncture skills. Chinese words and names using the pinyin system are in BOLD font. Mongolian names and words are in italic font. There are twenty photos/illustrations.

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Journey to the West, Volume 4

By: Cheng'en Wu

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Journey to the West, Volume 4

By: Cheng'en Wu

The Journey to the West, volume 4, comprises the last twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. The fantastic tale recounts the sixteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsüan-tsang (596-664), one of China's most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures. For nearly a thousand years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the hundred-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humor, and satire.

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University of Chicago Press

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My Road to Happiness Memoir of a Former US Tzu Chi CEO

By: Audrey Cheng,Cherie Chen

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My Road to Happiness Memoir of a Former US Tzu Chi CEO

By: Audrey Cheng,Cherie Chen

葛濟捨一生扮演過四種角色身分，醫師、實業家、理財規畫師、慈濟志工，「四樣不同的工作，就像經歷四段不同的生命。雖然經歷不同的領域與挑戰，但每一樣挑戰都是興致勃勃去面對，每一階段都是寶貴的生命體驗。」四十歲那年，葛濟捨出現中年危機，人生失去目標，不是因為設立的目標錯了，而是因為都是為了自己和家人。後來才發現，如果能夠將目標放大，包括一切苦難眾生，人生就會充滿意義；只要發揮良能，生活就會變得充實，生命也會更有價值。一九九八年，他第一次參加慈濟國際賑災，因為中國貴州霜害，要提供食物和生活必需品給受災居民。第一次看到有人生活得這麼苦，這才知道自己的幸福，也才知道自己要惜福。他一改自以為是的人生態度，本來認為周遭的人都是他的苦惱根源，參與賑災後才知道，周遭的人全是成就自己的貴人，要深深地感恩他們。此時，發自內心深處的感動和願意付出，這種「知褔、惜福、再造褔」的人生體驗，是用任何金錢都買不到的人生覺悟，這分深厚的感恩心，是葛濟捨在慈濟學到的無上至寶。「人生不如意事十有八九，要常想一、二」，我們面對人事，除了努力付出之外，無法掌握事情的結局，最好是用歡喜心去面對。歡喜心是一種選擇，也是一種人生態度。如果大家都能以「甘願做、歡喜受」的精神互動，這個社會能更祥和，我們的生命也能夠更圓滿。

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財團法人慈濟傳播人文志業基金會

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9865726629

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Essential Terms of Chinese Painting

By: Maria CHENG, TANG Wai Hung, Eric CHOY

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Essential Terms of Chinese Painting

By: Maria CHENG, TANG Wai Hung, Eric CHOY

Essential Terms of Chinese Painting provides a comprehensive coverage of the broad spectrum of Chinese painting. Through an array of some 900 terms, it exhibits the history of Chinese culture, as interpreted by artists and portrayed in their work. In masterful detail, it describes not only the artistic implements and drawing styles, but also how these are influenced by changing cultural considerations over time such as religion, philosophy, intellectual ideas, and political developments. From the broad view of how the change of dynasties affected painting trends in both format and subject, to the smallest detail of the methods used to paint different styles of tree branches, this is a full compendium of the scope and depth of artwork from China. This volume features twelve chapters which • explore all major areas of art including techniques, implements and materials, inscriptions and seals, painting and mounting formats for all categories including landscape, bird-and-flower, figure and auspicious paintings; • provide a helpful resource for readers to enjoy Chinese art with over 500 full-colour illustrations and pictures to further elaborate the terms discussed; • serve as an introduction to begin a true understanding of traditional Chinese painting.

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City University of HK Press

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962937188X

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9789629371883

The Security Environment in the Asia-Pacific

By: Hung-Mao Tien,Ten-jen Cheng

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The Security Environment in the Asia-Pacific

By: Hung-Mao Tien,Ten-jen Cheng

Multilateral security forums in the Asia Pacific region have evolved, but bilateral defence alliances continue to form the principle pillars of national security for most nations in the region. This text presents a survey of issues confronting the Asia-Pacific region as it enters year 2000.

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Routledge

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1315292076

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Singapore

Third Edition

By: Lesley Layton,Guek-Cheng Pang,Jo-Ann Spilling

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Singapore

Third Edition

By: Lesley Layton,Guek-Cheng Pang,Jo-Ann Spilling

This book provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Singapore. All books of the critically-acclaimed Cultures of the World� series ensure an immersive experience by offering vibrant photographs with descriptive nonfiction narratives, and interactive activities such as creating an authentic traditional dish from an easy-to-follow recipe. Copious maps and detailed timelines present the past and present of the country, while exploration of the art and architecture help your readers to understand why diversity is the spice of Life.

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Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

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1608707946

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Tai Chen's Inquiry into Goodness

A Translation of the Yuan Shan, With an Introductory Essay

By: Chung-Ying Cheng

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Tai Chen's Inquiry into Goodness

A Translation of the Yuan Shan, With an Introductory Essay

By: Chung-Ying Cheng

From Sung times, and throughout the Ming period, one of the dominant philosophies of China had been a dualistic rationalism thought to be firmly grounded on the classics. Tai Chen (1723-1777) was a scholar and philosopher during the Ch'ing period- a time when China produced few philosophic thinkers. He was the greatest of these, and his views are embodied chiefly in Yuan Shan and in Meng Tzu txu-yi shu-cheng. In place of the prevailing Sung dualism, Tai Chen propounded a rationalistic monism seldom before insinuated in a Chinese philosophy. He declines to accept current dogmas and preferred to seek his own truths. His commentaries opposed the time-honored interpretations of Chu Hsi, and he discredited them on purely philosophical grounds. But with few disciples to carry on his teachings, he was virtually forgotten or ignored in China for more than a hundred years after his death. It was not until early in the present century- with China under the pressures of Western aggression and internal disorders-that Tai Chen's nearness to Western thought was rediscovered and his important role in the history of philosophy recognized. Curiously, this first of China's Western-oriented philosophers even today remains little known in the West and his major writings largely untranslated.

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University of Hawaii Press

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082488082X

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9780824880828

T'ai Chi Ch'uan

A Simplified Method of Calisthenics for Health and Self-Defense

By: Cheng Man-ch'ing á

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T'ai Chi Ch'uan

A Simplified Method of Calisthenics for Health and Self-Defense

By: Cheng Man-ch'ing á

This is the original classic about Short Form, the most popular and widespread form of T'ai Chi in the West. T'ai Chi Ch'uan is a must-read for every serious T'ai Chi student. This book is not meant to "teach" T'ai Chi Ch'uan, but meant to expound upon its meaning to the earnest practitioner; to offer the layperson a glimpse into this ancient art; and to communicate the author's unique perceptions and experiences that only a lifetime of practice can cultivate. Taken in this context, this is a most valuable book.

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North Atlantic Books

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0913028851

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Journey to the West, Volume 2

By: Cheng'en Wu

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Journey to the West, Volume 2

By: Cheng'en Wu

The story of Xuanzang, the monk who went from China to India in quest of Buddhist scriptures.

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0226971511

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Making Money

How Taiwanese Industrialists Embraced the Global Economy

By: Gary G. Hamilton,Kao Cheng-shu

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Making Money

How Taiwanese Industrialists Embraced the Global Economy

By: Gary G. Hamilton,Kao Cheng-shu

Beginning in the 1950s, Taiwan rapidly industrialized, becoming a tributary to an increasingly "borderless" East Asian economy. And though President Trump has called for the end of "American carnage"—the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs—domestic retailers and merchandisers still willingly ship production overseas, primarily to Taiwan. In this book, Gary G. Hamilton and Cheng-shu Kao show how Taiwanese businesspeople have played a tremendous, unsung role in their nation's continuing ascent. From prominent names like Pou Chen and Hon Hai to the owners of small and midsize firms, Taiwan's contract manufacturers have become the world's most sophisticated suppliers of consumer products the world over. Drawing on over 30 years of research and more than 800 interviews, Hamilton and Kao tell these industrialists' stories. The picture that emerges is one of agile neo-capitalists, caught in the flux of a rapidly changing landscape, who tirelessly endeavor to profit on it. Making Money reveals its subjects to be at once producers of economic globalization and its byproducts. While the future of Taiwanese business is uncertain, the durability of demand-led capitalism is not.

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Stanford University Press

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1503604454

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9781503604452

Acoustic Interculturalism

Listening to Performance

By: Marcus Cheng Chye Tan

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Acoustic Interculturalism

Listening to Performance

By: Marcus Cheng Chye Tan

Acoustic Interculturalism is a study of the soundscapes of intercultural performance through the examination of sound's performativity. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines an akoumenological reception of sound to postulate the need for an acoustic knowing – an awareness of how sound shapes the intercultural experience.

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1137016957

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