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America's Security and Taiwan's Freedom

Speeches and Essays by Lí Thian-hok

By: Lí Thian-hok

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America's Security and Taiwan's Freedom

Speeches and Essays by Lí Thian-hok

By: Lí Thian-hok

“The greatest threat to the U.S.’s homeland security is not a terrorist attack with a dirty bomb; it is an unexpected nuclear Pearl Harbor.” —author “Taiwan’s democratic achievement and vision of the future . . . are consistent with the American experience. Will Beijing eventually follow such a course? Decisions are still to be made, and there are limits to how effectively the U.S. can influence these decisions. But we can and we must continue to support Taiwan. Its security is ultimately our security. Of that we can be sure.” —the late Congressman Gerald B. H. Solomon Lí explains how America’s security hinges on Taiwan’s survival as an independent democracy.

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473

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450062288

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9781450062282

Land Use Planning Made Plain

By: Hok-Lin Leung

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Land Use Planning Made Plain

By: Hok-Lin Leung

A clear and practical guide to coherent planning principles and the making and implementation of land use decisions, focused at the city level and addressing the major debates in land planning today.

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305

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University of Toronto Press

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0802085520

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9780802085528

China and the Mongols

History and Legend Under the Yüan and Ming

By: Hok-Lam Chan

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China and the Mongols

History and Legend Under the Yüan and Ming

By: Hok-Lam Chan

Published in 1999. A common theme linking these papers is that of the interaction of élite and popular traditions, as found in the writings and folktales of Yuan and Ming China. The first studies focus on historical writings, not just as topics of intellectual and cultural history, but as foundations for understanding the sources of that time and seeing how earlier periods were viewed - for example, in the composition of the Liao, Chin and Sung histories at the Mongol-Yuan court in the 1340s. A second cluster examines a number of popular legends in which Mongol and Chinese elements can be seen to mix: the use of a bowshot in choosing a site, as in the story of the founding of Peking; the legends of the foundation of the Ming dynasty; or the image and fictionalisation of the great Ming statesman, Liu Chi.

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577

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Routledge

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0429809093

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9780429809095

Farewell My Concubine

A Queer Film Classic

By: Helen Hok-Sze Leung

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Farewell My Concubine

A Queer Film Classic

By: Helen Hok-Sze Leung

A Queer Film Classic: Chen Kaige’s 1992 film about two male Peking opera stars and the woman who comes between them; its treatment of gender performance and homosexuality was unprecedented in Chinese film. Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

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134

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arsenal pulp press

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1551523930

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9781551523934

Ming Taizu (r. 1368–98) and the Foundation of the Ming Dynasty in China

By: Hok-lam Chan

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Ming Taizu (r. 1368–98) and the Foundation of the Ming Dynasty in China

By: Hok-lam Chan

This second collection of studies by Hok-lam Chan focuses on the person and the image of Ming Taizu, the founder of the Ming dynasty, and a powerful, brutal and autocratic emperor who has had a significant impact not only in late imperial China, but also in East Asia, over the last six centuries. Individual studies look at the legitimation of the dynasty, particular military and religious figures, policies of persecution and punishment, and struggles over the succession.

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375

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Taylor & Francis

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1000940233

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9781000940237

Yüan Thought

Chinese Thought and Religion Under the Mongols

By: Hok-lam Chan

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Yüan Thought

Chinese Thought and Religion Under the Mongols

By: Hok-lam Chan

Ten conference papers which focus on the literature's attempt to regain control and rejuvenate the indigenous traditions of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.

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545

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023105324X

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9780231053242

Li Chih 1527-1602 in Contemporary Chinese Historiography

New light on his life and works

By: Hok-Lam Chan

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Li Chih 1527-1602 in Contemporary Chinese Historiography

New light on his life and works

By: Hok-Lam Chan

This title was first published in 1980. The present monograph, primarily a collection of annotated translations of these recent studies, is neither a new appraisal of Li Chih drawing on these materials nor a critical evaluation of the current Chinese scholarship on his life and thought. In a modest way it is an attempt to make these new sources of information more readily accessible to the sinological community to faciliate research. The divisions of this study are: two sections consisting of translations of new materials on Li Chih, with an analytical introduction on the significance of these discoveries, and two appendices of bibliographical accounts of primary and secondary sources down to recent times.

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207

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Routledge

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1351711784

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9781351711784

Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong

Protest, Patronage, and the Media

By: Stan Hok-Wui Wong

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Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong

Protest, Patronage, and the Media

By: Stan Hok-Wui Wong

This book offers a novel and parsimonious framework to help understand Hong Kong’s lengthy democratic transition by analyzing the electoral dynamics of the city’s competitive authoritarian political system, where pro-Beijing and pro-democracy parties have struggled to keep each other in check. The author demonstrates how a relatively liberal media environment has shaped the electoral incentives of the opposition and the pro-establishment elite differently, which has helped the latter improve its basis of electoral support. The political explanation the book puts forward seeks to shed new light on why many autocracies are interested in regularly holding elections that are considered somewhat competitive. This book will be of great interest not only to specialists in comparative studies of democratization, but also to all those concerned with Hong Kong’s democratic transition.

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188

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Springer

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9812873872

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9789812873873

Moral Politics in a South Chinese Village

Responsibility, Reciprocity, and Resistance

By: Hok Bun Ku

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Moral Politics in a South Chinese Village

Responsibility, Reciprocity, and Resistance

By: Hok Bun Ku

Exploring sensitive issues often hidden to outsiders, this engaging study traces the transformation and economic development of a south China village during the first tumultuous decade of reform. Drawing on a wealth of intimate detail, Ku explores the new sense of risk and mood of insecurity experienced in the post-reform era in Ku Village, a typical hamlet beyond the margins of richer suburban areas or fertile farmland. Villagers' dissatisfaction revolves around three key issues: the rising cost of living, mounting agricultural expenses, and the forcible implementation of birth-control quotas. Faced with these daunting problems, villagers have developed an array of strategies. Their weapons include resisting policies they consider unreasonable by disregarding fees, evading taxes, and ignoring strict family planning regulations; challenging the rationale of official policies and the legitimacy of the local government and its officials; and reestablishing clan associations to supercede local Party authority. Using lively everyday narratives and compelling personal stories, Ku argues that rural people are not in fact powerless and passive; instead they have their own moral system that informs their everyday family lives, work, and political activities. Their code embodies concepts of fairness and justice, a concrete definition of the relationship between the state and its citizens, an understanding of the boundaries and responsibilities of each party, and a clear notion of what constitutes good and bad government and officials. On the basis of these principles, they may challenge existing policies and deny the authority of officials and the government, thereby legitimizing their acts of self-defense. Through his richly realized ethnography, Ku shows the reader a world of memorable, fully realized individuals striving to control their fate in an often arbitrary world.

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313

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1461639360

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9781461639367

Search for Sibylla

The 17th Century's Woman of Today

By: Patricia Kleps-Hok

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Search for Sibylla

The 17th Century's Woman of Today

By: Patricia Kleps-Hok

Maria Sibylla Merian, born in 1647 in Germany, became in her day Europe's most highly regarded botanical artist and the first published woman naturalist. She was in the vanguard of amateur naturalists that led to the creations of the London Royal Academy, Louis XIV's Academie des Sciences, and to the nomenclatures of Linnaeus. Her name was well-known for almost one hundred years, but eventually her work and name became buried, and information that was available was not written in English. This book is the story of the author's fascination with the art and scientific work of Maria Sibylla Merian which led to this search for her amazing life story.

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156

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Xlibris Corporation

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1425743110

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9781425743116

Social Economy in China and the World

By: Ngai Pun,Ben Hok-bun Ku,Hairong Yan,Anita Koo

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Social Economy in China and the World

By: Ngai Pun,Ben Hok-bun Ku,Hairong Yan,Anita Koo

This book examines the concept of social economy in China and around the world. It offers to rethink space, economy and community in a trans-border context which moves us beyond both planned and market economies. The chapters address theoretical issues, critical reflections and case studies on the practice of social economy in the context of glo

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Routledge

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0367598477

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9780367598471

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America's Security and Taiwan's Freedom

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Land Use Planning Made Plain

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China and the Mongols

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Farewell My Concubine

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Ming Taizu (r. 1368–98) and the Foundation of the Ming Dynasty in China

Ming Taizu (r. 1368–98) and the Foundation of the Ming Dynasty in China

Yüan Thought

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Li Chih 1527-1602 in Contemporary Chinese Historiography

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Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong

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Moral Politics in a South Chinese Village

Search for Sibylla

Search for Sibylla

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Social Economy in China and the World

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