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The Next Factory of the World

How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa

By: Irene Yuan Sun

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The Next Factory of the World

How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa

By: Irene Yuan Sun

A Best Business Book of 2017 -- The Financial Times China is now the biggest foreign player in Africa. It's Africa's largest trade partner, the largest infrastructure financier, and the fastest-growing source of foreign direct investment. Chinese entrepreneurs are flooding into the continent, investing in long-term assets such as factories and heavy equipment. Considering Africa's difficult history of colonialism, one might suspect that China's activity there is another instance of a foreign power exploiting resources. But as author Irene Yuan Sun vividly shows in this remarkable book, it is really a story about resilient Chinese entrepreneurs building in Africa what they so recently learned to build in China--a global manufacturing powerhouse. The fact that China sees Africa not for its poverty but for its potential wealth is a striking departure from the attitude of the West, particularly that of the United States. Despite fifty years of Western aid programs, Africa still has more people living in extreme poverty than any other region in the world. Those who are serious about raising living standards across the continent know that another strategy is needed. Chinese investment gives rise to a tantalizing possibility: that Africa can industrialize in the coming generation. With a manufacturing-led transformation, Africa would be following in the footsteps of the United States in the nineteenth century, Japan in the early twentieth, and the Asian Tigers in the late twentieth. Many may consider this an old-fashioned way to develop, but as Sun argues, it's the only one that's proven to raise living standards across entire societies in a lasting way. And with every new Chinese factory boss setting up machinery and hiring African workers--and managers--that possibility becomes more real for Africa. With fascinating and moving human stories along with incisive business and economic analysis, The Next Factory of the World will make you rethink both China's role in the world and Africa's future in the globalized economy.

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Harvard Business Press

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1633692825

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The Next Factory of the World

How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa

By: Irene Yuan Sun

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How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa

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Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish Refugees from Central Europe

Survival, Co-Existence, and Identity in a Multi-Ethnic City

By: Irene Eber

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Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish Refugees from Central Europe

Survival, Co-Existence, and Identity in a Multi-Ethnic City

By: Irene Eber

The study discusses the history of the Jewish refugees within the Shanghai setting and its relationship to the two established Jewish communities, the Sephardi and Russian Jews. Attention is also focused on the cultural life of the refugees who used both German and Yiddish, and on their attempts to cope under Japanese occupation after the outbreak of the Pacific War. Differences of identity existed between Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews, religious and secular, aside from linguistic and cultural differences. The study aims to understand the exile condition of the refugees and their amazing efforts to create a semblance of cultural life in a strange new world.

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260

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110268183

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9783110268188

Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors and Biotechnology

By: Pelagia-Irene Gouma

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Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors and Biotechnology

By: Pelagia-Irene Gouma

Introduction to Nanomaterials, Sensors, Nanomedicine, and BiotechnologyNanostructured Materials for Resistive SensorsMetal Oxide based ChemosensorsHybrid Nanomaterials for SensorsNanomedicine Applications of NanomaterialsNanomedicine Applications of SensorsOverview and Future Trends.

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177

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Pan Stanford Publishing

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9814267112

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9789814267113

Principle and Practicality

Essays in Neo-Confucianism and Practical Learning

By: Irene Bloom

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Principle and Practicality

Essays in Neo-Confucianism and Practical Learning

By: Irene Bloom

These essays explore the continuities and discontinuities between the Neo-Confucian thought of Ming China and early Tokugawa Japan and the practical learning of the 17th and 18th centuries, underlining the need for a deeper examination of the complex relationship between traditional and modern thoughts and values.

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Columbia University Press

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0231046138

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9780231046138

The Mathematics of Superoscillations

By: Yakir Aharonov,Fabrizio Colombo,Irene Sabadini,Daniele C. Struppa,Jeff Tollaksen

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The Mathematics of Superoscillations

By: Yakir Aharonov,Fabrizio Colombo,Irene Sabadini,Daniele C. Struppa,Jeff Tollaksen

In the past 50 years, quantum physicists have discovered, and experimentally demonstrated, a phenomenon which they termed superoscillations. Aharonov and his collaborators showed that superoscillations naturally arise when dealing with weak values, a notion that provides a fundamentally different way to regard measurements in quantum physics. From a mathematical point of view, superoscillating functions are a superposition of small Fourier components with a bounded Fourier spectrum, which result, when appropriately summed, in a shift that can be arbitrarily large, and well outside the spectrum. The purpose of this work is twofold: on one hand the authors provide a self-contained survey of the existing literature, in order to offer a systematic mathematical approach to superoscillations; on the other hand, they obtain some new and unexpected results, by showing that superoscillating sequences can be seen of as solutions to a large class of convolution equations and can therefore be treated within the theory of analytically uniform spaces. In particular, the authors will also discuss the persistence of the superoscillatory behavior when superoscillating sequences are taken as initial values of the Schrödinger equation and other equations.

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120

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American Mathematical Soc.

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1470423243

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9781470423247

Investing in Greater China

By: Irene So

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Investing in Greater China

By: Irene So

The story of Greater China and its present-day economic potential begins long ago, well before the Modern Era, when Confucius first set out the principles and ideas that have since that became the building blocks of Chinese history and culture. Confucianism remains a powerful force in shaping Greater China's political, economic and social structures. The unique culture, tradition, identity of Greater China function to provide the region with all the requisite social and political conditions for remarkable economic growth. In addition, China has embraced global markets and Western-style economic management principles. And, in 2001, China was admitted to the World Trade Organization. Today, the enormous economic potential of Greater China can be harnessed to the advantage of the enlightened investor. Investing in Greater China is a guide for investors. It provides the basic information on history and culture that is necessary to understand the region, and discusses the basic strategies for maximizing investment success in China.

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180

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1552634582

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9781552634585

Small-Format Aerial Photography and UAS Imagery

Principles, Techniques and Geoscience Applications

By: James S. Aber,Irene Marzolff,Johannes Ries,Susan Elizabeth Ward Aber

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Small-Format Aerial Photography and UAS Imagery

Principles, Techniques and Geoscience Applications

By: James S. Aber,Irene Marzolff,Johannes Ries,Susan Elizabeth Ward Aber

Small Format Aerial Photography and UAS Imagery: Principles, Techniques and Geoscience Applications, Second Edition, provides basic and advanced principles and techniques for Small Format Aerial Photography (SFAP), focusing on manned and unmanned aerial systems, including drones, kites, blimps, powered paragliders, and fixed wing and copter SFAP. The authors focus on everything from digital image processing and interpretation of data, to travel and setup for the best result, making this a comprehensive guide for any user. Nine case studies in a variety of environments, including gullies, high altitudes, wetlands and recreational architecture are included to enhance learning. This new edition includes small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and discusses changes in legal practices across the globe. In addition, the book presents the history of SFAP, providing background and context for new developments. - Provides background and context for new developments in SFAP - Covers the legal implications for small format aerial systems in different countries - Discusses unmanned aerial systems (drones) and their applications - Features new case studies for different applications, including vineyard monitoring and impacts of wind energy

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396

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Academic Press

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0128129433

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9780128129432

Dictionary of 20th-century History

By: David M. Brownstone,Irene M. Franck

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Dictionary of 20th-century History

By: David M. Brownstone,Irene M. Franck

Key events, people, ideas and discoveries of the 20th century from 1900 to 1990.

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0132098830

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Book's by Irene Yuan Sun

The Next Factory of the World

The Next Factory of the World

The Next Factory of the World

The Next Factory of the World

Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish Refugees from Central Europe

Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish Refugees from Central Europe

Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors and Biotechnology

Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors and Biotechnology

Principle and Practicality

Principle and Practicality

The Mathematics of Superoscillations

The Mathematics of Superoscillations

Investing in Greater China

Investing in Greater China

Small-Format Aerial Photography and UAS Imagery

Small-Format Aerial Photography and UAS Imagery

Dictionary of 20th-century History

Dictionary of 20th-century History

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