Known as the “beating heart” of the Arab World, Syria has held high geographic and political importance in the Middle East and has been the battlefield of superpowers for centuries. Since the outbreak of the “Arab Spring,” its central role has been reinforced by its civil war, one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts since World War II, causing significant humanitarian disaster. With American power diminishing and European power in the region emerging, Europe has begun to exert its impact on Syria, and this book analyzes the diplomatic policies of European countries on Syria from the perspective of Chinese scholars. Starting with a review of the European Union’s policies in the Middle East and North Africa as a whole, the authors analyze the Syrian policies of France, the United Kingdom and Germany, the three most influential and representative countries on the European continent. The authors argue that the favoured “humanitarian intervention” concept failed to achieve the expected results, increased the bloodiness of the Syrian civil war and undermined the European Union’s advantage in the region. Researchers and students of international relations as well as Middle East Studies will benefit from this volume.
The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion" by Yang Ji Zhou is an encyclopedic Ming dynasty work on Acupuncture and Moxibustion. The text covers the details of using various point categories and the confluence points of the eight extraordinary vessels.
This is the only known translation of part of an early 17th-century classic text focusing on the use of acupuncture in Chinese medicine. Yang Jizhou's Grand Compendium comprises two books of which the second contained The Odes, a collection of traditional songs summarizing methods of treatment and indications for their use. In this translation Richard Bertshinger has also included Ma Tan Yang's Song on the Twelve Points. Various indices, a bibliography and glossary have been added to help the modern reader to understand the relevant of The Odes in today's context. The book is illustrated throughout with Chinese landscape paintings and traditional patterns from time of the gathering of The Odes.
This encyclopedic Ming-dynasty work on acupuncture and moxibustion lays out the fundamental theories of classical Chinese medicine that the author expands on and enriches with his personal clinical experience.
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