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The Offshore Renminbi

The Rise of the Chinese Currency and Its Global Future

By: Robert Minikin,Kelvin Lau

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The Offshore Renminbi

The Rise of the Chinese Currency and Its Global Future

By: Robert Minikin,Kelvin Lau

The rise of the renminbi and what it means for forex markets Chinese authorities have ambitious plans to "internationalize" the renminbi, transforming it from a tightly controlled domestic legal tender into a global currency for international trade, held by both private and public sector asset managers. The Offshore Renminbi examines this impending currency revolution, outlining why the emergence of China as a major economic power will likely soon be matched by a transformation of the renminbi's role in the global financial system. It explains how new markets for "offshore" renminbi are developing outside mainland China since the country is not yet ready to fully open up its economy to international capital flows, and the regulations that govern them. The potential growth for the renminbi market is vast, thanks to China's role in the global trading community. The early stages of the internationalization effort were small-scale, but momentum has greatly increased over the past 18 months, making this book more relevant than ever. These developments offer new opportunities (and challenges) for corporate treasurers and investors, as China's profound economic success and growing prominence in global trade may transform offshore renminbi into a new global reserve currency and a legitimate competitor to the U.S. dollar. Explores how the "internationalization" of the renminbi is likely to yield a new global currency to rival the U.S. dollar Examines "offshore" renminbi and the host of new financial markets they have created, from a spot FX market to Dim Sum bonds in Hong Kong Covers broad themes of interest to general readers and policymakers, as well as more detailed issues of practical and direct importance to corporate treasurers and investors The Chinese government has ambitious plans to make the renminbi a global currency. The Offshore Renminbi explains the complexities of this strategy and the dramatic implications for the global FX markets.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118339282

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Urban Kiz

A new vision on partner dance

By: Kelvin Kramp

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Urban Kiz

A new vision on partner dance

By: Kelvin Kramp

Dance can be a powerful means to create social harmony and enhance health. It is often overlooked as a way to make the world a better place. This book will give you insight into the depth of social partner dance and how it can improve well-being on physical, mental and social levels. The chapters shed light on the positive aspects of dance from the framework of urban kiz. It examines this dance from a philosophical and scientific point of view, making it the most comprehensive resource for dancers and a must-read for those interested in partner dance research.

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Kelvin Kramp

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9090344306

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9789090344300

Tam Hue Ping

From China to Colombia: A Journey in Faith, Vocation, and Service

By: Kelvin Christilius "Hue Ping" Tam

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Tam Hue Ping

From China to Colombia: A Journey in Faith, Vocation, and Service

By: Kelvin Christilius "Hue Ping" Tam

FATHER KELVIN CHRISTILIUS TAM was born in Trinidad and has lived in Cali, Colombia since the 1980s. He entered the priesthood in the 1950s after studying in Quebec, Canada and Dublin, Ireland. He served in a variety of locales, focusing on ministry to the poor and marginalized. Father Tam’s love of all species began as a young boy growing up with many animals on his grandfather’s estate in Trinidad. One of his projects at a college in Nigeria was a collection of animals that eventually became a zoo with over two hundred exotic animals. As a priest, he filled the roles of pastoral guide, educator, social worker, “parent,” advisor, and friend—all in the conviction of his faith, vocation, and love of others. As an educator, he inspired high achievement, excellence, and personal commitment in his students. As a student himself, he was an all-rounder who excelled academically, in many sporting activities, scouts, and almost anything that called for his service. Father Tam demonstrates a life truly blessed.

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191

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FriesenPress

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1039197639

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9781039197633

Sensory Anthropology

Culture and Experience in Asia

By: Kelvin E. Y. Low

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Sensory Anthropology

Culture and Experience in Asia

By: Kelvin E. Y. Low

From constructions of rasa (taste) in pre-colonial India and Indonesia, children and sensory discipline within the monastic orders of the Edo period of Japan, to sound expressives among the Semai in Peninsular Malaysia, the sensory soteriology of Tibetan Buddhism, and sensory warscapes of WWII, this book analyses how sensory cultures in Asia frame social order and disorder. Illustrated with a wide range of fascinating examples, it explores key anthropological themes, such as culture and language, food and foodways, morality, transnationalism and violence, and provides granular analyses on sensory relations, sensory pairings, and intersensoriality. By offering rich ethnographic perspectives on inter- and intra-regional sense relations, the book engages with a variety of sensory models, and moves beyond narrower sensory regimes bounded by group, nation or temporality. A pioneering exploration of the senses in and out of Asia, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students in social and cultural anthropology.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009240811

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9781009240819

Keats and Shelley

Winds of Light

By: Kelvin Everest

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Keats and Shelley

Winds of Light

By: Kelvin Everest

Keats and Shelley: Winds of Light combines unrivalled textual knowledge, biographical and contextual expertise, and profoundly insightful close readings of the poetry in a selection of outstanding essays from a leading critic of English Romantic Poetry. Some of the essays have been previously published and are established as classic studies, which have strongly influenced scholarly interpretation of the poems they discuss, including landmark readings of Shelley's Prometheus Unbound, 'Julian and Maddalo' and 'Ozymandias', and Keats's 'Isabella: or the Pot of Basil' and his sonnet 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer'. These are brought into relationship with new work on the two poets, in a wide-ranging set of meditations which centre on Shelley's great elegy for Keats, Adonais. An introductory chapter considers the strongly contrasting poetic styles and achievement of the two iconic 'young Romantics', a contrast which has been obscured by their conventional close pairing in popular culture. Five studies of Keats are followed by a pivotal account of Shelley's elaborately-wrought poetic tribute to Keats's destined greatness, which leads in to a balancing six studies of Shelley. Both poets are situated illuminatingly in their literary, personal, and social-historical milieu, through a series of perspectives which combine lucid particularity with powerful generalization. The essays move from detailed analysis of textual minutiae to deep reflection on fundamental themes in the work of Keats and Shelley, including the ultimate themes of transience and permanence, and of life, death, and immortality.

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Oxford University Press

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0192666142

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9780192666147

MY DAILY FALKLANDS SEA DIARY APRIL-JULY 1982

By: Kelvin Harry

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MY DAILY FALKLANDS SEA DIARY APRIL-JULY 1982

By: Kelvin Harry

This is the story of the Falklands War April 1982. It starts as the ships prepare for war taking you through the days that we spent getting the ships ready to sail, from Portsmouth to arriving at the Falklands. How and what some of us went through during the war, then on to the Hero's welcome home parties when we arrived back home.

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Lulu.com

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1291471715

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9781291471717

Remembering the Samsui Women

Migration and Social Memory in Singapore and China

By: Kelvin E.Y. Low

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Remembering the Samsui Women

Migration and Social Memory in Singapore and China

By: Kelvin E.Y. Low

In the early twentieth century, thousands of women from the Samsui area of Guangdong, China migrated to Singapore during a period of economic and natural calamity, leaving their families behind. In their new country, many found work in the construction industry, with others working in households or factories where they were called hong tou jin, translated literally as “red-head-scarf,” after the headgear that protected them from the sun. In Singapore, the women have been celebrated as pioneering figures for their hard work and resilience, and in China for the sacrifices they made for their families. Remembering the Samsui Women looks at who these women really are and at how both countries have commemorated their experiences. It is an illuminating study of the connection between memory and nation, including the politics of what is remembered and what is forgotten.

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UBC Press

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0774825782

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9780774825788

Methods in Research and Development of Biomedical Devices

By: Kelvin K. L. Wong

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Methods in Research and Development of Biomedical Devices

By: Kelvin K. L. Wong

This book presents a road map for applying the stages in conceptualization, evaluation, and testing of biomedical devices in a systematic order of approach, leading to solutions for medical problems within a well-deserved safety limit. The issues discussed will pave the way for understanding the preliminary concepts used in modern biomedical device engineering, which include medical imaging, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, particle image velocimetry, and rapid prototyping. This book would undoubtedly be of use to biomedical engineers, medical doctors, radiologists, and any other professionals related to the research and development of devices for health care.

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World Scientific

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9814436100

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9789814436106

E-Government

Implementation, Adoption and Synthesis in Developing Countries

By: Kelvin J. Bwalya,Stephen M. Mutula

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E-Government

Implementation, Adoption and Synthesis in Developing Countries

By: Kelvin J. Bwalya,Stephen M. Mutula

E-Government is a hot topic. The integration of Information and Communication Technologies into public service delivery worldwide offers a number of promising opportunities. This text refers in particular to the benefits derived from ubiquitous access to and delivery of government services to citizens, business partners and employees. This book analyses the fundamental technical and non-technical concepts that are essential for successful implementation of e-Government in diverse environments, especially in developing countries. This book is an indispensable resource for both e-Government practitioners and researchers in that it brings to the fore scholarly scrutiny, scientific debate, and best practice in e-Government. The author has a background in computer and information science and accentuates the multi-disciplinary nature of the issues surrounding e-Government.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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311039605X

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9783110396058

Studying Singapore's Past

C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore

By: Ping Tjin Thum,Karl Hack,Kevin Blackburn,John Bastin,Anthony Milner,Kelvin W.K. Ng,A.J. Stockwell,Jason Lim

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Studying Singapore's Past

C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore

By: Ping Tjin Thum,Karl Hack,Kevin Blackburn,John Bastin,Anthony Milner,Kelvin W.K. Ng,A.J. Stockwell,Jason Lim

C.M. (Mary) Turnbull's contributions to historical writing on Singapore extended from her 1962 thesis, published in 1972 as "The Straits Settlements, 1826-1867: Indian Presidency to Crown Colony", to her magisterial history of Singapore, first published in 1977 and re-issued in 2009 in an updated edition as A History of Singapore, 1819-2005. Her approach to history involved detailed work with documents and published materials, with a particular focus on political and economic history. One contributor to the present volume described the book as an "exercise in endowing a modern 'nation-state' with a coherent past that should explain the present." As styles in history evolved, younger scholars including some of her former students and colleagues began exploring new approaches to historical research that drew on non-English-language souce material and asked fresh questions of the sources. Mary enjoyed controversy and expected debate, and had a deep interest in these accounts, which were in many ways a natural progression from her own publications even when they raised questions about her interpretations and conclusions. Studying Singapore's Past had its origins in a conference organised to discuss her work. The volume includes ten contributions, some from long-established scholars of Singapore's history, others from a new generation of researchers. Their work offers an evaluation of established understandings of Singapore's history, and gives an indication of new directions that researchers are exploring. In publishing the book, the editor not only pays tribute to a distinguished historian but also seeks to make a contribution to the historiography of Singapore and to ongoing debates about Singapore's past.

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NUS Press

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9971696460

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9789971696467

Hong Kong Competition Law

Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives

By: Thomas K. Cheng,Kelvin Hiu Fai Kwok

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Hong Kong Competition Law

Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives

By: Thomas K. Cheng,Kelvin Hiu Fai Kwok

This is the first academic monograph on the new competition law in Hong Kong. It provides an overview of the historical background of the Competition Ordinance, highlighting the debate and the process that led to the adoption of the Ordinance. It offers detailed comparative and theoretical analysis of the key provisions of the Ordinance, focusing on the First Conduct Rule, the Second Conduct Rule, the exclusions and exemptions, and the procedural provisions. It draws on overseas legislation and jurisprudence that inspired the provisions in the Ordinance and incorporates a detailed examination of the latest cases decided by the Competition Tribunal. It engages in relevant academic debates and theoretical analysis of how competition law in Hong Kong should develop in light of its unique economic and political contexts. It concludes by setting forth of a set of recommendations for further reform.

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329

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Cambridge University Press

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1108699847

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9781108699846

Plant-Wide Process Control

By: Kelvin T. Erickson,John L. Hedrick

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Plant-Wide Process Control

By: Kelvin T. Erickson,John L. Hedrick

Der Band behandelt Prozeßsteuerungen für kontinuierlich oder im Batchbetrieb arbeitende chemische Produktionsanlagen, wobei auf alle Stadien der Entwicklung vom Konzept bis zur Umsetzung, Prüfung und Wartung eingegangen wird. Besonders interessant ist das Thema für den Verfahrens- oder Chemieingenieur, der zur Effektivierung der industriellen Automation zunehmend auch Kenntnisse aus dem elektrotechnischen Bereich benötigt. (06/99)

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566

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471178357

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9780471178354

Austria

By: Sean Sheehan,Kelvin Sim

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Austria

By: Sean Sheehan,Kelvin Sim

Introduces the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of Austria.

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Cavendish Square Publishing

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185435454X

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9781854354549

The Offshore Renminbi

The Rise of the Chinese Currency and Its Global Future

By: Robert Minikin,Kelvin Lau

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The Offshore Renminbi

The Rise of the Chinese Currency and Its Global Future

By: Robert Minikin,Kelvin Lau

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Data Structures & Algorithms in Swift

Implementing Practical Data Structures with Swift 4

By: Raywenderlich Com Team,Kelvin Lau,Vincent Ngo

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Data Structures & Algorithms in Swift

Implementing Practical Data Structures with Swift 4

By: Raywenderlich Com Team,Kelvin Lau,Vincent Ngo

The book focuses initially on linked lists. Discussion of trees escalates from from binary search trees to culminate in dynamically, self-balancing AVL trees where search, insertion or removal are all generally ‎O(log n). Where the time complexity serves as a natural transition, the book then turns to search such as binary search being O(log n), as covered in Chapter 12, or other searching such as breadth or depth first searching in Chapter 20 and Chapter 21 and sorting algorithms such as comparison based sorting (i.e., bubble, selection, or insertion in Chapter 14) or other types of sorting such as merge in Chapter 15, radix in Chapter 16, or heap in Chapter 17. The book covers heap in Chapter 12, stack in Chapter 4, queues in Chapter 5 & Chapter 13, graphs in Chapter 19, Dijkstra's algorithm in Chapter 22 and prim's in Chapter 23--Book review by Eric Giannini.

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1942878486

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The Offshore Renminbi

The Offshore Renminbi

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Sensory Anthropology

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Keats and Shelley

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MY DAILY FALKLANDS SEA DIARY APRIL-JULY 1982

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Remembering the Samsui Women

Remembering the Samsui Women

Methods in Research and Development of Biomedical Devices

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E-Government

Studying Singapore's Past

Studying Singapore's Past

Hong Kong Competition Law

Hong Kong Competition Law

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Plant-Wide Process Control

Austria

Austria

The Offshore Renminbi

The Offshore Renminbi

Data Structures & Algorithms in Swift

Data Structures & Algorithms in Swift

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