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Appropriating Antiquity for Modern Chinese Painting

By: Chia-Ling Yang

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Appropriating Antiquity for Modern Chinese Painting

By: Chia-Ling Yang

The pursuit of antiquity was important for scholarly artists in constructing their knowledge of history and cultural identity in late imperial China. By examining versatile trends within paintings in modern China, this book questions the extent to which historical relics have been used to represent the ethnic identity of modern Chinese art. In doing so, this book asks: did the antiquarian movements ultimately serve as a deliberate tool for re-writing Chinese art history in modern China? In searching for the public meaning of inventive private collecting activity, Appropriating Antiquity in Modern Chinese Painting draws on various modes of artistic creation to address how the use of antiquities in early 20th-century Chinese art both produced and reinforced the imaginative links between ancient civilization and modern lives in the late Qing dynasty. Further exploring how these social and cultural transformations were related to the artistic exchanges happening at the time between China, Japan and the West, the book successfully analyses how modernity was translated and appropriated at the turn of the 20th century, throughout Asia and further afield.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501358367

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Access to Justice for the Chinese Consumer

Handling Consumer Disputes in Contemporary China

By: Ling Zhou

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Access to Justice for the Chinese Consumer

Handling Consumer Disputes in Contemporary China

By: Ling Zhou

This book offers a socio-legal exploration of localised consumer complaint processing and dispute resolution in the People's Republic of China – now the second largest consumer market in the world – and the experiences of both ordinary and 'professional' consumers. Drawing on detailed analysis of an impressive body of empirical data, this book highlights local Chinese understandings and practice styles of 'mediation', and identifies in popular consciousness a continuing sense of reliance on the government for securing consumer rights in China. These are not only important features of consumer dispute processing in themselves, but also help to to explain why no ombudsman system has emerged. This innovative book looks at the nature of China's distinctive dispute resolution and complaints system, issues within that system, and the experiences of consumers within it. The book illustrates the access to justice processes locally available to aggrieved consumers and provides a unique contribution to comparative consumer law studies in Asia and elsewhere.

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1509931074

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9781509931071

Chinese Folktales for Language Learners

Famous Folk Stories in Chinese and English (Free online Audio Recordings)

By: Vivian Ling,Wang Peng

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Chinese Folktales for Language Learners

Famous Folk Stories in Chinese and English (Free online Audio Recordings)

By: Vivian Ling,Wang Peng

A collection of 15 classic Chinese folk stories—passed down from generation to generation—presented in both Chinese and English. Welcome to the fascinating world of Chinese folklore. The fifteen stories in this book address universal converns such as the origins of humankind, the impact of wars and natural disasters, the great deeds of cultural heroes, the struggle for dignity and justice for the common man, and the yearnings of the human heart. For readers from around the world, this book is a window to some of the historical and cultural facets of China that remain relevant today. These stories can be enjoyed in English by readers with no knowledge of Chinese, while the bilingual format and vocabulary lists are an added bonus for language students. Each story is given in parallel Chinese and English versions, and is accompanied by a short essay about its historical context, a vocabulary list, discussion questions, and native speaker audio recordings. Enjoy fifteen classic Chinese folk tales, including: "Taming the New Year's Beast" — How the Lunar New Year festival came about, celebrated after the ferocious monster Nian was frightened off by sparks, explosive noises and the color red when it came hunting for children and animals "Two Virtuous Mothers of Ancient China" — The philosopher Mencius's mother, a virtuous widow, illustrates the importance of not wasting one's education through her efforts to ensure her son's success "The Chinese Romeo and Juliet" — A classic tale of tragic love, Zhu Yingtai, the beloved daughter of a local official, is disguised as a young male scholar to study in Hangzhou — some distance away from her home. While she was in the academy she met a soulmate, Liang Shanbo, and as they studied together for three years, she developed feelings for him "Judge Bao Takes On the Emperor's Son-in-Law" — The famous Judge Bao decided to right a wrong when the emperor's son-in-law, Chen Shimei, committed bigamy by pretending to be single in order to become the imperial son-in-law. He even attempted to hide this crime by obliterating his wife and two children, but was thwarted by Judge Bao, who risked his own life and career to carry out justice

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1462924832

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Chinese Theology and Translation

The Christianity of the Jesuit Figurists and their Christianized Yijing

By: Sophie Ling-chia Wei

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Chinese Theology and Translation

The Christianity of the Jesuit Figurists and their Christianized Yijing

By: Sophie Ling-chia Wei

This book uncovers the Jesuits’ mystic theological interpretation in the translation of the Book of Changes (the Yijing) in their mission in China. The book analyzes how Jesuit Figurists incorporated their intralingual translation of the Yijing, the Classical and vernacular use of Chinese language and the imitation of Chinese literati’s format, and the divinization of Yijing numbers into their typological exegesis. By presenting the different ways in which Jesuit Figurists Christianized the Yijing and crafted a Chinese version of Jesus and Christian stories onto the Chinese classics, this book reveals the value of Jesuit missionary-translators. The Chinese manuscripts the Figurists left behind became treasures which have been excavated and displayed in this book. These treasures reveal the other side of the story, the side not much shown in past scholarship on the Figurists. These handwritten manuscripts on the Christianized Yijing are a legacy which continues to impact European understanding of Chinese history and civilization in later centuries. A first analysis of these manuscripts in Chinese, the book will be of interest to scholars working on the history of Christianity in China, Translation Studies, and East Asian Religion and Philosophy.

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Routledge

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1351060414

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Family Business in China, Volume 1

A Historical Perspective

By: Ling Chen,Jian An Zhu,Hanqing Fang

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Family Business in China, Volume 1

A Historical Perspective

By: Ling Chen,Jian An Zhu,Hanqing Fang

Unlike other economies, family businesses in China are greatly affected by the derived Confucian culture, excessive marketization, as well as the seemingly endless institutional supervision by a transitional Chinese government. China has a strong historical legacy, devoted to patriarchal values and strong family-centered traditions. This volume explores the social foundations and historical legacies of families, business families, and family businesses in China. It begins with an overview of a household, family, and clan in ancient China before an examination of the economic, social, and cultural functions that the family system served in Ancient China as well as the four unique features that distinguish the family system in ancient China from those in western societies. It later discusses the evolution of the family system and the rise of family business before the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Finally, it evaluates the family system before and after the “Open-up and Reform” in 1978. This interdisciplinary work, incorporating sociological, anthropological, and institutional contexts pertaining to China, offers researchers the first advanced perspective of the development of family firms in China.

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Springer Nature

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3030513955

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State and Local Society in Third Century South China

Administrative Documents Excavated at Zoumalou, Hunan

By: Brian Lander,Ling Wenchao,Xin Wen

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State and Local Society in Third Century South China

Administrative Documents Excavated at Zoumalou, Hunan

By: Brian Lander,Ling Wenchao,Xin Wen

In 1996 archaeologists excavated over 70,000 inscribed pieces of wood from a well in Changsha, the largest such discovery ever made in China. They are local administrative records of the state of Wu in the 230s and provide remarkable detail on the society, governance, and economy of third century central China. Although Wu was one of the famous Three Kingdoms, its administrative history was poorly known until these documents were found, so we have written this book to explain the context and content of these document to help researchers use these valuable texts to rewrite the history of South China.

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BRILL

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900454965X

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The Metal Road of the Eastern Eurasian Steppe

The Formation of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road

By: Jianhua Yang,Huiqiu Shao,Ling Pan

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The Metal Road of the Eastern Eurasian Steppe

The Formation of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road

By: Jianhua Yang,Huiqiu Shao,Ling Pan

This book is one of the first to systematically explore cultural interactions between the Northern Zone of China and the Eurasian Steppe, with a focus on the formation process of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road. Combining partition and staging analyses, the authors adopt a broad perspective, viewing the Northern Zone as part of the Eurasian Steppe and combining history with culture by investigating the spread of bronze artifacts. In addition, with more than three hundred figures and color photographs, it offers readers a uniquely grand panorama of two thousand years of cultural interactions between the Northern Zone of China and the Eurasian Steppe.

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9813291559

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Confucianism, Colonialism, and the Cold War

Chinese Cultural Education at Hong Kong’s New Asia College, 1949-63

By: Grace Ai-Ling Chou

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Confucianism, Colonialism, and the Cold War

Chinese Cultural Education at Hong Kong’s New Asia College, 1949-63

By: Grace Ai-Ling Chou

By tracing the history of Hong Kong’s New Asia College from its 1949 establishment through its 1963 incorporation into The Chinese University of Hong Kong, this study examines the interaction of colonial, communist, and cultural forces on the Chinese periphery.

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9004182470

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The China Order

Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power

By: Fei-Ling Wang

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The China Order

Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power

By: Fei-Ling Wang

Examines the rising power of China and Chinese foreign policy through a revisionist analysis of Chinese civilization. What does the rise of China represent, and how should the international community respond? With a holistic rereading of Chinese longue durée history, Fei-Ling Wang provides a simple but powerful framework for understanding the nature of persistent and rising Chinese power and its implications for the current global order. He argues that the Chinese ideation and tradition of political governance and world orderthe China Orderis based on an imperial state of Confucian-Legalism as historically exemplified by the Qin-Han polity. Claiming a Mandate of Heaven to unify and govern the whole known world or tianxia (all under heaven), the China Order dominated Eastern Eurasia as a world empire for more than two millennia, until the late nineteenth century. Since 1949, the Peoples Republic of China has been a reincarnated Qin-Han polity without the traditional China Order, finding itself stuck in the endless struggle against the current world order and the ever-changing Chinese society for its regime survival and security. Wang also offers new discoveries and assessments about the true golden eras of Chinese civilization, explains the great East-West divergence between China and Europe, and analyzes the China Dream that drives much of current Chinese foreign policy. An original, important, well-researched, and powerfully argued exploration of the virtues and vices of the Chinese state from its ancient past to its likely future. Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin, Madison A masterpiece. Wang provides a grand, sweeping, even epic review of two thousand years of Chinese history. His argument is compelling and well documented; the richness and variety of sourcesChinese and Englishhe cites is breathtaking. The book is likely to end up on the reading list of every serious student of Chinas position in the world for many years to come. Daniel C. Lynch, author of Chinas Futures: PRC Elites Debate Economics, Politics, and Foreign Policy This imaginative and provocative grand tour of Chinese cosmological order and geopolitical strategy, past and present, is destined to become a classic. Ming Xia, author of The Peoples Congresses and Governance in China: Toward a Network Mode of Governance

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SUNY Press

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1438467494

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Slapping the Table in Amazement

A Ming Dynasty Story Collection

By: Mengchu Ling

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Slapping the Table in Amazement

A Ming Dynasty Story Collection

By: Mengchu Ling

Slapping the Table in Amazement is the unabridged English translation of the famous story collection Pai’an jingqi by Ling Mengchu (1580–1644), originally published in 1628. The forty lively stories gathered here present a broad picture of traditional Chinese society and include characters from all social levels. We learn of their joys and sorrows, their views about life and death, and their visions of the underworld and the supernatural. Ling was a connoisseur of popular literature and a seminal figure in the development of Chinese literature in the vernacular, which paved the way for the late-imperial Chinese novel. Slapping the Table in Amazement includes translations of verse and prologue stories as well as marginal and interlinear comments.

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University of Washington Press

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0295742143

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9780295742144

Heart in Palace

Volume 1

By: Ling Yatou

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Heart in Palace

Volume 1

By: Ling Yatou

Your Majesty, don't ... No! " Lady Xu half pushed it away and leaned on the emperor, while the Emperor pinched Lady Xu's chin. Lady Xu said in a coquettish tone, "Your Majesty, you're hurting me."The Emperor smiled, but didn't say anything. He didn't lose any strength in his hands either. His gaze then fell on a pair of men walking shoulder to shoulder on the other side of the lake."It hurts, it hurts, Your Majesty!" Beauty Xu's face paled.Emperor Ying gave a snort and pushed Xu Mei to the ground. He flung his sleeves and walked to the edge of the stone fence. He squinted his eyes and stared at the two people on the other side of the lake. The emperor lowered the stone railing forcefully, causing the surrounding eunuchs and Palace Maid s to kneel on the ground.

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Funstory

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1647967007

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You Are My Hope

Volume 1

By: Ling Xi

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You Are My Hope

Volume 1

By: Ling Xi

Gu Qing's love for Jiang Ting had always been one-sided. She loved him like a blade of grass, and he took it for granted. But in love, there was never any logic to it. From the moment she fell in love with Jiang Ting Chi, Gu Qing knew that she had lost.

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1648848702

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Experimental Beijing

Gender and Globalization in Chinese Contemporary Art

By: Sasha Su-Ling Welland

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Experimental Beijing

Gender and Globalization in Chinese Contemporary Art

By: Sasha Su-Ling Welland

During the lead-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the censorious attitude that characterized China's post-1989 official response to contemporary art gave way to a new market-driven, culture industry valuation of art. Experimental artists who once struggled against state regulation of artistic expression found themselves being courted to advance China's international image. In Experimental Beijing Sasha Su-Ling Welland examines the interlocking power dynamics in this transformational moment and rapid rise of Chinese contemporary art into a global phenomenon. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and experience as a videographer and curator, Welland analyzes encounters between artists, curators, officials, and urban planners as they negotiated the social role of art and built new cultural institutions. Focusing on the contradictions and exclusions that emerged, Welland traces the complex gender politics involved and shows that feminist forms of art practice hold the potential to reshape consciousness, produce a nonnormative history of Chinese contemporary art, and imagine other, more just worlds.

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Duke University Press

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0822372479

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CEO's Wife is Hard to Please

Volume 3

By: Ling Xiao

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CEO's Wife is Hard to Please

Volume 3

By: Ling Xiao

Having lost her memories from falling into the water, her personality had changed drastically. From then on, the white rabbit had become a tiger. Inexplicably pregnant, she was sold by her father and reduced to being the CEO's lover. Qiao Shiyin said that she was not just being bullied. She was punching dregs, stepping on treacherous relatives and friends, and relying on her strength, she was slapping everyone in the face. "It's too bad that there is an evil CEO by my side. Qiao Shiyin is helpless." "Meng Chengchen, don't go too far. Be careful, I am not going to be polite." "Is that so?" "" Meng Chengchen smiled, and threw himself at him. " Come be rude to me. " A chaotic and unfamiliar memory recovered. Her life emerged on the surface, and a game of transformation began.

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Funstory

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164955950X

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The Conceited Crown Princess

Volume 2

By: Ling HuQianXie

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The Conceited Crown Princess

Volume 2

By: Ling HuQianXie

Once transmigrated, she became the trash + ugly girl that everyone ridiculed. Ugly girl? She touched her face, a trace of a charming smile curling up at the corner of her lips. "I don't think so ..." Trash? When did these two words become synonymous with my Evil Phoenix? Heh — Her cold eyes opened, and she spoke in a cold voice, "I shall return the humiliation that you have suffered one day for me to pay me back in your stead from now on ..." Possessing one's soul, the world suddenly changed to cure the poison. Abandoning one's fiance, abusing trash of a girl and dominating cold man. Let's see how she can reverse the situation and shine in a foreign world!

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Funstory

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1636662285

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Destined War Sovereign

Volume 7

By: Ai Ling

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Destined War Sovereign

Volume 7

By: Ai Ling

Every era had countless legends. Some legends could penetrate time and become memories of immortality. In this strange and joyful world of martial cultivation, could a Martial God whose memories were shattered and whose soul had been reborn establish his own legend ... A man should lie drunk on the knees of beauties, waking up to rule the world! The Ancestor will bring you into a vast and mysterious fantasy world where blood is like fire, passion is everywhere, and desire is limitless ...

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1649918658

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Eternal Demon Sovereign

Volume 13

By: Ling ChenShiYiDian

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Eternal Demon Sovereign

Volume 13

By: Ling ChenShiYiDian

The Six Realms. Three Thousand Worlds. The gates of hell were opened, and the Underworld suffered an endless calamity. The eighteen levels of hell were all destroyed, and countless ghosts and deities perished. In the Underworld, a mysterious red light and an ordinary person without a trace clashed. During this life-and-death calamity, they were accidentally drawn into the Pool of Samsara. As soon as he woke up, Wu Hen reincarnated into the Martial Spirit World of the Divine Continent. From then on, the trash martial spirit came to attack, working with the Eternal Demon Sovereign! In the Six Realms' Reincarnation and the Three Thousand Worlds, there was a scene that could make one cry — the legend of the Demon Sovereign ... Close]

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Funstory

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1636222722

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The China Record

An Assessment of the People's Republic

By: Fei-Ling Wang

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The China Record

An Assessment of the People's Republic

By: Fei-Ling Wang

The China Record provides readers with an ambitious, detailed, and wide-ranging examination of the People's Republic of China (PRC) under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) both as an alternative mode of political system and a distinctive model of socioeconomic development. Fei-Ling Wang assesses the record of the economy under the CCP, people's lives and rights, and China's spiritual and physical ecology. He focuses on issues of political representation, criminal justice, fiscal and monetary policies, state-led growth, living standards, academia and education, inequality and poverty, disaster relief and pandemic prevention, culture and ethics, and the protection of antiquities and the environment. Using both quantitative and qualitative data, The China Record seeks to provide a solid and balanced, yet unflinching, view about the nature, strengths, weaknesses, and implications of the PRC as an emerging superpower and a potential world leader. It is an effort to introduce a holistic evaluation of the CCP-PRC's overall efficacy, efficiency, power, sustainability, and desirability—or the lack thereof.

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State University of New York Press

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1438492286

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China's Emerging New Economy

The Internet and E-commerce

By: John Wong,Seok Ling Nah

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China's Emerging New Economy

The Internet and E-commerce

By: John Wong,Seok Ling Nah

The New Economy has hit China, driven by the Internet and e-commerce. China has made a good start in both areas. Since its debut, subscribers to the Internet grew exponentially from a mere 1,600 in 1994 to 16.9 million in mid-2000. E-commerce transactions registered a total revenue of 200 million yuan in 1999, or twice as much as in 1998. B2C e-commerce is expected to grow by 300% in 2000. However, the rapid growth of the sectors is constrained by factors such as a small base of registered users, high costs of using the Internet, government control of information access, and lack of an effective distribution network and financial linkage. Internet businesses are also losing money due to exorbitant charges for telephone lines, an uncertain regulatory environment, and direct competition from the telecommunications operators dominating the market. Nonetheless, the high growth potential of the two sectors is still well recognized by foreign multinationals. Despite China's manifest prohibition of foreign involvement, foreign companies have managed to enter the Chinese market by forming strategic alliances with domestic concerns. It appears that China prefers a smooth and orderly process of market opening based on a more effective regulatory regime such as licensing arrangements.This book is intended for readers interested in China's Internet and e-commerce sectors. Businessmen, corporate planners, business associates, researchers, engineers, technologists, academics and students interested in these industries will find the book useful. Focusing on China's nascent Internet and e-commerce industries, this book presents the historical development, current market status and future growth, as well as discusses the problems and issues facing the two sectors.

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World Scientific

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9810244959

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9789810244958

A Heart for Freedom

The Remarkable Journey of a Young Dissident, Her Daring Escape, and Her Quest to Free China's Daughters

By: Chai Ling

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A Heart for Freedom

The Remarkable Journey of a Young Dissident, Her Daring Escape, and Her Quest to Free China's Daughters

By: Chai Ling

More than twenty years ago, Chai Ling led the protesters at Tiananmen Square and became China's most-wanted female fugitive. Today, she's finally telling her astonishing story. Though haunted by memories of the horrifying massacre at Tiananmen and her underground escape from China in a cargo box, Ling threw herself into pursuing the American dream. She completed Ivy League degrees, found love, and became a highly successful entrepreneur. Yet her longing for true freedom, purpose, and peace remained unfulfilled. Years after Tiananmen, she was still searching to find meaning in all the violence, fear, and tragedy she'd endured. A Heart for Freedom is her tale of passion, political turmoil, and spiritual awakening . . . and the inspirational true story of a woman who has dedicated everything to giving people in China their chance at a future. Find out why Publishers Weekly calls A Heart for Freedom “a tale of human dignity and the imperative to live a life of meaning. . . . This book will be treasured.”

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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1414365853

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King of the Dark World Returns to City

Volume 4

By: Ling HangYuan

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King of the Dark World Returns to City

Volume 4

By: Ling HangYuan

He was the King of Assassins, the King of the Dark World. No one knew his real name and no one knew where he came from. Because of an accident, he had returned to Hidden City after being heavily injured. Furthermore, he wanted to see just how he would cause such a bloodbath in the city ...

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1648462251

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The Story of Illegitimate Daughter

Volume 1

By: Chen Ling

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The Story of Illegitimate Daughter

Volume 1

By: Chen Ling

She was an unwelcome Second Miss. His mother had died when she gave birth to him. Be bullied by female patriarch and elder sister. Long years of bullying, after meeting someone. She wanted to fight back, one by one. He sent each of them to the eighteenth level of hell.

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1647873878

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Time-frequency Transforms for Radar Imaging and Signal Analysis

By: Victor C. Chen,Hao Ling

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Time-frequency Transforms for Radar Imaging and Signal Analysis

By: Victor C. Chen,Hao Ling

This resource introduces a new image formation algorithm based on time-frequency-transforms, showing its advantage over the more conventional Fourier-based image formation. Referenced with over 170 equations and 80 illustrations, the book presents new algorithms that help improve the result of radar imaging and signal processing.

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1580535496

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Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar

Write and Speak Chinese Like a Native! The Ultimate Guide to Everyday Chinese Usage

By: Vivian Ling,Peng Wang

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Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar

Write and Speak Chinese Like a Native! The Ultimate Guide to Everyday Chinese Usage

By: Vivian Ling,Peng Wang

Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar is a systematic overview of Mandarin grammar, oriented toward self-study, English-speaking students. Through explanations of common mistakes learners make, useful example sentences and exercises with an answer key, this book provides a detailed introduction to the unique grammar structures of the Mandarin language. Ideal for any student who is interested in taking their skills to the next level, this book makes the difficult task of perfecting grammar efficient, interesting and rewarding. Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar is a perfect tool to help you form correct and natural-sounding sentences, and determine how to best use the grammar you need for reading or writing Mandarin. Each example and exercise is written in both pinyin and Simplified Chinese Characters to accommodate learners with varying levels of character literacy, including those who have learned only to speak but not read.

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1462921280

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Chinese Chicago

Race, Transnational Migration, and Community Since 1870

By: Huping Ling

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Chinese Chicago

Race, Transnational Migration, and Community Since 1870

By: Huping Ling

Numerous studies have documented the transnational experiences and local activities of Chinese immigrants in California and New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Less is known about the vibrant Chinese American community that developed at the same time in Chicago. In this sweeping account, Huping Ling offers the first comprehensive history of Chinese in Chicago, beginning with the arrival of the pioneering Moy brothers in the 1870s and continuing to the present. Ling focuses on how race, transnational migration, and community have defined Chinese in Chicago. Drawing upon archival documents in English and Chinese, she charts how Chinese made a place for themselves among the multiethnic neighborhoods of Chicago, cultivating friendships with local authorities and consciously avoiding racial conflicts. Ling takes readers through the decades, exploring evolving family structures and relationships, the development of community organizations, and the operation of transnational businesses. She pays particular attention to the influential role of Chinese in Chicago's academic and intellectual communities and to the complex and conflicting relationships among today's more dispersed Chinese Americans in Chicago.

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0804783365

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Chinese Indonesians in Post-Suharto Indonesia

Democratisation and Ethnic Minorities

By: Wu-Ling Chong

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Democratisation and Ethnic Minorities

By: Wu-Ling Chong

Selfish, obscenely rich, insular, and opportunistic: these remain how Chinese minorities in Indonesia are perceived by the indigenous population. However, far from being passive victims of discrimination and marginalisation, Chong presents a forceful case in which Chinese Indonesians possess the agency to shape their future in the country, particularly in the changing political, business, and socio-cultural environment after the fall of Suharto. While a lack of good governance that promotes the rule of law and accountability allows or even encourages some Chinese to maintain the status quo by perpetuating corrupt business practices inherited from Suharto’s New Order regime, there are other Chinese Indonesians who make full use of the democratic space opened up under the new administrations, acting as agents of reform by participating in electoral politics and establishing inter-ethnic socio-cultural organisations. Building on Anthony Giddens’s structure-agency theory and Pierre Bourdieu’s notions of habitus and field, Chong shows that the Chinese minorities have played an active role in the democratic process, even though they continue to occupy an ambivalent position in Indonesia. The Chinese Indonesians’ diverse strategies to safeguard their personal interests and cultural identities make a stimulating case study of what an ethnic minority could do to make a difference. ‘Backed by formidable research, Chong has produced an intriguing and original view of the political, social, and economic activity of the still precariously placed Chinese minority in Indonesia.’ —Donald L. Horowitz, Duke University; author of Constitutional Change and Democracy in Indonesia ‘In this illuminating study, Chong traces the political economy of Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese minority as they navigate the country’s post-1998 politics, which is more free but still lacks strong rule of law. Focusing especially on Medan and Surabaya, she analyses how some have strongly supported reforms while many continue old practices of surviving and profiting by participating in massive corruption and extortion.’ —Jeffrey A. Winters, Northwestern University; author of Oligarchy

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