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Unlocking the Future

The Urban Imagination in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction

By: Luo Xiaoming

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Unlocking the Future

The Urban Imagination in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction

By: Luo Xiaoming

The book highlights the urban imagination in contemporary Chinese science fiction, in order to assess the capacity of Chinese society to conceive of the future. The author argues that ‘the future’ is a set of directional and normative ideas that forms the basis of the entire social mobilization mechanism in China, while the capacity to imagine the future is likely to be produced in response to the present challenges. By discussing the urban space, the reconstruction of time, the infrastructure, and concepts of the 'urban-rural' and civilization in contemporary Chinese science fiction, she demonstrates how contemporary Chinese sci-fi may offer potential solutions to ways of ‘unlocking’ the future. In addition, she also points out the limitations of Chinese society’s imaginative vision of the future. The book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students of modern Chinese literature, science fiction studies, urban studies, or cultural studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000876489

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9781000876482

The Avant-Garde and the Popular in Modern China

Tian Han and the Intersection of Performance and Politics

By: Liang Luo

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The Avant-Garde and the Popular in Modern China

Tian Han and the Intersection of Performance and Politics

By: Liang Luo

Provides a new perspective on the Chinese avant-garde through the figure of artist and activist Tian Han

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386

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University of Michigan Press

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0472052179

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9780472052172

Searching for Life's Meaning

Changes and Tensions in the Worldviews of Chinese Youth in the 1980s

By: Luo Xu

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Searching for Life's Meaning

Changes and Tensions in the Worldviews of Chinese Youth in the 1980s

By: Luo Xu

Chronicles the changing worldviews of Chinese youth in the tumultuous decade leading up to the Tiananmen demonstrations

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382

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University of Michigan Press

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0472112392

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Nanoseparation Using Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

Mechanism, Methods and Applications

By: Xiaoming Sun,Liang Luo,Yun Kuang,Pengsong Li

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Nanoseparation Using Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

Mechanism, Methods and Applications

By: Xiaoming Sun,Liang Luo,Yun Kuang,Pengsong Li

This brief introduces the classification and mechanism of density gradient ultracentrifugation (DGUC) method with rich examples showing the versatility of such an efficient separation technique. It also gives a strict mathematical description and a computational optimization model to predict the best separation parameters for a given colloidal system. The concept of “Lab in a tube” is proposed in the last chapter, which allows the size-property relationship investigation, synthetic optimization and reaction/assembly mechanism exploration etc.

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Springer

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9811051909

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9789811051906

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema

By: Dan Luo,Tan Ye,Yun Zhu

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Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema

By: Dan Luo,Tan Ye,Yun Zhu

Motion pictures were introduced to China in 1896, and today China is a major player in the global film industry. However, the story of how Chinese cinema became what it is today is exceptionally turbulent, encompassing incursions by foreign powers, warfare among contending rulers, the collapse of the Chinese empire, and the massive setback of the Cultural Revolution. This book coversthe cinematic history of mainland China spanning across over one hundred and twenty years since its inception. Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 200 cross-referenced entries on the major filmmakers, actors, and historical figures, representative cinematic productions, genre evolution, significant events and institutions, and market changes. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Chinese Cinema.

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433

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538157306

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9781538157305

Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China

By: Manling Luo

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Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China

By: Manling Luo

Scholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of literati life. These stories appeared in diverse forms, including narrative poems, “tales of the marvelous,” “records of the strange,” historical miscellanies, and transformation texts. Through storytelling, literati explored their own changing place in a society that was making its final transition from hereditary aristocracy to a meritocracy ostensibly open to all. Literati Storytelling shows how these writings offer crucial insights into the reconfiguration of the Chinese elite, which monopolized literacy, social prestige, and political participation in imperial China.

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259

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University of Washington Press

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0295805609

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9780295805603

The Change of Climate and Ecological Environment in China 2021: Synthesis Report

By: Dahe Qin,Yongjian Ding,Panmao Zhai,Lianchun Song,Yong Luo,Kejun Jiang

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The Change of Climate and Ecological Environment in China 2021: Synthesis Report

By: Dahe Qin,Yongjian Ding,Panmao Zhai,Lianchun Song,Yong Luo,Kejun Jiang

This book analyzes China's climate and environmental change facts, impacts and vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies. On basis of synthesis assessment, through comprehensive integration, it focuses on four aspects: climate change and ecological environment evolution, future climate change and risk prediction, technical measures and action results for adaptation and mitigation, and development path with climate resilience. In terms of change facts, it focuses on extreme climate events, large-scale factors affecting China's climate change, and the impact of climate change on China's social and economic system. In terms of future risks, it focuses on key variables such as temperature, precipitation and other key variables and the prediction of future changes in extreme climate events. Potential risks in resources, agriculture, cryosphere, ecology, human settlements, health and major projects are also discussed. In terms of adaptation and mitigation, this book systematically sorts out and summarizes the effects, policy choices and synergies of climate change adaptation and mitigation from two perspectives, global and Chinese. Finally, from the perspectives of carbon emission path, sustainable development, and building a community with a shared future for mankind, it explains the essentials of choosing a development path with climate resilience.

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225

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Springer Nature

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9819944872

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9789819944873

High Plasticity Magnesium Alloys

By: Fusheng Pan,Bin Jiang,Jingfeng Wang,Yaobo Hu,Suqin Luo

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High Plasticity Magnesium Alloys

By: Fusheng Pan,Bin Jiang,Jingfeng Wang,Yaobo Hu,Suqin Luo

High Plasticity Magnesium Alloys focuses on the microstructure, mechanical properties and processing methods of magnesium alloy materials. The title offers theory and methods on high-plasticity magnesium alloys, including phase diagram construction, alloying and deformation. Four typical high-plasticity magnesium alloys are discussed through thermodynamic phase diagram construction and the characterization of their microstructure, mechanical properties and texture at as-cast, extruded, rolled and heat-treated states. Chapters update principle calculations for the effects of alloying elements, Mg-Gd-Zr medium strength and high-plasticity alloys, medium strength and high-plasticity Mg-Mn based alloys, medium strength and high-plasticity Mc-Sn based alloys, and Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Mn high-strength and high-plasticity magnesium alloys. This book presents the plasticity of magnesium alloys, and guides the design and development of new high-strength and high-plasticity magnesium alloys. It provides detailed solutions for practicing industrial engineers. - Presents in-depth theory and research methods on high-plasticity magnesium alloys - Considers the microstructure, mechanical properties and processing methods of high-performance magnesium alloys - Shows the first principles needed to calculate the effects of various alloying elements - Introduces the development of magnesium alloys with relatively high plasticity - Characterizes the plasticity of polycrystalline metallic materials - Provides detailed solutions for industrial engineers who need to use high-performance magnesium alloys

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309

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Elsevier

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0128201118

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9780128201114

Dynamic Network Representation Based on Latent Factorization of Tensors

By: Hao Wu,Xuke Wu,Xin Luo

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Dynamic Network Representation Based on Latent Factorization of Tensors

By: Hao Wu,Xuke Wu,Xin Luo

A dynamic network is frequently encountered in various real industrial applications, such as the Internet of Things. It is composed of numerous nodes and large-scale dynamic real-time interactions among them, where each node indicates a specified entity, each directed link indicates a real-time interaction, and the strength of an interaction can be quantified as the weight of a link. As the involved nodes increase drastically, it becomes impossible to observe their full interactions at each time slot, making a resultant dynamic network High Dimensional and Incomplete (HDI). An HDI dynamic network with directed and weighted links, despite its HDI nature, contains rich knowledge regarding involved nodes’ various behavior patterns. Therefore, it is essential to study how to build efficient and effective representation learning models for acquiring useful knowledge. In this book, we first model a dynamic network into an HDI tensor and present the basic latent factorization of tensors (LFT) model. Then, we propose four representative LFT-based network representation methods. The first method integrates the short-time bias, long-time bias and preprocessing bias to precisely represent the volatility of network data. The second method utilizes a proportion-al-integral-derivative controller to construct an adjusted instance error to achieve a higher convergence rate. The third method considers the non-negativity of fluctuating network data by constraining latent features to be non-negative and incorporating the extended linear bias. The fourth method adopts an alternating direction method of multipliers framework to build a learning model for implementing representation to dynamic networks with high preciseness and efficiency.

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Springer Nature

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9811989346

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Sweetheart, You are so Attractive

Volume 2

By: Luo YingBinFen

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Sweetheart, You are so Attractive

Volume 2

By: Luo YingBinFen

Her bad superior had tried something on her, but she refused to obey until she died and got stripped of her position. However, in the elevator, the CEO actually kissed her and even made a contract with her ...

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1436

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Funstory

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1649486766

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9781649486769

The Unceasing Storm

By: Katherine Luo

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The Unceasing Storm

By: Katherine Luo

Just over fifty years ago, China’s Cultural Revolution began. The movement was intended to bring about a return to revolutionary Maoist beliefs and resulted in attacks on intellectuals and those believed to be counter-revolutionaries, capitalists and rightists; a large-scale purge in government posts; the appearance of a personality cult around Mao Zedong; and an estimated death count of between one and three million. When Katherine Luo moved from Hong Kong to mainland China in 1955 to study drama and opera, she hoped her ideals and patriotism might help to build her country. Like many citizens, she loved the motherland and admired its revolutionary leaders. After years of completely trusting the regime, rationalizing its decisions and betrayals, and criticizing herself for doubting the Party, she realized that no matter how much she loved China, it would never love her back because she had the wrong background—capitalist class origins and overseas connections. The Unceasing Storm describes Luo’s personal struggles—among other things, she was expelled from university, forbidden to marry her first love, and accused of being a spy—but it is also the memoir of a generation, representative of similar incidents occurring all over China. Luo’s colleagues and famous artists were dogged by their backgrounds—the unluckiest in the “to be executed, imprisoned or placed under surveillance” category; family members and teachers were labelled rightists; friends and war heroes were imprisoned; careers were ruined, families separated, ordinary people lifted to power one morning and destroyed overnight. Some of those with stories to tell perished, of those who lived, many prefer to forget, and others burned all written records to avoid being incriminated. When the people involved in the revolution have all died, it will be all too easy to forget or pretend it never happened. The Unceasing Storm is one step towards creating a truthful record of contemporary China.

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Douglas & McIntyre

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1771621877

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9781771621878

Nanoseparation Using Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

Mechanism, Methods and Applications

By: Xiaoming Sun,Liang Luo,Yun Kuang,Pengsong Li

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Nanoseparation Using Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

Mechanism, Methods and Applications

By: Xiaoming Sun,Liang Luo,Yun Kuang,Pengsong Li

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Book's by Luo Xiaoming

Unlocking the Future

Unlocking the Future

The Avant-Garde and the Popular in Modern China

The Avant-Garde and the Popular in Modern China

Searching for Life's Meaning

Searching for Life's Meaning

Nanoseparation Using Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

Nanoseparation Using Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema

Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China

Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China

The Change of Climate and Ecological Environment in China 2021: Synthesis Report

The Change of Climate and Ecological Environment in China 2021: Synthesis Report

High Plasticity Magnesium Alloys

High Plasticity Magnesium Alloys

Dynamic Network Representation Based on Latent Factorization of Tensors

Dynamic Network Representation Based on Latent Factorization of Tensors

Sweetheart, You are so Attractive

Sweetheart, You are so Attractive

The Unceasing Storm

The Unceasing Storm

Nanoseparation Using Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

Nanoseparation Using Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

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