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Kidnapped by a Cult

A Pastor's Stand Against a Murderous Sect

By: Shen Xiaoming,Eugene Bach

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Kidnapped by a Cult

A Pastor's Stand Against a Murderous Sect

By: Shen Xiaoming,Eugene Bach

I would not encourage anyone to seek persecution, but as Christians, we should never deny ourselves the privilege of traveling on the path of suffering. It is a difficult path--but a glorious one." -Pastor Shen Xiaoming Shen Xiaoming is the pastor of millions. Founder of one of the largest underground churches in China, he is no stranger to persecution from China’s historically hostile government. Time and again, Pastor Shen has experienced deprivation, disease, and imprisonment for the sake of the incredible spread of the gospel in rural central China. But April 16, 2002, brought the persecution to a new level. Pastor Shen was kidnapped by the murderous Eastern Lightning cult after being lured into a supposed Bible conference. This dangerous cult believes that Christ returned in the form of a female Chinese leader, and they use force, torture, and indoctrination to gain followers. Yet again, Pastor Shen had to take a stand against evil. Here is his story.

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1629118052

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Rethinking the Occupy Movement in Hong Kong

Origins, Processes and Consequences

By: Shen Yang

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Rethinking the Occupy Movement in Hong Kong

Origins, Processes and Consequences

By: Shen Yang

Yang examines the political process of the Occupy Movement spanning from January 2013, when the “Occupy Central with Love and Peace” (OCLP) campaign was initiated, to December 2014, when the Occupy Movement finally ended. This book adopts an actor-centered approach in the study of democratization and places civil society as the focus of the analysis. The OCLP campaign was an attempt to transfer leadership of democratization from political parties to civil society, while the incorporation of Deliberation Days further let ordinary participants decide on the electoral proposals. The democratic ideals of civil society activists and the mobilization of radical democrats led the campaign to enter a radical position. The Chinese government interpreted democratization in Hong Kong from a regime security perspective and took a hardliner position. After the Occupy Movement finally occurred, the leadership of civil society and the conception of civil disobedience contained the radical protesters. However, after the movement, civil society organizations were blamed for its failure, and contention in Hong Kong became more transgressive and decentralized. This book is a valuable resource for scholars of Hong Kong’s Politics and a relevant case study for those studying the dynamics of social movements and the civil society strategy in democratic transition.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040093183

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Unearthing the Nation

Modern Geology and Nationalism in Republican China

By: Grace Yen Shen

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Unearthing the Nation

Modern Geology and Nationalism in Republican China

By: Grace Yen Shen

Questions of national identity have long dominated China’s political, social, and cultural horizons. So in the early 1900s, when diverse groups in China began to covet foreign science in the name of new technology and modernization, questions of nationhood came to the fore. In Unearthing the Nation, Grace Yen Shen uses the development of modern geology to explore this complex relationship between science and nationalism in Republican China. Shen shows that Chinese geologists—in battling growing Western and Japanese encroachment of Chinese sovereignty—faced two ongoing challenges: how to develop objective, internationally recognized scientific authority without effacing native identity, and how to serve China when China was still searching for a stable national form. Shen argues that Chinese geologists overcame these obstacles by experimenting with different ways to associate the subjects of their scientific study, the land and its features, with the object of their political and cultural loyalties. This, in turn, led them to link national survival with the establishment of scientific authority in Chinese society. The first major history of modern Chinese geology, Unearthing the Nation introduces the key figures in the rise of the field, as well as several key organizations, such as the Geological Society of China, and explains how they helped bring Chinese geology onto the world stage.

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University of Chicago Press

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022609054X

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9780226090542

Analysis and Design of Nonlinear Control Systems

By: Daizhan Cheng,Xiaoming Hu,Tielong Shen

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Analysis and Design of Nonlinear Control Systems

By: Daizhan Cheng,Xiaoming Hu,Tielong Shen

Analysis and Design of Nonlinear Control Systems" provides a comprehensive and up to date introduction to nonlinear control systems, including system analysis and major control design techniques. The book is self-contained, providing sufficient mathematical foundations for understanding the contents of each chapter. Scientists and engineers engaged in the field of Nonlinear Control Systems will find it an extremely useful handy reference book. Dr. Daizhan Cheng, a professor at Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been working on the control of nonlinear systems for over 30 years and is currently a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of IFAC, he is also the chairman of Technical Committee on Control Theory, Chinese Association of Automation.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642115500

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9783642115509

A Misunderstood Friendship

Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, and Sino-North Korean Relations, 1949-1976: Revised Edition

By: Zhihua Shen,Yafeng Xia

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A Misunderstood Friendship

Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, and Sino-North Korean Relations, 1949-1976: Revised Edition

By: Zhihua Shen,Yafeng Xia

Today, the People’s Republic of China is North Korea’s only ally on the world stage, a tightly knit relationship that goes back decades. Both countries portray their partnership as one of “brotherly affection” based on shared political ideals—an alliance “as tight as lips to teeth”—even though relations have deteriorated in recent years due to China’s ascendance and North Korea’s intransigence. In A Misunderstood Friendship, leading diplomatic historians Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia draw on previously untapped primary source materials revealing tensions and rivalries to offer a unique account of the China–North Korea relationship. They unravel the twists and turns in high-level diplomacy between China and North Korea from the late 1940s to the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. Through unprecedented access to Chinese government documents, Soviet and Eastern European archives, and in-depth interviews with former Chinese diplomats and North Korean defectors, Shen and Xia reveal that the tensions that currently plague the alliance between the two countries have been present from the very beginning of the relationship. They significantly revise existing narratives of the Korean War, China’s postwar aid to North Korea, Kim Il-sung’s ideological and strategic thinking, North Korea’s relations with the Soviet Union, and the importance of the Sino-U.S. rapprochement, among other issues. A Misunderstood Friendship adds new depth to our understanding of one of the most secretive and significant relationships of the Cold War, with increasing relevance to international affairs today.

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Columbia University Press

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0231553676

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9780231553674

The Art of Modern China

By: Julia F. Andrews,Kuiyi Shen

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The Art of Modern China

By: Julia F. Andrews,Kuiyi Shen

“The Art of Modern China is a long-awaited, much-needed survey. The authors’ combined experience in this field is exceptional. In addition to presenting key arguments for students and arts professionals, Andrews and Shen enliven modern Chinese art for all readers. The Art of Modern China gives just treatment to an expanded field of overlooked artworks that confront the challenges of modernization.”—De-nin Deanna Lee, author of The Night Banquet: A Chinese Scroll through Time.

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Univ of California Press

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0520238141

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9780520238145

Authentic Replicas

Buddhist Art in Medieval China

By: Hsueh-man Shen

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Authentic Replicas

Buddhist Art in Medieval China

By: Hsueh-man Shen

As belief in the Buddha grew and his teachings were transmitted across Asia, Buddhist images, scriptures, and relics were duplicated and reduplicated to satisfy the needs of increasing numbers of the faithful. Yet how were these countless copies of sacred objects able to retain their authenticity and efficacy? Authentic Replicas explores how Buddhists in medieval China (seventh to twelfth centuries) solved this conundrum through the use of traditional methods of replication such as stamping, mold casting, and woodblock printing to create objects that fulfilled the spiritual aspirations of those who possessed them. Setting aside Western notions about the relative value of copies versus the “original,” the book posits Buddhist ideas on what imbues an object with credibility and authority and offers fresh insights into the ways authenticity was represented and reproduced in the Chinese Buddhist context. Each section of the volume focuses on an area of artistic output to provide readers with a thorough grasp of the theological concepts underpinning each act of duplication. Part I looks at the replication of sutras to clarify how the spiritual value of a handwritten sutra differed from a printed one. In Part II, clay tablets, woodblock prints, silk paintings, and cave murals are examined to trace iconographic lineages and uncover the divine identity in each new replica. The chapters in Part III describe in detail the copying of the Buddha’s bodily relics and the endlessly repeated votive act of burying these in stupas. Of particular significance is the visual and textual vocabulary used on reliquaries to persuade adherents to believe in the actual presence of the Buddha concealed inside. Deftly weaving together data and research from several disciplines, including Buddhist studies, archaeology, and art history, Authentic Replicas vividly conveys how replication lay at the heart of Buddhist worship in medieval China, offering a new understanding of how religious belief guided the artistic output of an entire age.

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University of Hawaii Press

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082486705X

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9780824867058

Cosmopolitan Publics

Anglophone Print Culture in Semi-Colonial Shanghai

By: Shuang Shen

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Cosmopolitan Publics

Anglophone Print Culture in Semi-Colonial Shanghai

By: Shuang Shen

Early twentieth-century China paired the local community to the worldùa place and time when English dominated urban-centered higher and secondary education and Chinese-edited English-language magazines surfaced as a new form of translingual practice. Cosmopolitan Publics focuses on China's "cosmopolitans" Western-educated intellectuals who returned to Shanghai in the late 1920s to publish in English and who, ultimately, became both cultural translators and citizens of the wider world. Shuang Shen highlights their work in publications such as The China Critic and T'ien Hsia, providing readers with a broader understanding of the role and function of cultural mixing, translation, and multilingualism in China's cultural modernity. Decades later, as nationalist biases and political restrictions emerged within China, the influence of the cosmopolitans was neglected and the significance of cosmopolitan practice was underplayed. Shen's encompassing study revisits and presents the experience of Chinese modernity as far more heterogeneous, emergent, and transnational than it has been characterized until now.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813546990

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9780813546995

Decoding Chinese Bilateral Investment Treaties

By: Shen Wei

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Decoding Chinese Bilateral Investment Treaties

By: Shen Wei

Comprehensively investigate key characteristics, evolutionary path, driving forces, interpreting methodologies, and some missing puzzles of Chinese BITs.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108490980

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Image Processing and Analysis

Variational, PDE, Wavelet, and Stochastic Methods

By: Tony F. Chan,Jianhong (Jackie) Shen

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Image Processing and Analysis

Variational, PDE, Wavelet, and Stochastic Methods

By: Tony F. Chan,Jianhong (Jackie) Shen

At no other time in human history have the influence and impact of image processing on modern society, science, and technology been so explosive. Image processing has become a critical component in contemporary science and technology and has many important applications. This book develops the mathematical foundation of modern image processing and low-level computer vision, and presents a general framework from the analysis of image structures and patterns to their processing. The core mathematical and computational ingredients of several important image processing tasks are investigated. The book bridges contemporary mathematics with state-of-the-art methodologies in modern image processing while organizing the vast contemporary literature into a coherent and logical structure.

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SIAM

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0898717876

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9780898717877

Advanced Pulse-Width-Modulation: With Freedom to Optimize Power Electronics Converters

By: Dong Jiang,Zewei Shen,Qiao Li,Jianan Chen,Zicheng Liu

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Advanced Pulse-Width-Modulation: With Freedom to Optimize Power Electronics Converters

By: Dong Jiang,Zewei Shen,Qiao Li,Jianan Chen,Zicheng Liu

This book is a technical publication for students, scholars and engineers in electrical engineering, focusing on the pulse-width-modulation (PWM) technologies in power electronics area. Based on an introduction of basic PWM principles this book analyzes three major challenges for PWM on system performance: power losses, voltage/current ripple and electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise, and the lack of utilization of control freedoms in conventional PWM technologies. Then, the model of PWM's impact on system performance is introduced, with the current ripple prediction method for voltage source converter as example. With the prediction model, two major advanced PWM methods are introduced: variable switching frequency PWM and phase-shift PWM, which can reduce the power losses and EMI for the system based on the prediction model. Furthermore, the advanced PWM can be applied in advanced topologies including multilevel converters and paralleled converters. With more control variables in the advanced topologies, performance of PWM can be further improved. Also, for the special problem for common-mode noise, this book introduces modified PWM method for reduction. Especially, the paralleled inverters with advanced PWM can achieve good performance for the common-mode noise reduction. Finally, the implementation of PWM technologies in hardware is introduced in the last part.

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Springer Nature

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9813343850

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9789813343856

Beautiful Rural Cook Girl

Volume 7

By: Shen KuanKuan

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Beautiful Rural Cook Girl

Volume 7

By: Shen KuanKuan

The top chef, Mei Jing, opened his eyes to discover that he had crossed over. When he looked again, it was a good fellow! She was forced to marry an old man and Steamed Bun Dad were hiding at the side laughing?She had the heart of a buddha, the body of a wicked blood relative, the family of a Taoist uncle and aunt, as well as all the advantages of an uncle and aunt! Facing a shabby thatched cottage that was still surrounded by a pack of wolves, Mei Jingtian looked up to the sky and picked up his food. He set up his stall, cooked, opened his restaurant, and brewed wine! The gold and silver that were rolling everywhere came in waves. The trouble of top-grade relatives also came one after another. Mei Jing rolled up his sleeves as he took his mother to the peak of life. As soon as the clinker changes, the matchmaker tramples on the door, and the letter of engagement is like a snowflake. Although it seemed like a congratulatory gift to a general, he was actually planning to marry her!

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Funstory

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1649759274

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9781649759276

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design

July 12-14, 2001, London, Ontario, Canada

By: Shen Weiming,Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Canadian Region,National Research Council Canada,University of Waterloo,University of Western Ontario

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Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design

July 12-14, 2001, London, Ontario, Canada

By: Shen Weiming,Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Canadian Region,National Research Council Canada,University of Waterloo,University of Western Ontario

Computer-supported co-operative work (CSCW) is a research area that aims at integrating the works of several people involved in a common goal, inside a co-operative universe, through the sharing of resources in an efficient way. This report contains the papers presented at a conference on CSCW in design. Topics covered include: techniques, methods, and tools for CSCW in design; social organization of the CSCW process; integration of methods & tools within the work organization; co-operation in virtual enterprises and electronic businesses; CSCW in design & manufacturing; interaction between the CSCW approach and knowledge reuse as found in knowledge management; intelligent agent & multi-agent systems; Internet/World Wide Web and CSCW in design; and applications & test beds.

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0660184931

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9780660184937

Principles and Technologies of Flotation Machines

By: Zhengchang Shen

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Principles and Technologies of Flotation Machines

By: Zhengchang Shen

This book highlights the principles and technologies of flotation machine mainly used in mineral processing in detail. Froth flotation is one of the most important mineral processing techniques. Over 90% of the nonferrous minerals and 50% of the ferrous minerals in the world are treated using flotation: a complicated technique including procedures from chemistry, physics and multi-scale fluid mechanics. The book introduces readers to air-forced and air-induced flotation cells and discusses the various mechanical structures and working principles involved. A number of examples from industrial engineering practice are also discussed throughout the book, helping readers to better understand the technology and relevant equipment. The book is intended for researchers, professionals and graduate students in the fields of mining and mineral processing engineering.

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Springer Nature

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9811603324

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9789811603327

Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence

Light Emission : Biology and Scientific Applications

By: Xun Shen

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Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence

Light Emission : Biology and Scientific Applications

By: Xun Shen

In the last decade, great advances have been made in fundamental research and in the applications of bioluminescence and chemiluminescence. These techniques have become vital tools for laboratory analysis. Bioluminescence imaging has emerged as a powerful new optical imaging technique, offering real-time monitoring of spatial and temporal progression of biological processes in living animals. Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) methodology has also emerged as a powerful technique for the study of protein-protein interactions. Luciferase reporter gene technology facilitates monitoring of gene expression and is used to probe molecular mechanisms in the regulation of gene expression. Chemiluminescence detection and analysis have also found diverse applications in life science research; for example, chemiluminescent labels and substrates are now widely used in immunoassay and nucleic acid probe-based assays. The latest advances in this exciting field, from fundamental research to cutting-edge applications, are explored in this most recent volume of the biannual symposium series, the Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. The volume highlights advances in fundamental knowledge of luciferase-based bioluminescence, photoprotein-based bioluminescence, fundamental aspects and applications of chemiluminescence, luminescence imaging, fluorescence quantum dots and other inorganic fluorescent materials, phosphorescence and ultraweak luminescence, and instrumentation for measurement and imaging of luminescence.

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World Scientific

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9812839585

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9789812839589

Kidnapped by a Cult

A Pastor's Stand Against a Murderous Sect

By: Shen Xiaoming,Eugene Bach

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Kidnapped by a Cult

A Pastor's Stand Against a Murderous Sect

By: Shen Xiaoming,Eugene Bach

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Whitaker House

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1629118052

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Shanghai Education

By: Xiaoming Shen

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Shanghai Education

By: Xiaoming Shen

Presents an overview of the history and the future of education in Shanghai. Also discusses the successful implementation of the nine-year compulsory education system, the increasing enrollment in higher education, and the fast-growing enrollment in vocational education.

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9812408819

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9789812408815

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