The story of 3 Tian Tang Street concerns a Shanghai teenager Lang Lang's life: the misunderstanding between his parents that threatened to evolve into a divorce, the loving admiration for a girl who was sophisticated enough to take advantage of it, encounters with a school bully and friendship with a despised weakling in his class, the breakup with a buddy because they couldn't see eye-to-eye over the bully and the weakling, and a death in the family. Recommended for ages 12 and up
Aroma's Little Garden is a beautifully written novel that explores what it is like for a little girl to grow up in 20th century Shanghai, China. Aroma is an imaginative little girl who is in touch with nature. A dancing sunflower grows in the garden that she has planted and tended but nobody really believes that it can actually dance. Not her schoolmates and not the neighbors'. This causes her trouble at school and we watch as she grapples with these problems and attempts to retain her pride. Auntie Mai wants her to be like other children and not a "wild child" and her father tries to guide her through the pitfalls of growing up. Along the way and as she dawdles to school there are encounters with people, situations and nature itself; the handsome beetle at the side of the road, the street seller of egg rolls who teaches her how to make them and the terrifying old neighbour, grandfather of Duidui, her best friend. In Aroma's Little Garden, Aroma is transmuted into the Shanghai childhood of the author Qin Wenjun, seemingly unsure of her stolid northern father's affections and growing up in a family that is divided between the southern elegance of her mother and grandmother for whom even a fried egg is a work of art and her father's military background and reluctance to learn the Shanghai dialect. Written by one of contemporary China's most celebrated authors, these are tales of a Chinese child's progress to maturity and understanding in the Shanghai of an uncertain past. They are as much about children as they are for children and will appeal to children of all ages.
This book presents a detailed background to the circular economy in China, explores government measures to promote it in China’s market economy, and introduces the supporting laws and policies. The book goes on to describe, from a technology perspective, successful circular economy practices in sectors such as agriculture, iron and steel, cement, coal-fired power, chemistry, paper manufacturing and city mineral. This book sheds some light on what China has done and achieved to change the mode of economic development in order to minimize its negative impacts on resources and the environment. Readers will learn from and be inspired by China’s circular economy practices. Industrializing countries can also draw on China’s experiences to solve their own problems, enabling them to make their economic development resource-saving and more environmentally friendly. If this is achieved, this book can be considered a modest contribution to the sustainability of human society.
A combination of oxidation methods and C‒H bond functionalization, this book emphasizes mechanistic understanding and critical analysis of synthetic reactions to offer a guide or manual for practicing chemists. • Combines oxidation methods and C‒H bond functionalization, two of the most important aspects of organic synthesis • Deals with C‒H bonds, an area of dynamic and continuous research across chemistry and catalysis • Helps readers understand the fundamental and applied differences among various oxidation methods and reactions • Covers mechanistic details, conditions, oxidation reagents, and practical aspects of different reactions
This book introduces emergency management of barrier lakes systematically, including theories and practices, risk assessment under extremely high-risk conditions, evolution of outburst floods, analysis of anti-impact stability, and emergency management technology and assessment of risk elimination effect. It takes the Tangjiashan barrier lake as a successful case study to illustrate effective treatment of barrier lake with high risks, poor environmental conditions, extremely urgent rescue time and high disposal difficulties. It retains a large number of images and data of great research value for the lake risk assessment and building technological emergency system. It provides a reliable reference for the government, scientific researchers and survey and design team to deal with the sudden natural disaster in barrier lakes, especially caused by huge earthquake.
The story of 3 Tian Tang Street concerns a Shanghai teenager Lang Lang's life: the misunderstanding between his parents that threatened to evolve into a divorce, the loving admiration for a girl who was sophisticated enough to take advantage of it, encounters with a school bully and friendship with a despised weakling in his class, the breakup with a buddy because they couldn't see eye-to-eye over the bully and the weakling, and a death in the family. Recommended for ages 12 and up
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