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The twenty-four contributions in Look at the Coins! reflect the vast scope of Joe Cribb's interests, including Asian numismatics, museology, poetry and art. The papers are arranged geographically, then chronologically or thematically. The first seven papers look at coins, charms and silver currencies in or from China: Chinese coin-shaped charms, Han dynasty gold unearthed in the Tomb of the Marquis of Haihun, Jiangxi, silver in the history of Chinese currency, a metallurgical and historical study of Song dynasty coins, the Department of Iron Coins at Dongtangzi Hutong in Beijing and the only known annotated plan of a Chinese mint, the six million dollars in silver of the Canton Ransom, and a hoard of Chinese coins found in Turkey. One paper focuses on the coins and medals of the two Pahlavi Shahs of Iran. Nine papers look at finds from ancient Central Asia and Afghanistan: coins of South Soghd in the first two centuries AD, the identity of the rider on Indo-Greek coins, the phonology of Greek names in Kharoṣṭhī script, questions of identity and interpretation in Gandharan reliefs, first-century AD coins in stūpa deposits and the beginning of the Buddhist relic cult in Afghanistan, a hoard of Kushan gold coins from Swabi, Gandhāran Jātakas, Avadānas and Pūrvayogas, Indian imitations of Kushan coins, and a new gold coin of Vasudeva I. Four papers relate to India: Roman coins found in India, ‘Heraṇika'in the inscriptions of the Western Deccan (c. 200 BC–300), the peck and shroff marks of sixteenth-century North India, and Henry Ernest Stapleton and the coin collection in the Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Two papers relate to South East Asia: one revisits the Stamford Raffles'Collections, and the other discusses a hybrid pendant found in Thailand. The last contribution celebrates some of Joe's less well-known interests: poetry, art medals and art photography.

An ordinary woman gave the birth to a very thin baby, just like paper. Weird things happened again and again and that woman was murdered too. The police started to investigate. The suspect caught by the police admitted to the crime. However, on the trial day, the murderer disappeared under the close watch of court's guards...... Everything happened was so weird. At the same time, a frozen infant body was found in Korea. After the examination by forensic doctor He Xi, it was found that the frozen infant had very strong muscles. The most important thing was that the frozen infant had a rare blood type, just the same as the murdered lady......What kind of terrible power in the back manipulated this? This book would be the most unbelievable book!

This book contains the complete text, in Chinese, pinyin and English, of all 31 books in the best-selling Journey to the West series of graded readers by Jeff Pepper and Xiao Hui Wang. If printed in standard paperback format this book would run over 3,500 pages. It is written for people who are learning to read Simplified Chinese and want to enjoy a fascinating story while gaining a better understanding of Chinese history and culture. Journey to the West is probably the most famous and best-loved novel in China and is considered one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature. Its place in Chinese literature is roughly comparable to Homer's epic poem The Odyssey in Western literature. Wikipedia sums up the book's role perfectly, saying,'Enduringly popular, the tale is at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a spring of spiritual insight, and an extended allegory in which the group of pilgrims journeys towards enlightenment by the power and virtue of cooperation.'This book is NOT a literal translation of the original novel, which was written in the 16th century and is difficult for modern readers. It is a graded reader, which means that it uses a restricted vocabulary of Chinese words and a simple sentence structure. It starts off relatively easy and gradually increases in complexity. For example the first story, Rise of the Monkey King, covers the events in the first two chapters of the novel and uses a vocabulary of just 507 words. The second story, Trouble in Heaven, covers the next two chapters and uses only 431 words. Each chapter adds, on the average, about 30 new words, and so by the time you finish the final story, called The Last Trial, you will have seen over two thousand different Chinese words. Each paragraph of Chinese is followed by the same paragraph written in pinyin, which is a phonetic method of writing Chinese. The pinyin lets you sound out the word if you don't recognize the characters. We recommend that when you read this on an e-reader, you scroll the text or cover the pinyin with a piece of paper, so that the pinyin is not visible on the screen. Try to read the Chinese characters, and only refer to the pinyin if you are completely stumped by some characters. If you still don't recognize the word, look it up in the glossary at the end of the book. Every time a Chinese word is used for the first time, it is highlighted and followed by a footnote link. Follow that link to see a definition of the new word. There are also footnote links without highlights, and you can read those to see useful and interesting bits of information about the story and the characters that you encounter. At the end of the book is a complete English translation of each chapter. This English translation does not necessarily match the Chinese word for word, but you can refer to it to get a general understanding of the meaning of a paragraph. Finally, there are audiobook versions of all 31 books available. You can use these to listen to a native Chinese speaker tell the story while you follow along with the text. The audiobooks are available on YouTube on the Imagin8 Press channel. You can also download them from the Imagin8 Press website. The 31 stories in this book are also available as standalone books, in paperback and ebook formats.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Business economics - Trade and Distribution, grade: 4.0,, language: Mandarin, abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between export, import and economic growth between China and Bangladesh. The study is mainly based on secondary sources of data which was collected from various books, journals, research works, publications etc. In this study, an attempt has been made to review the recently available literature related to export, import and economic growth with China-Bangladesh. Bilateral trades between Bangladesh and China have stretched significantly in recent years. Export, import and economic growth are very potential weapons in the economy of Bangladesh. The trade relationship between these two countries is increasing with time again the connection of Silk Road will give more boost to the economy of both the countries. Bangladesh is a developing country; its economy is inflicted by trade deficit from her very inception. In this paper, our objective is to examine and compare the international trade between the two countries, especially, the changes in the bilateral trade and identifying major trends of trade. Every year Bangladesh imports from China were US$10.35 Billion during 2015, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Our findings have been using to locate the strong sectors of future cooperation between these two countries to make the economy stronger and also policy implications for future trade and economic progress.

The proposed SDN discusses the specific macro-critical aspects of women's participation in the labor market and the constraints that prevent women from developing their full economic potential. Building on earlier Fund analysis, work undertaken by other organizations and academic research, the SDN presents possible policies to overcome these obstacles in different types of countries.

今日的中國，何以會是如此？到底是誰打贏了關鍵的戰爭？ 隔海高唱的歷史，哪個才是真的？ 第二次世界大戰是型塑現代世界的關鍵，中國在其中的角色尤其難解。這段近代中國進程，由連串的錯誤、分裂、敗亡、注定受難的傷痛寫就。 《戰火中國》以全新視角，重新梳理這段令人慨歎，凝縮重要轉捩點與變化的歷史，且在大脈絡下特別穿插陳克文與齊邦媛的個人史，補足了大歷史角度忽略的老百姓生命軌跡。 過去西方學者認為中國在二戰無足輕重，但《戰火中國》作者方德萬指出，當眾人目光集中在歐洲戰場時，1937年至1952年中國正在打一場複雜的全面戰爭，不但要面對同時並存、相互拉扯的多股的外敵，還有同樣分裂並進的內憂。 新中國，就在這麼飄搖動蕩的土地上誕生。 要探究新中國真正的本質，必須盡力拋開抵抗外侮的英雄式主觀論述色彩，同時並論各派系在抗戰時期的作為、決策、成功與失敗，以及日本、蘇聯、美國、英國等勢力的政治考量與行動。《戰火中國》全書分為四部份：第一部「立國大業」論析蔣介石掌權至1937年中日開戰期間，圍繞其與國民黨的連串事件；第二部「歷史轉捩點」講述對日抗戰的時代精神轉變，分論日本、國民黨如何試圖取勝，以及中國共產黨的擴張；第三部「試煉」和第四部「新中國」，則檢視成為世界大戰一部分的抗日戰爭、日本戰敗後的中國內戰，以及在韓戰中逐漸浮現的冷戰面貌。

Based on published guest articles by the author Dr. Timo Schöber, the book deals with an immense variety of topics on e-sports. These range from popular sport and voluntary commitment, legal issues and political topics to economic presentations and definitional questions. The author's guest articles have appeared on leading platforms such as t3n, pro, MSN, My MMO, Gaming-Grounds and spielen.de. The book is especially interesting for all those people who are looking for sound information and sources on e-sports.

新加坡是一座“文化荒岛”? 长久以来，研究新加坡文史受限于资料不全、查询不易等原因，形成了一些谬误。随着近年来新加坡史料的整理公开和数码化，作者衣若芬从浩瀚的史料中发现前人罕知的新加坡面貌。 从19世纪末到2019年，历经新加坡开埠、独立建国，到迎来庆祝金禧、响应中国五四运动一百周年，衣若芬以“文图学”的观点，带你去阅览新加坡国家图书馆最早的汉字书籍、鸦片贸易和拒毒倡导、海外第一份中医刊物；去会见中国五四运动中的新加坡人；去探析新加坡的珍贵藏画；去欣赏新加坡电影。七篇故事展示在七个虚拟展厅，导览读者徜徉充满创意的星洲风景，品尝新加坡的原汁原味。 原来新加坡，如此精彩！只待你去深度挖掘。

特朗普执政的四年，开启了美国内政外交的剧烈调整，甚至在特朗普离任之后，其在思潮、政党政治、族裔关系以及对外战略与政策上的深刻影响仍然存在，甚至左右着美国的国家前景。 本书分八个章节。先从2016年大选中特朗普的崛起切入、分析“特朗普现象”，讨论特朗普政府对外政策的基本逻辑，梳理了终结特朗普四年执政的2020年大选。最后，集中展望性探讨特朗普执政四年对美国政治整体上的深刻塑造，以及近年来特别是特朗普政府影响下美国对外政策极化的总体趋势。 观察、记录、研究、理解特朗普执政的这特殊的四年，对理解当前美国重大变动及其未来走向具有独一无二的关键指标意义。 这本关于美国特朗普政府期间内政与外交的书稿集中了作者近年来相关研究与主要观点的精华，展现了中国美国研究界青年学者的最高水平。 ——清华大学战略与安全研究中心主任 达巍教授 本书是作者过去数年来对于特朗普政府期间美国国内政治特别是政党政治以及对外政策等相关议题研究的集大成者，对理解当前美国国内政治与对外政策的现实与走向颇具理论与现实价值。 ——北京外国语大学国际关系学院院长 谢韬教授

追随初心 让梦想翱翔 写作人、剧场工作者林海燕自1987年开始参与舞台剧演出，过去35年在剧场里，不懈地奋斗与坚持，至今创作、编导约40部舞台剧。 领导“海燕等人”剧团的她，坚持呈献原创。剧团没有排练场、没有全职的工作人员，只有信念，继续留恋剧场这个游乐场，游戏人生，解读人生。 书中收录近20年来海燕在报章与杂志发表的60多篇文章，分为四幕章节呈现：海燕等人、阔论高谈、天马行空、空谷足音，开启一片海阔天空。引导青少年在创作及演出舞台剧方面克服障碍、发挥所长，演绎精彩人生；分享了创作旅程中，一直培养着海燕的导师们对她的关怀和指导，这些前辈的精神和勇气激励着剧场追梦人，引领他们迈向更高的高度！ 文字清新、动人，鼓励大家勇敢做梦，一起圆梦。