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In the ongoing courageous struggle of a relatively small group of Chinese to prevent the completion of the Three Gorges Dam in China, Dai Qing is the outspoken leader whose eloquent voice is always heard despite threats and intimidation by the Chinese authorities to silence it. Dai Qing, an investigative journalist and author with a wide audience in China and abroad, compiled this book of essays and field reports assessing the impact of the Three Gorges megadam now under construction at Sandouping in China's Hubei province at great risk to her own freedom. This book is an effort to prevent history from repeating itself ten-fold (a reference to the great floods in 1975 during which over 60 dams collapsed and at least 100,000 people lost their lives) if the 39 billion cubic metres of water in the Three Gorges reservoir ever escapes by natural or man-made catastrophes. These comprehensive essays reveal the deep rooted problems presented by the Three Gorges project that the government is attempting to disguise or suppress. The main concerns are population resettlement and human rights, the irreversible environmental and economic impact, the loss of cultural antiquities and historical sites, military considerations, and hidden dam disasters from the past. Opponents of the dam are attempting to kill the project or at least reduce the size of the megadam now planned to be the biggest, most expensive and, incidentally, the most hazardous of all hydro-electric projects on this planet.

This work investigates a case of political persecution that occurred over 50 years ago (the Wang case), but which still raises profound issues for the relationship between revolutionary regimes and the intellectuals who serve them. Song Jinshou has compiled a list of the documents of the Wang case.

The year: 2058. The substance: Turanga, a peculiar pill that gives people the power to read minds. One lone scientist working to unlock the drug's secrets becomes involved in a fight to save the human race from aliens and their collaborators on Earth. His search for the drug's origin and purpose takes him from the hills of western Africa to the plains of Arizona, and as he gradually becomes conscious of a conspiracy to prepare the world for alien colonization, he must grapple with the far-reaching implications of mind-reading.

This is a collection of essays exploring the deep-rooted problems presented by the Three Gorges dam project that the Chinese government are trying to disguise or supress, brought together by Dai Qing, an investigative journalist, at the risk of her own freedom.

In the ongoing courageous struggle of a relatively small group of Chinese to prevent the completion of the Three Gorges Dam in China, Dai Qing is the outspoken leader whose eloquent voice is always heard despite threats and intimidation by the Chinese authorities to silence it. Dai Qing, an investigative journalist and author with a wide audience in China and abroad, compiled this book of essays and field reports assessing the impact of the Three Gorges megadam now under construction at Sandouping in China's Hubei province at great risk to her own freedom. This book is an effort to prevent history from repeating itself ten-fold (a reference to the great floods in 1975 during which over 60 dams collapsed and at least 100,000 people lost their lives) if the 39 billion cubic metres of water in the Three Gorges reservoir ever escapes by natural or man-made catastrophes. These comprehensive essays reveal the deep rooted problems presented by the Three Gorges project that the government is attempting to disguise or suppress. The main concerns are population resettlement and human rights, the irreversible environmental and economic impact, the loss of cultural antiquities and historical sites, military considerations, and hidden dam disasters from the past. Opponents of the dam are attempting to kill the project or at least reduce the size of the megadam now planned to be the biggest, most expensive and, incidentally, the most hazardous of all hydro-electric projects on this planet.

Die erste Weltgeschichte der Ökologie. Die Ökologie ist das Signum unseres Zeitalters. Joachim Radkaus grandiose Darstellung lässt die neue Ära in ihrer ganzen Vielgestaltigkeit und globalen Bedeutung erfahrbar werden. Zwar lässt er auch die fernen Ursprünge im 18. und 19.Jahrhundert nicht außer Acht, konzentriert sich im Wesentlichen jedoch auf die letzten vierzig Jahre. Das Buch berichtet über ausschlaggebende Ereignisse und Erfahrungen wie die Reaktorkatastrophe von Tschernobyl genauso wie über den Mythos des deutschen «Waldsterbens» und beleuchtet die Zusammenhänge mit anderen politischen und kulturellen Strömungen. Es erzählt sowohl von spiritueller Suche und herausragenden Momenten als auch von Institutionalisierung und Bürokratisierung. Es porträtiert zentrale Initiativen wie Friends of the Earth oder Greenpeace und charismatische Vorkämpferinnen wie Rachel Carson, Petra Kelly und die Chinesin Dai Qing. Überhaupt zeigt Joachim Radkau, welch zentrale Rolle und beinahe mythisches Potential Frauen in der Umweltbewegung zukommt. Radkau schreibt zwar aus innerer Verbundenheit und viel eigener Erfahrung mit der Umweltbewegung, hält wo nötig jedoch auch kritische Distanz. So wird klar: Trotz manch bizarrer Episoden ist die Umweltbewegung die neue, wahre Aufklärung unseres Zeitalters; die fließende Vielfalt und immer neue Vernetzung der Motive unterscheidet sie von allen früheren großen Bewegungen der Geschichte.

As the torchbearers of environmental activism, women from around the world have created profound changes that are helping to ensure a healthier planet for all living things. Whether it is Judi Bari, who was crippled by a car bomb because of her efforts to save California's ancient redwood forests; Dai Qing, who was imprisoned for her opposition to an environmentally destructive dam on China's Yangtze River; or Dr. Tatynana Artyomkina, who defied KGB threats and exposed health and environmental risks in the Soviet Union, women have put their lives on the line and persevered against daunting odds to restore and protect the environment. Mary Joy Breton provides absorbing sketches of these and other women activists in the Americas, Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, and Asia. Breton interweaves her accounts with narrative on the ecological hazards that drove these women to spearhead various environmental campaigns, examining why and how they challenged, and often defeated, the power structures of government and industry. Although these remarkable women come from various geographical regions and represent a wide range of economic, ethnic, and political backgrounds, they share insights, values, and a particular sensitivity to the Earth that led them to change the course of history. Their courageous efforts illuminate the crucial role of women in the environmental movement, and provide inspiration for a new generation of activists.

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Sexuality questions what it would mean to think of sexualities transnationally and explores the way cultural ideas about sex and sexuality are translated across languages. It considers how scholars chart the multilingual rise of the modern sexual sciences in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, how translators, writers, and readers respond to sexual modernities and to what extent the keywords of queer social movements travel across borders.The handbook draws from fields as diverse as translation studies, critical multilingualism studies, comparative literature, European studies, Slavic studies, Middle Eastern studies, Latin American studies, and East Asian studies. This pioneering handbook maps out an emerging brand of women's, gender, and sexuality studies that approaches sexualities as translational formations.Divided into two parts, the handbook covers:- Theoretical chapters on the interdisciplinary dialogue between translation studies and queer studies- Empirical studies of both canonic and minor scientific, religious, literary, philosophical, and political texts about sex and sexuality in translation across a variety of world languages.With 20 chapters written by leading academics from around the world, The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Sexuality will serve as an important reference for students and scholars in the fields of translation studies, applied linguistics, modern languages, and women's, gender, and sexuality studies.

'This is clearly a book with great breadth and diversity... a valuable addition to the literature about east and southeast Asia.'T Forsyth, Development Studies Institute London School of Economics and Political Science, in Land Degradation and DevelopmentAs their economies and populations expand, almost all Asian countries are experiencing profound ecological problems at the national, regional and global level; be it air pollution in rapidly growing cities, trans-boundary water pollution or climate change. While the countries of East and Southeast Asia are the victims of environmental change, they are also complicit in causing it at home and abroad. As these countries move towards international environmental cooperation, a central issue becomes the vital connection between foreign policy and environmental problems. Foreign policy is about pursuing and promoting national interests, however it is not always clear what a country's national interests are or ought to be, particularly with regard to complex international ecological issues. On top of this, it is almost always debatable how best to promote them.Confronting Environmental Change in East and Southeast Asia is a collection of concise, hard-hitting essays by a group of international experts and scholars that address these complex issues. The book takes foreign policy considerations into account in its analyses of how states and other actors in East and Southeast Asia confront environmental change through international cooperation and environmentally sustainable development.The first part of the book examines many of the actors, institutions and forces shaping environmental diplomacy and foreign policy in East Asia, with a focus on China and Japan. The second part of the book takes a deeper look at the relationships between ecological politics, international relations and environmentally sustainable development in East and Southeast Asia. Several chapters in the second part focus on how environmental foreign policies impact countries in the region as they endeavour to implement environmentally sustainable development. Together, the analysis and case studies in this volume illuminate how environmental change is confronted - or not - in East and Southeast Asia, with a host of important insights for researchers, governments, policy-makers, conservationists and business people dealing with the profound environmental problems facing the region.

This book presents detailed research regarding the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, including studies of inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells, bronzeware, bamboo scripts, and silk manuscripts, in order to demonstrate the main features of various historical periods during the establishment and development of ancient Chinese civilization based on an a view of ancient Chinese civilization studies as a whole. The book consists of three sections with a total of 38 essays. The first section provides a macro-level overview of the formation and development history of ancient Chinese civilization; the second section, covering general topics, examines the specific characteristics of early Chinese civilization, from Emperors Yan and Huang to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Lastly, the appendix features 7 articles, including a short biography of the author.

Explores the complex history and legacy of elite wives, concubines, and daughters of warlords in twentieth-century China. In Women and Their Warlords, historian Kate Merkel-Hess examines the lives and personalities of the female relatives of the military rulers who governed regions of China from 1916 to 1949. Posing for candid photographs and sitting for interviews, these women did not merely advance male rulers'agendas. They advocated for social and political changes, gave voice to feminist ideas, and shaped how the public perceived them. As the first publicly political partners in modern China, the wives and concubines of Republican-era warlords changed how people viewed elite women's engagement in politics. Drawing on popular media sources, including magazine profiles and gossip column items, Merkel-Hess draws unexpected connections between militarism, domestic life, and state power in this insightful new account of gender and authority in twentieth-century China.

Pékin, printemps 1933. Un lourd silence règne sur la Cité interdite, demeure séculaire des empereurs chinois. Les troupes d'invasion japonaises sont aux portes de la ville. La guerre est là.Malgré l'angoisse, une urgence absolue affole les conservateurs des collections d'art impériales : comment mettre à l'abri les magnifiques trésors dont ils ont la charge? Une seule réponse semble possible, en ordonner l'évacuation. Commence alors une course effrénée de seize années au cours desquelles les trésors impériaux seront transportés sur des milliers de kilomètres à travers la Chine, fuyant la terreur japonaise puis la menace communiste. Près d'un million d'œuvres et d'objets d'art franchissent ainsi rivières, forêts et montagnes, s'échappant des villes en feu et du chaos de la guerre. Voici l'histoire d'un petit groupe d'hommes et de femmes admirables qui ont choisi de résister aux assauts de la barbarie. Une remarquable leçon de courage qui nous rappelle la prééminence absolue de la beauté dans un monde en proie aux pires violences.À PROPOS DE L'AUTEURD'origine canadienne, Adam Brookes (1963) étudie le chinois à la School of Oriental and African Studies de Londres, avant de devenir journaliste, producteur radio à la BBC, puis correspondant à l'étranger, basé successivement en Indonésie, en Chine et aux États-Unis, où il vit désormais. Au cours de son parcours, il a réalisé des reportages dans une trentaine de pays, dont l'Irak, l'Afghanistan, la Corée du Nord et la Mongolie.

Explores the growing water supply crisis through an ethnographic study of a rural minority community in China threatened by climate change.China is experiencing climate whiplash—extreme fluctuations between drought and flooding—that threatens the health and autonomy of millions of people. Set against mounting anxiety over the future of global water supplies, Cutting the Mass Line explores the enduring political, technical, and ethical project of making water available to human communities and ecosystems in a time of drought, infrastructural disrepair, and environmental breakdown. Anthropologist Andrea E. Pia explores essential questions of how to manage water resources from the vantage point of Huize County, a water-challenged, ecologically damaged, multi-ethnic area in rural Yunnan Province. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, archival materials, and statistical data, Pia brings readers inside the inner workings of China's complex water supply ecosystem by exploring the intricate relationships among Chinese water services agencies; water user associations; dam construction sites; party cadres and rural entrepreneurs, mediators, and farmers; and foreign development planners. The climate crisis and the global politics of sustainability and mitigation offer unanticipated leeway for experimental grassroots intrusions in what has traditionally been the sphere of elite regulatory action: water allocation and distribution. Rural residents'efforts to keep access to local water sources and flourish in their own communities are moving the political possibilities of climate and environmental collective action in exciting and unforeseen directions. As the world grapples with challenges to water quality, supply, and control, the impacts of China's resource management strategies will be a provocative and useful study for the future.

Novel materials have come a long way. With the advent of sophisticated fabrication and allied processes, it has become easier to make these novel materials for various applications. These materials have become part and parcel of making storage devices, supercapacitors, fuel cells etc. With the growing automobile as well as allied industrial sectors, the demand for novel materials has skyrocketed of late. As such, there has been a surge of extensive research and development in this sector. Although, there is no dearth of technical papers in this area; however, the absence of synchronized and well-organized content pertinent to this domain is duly felt. In this regard, this proposed book is a unique contribution to filling this gap. With the aim of assimilating theory and practices, this proposed book will endeavor to provide a comprehensive glimpse of recent advancements with a strong unification of theory and practices. The book's topics will encompass the principles of development, fabrication, functionalization, integration, and implementation of these materials. With a plethora of handpicked and well-organized content, this book is believed to cater to the needs of novices, researchers and practitioners.

Following decades of ignoring the environment, China has become a global leader in air and water purification, solid waste management, and wastewater treatment with dramatic growth especially in solar and wind power while major outstanding problems include continued reliance on coal and other fossil fuels especially in power plants and heavy industry. Concise Encyclopedia of Green Technology in China provides a basic understanding of green technology in the environmental and economic policies of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Green technology is defined as any technology used to mitigate or reverse the deleterious effects of human activity on the natural environment. Green technology involves the application of multiple environmental sciences including green chemistry, material sciences, and hydrology along with utilization of renewable energy sources such as geothermal, solar, tidal and wave, and wind power. Innovative technologies developed in China include mass production of electric vehicles (EVs), development of photovoltaics along with electronic devices for remote sensing, and monitoring, and utilization of enhanced computer power for the analysis of big data.

Our planet is facing the prospect of environmental catastrophe, resulting from decades of reckless human activities. The ongoing degradation of the Earth's natural resources, climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction have created an urgent global crisis. The responsibility for addressing these challenges has been a significant issue since the 1972 International Conference on Human Environment in Sweden. Despite widespread acknowledgment of the issues at hand, insufficient efforts have been taken to safeguard our fragile ecosystems and secure a sustainable future for generations to come. Opportunities and Challenges for Women Leaders in Environmental Management is a groundbreaking book meticulously crafted for academic scholars seeking answers to the most pressing environmental questions of our time. This book reveals the pivotal role women are playing as environmental stewards, providing a ray of hope in the face of environmental turmoil. Through data, empirical studies, and narratives, this book spotlights the remarkable contributions of women worldwide in environmental activism, advocacy, research, education, and innovative strategies. Their unwavering commitment to energy conservation, responsible waste management, and the preservation of ecological parks and wildlife is both inspiring and transformative. Recommended for scholars seeking actionable solutions, Opportunities and Challenges for Women Leaders in Environmental Management provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and fostering environmental preservation. It illuminates the paths that women have forged to tackle our planet's most pressing problems. As we face the environmental challenges of the 21st century, this book offers a compelling solution by showcasing the invaluable role that women are playing as custodians of our world.

During the later twentieth century, Brazil's right-wing military dictatorship built a vast network of hydropower dams that became one of the world's biggest low-carbon electricity grids. Weighed against these carbon savings, what were the costs? Johnson unpacks the social and environmental implications of this project, from the displacement of Indigenous and farming communities to the destruction of Amazonian biodiversity. Drawing on rich archival material from forty sites across Brazil, Paraguay, and the United States, including rarely accessed personal collections, Johnson explores the story of the military officers and engineers who created the dams and the protestors who fought them. Brazilian examples are analyzed within their global context, highlighting national issues with broad consequences for both social and environmental justice. In our race to halt global warming, it is vital that we learn from past experiences and draw clear distinctions between true environmentalism and greenwashed political expedience.

Mega-Dams in World Literature reveals the varied effects of large dams on people and their environments as expressed in literary works, focusing on the shifting attitudes toward large dams that emerged over the course of the twentieth century. Margaret Ziolkowski covers the enthusiasm for large-dam construction that took place during the mid-twentieth-century heyday of mega-dams, the increasing number of people displaced by dams, the troubling environmental effects they incur, and the types of destruction and protest to which they may be subject. Using North American, Native American, Russian, Egyptian, Indian, and Chinese novels and poems, Ziolkowski explores the supposed progress that these structures bring. The book asks how the human urge to exploit and control waterways has affected our relationships to nature and the environment and argues that the high modernism of the twentieth century, along with its preoccupation with development, casts the hydroelectric dam as a central symbol of domination over nature and the power of the nation state. Beyond examining the exultation of large dams as symbols of progress, Mega-Dams in World Literature takes a broad international and cultural approach that humanizes and personalizes the major issues associated with large dams through nuanced analyses, paying particular attention to issues engendered by high modernism and settler colonialism. Both general and specialist readers interested in human-environment relationships will enjoy this prescient book.

Čínští básníci se ve 20. století obrátili zády ke klasickým vzorům a hledali inspiraci u evropské a americké avantgardy. Aj Čching (1910-1996) patří ke druhé generaci čínských modernistů. Nejprve studoval malířství ve Francii, po návratu do Číny se však prosadil jako básník a čínskou poezii obohatil o nové, do té doby neznámé polohy. V době protijaponské války odešel do komunistických oblastí, kde se stal významným protagonistou kritického vystoupení intelektuálů na obranu ideálů rovnosti a svobody, jejichž potlačení po roce 1949 položilo základy kulturní politiky Čínské lidové republiky. Ve dvojjazyčném výboru své převážně rané poezie je básník představen jednak jako hravý experimentátor a pozorovatel kaleidoskopické rozmanitosti Evropy, a vedle toho jako vypravěč, který autenticky prostými slovy zachycuje chudobu a strasti života. Součástí knihy je rozsáhlá studie k básníkovu životu a dílu v souvislostech doby, z nichž vystupuje jeho touha po svobodě i pevná opozice proti čínské tradici.

This book covers topics related to drug delivery, biomaterials, drug design, formulation development, nanoscience, and nanotechnology. It describes the fundamental concepts in nanotechnology and their different applications in biotechnology to solve engineering challenges and generate new areas of technological development. Nanobiotechnology: Applications of Nanomaterials in Biotechnology, Medicine, and Healthcare covers vast application areas that include medical science, material science, pharmaceutical science, and environmental science. Section 1 presents recent research updates on the different nanomaterials, which are promising in different medical and biotechnological applications. Applications of nanomaterials as bone replacement orthopedic implants have revolutionized the treatment of orthopedic surgery. Nanostructured polymeric materials have gained immense research attention as therapeutic carriers for the precise delivery of drugs at targeted sites. Nanocellulose is recognized as a promising green nanomaterial due to its renewability and abundance in nature. Scientific topics on the most recent scientific and technological advances and applications of different nanostructured materials are presented in this section. Section 2 focuses on the novel synthesis methods that are used extensively and are promising for large-scale production of inorganic and nanostructured materials. Section 3 covers the applications of nanotools in the treatment of different diseases, including cancers and genetic diseases. The increasing use of nanotechnology will bring changes in the manufacturing processes of nanomaterials. The applications of nanomaterials in the field of medical imaging and molecular detection are presented in section 4. This book will be useful for students, researchers, scientists, academicians, and industrial manufacturers to understand the importance and applicability of nanomaterials in the field of biotechnology and medical science.

How early did the Chinese explore the world? Did the Treasure Fleets, led by Admiral Zheng He, discover many parts of the world before Christopher Columbus? While it is known that Christopher Columbus discovered America and Europe ushered in the Age of Discovery, there is an ongoing debate on the'unknown'areas depicted in Western maps from the period and earlier. There is agreement among scholars that certain areas seem to have been mapped out prior to the arrival of Western explorers.Chinese Global Exploration in the Pre-Columbian Era: Evidence from an Ancient World Map analyses the world's first modern map — known as Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (KWQ) 《坤輿萬國全圖》 in Chinese, translated as the'Complete Geographical Map of All Kingdoms of the World'to demonstrate evidence of Chinese global exploration in the Pre-Columbian era. The map of concern was first printed by Italian missionary, Matteo Ricci in 1602, and has been purported to be of entirely European origin, based on Ricci's former maps which he had brought to China in 1582.This book, thus, seeks to be transformational in presenting essential new insights on Pre-Columbian world history and Chinese global exploration, moving away from the norm of the studies of geography and cartography by:

What did Mao Zedong bring to China? Mao Zedong, a rare leader who is still regarded as a great hero on the Chinese continent, despite the large number of victims caused by the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. He called himself'Qin Shi Huang （First Emperor of Qin）plus Marx'. It can be said that he is an entity that combines the power of the emperor and the authority of Marx into one person. This book analyzes the features of Mao Zedong's thought and philosophy, his understanding of Marxism and class struggle, in particular, his peculiar attitude toward intellectuals, his actions leading to the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, which he initiated and involved the entire nation, as well as the analysis of the mechanisms that caused such catastrophes and tragedies. Finally, through these analyses, this book attempts to evaluate Mao Zedong with diverse personalities and his behavior, positive and negative, whether in political, social, economic, or philosophical areas.

Historical Dictionary and Environmentalism, Third Edition provides a balanced and wide-ranging overview of the most important events, issues, organizations, ideas, and people shaping the direction of environmentalism worldwide. This book is global in scope, covering a large range of perspectives and countries with a focus on the period since 1960.This book contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 400 cross-referenced entries on organizations, people, issues, events, and countries shaping environmentalism. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about environmentalism.

Environmental Science:A Global Concern is a comprehensive presentation of environmental sciencefor non-science majors which emphasizes critical thinking, environmentalresponsibility, and global awareness. This book is intended for use in a one ortwo-semester course in environmental science, human ecology, or environmentalstudies at the college or advanced placement high school level.

Extensively revised and fully updated in this sixth edition, this popular textbook conveys the drama of China's struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and difficult history. Featuring a new analysis of the issues facing China's fifth generation of leaders, it explores prominent developments including China's relations with its neighbors and the United States, the humanitarian crises in Tibet and Xinjiang, and the progression of Xi Jinping. Incorporating new analytical summaries in each chapter and updated suggested readings, this new edition covers: The breakdown of imperial China in the face of Japanese and Western encroachments The struggles between the ideologies and armies of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution Deng Xiaoping's reforms and the resulting dismantling of socialism and economic growth • China's position as a world superpower and Xi Jinping's leadership The Covid-19 pandemic Spanning the years from China's defeat in the Opium Wars to its current status as a world superpower, the sixth edition of Modernization and Revolution in China is an essential textbook for courses on modern Chinese history, Chinese politics, and modern East Asia.

Par l'échelle de sa population, de son territoire et de son économie, la Chine est au cœur de la question du développement durable au xxie siècle : si celui-ci constitue un défi majeur pour la Chine, la Chine comporte elle-même diverses menaces pour la durabilité de la planète. À partir de multiples sources occidentales et chinoises, le présent ouvrage explore la question de la transition écologique dans toutes ses dimensions – environnementales, territoriales, économiques, sociales, sociétales, politiques et géopolitiques. Dans une approche prospective, il identifie également les mégatendances appelées à façonner le modèle de développement chinois d'ici à 2100 (croissance faible, changement climatique, effondrement de la population, vieillissement accéléré), et aborde les impacts de l'émergence de la Chine sur le reste de la planète. Ce livre mêle ainsi état des lieux de la recherche, analyse critique des données statistiques ou des discours, guide méthodologique, mais aussi mises en perspectives historiques, portraits de territoires, de personnes, d'animaux ou de végétaux. Proposant une fresque à la fois scientifique et vivante de la Chine actuelle et future, avec ses dynamiques et ses incertitudes, il incite à s'interroger sur la trajectoire et la destinée de la civilisation chinoise elle-même.

Collective Behavior of Magnetic Micro/Nanorobots: Control, Imaging, and Applications reviews recent advances in the design and construction of magnetic collective micro/nanorobot systems, and promotes the bridging of the gap between their theoretical investigation and practical applications.By summarizing the recent progress in control, imaging, and biomedical applications of collective micro/nanorobots, the authors show the big picture of micro/nanorobotics and the roadmap of collective micro/nanorobots. They then discuss the control, imaging, and biomedical applications of collective micro/nanorobots, respectively, demonstrating the state-of-the-art techniques and ideas for designing systems of collective micro/nanorobots that can help researchers have a better understanding and further stimulate the development of such an exciting field.This book is suitable for scientists, engineers, and students involved in the study of robotics, control, materials, and mechanical/electrical engineering.

This book provides readers with rich context and detailed description leading to new perspectives on major historical events in China. Positioned as a thought leader and highly acclaimed arts professional in China, the author is able to give a historical account of China's twentieth century that is richly informed by its valent fields of political economy and cultural studies. Western readers'knowledge of China's twentieth century remains based on pioneering research of modern scholars such as Fairbank and Jonathan Spence. In recent years, however, it is rare to see a complete history of China spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries which also includes the first two decades of the twenty-first century. This book contributes new narrative and perspective to this span of history. Now, as the Sino-US trade conflict makes dramatic impact on a post-COVID global economy, readers have the need for a fresh understanding of how China came to be what it is today. The author's groundbreaking work provides new insight provided by newly uncovered sources explaining how China came to be what it is today from a cultural and sociological perspective, in a historical mode.

Fighting for the River portrays women's intimate, embodied relationships with river waters and explores how those relationships embolden local communities'resistance to private run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plants in Turkey. Building on extensive ethnographic research, Özge Yaka develops a body-centered, phenomenological approach to women's environmental activism and combines it with a relational ontological perspective. In this way, the book pushes beyond the'natural resources'frame to demonstrate how our corporeal connection to nonhuman entities is constitutive of our more-than-human lifeworld. Fighting for the River takes the human body as a starting point to explore the connection between lived experience and nonhuman environments, treating bodily senses and affects as the media of more-than-human connectivity and political agency. Analyzing local environmental struggles as struggles for coexistence, Yaka frames human-nonhuman relationality as a matter of socio-ecological justice.

This book presents the latest progress in enhanced oil recovery technology and introduces the application of various enhanced oil recovery methods in oilfield development. Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is a continuous theme in oilfield development. Due to the influence of geological conditions, development mode and physical and chemical factors, more than half of the proven oil reserves remain underground and cannot be accessed. Therefore, many enhanced oil recovery methods have been developed to achieve higher oil recovery. This book presents the basic principles and provides the chemistry knowledge related to enhanced oil recovery. It also expounds the applicable criteria of chemical agents. In addition, combined with field application examples, the limitations of existing enhanced oil recovery methods are analyzed, and the future development direction of enhanced oil recovery technology is highlighted. It is worth noting that the integral profile control and water shutoff technology in this book is widely recognized in the enhanced oil recovery industry and has achieved remarkable economic benefits. Given its scope, this book is useful for the scientific and technical personnel engaged in the study of oil recovery chemistry and enhanced oil recovery and also as a teaching reference for teachers and students majoring in petroleum engineering and oilfield chemistry.

This book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of a region from the perspective of the interactions that occurred on and were facilitated by the sea. The book is divided into three parts that each focus on a different hundred-year period between 1250 and 1800. The chapters in each part examine the people, goods, and information that flowed across the seas of the East Asian maritime world, facilitating cultural exchange and hybridity. The intricate and often fraught relations between China, Japan, and Korea feature throughout, as well as those between these polities and the waves of outsiders that sought to trade with them and to conquer them. Regional diplomacy, ship-building technology, weaponry, Wokou pirate bands, the fates of castaways, and the development of international trade networks are just some of the topics that paint a vivid picture of the interconnected world of the East Asian maritime region during this period.

This three-volume set of LNCS 14086, LNCS 14087 and LNCS 14088 constitutes - in conjunction with the double-volume set LNAI 14089-14090- the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2023, held in Zhengzhou, China, in August 2023.The 337 full papers of the three proceedings volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 828 submissions. This year, the conference concentrated mainly on the theories and methodologies as well as the emerging applications of intelligent computing. Its aim was to unify the picture of contemporary intelligent computing techniques as an integral concept that highlights the trends in advanced computational intelligence and bridges theoretical research with applications. Therefore, the theme for this conference was'Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications'. Papers that focused on this theme were solicited, addressing theories, methodologies, and applications in science and technology.

This book provides a comprehensive overview for postgraduate students, academic staff and industry professionals working on spiro compounds. This book covers a wide range of topics regarding these compounds, such as nomenclature, synthesis strategies, and their applications. The book includes modern, up-to-date information, dating from 2000 to the present. This extensive collection will inspire both academics and industrialists to contribute to future advances.

For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religion and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art and poetry. In Ten Birds that Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and eventful relationship through ten key species from all seven of the world's continents. From Odin's faithful raven companions to Darwin's finches, and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis, this is a fascinating, eye-opening and endlessly engaging work of natural history.

Based on case studies of Chinese teachers in Shanghai and their workplace learning within the context of reform, this book examines how Chinese teachers learn together when they engage in school-based learning activities.Since the New Curriculum Reform in China in 2001, school-based teaching research groups (TRGs) (Jiaoyanzu) have played an important role in changing teacher learning approaches. Informed by organizational learning frameworks and organizational knowledge theory, the author examines the processes and effects of teacher learning in school-based settings, particularly the role of school leadership in the learning and change of in-service teachers. Implications of sustainably optimizing the school-based teacher learning communities for school improvement are also discussed.The book will be helpful and valuable for policymakers, school leaders, researchers, students, teachers, and other educational practitioners in understanding the distinctive features of school-based teachers'learning in China.

Escribir libremente, crear obras artísticas sin seguir los cánones establecidos o informar objetivamente fueron actividades de alto riesgo en los países comunistas. Escritores y artistas bajo el comunismo es un libro único en el mundo, una historia del socialismo totalitario a través de las vivencias y las obras de los escritores, intelectuales, periodistas, músicos, pintores, cineastas y artistas de todo tipo, que sufrieron la represión de los regímenes comunistas. Bien porque sus obras no exaltaban los éxitos del comunismo o porque no se ajustaban al canon literario y artístico del partido; bien por su carácter crítico respecto al sistema, por reclamar libertad, democracia y respeto a los derechos humanos; o simplemente porque aquellos creadores cayeron en desgracia. Esta obra cubre todos los países en los que hubo, o hay, regímenes comunistas o afines. A través de las vivencias y obras de estos escritores y artistas, personas con nombres y apellidos, se pretende recordar también a los millones de seres anónimos, olvidados, que sufrieron esa misma represión. No menos importante, este libro muestra cómo en Occidente muchos de sus homólogos negaron o justificaron las violaciones de los derechos humanos en los países comunistas para no minar la «causa revolucionaria»; y criticaron e hicieron el vacío a quienes lo denunciaron como los Nobel de Literatura Camus, Milosz o Vargas Llosa, Orwell, Koestler, Cabrera Infante y Victor Serge, entre tantos otros. Como dijo Jrushov tras los acontecimientos de 1956: «Si se hubiera matado a tiempo a una decena escritores húngaros, la revolución no habría tenido lugar».

China's Long and Winding Road to Modernization: Uncertainty, Learning, and Policy Change interprets contemporary China's economic transformation from Austrian and evolutionary perspectives. Fu-Lai Tony Yu and Diana S. Kwan incorporate culture, institutions, government agents and entrepreneurship to understand economic change in China. In this book, the authors emphasize the roles of uncertainty, learning, and experimentation in policy making. Topics discussed range from a presentation of theoretical frameworks to understand China's economic transformation, an account of China's economic management during 1950-1978, the economic reformation after 1979 concurrent with Deng Xiaoping's Open Door Policy, and China's rise as a global power. These topics culminate in the final section of the book which suggests a path for China's modernization.

This collection offers insights into the transnational and translingual implications of Simone de Beauvoir's Le Deuxième Sexe (The Second Sex), a text that has served as foundational for feminisms worldwide since its publication in 1949.Little scholarly attention has been devoted to how the original French-language source text made its way into languages other than English. This is a shocking omission, given that many (but by no means all) other translations were based on the 1953 English translation by Howard M. Parshley, which has been widely criticized by Beauvoir scholars for its omissions and careless attention to its philosophical implications. This volume seeks to fill this gap in scholarship with an innovative collection of essays that interrogate the ways that Beauvoir's essay has shifted in meaning and significance as it has travelled across the globe.This volume brings together for the first time scholars from Translation Studies, Literary Studies and Philosophical Studies, and over half of it is dedicated to non-Western European engagements with Le Deuxième Sexe (including chapters on the Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hungarian and Polish translations). As such, this collection will be essential to any scholar of Beauvoir's philosophy and its contributions to feminist discourses.

From “a captivating storyteller” (Wall Street Journal), the natural history of humankind told through our long relationship with birds For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art, and poetry. In Ten Birds That Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and intimate relationship through key species from all seven of the world's continents. From Odin's faithful raven companions to Darwin's finches, and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis, this is a fascinating, eye-opening, and endlessly engaging work of natural history.

Late one night in December 2008, police arrived at the home of Liu Xiaobo—China's leading dissident, a key figure in the prodemocracy manifesto Charter 08—and took him away. When Liu won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize as a political prisoner, the award was bestowed on an empty chair. Inside China, the regime sought to erase every trace of his existence. Liu died of liver cancer in 2017 without ever having been allowed to return home.I Have No Enemies is the definitive biography of Liu Xiaobo, offering a meticulously researched account of the twists and turns of a remarkable life. Perry Link and Wu Dazhi explore Liu's upbringing, immersion in classical Chinese poetry and philosophy, bold challenges to literary conformity, and involvement in democratic movements. They trace the lifelong evolution of his thinking and chronicle his persecution, incarceration, and death.I Have No Enemies emphasizes Liu's principled commitment to dissent and the significance of the example he set in China and around the world. Liu was a farsighted strategist whose ultimate goal was “to change a regime by changing a society.” In Tiananmen Square, he showed others how to face down armed soldiers; in daily life, he looked for ways to build a more democratic culture. A powerful record of Liu's life and times, this book also tells the story of a generation of Chinese intellectuals who sought a better way forward.

Що спільного між початком коронавірусу й Чорнобильською катастрофою? Вони почалися з брехні. У 1986 році радянська влада приховала серйозність небезпеки, а на початку 2020-го те саме зробили китайці. Як це вплинуло на людство? «Сірий носоріг» став «чорним лебедем». Але ця книжка — не чергова спроба знайти винного. Вона про значно більше і глибше: як виникають лиха, чи можна їх передбачити, що робити, коли небезпека стає неминучою. Чому Тайваню й Південній Кореї вдалося, а США і Британії — не зовсім? Як нашкодила одночасна «інфодемія» фейкових новин і теорій змови? Чому катастрофа оголює суспільні проблеми й робить одні суспільства крихкими, а інші — навпаки сильнішими? Як подано апокаліпсис у різних релігіях і чи варто його боятися? Про це та інше розповідає відомий історик.

Le arti marziali sono un fenomeno complesso documentato da un'enorme quantità di scritti, contrariamente alla diffusa opinione per cui l'unica fonte di conoscenza sulle loro origini e sul loro sviluppo sia la tradizione orale tramandata dai maestri. Questo libro ricostruisce la storia del combattimento in Cina, dall'Età del Bronzo ai giorni nostri. La trasformazione di abilità, tecniche e armamenti appare in controluce sullo sfondo della grande storia, l'ascesa e la caduta degli imperi, dei loro governi e dei loro eserciti. Citazioni poetiche e letterarie, insieme a storie di guerrieri famosi, permeano la narrazione, fornendo diversi punti di vista sul tema della prodezza in battaglia.

This is an open access book.2023 5th International Conference on Civil Engineering, Environment Resources and Energy Materials (CCESEM 2023), will be held during October 27–29, 2023 in Xiamen, China. The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in Civil Engineering, Environment Resources and Energy Materials and another goal is to promote scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working all around the world. The conference will be held every year to make it an ideal platform for people to share views and experiences in Civil Engineering, Environment Resources and Energy Materials and related areas. A key aspect of this conference is the strong mixture of academia and industry. This allows for the free exchange of ideas and challenges faced by these two key stakeholders and encourage future collaboration between members of these groups.

This book is a historiographical study of the economic history of the Qing dynasty that systematically examines the research paradigms underlying the range of historical studies conducted over the past century.In reviewing historical studies of the economic history of the Qing dynasty from an epistemological and methodological perspective, the book explores how this research area emerged and developed and explores the three major paradigms that dominate the field: the revolutionary historical paradigm based on productive relations; the modernization paradigm centring on productivity and the Chinese-centric approach that seeks to understand the internal momentum of economic development. It is shown that shifts in paradigms derive not only from the linear derivation of academic ideas but are also closely related to wider changes in society and social discourse. Hence, the author proposes an approach that studies economic and social history with an emphasis on social practice, shedding light on a better understanding of the direction of China's economic history.The title will benefit scholars and students interested in economic history and modern Chinese history.

Per tutta la storia dell'umanità abbiamo vissuto accanto agli uccelli. Li abbiamo cacciati e addomesticati per poi cibarcene; li abbiamo venerati nelle nostre mitologie, religioni e rituali; li abbiamo sfruttati per le loro risorse naturali; e ci siamo ispirati a loro per la musica, l'arte e la poesia. Con'I dieci uccelli che hanno cambiato il mondo', il famoso naturalista e scrittore inglese Stephen Moss annoda i fili di questa lunga e intima relazione attraverso dieci specie chiave provenienti da tutto il mondo. Dieci uccelli per dieci racconti emblematici: dal corvo, fedele compagno di Odino, ai fringuelli di Darwin, associati alla teoria dell'evoluzione; dal tacchino selvatico delle Americhe al pinguino imperatore, immagine potente della crisi climatica; dal dodo, icona dell'estinzione, al cormorano, usato in agricoltura; dall'aquila di mare testabianca, simbolo del nazionalismo, al passero mattugio; dal piccione, sfruttato per comunicare fin dall'antichità, alla garzetta nivea. «Non c'è mai stato un momento migliore per esaminare il lungo e tumultuoso rapporto tra gli uccelli e l'umanità, ora che la crisi ambientale minaccia di estinguerci. Solo analizzando questa storia possiamo provare a forgiarne una migliore per il futuro» dice nell'introduzione l'autore, così appassionato di fauna selvatica da riuscire a essere sempre precisissimo in ogni dettaglio. Ogni aneddoto che riporta dimostra la profondità della sua conoscenza: questa è un'opera di storia naturale affascinante, illuminante e infinitamente coinvolgente.

Demonstrating the crucial importance of local governance in China's development and international relations, this topical Handbook combines theoretical approaches with novel methodological tools to understand state–society relations at the local level.The Handbook assesses the formal mechanisms that organize territorial relations and scales of state to reconceptualize the local in China's sociopolitical history. Addressing the complexity of local governance, it examines both the state and societal actors that are involved in how local policies are designed and implemented. Chapters review the emerging literature on Chinese bureaucracy, central–local relations, administrative hierarchies, functional division of power in local governments, and policy innovation. Looking towards the future of the neoliberal capitalist world order, the Handbook also considers economic governance at the local level in the evolving contexts of digitalization and green transformation before tackling issues related to social governance including housing policies and public services.Interdisciplinary in scope, this comprehensive Handbook will be essential to students and scholars of Asian politics, policy, urban studies, and regulation and governance. It will also benefit policymakers across Asia working in governmental regulation and public administration and management.

Finalmente tutto quello che c'è da sapere sul Massacro di Nanchino in meno di un'ora! Nell'estate del 1937, Cina e Giappone entrarono in guerra. Quando Shanghai cadde, l'esercito imperiale giapponese avanzò su Nanchino e la occupò dal 13 dicembre 1937: iniziò un massacro. Omicidi, stupri e incendi sono stati all'ordine del giorno, mietendo centinaia di migliaia di vittime tra soldati, uomini, donne, bambini e anziani, nonostante l'organizzazione di una zona di sicurezza che ospitava quasi 200.000 rifugiati. Dopo sei settimane di spargimento di sangue, alla fine del gennaio 1938, i rifugiati furono costretti a lasciare la zona di sicurezza e le atrocità si placarono. Oggi questo episodio è diventato una questione delicata che solleva tensioni diplomatiche tra Cina e Giappone.

Eine Verbrechensserie schockiert ganz China: Der fesselnde Thriller »Tod am Jangtse« von Lisa See als eBook bei dotbooks. Ein monumentales Bauprojekt, in dessen Schatten ein Mörder sein Unwesen treibt... Inspektorin Liu Hulan und ihr Mann, der amerikanische Staatsanwalt David Stark, werden zur Baustelle am Drei-Schluchten-Damm gerufen: David soll dem Verschwinden chinesischer Kunstschätze, die hier erst kürzlich geborgen wurden, auf den Grund gehen, Hulan den Mord an einem Archäologen aufklären. Schon bald wird klar, dass die Verbrechen zusammenhängen, denn der Tote schien einem überaus wertvollen chinesischen Artefakt dicht auf der Spur zu sein. Hulan und David bleibt nicht viel Zeit, um herausfinden, wer bereit ist, für den Besitz des antiken Zepters über Leichen zu gehen – bevor der Killer sie zum Schweigen bringen kann... »Ein komplexer, atmosphärischer Thriller: See begeistert ihre Fans mit einer fesselnden Geschichte, in der man noch dazu viel über die Politik und Kultur des zeitgenössischen Chinas erfährt.« Publishers Weekly Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: Der packende Thriller »Tod am Jangtse« von Lisa See ist der dritte Fall für ihr amerikanisch-chinesisches Ermittlerteam Liu Hulan und David Stark. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

This book presents the first collection of studies of the senses and sensory experiences in China, filling a gap in sensory research while offering new approaches to Chinese Studies.Bringing together 12 chapters by literary scholars and historians, this book critically interrogates the deeply rooted meanings that the senses have coded in Chinese culture and society. Built on an exploration of the sensorium in early Chinese thought and late imperial literature, this book reveals the sensory manifestations of societal change and cultural transformation in China from the nineteenth century to the present day. It features in-depth examinations of a variety of concepts, representations, and practices, including aural and visual paradigms in ancient Chinese texts; odours in Ming-Qing literature and Republican Shanghai; the tactility of kissing and the sonic culture of community singing in the Republican era; the socialist sensorium in art, propaganda, memory, and embodied experiences; and contemporary-era multisensory cultural practices. Engaging with the exciting'sensory turn,'this original work makes a unique contribution to the world history of the senses, and will be a valuable resource to scholars and students of Chinese Literature, History, Cultural Studies, and Media.