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To the West, China may appear an unstoppable economic unity, a single high-performing whole, but for the inhabitants of this vast, complex, and contradictory nation, it is the cities that hold the secret to such economic success. From the affluent, Westernized Hong Kong to the ice-cold Harbin in the north, from the Islamic quarters of Xi'an to the manufacturing powerhouse of Guangzhou--China's cities thrum with promise and aspiration, playing host to the myriad hopes, frustrations, and tensions that define China today. The stories in this anthology offer snapshots of 10 such cities, taking in as many different types of inhabitant. Here we meet the lowly Beijing mechanic lovingly piecing together his first car from scrap metal, somnambulant commuters at a Nanjing bus stop refusing to acknowledge the presence of a dead body just feet away, or Shenyang intellectuals conducting a letter-writing campaign on the moral welfare of their city. The challenges depicted in these stories are uniquely Chinese, but the energy and ingenuity with which their authors approach them is something readers everywhere can marvel at. Featuring stories from locations including Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Harbin, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Wuhan, and Xi'an, the collection contains work from authors Jie Chen, Han Dong, Diao Dou, Cau Kou, Ding Liying, Ho Sin Tung, Yi Sha, Zhu Wen, Xu Zechen, and Zhang Zhihao.
Feathers and Petals: Aesthetic Revolution: Classical Bird and Flower Paintings
Yang Dong; Yu Hui
CYPI PRESS
2026
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The American Presidential Saga (Volume I) retells the lives and political struggles of America's first seven presidents, from George Washington to Andrew Jackson. Drawing on established historical sources, the book presents familiar events with renewed clarity, emphasizing human nature, personal choices, and emotional depth. Rather than providing a purely academic account, it blends historical accuracy with narrative storytelling, revealing the personal conflicts, ambitions, ideals, and compromises that shaped the early United States. This work offers both an engaging reading experience and a meaningful reflection on leadership, power, and the forces that continue to influence America today.
Grasslands on the Third Pole of the World
Shikui Dong; Yong Zhang; Hao Shen; Shuai Li; Yudan Xu
Springer International Publishing AG
2024
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This book comprehensively covers the topics of origin and distribution, evolution and types, regional and global importance, biodiversity conservation, plant-soil interfaces, ecosystem functions and services, social-ecological systems, climate change adaptations, land degradation and restoration, grazing management and pastoral production, and sustainable future of the grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), which is a globally unique eco-region called the "Roof of the World" because of its high elevation, “Third Pole on Earth" because of its alpine environment and the "Water Tower in Asia" because of its headwater location. The grassland ecosystem covers above 60% of QTP, which is about 2.5 million km2, 1/4 of Chinese total territorial lands. The grassland ecosystem of the QTP (the Third Pole) is an important part of the palaearctic region, which features alpine cover and low oxygen. The Third Pole's grasslands not only provide important ecosystem functions such as biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, water resource regulation, climate control, and natural disaster mitigation at a global scale, but also provide critical ecosystem services such as pastoral production, cultural inheritance, and tourism and recreation at local and regional scales. The purposes of this monograph are to address the following questions: (1) What are the special features of the Third Pole's grasslands? (2) How have climate changes and human activities changed the structures and functions of the Third Pole's grasslands? (3) How can we cope with land degradation and climate change through innovative restoration and protective actions for Third Pole's grasslands? And (4) How can we promote the sustainable development of social-ecological systems of the Third Pole's grasslands through best management practices including grazing. The goal of this book is to attract the attention of international audiences to realize the importance of the Third Pole’s grasslands, and to call for the actions of global communities to effectively protect and sustainably use the Third Pole's grasslands. This book can be served as textbooks, teaching materials and documentaries for different audiences. The target audiences include students, teachers, researchers, policy makers, planners, government officials, and NGOs in agricultural, environmental and natural resources sectors.
The Fusion of Intellectual Horizons in Chinese and Western Thought
Ming Dong Gu
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
2026
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Ming Dong Gu bridges the divide between Chinese and Western thought. He does this by addressing key topics that have been of enduring interest to thinkers, scholars and intellectuals in an effort to bring about the fusion of horizons between Chinese and Western thought. These focus on the flow of Chinese thought to the West, Chinese and Western metaphysics, and the foundational ideas from both traditions including the Tao, Taiji, Logos, One, the Yijing, Confucianism, individualism and universalism. In addressing these key areas, Gu offers new interpretations of ideas, concepts, and principles in Chinese and Western thought and formulates new ideas, insights and conceptual frameworks for Chinese and Western thought to complement and mutually enrich each other.
Chinese Rule of Law Discourse System
Xiaobo Dong; Meng Zhang
SPRINGER VERLAG, SINGAPORE
2026
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Spectral Density Multi-Field Energy Theory in Structural Dynamics
Zhao-Dong Xu
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
2026
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Spectral Density Multi-Field Energy Theory in Structural Dynamics: Methods and Applications introduces a powerful analytical framework for advancing structural dynamics and disaster prevention. Traditional time-domain and frequency-domain methods often struggle with evaluating complex dynamic behaviors, especially under multi-dimensional excitations and evolving multi-hazard scenarios. This book presents a novel spectral density multi-field energy theory that addresses these challenges through an energy-based lens. It covers the theoretical derivation in depth and explores applications such as damage identification in large-span spatial structures, catastrophe modeling, macro strain energy methods, and energy flow analysis. Real-world case studies demonstrate its effectiveness in structural health monitoring, disaster chain analysis, and dynamic response evaluation under intricate excitation conditions. This book provides researchers, engineers, and postgraduate students in civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering with a clear and practical framework for tackling complex dynamic structural problems, combining advanced spectral energy methods with real-world engineering examples.
Old Beijing has become a subject of growing fascination in contemporary China since the 1980s. While physical remnants from the past are being bulldozed every day to make space for glass-walled skyscrapers and towering apartment buildings, nostalgia for the old city is booming. Madeleine Yue Dong offers the first comprehensive history of Republican Beijing, examining how the capital acquired its identity as a consummately "traditional" Chinese city. For residents of Beijing, the heart of the city lay in the labor-intensive activities of "recycling," a primary mode of material and cultural production and circulation that came to characterize Republican Beijing. An omnipresent process of recycling and re-use unified Beijing's fragmented and stratified markets into one circulation system. These material practices evoked an air of nostalgia that permeated daily life. Paradoxically, the "old Beijing" toward which this nostalgia was directed was not the imperial capital of the past, but the living Republican city. Such nostalgia toward the present, the author argues, was not an empty sentiment, but an essential characteristic of Chinese modernity.
"Vivid . . . These stories, in which class divisions form impassable rifts and submission to the status quo comes at great psychic cost, have much to say about our contemporary reality." --The New York Times Book Review "What a gift to have these stories translated, finally, into English " --Ari Aster, director of Midsommar and Hereditary The first story collection published in English by Lee Chang-dong, one of South Korea's most celebrated and influential literary and cinematic figures Much like Lee Chang-dong's internationally renowned films (Burning, Secret Sunshine, and Poetry), these brilliant, unsettling tales, originally published in Korea in the 1980s and now translated into English for the first time, investigate themes of injustice, betrayal, and terror--on both an intimate and national scale. Lee writes deeply and hauntingly about conflicts between family, the powerful and the vulnerable, conformists and rebels. In the title story, drawn from the author's own memories of serving in the South Korean military, the class divide between a university-educated private and a working-class corporal serving sentry duty together one snowy night leads to tragic consequences. In "There's a Lot of Shit in Nokcheon," the psychological violence that two brothers enact on each other over the course of a lifetime captures the darkness and paranoia that pervaded Korea in the 1980s, as the country struggled toward democratic rule. And in the novella-length "A Lamp in the Sky," a young woman's brutal interrogation at the hands of the police reveals the series of increasingly troubling decisions that led her to this moment. Is she innocent or guilty? In the end, even she cannot say. Snowy Day and Other Stories introduces English readers to a master storyteller.
The Ultimate Book of Powerful Self-Reflection QuestionsImprove the quality of your thoughts by changing the questions in your head.We need regular practice to get good at asking the better questions.This book of powerful questions is built for maximum impact.Questions for Decision-MakingThink of better questions as a tool for better insights, clearer thinking, and better decision-making.This simple question can be used universally in different areas of life.Asking the right questions will allow you to see the bigger picture by giving you some distance.Questions for Deeper Self-ReflectionBetter questions allow greater self-awareness and inner peace.Simple questions such as: Why Do I Have This Thought?Does This Thought Deserve To Be Here?Do I Have The Right People In My Life?What Question Am I Avoiding?What Are The Questions Driving My Life?Learn To Reprogram Your Mind Through Powerful QuestionsYou can do this simply by changing your questions.For example, someone with a scarcity mindset may not act on an incredible opportunity because of their beliefs. "This will never work out Something always goes wrong Why even bother?"When we observe ourselves having thoughts like, Why Is This Not Working Out?, we can use this as a trigger for better questions.Why Do I Have This Thought? How Does This Thought Help Me? How Can I Make This An Empowering Question?Consider the question, How can I build a business that allows me to work just four hours a week from anywhere in the world?That was just one simple question which Tim Ferriss asked himself when the norm was work at the office that led to his best seller, The Four Hour Workweek.By actively looking for better questions to ask, you will be rewiring your brain and creating new, stronger, neural pathways each time you reflect on the questions.Changing your thought patterns is not a one-time event. By working on your questions consistently, the quality of your thoughts will change.Start with asking the better question.