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Feminisms with Chinese Characteristics

by Ping Zhu, Hui Faye Xiao, Nicola Spakowski, Xiaojiang Li, Xueping Zhong, Haiyun Wu, Zheng Wang, Jun Li, Qianting Ke0, Jindong Liu1, Shuqin Cui2, Gina Marchetti3 ...

Series series Gender and Globalization
The year 1995, when the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, marks a historical milestone in the development of the Chinese feminist movement. In the decades that followed, three distinct trends emerged: first, there was a rise in feminist NGOs in mainland China and a surfacing of LGBTQ movements; second, social and economic developments nurtured new female agency, creating a ... Read more

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The year 1995, when the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, marks a historical milestone in the development of the Chinese feminist movement. In the decades that followed, three distinct trends emerged: first, there was a rise in feminist NGOs in mainland China and a surfacing of LGBTQ movements; second, social and economic developments nurtured new female agency, creating a
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Intellectual Property Issues In Biotechnology

by Dhanay M Cadillo Chandler, Kartikay Bisen, Akanksha Singh, Rakesh Pandey, Dr Birinchi Sarma, Ananda M. Chakrabarty, Om Prakash, Poonam C. Singh, Tomas Gabriel Bas, Alan B Bennett, Monica Alandete-Saez, David J Jefferson, Elisabeth Abergel, Kathleen Hefferon, Liliana Mitkova, Xi Wang, Michael Blakeney, Sunil K Dhar, Aabheejeet Pansare, Graham Dutfield, Jiang Li, Cristina Possas, Adelaide Antunes, Flavia Mendes, Reinaldo Martins, Akira Homma, Kanikaram Satyanarayana, Chandra Nautiyal, Vivek Srivastava, Puneet Chauhan, Sankalp Misra, Swati Sharma, Aradhana Mishra, Tzu-Hsun Hung, Jui-Chu Lin, Chien-Te Fan, Seweta Srivastava, Sujit K Yadav, Ravindra Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Vinit Singh, Asha Sinha, Rajendra Kumar ...

This book integrates a science and business approach to provide an introduction and an insider view of intellectual property issues within the biotech industry, with case studies and examples from developing economy markets. Broad in scope, this book covers key principles in pharmaceutical, industrial, and agricultural biotechnology within four parts. Part 1 details the principles of intellectual ... Read more

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This book integrates a science and business approach to provide an introduction and an insider view of intellectual property issues within the biotech industry, with case studies and examples from developing economy markets. Broad in scope, this book covers key principles in pharmaceutical, industrial, and agricultural biotechnology within four parts. Part 1 details the principles of intellectual
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Case Studies of Information Technology Application in Education

Utilising the Internet, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Cloud in Challenging Times

by Yang Shen, Xin Yin, Yu Jiang, Lingkai Kong, Sheng Li, Haijun Zeng ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book includes 43 case studies showcasing the application of basic education informatization. It shares the experiences of 43 schools in the construction and application of educational informatization in various regions in China. It aims to promote the balanced development of education and expand the coverage of quality education resources. This book also highlights the achievements of these ... Read more

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This book includes 43 case studies showcasing the application of basic education informatization. It shares the experiences of 43 schools in the construction and application of educational informatization in various regions in China. It aims to promote the balanced development of education and expand the coverage of quality education resources. This book also highlights the achievements of these
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Red Scarf Girl

A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

by Ji-li Jiang ...

Publishers Weekly Best Book * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * ALA Booklist Editors' ChoiceMoving, honest, and deeply personal, Red Scarf Girl is the incredible true story of one girl’s courage and determination during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century.It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains, ... Read more

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Publishers Weekly Best Book * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * ALA Booklist Editors' ChoiceMoving, honest, and deeply personal, Red Scarf Girl is the incredible true story of one girl’s courage and determination during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century.It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains,
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Chinese Civilization in Vistas of World Civilization

Translated by Yong-li Zhang, Cui-hua Zhao, Liang Chang, Xiao-li Zhang ...

by Jiang Yi-hua ...

This book aims to introduce all aspects of Chinese civilization in a way that is easiest for readers in the Western world to understand. The first chapter of this book introduces the emergence, historical evolution and characteristics of Chinese civilization. The second chapter introduces the knowledge pedigree of Chinese civilization, which is characterized by human-centered and historical and ... Read more

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This book aims to introduce all aspects of Chinese civilization in a way that is easiest for readers in the Western world to understand. The first chapter of this book introduces the emergence, historical evolution and characteristics of Chinese civilization. The second chapter introduces the knowledge pedigree of Chinese civilization, which is characterized by human-centered and historical and
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Ethnic China

Identity, Assimilation, and Resistance

by Patrick Fuliang Shan, Lu Cao, Qiang Fang, Zhaohui Hong, Ting Jiang, Jieli Li, Xiaoxiao Li, Xiaoyuan Liu, Yufeng Mao, Linda Q. Wang0, Guangqiu Xu1, Jiamin Yan2, Mei Zhou3, Xiaobing Li5, Xiansheng Tian6 ...

There are some serious concerns and critical questions about the on-going minority protesting in China, such as Tibetan monks’ self-immolations, Muslims’ suicide bombings, and Uyghur large-scale demonstrations. Why are minorities such as the Uyghur dissatisfied, when China is rising as a world power? What kind of struggle must they go through to maintain their identity, heritage, and rights? How ... Read more

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There are some serious concerns and critical questions about the on-going minority protesting in China, such as Tibetan monks’ self-immolations, Muslims’ suicide bombings, and Uyghur large-scale demonstrations. Why are minorities such as the Uyghur dissatisfied, when China is rising as a world power? What kind of struggle must they go through to maintain their identity, heritage, and rights? How
... Read more
Urbanization and Party Survival in China

People vs. Power

by Xiaofen Chen, Qiang Fang, Zhaohui Hong, Jianjun Ji, Ting Jiang, Jianfeng Jin, Xiaoxiao Li, Guoqiang Shen, Jingyi Song, Linda Wang, Guangqiu Xu0, Dongyu Yang1, Changyong Yu2, Yunqiu Zhang3, Kun Zhao4, Xiaobing Li6, Xiansheng Tian8, Yi Sun9, Patrick Fuliang Shan0 ...

While the Chinese urban movement has successfully transferred surplus labor from the countryside to urban industries that urgently require free and cheap labor, numerous problems have arisen as a result of the unprecedented huge-scale process. Such conditions such as overcrowding, substandard housing, lack of social services, corruption, and abuse of power have often reached crisis stage. American ... Read more

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While the Chinese urban movement has successfully transferred surplus labor from the countryside to urban industries that urgently require free and cheap labor, numerous problems have arisen as a result of the unprecedented huge-scale process. Such conditions such as overcrowding, substandard housing, lack of social services, corruption, and abuse of power have often reached crisis stage. American
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A Century of Student Movements in China

The Mountain Movers, 1919–2019

by Peng Deng, Xiaojia Hou, Ting Jiang, Danke Li, Hongshan Li, Liyan Liu, Pingchao Zhu, Xiaoxiao Li, Yi Sun, Xiansheng Tian, Patrick Fuliang Shan ...

In this book the authors offer their unique perspectives on the important roles Chinese students and intellectuals played in the shaping of the twentieth-century China. Their answers to these pivotal questions explore new nationalistic spirit, modern world-views, and willingness of self-sacrifice, which had attributed to the spontaneous actions of the students as a “New Culture” emerged during the ... Read more

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In this book the authors offer their unique perspectives on the important roles Chinese students and intellectuals played in the shaping of the twentieth-century China. Their answers to these pivotal questions explore new nationalistic spirit, modern world-views, and willingness of self-sacrifice, which had attributed to the spontaneous actions of the students as a “New Culture” emerged during the
... Read more
Digital Signal Processing

Fundamentals and Applications

by Li Tan, Jean Jiang ...

Digital Signal Processing: Fundamentals and Applications, Third Edition, not only introduces students to the fundamental principles of DSP, it also provides a working knowledge that they take with them into their engineering careers. Many instructive, worked examples are used to illustrate the material, and the use of mathematics is minimized for an easier grasp of concepts. As such, this title is ... Read more

$86.99 USD

Digital Signal Processing: Fundamentals and Applications, Third Edition, not only introduces students to the fundamental principles of DSP, it also provides a working knowledge that they take with them into their engineering careers. Many instructive, worked examples are used to illustrate the material, and the use of mathematics is minimized for an easier grasp of concepts. As such, this title is
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Nominal Arguments and Language Variation

by Li Julie Jiang ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax
Nominal Arguments in Language Variation investigates nominal arguments in classifier languages, refuting the long-held claim that classifier languages do not have overt article determiners. Li Julie Jiang brings the typologically unique Nuosu Yi, a classifier language that has an overt definite determiner (D), to the forefront of the theoretical investigation. By comparing nominal arguments in ... Read more

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Nominal Arguments in Language Variation investigates nominal arguments in classifier languages, refuting the long-held claim that classifier languages do not have overt article determiners. Li Julie Jiang brings the typologically unique Nuosu Yi, a classifier language that has an overt definite determiner (D), to the forefront of the theoretical investigation. By comparing nominal arguments in
... Read more
Digital Signal Processing

Fundamentals, Applications, and Deep Learning

by Li Tan, Jean Jiang ...

Digital Signal Processing: Fundamentals, Applications, and Deep Learning, Fourth Edition introduces students to the fundamental principles of digital signal processing (DSP) while also providing a working knowledge that they take with them into their engineering careers. Many instructive, worked examples are used to illustrate the material, and the use of mathematics is minimized for an easier ... Read more

$86.99 USD

Digital Signal Processing: Fundamentals, Applications, and Deep Learning, Fourth Edition introduces students to the fundamental principles of digital signal processing (DSP) while also providing a working knowledge that they take with them into their engineering careers. Many instructive, worked examples are used to illustrate the material, and the use of mathematics is minimized for an easier
... Read more
Red Kite, Blue Kite

by Ji-li Jiang, Greg Ruth ...

Illustrated by Greg Ruth ...

Series series Hyperion Picture Book (eBook)
When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, fly kites from their roof and look down at the crowded city streets below, they feel free, like the kites. Baba loves telling Tai Shan stories while the kites--one red, and one blue--rise, dip, and soar together. Then, a bad time comes. People wearing red armbands shut down the schools, smash store signs, and search houses. Baba is sent away, and Tai Shan goes ... Read more

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When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, fly kites from their roof and look down at the crowded city streets below, they feel free, like the kites. Baba loves telling Tai Shan stories while the kites--one red, and one blue--rise, dip, and soar together. Then, a bad time comes. People wearing red armbands shut down the schools, smash store signs, and search houses. Baba is sent away, and Tai Shan goes
... Read more

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