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    Noncompliance and the Evolution of China's Supplemental Education Industry

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    An in-depth examination of the regulatory, entrepreneurial, and organizational factors contributing to the expansion and transformation of China's supplemental education industry.Like many parents in the United States, parents in China, increasingly concerned with their children's academic performance, are turning to for-profit tutoring businesses to help their children get ahead in school. China ... Read more

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    This book reveals the deeper connection between China’s “New Era” under Xi Jinping and the political drama that preceded his rise, focusing on Bo Xilai’s ambitious campaign for power in Chongqing from 2008 to 2012. Bo, like Xi, was the son of a revolutionary leader and widely viewed as Xi’s chief rival during Hu Jintao’s final years. His spectacular downfall in 2012—marked by scandals of murder, ... Read more

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    Murder, criminal gangs, and a family in torment...Eighteen year-old Darcy Woodard appears to have it all – intelligence, good looks and artistic gifts. His teachers adore him, as does former policewoman Steph Grant, who is now the receptionist at Darcy's college. But beneath the surface - all is not as it seems.There's Darcy’s dysfunctional mother Esther who is trapped in a literary time warp, and ... Read more

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  • The New Journey to the West

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    This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the cross-border mobility of Chinese students and addresses the questions of who in China chooses to study overseas, why they want to do so, and what the impacts of this mobility are on China’s social stratification. In addition, it explores the challenges that these students face in terms of adaptation and identity formation once they have arrived ... Read more

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    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM 2019, held in Adelaide, SA, Australia, in December 2019.The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. The papers are organized in sections on research track, application track, and industry showcase. ... Read more

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  • First-Principles Calculations for Cathode, Electrolyte and Anode Battery Materials

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