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Report on the Development of Cruise Industry in China (2021)

Edited by Hong Wang, Xinliang Ye, Jianyong Shi, Weihang Zheng, Ling Qiu, Guojian Zhu ...

Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
This book is an annual research report on the cruise industry in China and throughout the world in 2021, contributed by Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology and Shanghai International Cruise Economic Research Center. This volume consists of four parts to discuss general and special topics on global and China’s cruise industry covering respond to COVID-19, cruise tourism market, public ... Read more

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This book is an annual research report on the cruise industry in China and throughout the world in 2021, contributed by Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology and Shanghai International Cruise Economic Research Center. This volume consists of four parts to discuss general and special topics on global and China’s cruise industry covering respond to COVID-19, cruise tourism market, public
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The Metal Road of the Eastern Eurasian Steppe

The Formation of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road

by Jianhua Yang, Huiqiu Shao, Ling Pan ...

This book is one of the first to systematically explore cultural interactions between the Northern Zone of China and the Eurasian Steppe, with a focus on the formation process of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road. Combining partition and staging analyses, the authors adopt a broad perspective, viewing the Northern Zone as part of the Eurasian Steppe and combining history with culture by ... Read more

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This book is one of the first to systematically explore cultural interactions between the Northern Zone of China and the Eurasian Steppe, with a focus on the formation process of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road. Combining partition and staging analyses, the authors adopt a broad perspective, viewing the Northern Zone as part of the Eurasian Steppe and combining history with culture by
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China's White-Collar Wave

Service Industry Trends

by Changyun Jiang, Qun Lian Hong, Ling Qiu ...

Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
This book explores the move from manufacturing towards service industry jobs in China's economic development during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. The service industry now makes up the highest proportion of the GDP and employs the largest number of people in China. In the next Five-Year Plan period, it is necessary to actively push forward the strategic transformation by placing emphasis on the ... Read more

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This book explores the move from manufacturing towards service industry jobs in China's economic development during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. The service industry now makes up the highest proportion of the GDP and employs the largest number of people in China. In the next Five-Year Plan period, it is necessary to actively push forward the strategic transformation by placing emphasis on the
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Family, Organization and Culture

Social Adaptation and Transformation in Modernization

by W. Qiu X. Ling R. Li H. Wang ...

Amid the rapid currents of globalization and digitization, human society is being reshaped at an unprecedented rate. From macro-level social structures to the microcosm of individual lives, from traditional agrarian societies to modern information-age communities, the tentacles of transformation reach everywhere. Changes in family-based modes of production, the evolution of organizational forms, ... Read more

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Amid the rapid currents of globalization and digitization, human society is being reshaped at an unprecedented rate. From macro-level social structures to the microcosm of individual lives, from traditional agrarian societies to modern information-age communities, the tentacles of transformation reach everywhere. Changes in family-based modes of production, the evolution of organizational forms,
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Ghost Cities of China

The Story of Cities without People in the World's Most Populated Country

by Wade Shepard ...

Series series Asian Arguments
Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi ... Read more

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Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi
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Borrowed Spaces

Life Between the Cracks of Modern Hong Kong: Penguin Specials

by Christopher DeWolf ...

Series series Penguin China | Penguin Specials
Where have all the fishballs gone? From a journalist deeply attuned to the subtleties of Hong Kong life comes Borrowed Spaces, a chronicle of the ways in which the grassroots citizens of Hong Kong reshape their city to make up for the shortcomings of their bureaucratic government. Mango trees sprouting on roundabouts, fishball stalls and neon signs: these are just some of the Hong Kong icons that ... Read more

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Where have all the fishballs gone? From a journalist deeply attuned to the subtleties of Hong Kong life comes Borrowed Spaces, a chronicle of the ways in which the grassroots citizens of Hong Kong reshape their city to make up for the shortcomings of their bureaucratic government. Mango trees sprouting on roundabouts, fishball stalls and neon signs: these are just some of the Hong Kong icons that
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Korea Focus - November 2013

by The Korea Foundation ...

Korea Focus is a monthly webzine accessible at (www.koreafocus.or.kr), which includes editorials, columns, features, interviews, and essays on Korean current affairs and related international issues. Since its inception in 2013, the journal has served as￰ƐĀ䀀㜀Microsoft Yi Baiti涀ዿ￰￰ƐĀ䀀㜀Iskoola Pota忀ជ￰Ɛ脀䀀✀맑은 고딕⻨உ￰ƐĀ䀀㜀Calibriව໅￰Ɛ脀䀀㜀새굴림딕Аጄ￰ƐĀ䀀㜀Nyala ... Read more

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Behind the Miracle

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Some years ago the Chinese painted a canvas for themselves, and made all its colours come true. National income multiplied rapidly over thirty years, and millions of lives in the country improved, as China shot dizzyingly to the second slot in world economy.As growth now slows in China, the world waits for the giant to stumble. The never-say-die Chinese are however busy transforming their economy ... Read more

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Some years ago the Chinese painted a canvas for themselves, and made all its colours come true. National income multiplied rapidly over thirty years, and millions of lives in the country improved, as China shot dizzyingly to the second slot in world economy.As growth now slows in China, the world waits for the giant to stumble. The never-say-die Chinese are however busy transforming their economy
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Tourism and Transport

Modes, Networks and Flows

by Dr. David Timothy Duval ...

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The global growth of tourism has been matched by the significant growth in transport networks. In many ways, transport and tourism can be considered mutually dependent. Understanding the dimensions of tourism requires an understanding of how transport is governed, regulated and operated and how it subsequently facilitates tourism development. This book provides an overview of the relationships ... Read more

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The global growth of tourism has been matched by the significant growth in transport networks. In many ways, transport and tourism can be considered mutually dependent. Understanding the dimensions of tourism requires an understanding of how transport is governed, regulated and operated and how it subsequently facilitates tourism development. This book provides an overview of the relationships
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Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

by S. Medlik ...

This new edition combines within two covers: * A dictionary of 2500 terms * Descriptions of 300 organizations * A biographical dictionary of 100 personalities * Explanations of 1200 acronyms and abbreviations * Key data for well over 200 countries * A concise bibliography listing more than 100 useful sources of further information The author's long and wide experience of these fields makes this an ... Read more

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This new edition combines within two covers: * A dictionary of 2500 terms * Descriptions of 300 organizations * A biographical dictionary of 100 personalities * Explanations of 1200 acronyms and abbreviations * Key data for well over 200 countries * A concise bibliography listing more than 100 useful sources of further information The author's long and wide experience of these fields makes this an
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Korea Focus - April 2014 (English)

by Korea Focus ...

Series series Korea Focus
KOREA FOCUS is a monthly webzine and a quarterly journal, featuring commentaries and essays on Korean politics, economy, society and culture, as well as relevant international issues. The articles are selected from leading Korean newspapers, magazines, journals and academic papers from prestigious forums. ... Read more

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KOREA FOCUS is a monthly webzine and a quarterly journal, featuring commentaries and essays on Korean politics, economy, society and culture, as well as relevant international issues. The articles are selected from leading Korean newspapers, magazines, journals and academic papers from prestigious forums.
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Airport Urbanism

Infrastructure and Mobility in Asia

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Thirty years ago, few residents of Asian cities had ever been on a plane, much less outside their home countries. Today, flying, and flying abroad, is commonplace. How has this leap in cross-border mobility affected the design and use of such cities? And how is it accelerating broader socioeconomic and political changes in Asian societies?In Airport Urbanism, Max Hirsh undertakes an unprecedented ... Read more

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Thirty years ago, few residents of Asian cities had ever been on a plane, much less outside their home countries. Today, flying, and flying abroad, is commonplace. How has this leap in cross-border mobility affected the design and use of such cities? And how is it accelerating broader socioeconomic and political changes in Asian societies?In Airport Urbanism, Max Hirsh undertakes an unprecedented
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