Ever wished your kitchen had a little more Wok Happens Tired of sanitized, boring cookbooks that tiptoe around flavor bombs and kitchen chaos? Brace yourself, because Wok Happens is the loud, unapologetic, no-filter guide to Chinese cooking you’ve been waiting Forget perfection.Forget culinary snobbery. This is Chinese home-style cooking turned inside out and upside down—spicy, messy, joyful, rebellious. From the sizzle of chili oil to the numbing ...

This book systematically and concisely expounds the construction process of China's legal system since China's reform and opening-up. Chapter 1 defines the legal system in China and describes the development of China's legal system from 1949 to 1978. Chapter 2 introduces China's legislative system, including its historical development, division of legislative functions and power, and legislative procedures. Chapter 3 compares the differences between the law systems of other countries and C...

Building the Rule of Law in China explores the idea that China needs a more globalized and diversified vision for the science of law, presenting the need to think differently from the two major western mainstream legal cultures, the Anglo-American and the continental systems.Other globalized, universalized, and diversified models and experiences in the rule of law from diverse civilizations have much to offer China. Through learning from the strengths exhibited by systems ...

Where to Place the Grace Note? offers a glimpse into the world of classical piano music through a series of conversations between Lin Li, an amateur pianist and English Literature scholar, and her piano teacher Yu Chun Yee, who was Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Music for thirty years. Starting from the seemingly straightforward question in the book's title, their conversations meander through a series of general issues pertaining to phrasing, musical interpretation, teaching, ...

This book comprehensively introduces the development of rule of law and law-based governance in China. Through theoretical interpretation, background analysis and empirical analysis of several key issues, this book answers why and how China promotes its rule of law and how the country identifies major challenges of promoting rule of law. It also looks at how China solves its problems in the process of practicing socialist rule of law.

This book studies the practical experience and theoretical development of rule of law in China, and provides fundamental theory for the construction of rule of law in contemporary China. The author examines the rule of law by exploring the entire legal system, and highlighting various aspects including the legislation, law enforcement and supervision systems. Readers will also discover the author’s strong opinions on scientific legislation, legal government, judicial reform, and the cultur...

This book mainly focuses on the study of steering electromagnetic fields in near-field and far-field contexts involving plasmonic structures. It also offers a new approach to achieving full control of optical polarizations and potentially boosting the development in photonic information processing. A new in-plane phase modulation method is proposed and described, by means of which a series of optical beams were realized with nanostructures in metal surfaces, such as a plasmonic Airy beam, ...

Sustainable Manufacturing SystemsLearn more about energy efficiency in traditional and advanced manufacturing settings with this leading and authoritative resourceSustainable Manufacturing Systems: An Energy Perspective delivers a comprehensive analysis of energy efficiency in sustainable manufacturing. The book presents manufacturing modeling methods and energy efficiency evaluation and improvement methods for different manufactur...

Delve into the intricate world of Chinese brocade, tracing its rich history and evolution through the ages. This book offers a comprehensive look at the birth and development of modern Chinese brocade techniques, setting it against the backdrop of the expansive Belt and Road Initiative. As we navigate the intertwining threads of Chinese silk culture, classic cases of contemporary brocade art are beautifully showcased, spanning four distinct sections: Chinese Rites, Buddhist Art, Cheongsam,...

Rockbolting: Principles and Applications brings current theoretical and practical developments in the most widely used support device for underground rock excavations. Today, one cannot find any rock excavation project that does not use rockbolts for rock support. The worldwide annual assumption of rockbolts is in the billions, with pieces applied to mines, tunnels and other types of geotechnical projects for rock and soil reinforcement. The text is based on over 25 years of experience of ...

Earthen levees are extensively used to protect the population and infrastructure from periodic floods and high water due to storm surges. The causes of failure of levees include overtopping, surface erosion, internal erosion, and slope instability. Overtopping may occur during periods of flooding due to insufficient freeboard. The most problematic situation involves the levee being overtopped by both surge and waves when the surge level exceeds the levee crest elevation with accompanying w...

This pivot focuses on “the concept of edification” in a bid to systematically expound its connotative structure and logical evolution. It is divided into ten chapters, embracing various issues, such as human nature as the foundation of edification, the development of edification and cultivation, the evolution of edification and the resultant life based on ritual and music, the political orientation and ultimate care of edification, and the nurturing of social edification, in an effort to o...