**PULITZER PRIZE FINALISTA New York Times Notable Book of 2022What does it take to reinvent a language?**After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world’s most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China’s most daunting challenge ...

A story of three Buddhist monks based on a traditional Chinese folk tale about cooperation.Without cooperation, one monk can fetch two buckets of water, two monks will only be able to fetch one bucket of water, and three monks will fetch no water at all.

Description: In the Great Thousand World, after a battle at the peak, the first generation Ancestor 'Clear Sky' fell. His martial spirit was dispelled by the Destiny Compass, and he was able to escape into the void after ten thousand years with his incomplete martial spirit reborn in the Mountain Sea Realm.

He inadvertently acquired a system that could double his power infinitely and evolve his techniques.One Punch, double the power, 20 punches, 20 times power, and there is no limit. With infinite double, His martial arts easily reached the peak.while others are still spending many years in cultivation, he has already become the strongest.☆About the Author☆Jing Zuo Jiu Wan Nian, an excellent online novelist. He has created many...

A middle-grade graphic novel about a Taiwanese American girl navigating identity, bullying, and the messy process of learning to be comfortable in her skin.Between homework, studying, and Chinese school, Měi Yīng’s summer is shaping up to be a boring one. Her only bright spots are practice with her soccer team, the Divas, and the time spent with her năi nai, who is visiting from Taiwan. Although Měi Yīng’s Mandarin isn’t the best and Năi Nai doesn’t speak English, ...

Ultrasonic Tomography Approaches and Applications details cutting-edge guided wave tomographic techniques and their applications in the non-destructive evaluation and structural health monitoring industry. Using technology which has the power to significantly transform structural maintenance and integrity management, the book enables readers to apply these techniques through the use of case studies and practical end of chapter problems.Ultrasonic guided wave tomography (UG...

Water and moisture undermine strong adhesion to polar surfaces. Marine mussels, however, achieve durable underwater adhesion using a suite of proteins that are peculiar in having high levels of 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa). Mussel adhesion has inspired numerous studies on developing the next generation of wet adhesives. This thesis presents recent progress in understanding the basic surface and intermolecular interactions employed by mussels to achieve strong and durable wet adhesion...

How do we become moral persons? What about children's active learning in contrast to parenting? What can children teach us about knowledge-making more broadly? Answer these questions by delving into the groundbreaking ethnographic fieldwork conducted by anthropologists Arthur and Margery Wolf in a martial law era Taiwanese village (1958-60), marking the first-ever study of ethnic Han children. Jing Xu skillfully reinterprets the Wolfs' extensive fieldnotes, employing a unique blend of huma...

Not every baby is born normal. And if this happens to someone who becomes a father for the first time at the age of forty four, you have the novella Tears of a father. Tears of a father tells the struggle of Wong Wei in his journey to fatherhood in materialistic Singapore. When he discovers his first child is born with a congenital defect, he is devastated. His sorrow soon turns to acceptance and love for his child. However, his wife, Mei feels the burden of being a mother to a physically ...

A twenty-first–century twelve-year-old seeks the truth behind his grandmother's trauma in this moving novel of family, love, memory, and the toll of war.Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only two survivors and one tiny child.In a neighboring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is strapped into the back of a troop carrier and shipped off to a Japanese military brothel where she is forced...

The Tao Te Ching (or Dao De Jing), written around the early 6th century BC, became a cornerstone in the philosophical view known as Taoism, as well as the ancient religion of Dao.People have taken to living their lives after this text, and have thrived upon its valuable advice. For centuries, this famous book has inspired, enlightened, and also taught generations the importance of philosophy.Both legal and educational scholars throughout Chinese history have called this boo...

In the tradition of Katy Tur, Jane Pauley, and Peter Jennings, Chai Jing shows us the power of television news and the complex challenges of reporting in China.After becoming a radio DJ in college and a TV interviewer at 23, Chai Jing is thrust into the spotlight when she takes on a position as a news anchor at CCTV, China’s official state news channel. Chai struggles to find her role in a male-dominated news organization, discovering corruption, courage, and hope ...