This book considers the changing nature of intimacy in contemporary China, providing a unique case study of romantic subjectivities in young people in the world’s fastest growing economy. Since the implementation of reform in 1978, the economic and socio-cultural environment of modern China has experienced a dramatic transformation under the influence of urbanization and globalization, facilitating more individualized identity among Chinese youth. This book bridges the gap between an emerg...

I LOVE CHAO YANG, features the misadventures of Ron as told to the well-respected although seldom published author, educator and exercisist, Mike Liston. Ron, on the run from his LA bookie, takes refuge in an shipping container only to to find himself dumped on the streets of modern Beijing. Quickly finding his niche as mooch and English teacher, he comes to found, along with his kind, loving and seemingly feeble minded girlfriend, Dou Ren Shou, a chain of English Language Training schools...

China in the Era of Social Media discusses how social media is changing the world in an unprecedented way through speed, scope, and depth. In the last decade or so, social media in China has witnessed the most explosive growth in the world. Being the most populous nation in the world, it has the most social media users in the world as well. This book examines the current situation and unique characteristics of Chinese social media, the significance of social media in the country’s...

This publication, published by SamEnrico, covers Ultimate Handbook Guide to Chaoyang : (China) Travel Guide

A complete all-in-one reference on the important interdisciplinary topic of Battery Systems EngineeringFocusing on the interdisciplinary area of battery systems engineering, this book provides the background, models, solution techniques, and systems theory that are necessary for the development of advanced battery management systems. It covers the topic from the perspective of basic electrochemistry as well as systems engineering topics and provides a basi...

Unmanned systems and robotics technologies have become very popular recently owing to their ability to replace human beings in dangerous, tedious, or repetitious jobs. This book fill the gap in the field between research and real-world applications, providing scientists and engineers with essential information on how to design and employ networked unmanned vehicles for remote sensing and distributed control purposes. Target scenarios include environmental or agricultural applications such ...

This book highlights the intrinsic structures of all kinds of energetic compounds and some structure–property relationships therein. Energetic materials are a class of energy materials that can transiently release a large amount of gases and heat by self-redox after stimulated and usually refer to explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics. Nowadays, in combination with various theories and simulation-aided material design technologies, many new kinds of energetic materials like energetic ex...

Sound quality research is an emerging field of acoustics, and it has broad application prospects in the field of vibration and noise control of machinery and automobiles. With the development of new energy vehicles in recent years, the technology demand for interior sound quality evaluation and control has increased rapidly.This book comprehensively introduces the basic concepts, theories, methods and the latest research progress in evaluating and controlling vehicle interior sound...

This book investigates the performance analysis and optimization design of parallel manipulators in detail. It discusses performance evaluation indices for workspace, kinematic, stiffness, and dynamic performance, single- and multi-objective optimization design methods, and ways to improve optimization design efficiency of parallel manipulators. This book collects the authors’ research results previously scattered in many journals and conference proceedings and presents them in a unified f...

High definition video requires substantial compression in order to be transmitted or stored economically. Advances in video coding standards from MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 to H.264/AVC have provided ever increasing coding efficiency, at the expense of great computational complexity which can only be delivered through massively parallel processing.This book will present VLSI architectural design and chip implementation for high definition H.264/AVC video encoding, using a state-of-the-...

Exceptional Coolness is a collection of selected quotes and paintings by author Xuemo, divided into two chapters. Chapter One: Awakening to Truth features the most brilliant passages from the Luminous Mahamudra Series, organized around the themes of “Seeking the Mind,” “Training the Mind,” “Pacifying the Mind,” and “Molding the Mind.” Chapter Two: Keywords of Life outlines ten most common phrases that one must grasp on the path to enlightenment, along with one hundred quotes picked from Xu...

The beloved classic—now back in print. A gold mine of simple and authentic Chinese cuisine that's a must-have for everyone who loves delicious food.Let these glowing reviews tell you how this old-school cookbook revealed the secrets of Chinese cooking and culture and made itself at home in 20th-century American households . . ."Something novel in the way of a cookbook . . . [It] strikes us as being an authentic account of the Chinese culinary system, which ...