This book examines the evolution of legal institutions in containing and tackling fraudulent activities plaguing payment systems (‘payment fraud’, e.g. forged cheques, wrongful payment instructions, etc.) in Asia, focusing on laws in Greater China and Singapore.In the past century, the payment system has invited much innovation, changing the modes of payments from exchanging cash and coins to the use of cards, wire transfers and other new types of payment instruments or services (e...

A CT scan revealed Dr. James Chen, a Miami physician, had a cancerous, inoperable, tumor behind his nose. The prognosis was bleak. Dr. Chen had eight weeks to live.Dr. Chen and his sons, Chris and Gordon, looked for a miracle. Chris was completing a cardiology fellowship. Gordon was finishing medical school. They knew what they were up against. Even still, they were shocked when a local oncologist told them, “The first available appointment is in six weeks.”James and his so...

Tibet’s history of oppression has been told by outsiders: finally, the Tibet Oral History Project shares their story from the Chinese Communist invasion in 1950 to today through eyewitness accounts.This page-turning history weaves the stories of Tibetan refugees scattered across the planet together into a gripping and intimate chronological telling of Chinese oppression in Tibet, offering readers insights and testimonials on the invasion and occupation of Tibet as ...

Gina, you can sleep now. Thierry, same. And Tim — you can finally close that one open eye.Gina Raimondo called it "absolutely devastating." Thierry Breton called it "catastrophic." Tim Cook hasn't said anything publicly — but with Apple's entire silicon future running through one island, everyone knows he checks the Taiwan headlines before bed.The Avoidable Chip War is the book all three of them need to read.US policymakers — you can stop forcing TS...

Book tralier:https://youtu.be/nCHi64LAUL0One grieving man hijacked the sun to shield the powerless. A billionaire turned their survival into a subscription.In a post-AI century where intelligent machines have priced human labor — and human mercy — out of the world, Qiu Fengyang has one weapon left: a shadow. Out of grief for his grandmother and the bulldozed Hakka mountains of his childhood, he smuggles a sentient bacterial swarm to the Earth–Sun L1 point a...

Tibet’s history of oppression has been told by outsiders: finally, the Tibet Oral History Project shares their story from the Chinese Communist invasion in 1950 to today through eyewitness accounts.This page-turning history weaves the stories of Tibetan refugees scattered across the planet together into a gripping and intimate chronological telling of Chinese oppression in Tibet, offering readers insights and testimonials on the invasion and occupation of Tibet as ...

Christianity Today Book Award—Biblical StudiesForeword INDIES Book of the Year Award Honorable MentionSOLA Network's Asian American Book Awards Honorable MentionIn a first-of-its-kind volume, The New Testament in Color offers biblical commentary that is:MultiethnicDiverseContextual

When the Elephants Fight: The Case for a Critical Minerals Community in a G2 WorldThe core argument: the rules-based order isn't being violated — it's being retired. And middle countries are already paying the price. Canada threatened as a "51st state." Greenland treated as a real estate transaction. Japan's rare earth supply cut off for an inconvenient opinion. Taiwan encircled on rehearsal schedules.The brief argues that Chip 4 failed because it was hegem...

Sits in the same time with Tokugawa Ieyasu. This book is the sea version of Shougun!Book trailer:https://youtu.be/3HA4-xpR3-wIn 1661, a Chinese warlord did what every European power believed impossible: he took Taiwan from the Dutch.For nine months, the guns of Fort Zeelandia held the most modern fortress in the East Indies. The Dutch East India Company had a proverb for men like the one massing on the sandbar outside: three volleys, and the Chi...

In a world where believers face increasing opposition, how do we pray for—and relate to—human rulers? This timely and engaging book takes us back to the pages of Luke–Acts to explore what Scripture says about government authorities and their role in the gospel story.Through careful biblical and historical analysis, it uncovers one possible reason why Luke emphasized centurions and other officials in his two-volume work to Theophilus. Tracing this theme from the Old Testament throug...

Focussing on proven techniques for most real-world data sets, this book presents an overview of the analysis of health data involving a geographic component, in a way that is accessible to any health scientist or student comfortable with large data sets and basic statistics, but not necessarily with any specialized training in geographic information systems (GIS). Providing clear, straightforward explanations with worldwide examples and solutions, the book describes applications of GIS in ...

Group Leadership Skills provides a road map and a practical toolkit for users to lead all types of groups effectively. Drawing on extensive teaching and clinical experience, authors Mei-whei Chen and Christopher Rybak give readers numerous skills, techniques, insights, and case illustrations demonstrating how to tap into the heart of group therapy: the interpersonal processes. The text covers group processes from beginning to end, including setting up a group, running the ...