How many workers from abroad have prepared Chinese conversation in advance? Most of us will come to China and then study it from the beginning. You may have just brought a few Chinese conversation books, but most of the books on the market are designed for the whole people, so it will be hard for you to use them in your company. This book is based on the situation that takes place in the company, and consists of the terms used in the company. So if you learn how to make sentences, words an...

China's rapid rise as a regional and global power is one of the most important political developments of the twenty-first century. Yet the West still largely overlooks or oversimplifies the complex ideas and ideals that have shaped the country’s national and international transformation from antiquity to the present day.In this beautifully written introductory text, Youngmin Kim offers a uniquely incisive survey of the major themes in Chinese political thought from customary commun...

★繼政治思想史大師蕭公權後　第二本暢銷於西方的中國史★中國歷史三千年，蘊含著複雜多元的文明，然而「中國」是什麼？如何形成開展？在歷史的長河中是否為大一統概念的延續？迄今仍是常被忽略的課題。本書從歷史事件、思想家言論、經典文本與注疏等素材，議題式探究時代、人民與政治思想間如何拉鋸與磨合，如何以文化回應與認同自己的位置。「中國」是國家？抑或地理名詞？「專制」與「大一統」並非認識中國史的絕佳視角？在朝代更迭間，人們該如何應對新變革？新舊王朝的思想觀是否有延續？中國在二十一世紀作為全球大國迅速崛起，然而全球在很大程度上仍然忽視或過度簡化塑造中國的漫長歷史，以及在國際轉型上的複雜思想和理想。在大眾的認知中，中國一直是作為單一且固定的國家存在，然金英敏教授提供了新的視角，探問中國歷朝的政治秩序和思想，真的超過兩千年從未改變？每個朝代的開展或能視為一個嶄新秩序，更是思想家與傳統道德互動、形塑敘事視角的契機。作者循著中國歷史的進程，以影響中國深遠的孔子時代為開篇，結束在...

Beyond simulation and algorithm development, many developers increasingly use MATLAB even for product deployment in computationally heavy fields. This often demands that MATLAB codes run faster by leveraging the distributed parallelism of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). While MATLAB successfully provides high-level functions as a simulation tool for rapid prototyping, the underlying details and knowledge needed for utilizing GPUs make MATLAB users hesitate to step into it. Accelerating M...

An in-depth investigation of the complex relationships between food, culture, and society.Communicating Food in Korea features contributors from a variety of disciplines, including economics, political science, communication studies, nutrition research, tourism research, and more. Each chapter presents a unique interpretation of food's economic, political, and sociocultural relevance. Situated in Korea's shifting historical contexts, contributors explore th...

Over the past decade, Korean popular culture has become a global phenomenon. The "Korean Wave" of music, film, television, sports, and cuisine generates significant revenues and cultural pride in South Korea. The Korean Popular Culture Reader provides a timely and essential foundation for the study of "K-pop," relating the contemporary cultural landscape to its historical roots. The essays in this collection reveal the intimate connections of Korean popular culture, or hallyu, to ...