In Contemporary Urban Youth Culture in China: A Multiperspectival Cultural Studies of Internet Subcultures, Jing Sun explores contemporary Chinese urban youth culture through analyses of three Chinese Internet subcultural artifacts-A Bloody Case of a Steamed Bun, Cao Ni Ma, and Du Fu Is Busy.Using Douglas Kellner’s (1995) multiperspectival cultural studies (i.e., critical theory and critical media literacy) as the theoretical framework, and diagnostic critique and semiotics as the ...

In international relations today, influence is as essential as military and economic might. Consequently, leaders promote favorable images of the state in order to attract allies and win support for their policies. Jing Sun, an expert on international relations and a former journalist, refers to such soft power campaigns as "charm offensives."Sun focuses on the competition between China and Japan for the allegiance of South Korea, Taiwan, and other states in the region. He finds th...

Chinese president Xi Jinping is most famously associated with his “Chinese Dream” campaign, envisioning a great rejuvenation of the nation. Many observers, though, view China’s pursuit of this dream as alarming. They see a global power ready to abandon its low-profile diplomacy and eager to throw its weight around.Red Chamber, World Dream represents an interdisciplinary effort of deciphering the Chinese Dream and its global impact. Jing Sun employs methods from political s...

This book explores effectiveness and fairness in higher education admissions policy. It reviews the literatures from the 1940s until the 2010s and provides a theoretical framework. The book explores comparisons between this framework and the empirical data by interviewing policymakers from the Chinese government as well as admissions officer at Chinese universities. The book contributes to providing underlying theoretical foundation on the future Chinese higher education admissions policy ...

Over the last two decades, China has emerged as one of the most powerful state actors in the post-Cold War international system.This book provides a multifaceted and spatially oriented analysis of how China’s re-emergence as a global power impacts the dominance of the United States as well as domestic state and non-state actors in various world-regions, including the Asia-Pacific, Africa, South America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Europe and the Arctic. Chapters reflect on h...

This tutorial-style presentation of the fundamental techniques and algorithms in adaptive control is designed to meet the needs of a wide audience without sacrificing mathematical depth or rigor. The text explores the design, analysis, and application of a wide variety of algorithms that can be used to manage dynamical systems with unknown parameters. Topics include models for dynamic systems, stability, online parameter estimation, parameter identifiers, model reference adaptive control, ...

The book is focused primarily on characteristics and determinative methods of reservoir orientation, the concept of vector well pattern and corresponding realistic techniques of well pattern deployment, well pattern control principles, Optimum design of well pattern based on the reservoir direction characteristics, and the schemes of well spacing density regulation at different stages of development. The procedures for improving water flooding efficiency have been provided. This book is su...

De los alrededor de 4.000 libros sobre estrategia militar producidos a lo largo de la historia de China, El Arte de la Guerra es casi de forma unánime reconocido como el más destacado. Fue escrito por Sun Wu (Sun Tzu), un famoso general a finales del período de Primavera y Otoño, hace unos 2.500 años. El hecho de que hombre y el libro que escribió todavía ejerzan una profunda influencia tantos años depués de su muerte le hacen a uno, seguramente, querer saber exactamente qué tipo hombre er...

This book offers a deep dive into the investment and business implications of climate change, uncovering both the emerging opportunities and pressing challenges. Through a powerful lens of big data analytics, it guides readers across four critical pillars of climate finance: climate data, indices, pricing, and reporting and engagement.The book equips readers with a comprehensive analytics toolkit by harnessing cutting-edge tools — large language models, generative AI, statistical i...

One afternoon, I returned home from a walk, my husband said that he smelt something, I responded it is the smell of the sun... Smelling The Sun then became the title of my this book.Once a while I would have confused myself for who I am, I perceive China through my American eyes, sometime the other way around. Being an American, I would look into the land beyond the Pacific Ocean trying to understand the people and the natures where I came from. Having been a Chinese, I am telling ...

This book comprises five classic works of Chinese mysticism. Culturally, these are the companion works to Confucius’ thoughts, as expanded by Mencius. Confucianism is very much the Apollonian side of Chinese culture. It focuses on matters of ethics, hierarchy, responsibility, and social obligation. Daoism is the other side of the coin, focused on abstraction and uncertainty.The two translators included in this volume were very different men. While they wrote in the same period, the...

The book explains principles and fundamentals of nano-metal catalysis in organic synthesis and highlights the current developments and future potential of the green chemistry-oriented applications of metal nanocatalysts. It consists of six chapters, including introduction; organic synthesis catalyzed by metal nanoparticles; organic synthesis catalyzed by metal nanoclusters; organic synthesis catalyzed by metal single atoms; organic synthesis catalyzed by nanoporous metals; and conclusions ...