The Chinese shipping industry is a particularly prominent industry and has rapidly expanded over the last decade. Amazingly, literature on the subject is scarce and this is the first book to focus on it specifically. Bringing together a team of well-known shipping, logistics, economics and political science scholars from the Far East, Europe and the Americas, the volume provides an up-to-date overview of the Chinese shipping industry and its place in international shipping. The contributor...

This book deepens scholarly understandings of how digital technologies reconfigure civic engagement by examining the distinctive trajectories of online activism in the Korean context.Drawing on a diverse set of case studies-including SNS-driven political participation, the 2008 U.S. beef protests, the 2016–2017 candlelight vigils, and the #MeToo movement-the volume situates these movements within the dynamic interplay of evolving media infrastructures and Korea's so...

O grande mestre Woo-Jae Lee, o introdutor do Tae Kwon Do no estado do Rio de Janeiro, está de volta à cena marcial após 38 anos longe dos dojangs, e por uma razão muito especial, o livro "Pratique Taekwondo", inspirado no bem-sucedido "Aprenda Taekwondo", que entre 1970 e 1980, vendeu mais de 90 mil exemplares. A nova coleção é composta por quatro livros: Pratique Tae Kwon Do ( Volume I e Volume 2), o livro Viva Tae Kwon Do e o dedicado a Defesa Pessoal - Hoshinsull. Com o esgotamento da p...

Why does North Korea want to possess nuclear capabilities? In order to find the answer to this question, we must have an accurate understanding of the history and structure of the North Korean regime. So far, we have only formed conjectures and predictions regarding North Korea based on our own perspectives; we now need to deal with and consider North Korea “as is” to reach viable solutions to the issues North Korea presents. This volume contains analyses of the most salient, critical issu...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Three middle school students embark on a quest to find a book that may just save their lives in this spectacular novel about fate and friendship--from the Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Trap a Tiger."Another unforgettable novel from one of my favorite authors. I loved Nomi, Arthur, and Vi. I have a prophecy that readers will love them, too."—Erin Entrada Kelly, two-time Newbery Medalist and National Bo...

Graphene for Next Generation Lighting and Displays provides readers with a comprehensive overview of graphene, flexible graphene electrodes, and graphene-based next-generation display and lighting. The book covers a wide range of information, including the basic physics of graphene and recent trends in technical developments for graphene-based flexible and stretchable light-emitting devices. In addition, it discusses future prospects and suggests further directions for research on graphene...

This book describes a wide range real-case applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) in maritime related subjects including shipping, port, maritime logistics, cruise ports, waterfront developments, and shipping finance, etc. In such areas, researchers, students and industrialists, in general, felt struggling to find a step-by-step guide on how to apply MCDM to formulate effective solutions to solving real problems in practice. This book focuses on the in-depth analysis and app...