Translated to English, this collection of contemporary Chinese poetry examines humanity's relationship with nature and the ecological crisis.Influenced by both the "gray, sinister sea" near the village where Yi Lu grew up during the Cultural Revolution, and the beauty of the sea in the books she read as a child, Sea Summit is a collection of paradox and questioning. The sea is an impossible force to the poet: it is both a majestic presence that predates man...

Is democracy, in its neoliberalized form, responsible in part for bringing us to the brink of self-destruction and the policy inertia that is doing away with our chances of survival? Surviving Democracy probes the way democracy became neoliberalized and the role neoliberalized democracy plays in our dealings with—causing, understanding, denying, and mitigating—climate change.Defining neoliberalism as the art of exclusion through inclusion, Chien-Yi Lu treats climate change...

只要會打字就能做設計？Midjourney要錢？Stable diffusion安裝很難？有沒有其他方法？新出來的微軟Bing image creator表現如何？本書只是初步介紹AI繪圖的強大與簡單之處以筆者將近20年的工作與教育經驗，筆者認為AI將會大大改變設計與教育市場！身為設計人應該要盡快學習AI，不只是增加效率、也讓自己不會被淘汰身為老師應該盡快淘汰舊課綱，把AI融入設計教育筆者看來...目前大學80%的課程都該修改，很多科目甚至已經沒有存在的必要，網友有句話說得很好：AI不會淘汰人，而是淘汰不會AI的人！未來將會出【會打字就會做設計】等系列書，還請大家多多支持

Winner of the the inaugural 'Best Book Award' from the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management!Performance budgeting involves costs, from the drafting and passage of legal foundations, and the political capital and will to implement it, to training personnel to create a performance-oriented culture, and information technology requirements to track performance. Through comprehensive examination of performance budgeting laws, in-depth int...

During the mid-1990s, Taiwan witnessed a remarkable proliferation of historical writings and cultural movements pertaining to 'the local'. 'Place (difang)' and 'community (shequ)' became two ubiquitous terms in the lexicon of being Taiwanese. This book is a critical examination of the socio-historical condition in which the discourse of local diversity emerged and gradually permeated Taiwan's public culture. Interweaving ethnographic sensibility and theoretical insights across disciplines,...

Maintaining English as the sole language of knowledge production and dissemination in universities that enrol students who speak multiple languages, and those students learning other languages, is questionable. This groundbreaking work calls into question the exclusive use of academic English in internationalising higher education teaching and research. By interrogating the dominant assumptions informing the monolingual mindset, Postmonolingual Critical Thinking indicates that aca...

Climate change is an inevitable and urgent global challenge with long-term implications for the sustainable development of all countries. To overcome this human crisis, the scientific consensus is driving global action towards low carbon economics. Though this action has to involve all sectors (industries, governments, and citizens) and at all levels (global, national and regional levels), the implementation of climate strategies will predominantly be at the regional level. By establishing...

Evolution of Power: China's Struggle, Survival, and Success, edited by Xiaobing Li and Xiansheng Tian, brings together scholars from multiple disciplines to provide a comprehensive look at China’s rapid socio-economic transformation and the dramatic changes in its political institution and culture. Investigating subjects such as party history, leadership style, personality, political movements, civil-military relations, intersection of politics and law, and democratization, this volume sit...

She was an imperial princess destined to marry a man she had never met.But on the eve of her wedding, she mysteriously awakens—in the future. In a glittering world of flashing lights and towering buildings, she finds herself face to face with the man who’s haunted her dreams for years…A cold, ruthless CEO who doesn’t believe in love.Mistaken for someone else, she signs a marriage contract and becomes his wife overnight. But what starts as a fake union soon unravels ...

Ce premier numéro hors-série de la revue Jentayu offre un panorama unique de la littérature taïwanaise contemporaine, une littérature diverse et largement ouverte sur le monde, puisant à toutes les sources. Dix-neuf auteurs différents, pour la plupart traduits pour la première fois en français. Un recueil richement illustré, publié avec le soutien du Centre culturel de Taïwan à Paris et du ministère de la Culture de Taïwan. Textes (nouvelles, essais et poèmes) en traductio...

Early Rain Chinese House Church and the Imprisonment of Pastor Wang Yi offers reveals the untold story of Pastor Wang Yi and the early members of Early Rain Church, offering a powerful collective testimony of faith and resistance within China's underground church movement.Lin Lu, a founding member, shares a deeply personal account of their courageous stand for religious freedom-and the heavy price paid for proclaiming their faith publicly. Her narrative draws a str...

Intelligent computing and networking are a rapidly growing area that has attracted significant attention due to its potential impact on the quality of service of applications for B5G/6G networks and the future Internet. To enable intelligent computing and networking, it is necessary to integrate technologies from the fields of communications, networking, computing, artificial intelligence, and numerous other fields. The scope of the symposium, International Symposium on Intelligent Computi...