Coincided with China’s economic reform and her rapid ascendance to a great power status, the relations between Taiwan and Chinese mainland since 1979 have also seen some encouraging development. However, the rapprochement is nothing but a smooth ride. Taiwan Strait has always been full of tensions and hostility since the communist took over the mainland over sixty years ago.The periodical tensions in the cross-Strait relations have from time to time threatened to derail the peace talks bet...

Focusing on energy, transportation, information, and economic networks and flows, Integration of Energy, Information,Transportation and Humanity uniquely examines the interconnection, interaction, and integration across these multiple sectors. It helps readers understand the correlation of energy, transportation, and information via the integration of humanity world, cyber world and physical world. It clearly explains the objectives of the integration of energy network, transportation netw...

An insider's view of China's under-the-radar, globally competitive innovators.Chinese innovators are making their mark globally. Not only do such giants as Alibaba and Huawei continue to thrive and grow through innovation, thousands of younger Chinese entrepreneurs are poised to enter the global marketplace. In this book, Mark Greeven, George Yip, and Wei Wei offer an insider's view of China's under-the-radar, globally competitive innovators.The authors, al...

The 16-volume set LNCS 16331–16346 constitutes late breaking papers from the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2025, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22-27, 2025.439 papers and 104 posters were included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as “Late Breaking Work”.The papers were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Theoretical and Conceptual Advances in HCI; and User Interfa...

This book presents an extensive exploration of the latest trends in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) technology and the boundless opportunities they offer. Encompassing various facets of the UAS domain, including Autonomy and Control, Flight Dynamics and Control, Communication and Navigation, Sensing and Perception, Design and Simulation, Materials and Mechanics, the book is tailored for researchers, engineers, and practitioners deeply involved in the field of UAS. It delves into the intricat...

When Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, China symbolically asserted its role as an emerging world power—a position it is not likely to relinquish anytime soon. China's growing economy, military reforms, and staggering productivity have contributed to its ascendancy as a major player in international affairs. Western scholars have attempted to explain Chinese foreign policy using historical or theoretical evidence, but until this volume, few studies from a Chinese perspective have bee...

This two-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Symposium, ISVC 2025, held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, during November 17–19, 2025.The 54 full papers and 18 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 118 submissions. The papers cover the following topical sections:Part I: Deep Learning; Computer Graphics; Motion and Tracking; Applications; Object Detection and Recognition; Medical Imaging, and Virtual Reality.Part II: Segmentation; 3D...

Get set for a white-knuckle journey into magic and adventure as the impossible becomes the new normal in Bob Weis' debut novel Ghost Dog! Herbert recently lost his beloved dog. His parents take him to Disneyland to cheer him up. Herbert rides The Haunted Mansion, and on this fateful night, a ghost really does follow him home.And not just any ghost, Herbert finds himself trying to keep a GHOST DOG, which only he can see, a...

This book traces the development of Taiwan’s relations with its diplomatic partners and its policy towards the political opponents of its political opponent - mainland China. Paying particular attention to the powers that could exercise great influence in the future of East Asia, China-Taiwan Relations in a Global Context examines the main diplomatic strategies of Taiwan and its counterparts and the major problems for Taiwanese foreign relations. To date there is very little schol...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications, MOBILE 2025, held as part of the 27th International Conference, HCI International 2025, which was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.The total of 1430 papers and 355 posters included in the HCII 2025 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 7972 submissions.The MOBILE 2025 proceedings were organized in ...

This two-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Symposium, ISVC 2025, held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, during November 17–19, 2025.The 54 full papers and 18 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 118 submissions. The papers cover the following topical sections:Part I: Deep Learning; Computer Graphics; Motion and Tracking; Applications; Object Detection and Recognition; Medical Imaging, and Virtual Reality.Part II: Segmentation; 3D...

The Qing dynasty was China’s last, and it created an empire of unprecedented size and prosperity. However in 1911 the empire collapsed within a few short months, and China embarked on a revolutionary course that lasted through most of the twentieth century. The 1911 Revolution ended two millennia of imperial rule and established the Republic of China, but dissatisfaction with the early republic fuelled further revolutionary movements, each intended to be more thoroughgoing than the last, f...