“…Este libro ofrece un análisis explicativo, desde diversas perspectivas, de la especificidad de China hoy en cuanto a su relación económica y diplomática con el mundo, las complejidades de la sociedad y la cultura, los cambios en el sistema político y en la economía, la situación en el campo, la pobreza en las áreas occidentales del país, con particular referencia al Tibet, la política hacia las regiones con mayoría de etnias diferentes a la han y las relaciones con Taiwan…”

“…It also presents a range of perspectives, from the global to the individual, the official to the unofficial, from mainland China to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Together, the stories present a richly textured portrait of a nation that in just forty years has lifted itself from universal poverty to (unequally distributed) wealth, changing itself and the world in the process…”

“…The Art of Welcome theorizes practices of hospitality in contemporary art drawing on art works by Lee Mingwei (Taiwan/USA), Kathy High (USA), Pippa Bacca and Silvia Moro (Italy), Faith Wilding (USA), Ana Prvacki (Singapore/Serbia/Germany), and Mithu Sen (India)"--…”

“…In particular, it provides unique insights into five aspirant states facing withdrawal of recognition: Taiwan, Western Sahara, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Kosovo. …”

“…The essays cover twelve countries and regions across three continents: Australia, China, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, with a particular emphasis on Asia. …”

“…The case studies include Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Timor-Leste. An essential resource for scholars and students of Asian politics and the politics of gender"-- Provided by publisher…”

“…These papers are contributed by researchers in many different countries, including Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Venezuela adoptó el modelo de software libre -- Casa Blanca busca mejor imagen en el mundo -- New York Times online rehusa publi-reportaje de Sony -- Google estrena un servicio de preguntas por noticias.com -- Epidemia en Internet: El virus "frethem" se extiende por un antiguo agujero de seguridad -- España espera reducir "brecha digital" con A. Latina -- Taiwán es el tercer proveedor mundial de memoria DRAM -- Nuevo software podría poner fin al correo basura -- La FIFA en Internet registró 79 millones de visitas en un día -- Manifestación contra Echelon -- El ICANN y sus últimas decisiones -- El DVD gana terreno al VHS -- Costa Rica quiere ser el quinto país en conexiones de banda ancha -- Usuarios del celular quieren nuevos aparatos y más funciones -- ¿Internet estimula la timidez? …”

“…The six technical papers are from Japan and Taiwan. We appreciate the contributions of our respected keynote speaker and contributors of technical papers. …”

“…In Confucianism: Its Roots and Global Significance, English language readers get a rare opportunity to read the work in a single volume of one of Taiwan's most distinguished scholars. Although Lee Ming-huei has published in English before, the corpus of his non-Chinese writings is in German. …”

“…Asia in the Global ICT Innovation Network takes a close look at the information and communication technologies (ICTs) landscape, not only in two BRICS countries, India and China, but also in South Korea and Taiwan. The book documents the size of the ICT sector for each of the selected countries, and assesses their R…”

“…Offering a comparative approach to examining gender equity in STEM fields across countries including the UK, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Africa, and China, the volume provides a thematic breakdown of institutional trends and national policies that have successfully improved gender equity in STEM at institutions of higher education. …”

“…"The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons is a seventeenth-century novelistic account of the founding myth of the cult of the Lady of Linshui, the goddess of women, childbirth, and childhood, who is still venerated in Fujian, Taiwan, and other places in Southeast Asia. The goddess's story evolved from the life of Chen Jinggu in Ming dynasty Hunan and has taken the form of vernacular short fiction, legends, plays, sutras, and stele inscriptions at temples where she is worshipped. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…State, capital, and media: The case of Taiwan / Chin-Chuan Lee ; 10. Globalized theories and national controls: The state, the market, and the Malaysian media / Zaharom Nain -- Pt. 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1948: Berlin Blockade 1958-1959: The Status of Berlin; 1961: The Berlin Wall; 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis; Asian Crises; 1950: Korea (Truman); 1953: Korea (Eisenhower); 1954: Indochina, Operation Vulture; 1954-1955: First Taiwan Strait Crisis; 1958: Second Taiwan Strait Crisis; 1962: India-China War; 1964: The First Chinese Test and Japan's Reaction; 1969: Vietnam, Operation Duck Hook and Operation Giant Lance; 1969: Soviet-Chinese Border Clashes (March-October); 1971: Indo-Pakistani War; Middle East Crises; 1956: Suez Canal Crisis; 1958: Lebanon; 1970: Jordan; 1973: Yom Kippur War…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Editors vii -- Preface to "Natural and Technological Hazards in Urban Areas: Assessment, Planning and Solutions" ix -- Natural and Technological Hazards in Urban Areas: Assessment, Planning and Solutions 1 -- Flood Risk Assessment in Urban Areas of Southern Taiwan 7 -- The Spatiotemporal Distribution of Flash Floods and Analysis of Partition Driving Forces in Yunnan Province 29 -- Flood Hazard Assessment Mapping in Burned and Urban Areas 47 -- A Bayesian Network-Based Integrated for Flood Risk Assessment (InFRA) 63 -- The Importance of a Dedicated Monitoring Solution and Communication Strategy for an Effective Management of Complex Active Landslides in Urbanized Areas 79 -- An Earthquake Fatalities Assessment Method Based on Feature Importance with Deep Learning and Random Forest Models 99 -- Proposed Theoretical Approach for the Estimation of Seismic Structural Vulnerability of Wastewater Treatment Plants 121 -- The Formation Mechanism and Influence Factors of Highway Waterfall Ice: A Preliminary Study 139 -- Tsiropoulos Level of Contamination Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in the Urban Soils of Volos City (Central Greece) 161 -- Spatial Distribution and Evaluation of Arsenic and Zinc Content in the Soil of a Karst Landscape 173 -- A Review of Underground Pipeline Leakage and Sinkhole Monitoring Methods Based on Wireless Sensor Networking 193 -- Research on the Construction of a Natural Hazard Emergency Relief Alliance Based on the Public Participation Degree 217 -- Evaluation of Vegetation Restoration along an Expressway in a Cold, Arid, and Desertified Area of China 235.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Toward an Acoustemology of the Post-Secula -- 1 Speaking in Tongues in Comparative Contexts and their Digital Soundscapes -- 2 Sonic Ways to Embodied Remembrance: Sufi dhikr in an Italian Roma camp -- 3 Aural Auras of Inner Sounds: Conch Shells, Ritual Instruments, and Devotional Bodies -- 4 Sounding Pain: Public-Private Aspects of Shi‘a Women’s Sonic Practices in Muharram -- 5 Sounds Electronic: New Sonic Mediations of Gender and Spiritual Empowerment -- 6 Sounding Remembrance, Voicing Mourning: Material, Ethical, and Gendered Productions of a New “Voice” in Shah Jo Rāg -- 7 Sonic Gendering of Ritual Spaces -- 8 Sounding Resilience and Resistance: Tarana Songs of Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia -- 9 Festival as Ritual and Ritual in Festival: Sounding “Exotic Borderlands” in Northern Taiwan -- 10 Music as Epistemic Bulwark in West Bengal -- 11 The Power and the Politics of Embodying Dancehall: Reconciling Sonic Affect and the Religious Self in Singapore -- 12 Performing vs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- On the Series -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Flows and Dams: Rethinking Categories for the Study of Transnationalism -- 3 From Mission Station to Tent Revival: Material Forms and Spatial Formats in Africa’s Missionary Encounter -- 4 Mission Spaces in German East Africa: Spatial Imaginations, Implementations, and Incongruities against the Backdrop of an Emerging Colonial Spatial Order -- 5 Redeeming Zululand: Placing Cultural Resonances in the Nazareth Baptist Church, South Africa -- 6 From Redemption City to Christian Disneyland: The Unfolding of Transnational Religious Spaces -- 7 Transnational Evangelical Spaces in Muslim Urban Settings: The Presence and Place-Making of African Christian Migrants in Morocco -- 8 Transforming Spatial Formats: Imagined Commonalities, Imaginary Spaces, and Spaces of Imagination -- 9 Transitioning the Vietnamese Ullambana Festival to Taiwan -- 10 Vietnamese Transnational Religions: The Cold War Polarities of Temples in “Little Hanois” and “Little Saigons” -- 11 Tiantai Transnationalism: Mobility, Identity, and Lineage Networks in Modern Chinese Buddhism -- 12 Of Ancestors and Others: Cultural Resonance from Japan among Spiritualists in Kinshasa -- 13 Japanese Spiritualities in Africa: From a Transnational Space to the Creation of a Local Lifestyle -- 14 American Dao and Global Interactions: Transnational Religious Networks in an English-Speaking Yiguandao Congregation in Urban California -- 15 Generating Global Pure Lands: Renjian Buddhist Civic Engagement within and beyond the Chinese Diaspora Communities Worldwide -- List of Contributors -- Index…”