“…In many cultures it is a bearer of good fortune. In ancient China it was the symbol of long life, in ancient Egypt of godliness: the white stork…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Defining law's political foundations -- Rivers, rifles, rice, and religion: paradigms and trajectories of legal change -- Rivers, rifles and rice: foundations of public law and private ordering in China -- Rice and rifles: foundations of private law and private ordering in Japan -- Rivers, rifles, and religion: the primacy of private law in Western Europe -- Rifles and religion: the transformation and transplantation of Western law in Hispanic America -- Epilogue: beyond Magellan's world…”

“…Gary Tiedemann explains the material, spiritual and political incentives for conversion among the inhabitants of North China, paying special attention to the socio-political profile of the converts. …”

“…The People's Republic of China, India and the United States are identified as countries facing the greatest water risks for agriculture production globally. …”

“…Today's natural gas markets are being reshaped by major emerging liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyers, led by the People's Republic of China and the rising production and exports from the United States. …”

“…The empirical analysis of debt dynamics distinguishes three country groups: African HIPC, HIPC-China (High China Presence), and Resource-rich IDA-only. …”

“…This is the third symposium organized as part of ACM AsiaCCS, which builds on success of the prior editions, 2019 (New Zealand) and 2020 (Taipei, China). In this year, we attracted a total of 34 submissions from Asia, Australia, Europe, and the United States. …”

“…The online conference is complemented with a local physical event at Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, primarily targeting the strong data management community in China. …”

“…This year, due to the global uncertainties, travel restrictions, and other potential difficulties associated with Covid-19, SIGMOD is being held entirely online, instead of at its originally planned location of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The online SIGMOD conference is complemented with a local physical event at Xi'an, primarily targeting the data management community in China. …”

“…She has been visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing (China); Kookmin University, Seoul (South Korea); Hosei University, Tokyo (Japan) and many others. …”

“…Africa would be the tenth largest economy in the world, ahead of every vaunted BRIC economy (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) except for China…”

“…Ranging from topics as diverse as city logistics, shareholder value and management practices, the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, China's geopolitical insights, sustainable agricultural development in India and the empowerment of women in Vietnam via microfinance, this book addresses sustainable development policies in China and Southeast Asia from many different perspectives…”

“…How to build a Post-Western theory, based on the sociology of migration in France and in China? Where do "Western" and "Non-Western" theories converge, and how do common and situated knowledge coexist and interlock? …”

“…It encompasses approximately twenty languages located in Siberia and northern China. These languages are distributed over an enormous area that ranges from the Yenisey River and Xinjiang in the west to the Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin in the east. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Clarke -- The divergent ways of fundamentalism and Islamism among Muslim migrants / Olivier Roy -- South Asian Sunni reform movements in the West: the Lang Scots miles from Delhi to Dundee / Ahmed Andrews -- Tablighi Jamaʼat and the Deobandi mosques in Britain / John King -- Back to basics: the place of Islam in the self-identity of young British Muslim -- SECTION II: ISLAM IN ALBANIA, CHINA AND SOUTH AFRICA. -- Islam under Communism: the case of Albania / Elira Lamani -- Islam and change in contemporary China / Jean Berlie -- Islamic resurgence and mosques: a case study in Cape Town / Abdulkader Tayob -- SECTION III: NEW AND OLD FORMS OF SUFISM. -- In the garden of American Sufi movements: hybrids and perennials / Marcia Hermansen -- The strange fate of Sufism in the New Age / Peter Wilson -- The Sufi Order in the West and Pir Vilāyet ʿInāyat Khān: space-age spirituality in contemporary Euro-America / James Jervis -- Whirling and the West: the Mevlevi Dervishes in the West / Jeffry Somers -- Indonesian Sufism: signs of resurgence / Julie Day Howell, Subandi & Peter L. …”

“…Yes, to follow world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the full picture.If you've ever wondered why Putin is so obsessed with Crimea, why the USA was destined to become a global superpower, or why China's power base continues to expand ever outwards, the answers are all here.In ten chapters (covering Russia; China; the USA; Latin America; the Middle East; Africa; India and Pakistan; Europe; Japan and Korea; and the Arctic), using maps, essays and occasionally the personal experiences of the widely travelled author, Prisoners of Geography looks at the past, present and future to offer an essential insight into one of the major factors that determines world history.It's time to put the 'geo' back into geopolitics…”