Hong Kong in the World provides innovative insight into the role of Hong Kong — as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since 1997 — in the global context. This book looks into the institutional settings of Hong Kong in exercising its external relations policies, and specific bilateral relations with different political entities.Written as an introductory text, it is specially designed for undergraduate students interested in Chinese foreign policy, Hong Kong's...

This volume encompasses the range of issues encountered by language scholars who teach and research in departments of languages and cultures within the higher education system, predominantly in Australia, but touching other universities worldwide. Related studies on language planning, methodology or pedagogy have focused on one or more of these same issues, but rarely on their totality. Intersections as a metaphor running discreetly through the essays in this volume, connects them all to a...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications, and Technologies, PDCAT 2020, which took place in Shenzhen, China, during December 28-30, 2020.The 34 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 109 submissions. They deal with parallel and distributed computing of networking and architectures, software systems and technologies, algorithms and applications, and security a...

This book includes original, peer-reviewed research papers from the 15th China Academic Conference on Printing and Packaging (CACPP 2024), held in Tianjin, China on November 14-16, 2024. The proceedings cover the latest findings in color science and technology, image processing technology, digital media technology, mechanical and electronic engineering and numerical control, materials and detection, printing and packaging technology, and so on. As such, the book is of interest to universit...

Promoting cultural understanding in a globalized world, this collection offers a new perspective on Western philosophy and religion through the voices of Chinese scholars. It examines the evolution of economic and political structures across the United States and the European Union, as well as key developments in various educational systems in the United Kingdom, Sweden, the US, France and Germany. As an interdisciplinary study situated at the intersection of sociology, history, culture an...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of educational policies and legislation in China, particularly following the introduction of Reform and Opening Up in 1978. The scope of this book: (1) provides the theoretical basis and framework of educational policies; (2) explains key educational laws and legislation; and (3) introduces readers to policies for educational internationalization, private education, lifelong learning and teacher education. The book is intended ...

This book provides a comprehensive look at one-dimensional (1D) mesoporous inorganic nanomaterials. Beginning with a systematic presentation of their characterization using advanced electron microscopy techniques, the book discusses how to design the growth of 1D nanomaterials in order to achieve different, application-targeted morphologies such as nanowires, nanorods, nanofibers, nanotubes, and nanobelts. Subsequently, the book systematically summarizes current state-of-the-art research a...

本書是對美國著名女作家伊蒂絲·華頓（1862-1937）的第一部小說《歡樂之家》進行的詳盡研究。首先是對該小說自出版以來的文獻進行了歷時性的、全範圍的梳理，並在此基礎上將女主人公命運與女性意識覺醒、社會階層分化、城市發展等相融合進行細致的文本分析，以期為該文本提供更為新穎的解讀視角。該書中亦首次將以往評論家強調華頓作品中的故事而忽視其嫺熟的敘事策略為著手點，從敘事角度對文本中人物形象進行分析闡釋，並在這一過程中管窺華頓在20世紀之交對於美國社會中女性身份、男性氣質以及婚姻家庭等諸方面深入的倫理思考。之所以選擇《歡樂之家》作為本書的唯一研究物件就在於：該書在1905年於Scribner上以連載形式出現時即刻在美國贏得眾多讀者的青睞。同年10月份以精裝書出版後馬上榮登美國最暢銷書榜首，研究統計方面則顯示該書是一個多世紀以來國內外華頓諸多作品研究的重中之重。本書的主要特色是：一、聚焦于作家的某一部作品，因此研究深度以及研究維度上都將比某一作家研究更為深入；二、在研究角度上，將女性主義、空間理論、都市發展與敘事倫理結合起來，旨在呈現出多維立體的新文本闡釋；三、附錄中...

Teachers of Chinese as a foreign language in many international contexts are searching for pedagogic solutions to promote effective learning. Models of innovative and successful approaches are urgently needed. This volume presents a collection of compelling and empirically rich research studies that showcases innovative developments in the practice of teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The studies focus on three interrelated areas: learners, teachers, and applications of new technolog...

This edited collection documents the challenges experienced by teacher educators, in-service teachers and student teachers in Hong Kong triggered by protests, civil unrest and the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and identifies innovative practices in curriculum, pedagogy and assessment that have enabled them to overcome the challenges in online teaching. It offers implications for teacher professional development through reflective practices and the enhancement of the scholarship...

Subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD) services are available on many online video-streaming platforms (VSPs) in China, such as iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, backed by Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent groups (BAT), respectively. The video content on these platforms can be the same shows as those broadcasted on national or provincial television stations or originally produced and exclusively streamed on the VSP. Meanwhile, VSPs purchase the distribution rights of foreign films and television serie...

Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE): A Practical Guide introduces readers to the topic, guiding them through fundamental concepts and the latest advances in applications. The book covers concepts, principles and working mechanisms of AIE in AIE-active luminogens, with different classes of AIE luminogens reviewed, including polymers, three-dimensional frameworks (MOFs and COFs) and supramolecular gels. Special focus is given to the structure-property relationship, structural design strategie...