A hundred old koans. This book meets them the way you'd meet a stranger on the road — with a jab, a laugh, a craving for lunch.The author doesn't explain the koans; scholars have done that, by the cartload. He answers them — bluntly, in the present tense, from wherever he happens to be. A monk asks whether a dog has Buddha-nature, and the neighbor's dog just barks. The Buddha holds up a flower, and two and a half thousand years on, it's still holding up.Thi...

Seventy percent of transformations fail. This book is about the thirty percent that don't — and why.Companies rarely fail for lack of strategy. They fail because they mistake what they are, defending a fixed form long after the world has moved on. Kodak invented the digital camera yet could not stop being a film company. Fujifilm, IBM, and Nintendo survived the same shock by grasping a different truth: an enterprise is not a fixed thing to defend, but a living process that endures ...

In 2005, John Wong, a thirty-one-year-old molecular biologist was struck by a peculiar illness that led to his paralysis from his neck down. Some of his organs had also started to malfunction. As if it was not enough for him to bear, he even lost his ability to see. His own body has unexpectedly failed him at the peak of his career and life, as he had known it then, came to a standstill.Yet, he somehow managed to defy the judgement of most medical doctors who thought he was a lost ...

This book focuses on Müller-Weiss disease. It explores its aetiology and pathogenesis, clinical and radiological features, classification systems, nonoperative and operative treatments, to inform on all aspects of the subject and offer future directions for treatment and research. It addresses various misconceptions and controversies regarding basic essential aspects of the disease such as clinical deformities and radiological abnormalities that define the disease.Comp...

In this issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics, guest editor Dr. John Wong Chung brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Müller-Weiss Disease. Top experts outline the epidemiology, classification systems, and nonoperative and operative treatments (including minimally invasive surgery options) so that foot and ankle surgeons may better identify and treat patients with this complex disease. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including clinical features and differential diagn...

In this issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics, guest editor Dr. John Wong Chung brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Müller-Weiss Disease. Top experts outline the epidemiology, classification systems, and nonoperative and operative treatments (including minimally invasive surgery options) so that foot and ankle surgeons may better identify and treat patients with this complex disease. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including clinical features and differential diagn...

This book examines important social movements in Hong Kong from the perspectives of historical and cultural studies. Conventionally regarded as one of the most politically stable cities in Asia, Hong Kong has yet witnessed many demonstrations and struggles against the colonial and post-colonial governments during the past one hundred years. Many of these movements were brought about in the name of justice and unfolded against the context of global unrest. Focusing on the local developments...

With China's dynamic economic growth, its relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) states have expanded rapidly in recent years, culminating in the conclusion of the landmark China-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement in 2002. Beyond trade and economic activities, China-ASEAN cooperation has broadened to cover the environment, science and technology, non-traditional security areas and related legal issues. China's relations with ASEAN have reached a n...

Intra-regional trade has been rising rapidly, especially after China's accession to the WTO in 2001. China's economy is expanding rapidly, and has already passed Japan in 2010 to become the world's second largest economy. It is clearly producing a huge impact on the world economy, and particularly on ASEAN countries. This is the appropriate time to take stock: what has APEC achieved so far? How is China's rapid growth shaping the course of economic integration and cooperation in the region...

This book studies the Suzhou Industrial Park, a flagship project between the governments of Singapore and China, in a holistic manner, by highlighting not only its economic progress but also the developments on the social front such as its neighbourhood centres, schools, housing and talent attraction. The success of the Park should be assessed keeping in view not only its economic achievements alone, but also its ability to attract residents to live and play in it. Making the Suzhou Indust...

Following Deng Xiaoping's economic reform and opening (Gaige Kaifang) policy, China experienced unprecedented high growth for over three decades. Crucial in the process was the role of Zhu Rongji, who was hand-picked by Deng initially as Executive Vice-Premier and later full Premier to carry through the needed reform and manage the critical marketization process through the turbulent 1990s when China's economy suffered many ups and downs. Dubbed as China's 'Economic Czar', Zhu tackled many...

The rate of urbanisation will accelerate in the years ahead. The massive influx of people to cities will result in the demand for more services, expending more resources and generating more waste. The forces of globalisation and better connectivity will hasten this urbanisation process. Although the developed and developing countries in East Asia are at different stages of development, they have to grapple with the common challenge of improving the quality of life for urban residents and m...