Macao, the former Portuguese colony in southeast China, has a long and very interesting history of cultural interaction between China and the West. Held by the Portuguese from the 1550s until its return to China in 1999, Macao was up to the emergence of Hong Kong in the later nineteenth century the principal point of entry into China for all Westerners - Dutch, British and others, as well as Portuguese. The relatively relaxed nature of Portuguese colonial rule, intermarriage, the mixing of...

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...

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...

The 7th International Conference on Human-Centered Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications, MOBILE 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following peer review, 1463 papers and ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications, MOBILE 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, which was held in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29-July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions.The MOBILE 2024 proceedings were organize...

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 book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications, MOBILE 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, which was held in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29-July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions.The MOBILE 2024 proceedings were organize...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

This nine-volume set LNCS 15473-15482 constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2023, in Washington, DC, USA, in June/July 2024.For the HCCII 2024 proceedings, a total of 1271 papers and 309 posters was carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions. Additionally, 222 papers and 104 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as “Late Breaking Work”.These papers were organized in the f...