Xu: 298 books
China's Strategic Partnerships in Latin America
Case Studies of China's Oil Diplomacy in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1991–2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
This study examines how China has developed a diplomatic mechanism to expand its international influence through the establishment of strategic partnerships. These strategic partnerships have sparked a debate among analysts. On the one hand, some optimistic studies applaud the win-win objective of...
by Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu, Wesley A. Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
This book provides comprehensive coverage of Lithium (Li) metal anodes for rechargeable batteries. Li is an ideal anode material for rechargeable batteries due to its extremely high theoretical specific capacity (3860 mAh g-1), low density (0.59 g cm-3), and the lowest negative electrochemical potential...
History's Fiction
Stories from the City of Hong Kong
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
From the turbulent sixties through the nineties, here is a "history" of Hong Kong, told through fiction by one of the city's leading writers. These stories represent the evolution of a voice, as she strives to create art out of her birthplace, "the city that remains my perpetual concern."...
The Beijing Olympiad
The Political Economy of a Sporting Mega-Event
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
The stage is set for the Beijing Olympiad to be the greatest mega-event, sporting or otherwise, in history. Still, the issues taxing many minds include whether the Beijing Games will be successful; whether they will be wrought with and wrecked by troubles; and who they will benefit. What value will...
by Xiaofeng Tao, Qimei Cui, Xiaodong Xu
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Driven by the increasing demand for capacity and Quality of Service in wireless cellular networks and motivated by the distributed antenna system, the authors proposed a cooperative communication architecture—Group Cell architecture, which was initially brought forward in 2001. Years later, Coordinated...
IAENG Transactions on Engineering Sciences
Special Issue for the International Association of Engineers Conferences 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Two large international conferences on Advances in Engineering Sciences were held in Hong Kong, March 12–14, 2014, under the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS 2014), and in London, UK, 2–4 July, 2014, under the World Congress on Engineering 2014 (WCE 2014)...
The Working World of International Organizations
Authority, Capacity, Legitimacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
International organizations (IOs) matter. This book uncovers the regular working world of IOs, examining whether, to what extent, and how these 'global governing bodies' can act independently of the will of states. This book explores this issue by asking who or what shapes their decisions; how and...
by Yufei Jiang, Xu Zhu, Eng Gee Lim
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
This SpringerBrief investigates the performance of semi-blind independent component analysis (ICA) based equalization and carrier frequency offset estimation approaches (CFO) for a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based wireless communication systems. It provides a comprehensive...
Real Estate
Property Markets and Sustainable Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Traditional studies of the property market have tended to focus solely on commercial and legal issues, but the growing importance of the issue of sustainability means that a different approach is needed.
This new textbook provides an overview of property within a market context, examining the...
Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Individualism in Modern China
The Chenbao Fukan and the New Culture Era, 1918–1928
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Individualism in Modern China analyzes important aspects of Chinese intellectual life and cultural practices that formed and informed the historical phenomenon known as the New Culture era. Through examining an influential newspaper supplement published in Beijing...
Reconstructing Ancient Korean History
The Formation of Korean-ness in the Shadow of History
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
This book examines the contested re-readings of “Korea” in early Chinese historical records and their influence on the formation of Korean-ness in later periods. The earliest written records on “Koreans” are found in Chinese documents produced during the Han dynasty, from the third century...
by Wenying Xu
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Asian American literature is one of the most recent forms of ethnic literature and is already becoming one of the most prominent, given the large number of writers, the growing ethnic population from the region, the general receptivity of this body of work, and the quality of the authors. In recent...
The Tangwang Language
An Interdisciplinary Case Study in Northwest China
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
This book studies the Tangwang language, providing the first comprehensive grammar in English of this Chinese variety, with detailed analysis of its phonology, morphology, and syntax. This fills a gap in the literature, as previously only a few articles on this language were available. The book takes...
The YMCA at War
Collaboration and Conflict during the World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2018
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is best known for its athletic and youth programs, a heritage that draws on its origins in 1844 to provide wholesome recreation to urban youth away from the moral decay of industrialized urban living. Before long, that uplift mission found a place in...