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A Retrospect on the Dust-Laden History
The Past and Present of Tekong Island in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Chen Poh Seng's great grandfather lived in Pulau Tekong, his 50-over cousins were born and educated there. He lived in Changi Point which is 30 minutes away by ferry.
Lee Leong Sze is a Malaysian, graduated from the Department of History, National Chong Hsing University, Taiwan, obtained PhD...
50 Years of Technical Education in Singapore
How to Build a World Class TVET System
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
This book describes in vivid detail how a newly independent nation with neither a history of technical education nor industry, developed in a short period of time a world-class system of technical and vocational education that helped it make rapid progress in its manufacturing and industrial sector....
Seeking Adam Smith
Finding The Shadow Curriculum of Business
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
"A needed and overdue corrective, this book should be essential reading for business and economics scholars and for anyone interested in these subjects."
Kirkus Reviews
Seeking Adam Smith provides a fascinating insider's explanation for why business school faculty members,...
China's Foreign Policy
Challenges and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
This volume examines the Chinese foreign policy framework today and traces its evolution since the post-Mao era. Through the consideration of China's relations with the major powers and its management of various challenges ranging from territorial disputes to energy security, it investigates China's...
The China Wave
Rise of a Civilizational State
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
This is a best-seller in China and a geopolitical book for our times. As a leading thinker from China, Zhang Weiwei provides an original, comprehensive and engrossing study on the rise of China and its effective yet controversial model of development, and the book has become a centerpiece of an unfolding...
by Chen-Ning Yang, Ying-Shih Yu, Gungwu Wang
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Lee Kuan Yew through the Eyes of Chinese Scholars is a compilation of essays by highly-respected Chinese scholars in which they evaluate the life, work and philosophy of Lee Kuan Yew, founding Prime Minister of Singapore. Presenting a range of views from a uniquely Chinese/Asian perspective, this...
Civilization's Crisis
A Set of Linked Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis;...
Facets of Competitiveness
Narratives from ASEAN
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
The ten countries in the ASEAN region account for approximately 5% of world gross domestic product and 8% of world population and represent the most diverse group of nations in terms of the level of prosperity, political system, culture, language, and history. This diversity in ASEAN not only helps...
Green Urbanism in Asia
The Emerging Green Tigers
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
The world is facing an age of scarcity which will challenge all cities to reduce their resource footprint, especially carbon, improve biodiversity and at the same time continue to create economic opportunities and liveable places. This is green urbanism. Asian urban growth is leading the world in...
Mathematics of Autonomy
Mathematical Methods for Cyber-Physical-Cognitive Systems
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Mathematics of Autonomy provides solid mathematical foundations for building useful Autonomous Systems. It clarifies what makes a system autonomous rather than simply automated, and reveals the inherent limitations of systems currently incorrectly labeled as autonomous in reference to the specific...
by Daniel C Mattis, Robert Swendsen
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
This second edition extends and improves on the first, already an acclaimed and original treatment of statistical concepts insofar as they impact theoretical physics and form the basis of modern thermodynamics. This book illustrates through myriad examples the principles and logic used in extending...
Regional Trade and Economic Integration
Analytical Insights and Policy Options
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
The Asia-Pacific region has emerged as a dominant player in trade and will continue to be an influential pole of world trade and economics, with the center of gravity shifting to this region. This book presents analytical insights into the various regional and bilateral trade agreements (RTAs) and...
Modi and the World
(Re) Constructing Indian Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Contrary to prior expectations, Narendra Modi has expended a significant amount of time, energy and political capital in conducting India's engagement with the outside world since becoming Prime Minister in May 2014. In accordance with wider perceptions about Modi, there were expectations of significant,...
Hong Kong in the World
Implications to Geopolitics and Competitiveness
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
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...