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It is predicted by some observers that the 21st century will be remembered as the Asian Century. Many of the countries in the region seem to be able to take the economic and trade baton when one of the others experiences problems. The region, in general, continues to grow economically, politically and militarily. The articles presented in this volume examine the current political and economic situations in nations across Asia, particularly focusing on economic developments.
More than 80 per cent of the Chinese outside China live in Southeast Asia and many of them have been integrated into the local societies. However, the resurgence of China and ethnic Chinese investment in their ancestral land have caused concern among some non-Chinese Southeast Asian elites. They have begun to question the position and identity of the Chinese population in their countries. Ethnic Chinese as Southeast Asians addresses these ethnic Chinese issues, as well as ethnic Chinese relations with China and with indigenous groups in the region. Written by leading scholars in Southeast Asia, including both ethnic Chinese and non-Chinese, the volume also explores the position of the ethnic Chinese in contemporary as well as the future Southeast Asia, providing readers with a most up-to-date and comprehensive study on the subject.
Qaidu (1236-1301), one of the great rebels in the history of the Mongol Empire, was the grandson of Ogedei, the son Genghis Khan had chosen to be his heir. This boof recounts the dynastic convolutions and power struggle leading up to his rebellion and subsequent events.
"This project was born out of our own need for a case-based comprehensive review of pediatrics and adolescent medicine, aimed at assisting the new graduates and practicing pediatricians to prepare for their board certification and renewal. This book is also a resource for pediatrics and family medicine residents seeking to improve their knowledge of pediatrics during their training"--
The rise of the Four Little Dragons -- Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore - in East and Southeast Asia, has drawn the attention to the Ethnic Chinese who constituted the majority of the population of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. How far have the Ethnic Chinese contributed to the rapid economic growth in the region? What account for the dynamics of the Ethnic Chinese societies? What would be the future role of the Ethnic Chinese in the economic growth of the region, especially in relation to China. This books sheds some lights on these topics. This book is a collection of 8 published and 4 unpublished articles written in a period of 8 years between 1993 and 2000. Part 1 examines some important aspects of Ethnic Chinese business. Part 2 deals with the culture, education and politics of the Ethnic Chinese society.
This book addresses the true 'landscape' perspective approach that archaeologists in Italy, and in many parts of the Mediterranean, use to study the archaeology of landscapes, marking a departure from the traditional site-based approach. The aim of the book is to promote the broader application of new paradigms for landscape analysis, combining traditional approaches with multidisciplinary studies as well as comparatively new techniques such as large-scale geophysical surveying, airborne laser scanning and geo-environmental studies. This approach has yielded tangible and striking results in central Italy, clearly demonstrating that identifying the 'archaeological continuum' is a realistic aim, even under the specific environmental and archaeological conditions of the Mediterranean world.