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What is innocence? It takes many shapes it can be said that innocence is a benevolent form of ignorance. In each stage of our lives, then, we can have different kinds of innocence as we grow and learn there will always be things we dont know. This biography is a captivating journey through one womans consecutive stages of innocence in varied spheres: material wealth, foreign travels, romantic relationships and spiritual discernment. In an American society often fascinated by countries that can be seen as exotic and enchanting from a distance, this book will impact readers with what is not seen. Readers will experience Taiwan as the Taiwanese do, learning how different we are, but also learni...
Logistics and transportation are a complex set of entities and systems interconnected by many physical, financial, and information flows, and, as with all systems, there are optimization and planning issues. In addition, they are subject to economic, social, and especially environmental pressures with the need to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. There is a need for original research to address these issues. Transport and Logistics Planning and Optimization addresses selected transportation and logistics problems at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels in a multidisciplinary approach, not only from a technological perspective but also from a social science perspective. Covering key topics such as supply chain, urban transportation, artificial intelligence, and computer science, this premier reference source is ideal for policymakers, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, scholars, instructors, and students.
When itinerant singers from China’s countryside become iconic artists, worlds collide. The lives and performances of these representative singers become sites for conversations between the rural and urban, local and national, folk and elite, and traditional and modern. In Song King: Connecting People, Places, and Past in Contemporary China, Levi S. Gibbs examines the life and performances of “Folksong King of Western China” Wang Xiangrong (b. 1952) and explores how itinerant performers come to serve as representative symbols straddling different groups, connecting diverse audiences, and shifting between amorphous, place-based local, regional, and national identities. Moving from place ...
Im Norden Chinas bedienen sich die Menschen im Inneren ihrer Wohnhauser des Kangs, einer dem romischen Hypokaust ahnlichen beheizten Wohnplattform. Auf diesem Kang findet der Alltag statt. Hier wird gewohnt, gearbeitet, gegessen, geschlafen, geheilt, gespielt, erzogen, erzahlt, gestritten, gelebt, geliebt, geheiratet, gezeugt, geboren, gefeiert, gelitten oder getrauert. Mareile Flitsch zeichnet in ihrer Studie Bau, Funktion und Nutzung des Kangs und der Sachkultur, mit der er bestuckt wird, systematisch nach und zeigt, wie die besonderen technischen Bedingungen die soziale Nutzung des Raumes mitbestimmt haben. Fur die Darstellung dienten ihr neben Sekundarquellen und Feldforschungsmaterialie...
Judging from the sheer amount of textual material left to us, the rulers of ancient Ur were above all else concerned with keeping track of their poorest subjects, who made up the majority of the population under their jurisdiction. Year after year, administrators recorded, in frightening detail, the whereabouts of the poorest individuals in monthly and yearly rosters, assigning tiny parcels of land to countless prebend holders and starvation rations to even more numerous estate slaves. The texts published in this volume—dating from the time of the Third Dynasty of Ur (ca. 2100–2000 BC)—attest to the immense investment of the ancient rulers in managing their subjects. This volume presen...
After being hurt by a cruel man, she was rescued by him on a heavy rainy night.In order to save her mother's life from illness, she sounded abject and eager to please, but never got good results. Even if she loses her dignity or she is scarred, she still decided to save her mother. In the end, someone was willing to help her. The person who helped her gave her all the love, including helping her to restore her dignity.☆About the Author☆Mo Yan, a new online novelist, is good at writing urban love novels. She has exquisite writing style.And she is good at interpreting problems from the perspective of women. Her writing style is smooth and her story line is colorful. It is widely welcomed.
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Following a fall in the Shanghai market, Chinese Cinderella is whisked away to Grandma Wu's house to recover. As she lapses in and out of consciousness, she is haunted by vivid dreams that seem strange - yet somehow familiar - to her. A tale of slavery and friendship, wealth, poverty and an arranged marriage begins, as Chinese Cinderella recalls a life lived centuries before. But is it real, or all in her imagination . . .
Focusing on the translation and translators of Boris Savinkov, Mikhail Artsybashev and Leonid Andreev, this book explores the processes of the translation, transmission and interpretation of Russian literature in China during the first half of the 20th century.