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A man with a huge sword, a monkey fighting wild, a bird covering the sky. So what if I become a demon? what if I become Buddha? Do as I please, not being afraid of the world judging my merits and demerits. Riding a dragon sparrow in the air and with a giant sword in his hand, he bravely fought six rounds on his own. Bristling with anger for the beauty, he brandished the sword, causing bloody corpse full street. He can get anything he wants! This is the life Luo Yu wants! To reach the top, search for your cultivation road.
This Handbook gives a wide-ranging account of the theory and practice of human rights in China, viewed against international standards, and China’s international engagements around human rights. The Handbook is organised into the following sections: contested meanings; international dimensions; economic and social rights; civil and political rights; rights in/action and access to justice; political dimensions of human rights in Greater China; and new frontiers.
Environmental risk factors – noise, air pollution, chemical agents, and ultraviolet radiation – impact human health by contributing to the onset and progression of noncommunicable diseases. Accordingly, there is need for preclinical and clinical studies and comprehensive summary of major findings. This book is a state-of-the-art summary of these myriad severe life stressors. The chapters on the different pollutants focus on disease mechanisms (cardiovascular, neurological and metabolic disorders) and on oxidative stress and inflammation. The editors emphasize emerging mechanisms based on dysregulation of the circadian clock, the microbiome, epigenetic pathways, and cognitive function by environmental stressors, and introduce the exposome concept while highlighting existing research gaps. Key Features: Links various environmental stressors to the incidence of noncommunicable diseases Includes chapters on airborne toxins, chemical pollutants, noise, and ultraviolet radiation stressors Contributions from an international team of leading researchers Summarizes the impacts of stressors on disease mechanisms
The shopping mall on Central Street had a large screen showing a city filled with gray smoke Helpless children sat on the ground and wailed The streets of the city were littered with young and old and there were even some purple-faced young people who were struggling to survive
Freedom of religious belief is guaranteed under the constitution of the People’s Republic of China, but the degree to which this freedom is able to be exercised remains a highly controversial issue. Much scholarly attention has been given to persecuted underground groups such as Falungong, but one area that remains largely unexplored is the relationship between officially registered churches and the communist government. This study investigates the history of one such official church, Moore Memorial Church in Shanghai. This church was founded by American Methodist missionaries. By the time of the 1949 revolution, it was the largest Protestant church in East Asia, running seven day a week p...
Photo Album - Chinese Religions Series. Christianity was introduced to China in the early 18th century. Photos in Christianity in China record vividly the development of Christianity in China throughout various historical periods, before and after the founding of new China in 1949, and since adoption of the policy of reform and opening-up in the 1980s.