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Lee Teng-hui and Taiwan's Quest for Identity
The book is an account of Taiwan's evolving national consciousness told through the biography of its former President Lee Teng-hui - the central figure in the island's political transformation over the past two decades. In describing the broader historical and social context of the various stages of Lee's life, the book also analyzes Taiwan's own evolution during the past century as a Japanese colony, a Leninist party-state dictatorship, and then an American-inspired fledgling democracy. The book explores such questions as: Is Lee Teng-hui an opportunistic recidivist who is interested only in his own self-preservation, or is he a hero who not only propelled Taiwan into a new era, but also constructed a new national identity for the islanders? Are the multi-ethnic islanders culturally 'Chinese' or are they 'Taiwanese'? Is Taiwan historically and politically part of 'China' or does it have its own history and identity, and deserves international recognition as an independent sovereign country?
The Historical Construction of Southeast Asian Studies
"At a time when Southeast Asian Studies is declining in North America and Europe, this book serves to remind us of the fresh, constructive and encouraging view of the field from Asia. On behalf of Taiwan’s Southeast Asian research community, I sincerely congratulate Professors Park and King for making such a great and timely contribution to the making of Southeast Asian Studies in Asia." Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Director of Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, and former President of Taiwan Association of Southeast Asian Studies "The Historical Construction of Southeast Asian Studies: Korea and Beyond is an important and long-overdue step in the task of bringing Southeast Asian Studie...
Hong Kong Popular Culture
This book traces the evolution of the Hong Kong’s popular culture, namely film, television and popular music (also known as Cantopop), which is knotted with the city’s geo-political, economic and social transformations. Under various historical contingencies and due to the city’s special geo-politics, these three major popular cultural forms have experienced various worlding processes and have generated border-crossing impact culturally and socially. The worlding processes are greatly associated the city’s nature as a reception and departure port to Sinophone migrants and populations of multiethnic and multicultural. Reaching beyond the “golden age” (1980s) of Hong Kong popular c...
Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design Automation
Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design Automation, Third Edition covers all aspects of physical design. The book is a core reference for graduate students and CAD professionals. For students, concepts and algorithms are presented in an intuitive manner. For CAD professionals, the material presents a balance of theory and practice. An extensive bibliography is provided which is useful for finding advanced material on a topic. At the end of each chapter, exercises are provided, which range in complexity from simple to research level. Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design Automation, Third Edition provides a comprehensive background in the principles and algorithms of VLSI physical design. The goal ...
Tananger
The world's oceans have become critical. Over fishing and over dumping have raised fears that nations must take steps to protect this vast global resource. Tananger, a mature bull gray whale is part of a round up in Scammons Lagoon in Baja California. Because of an extreme shortage of fossil fuels, David Parks, a "fluker", will ride in a pod on the back of the behemoth. The whale/man team head north into storming seas. They soon encounter a pirate trawler. A rogue wave, a luxurious pleasure yacht and a container ship carrying stolen toxic chemicals are drawn to a climactic point. The evil Chang Lee, leaves his Asian headquarters to take charge of an impending disaster. A strange congregation of whales pursues the pirates to Prince William Sound and then to College Fjord, the site of some of the largest glaciers in Alaska. David, Tananger and a group of Inuit fisherman confront the pirates inside the massive Harvard Glacier. The fight in ice caverns is soon brought to a halt by a major seismic disturbance a few miles off the entrance to the Sound and the threat of a tsunami looms large as fears mount of being trapped in the narrow fjord.
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