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Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death - flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money - Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore throws light upon the Chinese perception of death and how they cope with its eventuality. In the seeming mass of religious rituals and beliefs, it sugg... More

Modern nation states do not constitute closed entities. This is true especially in Southeast Asia, where Chinese migrants have continued to make their new homes over a long period of time, resulting in many different ethnic groups co-existing in new nation states. Focusing on the consequences of mig... More

The nature, institutional foundations, and issues surrounding the apparent success of Chinese business networks is examined in this book. Major concepts such as guanxi, xinyong and gangqing, exploring the nature of trust, relationships and sentiments in Chinese business networks, are re-examined. ... More

She had become the most enviable Madam Fu, and from then on, there would be many chirping and clamoring.Seeing the other party's pregnant stomach that was trying to force his hand, Tang Jinsi raised his eyebrows and smiled, "My husband doesn't raise his hand, are you sure this child is his?"Yingying... More

She had become the most enviable Madam Fu, and from then on, there would be many chirping and clamoring.Seeing the other party's pregnant stomach that was trying to force his hand, Tang Jinsi raised his eyebrows and smiled, "My husband doesn't raise his hand, are you sure this child is his?"Yingying... More

She had become the most enviable Madam Fu, and from then on, there would be many chirping and clamoring.Seeing the other party's pregnant stomach that was trying to force his hand, Tang Jinsi raised his eyebrows and smiled, "My husband doesn't raise his hand, are you sure this child is his?"Yingying... More

She had become the most enviable Madam Fu, and from then on, there would be many chirping and clamoring.Seeing the other party's pregnant stomach that was trying to force his hand, Tang Jinsi raised his eyebrows and smiled, "My husband doesn't raise his hand, are you sure this child is his?"Yingying... More

In an era of intense competition where plant operating efficiencies must be maximized, downtime due to machinery failure has become more costly. To cut operating costs and increase revenues, industries have an urgent need to predict fault progression and remaining lifespan of industrial machines, pr... More

Acoustic Interculturalism is a study of the soundscapes of intercultural performance through the examination of sound's performativity. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines an akoumenological reception of sound to postulate the need for an acoustic knowing - an awareness of ho... More

This book gathers the best papers from the HKAECT-AECT 2017 Summer International Research Symposium. Revealing the complex interactions between communication and learning, which are represented by the symbol "X" in the title, it provides a platform for knowledge exchange on the new ecology for educ... More

This book provides an original and critical analysis of the most contentious subjects being negotiated in the China–EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). It focuses on the pathway of reforming investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) from both Chinese and European perspectives in the conte... More

This edited book tells the story of the multifaceted efforts devoted by a "future school" in Singapore--The Nan Chiau Primary School--in shaping future learning. It documents the various measures implemented by one primary school to improve student learning outcomes in a technology-rich teaching an... More

This book discusses the situation of Taiwanese universities facing a rapidly changing domestic and global environment. It examines the social structure, drawing on professional perspectives, data-based and systematic analysis. The book fills gaps in the literature of higher education systems in East... More

"Performing Southeast Asia: Performance, Politics and the Contemporary is an important reconsideration of the histories and practices of theatre and performance in a fluid and dynamic region that is also experiencing an overarching politics of complexity, precarity and populist authoritarian tendenc... More

This book presents neuromorphic cognitive systems from a learning and memory-centered perspective. It illustrates how to build a system network of neurons to perform spike-based information processing, computing, and high-level cognitive tasks. It is beneficial to a wide spectrum of readers, inclu... More

This book chronicles a few approaches to constructing biohybrid devices using photosynthetic protein complexes. Can the abundantly available solar energy be tapped to meet our rising energy demands using green and cheap active materials? Exploring nature’s own tiny solar factories, the photosyntheti... More

This book was written to assist the dermatologists and practitioners in the management of rare and challenging skin disorders. It is the most valuable collection of such skin disorders from more than 274 outstanding contributors over 4 decades in China. In this book, a comprehensive coverage of abou... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems, BICS 2016, held in Beijing, China, in November 2016.  The 32 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions.  They discuss the emerging areas and ch... More