Sir Charles Kao is generally regarded as the father of fiber optics, based in part on his discovery that signal loss in fiber cables was a direct result of impurities in the glass rather than a flaw i
Sir Charles Kao is generally regarded as the father of fiber optics, based in part on his discovery that signal loss in fiber cables was a direct result of impurities in the glass rather than a flaw i
Thirty years ago, Hu Shih's views of Chinese society and history were representative of Sinology in general: China itself had no native religion, just local customs; its only real religion was an impo
《含英咀華》（上卷）是從閔福德、劉紹銘兩位教授合編的 Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations, Volume 1: From Antiquity to the Tang Dynasty 衍生出來的。編譯 Anthology 的目的，如編者所言，是「讓英語世界讀者通過他們熟悉的語言去『含英咀華』，『沈浸』於『醲郁』的中國古
This study, which has been conducted in the spirit of a symbologically inclined anthropology, explores one of the major manifestations of Chinese popular tradition─the celebration of the New Year in a
Based on The Outline of Graded Chinese Characters as promulgated by the Examination Section in the Office of the National Committee for Chinese as a Second Language, each of the 1,000 basic characters
This volume explores the management of conflicts arising from the siting of unwanted projects in the Asia-Pacific, a region inadequately explored by the relevant literature. The work includes studies
This book introduces twelve short stories selected from the Yushi Mingyan, Jingshi Tongyan, and Xingshi Hengyan anthologies edited by the late Ming writer Feng Menglong (1574-1646). Drawn largely from
This work is the result of a co-operation between a social anthropologist and a social historian and is focused on the social evolution of Southern China. Based on a longitudinal fieldwork study in th
English-Cantonese Dictionary is a handy, user-friendly dictionary which emphasizes the Cantonese spoken dialect. It is designed to help users find the best word or phrase in Cantonese to express the m
