Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Abel Ferrara&s modern-day retelling of & Romeo & Juliet& set on the streets of New York&s Chinatown & Little Italy Streetwise Italian boy Tony falls in love with Chinese girl Tyan but their relationship is complicated by their respective brothers& positions as the leaders of opposing local gangs Unable to deny their feelings for each other Tony & Tyan soon become the cause of all-out warfare between the two gangs ...

Approaching the end of his nine year stint as a BBC journalist in Beijing Michael Bristow decided he wanted to write about the country's modern history To assist him he asked for the help of his language teacher who was born just two years after the communist party came to power in 1949 The changing fortunes of his life have mirrored the ups & downs of his country which has moved from communist poverty to capitalist wealth in just a single generation It came as a surprise though to learn that the teacher was also a cross-dresser Michael gradually realised that the teacher's story is the story of modern China ...

The first half of the 20th century was a fascinating & tragic period for China There were accomplishments such as the strengthening economy the improvements in the education system & the status of women but these were overshadowed by continuing extreme poverty social misery & a series of crises many of them bloody Worst of all the period saw the Japanese occupation among the most horrific in all Chinese history Professor Mackerras provides & admirably clear & accessible account of the events that defined this very confusing period in China's history This new edition takes into account the many new articles & books published on this period & new (formerly unavailable) documents The maps chronology glossary bibliography & guide to further reading will further bring the history alive for readers ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Homicide detective Kyle Bodine (Ed Harris) becomes emotionally involved with Rachel Monroe (Madeline Stowe) after she murders her violent husband (Charles Dance) Bodine helps cover up the murder but when the finger of suspicion points at him he begins to wonder whether he has been set up ...

A wickedly funny novel of social climbing secret emails art-world scandal & lovesick billionaires from the internationally bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians 400 pages Kwan Kevin ...

Exploring the remarkable story of China's rise to global prominence China since 1949 provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the events that have shaped the country since the middle of the twentieth century Covering the Maoist era through the Reform period to the present day this book addresses subjects such as China's position as a world economic power the Chinese Communist Party's treatment of ethnic minorities women's experiences under the Communist regime & China's human rights record Fully updated throughout the third edition

Includes:: a new chapter focusing on China since 2010 discussion of current issues such as China's territorial disputes computer hacking & cyber-espionage corruption leadership changes & the slowing of China's economic growth extensively revised chapters on China & the World & on Government Politics & the Economy An updated selection of primary source documents Also containing a chronology of events from 1949 to 2015 a Who's Who of key figures a glossary & a guide to further reading China Since 1949 is an accessible & engaging introduction to China's recent past & essential reading for students of modern Chinese history

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Lifting the lid on China's secret struggle with home-grown Islamic Terrorism 288 pages 2 maps Holdstock Nick ...

China Napoleon once remarked is a sleeping lion Let her sleep for when she wakes she will shake the world In 2014 President Xi Jinping triumphantly declared the lion had awakened Under his leadership China is pursuing a dream to restore its historical position as the dominant power in Asia From the Mekong River Basin to the Central Asian steppe China is flexing its economic muscles for strategic ends By setting up new regional financial institutions Beijing is challenging the post-World War II order established under the watchful eye of Washington & by funding & building roads railways ports & power lines-a New Silk Road across Eurasia & through the South China Sea & Indian Ocean-China aims to draw its neighbours ever tighter into its embrace Combining a geopolitical overview with on-the-ground reportage from a dozen countries China's Asian Dream offers a fresh perspective on the rise of China' & what it means for the future of Asia? ...

China is on track to exceed the United States as the world's largest economy in the next several years It is already the leading global trading nation Even though its growth rate has recently slowed from years past China has had the fastest yearly growth rate of any country for much of the last three decades In China's Economy What Everyone Needs to Know Arthur Kroeber offers an overview of the highlights of China's development since economic reforms were initiated under Deng Xiaoping in 1979 He argues that manufacturing agricultural change & construction reoriented the economy in the 1980s & 1990s through state-owned enterprises private entrepreneurship & foreign investment Those shifts unleashed perhaps the largest migration ever in world history from rural areas to urban centers accompanied by a no less unprecedented expansion of infrastructure Changes in the country's fiscal & financial systems vastly increased China's monetary holdings from the 1990s onwards leading to the country's strategic holding of more US debt than any other nation Kroeber also examines economic growth as it has been experienced by Chinese workers & consumers including the mounting problems of income & wealth inequality corruption & environmental degradation Kroeber ultimately turns to the consequences of Chinese economic growth its decisive impact on the world economy its visible & challenging resource extraction from Africa & Latin America & its increasing engagement with global economic institutions ...

Many studies of government in China either simply describe the political institutions or else focus critically on the weaknesses of the system such as corruption or the absence of Western-style democracy Authors of these studies fail to appreciate the surprising ability of China's government to rapidly transform a once impoverished economy & to recover from numerous crises from 1978 to the present This book on the other hand takes a more balanced more positive view This view is based on a study of changes in China's institutions for coping with critical crises in governance since 1978 These changes include better management of leadership succession better crisis management enhanced social welfare the management of society through treating different social groups differently depending on their potential to rival the Party state & a variety of limited intra-party & grassroots democracy This book applies to the Chinese model the term "pragmatic authoritarianism" It explains changes to & the likely future direction of China's governance model It compares current risks in China's governance with threats that terminated dynasties & the republic in China over the past four thousand years & concludes that the regime can be expected to survive a considerable period despite its existing flaws " Few topics in Chinese politics are as significant as the nature state & prospects of the political regime While the topic had been unduly understudied for a long period of time a young generation of scholars has emerged on this subject Among others the book by Hongyi Lai stands out & provides a comprehensive & penetrating analysis on this topic I am confident that his book will make a significant contribution to the study of Chinese politics & may well define the debate on China's political development governance & model for years to come"
- Yongnian Zheng Director East Asian Institute National University of Singapore
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