By 2025 China will have built fifteen new supercities' each with 25 million inhabitants It will have created 250 Eco-cities' as well clean green car-free people-friendly high-tech urban centres From the edge of an impending eco-catastrophe we are arguably witnessing history's greatest environmental turnaround
- an urban experiment that may provide valuable lessons for cities worldwide Whether or not we choose to believe the hype
- there is little doubt that this is an experiment that needs unpicking understanding & learning from Austin Williams The Architectural Review's China correspondent explores the progress & perils of China's vast eco-city program describing the complexities which emerge in the race to balance the environment with industrialisation quality with quantity & the liberty of the individual with the authority of the Chinese state Lifting the lid on the economic & social realities of the Chinese blueprint for eco-modernisation Williams tells the story of China's rise & reveals the pragmatic political & economic motives that lurk behind the successes & failures of its eco-cities Will these new kinds of urban developments be good humane healthy places? Can China find a third way' in which humanity nature economic growth & sustainability are reconciled? & what lessons can we learn for our own vision of the urban future? This is a timely & readable account which explores a range of themes
- environmental political cultural & architectural
- to show how the eco-city program sheds fascinating light on contemporary Chinese society & provides a lens through which to view the politics of sustainability closer to home



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This is a negotiation game in the truest sense of the word In it players acquire ownership of sections of city blocks then place tiles representing businesses onto the block-sections At the end of each turn each tile you&ve laid gives you some sort of payout but completed businesses (formed of three to six connected tiles of the same type) pay quite a bit better All these resources are dealt to the players randomly however so players must trade to get matching businesses & adjacent locations ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In a legendary performance three-time Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson stars as private eye Jake Gittes Hired by a mysterious woman to investigate Hollis Mulwray the chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Gittes& sleuthing brings him into contact with Mulwray&s wife (Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway) a stunning socialite with secrets of her own As a determined Gittes delves deeper he soon realises that even the City of Angels has a dark side Director Roman Polanski&s Chinatown has evolved from an atmospheric film noir mystery into a modern-day classic with Robert Towne&s Academy Award-winning script unforgettably & brilliantly capturing a lost era of deceit corruption & treachery ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In a legendary performance three-time Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson stars as private eye Jake Gittes Hired by a mysterious woman to investigate Hollis Mulwray the chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Gittes& sleuthing brings him into contact with Mulwray&s wife (Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway) a stunning socialite with secrets of her own As a determined Gittes delves deeper he soon realises that even the City of Angels has a dark side Director Roman Polanski&s Chinatown has evolved from an atmospheric film noir mystery into a modern-day classic with Robert Towne&s Academy Award-winning script unforgettably & brilliantly capturing a lost era of deceit corruption & treachery Actors Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway John Huston Diane Ladd John Hillerman Roman Polanski Richard Bakalyan Darrell Zwerling & Roy Jenson Director Roman Polanski Certificate 15 years & over Year 1974 Screen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages French ; German ; Castillian Spanish Subtitles English for the hearing imapired ; French ; German ; Danish ; Italian ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; Castillian Spanish ; Finnish ; Dutch Duration 2 hours & 5 minutes (approx)
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The Chinese language is traditionally taught through a series of between roughly 180 & 215 radicals These radicals are then used to form the characters of the Chinese language Chineasy (TM) has broken down this collection of characters into their most basic & recurring forms allowing students to learn fewer & simpler radicals that we have termed 'building blocks' One building block or a specific compound form of the building block can be combined with one or more other characters to make a compound character Two or more independent characters can be placed next to one another to make phrases In compounds a whole new character is created; in phrases the placement of characters next to one another gives a new meaning to the collection of characters This principle of building blocks is what makes Chineasy (TM) so easy! ...

Shao Lan Hsueh a Taiwanese entrepreneur based in London couldn't find an effective way of teaching her children Chinese so she developed a groundbreaking visual method to make reading characters fun & easy By learning the most commonly occurring characters
- the building blocks of the entire language
- readers of all ages can swiftly grasp basic concepts & words Chineasy (TM) Everyday teaches over 400 of the most used & useful Chinese characters phrases & sentences Organized into eleven themes that reflect our daily lives it brings the stories & myths behind the characters to life providing a unique perspective into Chinese history & culture ' Learning Mandarin just got Chineasy (TM) May revolutionize the teaching of Chinese around the world' The Sunday Times

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Learning Chinese is notoriously difficult & has long put off even the most linguistically savvy Westerners until now Shao Lan has used her entrepreneurial & software background to unpick Chinese characters & create a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of the written language Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar she has developed a unique set of illustrations that are engaging & delightful & offer a glimpse into the wonder of the Chinese language & culture ...

Where Chineasy (TM) 's books flashcards & memory game helped learners to recognize a diverse range of characters this new workbook offers the opportunity to practise writing Chinese characters Noma Bar's playful & appealing colour illustrations are interspersed with practical pages showing learners how to write the characters themselves Short facts illuminate the meaning of a character or the origin of its shape while a guide to the correct stroke order & grids to help with spacing allow learners to perfect their writing skills Maintaining the innovative visual identity of the Chineasy (TM) brand the workbook is the perfect complement to the existing range but is also self- standing & doesn't require learners to be familiar with the method Suitable for everyone from schoolchildren to businesspeople it will foster a genuine appreciation of the Chinese language & provide a fun introduction to the art of Chinese calligraphy ...

Learning Chinese is notoriously difficult & has long put off the most linguistically savvy Westerners until now Breaking down the Great Wall of language Shao Lan Hsueh has unpicked Chinese characters & created a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of the written language Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar she has developed a unique set of illustrations that are engaging & delightful & offer a glimpse into the wonder of the Chinese language & culture The books main section introduces the radicals the key characters on which the language is built & reveals how they can be combined to form a wealth of more complex words & phrases In fewer than 200 pages readers of all ages will have made the first steps towards a genuine appreciation of Chinese loving every new character they learn ...

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