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  • Politics of Renewable Energy in China

    by Chen Gang ...
    Series series New Horizons in Environmental Politics series
    In this book, Chen Gang examines the real-world effectiveness of China's approach to the promotion of green technologies and practices, and discusses the political landscape in which it is situated.Politics of Renewable Energy in China questions the wisdom of hailing China as a model for authoritarian environmental governance with an up-to-date examination of the subject. It provides readers with ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Microsystem Dynamics

    Principles and Applications

    by Gang S. Chen, Jianfeng Xu, Wei Hua ...
    Series series The Wiley Microsystem and Nanotechnology Series
    Discover a comprehensive look at the principles and applications of microsystem dynamicsMicrosystems or microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are miniaturized devices with components measured in micrometers that perform micro- to nanometer scale electronic machine functions such as actuations. Since research and industrial production in recent decades has generated considerable knowledge of ... Read more

    $106.00 USD

  • China in the Era of Xi Jinping

    Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges

    by Robert S. Ross, Jo Inge Bekkevold, Zhiyue Bo, Yongnian Zheng, Cuifen Weng, Barry Naughton, Joseph Fewsmith, Stig Stenslie, Gang Chen0, Linda Jakobson1, Andrew Nathan2, Helge Hveem3, T J. Pempel4, Mingjiang Li5 ...
    Since becoming president of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has emerged as China's most powerful and popular leader since Deng Xiaoping. The breathtaking economic expansion and military modernization that Xi inherited has convinced him that China can transform into a twenty-first-century superpower.In this collection, leading scholars from the United States, ... Read more

    $31.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Managing Public Pension Plans

    Decisions, Challenges, and Reforms

    by Gang Chen, Trang Hoang, Carol Ebdon ...
    Series series Routledge Public Budgeting and Finance
    This book provides an in-depth explanation of public pension plan management and the decision-making processes surrounding pension policies within state and local governments in the United States. It addresses the intricate balance between securing retirement benefits for public employees and ensuring the fiscal sustainability of pension systems and their sponsoring governments. The book begins ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Three Generations of Women Under Half the Sky

    and Four Other Film Scripts on the Contemporary History of China

    by Greg Gang Chen ...
    The five movie scripts in Three Generations of Women Under Half the Sky higlight life in modern China, exploring topics such as gender disparity, marriage, loyalty, cultural conflicts, and more. In the title script, Grandma plans to swap her granddaughter for a boy in the delivery room. Later, the granddaughter returns home from Australia with degrees in gender equality and gives birth for a ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Dynamics and Control of Robotic Manipulators with Contact and Friction

    by Shiping Liu, Gang S. Chen ...
    A comprehensive guide to the friction, contact and impact on robot control and force feedback mechanismDynamics and Control of Robotic Manipulators with Contact and Friction offers an authoritative guide to the basic principles of robot dynamics and control with a focus on contact and friction. The authors discuss problems in interaction between human and real or virtual robot where dynamics with ... Read more

    $117.00 USD

  • Intelligent Bridge Maintenance and Management

    Emerging Digital Technologies

    by Gang Wu, ZhiQiang Chen, Ji Dang ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides a timely introduction to the methodology of Intelligent Bridge Maintenance and Management (IBM&M) and a comprehensive synthesis of emerging digital technologies for realizing IBM&M. The authors, who carry research, teaching, and consulting experience in the USA, Japan, and China, present the background, principles, methods, and application examples of essential IBM&M solutions ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • Vehicle Noise, Vibration, and Sound Quality

    by Gang Sheng Chen ...
    This book gives readers a working knowledge of vehicle vibration, noise, and sound quality. The knowledge it imparts can be applied to analyze real-world problems and devise solutions that reduce vibration, control noise, and improve sound quality in all vehicles—ground, aerospace, rail, and marine.Also described and illustrated are fundamental principles, analytical formulations, design ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • China's Climate Policy

    by Gang Chen ...
    Series series China Policy Series
    To understand China’s climate change policy is not easy, as the country itself is a paradox actor in global climate political economy: it used to take very suspicious stand on the scientific certainty of climate change, but recently it has become a signatory and firm supporter of the Kyoto Protocol; it stubbornly refuses to accept any emission cutting obligations, but has gradually taken the lead ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Soft Power

    China's Emerging Strategy in International Politics

    by Jianfeng Chen, Xiaohe Cheng Xiaogang Deng, Yong Deng, Zhongying Pang, Ignatius Wibowo, Lening Zhang, Yongjin Zhang, Gang Chen, Joshua Kurlantzick, Suisheng Zhao, Zhiqun Zhu ...
    Soft power has become a very popular concept in international affairs, appearing in government policy papers, academic discussions, and the popular media. In China, soft power has become one of the most frequently used phrases among political leaders, leading academics, and journalists. Defined against hard power, which often involves threat and coercion, soft power applies attraction, persuasion, ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • LEED GA Mock Exams: Questions, Answers, and Explanations: A Must-Have for the LEED Green Associate Exam, Green Building LEED Certification, and Sustainability

    by Gang Chen ...
    From this book, you will be able to:Identify your weakness through practice questionsLearn to work well under the pressure of timed testsCheck your responses against the solutionsUnderstand the solutions for the difficult questions through the explanationsFully understand the scope, difficulty level, and format of the LEED Green Associate Exam ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Political Implications of China's Technocracy in the Reform Era

    by Gang Chen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book focuses on the evolution of technocracy in contemporary Chinese politics and its implications in China’s elite politics and policymaking. The rise of technocracy in contemporary Chinese politics is not only attributed to the meritocratic tradition based on civil service exams in ancient China but also tied to the current authoritarian political system that relies on the top-down cadre ... Read more

    $116.09 USD