Only decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or further their careers. A large number of these migrants are small-scale traders from Africa who deal in Chinese goods—often knockoffs or copies of high-end branded items—to send back to their home countries. In The World in Guangzhou, Gordon Mathews explores the question of how the city became a center of “low-end globalization” and shows what we can learn from that experience about similar transformations elsewhere in the world.   Through detailed ethnographic portraits, Mathews reveals a world of globalization based on informality, reputation, and trust rather than on formal contracts. How, he asks, can such informal relationships emerge between two groups—Chinese and sub-Saharan Africans—that don't share a common language, culture, or religion? And what happens when Africans move beyond their status as temporary residents and begin to put down roots and establish families?   Full of unforgettable characters, The World in Guangzhou presents a compelling account of globalization at ground level and offers a look into the future of urban life as transnational connections continue to remake cities around the world. 

The World in Guangzhou: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China’s Global Marketplace

Business & Money

Mathews, Gordon

Lin, Linessa Dan

YANG, YANG

International

University of Chicago Press

Only decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or further their careers. A large number of these migrants are small-scale traders from Africa who deal in Chinese goods—often knockoffs or copies of high-end branded items—to send back to their home countries. In The World in Guangzhou, Gordon Mathews explores the question of how the city became a center of “low-end globalization” and shows what we can learn from that experience about similar transformations elsewhere in the world. Through detailed ethnographic portraits, Mathews reveals a world of globalization based on informality, reputation, and trust rather than on formal contracts. How, he asks, can such informal relationships emerge between two groups—Chinese and sub-Saharan Africans—that don't share a common language, culture, or religion? And what happens when Africans move beyond their status as temporary residents and begin to put down roots and establish families? Full of unforgettable characters, The World in Guangzhou presents a compelling account of globalization at ground level and offers a look into the future of urban life as transnational connections continue to remake cities around the world.

The World in Guangzhou: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China's Global Marketplace

The biography of Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, who was awarded the highly prestigious Melvil Dewey Medal by the American Library Association in 2015, will be welcomed by readers interested in knowing not only more about Lee’s personal achievements and contributions in librarianship but also about the rapid changes in the library profession in general. The biography, written by Ms. Yang Yang of China Central Television in Beijing, was first published in Chinese in China in 2011. It was republished in Taiwan with added information in 2014. This English edition, translated by Dr. Ying Zhang of the University of California in Irvine, was updated by Lee. Throughout his childhood and youth, Lee experienced tremendous hardship during the brutal Sino-Japanese War and then the Chinese civil war, described in the first three chapters. After arriving in the United States as a graduate student from Taiwan in 1957, he struggled to realize the American dream by studying hard and working diligently in the field of librarianship for nearly half a century. The biography explores Lee’s career at major academic libraries, beginning at the University of Pittsburgh to his retirement from Ohio University, including his seven years of library directorship at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand, under the sponsorship of the U.S. Agency for International Development. After his first retirement, Lee was invited by OCLC to become a Visiting Distinguished Scholar. From there he was appointed Chief of the Asian Division at the Library of Congress and retired for the second time in 2008. The biography also highlights Lee’s contributions in international librarianship, especially in the promotion of library cooperation between the United States and China.

The Sage in the Cathedral of Books: The Distinguished Chinese American Library Professional Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Ohio University Libraries

Taijiquan: The Art Of Nurturing, The Science Of Power [Hardcover] Yang Yang (Author) Scott A. Grubisich (Author)

Taijiquan: The Art Of Nurturing, The Science Of Power

Religion & Spirituality

Grubisich, Scott A.

New Age & Spirituality

Zhenwu Pubns

Hardcover second edition of the classic Taiji (Tai Chi) Dr. Yang Yang. Features larger font size and additional text on lying-down qigong exercises.

Taijiquan: The Art of Nurturing, The Science of Power by Yang Yang (2008) Hardcover

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Zhenwu Publication

Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China

Kwong, Miu Ying

Reference

Routledge

Age-Period-Cohort Analysis: New Models, Methods, and Empirical Applications is based on a decade of the authors’ collaborative work in age-period-cohort (APC) analysis. Within a single, consistent HAPC-GLMM statistical modeling framework, the authors synthesize APC models and methods for three research designs: age-by-time period tables of population rates or proportions, repeated cross-section sample surveys, and accelerated longitudinal panel studies. The authors show how the empirical application of the models to various problems leads to many fascinating findings on how outcome variables develop along the age, period, and cohort dimensions.\nThe book makes two essential contributions to quantitative studies of time-related change. Through the introduction of the GLMM framework, it shows how innovative estimation methods and new model specifications can be used to tackle the "model identification problem" that has hampered the development and empirical application of APC analysis. The book also addresses the major criticism against APC analysis by explaining the use of new models within the GLMM framework to uncover mechanisms underlying age patterns and temporal trends.\nEncompassing both methodological expositions and empirical studies, this book explores the ways in which statistical models, methods, and research designs can be used to open new possibilities for APC analysis. It compares new and existing models and methods and provides useful guidelines on how to conduct APC analysis. For empirical illustrations, the text incorporates examples from a variety of disciplines, such as sociology, demography, and epidemiology. Along with details on empirical analyses, software and programs to estimate the models are available on the book’s web page.

Age-Period-Cohort Analysis (Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics)

Land, Kenneth C.

Diseases & Physical Ailments

CRC-Press

New feature added! Now you can scan the QR code on each page to listen to the sound recordings.  www.BigChineseWorkbook.comDesigned for kids living in English speaking countries and/or regions, Chinese heritage or non-Chinese heritage.• Identify and write 22 commonly used radicals in addition to the ones learned in Level 1 & 2. •Understand, use and write 36 commonly used measure words in Chinese, in addition to the ones learned in Level K. •Understand and use 19 high frequency words. • Write compound sentences with 15 groups of commonly used conjunctions.  •Read short passages in Chinese and answer questions. •Read up to 280 new characters and write about 120 of them.  Total vocabulary for Level K+ Level 1+Level 2 +Level 3 Reading: 1000 Writing: 300  Recommended by teachers and linguists to be used for self-study or in supplement to any Chinese school curriculum. No textbook is required for using this workbook. For kids who do not speak Chinese at home and do not go to a Chinese school (immersion or weekend), a tutor is recommended for using this book. This book uses simplified characters.

Big Chinese Workbook for Little Hands, Level 3 (Ages 8+)

Children's Books

Education & Reference

Independently published

Fog and Fogonomics: Challenges and Practices of Fog Computing, Communication, Networking, Strategy, and Economics (Information and Communication Technology Series)

Tao Zhang

Jianwei Huang

Joe Weinman

wiley

Fog And Fogonomics

Wiley & Sons, Limited, John

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