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Didactics of Chinese --- Chinese language --- S15/0410 --- S15/1100 --- English --- China: Language--Textbooks: baihua --- China: Language--Reading aids (e.g. annotated Chinese texts) --- Chinese language. --- English.

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Since the 1989 Tiananmen Square occupation, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau have experienced an increase in and persistence of mass gatherings, demonstrations, and blockades staged as a means of protesting the ways in which people are. In this book, Shih-Diing Liu argues that these popular protests are poorly understood, because they are viewed through the lens of protests and occupations globally, with insufficient attention given to their distinctively local aspects. He provides a better account of these distinctively Chinese-style occupations by describing, contextualizing, and analyzing a range of relevant recent case studies. Liu draws on theoretical concepts developed by Judith Butler, Jacques Rancière, Ernesto Laclau, and other contemporary critical theorists and shows the the importance of considering bodily, spatial, and visual dimensions of these protests. By seeing them as staged, contentious performances, the author demonstrates how these precarious populations mobilize their bodies and symbolic resources offered by the Chinese government to open up temporary spaces of appearance to articulate their grievances, and argues that this kind of embodied and performative analysis should be more widely conducted in studies of popular politics worldwide.

Political participation --- Protest movements --- China --- Politics and government --- S06/0500 --- S27/0607 --- China: Politics and government--Other modern political movements (e.g. anarchism, Socialism, dissident movements, Beijing Spring, Tian'anmen, protests) --- Hong Kong--Opposition movements and parties

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Among twentieth-century Confucians, Xu Fuguan (1904-1982) remains preeminent. This volume, written by Chun-chieh Huang, an authority on Xu's life and thought, offers English-speaking readers for the first time an exhaustive analysis of the philosopher's original ideas and research. A distinguished member of the group of Contemporary New Confucians, Xu made a significant contribution to the revival of Chinese culture and society, and the present book outlines the specific features of his legacy in comparison with the views of some of his influential Chinese and Japanese contemporaries. The topics covered illustrate an overarching idea, namely, the innovative way in which Xu Fuguan answers a major question concerning Chinese culture, one posed by Chinese intellectuals since the May Fourth Movement: how best to approach the modernization of China. Xu's work is based on the assumption that Confucian thought and ethics--the core of Chinese tradition--can be modernized because "there is nothing in it which is not compatible with the idea of human dignity or rights in modern society." Xu addresses the question of China's modernization by offering arguments in favor of building a connection between Confucianism and democracy, mainly its political dimension. Huang places his subject in the vast context of twentieth-century Chinese Confucian studies and the history of East Asian thought. He compares Xu Fuguan with his most influential opponents Hu Shi (1891-1962) and Fu Sinian (1896-1950) as well as fellow Confucians Tang Junyi (1909-1978) and Mou Zongsan (1909-1995). Huang draws further comparisons between Xu's thought and that of Japanese Enlightenment philosopher Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) and the father of contemporary Japanese capitalism, Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931). These contrasts highlight the "Chineseness" of Xu's theories and the marks left by traditional Chinese thought and culture on his writing and life in the countryside, where he spent much of his you

Philosophy, Confucian --- Philosophy, Confucian. --- Xu, Fuguan. --- East Asia. --- Confucian philosophy --- Confucianism --- Philosophy, Chinese --- Hsü, Fu-kuan --- Hsu, Fu-kwan --- Shie, Fu Kuan --- Sŏ, Pok-kwan --- Xu, Bingchang --- Xu, Foguan --- 徐复观 --- 徐復觀 --- S12/0460 --- China: Philosophy and Classics--Confucianism: since 1911 (e.g. Liang Shuming) --- Xu, Fuguan

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This book is based on the Special Issue of the journal Molecules on “Smart and Functional Polymers”. The collected research and review articles focus on the synthesis and characterization of advanced functional polymers, polymers with specific structures and performances, current improvements in advanced polymer-based materials for various applications, and the opportunities and challenges in the future. The topics cover the emerging synthesis and characterization technology of smart polymers, core?shell structure polymers, stimuli-responsive polymers, anhydrous electrorheological materials fabricated from conducting polymers, reversible polymerization systems, and biomedical polymers for drug delivery and disease theranostics. In summary, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest synthesis approaches, representative structures and performances, and various applications of smart and functional polymers. It will serve as a useful reference for all researchers and readers interested in polymer sciences and technologies.

polymerization or post-polymerization modification methods --- chitosan --- diabetes therapy --- electronics --- molecular sieve --- antitumor --- chemical activation --- shape memory polymers --- chemotherapy --- poly(methacrylamide)s --- amphiphilic copolymer --- Vitamin E --- controlled polymerization --- composite --- fluoropolymers --- polymers for fabrication --- synergistic effect --- glucose sensitivity --- self-healing polymers --- emulsion polymerization --- electrorheological --- hydrogels --- polymers for water or effluent treatment --- core–shell structure --- hearing loss --- polymers for information storage --- polymers for sensing --- smart fluid --- saffron --- CO2 --- gel --- phase change --- perfluoroaryl azides --- chemical resistance --- gentamicin --- amphiphilicity --- controlled drug delivery --- paclitaxel --- nucleic acid delivery --- reversible polymerization --- polyether imidazole ionic liquid --- nanomedicine --- polymers for industrial catalysis --- polyvinyl alcohol --- tumor imaging --- endophytic exopolysaccharide --- particle processing --- and tissue engineering --- cochlear hair cell --- drug delivery --- melt-shear organization --- separation --- polyaniline --- castor oil --- polycaprolactone-diol --- pH responsive polymers --- fine-tuning --- heterogeneous catalysis --- sustainable polymers --- administration routes --- co-delivery systems --- hydrolyzable polyurea --- degradability --- and purification --- imaging --- post-polymerization functionalization --- core/shell particles --- polymer-based supramolecular chemistry --- polyamino acids --- catalyst --- cancer chemotherapy --- biomedical devices --- antidiabetic --- functional polymers used in food science --- viscoelastic --- multi-drug resistance --- stimuli-sensitive polymers --- polymeric nanoparticles --- diverse therapeutic areas --- glutaraldehyde --- renewable polymer materials used for agriculture --- solvent responsiveness --- phenylboronic acid --- Glycopolymer --- polymerization dispersion method --- functional polymers for diagnosis --- conducting polymer --- stimuli-responsive polymers --- versatile platform --- phase transition --- pH responsive --- core-shell nanoparticles --- clinical translation --- rare earth upconversion nanoparticles --- hydrophobic drug delivery --- breast cancer --- targeted drug delivery --- polyurethanes --- ?-NaYF4 --- and antimicrobial activity) --- micelle --- hydrophobicity --- polymer-based medical devices --- Staudinger reaction --- polymers with biological activity (e.g. --- albumin --- drug release --- and energy conversion --- applications

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Informal dimensions of European integration have received limited academic attention to date, despite their historical and contemporary importance. Particularly studies in European integration history, while frequently mentioning informal processes, have as yet rarely conceptualised the study of informality in European integration, and thus fail usually to systematically analyse conditions, impact and consequences of informal action.Including case studies that discuss both successful and failed examples of informal action in European integration, this book assembles cutting-edge research by both early-career and more experienced scholars from all over Europe to fill this lacuna. The chapters of this volume offer a guide to the study of informality and show how informality has impacted European integration history and the functioning of the EC/EU as well as other European organisations in a variety of ways. Reflecting the diversity of studies within this burgeoning field of research, within and across several academic disciplines, the book approaches the informal dimensions of European integration from different disciplinary, methodological and thematic angles

European federation --- European communities --- History --- European Economic Community --- European Union --- E.U. --- CEE --- Evropeĭskiĭ Soi︠u︡z --- C.E.E. --- Communauté économique européenne --- Comunidad Económica Europea --- Comunità economica europea --- EEC --- EC --- Europäische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft --- Europejska Wspólnota Gospodarcza --- Europese Economische Gemeenschap --- Európai Gazdasági Közösség --- EHS --- Kurapʻa Kyŏngje Kongdongchʻe --- Kurapʻa Kongdong Sijang --- EEG --- Evropeĭska ikonomicheska obshtnost --- Evropské hospodářské spolecenstvi --- Comunidade Económica Europeia --- EWG --- Europæiske økonomiske fællesskab --- EØF --- Koinē Agora --- EOK --- MCE --- Mercado Común Europeo --- Europeiske økonomiske fellesskap --- Evropeĭskoe ėkonomicheskoe soobshchestvo --- MEC --- Evropska ekonomska zaednica --- EZZ --- Common Market --- Marché commun --- EĖS --- Avrupa Ekonomik Topluluğu --- AET --- Müşterek Pazar --- Ortak Pazar --- Sūq al-Ūrūbbīyah al-Mushtarakah --- Mercado Comum --- Europaikē Oikonomikē Koinotēta --- Evropska gospodarska skupnost --- Mercato comune --- EEZ --- Evropska ekonomska zajednica --- Euroopan Yhteisö --- EY --- EIO --- Shuḳ ha-Eropi ha-meʼuḥad --- Suq Komuni --- Eurōpaïkē Koinotēta --- Comunidade Européia --- Mercado Comum Europeau --- Unia Europejska --- Koinotēta --- E.G. --- קהילה האירופית --- קהילייה האירופאית --- שוק הארופאי המשותף --- Evropeisku Félagsmarknaðin --- EF --- History. --- E-books --- European federation - History --- European communities - History --- Europe --- Politics and government --- CEE (European Economic Community) --- C.E.E. (European Economic Community) --- EEC (European Economic Community)