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This book offers a snappy but comprehensive investigation of how the resource needs of today could become the resource conflicts of tomorrow. As the most populous country in the world, the security of China’s “rice bowl” is not only a top political priority for China’s policymakers but increasingly a critical global concern as the country emerges as a leading food importer and a major player in outward agricultural investment. This book sheds light on China’s efforts, both at home and abroad, to safeguard its food security and how these efforts will affect global food systems. This book will be of interest to industry analysts, institutional investors, and scholars of China's global rise. Hongzhou Zhang is a Research Fellow with the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His latest publications include China and Transboundary Water Politics in Asia (2017) and the China’s Global Quest for Resources: Energy, Food and Water (2016). In addition, he has contributed papers to peer-reviewed journals such as the Global Policy, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Marine Policy, Pacific Review, WIREs Water, International Journal of Water Resources Development, the Copenhagen Journal of Asia Studies, Harvard Asia Quarterly, the ISPI Analysis, and Southeast Asia Studies. .

Asia-Politics and government. --- Agricultural economics. --- Asia-Economic conditions. --- Asian Politics. --- Agricultural Economics. --- Asian Economics. --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Agriculture --- Production economics, Agricultural --- Land use, Rural --- Economic aspects

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Natural resources --- Energy security --- Food security --- Water security --- Government policy --- China --- Foreign economic relations.

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"This book aims to systematically examine the complex reality of water contestations between China and its neighboring countries. It provides a discussion on transboundary hydro-politics beyond the state-centric geopolitical perspective to dig into various political, institutional, legal, historical, geographical, and demographic factors that affect China's policies and practices towards transboundary water issues. This book also provides a collection of comparative case studies on China's water resources management on the Mekong River with other five riparian states in the Lower Mekong region, Salween river with Myanmar, the Brahmaputra River with India, the Amur River with Russia and Mongolia, the Illy and Irtysh Rivers with Kazakhstan as well the Yalu and Tumen Rivers with North Korea. Furthermore, this book sheds light on China's future role in global water governance"--

Water resources development --- Water rights --- Water-supply --- Political aspects --- International cooperation --- Asia --- China --- Foreign relations

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This book focuses on charged-particle optics and microscopy, as well as their applications in the materials sciences. Presenting a range of cutting-edge theoretical and methodological advances in electron microscopy and microanalysis, and examining their crucial roles in modern materials research, it offers a unique resource for all researchers who work in ultramicroscopy and/or materials research. The book addresses the growing opportunities in this field and introduces readers to the state of the art in charged-particle microscopy techniques. It showcases recent advances in scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and helium ion microscopy, including advanced spectroscopy, spherical-corrected microscopy, focused-ion imaging and in-situ microscopy. Covering these and other essential topics, the book is intended to facilitate the development of microscopy techniques, inspire young researchers, and make a valuable contribution to the field.

Optics. Quantum optics --- Physics --- Surface chemistry --- Theoretical spectroscopy. Spectroscopic techniques --- Materials sciences --- Electronics --- materiaalkennis --- oppervlakte-onderzoek --- nanotechniek --- spectroscopie --- microscopie --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Nanoscale Science and Technology. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Spectroscopy and Microscopy. --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Physics. --- Nanoscale science. --- Nanoscience. --- Nanostructures. --- Materials science. --- Spectroscopy. --- Microscopy. --- Analysis, Microscopic --- Light microscopy --- Micrographic analysis --- Microscope and microscopy --- Microscopic analysis --- Optical microscopy --- Optics --- Analysis, Spectrum --- Spectra --- Spectrochemical analysis --- Spectrochemistry --- Spectrometry --- Spectroscopy --- Chemistry, Analytic --- Interferometry --- Radiation --- Wave-motion, Theory of --- Absorption spectra --- Light --- Spectroscope --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Nanoscience --- Nano science --- Nanoscale science --- Nanosciences --- Science --- Qualitative --- Analytical chemistry --- Materials --- Spectrum analysis. --- Nanophysics. --- Characterization and Analytical Technique. --- Analysis.