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As one of the boat people refugees, Thien escaped war-torn Vietnam on a harrowing journey that landed him in a Malaysian refugee camp. This is a graphic and beautifully-written account of Thien Tang's 30-month plight as a refugee from Vietnam during the 'boat people' exodus.

"Home ownership plays a significant role in locating the middle class in most western societies, associated with market, consumerism, democracy and 6 eople like us", the significant features of the middle class for any society. In China, private home ownership was not the norm from 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party took power, until the 1990s. In the past three decades, however, there has been a fast growing housing consumption and private homeowners have become the most significantly changing aspect of Chinese urban life. In particular, the rise of gated communities has become a predominant feature of the urban landscape. Similar to their western counterparts, the gated communities in China exemplify 6 igh status" symbols with enclosed and restricted residential areas, exclusive community parks and recreational facilities, and professional management and security services. But different from western societies where gated communities usually represent luxurious lifestyles only limited to a small group of people, in urban China gated communities have become one major form of supply in the housing market and one of the most popular and desirable choices for homebuyers. Private home ownership and residency in gated communities, altogether characterize the most significant aspect of comfort living and distinct lifestyles of China's new middle classes who have successfully got ahead in the socialist market economy. This book examines the formation of 6 hina's housing middle class". It develops a theoretical argument about, and provides empirical evidence of the heterogeneity of China's new middle class, which underlines the relations between the state, market and life chances under a socialist market economy. As such it will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Chinese society, sociology and politics."--Provided by publisher

"Taking lesbians in Singapore as a case study, this book explores the possibility of a modern gay identity in a postcolonial society, that is not dependent on Western queer norms. It looks at the core question of how this identity can be reconciled with local culture and how it relates to global modernities and dominant understandings of what it means to be queer. It engages with debates about globalization, post-colonialism and sexuality, while emphasising the specificity, diversity and interconnectedness of local lesbian sexualities"--

1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual underpinnings of global queering -- 3. Postcolonial Singapore : state, nationalism and sexuality -- 4. Sexual politics in Singapore : sodomy law and lesbian resistance -- 5. Transnational politics of local queer activism and lesbian activists -- 6. 'Modern' lesbian lives in postcolonial Singapore -- 7. Recollections, remarks and re-making the relations : a postcolonial politics of difference.

Recovery, Mental Health and Inequality- Front Cover -- Recovery, Mental Health and Inequality -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: What recovery? Whose recovery? Recovery as a disputed approach -- Introduction -- What recovery? -- Whose recovery? -- Central inquiries and method -- Recovery from what to where? -- Possible social forces impinging on Chinese service users' recovery journeys -- Overview of the book -- Chapter 2: Exploring social inequalities with the Capabilities Approach and Intersectionality Analysis -- Introduction -- A critical realist exploration -- Five reasons for using the Capabilities Approach -- Intersectionality Analysis and social location -- Towards a synthesis of the Capabilities Approach and Intersectionality Analysis -- Chapter 3: When things start to fall apart: social conditions and the loss of capabilities -- Introduction -- Positioning the service users -- Capabilities loss: social conditions and the deterioration of mental well-being -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Becoming a psychiatric patient -- Introduction -- Pathways to care: structure and process -- Language capability, interpretation services and assertiveness in exercising agency in medical encounters -- Receiving a diagnosis -- Interventions: what works and what doesn't -- Hospitalisation -- The 'incomplete' project of medicalisation and pragmatism in adopting explanatory models -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5: Life after shipwreck: social conditions for capabilities (re)development -- Introduction -- Building a life in the community -- Recovering from social conditions or further capability deprivation -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6: Stubbornly strive to be human: meanings of recovery, hope and adaptive preferences -- Introduction -- Sanism and the use of identities as life strategies

"This book examines the various stages of China';s development, in the economic, social, and political fields, relating theories and models of development to what is actually occurring in China, and discussing how China';s development is likely to progress going forward. It argues that China';s modernization hitherto can be characterized as "authoritarian development" -- a fusion of mixed economic institutions of varying types of ownership with social stability and political cohesiveness -- and that the present phase, where more emphasis is being given to social issues, is likely to lead on to a new phase where a more mature civil society and a more extensive middle class are likely to look for greater democratization. It presents an in-depth analysis of China';s changing social structure and civil society, explores the forces for and processes of democratization, and assesses the prospects for further democratization in the light of changing social structures."--Provided by publisher.

This concise illustrated volume presents a slice of Chinese military history that will appeal to Sinophiles, historians, strategists and the general public. Where Sun-Tzu discussed strategy and tactics, Mr. Wang introduces the weapons and techniques used in various periods of Chinese history as well as illustrating hallmark strategies through the stories of famous battles

"Taking lesbians in Singapore as a case study, this book explores the possibility of a modern gay identity in a postcolonial society, that is not dependent on Western queer norms. It looks at the core question of how this identity can be reconciled with local culture and how it relates to global modernities and dominant understandings of what it means to be queer. It engages with debates about globalization, post-colonialism and sexuality, while emphasising the specificity, diversity and interconnectedness of local lesbian sexualities"--

This book examines the impacts of China's urbanization on the country's economic development, clan culture, rural societies, minority resident areas, natural environment, women, and public policy reforms, drawing on official statistics, independent survey data, archives, and fieldwork research to do so. Adopting a cross-disciplinary perspective, the book places special emphasis on issues that have been neglected in prior studies, and provides up-to-date information, reports, and analyses based on the latest events. Further, it considers future directions and strategies regarding urban development, discusses regional urbanization in selected poor and "backward" western provinces, analyzes changes in traditional clan culture brought on by urbanization, and explores evolutions in local clan societies in the Qin and Han Dynasties when cities expanded and business flourished. Lastly, the book examines the effects of infrastructure-related determinants on urban expansion rates and urban land prices, demonstrates the ebbs and flows of public opinion regarding various environmental issues, discusses planned real estate tax reform, and assesses the impact of demographic and socioeconomic changes on young unmarried women.

An introduction of the data industry to the field of economics This book bridges the gap between economics and data science to help data scientists understand the economics of big data, and enable economists to analyze the data industry. It begins by explaining data resources and introduces the data asset. This book defines a data industry chain and enumerates data enterprises' business models, operating models, and developing models. The author describes five types of enterprise agglomerations, and multiple industrial cluster effects. A discussion on the establishment and development of data industry related laws and regulations is provided. In addition, this book discusses several scenarios on how to convert data driving forces into productivity that can then serve society. This book is designed to serve as a reference and training guide for data scientists, data-oriented managers and executives, entrepreneurs, scholars, and government employees.Defines and develops the concept of a 'Data Industry,' and explains the economics of data to data scientists and statisticiansIncludes numerous case studies and examples from a variety of industries and disciplinesServes as a useful guide for practitioners and entrepreneurs in the business of data technologyThe Data Industry: The Business and Economicsof Information and Big Data is a resource for practitioners in the data science industry, government, and students in economics, business, and statistics.Chunlei Tang, Ph.D., is a research fellow at Harvard University. She is the co-founder of Fudan's Institute for Data Industry and proposed the concept of the 'data industry'. She received a Ph.D. in Computer and Software Theory in 2012 and a Master of Software Engineering in 2006 from Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Chunlei Tang, Ph.D., is a research fellow at Harvard University. She is the co-founder of Fudan's Institute for Data Industry and proposed the concept of the 'data industry'. She received a Ph.D. in Computer and Software Theory in 2012 and a Master of Software Engineering in 2006 from Fudan University, Shanghai, China.