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This work examines the structure and illegal activities of organized crime groups in Taiwan and explores the infiltration of crime groups into the business and political arenas. It looks at the intricate relationship among government officials, elected deputies, businessmen, and underworld figures.
An indispensable tool for librarians who do reference or collection management, this work is a pioneering offering of expertly selected print and electronic reference tools for East Asian Studies (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean). Handbook for Asian Studies Specialists: A Guide to Research Materials and Collection Building Tools is the first work to cover reference works for the main Asian area languages of China, Japan, and Korea. Several leading Asian Studies librarians have contributed their many decades of experience to create a resource that gathers major reference titles—both print and online—that would be useful to today's Asian Studies librarian. Organized by language group, it off...
Her biological father had died suddenly, and she had been miserably driven out of the house by her stepmother and stepsister. After that, her boyfriend of many years slept with her best friend. Even worse, she had offended someone she shouldn't have. Three years later, she came back as the Asia Pacific director of a certain corporate tycoon group. When they met again, she was surrounded by handsome men, while he was surrounded by beautiful women. Ignoring her wishes, he pulled her along and danced. he whispered in her ear, holding her waist. " "You're Su Rao?" She leaned on his shoulder obediently and gave a calm chuckle. "Are you referring to the former Eldest Miss of the Su Group? Mr. Song...
Was the original world really an illusion? He continued the fate from a thousand years ago. For the sake of his beloved woman, he once again threw himself into the world of blood and slaughter. When he brandished his butcher's knife for his only friend, he suddenly discovered that the world had changed drastically! In the Primal Chaos Great World, there was killing on the path of martial arts. Nine cities were established, and the divine artifacts were divided into one. The legendary Great Dao of Martial Arts was something that he could not find. Who knew that he would suddenly look back and see it in his heart! What new strength would accompany it ...
An in-depth look at the dynamic cultural world of tea in Japan during its formative period Around Chigusa investigates the cultural and artistic milieu in which a humble jar of Chinese origin dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century became Chigusa, a revered, named object in the practice of formalized tea presentation (chanoyu) in sixteenth-century Japan. This tea-leaf storage jar lies at the nexus of interlocking personal networks, cultural values, and aesthetic idioms in the practice and appreciation of tea, poetry, painting, calligraphy, and Noh theater during this formative period of tea culture. The book’s essays set tea in dialogue with other cultural practices, revealing larger cultural paradigms that informed the production, circulation, and reception of the artifacts used and displayed in tea. Key themes include the centrality of tea to the social life of and interaction among warriors, merchants, and the courtly elite; the multifaceted relationship between things wa (Japanese) and kan (Chinese) and between tea and poetry; the rise of new formats for display of the visual and calligraphic arts; and collecting and display as an expression of political power.
When the girl only for her boyfriend to go to school, how could he expect, he took her hard-earned money to raise a mistress. After being tricked into returning home, that vicious sister-in-law actually wanted to sell her to a rich old man. He panicked and said that his boyfriend was a rich young master. This brother and sister came to seek confirmation, but the noble young master actually admitted it. It was a strange marriage. From then on, she married into a rich family. However, what awaited her was a ...
She, the peerless genius of both poison and medical cultivation, had been accidentally assassinated, and was the good-for-nothing eldest miss of the Yun Family from the Cheng Dong Yue Empire. Trash? The heaven-defying beasts were so powerful that they could shake the entire world. The divine grade pellets were easy to obtain. As he continued to level up, he continued to abuse the scum of men and women. Whoever bullied her would receive it a thousand times more. See how she stirs up the universe and kills the world. A certain Lord didn't know what to do to make that unromantic girl fall in love with him. Who knew that the little girl would wave her big sleeve, "Come and pick me up! If you pick it up, it's yours! "
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.