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Hydropower Station

Concepts, Theories, and Design Principles

Edited by Yongguang Cheng, Kai Su, Jinping Li, Juntao Chen, Weijia Yang ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book is one of the major courses for specialty of hydropower engineering. Hydropower is the most important renewable and green energy, with great development prospects in the developing countries. It contains 4 parts with 13 chapters, in which the basic concepts, basic theories, design principles, and analysis methods on turbines, water conveyance system, hydraulic transients, and powerhouses ... Read more

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This book is one of the major courses for specialty of hydropower engineering. Hydropower is the most important renewable and green energy, with great development prospects in the developing countries. It contains 4 parts with 13 chapters, in which the basic concepts, basic theories, design principles, and analysis methods on turbines, water conveyance system, hydraulic transients, and powerhouses
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The Pirate Captain and His Very Troublesome Merman

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The most feared pirate captain on the Nine Seas has finally met his match. Unfortunately, his match has a magnificent tail, sharp little fangs, and an absolutely dreadful attitude.Captain Jiang Hanzhi has survived deadly storms, monstrous sea creatures, and entire fleets of imperial warships. As the stoic, fiercely protective commander of The Wayward Star, he is famous for never losing his ... Read more

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The most feared pirate captain on the Nine Seas has finally met his match. Unfortunately, his match has a magnificent tail, sharp little fangs, and an absolutely dreadful attitude.Captain Jiang Hanzhi has survived deadly storms, monstrous sea creatures, and entire fleets of imperial warships. As the stoic, fiercely protective commander of The Wayward Star, he is famous for never losing his
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The Villain Who Fell Out of My Book

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He was supposed to die as the villain. Instead, he fell out of a book and into the living room of the man already hopelessly in love with him.Su Mingyu has a weakness for handsome fictional villains.Unfortunately, the historical fantasy romance he's currently reading is terrible. The hero is insufferable, the heroine is ridiculous, and the only interesting character is about to meet a tragically ... Read more

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He was supposed to die as the villain. Instead, he fell out of a book and into the living room of the man already hopelessly in love with him.Su Mingyu has a weakness for handsome fictional villains.Unfortunately, the historical fantasy romance he's currently reading is terrible. The hero is insufferable, the heroine is ridiculous, and the only interesting character is about to meet a tragically
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Physics of Petroleum Reservoirs

Edited by Su Huang, Xuetao Hu, Fayang Jin, Shuyong Hu ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book introduces in detail the physical and chemical phenomena and processes during petroleum production. It covers the properties of reservoir rocks and fluids, the related methods of determining these properties, the phase behavior of hydrocarbon mixtures, the microscopic mechanism of fluids flowing through reservoir rocks, and the primary theories and methods of enhancing oil recovery. It ... Read more

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This book introduces in detail the physical and chemical phenomena and processes during petroleum production. It covers the properties of reservoir rocks and fluids, the related methods of determining these properties, the phase behavior of hydrocarbon mixtures, the microscopic mechanism of fluids flowing through reservoir rocks, and the primary theories and methods of enhancing oil recovery. It
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Meritocracy or Patronage?

Political Foundations of China's Economic Transition

by Fubing Su, Ran Tao ...

Series series Elements in Chinese Economy and Governance
This study interrogates the theoretical and empirical validities of two dominant theories about Chinese state in the post-Mao period. The authors argue that the meritocratic view has under-theorized the innate contradiction between officials' personal competence and political loyalty. In order to survive political struggles, political leaders need to rely on patronage networks to recruit followers ... Read more

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This study interrogates the theoretical and empirical validities of two dominant theories about Chinese state in the post-Mao period. The authors argue that the meritocratic view has under-theorized the innate contradiction between officials' personal competence and political loyalty. In order to survive political struggles, political leaders need to rely on patronage networks to recruit followers
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How China Escaped the Poverty Trap

by Yuen Yuen Ang ...

Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
WINNER OF THE 2017 PETER KATZENSTEIN BOOK PRIZE"BEST OF BOOKS IN 2017" BY FOREIGN AFFAIRSWINNER OF THE 2018 VIVIAN ZELIZER PRIZE BEST BOOK AWARD IN ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY"How China Escaped the Poverty Trap truly offers game-changing ideas for the analysis and implementation of socio-economic development and should have a major impact across many social sciences."― Zelizer Best Book in Economic ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 2017 PETER KATZENSTEIN BOOK PRIZE"BEST OF BOOKS IN 2017" BY FOREIGN AFFAIRSWINNER OF THE 2018 VIVIAN ZELIZER PRIZE BEST BOOK AWARD IN ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY"How China Escaped the Poverty Trap truly offers game-changing ideas for the analysis and implementation of socio-economic development and should have a major impact across many social sciences."― Zelizer Best Book in Economic
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China's Gilded Age

The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption

by Yuen Yuen Ang ...

Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money - elite exchanges of power and profit - cuts both ... Read more

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Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money - elite exchanges of power and profit - cuts both
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Contemporary Chinese Politics

New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies

Edited by Allen Carlson, Mary E. Gallagher, Kenneth Lieberthal, Melanie Manion ...

Contemporary Chinese Politics: Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies considers how new and diverse sources and methods are changing the study of Chinese politics. Contributors spanning three generations in China studies place their distinct qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches in the framework of the discipline and point to challenges or opportunities (or both) of adapting new ... Read more

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Contemporary Chinese Politics: Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies considers how new and diverse sources and methods are changing the study of Chinese politics. Contributors spanning three generations in China studies place their distinct qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches in the framework of the discipline and point to challenges or opportunities (or both) of adapting new
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The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems

Edited by Michael A. Witt, Gordon Redding ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
Much of the existing literature within the "varieties of capitalism " (VOC) and "comparative business systems " fields of research is heavily focused on Europe, Japan, and the Anglo-Saxon nations. As a result, the field has yet to produce a detailed empirical picture of the institutional structures of most Asian nations and to explore to what extent existing theory applies to the Asian context. ... Read more

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Much of the existing literature within the "varieties of capitalism " (VOC) and "comparative business systems " fields of research is heavily focused on Europe, Japan, and the Anglo-Saxon nations. As a result, the field has yet to produce a detailed empirical picture of the institutional structures of most Asian nations and to explore to what extent existing theory applies to the Asian context.
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Localized Bargaining

The Political Economy of China's High-Speed Railway Program

by Xiao Ma ...

Looks at the rollout of one of the largest infrastructure programs in human history to show how local governments play a complex role. China's high-speed railway network is one of the largest infrastructure programs in human history. Despite global media coverage, we know very little about the political process that led the government to invest in the railway program and the reasons for the ... Read more

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Looks at the rollout of one of the largest infrastructure programs in human history to show how local governments play a complex role. China's high-speed railway network is one of the largest infrastructure programs in human history. Despite global media coverage, we know very little about the political process that led the government to invest in the railway program and the reasons for the
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The Logic of Governance in China

An Organizational Approach

by Xueguang Zhou ...

Drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork, The Logic of Governance in China develops a unified theoretical framework to explain how China's centralized political system maintains governance and how this process produces recognizable policy cycles that are obstacles to bureaucratic rationalization, professionalism, and rule of law. The book is unique for the overarching framework it develops; one ... Read more

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Drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork, The Logic of Governance in China develops a unified theoretical framework to explain how China's centralized political system maintains governance and how this process produces recognizable policy cycles that are obstacles to bureaucratic rationalization, professionalism, and rule of law. The book is unique for the overarching framework it develops; one
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Empowered Educators in China

How High-Performing Systems Shape Teaching Quality

by Mistilina Sato ...

BEST PRACTICES FROM CHINA'S HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOL SYSTEMEmpowered Educators in China is one volume in a series that explores how high-performing educational systems from around the world achieve strong results. The anchor book, Empowered Educators: How High-Performing Systems Shape Teaching Quality Around the World, is written by Linda Darling-Hammond and colleagues, with contributions from the ... Read more

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