Vulnerability of port of Singapore as a maritime hub due to impact of international trade affairs by Ng, Shi Chin

“…Results collated revealed that US – China Trade War, Iran Sanctions and United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) would impact Singapore as a maritime hub. …”
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Incident Prevention and Mitigation In The Asia Pacific Littorals: Framing, Expanding, and Adding to Cues by Ong-Webb, Graham, Koh, Collin, Miranda, Bernard

“…This paper explores the possibility of South China Sea claimants and regional countries playing an active role in developing measures to prevent untoward incidents involving government (including naval and maritime law enforcement) and non-government vessels while political negotiations take place with respect to the proposed Code of Conduct between ASEAN and China. …”
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Strategy and regeneration in the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries by Parr, A

“…</p> <br> <p>The first case study explores how the Jesuit China Mission’s strategy-making was shaped by the ecological crisis that Matteo Ricci S.J. (1552–1610) witnessed in 1604, and by the thinking of Xu Guangqi (1562–1633) on how China should respond to this crisis. …”

Peak inequality: Britain's ticking time bomb by Dorling, D

“…Here Dorling brings together brand new material alongside a carefully curated selection of his most recent writing on inequality from publications as wide ranging as the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, New Statesman, Financial Times and the China People’s Daily. Covering key inequality issues including politics, housing, education and health, he explores whether we have now reached ‘peak inequality’. …”

Development of a hoisting safety risk framework based on the STAMP theory and PLS-SEM method by Junjia, Yin, Hizami Alias, Aidi, Azam Haron, Nuzul, Abu Bakar, Nabilah

“…However, this critical process is subject to frequent safety accidents in China, which result in many casualties and asset losses. …”
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Characteristics of Chinese higher education EFL teachers' behaviors based on technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) by Yang, Mingxing, Jeyaraj, Joanna Joseph, Ahmad, Norhakimah Khaiessa, Yang, Wei

“…Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) is pivotal for enhancing both learning and teaching processes, and it has garnered a share of scholarly attention in recent years, although few quantitative studies have been found on English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers of higher education in Guizhou, China. This study provides a comprehensive quantitative analysis of the integration of TPACK among EFL teachers in higher education in Guizhou province, China. …”
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The effect of sports participation on the social identity of Chinese university students by Ji, Shuyu, Chen, Shuwei, Yang, Xiannan, Liu, Tongshang, Wang, Xiaolin

“…Objective: Strengthening youth sports and comprehensively promoting the participation of Chinese university students in sports to enhance their social acceptance are key initiatives for delivering high-quality talent for China’s economic and social development. Methods: Using the China Comprehensive Social Survey as the data source and considering social mentality and social identity, we constructed corresponding statistical models to explore how sports participation influences the social identity (class identity, economic status, and emotional belonging) of Chinese university students. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Zou, Kunru

“…The first essay investigates how politicians’ patronage connections affect privatizations in China. The connections to top political leaders (i.e., Central Committee of the Communist Party of China) make local politicians engage more in rent-seeking by selling state-owned enterprises (SOEs) at substantial discounts. …”
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One-dimensional single atom arrays on ferroelectric nanosheets for enhanced CO2 photoreduction by Liu, Lizhen, Hu, Jingcong, Ma, Zhaoyu, Zhu, Zijian, He, Bin, Chen, Fang, Lu, Yue, Xu, Rong, Zhang, Yihe, Ma, Tianyi, Sui, Manling, Huang, Hongwei

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Sliding-mediated ferroelectric phase transition in CuInP2S6 under pressure by Zhou, Zhou, Zhang, Jun-Jie, Turner, Gemma F., Moggach, Stephen A., Lekina, Yulia, Morris, Samuel, Wang, Shun, Hu, Yiqi, Li, Qiankun, Xue, Jinshuo, Feng, Zhijian, Yan, Qingyu, Weng, Yuyan, Xu, Bin, Fang, Yong, Shen, Zexiang, Fang, Liang, Dong, Shuai, You, Lu

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NHC/B(OH)3-mediated C3-selective acylation of unprotected monosaccharides: mechanistic insights and toward simpler/greener solutions by Jin, Jiamiao, Guo, Jiangtao, Xu, Feng, Lv, Ya, Wang, Guanjie, Song, Jia, Lv, Wen-Xin, Li, Tingting, Chi, Robin Yonggui

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India's quest for multipolarity by Suryanarayana, P. S.

“…The search for multipolarity of this kind seems to be Delhi’s strategy to overcome China’s opposition and become a peer role-player in global politics.…”
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Advancing sino-US relations: putting agriculture first by Zhang, Hongzhou

“…Notwithstanding the remarkable progress in agricultural cooperation between China and US, potential threats lie ahead. Still expanding agricultural ties can be the ballast in advancing Sino-US relations.…”
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Chinese military expansion : slowing but not stopping by Bitzinger, Richard A.

“…Defence spending increases may be less but military procurement and R&D (particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence) are proceeding unabated. China is still on track to becoming a world-class military power by 2049.…”
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Biden-Xi : emerging clash of the united fronts? by Ho, Benjamin Tze Ern

“…As the Biden administration continues its diplomatic pressure on China, Beijing is likely to further harden its stance in response to what it perceives as a Western United Front against it. …”
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Japan's rising security challenges by Desker, Barry, Singh, Bhubhindar

“…Japan's decision to reinterpret its pacific constitution to allow the right to collective defence has angered China. It is crafting a more active role in security and defence in responsible to rising instability in Northeast Asia.…”
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Tourism demand modelling : an empirical study on the tourism industry in Singapore. by Lin, Lynette Taixun., Lo, Hercus Ka Yiu., Wang, Max Qi.

“…The purpose of this research is to investigate the demand for tourist travel from Australia, China, Japan and Malaysia. Quarterly data from the period 1995 to 2000 are used. …”
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Myanmar's strategic 'realignment' by Kyaw, San Wai

“…Other countries may gain influence but China will remain Myanmar’s top foreign policy priority despite their changing relationship.…”
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Exploring biomechanical variations in ankle joint injuries among Latin dancers with different stance patterns: utilizing OpenSim musculoskeletal models by Gao, Xiangli, Xu, Datao, Baker, Julien S, Teo, Ee-Chon, Liang, Minjun, Gu, Yaodong

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The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism / by Han, Byung-Chul, author 654995, Steuer, Daniel, translator 654996, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Zen Buddhism is a form of Mahāyāna Buddhism that originated in China and is strongly focused on meditation. It is characteristically sceptical towards language and distrustful of conceptual thought, which explains why Zen Buddhist sayings are so enigmatic and succinct. …”
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