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  • China’s Publishing Industry in the Era of Big Data

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book introduces China’s current publishing industry in the new era, especially when facing the big challenge from social media and technology transformation. Based on the calculation for the first time, the book and overall size of the content data of publications in China, the book presents 15 cases of Chinese publishers looking for opportunities to develop business, using the technology of ... Read more

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  • A Hundred Flowers Blossoming

    A Collection of Literary Essays Written by Chinese Scholars

    A Hundred Flowers Blossoming is a collection of literary essays written by faculty members of Xi'an International Studies University, China with two distinctive features. The first one is a Chinese perspective on Western literary works, which is normally not found in the scholarship in the West. The second is the feministic stance demonstrated in most articles, as most of the contributors are ... Read more

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  • Subregional International Economic Integration

    Theory and Practice

    Translated by Xiaonan Zhang ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This work uses international economics and space economics theory to study the regional economic integration of China's border areas with the increasing integration of China's border areas, and to realize the theory and countermeasures of economic development across border areas. As China's economy pivots towards neighboring developing countries in Southeast Asia, new economic rhythms come into ... Read more

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  • Derivative Securities and Difference Methods

    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book is mainly devoted to finite difference numerical methods for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) models of pricing a wide variety of financial derivative securities. With this objective, the book is divided into two main parts.In the first part, after an introduction concerning the basics on derivative securities, the authors explain how to establish the adequate PDE boundary ... Read more

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