Tong: 155 books

Book cover of The Secret Agent
by Peter Tong
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017

Stanley – born Stanislav – a disaffected and naïve young Bosnian Englishman is recruited by the Secret Service Bureau to visit his family in Sarajevo and spy on fanatical Black Hand anarchists. But things go wrong when the master spy helping him is shot and Stanley has to get to Sarajevo alone,...
Book cover of Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2015
by Martin O'Neill, Stephen Tong, Robert Underwood
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014

Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2015 reflects the multitude of avenues into the police force now open to future police officers, from pre-join courses to PCSOs and Specials. Designed specifically to meet the new requirements of police training and developed from the best-selling Blackstone's...
Book cover of Beijing Comrades
by Bei Tong
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016

The sensational underground novel of homosexuality in late-1980s China that’s been declared “one of the most significant Chinese novels of our time” (The New York Times). When Handong, the ruthless, wealthy son of Communist party officials, is introduced to Lan Yu, a naïve, working-class...
Book cover of Developing Econometrics
by Hengqing Tong, T. Krishna Kumar, Yangxin Huang
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011

Statistical Theories and Methods with Applications to Economics and Business highlights recent advances in statistical theory and methods that benefit econometric practice. It deals with exploratory data analysis, a prerequisite to statistical modelling and part of data mining. It provides recently...
Book cover of China's State Enterprise Reform

China's State Enterprise Reform

From Marx to the Market

by John Hassard, Jackie Sheehan, Meixiang Zhou
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2007

Based on extensive original research, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of state enterprise reform in China.  Chinese State Enterprise Reform considers the relationship between public ownership and public enterprises, and the historical evolution of China's...
Book cover of A Guide to Successful Business Relations With the Chinese
by Richard S Andrulis, Huang Quanyu, Chen Tong
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013

Introduces and analyzes the Chinese people, their ideas, behavior, and cultural roots. It not only provides a sufficient theoretical basis for understanding this population, but also focuses on the various vivid practical experiences of everyday and business life. A Guide to Successful Business Relations...
Book cover of Old Industrial Cities Seeking New Road of Industrialization

Old Industrial Cities Seeking New Road of Industrialization

Models of Revitalizing Northeast China

by Mark Wang, Zhiming Cheng, Pingyu Zhang;Lianjun Tong;Yanji Ma
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013

This book aims to investigate how cities in China's rust belt restructure their urban industries and economies. Over the years, China's “economic miracle” has been mainly attributed to rapid development in its coastal region, where the majority of research into the country's development has originated...
Book cover of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars
by Vincent S. Tong
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013

A Straight Forward Guide To Hydrogen as Fuel for Motor Vehicles, Boost Kits, Fuel Saver, Using Byproducts, How to Build a Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Its Advantages  
Book cover of Policies for Macrofinancial Stability: How to Deal with Credit Booms
by Bas Mr. Bakker, Giovanni Mr. Dell'Ariccia, Luc Mr. Laeven
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012

This note explores the costs and benefits of different policy options to reduce the risks associated with credit booms, drawing upon several country experiences and the findings from econometric analysis.
Book cover of Bank Size and Systemic Risk
by Luc Mr. Laeven, Lev Ratnovski, Hui Tong
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014

The proposed SDN documents the evolution of bank size and activities over the past 20 years. It discusses whether this evolution can be explained by economies of scale or “too big to fail” subsidies. The paper then presents evidence on the extent to which bank size and market-based activities contribute...
Book cover of Chinese Investigative Journalists' Dreams

Chinese Investigative Journalists' Dreams

Autonomy, Agency, and Voice

by Zhi’an Zhang, Laura Dombernowsky, Maria Repnikova
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013

This edited volume brings together scholars positioned in and outside of China, including former Chinese journalists, in a comprehensive and in-depth study of Chinese investigative journalists’ dreams, work practices, and strategies. It is the first book that systematically addresses the roles and...
Book cover of Health Humanities Reader
by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...
Book cover of Tales from the Development Frontier

Tales from the Development Frontier

How China and Other Countries Harness Light Manufacturing to Create Jobs and Prosperity

by Hinh T. Dinh, Thomas G. Rawski, Ali Zafar
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013

Despite widespread agreement among economists that labor-intensive manufacturing has contributed mightily to rapid development in China and other fast-growing economies, most developing countries have had little success in raising the share of manufacturing in production, employment, or exports. Tales...
Book cover of Education Dilemma in Malaysia

Education Dilemma in Malaysia

Past, Present and Future

by Jeff Tong
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014

The quality education in modern world had becomes a main concern for any parents who want their child to excel in academic qualifications, in order to have a better future in their carrier, with better wages. The government in any country spends a great amount of fund in dealing with education, which...
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