Though Wi-Fi technology is already considered to be the most affordable method of accessing the Internet indoors, its application in large-scale outdoor spaces is still in the developing stage....

Over the past decades, Chinese immigrants have made up an increasingly significant percentage of New Zealand\"\"s population....

Over decades, nanotechnology thrived through science and technology. For polymer nanocomposites, radical changes in many properties were seen. If uccessfully exploited, it will achieve the critical requirement of multi-functional properties from single material. However, previous explanations are mostly plausible or inconclusive....

With the rapid development of application fields for special matrices in numerical analysis, optimization theory, automatic control and system identification, the study on special matrices is becoming one focus on matrix theory and numerical linear algebra....

The objective of this research is to find whether test the macroeconomic variables through Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) can explain the returns on the stock index in Australia. The research based on the returns of stocks listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) during the period from 31 March 2000 to 31 December 2007....

This book examines the impact of corporate governance practices on the short and longer-term sustainable returns of initial public offerings (IPOs) in China and New Zealand. In particular, the analysis focuses on the Shanghai, Shenzhen and New Zealand exchanges, providing a comparison between them....

China has achieved significant internal socioeconomic progress and has become a key player on the international stage after several decades of open-door and reform policy....

China has achieved significant internal socioeconomic progress and has become a key player on the international stage after several decades of open-door and reform policy....

With comprehensive historical, political, socioeconomic, and cultural data, this book offers a timely examination of the developments in mainland China, Taiwan, and U.S. involvement in the region as they relate to the ongoing Taiwan Strait dilemma....

How could late Qing China, a country bound largely by parochial ties of family, clan, and native place, produce a nationwide mass movement? Was this popular outburst symptomatic of a domestic \"nationalist awakening,\" as historians of modern China claim, or a result of pressure from Chinese overseas suffering under harsh U.S....

1997 was truly an eventful year for China, with many momentous happenings. In February of that year Deng Xiaoping passed away, thus marking the end of an era. Shortly after, the post-Deng Chinese leadership under Jiang Zemin had to mobilise great effortsto ensure the smooth resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong on June 30....