Asiatisk historie

Das Buch beschreibt die Geschichte, Theologie und Sozialformen des Christentums in Japan als einzigartige Phänomene. Es behandelt: die frühe Missionsgeschichte Japans, japanische Theologen wie UCHIMURA Kanzo, KITAMORI Kazoh und TAKENAKA Masao u. a., japanisch-christliche Künstler: WATANABE Sadao und WATANABE Soichi, das Phänomen der Hauskirchen in Japan und die christlichen Hochzeiten für Nicht-Christen. Am Schluss des Buches wird die Zahl 1 % für den Anteil der Christen an der Gesamtbevölkerung diskutiert und interpretiert.

The Peoples of India, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

The Tale of the Great Mutiny, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

This report examines whether the assumption that jointness is inherently valuable to the U.S. military is correct, and if so, in what ways. Understanding how and why jointness is most valuable can help the U.S. military compete more effectively.

Explores the cultural dynamics of this ancient form of Sanskrit theater.

Biography of a major figure in modern Chinese history.

"Exploration of the largely unknown history of Chinese-language computing systems, accessible to an audience unfamiliar with the Chinese language or the technical workings of personal computers"--

"A New York Times diplomatic correspondent reflects on returning to his family's homeland and unraveling their complicated past. Wong, whose father immigrated from China in 1967, grew up in Washington, D.C., knowing little about his family's lives in China and how his father made the decision to come to America. Stationed in Beijing for the Times from 2008 to 2016, the author, an expert journalist, learned more about his father's convoluted life journey, which is the primary focus of this fascinating, ambitiously textured narrative. His father's parents were Cantonese merchants who "moved effortlessly between Hong Kong, with all its trappings of imperial Britain, and the subtropical countryside of neighboring Guangdong Province in China." The author's father endured Japanese occupation and saw his older brother, Sam, depart to America on the eve of the communist takeover. He ventured north to Beijing Agricultural University and embraced the ideals of the new communist leadership. Promised a career at the air force academy in Harbin as the Korean War broke out, he was rerouted to the remote region of Xinjiang, where he spent "six years in hard postings...in places most Chinese citizens feared going." With the Great Leap Forward, widespread famine emerged, and he began to question the party's leadership and to plot his journey to join Sam in America. First, he went to Hong Kong, "a significant step away from the bleak future that awaited...if he stayed under the Communist system." The author chronicles his other visits to China--e.g., his 2023 trip to Beijing accompanying Secretary of State Antony Blinken--and he closes with an account of his time in Hong Kong in 2019, as violent protests were breaking out just before the stringent antidemocratic National Security Law was passed. Throughout, Wong capably interweaves intimate details with broader truths. A well-written, multilayered work of poignant familial memories and personal reflection."--Provided by publisher.

Weapon exports and the provision of security and military services abroad by China and Russia serve as a means for both countries to extend their influence around the globe. How do such activities affect India--an emerging great power--and what do they mean for India-U.S. security cooperation? A conference held on June 30 and July 1, 2022, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, was part of an ongoing project focusing on these questions. Participants explored Indian and U.S. views on important security issues across the Indo-Pacific and sought to identify areas of mutual interest and disagreement. Discussions were informed by six papers--three from the RAND Corporation and three from the Observer Research Foundation--that discussed common approaches to bilateral security cooperation, Russian arms sales to India, and the challenges posed by China to regional security. This report contains those papers, along with a summary of the issues discussed.

The U.S. and Chinese militaries have been shaped by a distinct set of direct and indirect experiences. The U.S. military has focused its energy and resources on combating terrorism and performing counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even in 2023, U.S. emphasis on major power competition contends with other national security priorities, including current crises and continued deployments around the globe. The People's Liberation Army (PLA), on the other hand, has largely focused its military modernization and restructuring to prepare for a regional conflict that would likely involve U.S. military intervention. Despite having no combat experience since the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War, the PLA has conducted an in-depth study of all aspects of the U.S. military's technological and operational capabilities-including its organization, command and control, logistics, joint operations, and concepts of operation-since the 1990s. The dichotomy presented by the experiences of both militaries raises several questions about how they are preparing for the possibility of a major power conflict. Since 2001, the U.S. military has gained significant direct combat experience, but has done so against technologically inferior, nonpeer adversaries. In contrast, the PLA had no direct combat experience. Even though its concepts of operation are designed to fight a major power, these concepts are largely derived from indirect observations and lessons from U.S. operations since 1991. The ways that each side gains and processes experience and incorporates it into training will heavily affect readiness for and performance in a future war.