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Taipeh: Yang Ning ist Tatortreinigerin und hatte früher den absoluten Geruchssinn. Nach dem Tod ihres Bruders ist sie allerdings mit dem partiellen Verlust dieser Gabe gestraft und kann sie nur noch an Orten des Todes und der Verwesung wieder zum Leben erwecken. Als sie zur Wohnung einer verschwundenen Person gerufen wird, wo sie aufräumen soll, merkt sie allerdings zu spät und nachdem die Räume von ihr schon gesäubert worden sind, dass sie in eine Falle gelockt wurde. Diese Wohnung ist ein Tatort, hier ist ein Mord geschehen. Prompt wird sie von der Polizei als...

The existence of two Chinese states--one controlling mainland China, the other controlling the island of Taiwan--is often understood as a seemingly inevitable outcome of the Chinese civil war. Defeated by Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fled to Taiwan to establish a rival state, thereby creating the "Two Chinas" dilemma that vexes international diplomacy to this day. Accidental State challenges this conventional narrative to offer a new perspective on the founding of modern Taiwan.

Hsiao-ting Lin marshals extensive research in recently declassified archives to show...

In 2007, Ang Lee made an espionage thriller based on the short story "Lust, Caution" by Eileen Chang, China s most famous female author of the twentieth century. The release of the film became a trigger for heated debates on issues of national identity and political loyalty, and brought unexpectedly harsh criticism from China, where Ang Lee was labelled a traitor in scathing internet critiques, whilst the film's leading actress Tang Wei was banned from appearing on screen for two years.

This book analyses Ang Lee s art of film adaptation through the lens of modern literary and film...

Electric power providers around the world rely on stability analysis programs to help ensure uninterrupted service to their customers. These programs are typically based on step-by-step numerical integrations of power system stability models to simulate system dynamic behaviors. Unfortunately, this offline practice is inadequate to deal with current operating environments. For years, direct methods have held the promise of providing real-time stability assessments; however, these...