China and Inner Asia – July 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 16, 2013|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

朱舜水與近世日本儒學的發展 / 徐興慶編 遊藝翰墨 : 滿清愛新覺羅家族書畫藝術 / 王淑珍著 中國史畫100幅 : 《倫敦新聞畫報》1854-1912 國朝閨秀詩柳絮集校補 / 黄秩模編輯 ; 付瓊校補. 二十世纪中国小说理论资料 / 陈平原, 夏晓虹编 千峰翠色 : 中国越窑青瓷 / 李军编著 雲南氣候與災異資料輯錄 / 李德龍主編 中古汉语词汇复音化的多视角研究 / 邱冰著 屈原及其诗歌研究 / 常森著 近代日本人对上海的认识 : 1862-1945年 / 徐青著 上海租界研究 = Shanghai zujie yanjiu / 吴志伟著 中国近现代史辨疑与释读 = Zhongguo jinxiandaishi bianyi yu shidu / 邵雍著 The Purple phoenix : poems of Li Shangyin = [紫鳳 : 李商隱詩集] / translated by

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Chinese Sign Language Recognition and Translation with X-Box Kinect

By David Pearson|July 25, 2013|China and Inner Asia, Linguistics|0 comments

Amazing research… In a collaborative research project, Microsoft Research Asia and Institute of Computing Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have been using the XBox 360 Kinect motion sensor’s body-tracking capabilities to provide sign language recognition capabilities for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. The team have released a new paper (PDF). See their work demonstrated in this video: http://youtu.be/pFUClV1FNYo [Via: TheRegister]

Art and Archaeology – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 9, 2012|Art and Archaeology|0 comments

1982 / Simon Fujiwara edited by Miguel Amado. Departure from the homeland : Indo-Europeans and archaeology / edited by Marc Vander Linden, Karlene Jones-Bley. Tradition and change : contemporary art of Asia and the Pacific / edited by Caroline Turner. Utsukushiki Ajia no tamatebako : Shiatoru Bijutsukan shozō Nihon Tōyō bijutsu meihinten / Kawai Masatomo, Nishioka Yasuhiro, Shirahara Yukiko henshū.;美しきアジアの玉手箱 : シアトル美術館所蔵日本東洋美術名品展 / 河合正朝  UNESCO/Japanese Funds-in-Trust project : preservation of

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China and Inner Asia – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Journals Inner-Asia – Volume 1(1999) onwards. Books Newest trends in the study of grammaticalization and lexicalization in chinese /ed. Janet Zhiqun Xing. Confucian philosophy :innovations and transformations /edited by Chung-Ying Cheng and Justin Tiwald. Ming China, 1368-1644 :a concise history of a resilient empire /John W. Dardess. Merchants of Canton and Macao : politics and strategies in eighteenth-century Chinese trade /Paul A. Van Dyke. Reluctant regulators : how the West created

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