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This book is aimed at addressing critical issues in the next-generation optical networks from Optical Access Networks (OANs), through Optical Metro Networks (OMNs), and then to Optical Core Networks (OCNs). In OANs, the current single-channel Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) architecture is no longer adequate when the traffic demands imposed on an access network increase greatly as the number of Optical Network Units (ONUs) increases. I...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come.

EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for 47 years, transforming it from a medieval state into a modern society. This groundbreaking biography will revolutionise historical thinking about a crucial period in China's - and the world's - history, and is another fascinating and gripping read from the author of WILD SWANS and MAO: THE UNTOLD STORY.

They were the most famous women in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history.Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father of China', Sun Yat-sen, and rose to be Mao's vice-chair.Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame Chiang Kai-shek, first lady of pre-Communist Nation...

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Jedes Kind in China kennt die Geschichte der drei Schwestern aus Shanghai, die die Geschicke Chinas im 20. Jahrhundert von den Zentren der Macht aus mitbestimmten. Man sagte über sie: Eine liebte das Geld, eine liebte die Macht, und eine liebte ihr Land. Alle drei genossen Privilegien, Ruhm und Reichtum, wurden aber auch angefeindet und sahen sich tödlichen Gefahren ausgesetzt. Sie zeigten Mut, erlebten stürmische Liebe, aber auch große Verzwe...

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From the internationally bestselling author of Wild SwansThey were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the centre of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father of China', Sun Yat-sen, and rose to be Mao's vice-chair. Little Sister, May-ling, beca...

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Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller and a critically acclaimed history of China that opened up the country to the world.Through the story of three generations of women in her own family ¿ the grandmother given to the warlord as a concubine, the Communist mother and the daughter herself ¿ Jung Chang reveals the epic history of China''s twentieth century.Breathtaking in its scope, unforgettable in its descriptio...

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The best-known modern Chinese fairy tale is the story of three sisters from Shanghai, who for most of the twentieth century were active at the centre of power in China. It was sometimes said that 'One loved money, one loved power and one loved her country', but the Soong sisters were far more than these caricatures. As China battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, they each played an important, sometim...

The best-known modern Chinese fairy tale is the story of three sisters from Shanghai, who for most of the twentieth century were at the centre of power in China. It was sometimes said that 'One loved money, one loved power and one loved her country', but there was far more to the Soong sisters than these caricatures. As China battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, each sister played an important, some...

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La storia vera di "tre figlie della Cina" (l'autrice, sua madre, sua nonna) le cui vite e le cui sorti rispecchiano un secolo di storia cinese, un tempo di rivoluzioni, di tragedie e di speranze: dall'epoca dei "signori della guerra" all'occupazione giapponese e poi russa, dalla guerra civile tra i comunisti e il Kuomintang alla lunga Marcia di Mao e alla Rivoluzione Culturale. Allevata come una "Guardia rossa", Jung Chang raccoglierà infine l...

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Pechino, marzo 1852: durante la selezione delle consorti imperiali, lo sguardo dell'imperatore Xianfeng si posa su una sedicenne dai tratti non belli, forse, ma senza dubbio affascinanti. Di lì a poco, il cenno di approvazione del Figlio del Cielo schiuderà le porte della Città Proibita alla donna che, ammessa a corte come semplice concubina, si ritroverà in breve a reggere le redini dell'ormai morente dinastia Qing con il titolo di Imperatric...