Mark Xiao: 3 books

This book discusses the developments of artificial intelligence, information technology, and other advanced technologies, and their profound impact or influence on many aspects of human society. These effects have both a very positive side and a potentially negative side. Human society will change...

The celebrated lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota of Yunnan Province, China, represents one of the most significant ever paleontological discoveries. Deposits of ancient mudstone, about 520 million years old, have yielded a spectacular variety of exquisitely preserved fossils that record the early diversification...

This book stands as a rebuke to any who would attempt to forward simplistic interpretations of China's rise. In place of parsimonious arguments, or an endorsement of any singular set of images (whether pacific or confrontational), it repeatedly calls attention to the remarkable complexity of China's...