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The construction of women as national body in twentieth century China: "Robust Beauty Girls" and "Iron Maidens"
Liang, Yue. ; "November 2011." ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.i ; INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Chapter Chapter One: --- "The Appearance of the ""Robust Beauty Girl"" in the late 1920s" --- p.9 ; "The Infatuation with the ""Western Beauty""" --- p.10 ; "The Western ""Robust Beauty Girl:"" Hollywood Film Stars" --- p.13 ; "The Chinese ""Robust Beauty Girl:"" Female Students" --- p.19 ; Chapter Chapter Two: --- "The Reconstruction of the western ""Robust Beauty"" in the 1930s-40s" --- p.27 ; "The Suspicion on the Western ""Robust Beauty""" --- p.29 ; "The Reconstruction of the western ""Robust Beauty"": critique on the ""Modern Girl""" --- p.37 ; "The Kuomintang's Response to the western ""Robust Beauty""" --- p.52 ; Chapter Chapter Three: --- The Construction of the Chinese Womanhood in the War Period --- p.70 ; The Communist Womanhood in the Jiangxi Period --- p.72 ; The Women's Steering Committee and the Wartime Womanhood --- p.80 ; The New Outlook of the Communist Womanhood in the Yan'an Period --- p.91 ; Chapter Chapter Four: --- "The National Communist Womanhood: the ""Iron Maiden"" in the 1960s-70s" --- p.107 ; "National Model: Two Categories of the ""Iron Maiden""" --- p.109 ; From Person to the Nation: Organization Form and Political Consciousness --- p.114 ; CONCLUSION --- p.126 ; APPENDIX --- p.132 ; BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.139
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Trade and population in late Qing Xinjiang: a GIS study
Tian Huan. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-134). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter Part I: --- Demography in Space --- p.13 ; Chapter Chapter One: --- Understanding the Data --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Formation of the administrative structure in late Qing and its GIS representation --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Population data reconsidered --- p.19 ; Chapter Chapter Two: --- Documenting the Demographic Patterns --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Economic Patterns --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- Population density --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- Area of cultivated land --- p.32 ; Chapter 2.1.3 --- Ratio of urban dwellers to rural dwellers --- p.36 ; Chapter 2.1.4 --- " Ratio of commercial (industry, agricultural) population" --- p.40 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Ethnic Patterns --- p.48 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Distribution pattern of schools --- p.54 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Distribution of political elite (guan and shi) --- p.55 ; Chapter Part II: --- Markets in Space --- p.60 ; Chapter Chapter Three: --- Trade Patterns in Geographic Context --- p.60 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Trade of Grains --- p.60 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Cotton and cotton cloth --- p.69 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Trade of fur and livestock --- p.82 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Trade of Herbal Medicines --- p.88 ; Chapter 3.5 --- Trade of Oil and Wine --- p.90 ; Chapter 3.6 --- Overview of the Xinjiang markets in space --- p.93 ; Chapter Chapter Four: --- Trades within and without Xinjiang --- p.95 ; Chapter 4.1. --- Foreign commercial relations --- p.95 ; Chapter 4.2. --- Local marketing system: the relationship between the economies of South and North Xinj iang --- p.102 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Trade with the China Proper --- p.107 ; Conclusion --- p.113 ; The economy and trade of Xinjiang: issues of integration and sinicization --- p.113 ; Methodological implication: GIS for historical regional research --- p.119 ; Appendixes --- p.121 ; Glossary --- p.121 ; Place Names --- p.121 ; Personal Names and Terms --- ...
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Leadership and Management of A Jiangnan Town in Late Qing (1800-1911)
本文的目的在於理解南潯作為一個繁榮的江南市鎮,如何在十九世紀的各個階段得到有效的管理,以及其領導層的組成如何隨著外界的政治經濟變遷而改變。作者選擇市鎮作為研究單位,其目的在於將市場和周邊的村落放在同一單位下檢視,以求更好地在經濟和社會層面認識中國之城鄉連續體的本質。通過細讀地方一手史料(包括地方志、族譜、報紙和文集),本文將不僅從制度的角度,同時也會通過地方權力持有者(包括地方官、下層士紳和商人)的具體活動,來觀察南潯鎮的權力結構。我的主要論點是,雖然地方的領導層從未放棄其自治權,但是該領導層的組成卻能夠靈活地在不同階段(1800-1842,1843-1864,1865-1890,1891-1911)進行重組,這造就了南潯鎮一整個世紀的社會穩定,除了其間遭受外來的太平天國戰爭的打擊。為了經營市場和經營更大的市鎮,地方領袖們成立了不同的組織且運用了不同的策略。概括而論,商人行會的成立是為了協調商業事務,而寺廟和善堂的維護則是為了建立一種社區共同體的意識并消弭潛在的社會衝突。在整個十九世紀,尤其是其後半段,地方領袖們的行政權和執法權都得到了擴張,其代價是官方權力的縮減,但其同時也確保了辛亥革命期間南潯的和平政權更迭。 ; This paper attempts to understand how a prosperous Jiangnan town, Nanxun, was managed in different periods of the 19th century and how its leadership evolved when the broad political and economic environment changed. The choice of a town as the unit for analysis was made under the intention to bring together the marketplace and the surrounding villages for examining the nature of Chinese urban-rural continuum both economically and socially. Through scrutiny of local primary sources, i.e., local gazetteers, genealogies, newspapers and literary collections, I am going to investigate the power structure of Nanxun town not only from an institutional perspective but also through the activities of local power agents, e.g., local officials, lower gentry and merchants. My thesis is that the local leadership never gave up autonomy over town management but its constitution changed flexibly in four stages (1800-1842, 1843-1864, 1865-1890, 1891-1911), resulting in long-term stability throughout the century except the major interruption by the exogenous Taiping war. For running the marketplace and the broad town, local leaders established different institutions and adopted different strategies. Generally speaking, the merchant guilds were founded for coordinating commercial affairs while the temples and charities were maintained for building a sense of community and easing potential conflicts over the town. Through the second half of the century, especially after several major mid-century structural changes, the ...
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Politics, poetics, and gender in late Qing China: Xue Shaohui and the era of reform
"In 1898, Qing Dynasty emperor Guangxu ordered a series of reforms to correct the poltiical, economic, cultural, and educational weaknesses exposed by China's defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War. The "Hundred Days" reform has received a great deal of attention from historians who have focused on the well-known male reformers, but until now the Qing women reformers have received amost no consideration. In this book, literary historian Nanxiu Qian examines the late Qing reforms from the perspective of Xue Shaohui (1866-1911)--a leading woman writer who openly argued against male reformers' approach that subordinated women's issues to larger national concerns. Xue and her circle went beyond the inherited Confucian pattern, demanding equal political and educational rights with men in their quest for an ideal womanhood and an ideal social order"--Back cover
Rethinking state-society relationships: emergence of civil society at Canton in late Qing, 1896-1911
by Cheng Chi-man, Francis. ; Thesis submitted in: December 1998. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 177-199). ; Abstract also in Chinese. ; Acknowledgments --- p.i ; Abstract --- p.iii ; List of Figures --- p.v ; Chapter CHAPTER ONE: --- INTRODUCTION ; Background of This Study --- p.1 ; Aims and Objectives --- p.6 ; Conceptual Framework --- p.7 ; Civil Organization --- p.12 ; Civil Society --- p.14 ; State-Society Relationship --- p.15 ; justification of this study --- p.20 ; A Methodological Note --- p.24 ; Chapter Outline --- p.26 ; Chapter CHAPTER TWO: --- CONCEPT OF CIVIL SOCIETY REVISITED ; Introduction --- p.30 ; Western Tradition --- p.35 ; Political Society and Civil Society --- p.36 ; Economic Society and Civil Society --- p.37 ; Paradoxes of Civil Society --- p.39 ; Western Definition of Civil Society --- p.43 ; Eastern Europe Tradition --- p.45 ; Civil Society in Poland --- p.45 ; Chinese Tradition --- p.48 ; Philosophical-moral Reflection in China --- p.50 ; Historical-sociological Reflection in China --- p.53 ; Concluding Remarks --- p.56 ; Chapter CHAPTER THREE: --- "STATE OVERWHELMED SOCIETY: STATE- MERCHANTS RELATIONSHIP FROM EARLY TO MIDDLE QING," ; Introduction --- p.59 ; Autocratic Legacies of Qing Dynasty --- p.61 ; Merchants under Autocratic Tradition --- p.64 ; Co-hong System: Representation of State-Merchants Relationship --- p.69 ; Guilds of Merchant: A Long Haul --- p.76 ; Concluding Remarks --- p.80 ; Chapter CHAPTER FOUR: --- "GENERAL BACKGROUND OF MERCHANTS' ORGANIZATIONS AT CANTON IN THE LATE QING,1896-1911" ; Introduction --- p.84 ; Popular Type of Merchants' Organization --- p.86 ; Semi-official Type of Merchants' Organization --- p.89 ; Concluding Remarks --- p.93 ; Chapter CHAPTER FIVE: --- ANALYSIS OF CANTON GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: REALIZATION OF MERCHANTS' AUTONOMY? ; Introduction --- p.96 ; Autonomy over Election and Decision Making Process --- p.98 ; Autonomy over Finance --- p.103 ; Autonomy over ...
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New wine in old bottles?: modernity in late Qing and early Republican North China nianhua (New Year pictures)
本文主要研究十九世紀末二十世紀初的一種傳統民間藝術--年畫。這短短的幾十年見證了在中國發生的一系列翻天覆地的社會政治變化:清政府的垮臺,外國勢力的入侵,以及西方先進技術與思想的引入;這些變化我們都可以在這一時期的年畫中找到。本文的地點範圍主要集中于天津楊柳青,另外其他中國北方的年畫產地的年畫,如武強、楊家埠,以及江蘇的桃花塢等,也會在文章因行文需要而被提到。總的來說,本文分為三個大部份,也就是年畫的生產、內容和消費。我認為這些新內容之所以在年畫中出現主要有三個原因:首先,西方先進印刷技術和新的繪畫風格的引入讓年畫內容的轉變有了可能性;其次一些維新人士創辦的畫報和報刊也對年畫的發展產生了影響;最後便是民初時期民國政府採取的對年畫的干涉。本文將這些在年畫中出現的新的主題進行了詳細的探討。一方面,我們可以發現反帝和其他愛國的內容被放入年畫,以此激發百姓的愛國情緒。與傳統年畫主要關注家庭這一點不同的是,改良年畫的重心放在了保衛國家這個更高的主題上。另一方面,在這類年畫中,婦女不再被認為是男人的附屬品,它們鼓勵婦女實現經濟和人格上的獨立,並且有必要的話,也可以成為士兵,加入到保家衛國的行列中。最後一方面,西方先進事物的引入,如鐘錶、自行車、火車和飛機等,為大眾引領了一種新的物質文化,也在不知不覺中改變中百姓的日常生活習慣。作為結論,我提出改良年畫是大眾文化和精英文化互動產生的結果。它們大多數都是在民國政府的提倡之下而生產的,但是年畫的商業本質決定了它需要有一定的市場以保證盈利。這樣,傳統年畫的形式被保留了下來,同時改革家和當權者為其填入了新的思想和觀念,用來教育廣大百姓。這種"舊瓶裝新酒的宣傳方式雖然效果在清末民初效果不佳,但是它卻在某種程度上為中國作為一個現代國家的出現奠定了基礎。 ; This research examines nianhua年畫 (New Year pictures), a form of traditional folk art, from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries. This time period witnessed a series of dramatic social and political changes in China: the collapse of Qing Dynasty, invasions of foreign powers, and introduction of Western advanced technologies and ideas, all of which could be found in nianhua prints. The spatial focus is mainly on Yangliuqing楊柳青, a town very close to Tianjin. However, nianhua produced in other places in North China, such as Wuqiang武強 and Yangjiabu楊家埠, and those from Taohuawu桃花塢 in the Yangzi River Delta, will also be mentioned, for some of them are of great use in my writings. Generally, this study has three sections: the production and circulation of nianhua in Yangliuqing, the contents of nianhua with new elements, and how common people reacted to the reformed nianhua. I demonstrate that the import of Western advanced printing technologies and painting styles, pictorials and vernacular newspapers published by social reformers, and the involvement of Republican government were the major reasons for the appearance of new elements in nianhua. Then the new themes in nianhua are discussed in details. First of all, anti-imperialist and other patriotic topics are ...
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Between the Good Hell and the False Paradise: Chan Koon-Chung¡¦s Portrayal of Collective Anxiety in Late Socialist China
本文论述陈冠中的长篇小说《盛世:中国,2013》揭示了一种出现于晚期社会主义中国的焦灼感。这种普遍却又隐秘的集体心态体现了当代中国人在两种信念之间的摇摆状态:毛时代遗留下的中国社会主义传统,以及"改革开放"后萌生的个人主义信条。陈冠中分别以"好地狱"与"伪天堂"的意象来概括两种社会形态下的内部矛盾。一方面,"好地狱"中所拥有的中国革命精神既成就了中国"反帝反封建"无产阶级革命的胜利,同时又不可避免地导向了"文化大革命"的发生。另一方面,生活在"伪天堂"中的人们虽然尝到了物质生活所带来的甜头,却也不得不思量为其付出的文化、政治代价。尽管许多人将陈冠中提出的"伪天堂"概念解读为中国现实的缩影,本文却不鼓励中西读者止步于此。在"好地狱"与"伪天堂"中进行非此即彼的抉择无疑固化了这种二元对立的思维范式,而无从冲破现实的窘境。本文希望通过对小说系统而细致的阅读向读者展示《盛世》突显了当代中国人在面对"好地狱"与"伪天堂"时焦虑、矛盾、无所适从的心态。而想要走出这种心态,必须先摆脱"好地狱"与"伪天堂"所设下的思维禁锢。 ; This thesis argues Chan Koon-Chung's The Fat Years (2009) reflects a collective anxiety in late socialist China. The anxiety concerns the tension that is immanent to a receding belief in the emancipatory potential of Maoist Communism and a growing recognition of the failure of the liberatory potential of a turn to individualism. For Chan, this anxiety is written in terms of a "Good Hell" and a "False Paradise." The Good Hell refers to the egalitarian revolutionary spirit, which nonetheless powered the terror of the Cultural Revolution; while the False Paradise refers to the miscarried promises of the turn to capitalism. What Chan presents the reader with, then, is not a simple choice between a Good Hell and a False Paradise, but a confusing or "sticky" world in which China's middle class hesitate to devote themselves to either paradigm. Of course, such indecision does not benefit the State, and so Chan shows how the Central Government ultimately attempts to position the middle class. It does so by monumentalizing the past, which is to say creating an abrupt rupture between "now" and "then," and therein disconnecting history from the present. In this way, the world of confusion turns into an unbearable one where individual will is only permitted if one first surrenders to Government ideology. Chan's wager is that China's middle class should once again embrace the sense of confusion that comes from the complicated psychological state of the unreconciled ideas embedded in the "Good Hell and False Paradise" complex. Only in this way can one begin to examine ...
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明末清初天主教與佛教關於來世的探討: Debate on afterlife between Catholicism and Buddhism in late Ming and early Qing dynasties. ; Debate on afterlife between Catholicism and Buddhism in late Ming and early Qing dynasties ; Ming mo Qing chu Tian zhu jiao yu fo jiao guan yu lai shi de tan tao: Debate on afterlife betw...
以往的明末清初耶佛相遇研究,更为注重天主教和佛教间的冲突和对比。本文更倾向于身处耶佛相遇处境内的士人的宗教内对话。来世问题不仅是耶佛宗教间论辩的焦点,也是士大夫的宗教内对话转化信仰的主旨。 ; 这是因为晚明时期传统儒学影响,更加关注生死问题的讨论。晚明儒释交融,逃禅悦禅狂禅成为一时风尚。而天主教的传入给关心生死议题的士大夫提供了另一种资源。相对于流于空虚玄妙的禅学而言,很多人认为天主教是一种"实心"、"实行""实学"的思想体系。 ; 明清之际,佛学的发展趋势是禅净合流,唯心净土与弥陀净土慢慢融合。禅净双修在士大夫中很受欢迎。因此,士大夫对天主教生死关的理解不仅与禅学相关,也与净土相关。 ; 明朝政策使瑜伽僧和禅讲僧鼎立,使经忏法事弥漫于士人的日常生活中,这也与净土信仰相关联。对这些经忏科仪的批判,也成了天主教徒理解来世的一个面向。 ; 来世问题,中国天主教徒认为这是儒学的疏略之处,构成了"补儒易佛"的重要内容。 ; Most of the existing studies of the Buddhist‐Christian encounter during the Ming and Qing dynasties emphasize the conflict and contrast between Chinese Buddhism and Catholicism. The present study tends to focus on the intra religious dialogue of the participants. It will indicate that the problem of next‐life or life after death was not only one of the foci of dialogue, but also one of the key aspects of the transformation of faith caused by intra‐religious dialogue of the Chinese intellectuals at that time. ; During the late Ming period, under the influence of traditional Confucianism, the matters of life and death became a focus of debate. At that time, the escapist Ch'an Buddhism became an ethos, and interactions took place between Buddhism and Confucianism. When Catholicism was introduced into China, it offered a spiritual alternative to the Chinese intellectuals who cared about matters of life and death. In contrast to the relatively more speculative and mysterious Ch'an, many Chinese found Catholicism a more genuine, concrete and practical system of thought. ; With regard to the Buddhism during the Ming and Qing dynasties, an important trend of development was the combination between Ch'an and Pure Land Buddhism, particularly the gradual integration between the Amitabha Pure Land and the Heart‐Only Pure Land. Dual cultivation of Ch'an and Pure Land was very popular among the Chinese intellectuals. For this reason, the Chinese intellectuals' understanding of the Catholic view of life and death related not only to Ch'an, but also to Pure Land Buddhism. ; The governmental policy of Ming dynasty made the ...
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《昭代簫韶》與清代宮廷演劇研究: A study of the glorious music of a brilliant age (Zhaodai xiaoshao) and the court theatre in the Qing dynasty. ; 昭代簫韶與清代宮廷演劇研究 ; Study of the glorious music of a brilliant age (Zhaodai xiaoshao) and the court theatre in the Qing dynasty ; "Zhao dai xiao shao" yu Qing dai gong ting y...
本文以清代宮廷演劇制度的完善與興替、宮廷大戲《昭代簫韶》的創作與演出為中心,探討其中帝王性情、意識形態的投射與帝國形象的建構;試圖對宮廷演劇繁盛與變遷的原因、《昭代簫韶》文本與演出的意涵、宮廷與民間演劇的交流與影響等問題,作出新的解釋。 ; 現有研究強調清朝帝后喜好戲曲娛樂、宮廷舞臺壯麗輝煌,以及晚清宮廷演劇變革等等。本文認為,清代宮廷演劇實有更多豐富的內涵有待更深入的研討。帝后的倡導及參與,自是推動清代宮廷演劇繁盛的重要原因,但在滿足帝后娛樂的同時,宮廷演劇也用於朝廷儀典;戲曲教化與國家儀式的功能相互結合。 ; 清代宮廷演劇,在元明清雜劇傳奇及亂彈之外,還有適應現實需要而奉旨編演的大戲與節戲。宮廷大戲,規模龐大,情節複雜,排場繁縟,在中國戲曲史上十分獨特。創作於乾嘉之際的《昭代簫韶》,取材於明代演義小說《北宋志傳》,鋪寫楊家將輔宋抗遼事。通過特定情節與人物穿戴,《昭代簫韶》參與了清代正統華夷的論述,並含有重評歷史與訓諭臣民的深意。此部大戲將褒忠誅奸的昇仙入地與軍陣鬥法的神道描寫,與觀劇現場的君臣秩序相結合,形成舞臺上、下戲曲與現實的呼應,道德教化寓意明顯。 ; 本文對清代宮廷演劇制度變遷與宮廷大戲《昭代簫韶》演出史的考察,還特別關注戲曲在宮廷與民間的流動與影響。尤其是外學伶人進入與退出宮廷,使得宮廷伶人的規模與組成發生改變,這不僅影響到大戲的演出形式與藝術呈現,也使得宮廷演劇處於對外開放與吸收融合的狀態。清代戲劇便在宮廷、文人與民間三方面,均臻繁盛。 ; Theatrical performance played an important role in the Qing court culture. This thesis discusses the evolution and change of the court theatre institution throughout the Qing Dynasty. In the contexts of court entertainment, political activities and cultural policy, the creation and performance history of the grand theatre piece, Zhaodai xiaoshao, or The Glorious Music of a Brilliant Age, from the Qianlong-Jiaqing to the Guangxu period serve as an adequate example. In this case study, we can explore the nature of the Qing emperors and Empress Dowager Cixi, state ideology and the construction of the Empire's image. ; Most existing research in Qing court drama and theatre focuses on the Qing emperors' great passion for theatre, the three-tiered grand stage in the imperial palace and the wealth of props and costumes, as well as the repertoire change in the late Qing, especially the formation and development of Jingju or Peking Opera. This thesis arguesthat given its rich contents and relevant contexts, the Qing court theatre deserves far more research both in breadth and in depth. The participation of the imperial power undoubtedly promoted court theatre. Theatrical performances at court became not only private entertainment for the imperial family; they also appeared in state ceremonies with special ritual significance. In addition, the grand plays like the 240-scened Glorious Music of a ...
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全球化时代的"社会主义": 九十年代国外社会主义述评 = Socialism in the global age
In: Quan qiu hua lun cong
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「再塑」晚清中國: 當代中國民族/國家視覺下的舊照片與歷史敍述 = Reshaping the Late Qing China Photos and History narrating under the perspective of Nation State in modern China. ; 再塑晚清中國: 當代中國民族/國家視覺下的舊照片與歷史敍述 ; Reshaping the Late Qing China Photos and History narrating under the perspective of Nation State in modern China ; 當代中...
本文以1860至1911年間外國旅華攝影師在中國的攝影作品為研究對象,致力於討論中國「舊照活化」文化現象中同一批照片在19世紀末20世紀初的西方與20世紀90年代以降的當代中國這兩個不同的社會語境和時段中的具體運用方式,以考察照片、歷史敘述、民族國家政治意識形態之間的關係,試圖在「雙時軌」的對比結構中為晚清攝影研究打開新的探討空間。 ; 論文主體部分圍繞著「國家」、「民族」和「革命」這三個當代晚清攝影運用中的關鍵概念展開,分析攝影作品內部的話語變化,以及與這種變化息息相關的「主體性」與文化政治問題。第二章以晚清旅華攝影師代表約翰·湯姆遜的中國成像為討論對象,在比較1874年在英國出版、湯姆遜自主編纂的附圖遊記《中國與中國人影像》與2009年由中國官方出版界重新選編的《晚清碎影》的基礎上,具體呈現不同的主體在「想像晚清中國」和「呈現晚清中國」上的差別。第三章繞著當代晚清相冊中的「民族」選題而展開,探討「少數民族」與「中華民族」的表現方式及其缺陷。第四章著重討論「辛亥革命」在當代晚清相冊中的表現方法,以《壹玖壹壹:從鴉片戰爭到軍閥混戰的百年影像史》為例,分析照片集如何在一個通俗歷史的框架下處理「辛亥革命」這一歷史節點。在此基礎上,結論部分總結了舊照活化文化現象下「國家」與「歷史敘述」的同構關係,並以「視覺」為中心,分析了以攝影為材料的歷史敘述如何建構「民族-國家」視野下的身份認同。 ; The China's early photographs have enjoyed a drastic revival of attentions in the recent decades. An important category of these photos are those taken by Westerners during the late Qing China. This thesis aims to investigate these subjects from a cultural historical perspective, the photos are thus considered as a form of representation instead of visual history materials, and a comparative approach was employed to discuss the complex relationship among photo image, imperialism, history narrating under the political structure of nation-state and China's contemporary social reality. ; Photographs which were taken by the Westerners during the late Qing China emerged in the age of European capitalism and imperialist expansion. After the year 1860, China was defeated by the British-French Alliance in the Second Opium War and the Qing government was forced to open up to the treat and culture of the west. This change attracted Westerners of different occupations, including commercial photographers, explorers and journalists, to photograph various geographical and social aspects that are of their interests. The kinds of photographed subjects they chose and the kinds of commentaries they made vividly reflected how they understand China from the imperialism point of view. ; A hundred years later, these late Qing photos become an important part of the "old photo revival" wave raised in the 1990s China. Much different from the time ...
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China's pension reform, its impact on household savings, and interaction with financial market
Li Wei. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-84). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; English Abstract --- p.ii ; Chinese Abstract --- p.vii ; Acknowledgements --- p.vi ; Table of Contents --- p.vii ; List of Graphs and Tables --- p.ix ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- Literature Review ; Chapter 2.1 --- Social Security and Savings --- p.3 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Pension Funds and Financial Markets --- p.10 ; Chapter 2.3 --- China's Pension Reform --- p.14 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- China's Pension Reform ; Chapter 3.1 --- The Evolution of Pension System --- p.18 ; Chapter 3.2 --- The Background for Current Reform --- p.21 ; Chapter 3.3 --- The New Pension System --- p.27 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Key Issues for Future Reform --- p.31 ; Chapter Chapter 4: --- The Impact of Pension Reform on Private Savings in China ; Chapter 4.1 --- The Theory --- p.36 ; Chapter 4.2 --- The Model --- p.40 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Data and Methodology --- p.45 ; Chapter 4.4 --- Empirical Results --- p.49 ; Chapter Chapter 5: --- The Interaction between Pension Reform and Financial Marketin China ; Chapter 5.1 --- The Effects of A Funded Pension System on Financial Market --- p.53 ; Chapter 5.2 --- Pension Reform and Financial Market in China --- p.59 ; Chapter Chapter 6: --- Experiences of Chile and Singapore and the Implications for China ; Chapter 6.1 --- The Pension Reform in Chile --- p.69 ; Chapter 6.2 --- The Central Provident Funds in Singapore --- p.70 ; Chapter 6.3 --- The Implications for China --- p.71 ; Chapter Chapter 7: --- Conclusion --- p.76 ; Bibliography --- p.79 ; Data Appendix --- p.85
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