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"Qiaopi is the name given in Chinese to letters written home by Chinese migrants to accompany remittances, in the 150 years starting in the 1820s. Qiaopi had numerous functions and dimensions, ranging from economic and social to cultural and political. In June 2013, the Qiaopi Project was officially registered under UNESCO's "Memory of the World" programme, set up in 1992 because of "a growing awareness of the parlous state of preservation of documentary heritage" in the world. This book presents around one hundred letters from Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, the USA, and Canada, including photographic reproductions of the original letters, transcriptions in Chinese characters, and English translations, where necessary with explanatory notes. Most of the letters collected in Chinese and non-Chinese archives, and in this sourcebook, were products of the Qiaopi system as traditionally defined. A few, especially some to and from North America, especially in the second half of the twentieth century, went through the Post Office, and were not handled by Chinese remittance companies. Not all the letters accompanied remittances."--Publisher's website

"This book is one of the first few books written in English on Chaozhou culture and history. It compiles information from Chinese and English sources including archive material, newspapers, academic works and publications. It presents a panorama view of the Teochews in Singapore. The book is divided into three sections. The first section covers the history of Chaozhou, the Chaozhou culture, the Teochew ethnicity and the migration of the Teochew people to Southeast Asia. The second section covers the history, activities and contributions of the Teochews in Singapore from the 19th century. The third section covers core elements of the Chaozhou culture, including customs and practices, cuisine and tea culture, performing arts and craftworks. With carefully selected photos, pictures and comprehensive accounts, this book takes the general readers on a fascinating journey of the Teochew heritage. For those who wish to continue learning more about Chaozhou culture and history, a selected bibliography is provided at the end of the book."--Publisher's website

"The archives of the Grand Secretariat currently housed at the Institute were originally kept at the Grand Secretariat Storehouse in the Ch'ing imperial palace. They were removed from the Storehouse when it underwent renovation in 1909. After the overthrow of the Ch'ing, these archives changed hands several times, and were, at one point, even sold to a paper recycling factory. Eventually, the Institute purchased them from Li Sheng-to, a book collector, in 1929 thanks to the efforts of Fu Ssu-nien, the Institute's first director. There are over four thousand Ming (1368-1644) documents and more than three hundred thousand volumes of Ch'ing (1644-1911) archival materials in this collection, including imperial decrees, edicts, memorials, tribute document, examination questions, examination papers, rosters of successful examination candidates, documents from the offices of the Grand Secretariat, documents from the offices for book compilation, and old documents from Mukden. Memorials make up the bulk these documents.The archives contain valuable source materials for institutional, social and economic historians. They record general administrative activities and legal cases, many of which cannot be found in Ch'ing legal compendia." (cited from database website)

It is generally acknowledged that Europe will not be a super power in the sense of a political-military ensemble on an equal footing with the United States or China. Europeans reject this possibility across the board. Moreover, even if they wanted to go that route, wouldn't it expose them to reproducing on a European scale what they have struggled to combat amongst themselves: the idea of becoming a great power with all the attributes of force and supremacy that such a project implies?So if Europe will not be a super power, how can it be a power at all? Probably by reinforcing what remains its major political resource: its capacity to produce and set up at the global level a system of norms as broad-sweeping as possible that can organize the world, discipline the interplay of its actors, introduce predictability in their behavior, develop among them a sense of collective responsibility, and offer those who engage on this path, particularly the weakest, at least the partial possibility to use these norms as an argument/force* against all, including the world's most powerful.The task may seem colossal, even outrageous. It probably is, but does Europe have any other choice but to assume its responsibility as a normative power? Probably not.[publisher's website]

It is generally acknowledged that Europe will not be a super power in the sense of a political-military ensemble on an equal footing with the United States or China. Europeans reject this possibility across the board. Moreover, even if they wanted to go that route, wouldn't it expose them to reproducing on a European scale what they have struggled to combat amongst themselves: the idea of becoming a great power with all the attributes of force and supremacy that such a project implies?So if Europe will not be a super power, how can it be a power at all? Probably by reinforcing what remains its major political resource: its capacity to produce and set up at the global level a system of norms as broad-sweeping as possible that can organize the world, discipline the interplay of its actors, introduce predictability in their behavior, develop among them a sense of collective responsibility, and offer those who engage on this path, particularly the weakest, at least the partial possibility to use these norms as an argument/force* against all, including the world's most powerful.The task may seem colossal, even outrageous. It probably is, but does Europe have any other choice but to assume its responsibility as a normative power? Probably not.[publisher's website]

Chiu, Shu Ju Ann. ; "March 2011." ; Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. ; Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-317). ; Questionnaire in Chinese. ; Abstract in Chinese and English. ; Acknowledgement --- p.i ; Abstract --- p.iv ; Abstract (Chinese) --- p.V ; Chapter Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Statement of Problem --- p.3 ; Theoretical Discussion of Chinese Overseas and the Internet --- p.10 ; Methodology --- p.20 ; Thesis Chapters --- p.28 ; Chapter Chapter II. --- Old and New Immigrants and the Internet in Manhattan Chinatown --- p.32 ; Realignment of Social Structure after 9/11 --- p.36 ; Changing Occupational Composition after 9/11 --- p.41 ; Locality and Community Identifications of Old and New Immigrants --- p.45 ; Transnational Migration and the Internet in Manhattan Chinatown --- p.55 ; Chapter Chapter III. --- Emigrant Families and the Internet in Guangdong and Fujian --- p.65 ; Transnational Migration to New York --- p.66 ; Jiangmen Wuyi: Hometown of Old Cantonese Immigrants --- p.71 ; Fuzhou Shiyi: Hometown of New Fujianese Immigrants --- p.84 ; Chapter Chapter IV. --- Hometown Association and Homepage: CCBA-NY and Fujianese.com --- p.102 ; Hometown Websites in Manhattan Chinatown --- p.104 ; Weblog and the Profile of Hometown Associations --- p.113 ; The Online Persona of CCBA-NY and Fujianese.com --- p.117 ; Chapter Chapter V. --- Ancestral Worship Ritual and the Politics of Traditional Associations --- p.136 ; Kinship Rhetoric and Cultural Politics of Ethnicity --- p.138 ; The Sacred Place and Cultural Politics of New Fujianese Associations --- p.147 ; The Sacred Space to Honor Ancestors for Old Cantonese Associations --- p.158 ; Chapter Chapter VI. --- Online Debates over the Cultural Landmark of Manhattan Chinatown --- p.168 ; Chinatown Visitor Information Kiosk --- p.170 ; Chinese Archway --- p.176 ; Confucius and Lin Zexu --- p.183 ; Chapter Chapter VII. --- Miss Internet and the Hometown Memory of Fuzhou Migrants --- p.199 ; The Internet Users and ...

Luk, Ching Yuen. ; Thesis submitted in: November 2007. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 251-281). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i ; Acknowledgements --- p.viii ; Table of Contents --- p.xi ; Abbreviations --- p.xvii ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Background Information about E-government --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Current E-govemnient Literature and Research Gaps --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Research Questions of This Study --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.5 --- The Layout of This Study --- p.5 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- Literature Review on E- Government --- p.6 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.6 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Background on E-government --- p.7 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Definitions of E-government and E-government Stage Models --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Literature Review --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.4.1 --- The Studies of E-government Websites --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.4.2 --- The Studies of E-government Services --- p.16 ; Chapter 2.4.2.1 --- The Importance of Studying E-government Services --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.4.3 --- The Studies of E-government in Asia --- p.26 ; Chapter 2.4.3.1 --- The Importance of Studying E-government in Asia --- p.28 ; Chapter 2.4.3.1.1 --- The First Reason: Local Variations Between Western and Asian Countries --- p.28 ; Chapter 2.4.3.1.2 --- The Second Reason: Outstanding E-government Performance of the Four "Little Dragons´ح in Asia --- p.33 ; Chapter 2.4.3.2 --- The Importance of Studying Hong Kong E-government --- p.34 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Conclusion --- p.40 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Development of Hong Kong E-Government --- p.41 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.41 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Background on the Rise of E-government Worldwide --- p.42 ; Chapter 3.3 --- The Government Information Technology Initiatives in the Colonial Era --- p.42 ; Chapter 3.4 --- The Development of E-Government in the HKSAR --- p.46 ; Chapter 3.4.1 --- Three "Digital 21´ح ...