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China, Hong Kong, and the Long 1970s: Global Perspectives

China, Hong Kong, and the Long 1970s: Global Perspectives

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... Kong) (Hong Kong: Wanli Shudian, 2013), 146–151. 2. Chan Lau Kit-Ching, “ The United States and the Question of Hong Kong, 1941–1945,” Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 19 (1979), 1–20; Chi-kwan Mark,  ...
Chung-kuo Ta Lu Pao Chih Hsüan i

Chung-kuo Ta Lu Pao Chih Hsüan i

United States. Consulate General (Hong Kong, China)

li ya-chen, chairman of the women's federation of shaohslng county, said: "the old ethical code turned people into ghosts, under the leadership of chairman mao and the communist party, we have cut the four feudal ropes binding women ...
Chinese Immigrants and American Law

Chinese Immigrants and American Law

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Tom Wong had returned to China in 1927 to visit his family. Three years later, he brought his wife back to the United States with him. Before sailing, he had gone to the American consulate in Hong Kong to obtain the necessary documents.
Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education ...

Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education ...

OECD

... current performance of the united States: andreas Schleicher; Japan: marc tucker and Betsy Brown ruzzi, ncee; china: Kai-ming cheng, university of hong Kong, hong Kong, china; canada: robert Schwartz and Jal mehta, harvard university, ...
Database Reengineering and Interoperability

Database Reengineering and Interoperability

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PROGRAMME COMMITTEE N. V. Balasubramanian C. Bloor City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Sunderland, United Kingdom S. Chakravarty University of Florida, United States T.Y. Cheung City University of Hong Kong, ...
The Public Sector in Hong Kong

The Public Sector in Hong Kong

Ian Scott

Sweeting, Anthony, “Hong Kong Education within Historical Processes” in Education and Society in Hong Kong: Toward One Country and Two Systems, ed . GerardA. Postiglione (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1992). — A Phoenix ...
Colonial Hong Kong and Modern China: Interaction and ...

Colonial Hong Kong and Modern China: Interaction and ...

Pui-tak Lee

Essays examine the relationship between Hong Kong and China.
Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II: Tang ...

Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II: Tang ...

Lily Xiao Hong Lee

Lily Xiao Hong LEE was born in China and educated in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. After completing a Ph.D., she taught at the School of Asian Studies (now the School of Languages and Cultures) of the University of Sydney  ...
Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium: Hong ...

Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium: Hong ...

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Challenges for Hong Kong SAR New Wave cinema”, Journal of Chinese Cinemas 6. 2 (2012): 127. On the minor conceptualised within Hong Kong cinema see Ka-fai Yau, “Cinema 3: Towards A “Minor Hong Kong Cinema”, Cultural Studies ...
China’s Economic Growth Prospects: From Demographic Dividend ...

China’s Economic Growth Prospects: From Demographic Dividend ...

Cai Fang

Lin, Justin Yifu, Fang Cai, and Zhou Li (2003), The China Miracle: Development Strategy and Economic Reform, rev. edn., Hong Kong: Chinese University Press of Hong Kong. Lindbeck, Assar (2008), “Economic–Social Interaction in China,” ...
Academic Capitalism in the Age of Globalization

Academic Capitalism in the Age of Globalization

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Postiglione,GerardA.2002.“The Transformation of Academic Autonomy in Hong Kong.” In Crisis and Transformation in China's HongKong,edited by MingKou Chanand Alvin Y.So, 307–21. Hong Kong:Hong KongUniversity Press. ———. 2006.
Air Cargo and the Opening of China: New Opportunities for ...

Air Cargo and the Opening of China: New Opportunities for ...

Joseph P. Schwieterman

New Opportunities for Hong Kong Joseph P. Schwieterman. 28. Lieberthan, Kenneth (1992). "Hong Kong Scenarios." The China Business Review. September. 29. Linn, Eugene (1992). "Hong Kong Cargo Rises to New Heights." Air Cargo ...
Smart and Sustainable Built Environments

Smart and Sustainable Built Environments

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Given the hilly territory that presents physical and economic constraints on land supply, the government 1 Center for Architecture and Urban Design for China and Hong Kong, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, ...
Hong Kong Nursing Students' Learning Approaches: Why and How ...

Hong Kong Nursing Students' Learning Approaches: Why and How ...

Yung-Kwan Albert Chan

This dissertation, "Hong Kong Nursing Students' Learning Approaches: Why and How Do Hospital-based General Nursing Students Learn?" by Yung-kwan, Albert, Chan, 陳容坤, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) ...
Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action ...

Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action ...

Meaghan Morris

Hong Kong Connections brings leading film scholars together to explore the uptake of Hong Kong cinema in Japan, Korea, India, Australia, France and the US as well as its links with Taiwan, Singapore and the Chinese mainland.
Aspects of Urbanization in China: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou

Aspects of Urbanization in China: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou

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3 See Ka-fai Yau and Laikwan Pang. 4 Chan's '1997 Trilogy' includes Made in Hong Kong, The Longest Summer, and Little Cheung. 5 See http://www. chinesecinemas.org/littlecheung.html. 6 For example, Frank Welsh's book is entitled, ...
Hong Kong and Bollywood: Globalization of Asian Cinemas

Hong Kong and Bollywood: Globalization of Asian Cinemas

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According to Chi-Kwan Mark, postwar Hong Kong was “decolonized in substance ” in the early 1950s (Mark 2004: 10). In order to maintain its prestigious status as a global player and to justify its legitimate rule over Hong Kong par excellence, ...
The Oxford Handbook of Music Education

The Oxford Handbook of Music Education

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In their contribution on arts partnerships, chapter 4.6, Bernadette D. Colley ( United States), Randi Margrethe Eidsaa (Norway), Ailbhe Kenny (Ireland), and Bo Wah Leung (Hong Kong, China) describe separate projects in which young people ...
Hong Kong and the Cold War:Anglo-American Relations ...

Hong Kong and the Cold War:Anglo-American Relations ...

Chi-kwan Mark

It culminated in the little known '1957 Question', a year when the British position in Hong Kong appeared more uncertain than any time since 1949.This is the first scholarly study that places Hong Kong at the heart of the Anglo-American ...
WELFARE ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Volume II:

WELFARE ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Volume II:

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Lawrence Wai-chung Lai Department of Real Estate & Construction, University of Hong Kong, China Frank T. Lorne International Regional Development, 1318, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong Keywords: The Rio Declaration, ...
China's Political Economy in Modern Times: Changes and ...

China's Political Economy in Modern Times: Changes and ...

Kent G Deng

Hong Kong in Transition One country,two systems Editedby Robert Ash, Peter Ferdinand, Brian Hook and Robin Porter 12.Japan's Postwar ... The AngloJapanese Alliance, 1902–1922 PhillipsPaysonO'Brien 18. The United States and ...
Hand Hygiene: A Handbook for Medical Professionals

Hand Hygiene: A Handbook for Medical Professionals

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... Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Benjamin J. Cowling, Department of Pathology, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, China Nizam Damani, Infection Prevention and Control, ...
Hong Kong Reintegrating with China: Political, Cultural and ...

Hong Kong Reintegrating with China: Political, Cultural and ...

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Political, Cultural and Social Dimensions Pui-tak Lee. Graeme Lang, Catherine Chin and Mary Pang The Hong Kong economy, devoted to entrepot trade and services before the Second World War, was rapidly industrialized between the 195 ...
Economy: A Documentary History of Hong Kong

Economy: A Documentary History of Hong Kong

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A Documentary History of Hong Kong David Faure, Pui-tak Lee. CHAPTER FIVE. INDUSTRIAL. REVIVAL. IN. THE. 19508. AND. 19608. The revival of industry in Hong Kong in the 19505 and 19605 was marked by bold investment in a limited ...
Congressional series of United States public documents

Congressional series of United States public documents

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Mr. West to Mr. William J. Nagle. United States Consulate, Dublin, February 7, 1868. Sib : I am in receipt of your note of the 6th instant, expressing your desire to see me in reference to your approaching trial at the Sligo assizes, ana in reply inform ... Mr. West to Mr. M. O''Connor. United States Consulate, Dublin, February 12, 1868. Sib : I have to inform you that I have received a letter from your father, Mr. Michael O''Connor, 235 East Twenty-ninth street, New York, enclosing a draft on the ...
The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist

The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist

Vaudine England

Noel Groucher nad a secret penchant for philanthropy. From simple beginnings in England, he arrived in Hong Kong at the turn of the century to live through eight decades of change on the China Coast. Myster surrounded Noel Croucher.
China

China

Gary Bettinson

Directory of World Cinema: China presents an accessible overview of the definitive films of Hong Kong and mainland China, with particular attention to the achievements of prolific industry figures, the burgeoning independent sector, and the ...
Hong Kong Management and Labour: Change and Continuity

Hong Kong Management and Labour: Change and Continuity

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fromasurvey ofmultinational firms inHong Kong MARGARET SHAFFER, ED SNAPE AND FRENDA CHEUNG 11Women-friendly human resource management in Hong Kong: Concept and practice CATHERINE W. NG AND WARREN C.K. ...
Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice

Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice

David G. Smith

Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice 2006-07 covers the Hong Kong tax system.
Competition in Hong Kong's Gas Industry

Competition in Hong Kong's Gas Industry

Pun-Lee Lam

This study reviews the liberalization of the gas industries in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

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