Examining the motives and the future career intentions of mainland Chinese pre-service teachers in Hong Kong

The future career intentions of more than half (N=241) the total of psychiatric residents in Canada were surveyed. General adult psychiatry continued to attract the majority of interest. A definite increase in interest in the subspecialties of child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatrics, forensics and mental retardation seemed to have occurred since 1975. There would also appear to have been an increase in interest in working in psychiatric hospitals. In contrast, a decrease in interest in the area of addictions has occurred. There were no differences found between the career intentions of male and female residents suggesting that the increase in the number of female physicians may not markedly change the pattern of practice of psychiatry in the future. Foreign medical graduates were found to be more interested in working for the government than Canadian medical graduates, thus remaining a valuable manpower resource for provincial psychiatric hospitals. A comparison with previous surveys revealed the above changes in interest as well as the worsening of the problem of maldistribution. Residents trained in smaller programs were more likely to be interested in practising in smaller towns than those trained in larger centres. These results suggest the need for postgraduate programs to emphasize training experiences in areas of manpower shortages and create opportunities for training in smaller towns and rural areas. Finally, a method for creating an ongoing data gathering system is suggested.

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Immigration from China and the Future of Hong Kong

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.1987.27.6.01p00656 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 27 (6) ◽

pp. 661-682 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

John P. Burns

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

The Future

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Hong Kong in 1996: Structuring the Future

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.1997.37.1.01p0200i ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 52-59

Author(s):

Kuan Hsin-chi

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

The Future

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From Mumbai to Shanghai, With a Side Trip to Hong Kong: China, India, and the Future of Progressive Taxation in an Asian-Led World

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1444848 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Michael A. Livingston

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Progressive Taxation ◽

The Future

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Stagiul De Practicc n tiinnele Comuniccrii Ca Premiss a Viitoarei Profesii De Jurnalist (Practical Training in Communication Sciences as a Prerequisite for the Future Career of Journalist)

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2574585 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Fer Simona

Keyword(s):

Practical Training ◽

Future Career ◽

The Future

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Stigma, Discrimination, and Hate Crimes in Chinese-Speaking World amid Covid-19 Pandemic

Asian Journal of Criminology ◽

10.1007/s11417-020-09339-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jianhua Xu ◽

Guyu Sun ◽

Wei Cao ◽

Wenyuan Fan ◽

Zhihao Pan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Political Ideology ◽

Chinese Population ◽

Early Stage ◽

Chinese Language ◽

Hate Crimes ◽

Overseas Chinese ◽

Mainland Chinese ◽

Media Reports

AbstractThe Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to stigma, discrimination, and even hate crimes against various populations in the Chinese language–speaking world. Using interview data with victims, online observation, and the data mining of media reports, this paper investigated the changing targets of stigma from the outbreak of Covid-19 to early April 2020 when China had largely contained the first wave of Covid-19 within its border. We found that at the early stage of the pandemic, stigma was inflicted by some non-Hubei Chinese population onto Wuhan and Hubei residents, by some Hong Kong and Taiwan residents onto mainland Chinese, and by some Westerners towards overseas Chinese. With the number of cases outside China surpassing that in China, stigmatization was imposed by some Chinese onto Africans in China. We further explore how various factors, such as the fear of infection, food and mask culture, political ideology, and racism, affected the stigmatization of different victim groups. This study not only improved our understanding of how stigmatization happened in the Chinese-speaking world amid Covid-19 but also contributes to the literature of how sociopolitical factors may affect the production of hate crimes.

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Differences between Chinese Adolescent Immigrants and Adolescent Non-Immigrants in Hong Kong: Perceived Psychosocial Attributes, School Environment and Characteristics of Hong Kong Adolescents

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18073739 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (7) ◽

pp. 3739

Author(s):

Hechao Jiang ◽

Daniel T. L. Shek ◽

Moon Y. M. Law

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Psychosocial Development ◽

School Environment ◽

Social Trust ◽

Moral Character ◽

Mainland Chinese ◽

Adolescent Immigrants ◽

Chinese Adolescent ◽

Hong Kong Adolescents ◽

The Impact

Although the impact of immigration on adolescent developmental outcomes has received extensive scholarly attention, the impact of internal migration, particularly in the Chinese context, on adolescents’ psychosocial development has not been scientifically investigated. This study examined whether mainland Chinese adolescent immigrants (N = 590) and adolescent non-immigrants (n = 1798) differed on: (a) psychosocial attributes indexed by character traits, well-being, social behavior, and views on child development, (b) perceived school environment, and (c) perceptions of characteristics of Hong Kong adolescents. Consistent with the healthy migration hypothesis, Hong Kong adolescents and mainland Chinese adolescent immigrants did not differ on most of the outcomes; Chinese adolescent immigrants showed higher perceived moral character, empathy, and social trust than did Hong Kong adolescent non-immigrants. Chinese adolescent immigrants also showed more favorable perceptions of the school environment and moral character, social trust and social responsibility of adolescents in Hong Kong. This pioneer Chinese study provides support for the healthy immigration hypothesis (immigration paradox hypothesis) but not the immigration morbidity hypothesis within the specific sociocultural context of Hong Kong in China.

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