Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Qiaoxiang

2004 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Williams
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Pearl River ◽  
The Impact

In the history of links between people from the Pearl River Delta with the countries of South-East Asia and the Pacific, the role played by Hong Kong cannot be ignored. It is the purpose here to examine the role and contribution of Hong Kong to these Pearl River Delta links over the period 1842 to 1942. Such an examination, it is hoped, will also allow the impact of Pearl River Delta links on Hong Kong to be investigated. Much of the material presented by this paper is not new, rather the aim is to view Hong Kong from the perspective of the Pearl River Delta qiaoxiang. A perspective, it is suggested, that will enable aspects of Hong Kong's history and its contribution to the history of the Pearl River Delta counties and their overseas links to be seen in a new way.

You Have Been Loyal Wah Kiu

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Williams
Keyword(s):  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Overseas Chinese ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
Successful Attempt ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Pearl River

The huaqiao are often seen as loyal to the Chinese motherland, but for many in the qiaoxiang loyalty had a narrower focus. Despite this, not everyone who moved between the Pearl River Delta and the Pacific Ports in the generations after 1849 had been “loyal wah kiu” (huaqiao), and it has not been the purpose of this study to argue they were. It has been argued, however, that a concept such as “loyal wah kiu” and the history of the movement of people from the Pearl River Delta over the period are best understood within the context of the qiaoxiang connections. It has also been argued that a nation-state perspective and the conceptions and assumptions that have been characterized as “border-guard views” have failed to understand the significance of the “loyal wah kiu” and the role played by the qiaoxiang links. By interpreting the history of the overseas Chinese, the huaqiao, through the perspective of their places of origin, the qiaoxiang, it is hoped that a successful attempt has been made by this study to improve this understanding.

Wading 10,000 Li

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Williams
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Broad Context ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pearl River

This chapter provides an historical overview of the movement of people from the Pearl River Delta as they sought their fortunes around the Pacific for generations over the 19th and 20th centuries. Who were these people who choose to wade “10,000 li”? How many did so and where did they go? As a start in answering these questions the movement as a whole and the position of the Pearl River Delta counties and the three Pacific Ports within it are described. In particular the significance of the establishment of Hong Kong is discussed. A listing of the major characteristics of the movement and a chronology of the qiaoxiang links also helps to provide a background to developments in the qiaoxiang and the reaction of the societies of the Pacific Ports to the movement as a whole. Final return to the qiaoxiang was their intention on setting out, if not always the achievement. This, it is argued, is the broad context within which the qiaoxiang links are best understood.

Foragers, fishers and farmers: origins of the Taiwanese Neolithic

Antiquity ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (342) ◽  
pp. 1115-1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiao-chun Hung ◽  
Mike T. Carson
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pearl River ◽  
Coastal China

The Neolithic of Taiwan represents the first stage in the expansion of Austronesian-speaking peoples through the Pacific. Settlement and burial evidence from the Tapenkeng (TKP) or Dabenkeng culture demonstrates the development of the early Taiwanese Neolithic over a period of almost 2000 years, from its origin in the pre-TPK of the Pearl River Delta and south-eastern coastal China. The first TPK communities of Taiwan pursued a mixed coastal foraging and horticultural lifestyle, but by the late TPK rice and millet farming were practised with extensive villages and large settlements. The broad-spectrum subsistence diversity of the Taiwanese Neolithic was an important factor in facilitating the subsequent expansion of Austronesian-speaking peoples to the Philippines and beyond.

scholarly journals Impact of Land-Use Change on Atmospheric Environment Using Refined Land Surface Properties in the Pearl River Delta, China

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anqi Lai ◽  
Yiming Liu ◽  
Xiaoyang Chen ◽  
Ming Chang ◽  
Qi Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Atmospheric Environment ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
Pollutant Concentrations ◽  
The Pearl River ◽  
The Impact

We replaced the outdated land-use of the Weather Research and Forecasting-Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model with a refined dataset, the Global Land Cover 2009 (GLC2009) dataset, to investigate the impact of land-use change on the regional atmospheric environment in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region. Simulations of two months in 2014 (January and July) showed that land-use change increased the monthly averaged 2 m temperature by 0.24°C and 0.27°C in January and July, respectively. The relative humidity decreased by 2.02% and 2.23% in January and July, respectively. Due to the increase in ground roughness, the monthly averaged wind speed in January and July decreased by 0.19 m/s and 0.16 m/s. The planetary boundary layer height increased throughout the day and with larger relative increase during the nighttime. These subtle changes caused by land-use resulted in discernable changes in pollutant concentrations. Monthly averaged surface O3 concentration increased by 0.93 µg/m3 and 1.61 µg/m3 in January and July, while PM2.5 concentration decreased by 1.58 µg/m3 and 3.76 µg/m3, and the changes in pollutant concentrations were more noticeable during the nighttime. Overall, the impacts of land-use change on the atmospheric environment are obvious throughout the PRD region, especially in the urbanized areas.

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