scholarly journals Nation-Building and Curriculum Reform in Hong Kong and Taiwan

1999 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 977-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Hughes ◽  
Robert Stone
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
The Other ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Chinese Mainland ◽  
School Curricula

Recent changes in the relationships of Hong Kong and Taiwan to mainland China have presented education policy-makers in both territories with problems of reforming school curricula in areas of teaching that are important for the formation of national identity. While both territories are subject to claims that they are part of China, both have also been separated from the Chinese mainland for long periods, and in recent years their relationships with it have been undergoing fundamental changes. Hong Kong's relationship with China has become closer due to economic integration with the hinterland and the 1997 transfer of sovereignty. Taiwan's identification as a part of China, on the other hand, has become increasingly uncertain as the process of liberalization and democratization that began in 1986 has allowed sovereignty to be practised by the residents of the island and a sense of “Taiwan consciousness” (Taiwan yishi) to develop.

The Right of Return: Chinese displaced persons and the International Refugee Organization, 1947–56

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 546-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
MEREDITH OYEN
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Right Of Return ◽  
The Chinese Mainland ◽  
Communist Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Cold War

AbstractThis article examines the rise of the international refugee regime in Asia, focusing on the work of the International Refugee Organization in repatriating overseas Chinese from mainland China back to their homes in Southeast Asia from 1947 to 1956. It looks both at how the International Refugee Organization inherited this repatriation project from its predecessor—the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration—and its survival after a civil war installed a new, Communist government on the Chinese mainland. Doing so reveals the extent to which both Chinese governments had to rely on outside assistance to fulfil an important task of maintaining positive ties between Chinese abroad and the homeland. Using research from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives in Beijing and Taipei, as well as records from relevant parties in the British and American governments, this article places the repatriation programme and the larger efforts of the International Refugee Organization in Asia in a broader context of regional foreign relations and the origins of the Cold War.

Furniture Materials Research in Kinmen

2015 ◽  
Vol 1091 ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Pei Fen Hong
Keyword(s):  
Material Properties ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
The Other ◽  
Golden Gate ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Chinese Mainland ◽  
Materials Research

The purpose of this study is to explore furniture materials and feature in Kinmen of Taiwan. The methods include document analysis , field research and interview. The results indicate that kinmen furniture materials commonly used china-fir and another bamboo, china tree and Taiwan acacia, and in terms of the material properties of wood, Taiwan acacia the highest hardness, but poor drying and processing, the other hand fir, china-fir and bamboo materials, due to easy drying and processing, so it is a higher probability of use. However, the Golden Gate itself does not produce china-fir, wood sources and more from the Chinese mainland shipping from, then ask China to Kinmen master production, or direct purchase ready-made furniture in China.

Individual Tourists from the Chinese Mainland to Hong Kong: Implications for Tourism Marketing in Fashion

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1287-1309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuk-Ching Liu ◽  
Tsan-Ming Choi ◽  
Raymond Au ◽  
Chi-Leung Hui
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
Gender Attitudes ◽  
Sales Revenue ◽  
Tourism Marketing ◽  
The Chinese Mainland ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Total Sales

Since the implementation of the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS), the number of tourists from the Chinese Mainland (CM) to Hong Kong (HK) has increased dramatically. These IVS tourists have huge consumption power and account for 50–70% of the total sales revenue of many HK fashion retailers. In this context, the authors explore the consumer attitudes and preferences of the IVS tourists. Based on a random sampling method involving over 2,000 CM tourists, a questionnaire survey was conducted. The findings show that IVS tourists have complex attitudes towards higher-end brands and their extended products. Moreover, statistically significant results are found in relation to: the comparison of HK consumers with IVS tourists; the analysis of gender attitudes; and the regional analysis. Company interviews have been conducted and specific managerial insights are presented.

Same Sex Desire and Society in Taiwan, 1970–1987

2005 ◽  
Vol 181 ◽  
pp. 67-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Damm
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Martial Law ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
The Chinese Mainland ◽  
The One

This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the discourses of same-sex desire which predominated in Taiwan in the two decades preceding the lifting of martial law in 1987. Using a poststructuralist, historical approach, it is shown that Taiwan – being on the one hand a society with a strong Chinese cultural heritage, but on the other a society which has developed a strong sense of selfidentity as a result of a history very different from that of the Chinese mainland during the last century – can provide valuable insights into the ways in which social developments, global interaction and intercultural influences have changed the discourse of same-sex desire. Within the framework of this approach, it will be shown that these changes, which contributed towards the liberalization and pluralization of Taiwanese society, began to take effect in the period just before the lifting of martial law.

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