The breakup of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1991 has had a variety of significant repercussions on Chinese politics, foreign policy, and other aspects. This doctoral project examines the evolution of Chinese intellectual perceptions of the Soviet Union in the 1980s and 1990s, before and after the collapse. Relying on a larger body of updated Chinese sources, this thesis will offer re-evaluations of many key issues in post-Mao Chinese Sovietology. The following topics will be explored or re-examined: Chinese views of Soviet policies in the early 1980s prior to Mikhail Gorbachev’s assumption of power; Chinese perceptions of Gorbachev’s political reform from the mid-1980s onward, before the outbreak of the Tiananmen Incident in 1989; Chinese scholars’ evolving views on Gorbachev from the 1980s to 1990s; the Chinese use of Vladimir Lenin and his policies in the early 1980s and early 1990s for bolstering and legitimizing the CCP regime after the Cultural Revolution and the Tiananmen Incident, respectively; and the re-evaluations of Leonid Brezhnev and Joseph Stalin since the mid-1990s. First, the thesis argues that the changing Chinese views on the USSR were not only shaped by the ups-and-downs of Sino-Soviet (and later Sino-Russian) relations, China’s domestic political climate, and the political developments in Moscow. Even more importantly, views changed in response to the earth-shaking event of the rise and fall of world communism in the last two decades of the 20th century. Second, by researching the country of the Soviet Union, Chinese Soviet-watchers did not focus on the USSR alone, but mostly attempted to confirm and legitimize the Chinese state policies of reform and open door in both decades. By examining the Soviet past, Chinese scholars not only demonstrated concern for the survival of the CCP regime, but also attempted to envision the future direction and position of China in the post-communist world. This included analysis of how China could rise to be a powerful nation under the authoritarian one-party rule, without succumbing to Western democracy and the sort of collapse that doomed the USSR. In short, Chinese research on Soviet socialism has primarily served to trace the current problems of Chinese socialism, in order to legitimize their solutions – rather than a truth-seeking process devoted to knowledge of the Soviet Union.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-177).

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes special report study entitled: Accessibility in Tsimshatsui/Hunghom District. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-177). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes special report study entitled : Accessibility in Tsimshatsui/Hunghom District. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

This study can be used by Posten Sweden and China Post to understand their situation and the facts regarding service quality and the difference between the two. This study will also provide useful information for other post or logistic institutions

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

跨境電商環境下物流企業的業務發展策略-以中国邮政為例 / After Chinese domestic ecommerce boom in the mid-2000s, cross-border ecommerce has become the hot topic and big trend in recent years. As one of the important part of ecommerce, logistics service providers also face some difficulties in changing from the domestic to cross-border e-commerce. The study starts from the business development trend and in view of postal express player to seek the effective strategies. For example, they should set up different strategies for different target customers and provide tailor-made products, establish the overseas warehouse for global network expansion, work with the government and participate in the pilot cities of cross-border ecommerce, design convenient and efficient customs clearance system, further improve the terminal network and customer service system, and finally create a better industrial atmosphere with the cross-border ecommerce practitioners and rejuvenate the postal express and logistics enterprises in business development.