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Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 97-98).

Most studies of monasticism have concentrated on the religious discourse of asceticism as a withdrawal from the secular world. Based on three months of field research in a Taoist monastery at a holy mountain in Wenzhou, China, however, this thesis describes the close relationship between the monastery and the local society and economy. Social and economic factors influence the decisions of individuals to become monks or nuns. Through networks of lay disciples, the monastery maintains close social links to society. Furthermore, the monastery is intricately tied to the economy as a provider of ritual and tourist services. It is hoped that this thesis will contribute to a better understanding of the place of religious institutions in rural Chinese society.

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With  the development of Chinese  economy  and market,  the Chinese brand  is going out  of China, more  and more  overseas Chinese  enterprises  have  attracted  attention outside of China. Among all these overseas Chinese, a group of people called Wenzhounese, famous for Wenzhou Model they created in China, bought back the dynamic industry cluster in regions in Italy. Blooming Chinese  brands  are  increasing  in  the corner  of  streets  and  their  industrial  clusters  range  from  leather  shoes  and  bags  to electric parts, apparel and so on. The purpose of this study is to explore whether the Chinese Wenzhounese immigrant companies in Italy perceive that they have particular common problems and/or benefits in branding themselves in Italy. Through analysis of the role of the brand management in these companies under the context of European/developed market, we aim to find which internal and external factors influence these obstacles and opportunities.

一九七八年中共「十一屆三中全會」實行改革開放政策以後，大陸農 村經濟發生顯著變化。首先是家庭聯產承包責任制的推行，其次是鄉鎮企 業的「異軍突起」。鄉鎮企業的前身為社隊企業。是公社時期「人民公社 」和生產大隊所辦企業發展而來。一九八四年社隊企業更名為鄉鎮企業。 包括：鄉、村集體、各種聯合經營、股份企業及私人企業．．．等農村企 業的總稱。一九九二年末企業數目達1909個。一九九一年，鄉鎮企業總產 值達1.16萬餘億元，佔農村社會總產值59.20%，佔社會總產值26.60%。一 九九三年上半年，在大陸國營企業一片虧損聲中，鄉鎮企業與去年同期相 比，生產總值增長76％，利稅總額增加75％，出口交易總值增長78％，這 不但使鄉鎮企業更加確立其主導大陸農村經濟的地位，進而成為大陸整體 經濟中，最富潛力的經濟體。鄉鎮企業發展模式中，溫州模是以家庭工業 為基礎，股份企業為主體的企業形式及市場經濟發達的經驗，特別引人注 意。揭開溫州的神祕面紗，可以發現溫州是發達市場經濟的代表。與中共 傳統的計劃經濟，大異其趣。中共的「十四大」，確定「社會主義市場經 濟」的道路。這給鄉鎮企業更寬廣的活動空間。預期未來的發展方向有二 ：第一，發展「外向型」企業，兼具吸引外資、技術和出口創匯的目標。 第二，鄉鎮企業的西進政策。中共的路線鬥爭隨時影響鄉鎮企業的發展， 但農村鄉鎮企業發展將是「不可逆轉」的趨勢。其對大陸政經結構變遷上 將扮演日益重要的角色。另外，鄉鎮企業的私人經濟、推行股份制和合資 制、及市場經營型態。加上，國營企業轉換經營機制及股份化，在在都顯 示，與社會主義傳統的計劃經濟，大相逕庭。可見社會主義逐漸走向退卻 的道路。更體現馬克斯主義的不合時宜。鄉鎮企業的發展為中國大陸邁向 「和平演變」提供契機。

La diaspora chinoise a pris de l’ampleur depuis la deuxième moitié du XIXème siècle. En France, la migration de Chinois originaires de la région de Wenzhou, s’est intensifiée depuis les années 1980. Ce sous-groupe de la diaspora chinoise a dès lors rapidement développé ses activités économiques. L’objectif cette thèse consiste à étudier l’organisation économique, sociale et spatiale des migrants de Wenzhou en France, principalement dans la région parisienne, et d’analyser les rapports économiques et sociaux que ceux-ci entretiennent avec la Chine en général et avec leur région d’origine en particulier. L’hypothèse centrale de la thèse est que le « Modèle de Wenzhou » en Chine, tel qu’il est identifié et analysé par les universitaires chinois, et le développement de l’entrepreneuriat chinois issu de Wenzhou en France sont étroitement liés. Pour ce faire, nous interrogerons notamment l’idée d’une « importation » de ce modèle en France. Les résultats de cette thèse permettent de révéler l’existence d’une économie transnationale originale, reliant la France et la Chine, qui a été soutenue par la diaspora Wenzhou et a produit une forme de « transfert migratoire » dans chacun des deux pays. Plus largement, la thèse permet de montrer de quelle manière la diaspora chinoise en France a contribué au développement économique de la Chine et comment elle a pu bénéficier de la nouvelle politique de la Chine initiée au début des années 2000 pour se consolider. / The Chinese diaspora has been growing since the second half of the nineteenth century. In France, the Chinese immigration from the region of the Wenzhou has intensified since the 1980s. This sub-group of the Chinese diaspora has since rapidly expanded its economic activities. The objective of this thesis is to study the economic, social and spatial organization of Wenzhou migrants in France, manly in the Paris region, and to analyze the economic and social relations that they maintain with China in general and with their region of origin in particular. The central hypothesis of the thesis is that the economic “model of Wenzhou” area, as identified and analyzed by the Chinese scholars, and the development of Chinese entrepreneurship in France are closely linked in particular through "Import"of this model in France. The results of our thesis reveal the existence of an original transnational economy connecting France and China, that was supported by the Wenzhou diaspora and that produced a form of "migratory transfer" in each of the two countries. More broadly, the thesis helps to show how the Chinese diaspora in France contributed to the economic development of China, but also how it benefitted from measures included in China's new policy initiated in the early 2000s to consolidate itself.

The problem of rent-seeking in China’s state-owned enterprises has worsened since the rapid increase in infrastructure investment, such as telecom and railway. State-owned enterprise reform in China has given licensing power to officials and executives without sufficient checks and balances. The Chinese government plans to introduce corporate governance structures and encourage private investment for the previously state-dominated industries, such as the railway industry, in the next decade. Yet these formalities cannot eradicate the political problem of corruption. This thesis will examine rent-seeking through the case studies of China Mobile’s former deputy general manager and Communist Party secretary Zhang Chunjiang’s patronage network in the value-added service industry and the Ministry of Railway’s ex-Minister Liu Zhijun’s patronage networks in the high speed railway project. Both central agents committed collective rent-seeking against the will of the principal through their subsidiaries.

朱宇晶. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 308-326) / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Zhu Yujing.