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The principal aim of this thesis is to seek answers to the two core research questions: how has popular nationalism been instrumental in China’s Japan policy vis-à-vis its domestic politics since the end of the Cold War? And, how and to what extent Chinese government has manage popular nationalism in foreign and domestic policy practices? Using Japan as an empirical subject, this thesis explores and investigates the complex interactive relations between popular nationalism, in particular emotions and sentiment, and foreign policy and domestic politics in post-Cold War China. The work takes a constructivist view, of which popular nationalism, foreign policy and domestic politics are seen as mutually constituted. Taking two recent diplomatic frictions between China and Japan as case studies, the thesis critically examines the mutually constitutive effects of popular nationalism on China’s Japan policy in respective to its domestic politics. In addition, the work’s pioneering studies on the new ‘inward outcry’ syndrome in Chinese nationalism further highlights the mutual constitutive relations among popular nationalism, foreign policy and domestic politics. This thesis argues that popular nationalism plays a dynamic role in shaping China’s Japan policy. On the one hand, popular nationalism may instrumentalise to serve China’s domestic and international objectives. On the other hand, popular nationalism has to be delicately managed in order to maintain social stability, amicable relations with Japan, and increasingly, China’s international image and reputation.

The Yuanshi (Yuan History)- a Chinese-language account of Mongol rule in East Asia compiled in haste between 1368 and 1370-presents hundreds of liezhuan biographical narratives on imperial subjects. Vital primary sources for reconstructing Mongol and Chinese history, these are viewed as chaotic texts receiving limited rhetorical input Taking the 4 7 subjects of an influential fourteenth-century biographical collection as a sample, this study demonstrates the considerable rhetorical fashioning undergone by some of these biographies, exposing narrative tools employed by the fourteenth-century Chinese historian-compiler. Starting from a case study on the biographies of Yelü Chucai (1189-1243), we identify three themes to the compilers' edits, which three thematic chapters follow across the sample texts. The first of these sees narrative scope narrowed, marginalizing non-'Chinese' elements of the imperium to impose a 'Yuan' shape on Mongol East Asia. The second situates bureaucratic governing institutions as a moral good, imposing a negative positioning on rival approaches. Finally, we demonstrate the characterization of the deserving populace as beneficiaries of moral rule. Though none of these themes emerge in full coherence across the work, the broad tendencies are clear, as is the all-embracing, shaping influence of the storytelling imperative toward vivid juxtaposition of ideal and deviant.

本文採用新的分析框架研究城市競爭力。筆者認為城市競爭力是一個與地方有關的概念，研究應分為三個階段。首先，城市競爭力學者應先選定研究的理論視角，然後按理論找出可比的研究對象。第二，學者可根據指標體系進一步研究城市間的相對競爭力，這一指標體系應該細分為表現部份及解釋部份。最後，學者可集中研究個別城市的發展。本文選定香港進行案例研究，先從世界城市角度確定新加坡是香港在亞太區內的主要競爭對手，比較香港與新加坡的經濟體系。分析結果顯示，香港的整體競爭力比新加坡高，尤其在全球控制功能及金融業方面較新加坡優越；新加坡則在服務業及對外聯繫兩方面稍勝一籌。不過，由於香港與新加坡並非全面處於直接競爭的關係，故香港競爭力的提升不一定意味著新加坡的競爭力被削弱。本文再以較完備的指標體系研究香港的城市競爭力，表現部份細分為全球控制功能、金融業、服務業及對外聯繫，而解釋部份則包括經濟的繁榮程度、勞動力的教育程度及數量、環境質量、社會穩定、交通及電信基礎設施。所有指標都能反映香港作為世界城市應有的特徵。本文發現香港的世界城市地位在不斷鞏固，而表現部份的四個組成部份在近年也有優越的表現。經過量化分析，本研究發現香港的城市競爭力與解釋部份的經濟繁榮程度、勞動人口的教育程度及數量、交通及電信基礎設施及環境質量的關係最為密切。 / This study attempts to develop a new analytical framework for the study of urban competitiveness. It is argued that urban competitiveness should a place-specific concept and be studied in three steps by identifying comparable competitors from a particular theoretical perspective, comparing their relative competitiveness through an indicator system consisting of a performance and an explanation sections, and studying the urban strength of each subject. Hong Kong is chosen as the case study. From world city perspective, Singapore is selected as a comparable competitor to Hong Kong in the Asian-Pacific region. Due to data limitation, a succinct comparison between the two economies is made. It is found that Hong Kong has stronger overall competitiveness than Singapore. Among the four aspects, indexes of control functions, financial sector, services sector and external linkages, Hong Kong excels in the indexes of global control functions and financial sector while Singapore outperforms Hong Kong in some indicators in the aspects of service sectors and external linkages. Nevertheless, because the two cities are not in completely direct competition, the world city development of Hong Kong does not, necessarily, grow at the expense of Singapore. In the analysis of the urban competitiveness of Hong Kong with a more detailed indicator system, it is revealed that all aspects and respective indicators in both the performance and explanation section are related to the unique situation of Hong Kong as a world city. The four aspects in the performance section are global control functions, financial sector, services sectors and external linkages and the five pillars in the explanation section are vibrant economy, educated and adequate workforce, quality environment, stable society and adequate transportation and telecommunication infrastructure. In brief, from world city perspective, the city of Hong Kong becomes stronger and all the four aspects in the performance section have shown an impressive performance, both in terms of their resilience and growing trend, in recent years. The analysis also reveals that the changing urban competitiveness of Hong Kong is best explained by the indexes of vibrant economy, educated and adequate workforce, adequate transportation and telecommunication infrastructure, and then by the index of quality environment. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Lo, Sai Kuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 207-230). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / 摘要 --- p.iii / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Chapter Table --- of Content --- p.v / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Research background and questions --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research methodology --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Research significance --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Structure of the dissertation --- p.6 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- A literature review on urban competitiveness of Hong Kong / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Debate on competitiveness --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Clarifying the concept of competitiveness --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Defining urban competitiveness --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Operationalizing the concept of urban competitiveness --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3 --- Competitiveness studies on Hong Kong --- p.17 / Chapter 2.4 --- The urban competitiveness of Hong Kong from world city perspective --- p.23 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Methodology / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.31 / Chapter 3.2. --- A framework for the study of urban competitiveness --- p.31 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Comparison: degree of competition --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Beyond comparison: the urban development of a city --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3 --- A framework for the study of urban competitiveness of Hong Kong --- p.40 / Chapter 3.4 --- Methodology of urban competitiveness analysis --- p.41 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Review of previous approaches --- p.41 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- A two-step approach --- p.45 / Chapter 3.5 --- Two-step indicator system in the study of urban competitiveness of Hong Kong --- p.49 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- The indicator system --- p.49 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Weighing of indicators --- p.64 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Combination of indicators --- p.72 / Chapter 3.6 --- Summary --- p.75 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- The urban development of Hong Kong towards world city / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.76 / Chapter 4.2 --- The urban development of Hong Kong from world city perspective --- p.76 / Chapter 4.3 --- Summary --- p.83 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Review of Hong Kong's role and competitiveness in the world / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.84 / Chapter 5.2 --- Competitors of Hong Kong --- p.84 / Chapter 5.3 --- A comparison on the urban competitiveness of Hong Kong and Singapore --- p.87 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- World Competitiveness Report by the International Institute for Management Development --- p.87 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Global competitiveness index by World Economic Forum --- p.97 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary --- p.107 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- A descriptive analysis on the changing urban competitiveness of Hong Kong from world city perspective / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.108 / Chapter 6.2. --- Descriptive analysis of urban competitiveness: Performance section --- p.109 / Chapter 6.3. --- Descriptive analysis of urban competitiveness: Explanation section --- p.113 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Vibrant economy --- p.114 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Educated and adequate workforce --- p.120 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Quality environment --- p.122 / Chapter 6.3.4 --- Stable society --- p.125 / Chapter 6.3.5 --- Transportation and telecommunication infrastructure --- p.129 / Chapter 6.4 --- Summary --- p.130 / Chapter Chapter 7: --- An explanatory analysis and discussion on the urban competitiveness of Hong Kong from world city perspective / Chapter 7.1 --- Introduction --- p.132 / Chapter 7.2 --- Major characteristics of the urban competitiveness of Hong Kong --- p.132 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Strengthening world city status of Hong Kong --- p.133 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Outstanding performance in all aspects --- p.134 / Chapter 7.2.3 --- Synergy effect of the four components --- p.147 / Chapter 7.3 --- Explaining the urban competitiveness of Hong Kong --- p.149 / Chapter 7.3.1 --- Two-edged effects from mainland China --- p.152 / Chapter 7.3.2 --- Strong economic foundation --- p.158 / Chapter 7.3.3 --- Increasing supply in workforce holding a degree --- p.166 / Chapter 7.3.4 --- Serious air contamination and inadequate amenities --- p.170 / Chapter 7.3.5 --- Delayed effects of an unstable society --- p.174 / Chapter 7.3.6 --- World-class infrastructures --- p.179 / Chapter 7.3.7 --- Urban competitiveness of Hong Kong in the future --- p.184 / Chapter 7.4 --- A comparative analysis of the urban competitiveness in Hong Kong and Singapore from world city perspective --- p.184 / Chapter 7.5 --- Summary --- p.196 / Chapter Chapter 8: --- Conclusion / Chapter 8.1 --- Introduction --- p.199 / Chapter 8.2 --- Major findings --- p.199 / Chapter 8.3 --- The urban competitiveness of Hong Kong in the future --- p.203 / Chapter 8.4 --- Limitations of the study --- p.204 / References list --- p.205

Bad governance of ethnic diversity exacerbates ethno-sectarian conflicts, and ethnic conflict management is a sensitive and fundamentally needed component of the contemporary world. This study assesses political models for managing ethno-sectarian diversity, focused on the deeply divided society of Iraq in relation to its ethnic conflict and political system, with federalism and partition being potential solutions explored in relation to stakeholders’ views, studied qualitatively using focus groups and interviews with procedure and analysis derived from grounded theory. Due to failed integration, Iraqi society since 2003 has undergone de facto territorial division in response to ethno-sectarian violence, creating a map between conflicting groups and identity politics. This thesis criticizes integrationist perspectives supporting a central unitary Iraq, and those proposing hard partition; federal-based soft partition, giving each cultural group control and autonomy in their territory, may achieve stability, whereas secession is impossible. This balances Shia desire for centralism and Kurdish demands for more autonomy or secession. In addition, it is not necessary to impose a single national identity in federal model; dual identity should be accepted to satisfy groups’ identity aspirations. The current impasse is due to authoritarian centralism imposing monolithic identity; Iraq should be a democratic multicultural state, avoiding sectarian policy and implementing civic characteristics to enhance Iraqi identity. This study contributes to existing research, analysing how inappropriate policies of ethnic diversity may escalate into ethnic conflicts. This thesis adds to the field of studies interested in ethnic conflict regulation, particularly Iraqi ethno-sectarian conflict, and provides suggestions for regulating it.

by Woo Kwok Yin. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 45-47). / ABSTRACT --- p.i / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.v / ACKNOWLEDGMENT --- p.vi / CHAPTERS / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.2 / Chapter 2.1 --- Literature review --- p.2 / Chapter 2.2 --- In-depth interviews with top executives of 5 venture capital firms --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Interview generation & description --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Interview outline --- p.4 / Chapter 2.3 --- Elaboration & analysis of findings --- p.6 / Chapter 2.4 --- Research limitations --- p.6 / Chapter 3. --- WHAT IS VENTURE CAPITAL? --- p.8 / Chapter 3.1 --- Definition of Venture Capital --- p.8 / Chapter 3.2 --- Functions of Venture Capital --- p.9 / Chapter 3.3 --- Different stages of Venture Capital investment --- p.11 / Chapter 3.4 --- General overview of an investment process --- p.12 / Chapter 4. --- PREVIOUS RESEARCH ON VENTURE CAPITAL --- p.15 / Chapter 5. --- WORLDWIDE VENTURE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT --- p.19 / Chapter 5.1 --- Venture Capital development in United States --- p.19 / Chapter 5.2 --- Venture Capital development in Europe --- p.20 / Chapter 5.3 --- Venture Capital development in Asia --- p.21 / Chapter 6. --- FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE GROWTH OF VENTURE CAPITAL IN ASIA --- p.23 / Chapter 7. --- COMPANY PROFILE AND INTERVIEW ARRANGEMENT --- p.24 / Chapter 8. --- THE FRAMEWORK OF VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN ASIA --- p.25 / Chapter 8.1 --- Investment objectives --- p.25 / Chapter 8.2 --- Investment stage --- p.26 / Chapter 8.3 --- Industry preference --- p.28 / Chapter 8.4 --- Selection criteria --- p.28 / Chapter 8.5 --- Evaluation / negotiation process --- p.30 / Chapter 8.6 --- Valuation method --- p.31 / Chapter 8.7 --- Financial instrument --- p.32 / Chapter 8.8 --- Equity size --- p.34 / Chapter 8.9 --- Post-investment involvement & relationship --- p.35 / Chapter 8.10 --- Exit strategies --- p.36 / Chapter 8.11 --- Other considerations when investing in Asia --- p.38 / Chapter 9. --- CONCLUSION --- p.40 / Chapter APPENDIX I: --- MAP OF ASIA --- p.42 / Chapter APPENDIX II: --- ECONOMIC DATA OF ASIAN COUNTRIES --- p.43 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.45

Sin, Yung Wa. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-112). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Abstract (in Chinese) --- p.iii / Acknowledgements --- p.v / Contents --- p.vi / List of tables --- p.x / List of figures --- p.xii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- General introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction to loliginid squids --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Cephalopod taxonomy and fishery --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Family Loliginidae --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Genus Uroteuthis --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1.4 --- Uroteuthis chinensis and Uroteuthis edulis --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2 --- Introduction to morphological differentiation methods in cephalopods --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3 --- Introduction to genetic differentiation methods --- p.13 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Molecular markers --- p.13 / Chapter 1.3.1.1 --- Animal mitochondrial DNA --- p.13 / Chapter 1.3.1.2 --- Microsatellite DNA --- p.14 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Systematic studies of cephalopods using molecular markers --- p.15 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Population genetic studies of cephalopods using molecular markers --- p.18 / Chapter 1.4 --- Objectives --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Morphological differentiation of Uroteuthis chinensis and Uroteuthis edulis --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Specimens --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Morphometric characters --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Multivariate analysis of data --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3 --- Results --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4 --- Discussion --- p.54 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Genetic differentiation of Uroteuthis chinensis and Uroteuthis edulis --- p.57 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.57 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Collection of specimens --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- "DNA extraction, PCR amplification and sequencing" --- p.59 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Sequence data analysis --- p.60 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.62 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Sequence data set --- p.62 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Phylogenetic analysis --- p.63 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Sequence divergence within species --- p.67 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.89 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Genetic differentiation of U. chinensis and U edulis --- p.89 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Population structuring within U. chinensis and U edulis --- p.91 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Isolation of microsatellite loci for U. chinensis --- p.94 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.94 / Chapter 4.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results --- p.97 / Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion --- p.102 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.103 / References --- p.105 / Appendix 1: Aligned COI sequences used in this study --- p.113 / Appendix 2: Aligned 16S rRNA sequences used in this study --- p.122

Using rotated principal component analysis, 200mb wind data from the First GARP Global Experiment are analyzed in the East Asia winter monsoon region. It is found that there exist slowly eastward-moving disturbances with a wind-speed maximum embedded in the jet stream (jet streak). The implied vertical circulation that is transverse to the jet streak is thermally direct in the entrance region of jet streak and thermally indirect in the exit region. The Lagrangian momentum equation for transient part of the flow indicates that the magnitude of westerly acceleration of an air parcel moving through the jet streak is related to the Coriolis acceleration of the transient ageostrophic flow, the advection of mean momentum by transient flow and momentum conversion between mean and transient flow due to transient eddies. Estimates of terms in this equation in the entrance region of jet streak suggest that the increase of westerly momentum due to the Coriolis acceleration of the ageostrophic flow is mostly balanced by the decrease due to the mean easterly momentum advection by the transient jet-streak flow. Thus, the confluence theory of Namias and Clapp (1949) appears to be valid for the slowly moving jet streaks in the East Asia jet stream. / Graduation date: 1989

Thesis (M.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. / Thesis advisor(s): Gaye Christoffersen, H. Lyman Miller. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Doctoral dissertation. / Format: PDF. Bibl.