by Wong, Wang-tai, Fergus. / Thesis (M.B.A.) -- Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leaves 69-74.

Chan, Yuen Pik. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-33). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in Chinese.

By analyzing the written documents and the inscriptions of the bronze artifacts excavated in the Ningzhen and Shaoxing regions, the author concludes that there were a long period of cultural dissemination and exchange among the kingdoms in the Central Plain with the Wu and the Yue people between the region of Huai River and the Yangzi River where Wu and Yue were located. Due to the geographical advantage, Wu and Yue gradually merged into a greater cultural entity which eventually had the same religious beliefs and social customs. However, as indicated in the following discussions, both the cultural traditions of the Wu and the Yue reserved their uniqueness in various aspects. First, they adopted different strategies and attitudes in absorbing the Han culture. Second, both the Wu and the Yue discarded part of their aboriginal cultures, while modified their own traditions by integrating cultural elements from neighboring feudal kingdoms. Third, since the cultural strategies of both the Wu and Yue were different, which directly affected Wu's and Yue's cultural and political development. For example, there were conflicts and disputes among the ruling classes, especially during the early period of their contending hegemony with the feudal lords in the Central Plain. After a long period of cultural acculturations, new cultures were formed under the reigns of the Wu and the Yue's rulers. / This thesis focuses on explaining different processes of cultural acculturations among the Wu and the Yue, and the culture between their neighboring countries. By examining the evidences from written literatures and bronze inscriptions, the author emphasizes the internal and external political developments that affected the paces and the directions of their cultural development. / Wu and Yue, were located in the south-east China, contended with the feudal lords in the Central Plain for the hegemony during the Chunqiu and Zhanguo Periods (770 B. C.--221 B.C.). These two neighboring countries had similar cultural characteristics. For instance, they shared the same language, similar living customs and political systems. The author holds the view that the cultural elements of the Wu and the Yue were fairly similar to the Han people in the Central Plain. However, due to the barbaric origins of the Wu and the Yue ethnic groups, they were regarded as outsiders and were rejected to participate in the ritual affairs with the feudal lords of Zhou Dynasty B.C. 1122? until B.C. 585. / 陳月平. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2006. / 參考文獻(p. 233-247). / Adviser: Ming Chiu Lai. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-02, Section: A, page: 0685. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / School code: 1307. / Lun wen (zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2006. / Can kao wen xian (p. 233-247). / Chen Yueping.

This thesis focuses on the skateboarding industry in China as both a youth subculture and a cultural industry. I am investigating the transition between the two and examining how the emerging skateboarding industry operates through detailed analysis of the feelings, motivations and meanings attributed to it by its participants and the emerging strata of cultural workers. In order to achieve this research objective, this thesis has positioned the analysis in a triangle of forces between the development of Chinese skateboarding culture, the emerging skateboarding cultural industry and government interventions. This ethnographic study takes into account distinctive characters in the development of Chinese skateboarding communities that signify continuities inside contemporary Chinese youth cultures. I argue that such continuity is still embedded in the organisation of the Chinese skateboarding industry as a cultural industry, in both subcultural and corporate entrepreneurial practices. Moreover, this thesis contributes to ongoing discussions in the field of not only cultural studies but also of the political economic analysis of cultural/creative industries by examining the dynamic incorporations at play between the commercial and governmental forces at the centre of current debate around the inclusion of skateboarding in the Olympic Games, and the consequences of the sportisation of skateboarding in mainstream economic structures. Last but not least, this research captures the working conditions of the cultural labourers who are at the forefront of shaping and reshaping the Chinese skateboarding industry.

Cheung Tang, Chung Kiu Maggie. / Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-69). / In English with some Chinese; abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter i. --- Defining the problem --- p.1 / Chapter ii. --- The religious movements --- p.3 / Chapter iii. --- Same characteristics shared among these movements --- p.5 / Chapter iv. --- Discussion on organization --- p.7 / Chapter v. --- Discussion on eschatological view --- p.8 / Chapter CHAPATER TWO --- Millennialism and messianism in Chinese conception --- p.9 / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.9 / Chapter II. --- Human-centrism and pessimism in Chinese culture --- p.11 / Chapter III. --- Christian millennialism and messianism in Chinese tradition --- p.13 / Chapter IV. --- Buddhist millennium and messianism in Chinese tradition --- p.15 / Chapter V. --- Taoist millennium and messianism in Chinese tradition --- p.18 / Chapter VI. --- Eschatological concept in Chinese religious understanding --- p.20 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- Chinese Religious Movements ´ؤ nature and eschatology --- p.23 / Chapter Part I - --- Movement of the Celestial Master Sect (Tianshi Dao) --- p.23 / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.23 / Chapter II. --- The founding of Celestial Master Sect --- p.25 / Chapter III. --- Content of Celestial Master Sect --- p.26 / Chapter IV. --- Organization --- p.28 / Chapter V. --- Eschatological view --- p.28 / Chapter VI. --- Concluding remarks --- p.31 / Chapter Part II - --- Movement of the White Lotus Sect (Bailian Jiao) --- p.33 / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.33 / Chapter II. --- The history of White Lotus Sect --- p.34 / Chapter III. --- Content of White Lotus --- p.37 / Chapter IV. --- Eschatological view --- p.40 / Chapter V. --- Concluding remarks --- p.42 / Chapter Part III - --- Movement of the Taping Heavenly Kingdom --- p.43 / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.43 / Chapter II. --- The founding of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom --- p.44 / Chapter III. --- Installation and content of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom --- p.47 / Chapter IV. --- Eschatological view --- p.50 / Chapter V. --- Concluding remarks --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- A Christian eschatology in Chinese tradition ´ؤ problem and opportunity --- p.54 / Chapter I. --- Denial of the world in Chinese religious tradition --- p.54 / Chapter II. --- Denial of the world in Chinese Christianity --- p.60 / Chapter III. --- Conclusion --- p.63

莊清花. / "2007年9月". / 論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2007. / 參考文獻(leaves 127-130). / "2007 nian 9 yue". / Abstract also in English. / Zhuang Qinghua. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2007. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 127-130). / 前言 --- p.1 / 硏究背景 --- p.1 / 硏究目的 --- p.4 / Chapter 第一章 --- 混雜的歷史與混雜的語言 --- p.8 / 香港開埠初期的殖民統治與語言現實 --- p.8 / 官方語、規範語及共同語的三分局面 --- p.16 / 語言的權力涵義 --- p.19 / 中文抬頭 --- p.23 / 粤語成爲書寫語言而進入主流 --- p.25 / 兩文三語與翻譯 --- p.30 / Chapter 第二章 --- 混雜的語言、混雜的文化、混雜的身份 --- p.32 / 混雜語言的混雜情況 --- p.32 / 香港：「雜種」 --- p.36 / 混雜的「香港人」意識 --- p.41 / Chapter 第三章 --- 「肥土鎮」與「狂城」：混雜香港的兩個面貌 --- p.44 / 混雜的「肥土鎮」一一《飛氈》 --- p.47 / Chapter (1) --- 蝦仔學英文 --- p.47 / Chapter (2) --- 信耶穌得水牛 --- p.55 / Chapter (3) --- 大鼻野味 --- p.59 / 語言的「亂」、身份的「亂」一一《狂城亂馬》 --- p.70 / Chapter (4) --- 洋人敍述香港歷史 --- p.70 / 小結 --- p.79 / Chapter 第四章 --- 以文字來重繪香港地圖---個想像的香港 --- p.81 / Chapter (1) --- 在佔領街趕鬼 --- p.82 / Chapter (2) --- 閑話角 --- p.94 / Chapter (3) --- 愛秩序的愛秩序將軍 --- p.101 / 小結 --- p.111 / Chapter 總結 --- 香港的混雜性 --- p.116 / 後殖民（post-colonialism )是否去殖民（decolonization )? --- p.116 / 去殖民：回歸本土，植「根」香港？ --- p.119 / 香港的本土性：混雜性 --- p.121 / 混雜性：後殖民的語言之戰 --- p.125 / 參考書目 --- p.127

The interaction of the personnel boundary in inter-firm relationship management is viewed as particularistic in China instead of universalistic as in many Western cultures. Specifically, guanxi networks, the Chinese system of inter-personal relationship, have strong strategic implications for business interactions. The practices of guanxi and the social norms associated with guanxi are complicated. On the one hand, guanxi practices can be traced back to Confucianism; on the other hand, guanxi???s significance has been changing in line with China???s economic reform. In this research, we have attempted to find what presently constitutes good guanxi in inter-firm relationship management against this dynamic backdrop. Additionally, from the transaction cost economies (TCE) perspective, we provide an analysis that guanxi-based business practices offer transaction cost advantages as an alternative to market-based practices. We argue that such advantages partially result from guanxi???s effect on the reduction of opportunist behaviors. Backed up by 97 questionnaire responses from firms in Shanghai and 15 semi-structured interviews, our study confirms that, in inter-firm relationships management, trust, affection and long-term orientation are features of close guanxi. To enhance guanxi quality, familiarization by self-disclosure and the presence of mutual benefits are also necessary, providing practical implications for business practitioners in China. Our study also indicates that guanxi business partners are expected to be obligational in business and flexible in contingencies. Opportunistic behaviors can be mitigated by adopting guanxi practices, supporting the TCE logic. In an absence of a rationalized legal system, guanxi may fill the gaps in the enforcement of the written contract.N

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