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Youth, affect and utopia
No full textModerators: LU Aiguo (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) SIT Tsui (Southwest University, China)
Speakers (10-30 mins each): Isabel CROOK Michael CROOK Fred ENGST Claudia POZZANI Alessandro RUSS
Buen vivir and people’s processes for hope
No full textModerators: Hernán José VARGAS PÉREZ (ALBA, Venezuela) SIT Tsui (Southwest University, China)
Speakers (15-20 mins): Laura CAPOTE (Latin America Conjuncture Observatory, ALBA Movements) Javier CALDERÓN (Latin America Research Centre, Colombia) Hernán José VARGAS PÉREZ (Independent Researcher and Activist, Venezuela) Héctor BÉJAR (National University of San Marcos, Peru) Fernando HUANACUNI MAMANI (Former Foreign Minister and Scholar, Bolivia
Perceptions and experiences of local EMs regarding their English language ability
No full textThis research project is about the perceptions and experiences of the local ethnic minorities or EMs in Hong Kong. This study focuses on understanding the beliefs of local EMs, particularly regarding their English language ability. This study aims to investigate what roles English language ability plays in local EMs’ career success and university education. To address the diversity of EMs, the study also aims to investigate EMs’ perceptions of specific groups in terms of their English language ability. Lastly, the study relates local EMs’ suggestions for improving language education and the overall education system in Hong Kong. The findings and discussion are built on the data obtained from semi-structured interviews with 8 local EMs
Translation, travel, and transmission : the reception of Chinese masterworks in the West : Session B : Poetry and drama
No full textThis online symposium features papers on the translations of Chinese literary masterpieces in the Western world. Speakers would offer critical reflections on how the major translators have contributed to the dissemination of Chinese culture overseas.
The session is moderated by Prof. CHAN Tak-hung, Leo and the opening remarks is delivered by Prof. CAI Zong-qi. Each presentation is followed by a Q&A session. Session B focuses on poetry and drama and includes the following presentations, From scripture to literature : translations of the Shijing (The Book of Poetry) by James Legge and Arthur Waley / Fusheng WU From ethics to aesthetics : a history of the translation and reception of Chinese song lyrics in the West / Massimiliano CANALE The sinological connection in the inception of Arthur Waley’s translation of classical Chinese poetry, 1917-1922 / Lynn Qingyang LIN Translating the critique perception of Chinese classical poetry in 20th century, Russia / Yulia DREYZIS Pragmatic strategies in English translation of classical Chinese plays / Ying WANG
This symposium is under the auspice of a broader project on the dissemination of Chinese culture led by Professor Yuan Xingpei of Peking University. Symposium papers, after successful peer-review, will be published in a volume in the Brill book series Chinese Texts in the World
Translation, travel, and transmission : the reception of Chinese masterworks in the West
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7th online mini-symposium CAAC2021: Shortcut English: A Pidgin Language and Racialization at a Chinese-Operated Mine in Zambia
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The operating logic of Chinese capital in Africa from historical perspective : a case study of sisal industry in Tanzania
No full textThe discourse and practice of Chinese capital in Africa has become a hot topic in the academic community, but current scholarship has tended to be one-sided and to ignore history. By comparing a western company, a local company and a Chinese company in the Tanzania sisal industry, this paper argues that there are commonalities among all three cases, when these are framed in the context of Tanzania’s international status, political and economic structures, and the history of sisal industry development. Specifically, the three cases all show the importance of the relationship between the state and enterprise investment; cheap land and labor as a primary source of capital accumulation; and chronic labor shortage in analyzing the sisal industry in Tanzania.At the same time, these three sisal enterprises show differences in concrete implementation. Western capital by virtue of its first-mover advantage is good at making political investments, shaping and dominating the global value chain, and setting the rules. Local capital relies on its local advantages and has the ability to influence policy making but is still dependent upon western capital due to its weakness. Chinese capital, on the basis of localized operations, has a culture of self-reliance and bearing hardships, and has focused on productivity improvement based on technology input. The most important finding of the study is that Chinese capital has broken the western capital monopoly in the world sisal trade and provides a new development solution for the Tanzania sisal industry