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The Sounds of the Tang Poetry (9) : John Thompson : American Guqin artist at Lingnan : Tang poetry and Guqin music
No full textJohn Thompson, the best-known performer of early music for the Chinese guqin zither, has since 1976 reconstructed over 200 melodies from 15th to 17th century sources and given numerous solo performances worldwide. His website, www.silkqin.com, the most comprehensive source of information on this subject, receives thousands of hits daily. In 2019 a two-hour documentary about his guqin work was released. In this episode, the American guqin artist plays several tunes related to Tang Poetry and shares his reflections upon the Qin Poetry and Song
Life during the 1st national lockdown in the UK
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and subsequent lockdown may have affected the mental health of the population. We examined two research questions. The first was whether the period of lockdown in the UK coincided with an increase in the prevalence and incidence of common mental disorders (CMD) in the UK adult population and whether changes in CMD were associated with stressors related to the pandemic and lockdown. Our second question examined whether the “shielding” policy in the UK which identified and supported people who were “clinically extremely vulnerable” to COVID-19 actually reduced the incidence of the disease in the population. From April 2020 onwards, a series of longitudinal monthly surveys from a representative sample of the UK adult population collected data on the social, health and wellbeing conditions of over 15,000 people, which were linked to their responses prior to the pandemic (Understanding Society COVID-19 surveys).
Around 29% of adults without CMD less than a year earlier had a CMD in April 2020. However, by July 2020, monthly incidence of CMD had reduced to 9%. Most employment, financial and psychological ‘shocks’ were at their highest levels in April and reduced steadily in later months. Despite the lifting of some lockdown conditions by July, stressors related to loneliness, unemployment, financial problems and domestic work continued to influence CMD. Moreover, the prevalence of coronavirus symptom reporting or testing positive was around 4.2% (95% CI: 1.4%-7.2%) lower among individuals living in households which reported receiving a shielding letter compared to those in households which did not get such a letter. This difference increased to 10.7% (95% CI: 3.1%-18.2%) among individuals in the highest COVID-19 risk group.
Some COVID-19 policy responses such as furloughing may have been effective in mitigating the increase in CMD for some groups of employees. Despite some reduction in levels of pandemic and lockdown-related stressors by the middle of 2020, loneliness and financial stressors remained key determinants of incidence in CMD among the UK adult population. Furthermore, the policy to shield high risk groups was successful as, in the context of the lockdown when the general population was staying at home, the shielding policy further reduced the risk of coronavirus symptoms and infections. This reduction was observed for the individual but was also apparent more broadly at the household level
Voice, Instrument and Cultural Difference: Musical Practice as Research
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Asymmetry in Earnings Management Surrounding Targeted Ratings
No full textThis study investigates asymmetric incentives in firms managing earnings in an attempt to achieve a target financial strength rating. We find empirical evidence that firms with an actual rating below their target rating use income-increasing earnings management. However, we find no evidence that firms above their target rating manage earnings. Our findings are robust to a variety of alternative definitions of target rating. Notably, we examine a subset of firms with an exogenously determined target rating and find consistent results. These findings indicate that firms have incentives to reach a target rating if they are rated below their target, but not above their target.
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Medical diplomacy before and after COVID-19 : Chinese engagements in Zambia
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought Chinese growing presence in the global medical field to the world’s attention. The practice of Chinese ‘mask diplomacy’ can be considered as the latest manifestation of China’s rising (soft) power in the Global South, but also in parts of Europe. Chinese medical aid to African countries is, however, not a new phenomenon. The scale and scope of these ‘medical diplomacy’ engagements have expanded significantly in the last two decades. There is no shortage of reports on the important role played by the Chinese state as a new alternative for medical development in Africa. China’s medical aid is visualized by abundant figures such as the amount of money donated and invested, hospitals built, numbers of Chinese professionals deployed, African practitioners trained and patients treated etc.. However, little is known about the lived experiences behind these numbers. Drawing on academic debates surrounding knowledge mobility, this paper presents the embodied experiences of Chinese-Zambian medical co-operation. Based on our qualitative research in Zambia, we analyse the factors and processes of knowledge (im)mobilities and (co)creation. We identify a number of important prisms that affect the exchange of knowledge between the Chinese and Zambian teams in the hospital where we conducted our fieldwork. Our paper will also provide some thoughts on the implications of COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese ‘medical diplomacy’ in Zambia [co-authored by Peter Schumacher]
Lingnan Gardeners Newsletter (No. 53) = 彩園通訊 (第53期)
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What makes a City Cultural? = 城市如何文化？
No full textWhat is culture? What do we refer to when we describe a city’s culture? Using the Hong Kong experience and overseas examples, this lecture explores how everyone’s belief, everyday life, creation and memory shape the culture in the city.
什麼是文化？當我們描述一個城市的文化時，我們指的是什麼？這講座從香港的經驗出發，用國際上的例子，看社會上每個人的記憶、信念、創造和日常生活，怎樣建構出一個城市的文化
Lingnan Gardeners Newsletter (No. 54) = 彩園通訊 (第54期)
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