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The physiological and genetical study of bacteriophage T4 and T7.
No full textby Ming-chiu Fung.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1980.Includes bibliographies
Interest rate futures and options as tools for hedging.
No full textby Chong Chiu Ming, Logan.Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1988.Bibliography: leaves 52-53
The political role of the people's liberation army 1949-1973
No full textThis thesis is to study the political role of the People's Liberation Army from the approach of structure and function. The framework of the thesis consists of three major parts, first, the influence of Chinese traditional political culture on, and the formation of, the political role of the PL A; second, the influence of domestic political struggles and external military conflicts on the development of the political role of the PLA; and the third, the analysis of the transition of the PLA's political role from the structure and personnel arrangements of the CCPCC Within the above-mentioned three scopes, this thesis make a thorough discussion on the following: (1) The relationship between the structure of the PRC and the formation of the PLA's political role; (2) How has ideology influenced the army's political role; (3) What is Mao's viewpoint and his influence on the development of the army's political role; (4) What is the link between the army and the party, and how has this developed; (6) What accounts for the expansion of the PLA's political functions; (7) What is the influence of political factional struggles on the PLA's political role; (8) Is it political institution or military institution that controls the recruitment of the military elite; (9) What are the disparities between the military elite in handling international conflicts and what are their political considerations; (10) What is the Party's position in the army; (11) How have the Party’s important meetings and personnel arrangements influenced the rise and fall of the PLA's political role
Ma Huan (original author), Wan Ming (ed.) Ming chaoben " Yingya shenglan " jiaozh
No full textPtak Roderich. Ma Huan (original author), Wan Ming (ed.) Ming chaoben " Yingya shenglan " jiaozh. In: Archipel, volume 71, 2006. Autour de la peinture à Java. Volume II. pp. 240-244
Supplemental Material - Modeling Rapid Guessing Behaviors in Computer-Based Testlet Items
No full textSupplemental Material for Modeling Rapid Guessing Behaviors in Computer-Based Testlet Items by Kuan-Yu Jin, Chia-Ling Hsu, Ming Ming Chiu and Po-His Chen in Applied Psychological Measurement</p
The politics of fashion: perceptions of power in female clothing and ornamentation as reflected in the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei
No full textThis thesis examines issues of female power and influence in sixteenth-century China focusing on how women and their roles were perceived in the changing social environment of the mid-late Ming dynasty. Using aspects of a New Historicist approach, information from contemporary literary and historical sources are analysed alongside each other. With its emphasis on the lives of women and preoccupation with the description of material objects, the late Ming novel Jin Ping Mei forms an important element in the thesis. China in the sixteenth century saw expanding urbanisation, the emergence of a new wealthy merchant class, increasing visibility of women and a questioning of traditional morality. Fashion consciousness, as one of the most conspicuous aspects of the new material culture, is a possible indicator of these trends. Traditional Western theories contend that fashion began in the particular context of Renaissance Europe. However, this study argues that a similar fashion awareness existed in China too, and was manifested in a competitive striving for social status, in this case specifically among women. In contrast to previous studies which downplayed the impact women had on defining traditional Chinese culture, this thesis demonstrates how women and their sartorial choices began to redefine the boundaries of material culture, influencing literati discourse which, in turn, re- influenced female behaviour
Taiwan Cinema at the Venice Film Festival: from cultural discovery to cultural diplomacy
No full textIn 2011, the opening of Wei Te-sheng’s Seediq Bale in the Venice film festival competition revealed a different scenario from that of the late 1980s and 1990s, when festivals brought world attention to new directors and unexplored territories. The Golden Lion awarded to Hou Hsiao-hsien’s City of Sadness (1989) paved the way for establishing the connection between Venice and Chinese-language films. In 1994, the Golden Lion to Tsai Ming-liang’s Vive l’amour confirmed the special attention of the Venice festival towards Taiwanese authors. Moreover, thanks to the European art-house distribution system, these films received theatrical circulation and further established a certain line of Taiwanese cinema.
In the new century, Seediq Bale provided the opportunity to introduce a Taiwanese film director still largely unknown to the Venice festival audience. Despite the reputation established with Cape n.7 (2006), Wei Te-sheng’s participation raised more attention for diplomatic concerns than for his film. A political controversy emerged in relation to the missing Taiwanese flag on the festival palace and to the listing of the film as a ‘Chinese Taiwan’ production while festival reviewers pointed at the puzzling structure of the 150-minute international version and admitted their difficulty in understanding its historical background. Neither the high production value of the film nor the support of a well-established international sales agent helped its international distribution. As the European art-house circuit had already declined, Seediq Bale had no significant circulation in Europe and festival attention returned to Tsai Ming-liang, recipient of the Grand Jury Prize with Stray Dogs (2013).
Against the backdrop of global film circulation and the changed dynamics of European film festivals, Wei Te-sheng’s brief parable in Venice points at a set of intertwined dynamics. While Venice in the years 2000s started to incorporate market elements through the creation of a film market and a set of events which also addressed Chinese-language territories, why the rise of Wei Te-sheng as a prominent Taiwanese film-maker failed to guarantee his successful festival exposure? Why Taiwanese (and Chinese) commercial titles remained rarely screened despite the rise of the Chinese market and the growing relevance of Asian co-productions?
Through the analysis of Wei Te-sheng’s episode within the context of Taiwanese and Chinese presence at the Venice festival since the turn of the century, this chapter approaches the dichotomy between the mutual interest of Taiwanese representatives and the Venice festival to increase their relevance on the global film market and the regular presence of authors with very limited distribution potential such as Tsai Ming-liang. By adopting a marketing framework, Tsai Ming-liang and Hou Hsiao-hsien could be discussed as ‘brand names’ which guarantee media attention to the festival regardless their commercial viability. Hence, the ‘discovery paradigm’ which brought to prominence unknown names in the festival circuit of the 1980s and 1990s has turned into the opposite paradigm. Only established directors get access to major festivals and competitive section while upcoming film-makers are marginalized to minor sections, as confirmed by the introduction of Taiwanese film-makers in the Venice International Film Critics Week. Furthermore, as the relevance of the domestic market makes the release period crucial for high budget films, investors are not inclined to risk a minor economic gain in order to respond to the festival requirement of a world premiere. These elements are thus affecting the connection between Venice and Taiwanese cinema. Such a connection has changed and focussed on other activities such as supporting market activities or allowing special events such as the presentation in 2014 of the first Italian-Taiwanese co-production. Beyond programming and marketing major festivals have thus included elements of cultural diplomacy
sj-docx-1-crx-10.1177_00936502211053456 – Supplemental material for Serving the Greater Social Good for Personal Gain: Effects of Polite Disagreements in Online Debates
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-crx-10.1177_00936502211053456 for Serving the Greater Social Good for Personal Gain: Effects of Polite Disagreements in Online Debates by Ming Ming Chiu, Yu Won Oh, Jeong-Nam Kim and Ioana A. Cionea in Communication Research</p
JPA_Supplementary_Materials_Submission_2_05-01-18_FINAL – Supplemental material for Measuring Teacher Practices That Support Student Motivation: Examining the Factor Structure of the Teacher as Social Context Questionnaire Using Multilevel Factor Analyses
No full textSupplemental material, JPA_Supplementary_Materials_Submission_2_05-01-18_FINAL for Measuring Teacher Practices That Support Student Motivation: Examining the Factor Structure of the Teacher as Social Context Questionnaire Using Multilevel Factor Analyses by Inok Ahn, Helen Patrick, Ming Ming Chiu and Chantal Levesque-Bristol in Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment</p
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