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    Wang Shuo and the commercialisation of contemporary Chinese culture

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    This thesis examines the commercialisation of Chinese culture that has taken place over the past twenty years in mainland China. It explores the contribution of Wang Shuo, a cultural figure who straddles different fields of culture, moving from literature to the ultimate mass culture medium of television, this study plots Wang Shuo' s development from educational failure, to business failure, to fiction writer, film & TV editor, film director and cultural critic and analyst. His stories, films, TV series and articles have caused shock-waves throughout national cultural circles as he has transformed the terms of the debate from academic discourse to a validation of the role of the market in the culture field. Although Wang Shuo has not been labelled as a dissident, his approach to the culture market has had a more subversive effect on official ideology that those overt dissidents who have had to live in exile or have been imprisoned. He has utilised the language of official ideology to satirise the authorities, turning the ideology and its supporters into figures of fun. Yet his own goals have been strictly personal and economic ones. The authorities recognize the value of Wang Shuo's work in the cultural market but at the same time distrust his works and place him under strict censorship. Examining the way Wang Shuo and people surround him have succeeded in different fields of cultural achievement is a mirror to understanding the process of the transformation of contemporary Chinese culture from a socialist state-controlled culture to a market-oriented mass culture industry

    Wang Meng and contemporary Chinese literature: the vicissitudes of a committed writer

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    This thesis examines the way Wang Meng has developed as a writer from the 1950s to the 1990s in the context of New China's political and literary background. It looks at the compromises he was forced to make between his political beliefs in the Communist Party and his chosen role as a professional writer. After his disastrous early foray into what was deemed to be unacceptable political criticism with The Young Newcomer in the Organisation Department in the 1950s, when the opportunity came to start publishing again in the late 1970s he was boldly innovative in style, helping to transform New Period literature, but conservative in content, sticking to politically acceptable topics. It was only with Hard Porridge in 1989 that he ventured again, and very successfully, into political comment. There is no outstanding leading writer in contemporary China, but Wang Meng is a leading contender for the title

    Measurement of the ratio of prompt χ c to J / ψ production in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

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    The prompt production of charmonium χ c and J / ψ states is studied in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The χ c and J / ψ mesons are identified through their decays χ c → J / ψ γ and J / ψ → μ + μ - using 36 pb - 1 of data collected by the LHCb detector in 2010. The ratio of the prompt production cross-sections for χ c and J / ψ, σ (χ c → J / ψ γ) / σ (J / ψ), is determined as a function of the J / ψ transverse momentum in the range 2 < p T J / ψ < 15 GeV / c. The results are in excellent agreement with next-to-leading order non-relativistic expectations and show a significant discrepancy compared with the colour singlet model prediction at leading order, especially in the low p T J / ψ region

    Charippus yinae Wang & Li 2020

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    Charippus yinae Wang & Li, 2020 Figs 195– 213 Charippus yinae Wang & Li, 2020: 45, figs 1A–D, 2A–G. Material examined. 1&female; 15 juveniles (MHBU-ARA-00023589), CHINA: Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town, XTBG, tropical rainforests, 21°55’12.38’’E, 101°16’4.88’’E, 554 m elev., 4 August 2021, leg. K. Yu, W. Wang, L. Zhang & J. Zhang. Diagnosis. See Wang & Li (2020). Description. See Wang & Li (2020). Natural history. The type material of C. yinae was collected from leaf litter (Wang & Li 2020; Wang, pers. comm.). We also collected this species from tree trunks in XTBG. Distribution. China (Yunnan).Published as part of Yu, Kun, Wang, Weihang, Maddison, Wayne P. & Zhang, Junxia, 2022, Revision of the genus Charippus Thorell, 1895, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini), pp. 151-198 in Zootaxa 5129 (2) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/650073

    Lasioseius yadongensis Ma & Wang 1997

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    &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Lasioseius yadongensis&lt;/i&gt; Ma &amp; Wang&lt;/b&gt; , &lt;b&gt;1997&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Lasioseius yadongensis&lt;/i&gt; Ma &amp; Wang, 1997: 29.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; NOTE: this species was transferred to &lt;i&gt;Mirabulbus&lt;/i&gt; Liu &amp; Ma (Bulbogamasidae Gu, Wang &amp; Duan, 1991) by Liu &amp; Ma (2001: 356).&lt;/p&gt;Published as part of &lt;i&gt;De Moraes, Gilberto J., Britto, Erika P. J., Mineiro, Jefferson L. De C. &amp; Halliday, Bruce, 2016, Catalogue of the mite families Ascidae Voigts &amp; Oudemans, Blattisociidae Garman and Melicharidae Hirschmann (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 1-299 in Zootaxa 4112 (1)&lt;/i&gt; on page 249, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4112.1.1, &lt;a href="http://zenodo.org/record/399477"&gt;http://zenodo.org/record/399477&lt;/a&gt

    Production of J/ψ and Υ mesons in pp collisions at s√=8 TeV

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    The production of J/ψ and Υ mesons in pp collisions at s√=8 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector. The J/ψ and Υ mesons are reconstructed in the μ + μ − decay mode and the signal yields are determined with a fit to the μ + μ − invariant mass distributions. The analysis is performed in the rapidity range 2. 0 < y < 4. 5 and transverse momentum range 0 < p T < 14 (15) GeV/c of the J/ψ (Υ) mesons. The J/ψ and Υ production cross-sections and the fraction of J/ψ mesons from b-hadron decays are measured as a function of the meson p T and y

    Letter from Carl Hayden to P. J Moran

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    Letter from Carl T. Hayden to P. J. Moran concerning the alignment of the road to Bright Angel Trail

    Letter from P. J. Moran to Carl Hayden

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    Letter from P. J. Moran to Carl T. Hayden inquiring when construction will begin on the approach road to Bright Angel Trail

    Letter from P. J. Moran to Carl Hayden

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    Letter from P. J. Moran to Carl T. Hayden inquiring when construction will begin on the approach road to Bright Angel Trai

    Measurement of J/ψ production in pp collisions at s√=2.76TeV

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    The production of J/ψ mesons is studied with the LHCb detector using data from pp collisions at s√=2.76 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 71 nb−1. The differential cross-section for inclusive J/ψ production is measured as a function of its transverse momentum p T. The cross-section in the fiducial region 0 &#60; p T  &#60; 12 GeV/c and rapidity 2.0 &#60; y &#60;4.5 is measured to be 5.6 ± 0.1 (stat) ± 0.4 (syst) μb, with the assumption of unpolarised J/ψ production. The fraction of J/ψ production from b-hadron decays is measured to be (7.1 ± 0.6 (stat) ± 0.7 (syst))%
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