Contested Images

Previous collections of photographs illustrating the lost world of Old Hong Kong have tended to focus exclusively on black-and-white images from before the Second World War. In this new collection of photographs from the period 1948-1969, Otto Lam has instead selected a dazzling array of images in glorious full colour, most of them taken by overseas visitors to Hong Kong, including some of the earliest surviving colour views of the city and its environs. These evocative images demonstrate what a vibrant place Hong Kong was during this crucial period in the colony's rapid economic growth and modernisation. This volume, covering a wide range of images from daily life in post-war Hong Kong, comes at a time when a new generation of citizens is taking a greater interest in the rich and largely intangible heritage of their city.

Sustaining Landscapes: Governance and Ecology in Chinese Visual Culture, 960–1368 CE examines ecological thought contested amid the rise of the Chinese landscape genre, tracing its intersections with infrastructure governance, natural resource management, and geospatial knowledge. It traces the pre-industrial notion of “sustainability” in policy debates, legal regulations, and arts. Landscape imagery on paintings, maps, as well as mass-produced artifacts such as fans and ceramic pillows documented both appropriate and exploitative use of natural resources, and critiqued on social inequity and political turmoil. This book breaks new ground by bringing together research on visual and material culture with analysis of politics and ecology. Wang argues that the Chinese landscape genre embodied a holistic approach to negotiating debates on human-nature interdependence and people-state relationships. It joins the increasing literature on ecocriticism and offers alternative perspectives to ad

Originally published in 1900, this book and its numerous images by American photographer Eliza Ruhama Scidmore provide an excellent foundation for understanding the physical setting and political climate in 19th-century China.

This book describes and analyses the role of the public sector in the often-charged political atmosphere of post-1997 Hong Kong. In this second edition, Ian Scott explores public sector accountability in terms of Hong Kong’s constitutional framework and the structure, functions, and personnel policies of its civil service system. He examines critical issues facing the administration of the public sector and the formulation and implementation of public policy with particular attention to the political challenges confronting the Hong Kong government over the past decade. A concluding chapter assesses how contested values in a changing political environment have affected the public sector in recent years. This edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest statistics and research, including Scott’s work in such areas as integrity management, corruption prevention, and policing. This book is an essential resource for scholars and students of public administration and public poli

"The fact that Snow did not sneak into “red China” to gather information constituting the basis of his Red Start over China all alone is in many instances misunderstood even by scholars. Mao Zedong’s biography has been the subject of an international mountain of commentary in China and elsewhere. Biographies praising Mao and those slandering him are all based on the American journalist Edgar Snow’s (1905–1972) account in Red Star over China for the route Mao traveled from early childhood through his youth. How the “Red Star” Rose introduces the image of Mao and the biographical information made known to the world through the publication of Red Star, and with its publication the circumstances which they fundamentally undermined. Ishikawa Yoshihiro uses Mao Zedong as raw material to examine from whence and how ordinary historical information and images which we habitually use unconsciously come into being. He desires to help readers to reconsider the historicity of the generation of no

The origins of modern Daoism can be traced to the Church of the Heavenly Master (Tianshidao), reputedly established by the formidable Zhang Daoling. In 142 CE, according to Daoist tradition, Zhang was visited by the Lord on High, who named him his vicar on Earth with the title Heavenly Master. The dispensation articulated an eschatological vision of saving initiates—the pure, those destined to become immortals— by enforcing a strict moral code. Under evolving forms, Tianshidao has remained central to Chinese society, and Daoist priests have upheld their spiritual allegiance to Zhang, their now divinized founder. This book tells the story of the longue durée evolution of the Heavenly Master leadership and institution. Later hagiography credits Zhang Daoling’s great-grandson, putatively the fourth Heavenly Master, with settling the family at Longhushan (Dragon and Tiger Mountain); in time his descendants—down to the present contested sixty-fifth Heavenly Master living in Taiwan— made th

"In what period did objects of worship appear in China? Could there be a possible convergence between written testimonies and archaeological remains? How was the production of icons understood, especially in light of its eventual condemnation in iconoclastic discourse? This history of cultic images designed for religious worship in China remains to be written. The statue collections over the course of 16th to 20th centuries in central Hunan of southern China will give us insight into the local artistic tradition of statue-making, and the dynamics of multifarious religious practices consisting of a hybrid of Buddhism, Daoism, Confucian, Shamanism, and so forth. The documents contained inside these effigies, as well as the inscriptions found on the statues themselves, provide first-hand information that has not been filtered down through theological or philosophical discourses. Moreover, this art of domestic statuary—which is found far from palaces, large temples, monasteries, and pain

Utopia and Utopianism in the Contemporary Chinese Context: Texts, Ideas, Spaces decisively demonstrates the extent to which utopianism has shaped political thought, cultural imaginaries, and social engagement after it was introduced into the Chinese context in the nineteenth century. In fact, pursuit of utopia has often led to action—such as the Chinese Revolution and the Umbrella Movement—and contested consequences. Covering a time span that goes from the late Qing to our days, the authors show that few ideas have been as influencing as utopia, which has compellingly shaped the imaginaries that underpin China’s historical change. Utopianism contributed to the formation of the Chinese state itself—shaping the thought of key figures of the late Qing and early Republican eras such as Kang Youwei and Sun Yat-sen—and outlived the labyrinthine debates of the second half of the twentieth century, both under Mao’s rule and during the post-socialist era. Even in the current times of dystopian

A Sensational Encounter with High Socialist China is a recollection of the historic visit of fourteen American students (and one Canadian) to China in 1971. The visit was one of the first approved for American scholars after the Chinese Communist Party came to power in 1949 and occurred prior to President Nixon’s famous trip (as well as that of a second group of scholars) in 1972. One of these students, Paul Pickowicz, kept a journal and photographically documented the trip. This book is a personal account of the events leading up to their visa approvals as well as those that occurred during the journey itself. The five senses are used to connect the reader to his experience and are placed in the context of a theatrical production. The images included have been selected from an archive at the University of California, San Diego, which digitized the author’s images as well as those of others in the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) taken during both the 1971 and 1972 delegati

Journalism EthicsThis concise and authoritative work offers the latest guidance on journalism ethics for students and media professionals and will help empower news consumers to make informed decisions about the trustworthiness of their sources of information. It offers advice on all aspects of journalism ethics including accuracy and seeking the truth, representation of women, LGBTQ coverage, climate change, mental health, use of images, conflict reporting, elections, and how to use artificial intelligence. The author brings a unique perspective and depth of knowledge to the complex challenges facing journalists and news consumers in this era of fake news, disinformation, and artificial intelligence.

Grounded in a desire to bring back to life rare items from the University of Hong Kong’s Fung Ping Shan Library that are entwined within the world of music and to place them in a context of books and images in American, British, and other Asian collections, Chinese Music in Print views the library as a repository not of information but of artifact, and then uses these artifacts as a means for generating scholarly narrative. It begins by assessing seminal texts in the Confucian canon set against the delicacy of the concubine and amanuensis Shen Cai’s calligraphy and poetry. Confucianism was itself a crucial aspect of courtly life, and an exploration of its ritual is the book’s second theme. Vernacular genres of opera and song are represented in the third chapter, while the Great Sage returns in the fourth for an exploration of the repertoire and richness of his favourite instrument, the qin. The final chapter ends the journey with discussion of the legacy of generations of Europeans who

Eros of International Relations: Self-Feminizing and the Claiming of Postcolonial Chineseness is a distinctive work that explores the much-neglected Chinese perspective in broader international relations theory. Using the concept of “self-feminizing”—adoption of a feminine identity to oblige and achieve mutual caring as a relational strategy—this book argues that postcolonial actors have employed gendered identities in order to survive the squeezing pressure of globalization and nationalism in their own ways. Sovereign actors who have historically claimed to act on behalf of Chineseness have taken advantage of the images of femininity thrust upon them by transnational capitalism, the media, or intellectual thought. Shih illustrates the feminist potential for emancipation through a range of empirical examples, showing that women of various Chinese characteristics, acting on behalf of their nation, city, and corporations, reject the masculinization of their groups of belonging as remedy

This publication accompanies an unprecedented exhibition highlighting four of the magnificent chinoiserie tapestries of Chinese Emperor Qianlong, woven after designs by François Boucher at the famous Beauvais manufactory from 1758–1760. The large and well-preserved textiles form part of the royal French commission by King Louis XV, objects of which were presented to Qianlong in 1766. These celebrated tapestries are joined by another historic set of culturally related depictions in print—The Battles of the Emperor of China. The engravings were ordered by Qianlong, drawn by Jesuit painters at the Imperial Court in Beijing and then printed in Paris 1769–1774. The ‘culture’ of these prints follows King Louis XIV’s influential images of the Histoire du Roi and presents Qianlong as both a war hero and as the undisputed leader of China in the mid-eighteenth century. These depictions date to the exact same time period, one that coincides with the high demand for chinoiserie in France—culmina

This book presents the first in-depth analysis of a monumental scroll known as the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang, dated 1493, from the collection of the San Diego Museum of Art. Through images and text, this scroll documents the ordination of Empress Zhang (1470–1541), wife of the Ming-dynasty Hongzhi emperor (r. 1488–1505) by a Heavenly Master of Zhengyi Daoism. It is a key source in the study of the history of Daoist ordinations, and a rare surviving record of the relationship between a Ming empress and the Heavenly Masters. Through detailed analysis of different historical perspectives and the Ordination Scroll itself, this book offers new insights into Daoist practices, Daoist material and visual culture, and the lives of imperial women in Ming China. By combining a rigorous attention to the specific object with a broad awareness of cultural context, this important book marks a real advance in our understanding of the agency of imperial women in Ming China, and the role of

The role of media in any society is vital and is closely related to brands and consumption especially in a vibrant 21st century Asian city. Hong Kong with its free-market economy and urban bustle is a perfect place to observe this in action. But Hong Kong is also deeply conservative in many ways especially with regard to family values, and the presence of overtly sexualized images in advertising sits uncomfortably with the values of modesty and traditional sexual mores that exist there. Young girls are also discovering their identities like any other groups of girls in the world, and often this journey will not be easy. This book deals with media and the extent to which media representations influence girls in Hong Kong and how they are affected by this ubiquitous presence. Through the quantitative and qualitative studies, readers could examine and understand how tween girls and teen girls in Hong Kong interact with the media and how they interpret the messages from the media. The ob

This volume first explores the transformation of Chinese Daoism in late imperial period through the writings of prominent intellectuals of the times. In such a cultural context, it then launches an in-depth investigation into the Daoist dimensions of the Chinese narrative masterpiece, The Story of the Stone—the inscriptions of Quanzhen Daoism in the infrastructure of its religious framework, the ideological ramifications of the Daoist concepts of chaos, purity, and the natural, as well as the Daoist images of the gourd, fish, and bird. Zhou presents the central position of Daoist philosophy both in the ideological structure of the Stone, and the literati culture that engenders it.

◎線條＋符號＋顏色，多種抽象概念的新詮釋。 Line + symbols + colors, new interpretations of multiple abstract concepts. ◎跳過望文生義可能產生的歧解，以最簡單的形式進行最直觀的哲學演繹。 Avoid ambiguity that literal interpretations may lead to, directly interpret philosophies with the simplest methods. 你可曾想過用簡單的筆劃與顏色勾勒物質世界的抽象概念？ 打破現實形式的框架，以冥想、意象、解構，重新簡約而寧靜的感受世界！ 作者以簡單的線條、圖象、文字與顏色演繹二維、三維、四維的種種抽象概念， 藉著解構每幅創作的線條勾勒與組合，可以感受作者解讀物質世界的獨特角度， 是一部意識流動強烈的藝術、哲學創作集。 Have you ever thought about drawing abstract concepts with simply strokes and colors? Break the framework of reality, and feel the world with meditation, imagery, deconstruction, new definitions in peace! The author presents abstract 2-dimensional, 3-dimentional, and 4-dimensional concepts with simple lines, images, texts and colors. By deconstructing the lines and combinations of every creation, you may experience the author’s unique point of view to make sense of the material collection of artistic and philosophical creations of strong consciousness.

當代公認 ★ 最專業的 日本情色藝術和文化研究 無與倫比 ★ 最詳盡的 春畫解析與當代風俗暗示 細數浮世繪巨匠們最放浪與大膽的藝術經典 奧村政信、月岡雪鼎、鈴木春信、礒田湖龍齋、勝川春章 鳥居清長、喜多川歌麿、葛飾北齋、歌川豐國、歌川國貞… ------ 17、18世紀發展，19、20世紀璀璨茁壯，春畫，日本當代浮世繪經典藝術中的傳奇 《Sex and the floating world : erotic images in Japan, 1700-1820》 西方國家研究日本浮世繪情色藝術，最暢銷、最專業、最具份量的論述 【本書特色】 ✔ 收錄多達 170幅的珍藏浮世繪 ✔ 窺看令人歎為觀止的經典藝術 ✔ 最專業權威的西方觀點與評論 相較於西方，江戶時代的日本人對於性的態度更為包容； 性器官異常放大、性交姿勢極度扭曲、第三人在一旁笑看。 櫻花象徵女性春色，菊花暗指男性器官；用望遠鏡偷窺他人； 性交時照鏡子；僧侶吹奏尺八；男色，則是文人藝術家的主流…… 春畫，究竟是不是手淫書？還是一種另類藝術？ 江戶時代最棒的作品，卻遭排除在藝術展覽之外 !? 春畫，在浮世繪的藝術世界裡，展開了 無與倫比 的想像。 對江戶藝術者而言，春畫無疑是他們此生 最精華 的創作！ 游移在春色、人性和幕府管制之間，極樂之美該如何拿捏？ 什麼是當代人士最想傳達的？這段風俗該怎麼欣賞與解讀？ 本書由日本文化專家，英國知名藝術史教授提蒙‧史克里奇， 以西方眼光切入，深度剖析、解構那段藝術史上的情色巔峰。 走入大膽香豔的日本性幻想世界，一窺春色背後的歷史與意識覺醒

一個穿越了多個時代、多場戰火、多種語言的杜甫，帶著他的多重身影重返我們的生活現場。 — 西川 「世界偉大的隨筆家之一 」 ——《紐約時報》 「一位隱蔽的文學領袖」 My favorite essayist is Eliot Weinberger. His remarkable breadth of calm concern is impressive. —Gary Snyder (Pulitzer Prize Winner, 1975) This is a book concerned with mortality, friendship, and regret. The psyche looking back at its life. As such, The Life of Tu Fu sometimes feels like a poetic biography of my own life, or maybe yours. —Forrest Gander (Pulitzer Prize Winner, 2019) 溫伯格巧妙地運用拼貼手法，從杜甫一千多首浩瀚的詩歌中擷取靈感，將其詩句、意象與情感重新編織成五十八首全新的詩篇。這些詩篇猶如一幅幅流動的畫卷，描繪出杜甫顛沛流離的一生，以及他所經歷的戰亂與瘟疫。儘管時空相隔千年，但在後疫情時代，我們或許更能體會杜甫詩歌中那種深刻的孤獨與蒼涼。這部作品不僅是對杜甫一生的致敬，也是對我們自身、對苦難和對人生短暫易逝的反思。 Drawing inspirations from a vast oeuvre of more than a thousand poems, Eliot Weinberger has deftly composed a montage of fifty-eight poems derived and adapted from the lines, images, and feelings in Tu Fu’s poetry. These poems weave a tapestry of Tu Fu’s turbulent life and times of war and disaster. In the post-pandemic era, we may appreciate

💡 從觀念理解到開發實戰！ 💡 使用OpenAI API x Python與GPT-3.5、GPT-4、GPT-4o、DALL·E、TTS、Whisper模型 開發聊天服務、文本生成、AI繪圖、視覺、語音的AI應用程式！ ＊專家資深教師執筆 由教授OpenAI API、Python與人工智慧專業教師共同編著，針對初學者學習OpenAI API使用Python開發人工智慧軟體服務所應具備知識技能所編寫的實務教材。 ＊循序漸進無痛上手 內容兼具理論與實務，利用大量OpenAI API實例說明並引申教材，所舉的專題範例淺顯易懂且具代表性和實用性，非常適合教學和自學，使初學者快速進入OpenAI API人工智慧軟體服務的開發殿堂。 ＊內容多元範例豐富 介紹 Open AI 的金鑰申請、Colab 編輯環境、Gradio 互動式網頁、GPT-3.5、GPT-4與GPT-4o的使用、Chat Completions API 參數、ChatGPT 聊天機器人、整合搜尋讓聊天機器人突破時空限制、自動串接、函式呼叫和微調模型讓文本生成符合事實。 以Images API 進行AI繪圖、語音API與GPT-4o進行電腦視覺，讓AI應用程式擁有讀、畫、看、聽、說等功能。 ＊實務專題打下基礎 使用Gradio 互動式網頁、Tkinter視窗套件結合OpenAI API開發生成式人工智慧飯店客服機器人、考卷產生器、網頁產生器三大專題。透過實務專題開發，將Python的相關技術與OpenAI API完美整合，提升初學者人工智慧軟體開發的專業能力。

無聲的草木 綻放最好的香港 「胡秀英植物標本館」四代植物學家 翻山越嶺、精剖細描 為香港原生植物留下永恆的傳記 20個珍貴而稀有的名字，在遺憾失去它們前 認識它們越深，越能與它們共生 這些原生植物得以在香港這片土地上繁衍下去，不致滅絕 本書為《香港原生植物圖鑑》的第二冊。延續第一冊結合科學繪圖和植物藝術墨線圖的方式，詳細介紹了香港20種稀有及瀕危的原生植物。這些植物受到法例和名錄的保護，並在香港生態系統中扮演著重要角色。 標本館運用多種研究方法，包括文獻回顧、野外觀察、花果解剖結構研究和墨線圖等，去記錄每個珍貴的植物品種，豐富香港稀有及瀕危植物的基礎科學資訊，促進植物保育工作的進展。本冊更新增「掃描電子顯微鏡圖像」單元，把猶如萬花筒般的花粉和孢子的微物之美，清晰地呈現在讀者眼前。 This appealingly illustrated book is the second volume of Botanical Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Native Plants. It presents a meticulously curated collection of 20 rare and endangered native plant species found in Hong Kong, featuring scientific, detailed pen-and-ink illustrations and morphological descriptions. This volume introduces a new section showcasing ‘Scanning Electron Microscope Images’ that reveals the intricate beauty of pollen and spores. This guide provides essential reference materials for species authentication and is of particular significance for plant preservation efforts in Hong Kong. -----------------------------------

本书采用比较历史分析与文本分析的手法，化繁为简，分析社会历史背景与电影文本改编之间的关联。书中以五部改编自北朝民歌《木兰诗》的《花木兰》电影入手，着眼其各自的社会历史背景与其由形到神的电影改编之间的互动，以此为契机揭示过往百年来不同时期社会焦点的变迁，点明历史故事片反映并推动时代、推动传统的不断创新发展，揭示不同时期的改编所反映的各异时代特征，再前勾后联，电影与文化间的种种亦跃然纸上。

本書大綱：20個核心章節 本書分為五大模組，從制度、環境到全球視野，完整對接當代社會的重大議題。 第一模組：法律秩序的重構 (法學篇) 第 1 章：AI 權利主體論：機器人能擁有「人權」或「法人權」嗎？ 探討法律對非人類智慧實體的定義演變。 第 2 章：誰該負責？當自動駕駛與醫療 AI 發生事故時的侵權責任 辯證開發者、使用者與機器之間的法律責任分配。 第 3 章：智慧財產權之戰：AI 訓練數據與生成物的版權爭議 * 分析從 Getty Images 到藝術家集體訴訟的核心法律爭點。 第 4 章：演算法透明化法規：我們有權要求「解釋」AI 的判決嗎？ 介紹各國（如歐盟 AI 法案）對於高風險 AI 系統的監管趨勢。 第二模組：地球永續的博弈 (環境篇) 第 5 章：雲端下的代價：大型語言模型的碳足跡與能耗報告 視覺化數據中心運行的能源消耗數據與環境衝擊。 第 6 章：水資源與稀有金屬：AI 硬體背後的生態足跡 探討晶片製造與冷卻系統對全球資源的掠奪性影響。 第 7 章：Green AI：如何用 AI 解決氣候危機與節能減碳？ 案例分析：AI 在精準農業、智慧電網與材料科學中的環保貢獻。 第 8 章：電子垃圾與循環經濟：淘汰硬體的終點在哪裡？ 探討 AI 技術迭代速度過快導致的數位垃圾處置問題。 第三模組：經濟、勞動與社會結構 (社會篇) 第 9 章：結構性失業與職業替代：哪些行業正在消失？ 掃描 AI 對白領與藍領階層的雙重衝擊。 第 10 章：全民基本收入 (UBI)：當工作不再是生存必須時的社會契約 討論因 AI 自動化而產生的新型社會福利制度構想。 第 11 章：零工經濟 2.0：被演算法管理的勞動者權益 * 批判性分析外送平台與數位外包中的「演算法壓榨」。 第 12 章：數位落差與社會流動：AI 是階級流動的梯子還是高牆？ 探討技術近用權如何影響個人與家庭的貧富差距。 第四模組：全球政治與地緣戰略 (全球篇) 第 13 章：AI 軍備競賽：自主武器與未來戰爭的型態 討論「殺人機器人」對國際人道主義法與戰爭倫理的挑戰。 第 14 章：數位殖民主義：科技巨頭對全球南方國家的影響 分析數據採集與標註產業中的不平等權力關係。 第 15 章：晶片戰爭與運算主權：為什麼每個國家都想要 AI 自主？ 解析半導體供