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How do public markets, as ordinary as they seem, carry the weight of a city’s history? How do such everyday buildings reflect a city’s changing political, social, and economic needs, through their yearslong transformations in forms, functions, and management? Integrating architecture and history, this book invites readers to go through the growth and governance of colonial Hong Kong by tracing the past and present of public markets as a study of extensive firsthand historical materials. As the readers witness the changes in Hong Kong markets from hawker pitches to classical market halls to clean modernist municipal complexes, the book offers a new perspective of understanding the familiar everyday markets with historical contexts possibly unfamiliar to most, studying markets as a microcosm of the city and a capsule of its history. This book is a robust and in-depth study of the market building history of Hong Kong since the 1840s and contributes to a holistic understanding of everyday

In Hong Kong Public and Squatter Housing: Geopolitics and Informality, 1963–1985, Alan Smart and Fung Chi Keung Charles trace two decades of development of squatting in Hong Kong. The authors reconstruct the government policy on squatting through both ethnographic and archival research. The book sheds new light on the consequences of various attempts to control encroachment on scarce urban space. It argues that intersecting policy agendas resulted in decisions that were often not desired, but which emerged as practical solutions from prior failures. The authors address the challenges of explaining confidential policy decisions and offer new approaches applicable in other contexts. Overall, Smart and Fung make an important contribution to the understanding of how public housing and squatting interacted in influential ways that have been poorly understood and offer new perspectives on the challenges of urban governance and housing problems.

★榮獲第62屆小學館漫畫獎、第20屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭漫畫部門大獎、2016漫畫大獎第三名殊榮的爵士音樂神作★ ☆動畫電影預計2023年於日本上映☆ ★各界樂手、音樂家、教育家激推盛讚「最能激勵新手愛上音樂的漫畫」★ ☆專業音樂媒體「爵式WiJazz」監修☆ 身為音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》是你絕對不可錯過的爵士音樂神作， 不是音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》會讓你想踏入音樂的世界── 日本首屈一指的爵士俱樂部「So Blue」， 是雪祈自幼以來嚮往的目標。 原本的鋼琴手因病無法來日本，臨時被找去 代打演出的雪祈登上了夢寐以求的舞臺。 在他全心全意、毫無保留的演奏下， 大、玉田、雪祈的三重奏獲得了日後登臺的機會。 可就在一切是那麼順利、 準備掀起一陣波瀾時── 大等人在日本的奮鬥成長史《BLUE GIANT》完結篇!!! ─┤各界音樂家、教育家熱情推薦├─ 吳俊良｜彰化愛樂室內樂團團長 林義凱｜大村國小合唱團指揮 魏相英｜倫敦大學音樂教育碩士 莊凱圍｜單簧管演奏家 葉庭均｜樂壇新生代爵士鼓手 Go Go Machine Orchestra ｜金音獎最佳現場演出獎入圍樂團

智慧車尬軟實力 軟體定義汽車已經是汽車產業的明確方向，因為汽車功能的複雜性持續增加，需要算力更高且更有彈性的軟/硬體設計，汽車的設計概念從傳統架構，轉往軟體定義汽車(Software Defined Vehicle,SDV)與Zonal架構的方向前進。車廠期望透過運算集中與3~4個Zonal 整合汽車功能，達到減化布線與強化效能的目標。然而在架構轉換期，車廠需要適應新的汽車製造模式，與供應商高度協作，逐步實現Zonal架構以及軟體定義汽車的藍圖。 與此同時，車用軟體的重要性持續提高，由軟體驅動的汽車翻轉傳統的汽車架構與概念，汽車製造也從過往的以車廠為核心，轉為以用戶需求為導向。車廠對客戶的服務將延長到整個汽車的生命週期，希望與客戶直接互動並取得關鍵資料。現階段車廠積極參與標準化規格的建立，同時可以運用雲端平台降低軟體開發的技術門檻與成本。產品設計方面，車廠除了考慮既有的功能安全，也需將資安防護納入考量。

★榮獲第62屆小學館漫畫獎、第20屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭漫畫部門大獎、2016漫畫大獎第三名殊榮的爵士音樂神作★ ☆動畫電影預計2023年於日本上映☆ ★各界樂手、音樂家、教育家激推盛讚「最能激勵新手愛上音樂的漫畫」★ ☆專業音樂媒體「爵式WiJazz」監修☆ 身為音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》是你絕對不可錯過的爵士音樂神作， 不是音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》會讓你想踏入音樂的世界── 大、玉田、雪祈的三重奏樂團， 終於要首次站上爵士音樂節演出， 但受邀的原因竟是替當知名樂團暖場。 面對至今為止人數最多的舞臺， 面對沒抱以任何期待的觀眾， 面對只把他們當暖場團的知名演出者， 三人使出渾身解數開始演奏──── 接著，鋼琴手雪祈收到了一份 意想不到的演出邀約──── ─┤各界音樂家、教育家熱情推薦├─ 吳俊良｜彰化愛樂室內樂團團長 林義凱｜大村國小合唱團指揮 魏相英｜倫敦大學音樂教育碩士 莊凱圍｜單簧管演奏家 葉庭均｜樂壇新生代爵士鼓手 Go Go Machine Orchestra ｜金音獎最佳現場演出獎入圍樂團

Make a Choice: Under Turbulence The ten national (natural) parks in Taiwan play a pivotal role in the global conservation network and keep expanding their vision and energy in the world trend. Therefore, in this year, "National Park Quarterly" will focus on "Changing & Challenges", "Conservation & Restoration", "Management" and "Innovation" as topics of four seasons, and cut into the international forward-looking goals and current situations,and share how Taiwan's national parks ride the waves in the waves of the world.

★榮獲第62屆小學館漫畫獎、第20屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭漫畫部門大獎、2016漫畫大獎第三名殊榮的爵士音樂神作★ ☆動畫電影預計2023年於日本上映☆ ★各界樂手、音樂家、教育家激推盛讚「最能激勵新手愛上音樂的漫畫」★ ☆專業音樂媒體「爵式WiJazz」監修☆ 身為音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》是你絕對不可錯過的爵士音樂神作， 不是音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》會讓你想踏入音樂的世界── 未滿弱冠的三重奏樂團「JASS」帶著熱情與衝勁， 在東京不停歇地演奏爵士樂。 當中鋼琴手‧雪祈因自身的Solo演奏以及日常的態度談吐， 飽受憧憬已久的俱樂部人員的嚴厲批評。 他決定沉澱自己，重新踏穩前行的腳步。 但不論怎麼思索與嘗試，都彈不出心中所想的Solo… 這時，大在演出當下突然做出驚人之舉…!? ─┤各界音樂家、教育家熱情推薦├─ 吳俊良｜彰化愛樂室內樂團團長 林義凱｜大村國小合唱團指揮 魏相英｜倫敦大學音樂教育碩士 莊凱圍｜單簧管演奏家 葉庭均｜樂壇新生代爵士鼓手 Go Go Machine Orchestra ｜金音獎最佳現場演出獎入圍樂團

Kaho Yu’s China’s Energy Security in the Twenty-First Century: The Role of Global Governance and Climate Change explores the evolution of China’s energy security from its bilateral going-out strategy to its more multilateral Belt and Road Initiative. By analysing the topic from a multidisciplinary perspective, this book examines China’s evolving role in global energy governance through four empirical case studies: China’s energy cooperation with Russia and Central Asia, Africa, the European Union, and the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank.

In this ground-breaking, posthumous study, the late Lo Jung-pang discusses the geographic, political, and commercial factors that led to the emergence of seapower and a navy under the Ming. While Zheng He and his seven expeditions have received some scholarly attention, few understand the long history of maritime engagement which provided the nautical and technical background for these voyages. The evolution of this maritime engagement and its extension into the Indian Ocean is the focus of Lo’s still-timely and highly significant work. In addition to detailing the rise of the Ming navy and its extraordinary accomplishments, Lo also examines some of the factors that led to the end of China’s first great maritime era: Why did China suddenly seem to turn away from the seas? Were the military defeats in Annam and on the northern borders significant in this? Or were financial pressures key? Empire in the Western Ocean represents the most comprehensive and insightful English-language trea

Heritage and History in the China–Australia Migration Corridor traces the material and social legacy of migration from China to Australia from the 1840s until the present day. The volume offers a multidimensional examination of the material footprint of migration as it exists in the migration corridor stretching between Zhongshan county in south China and Australia. Spanning the fields of heritage studies, migration studies, and Chinese diaspora history, Denis Byrne, Ien Ang, Phillip Mar, and other contributors foreground a transnational approach to the heritage of migration, one that takes account of the flows of people, ideas, objects, and money that circulate through migration corridors, forming intricate ongoing bonds between those who migrated to Australia and their home villages in China.

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★榮獲第62屆小學館漫畫獎、第20屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭漫畫部門大獎、2016漫畫大獎第三名殊榮的爵士音樂神作★ ☆動畫電影預計2023年於日本上映☆ ★各界樂手、音樂家、教育家激推盛讚「最能激勵新手愛上音樂的漫畫」★ ☆專業音樂媒體「爵式WiJazz」監修☆ 身為音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》是你絕對不可錯過的爵士音樂神作， 不是音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》會讓你想踏入音樂的世界── 大與夥伴們組成的18歲爵士三重奏「JASS」， 在一次又一次的賣力演出下，漸漸有了固定觀眾。 頭一次收到表演酬勞、羨慕三重奏的中年樂隊， 儘管不是沒有迷惘，大他們依舊透過演出開拓自身的康莊大道。 而鋼琴手雪祈，為了讓樂團站上那憧憬許久、 全日本第一的爵士俱樂部舞臺，邀請了某人來看演出────？ ─┤各界音樂家、教育家熱情推薦├─ 吳俊良｜彰化愛樂室內樂團團長 林義凱｜大村國小合唱團指揮 魏相英｜倫敦大學音樂教育碩士 莊凱圍｜單簧管演奏家 葉庭均｜樂壇新生代爵士鼓手 Go Go Machine Orchestra ｜金音獎最佳現場演出獎入圍樂團

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

In Working the System: Motion Picture, Filmmakers, and Subjectivities in Mao-Era China, 1949–1966, Qiliang He inquired into the making of the new citizenry in Mao-era China (1949–1976) by studying five preeminent Shanghai-based filmmakers. These case studies shed light on how individuals’ subjectivities took shape in the cinematic arena under a new sociopolitical system after 1949. He suggests that a filmmaker’s subjectivity was not fixed or stable but constantly in flux, requiring a host of “subjectivizing practices” to (re)shape and consolidate it. These filmmakers endeavored to reap maximal benefits from Mao’s sociopolitical system and minimize the disadvantages that would make them victims under the system. In short, Qiliang He argues that the filmmakers not only worked under the socialist system imposed upon them but also worked the system in their best interests.

A Contemporary History of the Chinese Zheng traces the twentieth- and twenty-first-century development of an important Chinese musical instrument in greater China.The zheng was transformed over the course of the twentieth century, becoming a solo instrument with virtuosic capacity. In the past, the zheng had appeared in small instrumental ensembles and supplied improvised accompaniments to song. Zheng music became a means of nation-building and was eventually promoted as a marker of Chinese identity in Hong Kong. Ann L. Silverberg uses evidence from the greater China area to show how the narrative history of the zheng created on the mainland did not represent zheng music as it had been in the past. Silverberg ultimately argues that the zheng’s older repertory was poorly represented by efforts to collect and promote zheng music in the twentieth century. This book contends that the restored “traditional Chinese music” created and promulgated from the 1920s forward—and solo zheng music in

◎ In the night sky, those shining stars may be in the past tense. Those dark may no longer be nothingness, but the distance is too far, and the light is still galloping. ◎ The thermal process is a part of the space state. The order is from the hot in the past to the cold in the future, and the direction is from the inside to the outside. ◎ The time order is from tomorrow to today to yesterday, that is from future to past. Time and space are reverse loops. So the direction of time is from outside to inside.

With the society developing, the legislators of education would naturally put more attention to special education in order to protect the minority and those neglected. The history of special education mirrors the social development of Macau, it is an important indicator of the status in Macau society, reflecting the cultural quality at present and predicting the prospects in the future.

★榮獲第62屆小學館漫畫獎、第20屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭漫畫部門大獎、2016漫畫大獎第三名殊榮的爵士音樂神作★ ☆動畫電影預計2023年於日本上映☆ ★各界樂手、音樂家、教育家激推盛讚「最能激勵新手愛上音樂的漫畫」★ ☆專業音樂媒體「爵式WiJazz」監修☆ 身為音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》是你絕對不可錯過的爵士音樂神作， 不是音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》會讓你想踏入音樂的世界── 到了東京，持續獨自練習的大 邂逅了與他同年的超厲害鋼琴手──雪祈。 面對雪祈輕率的組團邀約， 志在世界第一的大當下只敢保留回答。 在交談過後，大也終於知曉了 雪祈對音樂的態度與看法。 而隨後，又將有一名 意外的人物加入這個團體…!! ─┤各界音樂家、教育家熱情推薦├─ 吳俊良｜彰化愛樂室內樂團團長 林義凱｜大村國小合唱團指揮 魏相英｜倫敦大學音樂教育碩士 莊凱圍｜單簧管演奏家 葉庭均｜樂壇新生代爵士鼓手 Go Go Machine Orchestra ｜金音獎最佳現場演出獎入圍樂團

Influenced by his upbringing in post-war Japan, and the ideological, social, economic and artistic transformations of the era, Noda Tetsuya started to build a diary of prints in the 1960s, recording his daily life and mastering the challenge of documenting the reality around him in both true and artistic fashion. Works presented in this publication offer unparalleled insights into the artist’s hand skills and color palette, as well as his intense personal feelings and trademark humility. Few printmakers are quite as exploratory in terms of their technique and so precise in their choice of depicted subjects. Noda Tetsuya’s Diary of Contemporary Japanese Prints represents the long-accumulated knowledge of a well-practiced artform by one of Japan’s bestestablished artists, while also documenting—in true diary fashion—events that have shaped his personal life, while also standing for the collective experience of Noda’s generation and the societal change witnessed over the last several de

In Daily Giving Service: A History of the Diocesan Girls’ School, Hong Kong, Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung and her fellow contributors present a comprehensive history of one of Hong Kong’s oldest girls’ schools. As an alumna of the school, Chan-Yeung traces the history of her alma mater from its establishment in 1860, to its development over the last 160 years until the recent decade. Having experienced stability and turbulences in Hong Kong in the twentieth century, the school has become one of the most prominent girls’ schools in the city. In several chapters written by other alumnae, various aspects of school life of different eras are reconstructed and remembered. The author and other contributors focused on the postwar era in which Hong Kong grew from a small city to a global metropolitan. The expansion of the Diocesan Girls’ School largely followed this trend. The history of the school has also long been connected with the socio-economic development of Hong Kong society, sharing its ha

Low-carbon tourism is an emerging issue of tourism industry and academia in recent years. Previous studies have provided us some reasons that tourists participate in low-carbon travel or not, however, these reasons are scattered in literature and not been integrated into the construct of low-carbon travel motivation or low-carbon travel constraint. Meanwhile, previous studies often designed low-carbon package tours through the perspective of operators, few studies have assisted independent tourists on how to save energy and reduce carbon in travel. Therefore, this book is focused into two parts. The purpose of one part is to draw on tourism related literature, to develop and test the Low-Carbon Travel Motivation and Constraint Scales. The purpose of the other part is to draw on tourism related literature, to develop and test the Low-Carbon Travel Behavior Scale.

In Kunqu: A Classical Opera of Twenty-First-Century China, Joseph S. C. Lam offers a holistic and interdisciplinary view on kunqu, a 600-year-old genre of Chinese opera that is being fashionably performed inside and outside of China. He explains how and why the genre charms and signifies Chinese culture, history, and personhood. As the first comprehensive and scholarly book on kunqu written in English, the book not only discusses the genre in cultural and historical terms but also analyzes its shows as performative, cultural, social, and political communications. It approaches the genre from several perspectives, ranging from those of performers and producers to those of casual audience, dedicated connoisseurs, and scholarly critics. Lam also employs a judicious blend of Chinese and international theories and methods. Through this comprehensive study of kunqu, Lam has established the significance of the genre not only in the sphere of Chinese music, but also among the cultural heritage

Malaysian Cinema in the New Millennium offers a new approach to the study of multiculturalism in cinema by analysing how a new wave of filmmakers champion cultural diversity using cosmopolitan themes. Adrian Lee offers a new inquiry of Malaysian cinema that examines how the ‘Malaysian Digital Indies’ (MDI) have in recent years repositioned Malaysian cinema within the global arena. The book shines a new light on how politics and socioeconomics have influenced new forms and genres of the post-2000s generation of filmmakers, and provides a clear picture of the interactions between commercial cinema and politics and socioeconomics in the first two decades of the new millennium. It also assesses how the MDI movement was successful in creating a transnational cinema by displacing and deterritorialising itself from the context of the national, and illustrates how MDI functions as a site for questioning and proposing a new national identity in the era of advanced global capitalism and new Isla

Malaysian Cinema in the New Millennium offers a new approach to the study of multiculturalism in ...

This book examines Hong Kong foodways in different periods of social development and hopes to advance anthropological inquiries by addressing issues concerning identity, migration, consumerism, globalization, and the invention of local cuisines in the context of Hong Kong as a fast-changing society in East Asia.

★榮獲第62屆小學館漫畫獎、第20屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭漫畫部門大獎、2016漫畫大獎第三名殊榮的爵士音樂神作★ ☆動畫電影預計2023年於日本上映☆ ★各界樂手、音樂家、教育家激推盛讚「最能激勵新手愛上音樂的漫畫」★ ☆專業音樂媒體「爵式WiJazz」監修☆ 身為音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》是你絕對不可錯過的爵士音樂神作， 不是音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》會讓你想踏入音樂的世界── 大在向師父‧由井拜師學藝後， 終於和其他樂手合作， 參與首次的Jam Session。 在舞臺上竭盡全力的他， 將窺見音樂邁向嶄新境界的階梯， 令自己的樂音增添不同的力量──── 而後大決定離鄉背井出外闖蕩， 向朋友、師父、父親和兄妹告別。 在眾人的祝福下離開的他， 究竟會迎來什麼命運────!? ─┤各界音樂家、教育家熱情推薦├─ 吳俊良｜彰化愛樂室內樂團團長 林義凱｜大村國小合唱團指揮 魏相英｜倫敦大學音樂教育碩士 莊凱圍｜單簧管演奏家 葉庭均｜樂壇新生代爵士鼓手 Go Go Machine Orchestra ｜金音獎最佳現場演出獎入圍樂團

It is written from an objective, external viewpoint and paints a colourful and lively picture of Sanguinetti in a voice that could almost be his own. Using Sanguinetti' s life experiences, the biographer touches on various historical events, including the Mau Mau revolution in Kenya and the 1957 riots in Hong Kong, and details the social and political problems of the times, such as lingering colonialism, class structure issues, and human rights violations, among others. These glimpses of history through Sanguinetti' s eyes are accessible, thought-provoking, and truly representative of the man himself.Offering a well-rounded image of the eccentric subject, this book fulfils Sanguinetti' s common response to questions about both his personal and professional life — “ more when I know you better” . It will undoubtedly be of interest to those who knew Sanguinetti as well as legal professionals, young barristers, and readers with an interest in post-war history in Gibraltar, Kenya, and espe

This book examines Hong Kong foodways in different periods of social development and hopes to adv...

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

★榮獲第62屆小學館漫畫獎、第20屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭漫畫部門大獎、2016漫畫大獎第三名殊榮的爵士音樂神作★ ☆動畫電影預計2023年於日本上映☆ ★各界樂手、音樂家、教育家激推盛讚「最能激勵新手愛上音樂的漫畫」★ ☆專業音樂媒體「爵式WiJazz」監修☆ 身為音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》是你絕對不可錯過的爵士音樂神作， 不是音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》會讓你想踏入音樂的世界── 在師父‧由井的嚴厲指導下， 已能將吹奏技巧與樂理活用自如的大， 決定在高中最後一年的校慶上演出。 在校園一片盛行搖滾與流行樂的風潮當中， 唯有大獨自一人拿著次中音薩克斯風站在舞臺上。 堅信自己的爵士「一定能撼動人心」的大， 最後是否能如願以償── ─┤各界音樂家、教育家熱情推薦├─ 吳俊良｜彰化愛樂室內樂團團長 林義凱｜大村國小合唱團指揮 魏相英｜倫敦大學音樂教育碩士 莊凱圍｜單簧管演奏家 葉庭均｜樂壇新生代爵士鼓手 Go Go Machine Orchestra ｜金音獎最佳現場演出獎入圍樂團

◎This is the Part-One (Radical Index - Stroke No. 1-2) of Twelve printouts from the on-line dictionary that is currently under developing. ◎This unprecedented, intelligent, convenient and useful Tool provides “Pin Yin” (spelled in English) of Traditional Chinese characters. ◎Along with Stroke-by-Stroke writings for each character’s Radical and additional strokes, it is possible to learn Chinese ubiquitously. The stroke-sequences for writing radical-characters are also included in a separate nineteen-page section with the order of radical stroke number and sequence. All the multiple ways of “Pin Yin” will also appear under multiple English letters. However, an unique sort key for the Last Name found in 百家姓 (the Hundred Family Surnames) is highlighted and used for grouping the same Last Name in Traditional Character with different Last Name in English. For example, 鄭 can be found as Cheng, Jeng and Zheng in all 3 places with Cheng marked as sort-key. Therefore, all 鄭s will be grouped u

This book describes and analyses the role of the public sector in the often-charged political atm...

★榮獲第62屆小學館漫畫獎、第20屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭漫畫部門大獎、2016漫畫大獎第三名殊榮的爵士音樂神作★ ☆2023年電影動畫電影上映☆ ★各界樂手、音樂家、教育家激推盛讚「最能激勵新手愛上音樂的漫畫」★ ☆專業音樂媒體「爵式WiJazz」監修☆ 身為音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》是你絕對不可錯過的爵士音樂神作， 不是音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》會讓你想踏入音樂的世界── 孤身一人的大從沒中斷過在河堤吹奏的練習。 這時，有位男人出現在他面前。 「我來教你怎麼吹薩克斯風。」──── 「你的樂音，足以撼動人心。」──── 大開始從樂理層面下手，快速吸收學習音樂知識。 在鎮上因爵士音樂節而顯得熱鬧非凡時， 他突然拿出樂器，吹響了音符── ─┤各界音樂家、教育家熱情推薦├─ 吳俊良｜彰化愛樂室內樂團團長 林義凱｜大村國小合唱團指揮 魏相英｜倫敦大學音樂教育碩士 莊凱圍｜單簧管演奏家 葉庭均｜樂壇新生代爵士鼓手 Go Go Machine Orchestra ｜金音獎最佳現場演出獎入圍樂團

Frontiers of Memory in the Asia-Pacific explores the making and consumption of conflict-related heritage throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Contributing to a growing literature on ‘difficult heritage’, this collection advances our understanding of how places of pain, shame, oppression, and trauma have been appropriated and refashioned as ‘heritage’ in a number of societies in contemporary East and Southeast Asia and Oceania. The authors analyse how the repackaging of difficult pasts as heritage can serve either to reinforce borders, transcend them, or even achieve both simultaneously, depending on the political agendas that inform the heritage-making process. They also examine the ways in which these processes respond to colonialism, decolonization, and nationalism. The volume shows how efforts to preserve various sites of ‘difficult heritage’ can involve the construction of new borders in the mind between what is commemorated and what is often deliberately obscured or forgotten. Tak

In Chinese Cinema: Identity, Power, and Globalization, a variety of scholars explore the history, aesthetics, and politics of Chinese cinema as the Chinese film industry grapples with its place as the second largest film industry in the world. Exploring the various ways that Chinese cinema engages with global politics, market forces, and film cultures, this edited volume places Chinese cinema against an array of contexts informing the contours of Chinese cinema today. The book also demonstrates that Chinese cinema in the global context is informed by the intersections and tensions found in Chinese and world politics, national and international co-productions, the local and global in representing Chineseness, and the lived experiences of social and political movements versus screened politics in Chinese film culture. This work is a pioneer investigation of the topic and will inspire future research by other scholars of film studies.

The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong SAR (the “NSL”) promises to be the most important legal development in Hong Kong since the advent of the Basic Law. Many wondered in the aftermath of the NSL how the foundations of Hong Kong’s system might be changed and in what way the freedoms valued by Hong Kong may be affected. Supporters view the law as essential for the preservation of public order and the national security of China and for supporting the fundamental well-being of “One Country, Two Systems”, an arrangement that has been in place since the return of Hong Kong to China. Critics fear an adverse impact on the spirit of “One Country, Two Systems”. From a discussion initiated by the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, this collection of essays brings together leading experts on Hong Kong and Chinese law to offer an exploratory study of the NSL and its impact on the legal system and the principle of the rule of law in Hon

Initially based on a comparative study of Chinese and Euro-American art theory in the 18th and 19th centuries, this book examines how both cultures looked at their own past and their outside, i.e. what was construed as not belonging to their own cultural sphere, and how they devised new ways of adapting them into evolving cultural constructs. While the 17th century was still a time when the epistemological backgrounds of both civilizations were so profoundly different that nearly no dialogue was possible, the 18th century saw the emergence in both places of profound changes that would get them close enough to create the conditions for the beginning of a conversation. First quite superficial and taking shape mostly in the decorative arts, this process of rapprochement, while remaining chaotic and unpredictable, led to wider and more profound zones of contact throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries. Through the reinterpretations of each other’s cultural creations, these zones of con

Initially based on a comparative study of Chinese and Euro-American art theory in the 18th and 19th centuries, this book examines how both cultures looked at their own past and their outside, i.e. what was construed as not belonging to their own cultural sphere, and how they devised new ways of adapting them into evolving cultural constructs. While the 17th century was still a time when the epistemological backgrounds of both civilizations were so profoundly different that nearly no dialogue was possible, the 18th century saw the emergence in both places of profound changes that would get them close enough to create the conditions for the beginning of a conversation. First quite superficial and taking shape mostly in the decorative arts, this process of rapprochement, while remaining chaotic and unpredictable, led to wider and more profound zones of contact throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries. Through the reinterpretations of each other’s cultural creations, these zones of con