Asia and China in the Global Era

by Adrian J. Bailey (Editor), Ricardo K. S. Mak (Editor)

Overview

China's strong economic growth occurring alongside modernization across the great majority of Asian societies has created what many see as a transnational space through and by which not only economic, social and cultural resources, but also threats and crises flow over traditional political boundaries. The first section of the work lays out a clear conceptual framework. It draws on arguments about nation no longer being the only container of society, about trans-disciplinary thinking, and about knowledge being context-bound. It identifies and discusses distinctive features of China and Asia in the global era. These include population, urbanization and climate change; the continuing reach of Orientalist shadows; cultural politics of knowledge. It closes by arguing how global studies adds value to existing accounts. The second, and longer, section applies this framework through a series of original empirical case-studies in three areas: migration/poverty/gender; culture/education; well-being.

Both the conceptual framework and case-studies are drawn from research presented at HKBU since 2011 under the auspices of the Global Social Sciences Conference Series and supplemented by additional papers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501505553
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	01/18/2021
Series:	Social and Cultural Changes in China [SCCC] , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Adrian J. Bailey, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong; Ricardo K. S. Mak, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.

Adrian J. Bailey, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong; Ricardo K. S. Mak, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements v

List of Figures ix

List of Tables xi

Chapter 1 China and the global era: From globalisation to everyday life Adrian J. Bailey Ricardo K. S. Mak 1

Chapter 2 Origin effects, spatial dynamics, and redistribution of foreign direct investment in Guangdong, China Karen Zhi-hua Xu 21

Chapter 3 Broken wing: Affective geographies of China's state-owned enterprise reform Shuang Wu Adrian J. Bailey 45

Chapter 4 Neoliberalisation and community development: Comparing community development services in Hong Kong and Beijing Kwok-kin Fung Suet-lin Shirley Hung Gary Craig 65

Chapter 5 A review of the effective features of Facebook in social media-based interventions to increase adolescents' physical activity Patrick W. C. Lau Jing Jing Wang Geng Wang 89

Chapter 6 Gender and social capital: The case of a deprived urban community in Hong Kong Suet-lin Shirley Hung Kwok-kin Fung Sai-kin Sammy Ho Juxiong Feng 103

Chapter 7 Framing migrant domestic workers inside transnational businesses: A case study of Bangladeshi women travelling to Hong Kong, and their Hong Kong-based employment agencies Veronika Stepkova 135

Chapter 8 Aurora College for Women in Shanghai, 1937-1951 Cindy Yik-yi Chu 155

Chapter 9 The local mutation of professional academic organisations and its fragmentising effect under academic globalisation: Evidence from modern China and Japan Matthew Chew 173

Chapter 10 German Romantic ideals and the revival of traditional Chinese culture in early twentieth century China Ricardo K. S. Mak 191

Chapter 11 Urban resilience in China: Government action and community response Him Chung 207

Index 225