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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Chinese Politics"”.
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British policy and Chinese politics in Malaya 1942-1955
… the dynamics of British policy towards the Chinese community in Malaya during a period of thirteen years which witnessed the Japanese Occupation of Malaya, the reestablishment of British colonial rule, and the efforts towards self government. A key factor in the British policy towards the …
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The role of the mishu (staff) institution in Chinese politics
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1994.
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The Kuomintang left in opposition, 1928-1931 : the leftist alternative in Chinese politics
… rendered the Leftist alternative not viable in Chinese Republican history.
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The Kuomintang left in opposition, 1928-1931 : the leftist alternative in Chinese politics
… rendered the Leftist alternative not viable in Chinese Republican history.
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The hidden activism : media practices and the media opportunity in Chinese politics of resistance
My thesis discusses the hidden and non-adversarial nature of resistance in authoritarian countries through the perspectives of media practices and media opportunity structure. To understand the art of resistance in authoritarian countries, one has to look beyond the striking physical …
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Mass Media as Instruments for Political and Social Control in China: Media Role in Chinese Politics
Under the influence of Soviet media theory, Chinese media have been held under the control of the Communist Party of China ever since the Party was established in 1921. However, this practice of control was subject to change as a result of rapid economic development and many social changes brought …
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The Foreign Office and policy-making in China, 1945-1950 : Anglo-American relations and the recognition of Communist China
… Office attitude towards the course of the Chinese Civil War, and ultimately the establishment of a Communist government in China between 1945 and 1950. It is a revisionist interpretation of cold war history drawn from a study of Anglo-American relations with regard to Chinese politics …
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Contesting the Invisible Hand: The Development of Advertising Regulation in China, 1979--2000 and Beyond
… the dialectic between the evolution of Chinese culture and the evolution of Chinese advertising regulation in the last two decades. It provides an in-depth analysis of the development of Chinese advertising regulation since 1979 in its ever-evolving political-economic context and …
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The Dynamics of Chinese Media Practices and Regulation: Explanations and Interpretations
… system can provide important insights into its politics, this dissertation reexamines the development of Chinese politics in the reform era through the media lens, and television in particular. Given that Chinese media have been a marker of the nation's socio-political developments, the media …
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Radicalism at the Margin : The New Emergence of the Chinese Trotskyist Movement in Hong Kong, 1969-1981
As a marginal radical Left group, Chinese Trotskyists who were suppressed by the Communist state and other dominant political powers have rarely been mentioned in the modern and contemporary history of Chinese politics. This is what led to my academic interest in discovering the “unknown” …
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Maoizmo ir postmaoizmo laikotarpių nacionalizmo diskurso formavimas Kinijos valstybinėje žiniasklaidoje /
… the discourse of nationalism intended for Chinese and for foreign audiences. After analyzing multiple examples of state media, the conclusion could be drawn that the Chinese Communist Party during the Mao era used state media mainly to consolidate the legitimacy of the governing party, …
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Confronting the “European War” in Early Republican China: ROC’s Constitutional Process and the First World War
… topics: the war participation debate, the Chinese Labour Corps, and the May Fourth Movement. This dissertation argues that the First World War was a transformative event that significantly shaped the constitutional trajectory of the nascent Republic of China. The outbreak of the First World …
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Conservative social attitudes in modern China : a study exemplified by cases in Shanghai, Tientsin, and Hong Kong, 1917-1932
… of China is a perpetual problem confronting Chinese politicians and intellectuals alike. This problem involves the question of defining and implementing changes in Chinese politics, economy and society. Because of the diversity and disparity of these changes, modernization is not easily …
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Conservative social attitudes in modern China : a study exemplified by cases in Shanghai, Tientsin, and Hong Kong, 1917-1932
… of China is a perpetual problem confronting Chinese politicians and intellectuals alike. This problem involves the question of defining and implementing changes in Chinese politics, economy and society. Because of the diversity and disparity of these changes, modernization is not easily …
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Urbanisation and Fiscal Risks in China
… challenges. While the decentralised structure of Chinese politics provides strong incentives for local officials to take the lead in urbanising China, fiscal institutions place heavy financial burdens on local governments. This thesis studies two major problems that arose from China’s urbanisation …
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Ethnicity and community : southern Chinese immigrants and descendants in Vancouver, 1945-1980
This study seeks to understand Chinese ethnicity as a process of ongoing cultural construction engaged in by Chinese people in Vancouver from 1945 to 1980. Drawing evidence primarily from the ethnic press and voluntary organizations, it uncovers a diversity of cultural positions articulated by …
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Institutional development of the Chinese National People's Congress (1978-89) : intellectual perspectives
… the initial decade of the Post-Mao period of Chinese politics. For the NPC, this period saw the sharpest institutional development, which thus far remains under-researched.The main research question is how and why the NPC institution has developed. In other words, the research aims to …
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Social Security under Decentralized Authoritarianism: Politics of The Public Pension Program in China
… What are the redistributive incentives of the Chinese rulers? How does the central government differ from local governments in their redistributive calculation? How do these two levels of governments interact to ensure implementation of an expensive pension program? These are the questions this …
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Critical discourse analysis of Chinese household appliance advertisements from 1981 to 1996
The boom in the Chinese advertising industry after its economic reform in 1978 has aroused the scholarly interest of linguistic researchers. However, most studies of advertising discourse tend to consist of pure linguistic analysis focusing on vocabulary, grammar and textual organization. Little …
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Whataboutism with foreign affairs: How Chinese media leverage foreign news for distraction and legitimation
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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