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Productive Engagement in Later Life
Productive Ageing is the involvement of older adults in society through employment, volunteering, caregiving, education and skill building. In 2020 there will be 248 million people in China aged 60 and over. At the same time, the birth rate continues to drop and family structures are being transformed. In the face of such pressing demographic challenges, the productive engagement of older adults is a clear-cut strategy to strengthen families and communities while simultaneously promoting the health of older adults. From a human capital perspective, an ageing population represents resources to address societal needs; and the active engagement of older adults can enhance and maintain the physi...
The Politics of Compassion
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake killed 87,000 people and left 5 million homeless. In response to the devastation, an unprecedented wave of volunteers and civic associations streamed into Sichuan to offer help. The Politics of Compassion examines how civically engaged citizens acted on the ground, how they understood the meaning of their actions, and how the political climate shaped their actions and understandings. Using extensive data from interviews, observations, and textual materials, Bin Xu shows that the large-scale civic engagement was not just a natural outpouring of compassion, but also a complex social process, both enabled and constrained by the authoritarian political context. While ...
China’s Emergency Management
In this timely book about the current state of research and practice of emergency management in China, the authors take as their basic premises that we now live in a risk society and that our collective ability to deal with disasters and their aftermath is more important than ever. Set within a multi-disciplinary framework that places risk, disaster and crisis, the three phases of emergency management, on an analytical continuum, and drawing on empirical data obtained through surveys, observations, and interviews, the study not only provides a thorough overview of recent progress in our theoretical understanding of the subject but also offers insights on how scientifically informed policies can improve the way emergency management is done in China.
Mapping China's Growth And Development In The Long Run, 221 Bc To 2020
The narrative of China's history in this book is 'theme-led' rather than conventionally chronicle-based. It covers China's resource endowments, historical contingencies (such as civil wars, invasions and climate changes) and ideologies (including Legalism, Confucianism, Social Darwinism, nationalism, and Marx-Stalinism) that shaped the particular path of growth and development in China over two millennia. This book aims to take the reader through China's remarkably long and colourful saga of growth and development, full of ups, downs, twists and turns. It shows that China's experience has neither been linear nor trouble-free.China's long-term experience showcases the two fundamentals in growth and development: efficiency and equality. The lesson that one can learn from China's long history is that distributing incomes (equality) is as important as producing them (efficiency). By the same token, to secure growth and development, the political economy of government and governance is as critical in determining growth and development as resource endowments, technology, and market exchanges. This applied to China's past, and will inevitably apply to China's future.
CROWN PRINCE DUST LIFE PART 16
CROWN PRINCE DUST LIFE PART 16 Chapter 272: The smell of conspiracy Everyone was in Truong Tam's hospital room chatting a few words. Diep Hoan smiled and looked suspiciously at Nam Kieu Moc, silently asking about his purpose in coming to China this time. Lord of England. Nam Kieu Moc smiled gently and shook his head without speaking. Diep Hoan had to proactively open his mouth to ask. "Princess, you came to China besides showing admiration for me, is there anything else?" Jinny blinked a few times, smiled and said: "Actually, I came to China to do a lot of work, but those things are not as important as 'Showing my admiration for you'..." Diep Hoan He blushed shyly, smiled and said nothing.
EXCELLENT PRINCE PART 11
EXCELLENT PRINCE PART 11 Chapter 257: About to be announced Old Master Tham's advice made Diep Hoan understand. Using knives and guns to kill people and set them on fire in broad daylight is of course impractical in Prague. The army and police in the Czech Republic are not a bunch of incompetent and useless people, right? This can only be done secretly. Although his grandfather spoke vaguely, Diep Hoan understood the core meaning, summarized in four words: "Hide your eyes and ears." When a grandchild is bullied, he must respond, and a niece-in-law who is being captured must also be rescued. But we can't make this matter so big that it can't be saved, and we can't even light the fire to the Chinese government. How should I do this? It's best to act late at night. It has to be said that old man Tham is so old, but he is not easily teased. On the outside, he appears hot-tempered and fierce, but behind his back is hidden the cunningness of an old fox. People who have lived from the time of war
Global Goes Local
In Global Goes Local, international scholars from a variety of disciplinary perspectives examine different forms of popular culture in Asia. Covering topics from pop music in Korea to TV commercials in Malaysia, this collection shows how imported cultural forms can be invested with fresh meaning and transformed by local artists to result in new forms of assertion and resistance that also meet the needs of their particular audiences.
Social Media in Rural China
China’s distinctive social media platforms have gained notable popularity among the nation’s vast number of internet users, but has China’s countryside been ‘left behind’ in this communication revolution? Tom McDonald spent 15 months living in a small rural Chinese community researching how the residents use social media in their daily lives. His ethnographic findings suggest that, far from being left behind, many rural Chinese people have already integrated social media into their everyday experience.Throughout his ground-breaking study, McDonald argues that social media allows rural people to extend and transform their social relationships by deepening already existing connections with friends known through their school, work or village, while also experimenting with completely new forms of relationships through online interactions with strangers, particularly when looking for love and romance. By juxtaposing these seemingly opposed relations, rural social media users are able to use these technologies to understand, capitalise on and challenge the notions of morality that underlie rural life.
Security, Development And Sustainability In Asia: A World Scientific Reference On Major Policy And Development Issues Of 21st Century Asia (In 3 Volumes)
In the third decade of the 21st century, Asia remains the global center of economics, politics and security. Asia is at the forefront of wealth creation, innovation, and sustainability. There is a growing demand for knowing more about Asia. This Major Reference Set (MRS) is designed to help general readers as well as specialists to have a good grasp of the latest developments in Asia in the key areas of geopolitics, geoeconomics, and sustainability.With 3 volumes, this MRS covers all major dimensions of Asia's political economy, regional security, and sustainable development. Volume 1 unpacks and examines geopolitics and foreign policy strategies of key Asian states in response to major secu...
