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Made in China, Vol 2, Iss 1: Fare Thee Well, Chinese Civil Society?
Ivan Francheschini, Nicholas Loubere
With the arrest of yet another activist, the airing of yet another public confession, the closure of yet another NGO working for the weak and disenfranchised, and the passing of yet another repressive law, the world has come to view Chinese civil society as if it were on its deathbed. But maybe what is dying is just a dream of civil society with little basis in reality. While we mourn the death of an ideal, it is imperative that we overcome our sorrow to look at the momentous changes that are currently taking place in the realm of Chinese civil society.
Authentically Socialist: A Window on a Communist Utopia
Shuxia Chen, Carol Yinghua Lu, Liu Ding
Long Live the Glorious May 7 Directive, published in 1971, is one of the key propaganda photobooks of Chairman Mao Zedong’s infamous Cultural Revolution. Illustrated with both color and black-and-white photographs taken by uncredited photographers, the book extolls the virtues of Mao’s communist ideology and purports to document the joyful, industrious effects of these ideas in action.
Thinking of Art as Informal Life Politics in Hong Kong
Olivier Krischer
'Thinking of Art as Informal Life Politics in Hong Kong' is a chapter from New Worlds From Below: Informal life politics and grassroots action in twenty-first century Northeast Asia.
Joro's Youth
Igor de Rachewiltz, Li Narangoa
The epic of King Gesar of Ling is the national oral epic of Tibet, sung by itinerant bards in their land for many centuries but not recorded in print until recent times. Spreading widely beyond Tibet, there are extant versions in other languages of Central Asia. The first printed version is from Mongolia, produced on the orders of the Kangxi emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty in the early 18th century. In the process of transmission, the original saga lost much of its Tibetan flavour, and this Qing edition can be regarded as a genuine Mongolian work.
Made in China Yearbook 2016: Disturbances in Heaven
Ivan Franceschini, Kevin Lin, Nicholas Loubere
Labour and civil society are two fundamental components of international discussions concerning China today. Whether it is the arrest of labour activists or rights lawyers, the adoption of new industrial policies, or the passing of draconian rules on non-governmental organisations, the events occurring in these areas in China often make global headlines. At the same time, in spite of the grave challenges for workers and activists, the Chinese labour movement is witnessing significant developments, with the occurrence of some of the largest strikes in decades.
The Datong Schools and Late Qing Sino-Japanese Cooperation
Craig Smith
The Chinese reformers who fled their country following the 1898 reforms turned to a number of new transnational strategies of education and propaganda once they arrived in Japan. This article analyzes the Datong Schools, a system of institutions created by Chinese reformers as the first step in a planned international network for education, and shows that early Asianist cooperation among the educated elites of China and Japan played an important role in this segment of China’s modernization just a few years after the First Sino-Japanese War.
Understanding Global Development Research: Fieldwork Issues, Experiences, and Reflections
Nicholas Loubere, Gordon Crawford, Lena J. Kruckenberg, Rosemary Morgan
For experienced and inexperienced researchers and practitioners alike, this engaging book opens up new perspectives on conducting fieldwork in the Global South.
Following an inter-disciplinary and inter-generational approach, Understanding Global Development brings into dialogue reflections on fieldwork experiences by leading scholars along with accounts from early career researchers. Contributions are organised around six key issues:
- Meaningful participation in fieldwork
- Working in dangerous environments
Christianizing China for the sake of China: Li Guanfang and her Republican Dream
Zhou Yun
'Christianizing China for the sake of China: Li Guanfang and her Republican Dream' is a chapter in The Shaping of Christianity in China - A Fresh Look at Indigenous Christians.
