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Collects essays from native speakers of English who studied Chinese, learned it unusually well, and then used it in very successful careers in journalism, business, government work, and academe. Many of essays show that answers to the question of ""what difference is made?"" can have a charming unpredictability.

Provides an account of Hong Kong's medical and health development from the Second World War to the present day, investigating how medical and health services grew and adapted as Hong Kong's political and the socio-economic landscape - and the world beyond it - changed, and continued changing.

Investigates the varied forms of art practices in Hong Kong over the last decade. The author explores how and why the artists of the city engage in practices ranging from the most personal to the most socially oriented, with an interesting analysis of the works of about fifty local art practitioners and a representative range of art institutions.

This pocket-sized paperback is one of the twenty-four titles published for 2017 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. IPNHK is one of the most influential international poetry events in Asia. These unique works are presented with Chinese and English translations in bilingual or trilingual formats.

Since its debut in 2009 in Hong Kong, IPNHK has become the most influential series of international poetry events in the sinophone areas, delivered internationally acclaimed poets' thoughts and ideas about poetry to contemporary China, and stimulated Chinese poets' reflection upon their own conditions of reading world poetry.

Since its debut in 2009 in Hong Kong, IPNHK has become the most influential series of international poetry events in the sinophone areas, delivered internationally acclaimed poets' thoughts and ideas about poetry to contemporary China, and stimulated Chinese poets' reflection upon their own conditions of reading world poetry.

Highlights the development of play therapy in various countries and cities in Asia. The editors discuss how mostly Western play therapy approaches are adapted for use in Asian countries. This is the first play therapy book written by experts from specific Asian cultures for practitioners and students who are working in the mental health field for Asian groups.

A collection of He Hao's book designs from 2003 to 2013. As an independent print-media practitioner, He Hao has worked with distinctive and representative artists in the Chinese contemporary art world, including Ai Weiwei and Xu Bing, to design more than 100 high-quality books and catalogues since 2003.

This pioneering, classic study of 20th-century Chinese fiction covers some sixty years, from the Literary Revolution of 1917 through the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976.

Lam Woo was a highly successful Chinese building contractor based in Hong Kong in the early twentieth century. He exemplifies the marginal group of people who joined the Chinese diaspora because of poverty and political turmoil. Lam Woo belonged to the educated, westernised, Christian Chinese culture that supported the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.

Hong Kong's income inequality is greater than that in any developed economy. The growing unequal income distribution and poverty in Hong Kong have aroused public concern. This book is a timely and important opportunity to advance the theory and practice of poverty and social exclusion measurement, and to conduct policy relevant analyses in Hong Kong.

Following the enormous success of the 2009, 2011 and 2013 occasions of the International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong, the "International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2015" (IPNH K2015) will be held in November 2015. The theme of IPNH K2015 is "Poetry and Conflict", exploring the multi-layered relationships between poetry and war.

Following the enormous success of the 2009, 2011 and 2013 occasions of the International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong, the "International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2015" (IPNH K2015) will be held in November 2015. The theme of IPNH K2015 is "Poetry and Conflict", exploring the multi-layered relationships between poetry and war.

Explores the history of imperial ordinations through a detailed examination of the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang (1493), an important Ming Dynasty Daoist artifact - its transcriptions and meticulously-painted images of celestial beings, as well as the influences of the Daoist leaders known as the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters.

Presents a collection of conference papers from The Fourth Asian Translation Traditions Conference held in Hong Kong in 2010. The eleven selected papers give insights into the translation traditions of various Asian countries. They cover topics such as literary translation, translation history, and translation and colonialism.

Presents an overview of two related aspects of contemporary applied psychology: the exploration of computer-based psychological assessment strategies across cultures and the cross-cultural generalization of psychological constructs and procedures, particularly psychological assessment.

This is a commemorative that shares the Chinese University of Hong Kong's wide range of valuable publications, manuscripts and artworks. The 120 selected items for inclusion in the volume span a period of over 3500 years, ranging from oracle bones of the Shang dynasty (ca. 1675-1029 BC) to contemporary manuscripts.

Professor Frederick W Mote (1922-2005) has been widely recognized as a key figure in the field of Sinology. This collection of works includes papers by David A Sensabaugh, Geoff Wade, Hok-lam Chan, Tai-loi Ma, Martin Heijdra, Chen-main Wang, Thomas Bartlett, Paul R Katz, Alfreda Murck and Perry Link.