2013
2013 - 3rd grant: $137,000 |
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A Pilot Study on Prevalence and Associates of Cyber Bullying in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China
This research addressed four goals: 1) explored the prevalence of specific forms of perpetration and victimization of cyber bullying as well as how student demographic variables (gender and grade level) relate to perpetration and victimization of cyber bullying. 2) explored how students’ personal, family, school and community experience associated with cyber bullying in three Chinese societies. 3) examined similarities and differences in prevalence and risk factors of cyber bullying among these Chinese societies. 4) explored how western riks factors of cyber bullying apply to Chinese culture contexts.
PI: Prof. CHEN Ji-kang, Social Work Co-I: Prof. WEI His-sheng, Social Work, National Taipei University, Taiwan |
2015
All research projects supported in 2015 are on-going. |
2014
All research projects supported in 2014 are on-going. |
2013
2013 - 3rd grant: $137,000 |
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A Pilot Study on Prevalence and Associates of Cyber Bullying in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China
This research addressed four goals: 1) explored the prevalence of specific forms of perpetration and victimization of cyber bullying as well as how student demographic variables (gender and grade level) relate to perpetration and victimization of cyber bullying. 2) explored how students’ personal, family, school and community experience associated with cyber bullying in three Chinese societies. 3) examined similarities and differences in prevalence and risk factors of cyber bullying among these Chinese societies. 4) explored how western riks factors of cyber bullying apply to Chinese culture contexts.
PI: Prof. CHEN Ji-kang, Social Work Co-I: Prof. WEI His-sheng, Social Work, National Taipei University, Taiwan |
2012
2012 - 11th grant: $50,000 |
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Do Population Control Policies Improve Child Education? Evidence from China’s One-Child Policy
This project brought new empirical evidence to advance our understanding of the quantity-quality trade-off in general and the effect of population control policies on children’s human capital investment in particular. It exploited the regional differences in the fertility gaps between mothers of different ages at 1st birth caused by the differences in the strictness of local fertility control to identify the exogenous variations in family size.
By exploring China’s unique social experiment of the One-Child Policy (OCP), results from this project are highly relevant for policymakers to evaluate the effects of existing family planning policies as well as to construct effective future ones.
PI: Prof. ZHANG Hongliang, Economics Co-I: Prof. ZHANG Junsen, Economics |
2012 - 10th grant: $145,000 |
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The Consequences of Migration to Children: A Quantitative Case Study with Comparison Groups at Origins and Destinations
This project employed a quantitative case study to assess the impacts of parental labor migration on well-being of their children in contemporary China; to examine how social context factors, such as family, community and school, enhance or moderate the pathway of parental migration on children well-being.
PI: Prof. TONG Yuying, Sociology Co-I: Prof. Martin PIOTROWSKI, Sociology, University of Oklahoma |
2012 - 9th grant: $122,440 |
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A Comparative Study on the Work Experiences and Life Adjustments of Migrant Workers in the Eastern and Southern Coastal Areas of Mainland China
This research investigated and compared the work experiences and life adjustments of migrant workers living in the eastern coastal areas and southern coastal areas of mainland China. Using multiple sources & types of data, the findings can provide a knowledge base for initiating new research directions, giving significant insight into policy formulation and social service development that can help improve the lives of migrant workers. In view of the shortage of labor in coastal provinces, revealing the factors that may affect migrant workers’ life adjustment is extremely important for policy formulation, social planning, & service expansion.
PI: Prof. Siu-ming TO, Social Work Co-I: Prof. FANG Wei, School of Politics & Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Technology Co-I: Prof. Hau-lin Cherry TAM, Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong Co-I: Prof. Sek-yum Steven NGAI, Social Work |
2012 - 8th grant: $142,800 |
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Motivational Experiences for Securing a Job: A Study of Unemployed Youth in Hong Kong and Mainland China
This project verified the impacts & identify concrete experiences leading to self-actualization. The targets were unemployed youth in Hong Kong and Mainland China to facilitate a comparative study of motivational experiences for securing a job among this youth population. The findings contributed empirical and concrete evidence viable for policy and service implementation.
PI: Prof. Steven Sek-yum NGAI, Social Work Co-I: Prof. Chau-kiu Jacky CHEUNG, Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong Co-I: Prof. Siu-ming TO, Social Work |
2012 - 7th grant: $64,600 |
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The historical and social context of crime boom (1960-1985) in Hong Kong
This project identified the societal and political mechanisms or processes that triggered such a violent episode within our defined period of study (1960-1985). Four specific aims were: 1) to look into the social context to which serious crimes especially homicide incidents took place; 2) to explore the political dynamics and their relation to the issue of crime at the time; 3) to identify how triad societies adapted as the colonial state increased its penetration effort to the local Chinese community and whether this resulted in changing nature of violence; and 4) to review the latest criminology literatures to provide an up-to-date theoretical explanation of the phenomenon concerned.
PI: Prof. Stephen Wing-kai CHIU, Sociology Co-I: King-wa LEE, Sociology |
2012 - 6th grant: $50,000 |
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Miss Etiquette: Hyper-femininities and Nation making in Guangzhou
This project examined the phenomenon of and the discourse on the Miss Etiquettes, specifically in the Guangzhou Asia Games in 2010. It studied how the Chinese society actively responds, contests & negotiates with the official state construction of the national subject in the era of a rising China. The findings contributed significantly to the existing scholarship on gender, nation-building, state-society relations, cultural identity and performance.
PI: Prof. WU Ka-ming, Cultural & Religious Studies |
2012 - 5th grant: $78,000 |
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西方宗教傳入華南鄉村社會研究：以天主教為例證
本研究是透過天主教進入中國鄉村所引發的〝涵化作用〞，瞭解天主教信仰在底層社會的發展處境，探尋族群和地域的文化個性，促進東西方文明進一步交流與對話，有助推動今天中國的天主教會和諧發展，有著現實指導的意義。
PI: Prof. Patrick TAVEIRNE, Cultural & Religious Studies Co-I: Prof. HA Keloon, Cultural & Religious Studies |
2012 - 4th grant: $50,000 |
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The Mingei Movement: A History of Social Awareness in Environment and Energy Issues in the Folk Pottery Industry in Hong Kong and Japan
This project analysed how East Asian societies like Hong Kong and Japan transformed themselves into advanced post-modern, post-industrial societies with their rejection of modernization values. It drew parallels and contrast with traditional notions and nuances of the ideas of ‘nature’, ‘environment’ and ‘development’ in Hong Kong and Japan.
PI: Prof. LIM Tai-wei, Japanese Studies |
2012 - 3rd grant: $68,000 |
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Political Attitude of Hong Kong people and Governance of Hong Kong: A comparison with other Asian regions through the Asian Barometer survey
This project examined to what extent are the attitudes on democracy, or the change thereof, are related to the respondents’ evaluation on the performance of the Hong Kong government, including economic performance and the ability to deliver political goods. Two waves of Asian Barometer surveys were conducted in 2001 & 2007 respectively. The 3rd wave survey in 2012 examined the change in political values longitudinally in Hong Kong, in particular the relationship between regime evaluation and democratic values, in order to bring very meaningful comparison with cross-national data in other Asian polities.
PI: Prof. MA Ngok, Government & Public Administration Co-I: Prof. WONG Hok-wui, Government & Public Administration Co-I: Prof. LAM Wai-man, Politics & Public Administration Co-I: Prof. CHAN Kin-man, Sociology |
2012 - 2nd grant: $180,000 |
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The development of major mainland cities and its implications to Hong Kong under the 12th FYP of China
This project 1) assessed the effectiveness of FYP in major Chinese cities and how the state-led planning system fits into Hong Kong’s planning and policy making; 2) examined the development, strategy and polices of 4 leading mainland cities, namely Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen; and revealed the mechanism of the formulation of urban strategies and the process of intercity competition; and 3) conducted a multi-dimensional quantitative assessment of urban competitiveness of Hong Kong and the above-mentioned cities; and identified the different functions and roles that they can play in China.
PI: Prof. Jianfa SHEN, Geography & Resource Management Co-I: Prof. SUNG Yun-wing, Economics Co-I: Prof. XU Jiang, Geography & Resource Management Co-I: Prof. WANG Guixin, Research Center for Urban & Regional Development, Fudan University |
2012 - 1st grant: $100,000 |
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From Doing Good for Fun to Doing Good Professionally: Exploring the Professionalization Process of Grassroots Philanthropic Organizations in Southeast China
This project explored the organizational characteristics and the status of professionalization of the GPOs in southeast China (Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong), involved in promoting compulsory education in rural China. The findings made significant contributions to the field of nonprofit studies in China. It identified areas needing policy changes, share with the organizations that are struggling to professionalize in order to improve the service quality provided by these organizations.
PI: Prof. Huiquan ZHOU, Social Work Co-I: Prof. XU Ying, Social Work |
2011
2011 - 6th grant: $190,000 |
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Rebuilding Post-disaster Community from Inside out: Action Research on a Asset-based Social Recovery Project in Beichuan
The project served as a demonstration community project of disaster social work by using the “Asset-based Community Development” model which rebuilt the social capital from inside out; preserved & revitalized other cultural & natural assets of the post-disaster community. The findings brought theoretical, policy & pedagogical impacts to the field of disaster social work.
PI: Prof. WONG Hung, Social Work |
2011 - 5th grant: $180,000 |
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Constructing the Chinese model of social work in the social work knowledge transfer process between Hong Kong and Shenzhen
This project 1) uncovered the ways that the Shenzhen social workers & the Hong Kong supervisors explain the structural facet of individual problems in the supervision process; 2) identified the dilemma the Shenzhen social workers & the Hong Kong supervisors have in complying with social work practice codes in the social & political context of China; 3) discerned the ways that the Shenzhen social workers & the Hong Kong supervisors deal with the ethical dilemma they identify; and 4) explicated how the Shenzhen social workers & Hong Kong supervisors reason for the social-moral order of social work in China, & underlying values supporting their construction.
PI: Prof. LEUNG Tse-fong Terry, Social Work |
2011 - 4th grant: $130,000 |
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Transplantation of Model Plays in Cantonese Operas, 1969 to 1975
This project explored the aesthetic and ideological factors involved in these transplantation projects, and analyzed the negotiations taken place that might reveal a different angle to understand cultural production during the Cultural Revolution. It also filled up a clear scholarly gap in Cantonese Opera study, where very little has been written about this period.
PI: Prof. PANG Lai-kwan, Cultural & Religious Studies |
2011 - 3rd grant: $126,000 |
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Gender and Justice: Alternative Institutional Ideologies in Two Social Enterprises in Hong Kong and Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
This project studied: 1) how discourses & ideologies of gender equality & social justice are constructed & practiced in the social enterprises; and 2) how the social enterprises take on different roles in social change for equality in their social & political contexts.
Two social enterprises, targeted to provide employment for low-skill, middle-aged women in the food industry, were studied in Hong Kong and Hangzhou, respectively.
PI: Prof. Haijing DAI, Social Work |
2011 - 2nd grant: $88,000 |
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Rising Labor Costs and Rural-Urban Migration in China
This project studied the progress of labor market development in China. It examined: 1) whether the rural surplus labor has been depleted; 2) the determinants of labor mobility across regions and the rural-urban sectors; and 3) identified major impediments to a well-functioning labor market in China. Findings helped to anticipate future wage trends and provide some insights into scientific policy making.
PI: Prof. Dennis Tao YANG, Economics |
2011 - 1st grant: $59,000 |
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Patriotic Cultural Organizations in Postwar Hong Kong: Case Studies in Sports, Literature and Music
This project studied the history of left-wing organizations in Hong Kong in the last few decades. It was part of a larger project covering left-wing activities in the fields of sports, films, drama, literature, trade unions, education, music, and the 1967 riots. This project included 3 of those topics: 1) sports (Happy Valley Athletic Association); 2) literature (serial novels in Wenweipo); and 3) music (Cantonese opera group南國粵劇團).
PI: Prof. Stephen Wing-kai CHIU, Sociology Co-I: Prof. CHEUNG Wing-mui, Chinese Language & Literature Co-I: Prof. LEE Siu-yan, Music |
2010
2010 - 8th grant: $149,886 |
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Values, Beliefs and Socio-Political Engagement: An Intergenerational Investigation in Hong Kong and Guangzhou
This project studied the transmission of values and beliefs between generations in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. Profiles of the values, beliefs, and social-political engagement of the youth were compared. Generation gaps were analysed by comparing the profiles of the youth and their parents. The findings promoted constructive fusion between the youth in the two cities.
PI: Prof. Qian WANG, Psychology |
2010 - 7th grant: $57,800 |
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Local Knowledge of Environmental Change and Risk: A Comparative Study in Guangdong and Guangxi
This project investigated the individual and collective knowledge of farmers and their awareness of the degrading environment and adverse impact on health. Indigenous knowledge of nature conservation and pollution control were collected to help formulate policies incorporating both traditional and community-based knowledge.
PI: Prof. Fengshi WU, Government & Public Administration |
2010 - 6th grant: $90,000 |
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Chinese NGOs as Incubators of Democratic Culture?
This project studied the internal organizational culture of the emergent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China by comparing the experiences of the professionalized and the volunteer-based NGOs. It elucidated the links between organizational culture and structure, and the role of NGOs in fostering a democratic culture in an authoritarian state of China.
PI: Prof. Anthony J. SPIRES, Sociology |
2010 - 5th grant: $140,000 |
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Health Inequality and Noncognitive Human Capital: A Comparative Study of Adults in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
This project compared the role of noncognitive human capital (e.g., self-discipline and consistent performance), as an important determinant for success in life, in explaining the health inequality of people in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The findings helped in formulating social interventions to cultivate the desired human capital from early childhood to adulthood.
PI: Prof. Tony Hong-wing TAM, Sociology Co-I: Prof. Ly-yun CHANG, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan |
2010 - 4th grant: $175,000 |
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Why Do Some Chinese Firms Choose Hong Kong as Their Asia Regional Headquarters?
This project analysed the determinants behind the move by Chinese firms to locate their Asia regional headquarters in Hong Kong. It provided policy references on the positioning of Hong Kong between the role of springboard for Chinese firms to globalize, and the role of platform for foreign firms to enter China.
Two surveys were conducted with the general managers of the parent firms in China and of the subsidiaries in Hong Kong respectively.
PI: Prof. Xufei MA, Management |
2010 - 3rd grant: $130,000 |
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Effects of Social Capital on the Mental Health of Migrant, Left-behind, and Returning Migrant Children in Southern China
This project studied the relation between the mental health status of the migrants, left-behinds, and returning migrant children in Southern China and their social resources (e.g., family, school, peers, and community influences) that are associated with their respective migration experiences.
A comparative study was conducted in Guizhou & Guangzhou, the latter being a major recipient city of migrants from the former.
PI: Prof. Qiaobing WU, Social Work Co-I: Prof Liping HE, Departmentt of Social Work, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou |
2010 - 2nd grant: $52,960 |
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The Economic and Non-economic Factors on the Intention of Return among Migrant Workers in the Pearl River Delta
This project examined how and to what extent economic and demographic factors trigger a decision among migrant workers in the cities of the Pearl River Delta to return to their hometowns. The findings provided policy references to ease the problem of labour shortages in the region.
PI: Prof. Yuying TONG, Sociology |
2010 - 1st grant: $75,600 |
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Stucked in the City: Migration and Delinquency among Migrant Adolescents in Guangzhou
This project provided empirical explanations of the link between migration and the delinquency of migrant adolescents in Guangzhou. The focus was on the distinctive disadvantages posed by different school environments that may lead to different paths to delinquency.
Surveys were conducted among the local and migrant students in randomly selected private and public schools in Guangzhou, one of the largest receiving cities of floating population in China.
PI: Prof. Yuet-wah CHEUNG, Sociology Co-I: Prof. Nicole Wai-ting CHEUNG, Sociology Co-I: Prof. Sara Hua ZHONG, Sociology |
2009
2009 - 6th grant: $200,000 |
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Parental Absence, Policy Intervention, and Children's Educational and Health Outcomes in China
This project solved the education difficulties of children left behind in rural hometowns by parents working in the cities. The school performance of "left-behinds" who lack parental care and a home education environment were compared with that of "left-behinds" who are receiving assistance in a designed intervention programme.
PI: Prof. Junsen ZHANG, Economics Co-I: Prof. Jere R. BEHRMAN, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania Co-I: Prof. Simon C. FAN, Department of Economics, Lingnan University Co-I: Prof. Xiangdong WEI, Department of Economics, Lingnan University Co-I: Prof. Hongliang ZHANG, Economics |
2009 - 5th grant: $90,000 |
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Two Countries, One System?: A Comparative Study of the Political Economy of Decentralization in China and Vietnam
This project analysed the effects of decentralization on the political economy and economic development of China and Vietnam by drawing on comparative studies in selected cities of the two countries.
PI: Prof. Stan Hok-wui WONG, Government & Public Administration |
2009 - 4th grant: $160,000 (Project succeeded with Government Grant) |
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Rights Consciousness and Rules Consciousness in Contemporary China
This project identified the strength, sources, and significance of the "rights consciousness" and "rules consciousness" of people in China in order to better understand their political attitudes and aspirations, and the related implications on the direction and dynamics of interactions between the state and society.
PI: Prof. Lianjiang LI, Government & Public Administration |
2009 - 3rd grant: $100,000 |
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Why Does Local Finance Go Extra-budgetary?: Study of China's Informal Fiscal Institutions
This project reviewed how fiscal management and central-local interactions jointly operate in maintaining and manipulating the extra-budgetary system in China.
PI: Prof. Vivian Jing ZHAN, Government & Public Administration |
2009 - 2nd grant: $160,000 |
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Planning and Financing Regional Infrastructure in Mega-city Regions in China: An Institutional Perspective
This project examined the interactions between the political factors and the planning and financing of infrastructure in the mega-cities of China. The focus was on the infrastructure of the least reformed railway and the most reformed highway in Beijing and the nine cities in the Pearl River Delta.
PI: Prof. Jiang XU, Geography & Resource Management |
2009 - 1st grant: $150,000 |
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Economic Reforms and Land Use/Land Cover Change in Yunnan: Between Centralised Policy Planning and Local Implementation
This project evaluated the success of the 1998 Natural Forest Protection Programme and the 1999 Sloping Land Conversion Programme in managing the upstream watershed areas in Yunnan by reviewing the changes in land cover from 1988 to 2008, and the related ecological and socio-economic factors in the region.
PI: Prof. Claudio O. DELANG, Geography & Resource Management Co-I: Prof. Bo HUANG, Geography & Resource Management Co-I: Prof. Olivia C. BINA, Geography & Resource Management |
2008
2008 - 3rd grant: $207,000 |
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Constructing Working-Class Social Networks: A Study of QQ and Tencent
This project studied the formation and transformation of social networks via the platform of the popular Chinese instant messaging service among the new working class of South China. The focus was on the formation of cross-level hybrid networks as possible seedbed for the formation of a working-class, and for a new form of IT entrepreneurialism in South China and beyond.
PI: Prof. Jack Linchuan QIU, Journalism & Communication Co-I: Prof. Wei DING, College of Mass Communication, Shenzhen University Co-I: Prof. Larissa HJORTH, Games Programs, RMIT University, Australia Co-I: Prof. Baohua ZHOU, School of Journalism, Fudan University |
2008 - 2nd grant: $136,000 |
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Contemporary Sino-African Relations
This project studied the views of Africans regarding China’s re-entry into their continent, and the views of Chinese on their “friendly” African partners against the backdrop of changing Sino-African relations in recent decades. This period had seen the evolution of China's approach from countering Taiwan's “flexible diplomacy” to focusing on energy concerns, resulting in a greater emphasis on China-Africa cooperation in recent years.
PI: International Relations Research Programme, HKIAPS |
2008 - 1st grant: $95,000 |
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Online Chinese Nationalism and China's Bilateral Relations
This project revealed the essence of online Chinese nationalism and its influence on the bilateral relations of China in an era when Internet is regarded as a new political "space" where netizens can join with others on the net to call for greater freedom and reforms of the political system.
PI: International Relations Research Programme, HKIAPS |
2007
2007 - 2nd grant: $350,000 |
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'Asian Barometer' Hong Kong
This project was a collaboration with teams in Taiwan and mainland China as part of a longitudinal Asian Barometer Survey, which involved teams from 13 East Asian political systems (Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia), and 5 South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal), to study public attitudes on political values, democracy, and governance in the region. A paper was presented at the 2008 Asian Barometer Conference in Taipei.
Convener: Prof. Timothy Ka-ying WONG, HKIAPS Member: Prof. Kin-man CHAN, Sociology Member: Prof. Ngok MA, Government & Public Administration Member: Prof. Hsin-chi KUAN, Government & Public Administration |
2007 - 1st grant: $57,000 |
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The Catholic Virgins
Two papers on the oral history interviews that were conducted were presented in a seminar at the Chinese University in April 2008. The papers were published in a seminar proceeding in 2009.
PI: Prof. Louis Keloon HA, Centre for Catholic Studies Co-I: Prof. Zhijie KANG, Political Science, Hubei University |
2006
2006 - 4th grant: $125,000 |
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Beyond Anti-Terrorism: How China is Constructing a Global Identity as a Responsible State in the Era of Anti-terrorism
This project studied the construction of a national identity for China as a “responsible state” after the 9-11 incident, by tracing the origins of the tactics used and analysing the notable examples.
PI: International Relations Research Programme, HKIAPS |
2006 - 3rd grant: $131,000 |
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External Relations of Hong Kong and South China
This project identified how the provincial government in South China has adjusted the nature and patterns of its external relations under globalization, and the impact on Hong Kong of the "Hong Kong policy" adopted by major countries.
PI: Prof. Simon Xu-hui SHEN, HKIAPS |
2006 - 2nd grant: $184,560 |
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A Tale of Two Rivers: Civil Society and Anti-Dam Movements in Yunnan
This project studied the emergence of civil society in China and its impact on public policy with reference to the anti-dam movements in Yunnan. The focus was on how the "external elite model" and the "indigenous model" of civil society mobilization had affected the structure of collective action, with regard to resource mobilization, political opportunities, framing, and identity construction.
PI: Prof. Kin-man CHAN, Sociology |
2006 - 1st grant: $163,800 |
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GIS-based Near Real-time InSAR Method for Monitoring Slope Movement
This project developed new algorithms by using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and radar interferometry to shorten the time required for assessing slope movements in Hong Kong. It aimed to address the bottlenecks of the current methods and enhance the optimal use of the radar data received by the CUHK Satellite Remote Sensing Receiving Station. The goal was to complete the analysis with 12 hours after receiving the radar satellite images.
PI: Prof. Hui LIN, Institute of Space & Earth Information Science |
2002
2002 - 1st grant: $130,000 |
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Social, Economic and Political Impacts of Business Organizations in Guangdong
This project studied the development of the chambers of commerce and other trade associations in Guangdong from the Qing period to contemporary times. Sociologists and historians in Zhongshan University and Jinan University were invited to collaborate on the project.
PI: Prof. Kin-man CHAN, Sociology |
2000
2000 - 3rd grant: $81,000 |
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Local Elite Transformation in Reform China
This project studied the emergence of economic elite with increased political power against the context of economic reform and modernization programmes initiated by Deng Xiaoping. Local elite transformation in Guangzhou and Shanghai was examined in the study.
PI: Prof. King-kwun TSAO, Government & Public Administration |
2000 - 2nd grant: $129,000 |
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An Empirical Investigation of Local State Corporatism in Chinese Cities
This research aimed to explore the form and structure of Chinese cities as industrial corporations and their impact, if any, on the performance of state-owned enterprises, and to examine how it varies in form and structure over time and across localities, and the implication of these variations for performance.
PI: Prof. Yuesheng PENG, Sociology |
2000 - 1st grant: $80,000 |
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Testing the Chinese Entrepreneurial State Perspective: The Preservation of an Archaeological Site in Guangzhou
The ruins of the imperial garden of the South Yue Kingdom (Western Han dynasty) of 2,200 years ago were unearthed in Guangzhou, South China in 1997. A conflict emerged between archaeological consideration and commercial interest as the Guangzhou municipal government had signed a contract with a foreign investor to develop the site (located at the city centre) for business use. Contrary to the Chinese "entrepreneurial state" perspective, the municipal government paid the foreign investor over RMB190 million in compensation.
PI: Prof. Shu-yun MA, Government & Public Administration |
1991-1999
1999 - 3rd grant: $28,850 |
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Perceived Benefits of Cancer Self-help Groups
This project aimed to understand self-help as a traditional, respected Chinese value by examining the cancer self-help groups in Shanghai.
PI: Prof. Bong-ho MOK, Social Work |
1999 - 2nd grant: $54,000 |
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Social Construction of Employment Practices in China
By studying the challenge that economic reform brought to Chinese executives and the process by which organizations responded, the investigators expected to find alternative ways to organize employment, thus contributing to the scholarship on organizational management.
PI: Prof. Stehphen W K CHIU, Sociology |
1999 - 1st grant: $74,500 |
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Dynamics of Civil Organizations in China
This project was the second phase of the study "In Search of Civil Society in China: A Study of Civil Organizations in Guangzhou". It attempted to conceptualize and assess the issue of "autonomy" in these organizations.
PI: Prof. Kin-man CHAN, Sociology Co-I: Prof. Haixiong QIU, Sociology, Zhongshan University |
1998 - 4th grant: $79,600 |
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Social Roots of Economic Development: The Case of Rural China
PI: Prof. Chong-chor LAU, Sociology |
1998 - 3rd grant: $153,550 |
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Re-making of the Chinese Working Class: A Cultural Sociological Approach (2nd Phase)
PI: Prof. Ching-kwan LEE, Sociology |
1998 - 2nd grant: $142,000 |
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Satellite Remote Sensing Forecasting System on Fisheries of the South China Sea
PI: Prof. Hui LIN, Geography |
1998 - 1st grant: $48,000 |
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Investment in PRC by Taiwanese Businessmen
PI: Prof. Ryh Song YEH, Management |
1997 - 2nd grant: $50,000 |
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Venture Capital in Hong Kong and South China: Its Characteristics and Development
PI: Prof. Ka-yiu FUNG, Decision Sciences & Managerial Economics |
1997 - 1st grant: $50,000 |
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Development of Watershed Modeling System
PI: Prof. Yongqin CHEN, Geography Co-I: Prof. Hui LIN, Geography |
1996 - 4th grant: $130,000 |
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The Role of the State in Economic Transformation: A Comparative Study of the Politics of Privatizations in China and Russia
PI: Prof. Shu-yun MA, Government & Public Administration |
1996 - 3rd grant: $87,000 |
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State Capacity and Regional Disparities: China in Comparative Perspective
PI: Prof. Shaoguang WANG, Government & Public Administration |
1996 - 2nd grant: $49,700 |
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In Search of Civil Society in China: A Study of Civil Organizations in Guangzhou
PI: Prof. Kin-man CHAN, Sociology |
1996 - 1st grant: $268,250 |
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Re-making of the Chinese Working Class: A Cultural Sociological Approach
PI: Prof. Ching-kwan LEE, Sociology |
1995 - 2nd grant: $300,000 |
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Journalists in Changing Chinese Societies: Within and Across Comparisons
PI: Prof. Joseph Man CHAN, Journalism & Communication |
1995 - 1st grant: $146,000 |
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Economic Growth and Investment in Human Capital in Guangdong and Jiangsu: A County-level Analysis
PI: Prof. Yu-sheng PENG, Sociology |
1994 - 3rd grant: $223,000 |
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Reforming China's Industrial System: The Cultural Approach
PI: Prof. Chong-chor LAU, Sociology |
1994 - 2nd grant: $202,000 |
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Investment Environment Information System for Nanchang-Jiujian Industrial Corridor of Beijing-Kowloon Railway
PI: Prof. Hui LIN, Geography |
1994 - 1st grant: $165,320 |
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China's Youth Policy: Beijing and Guangzhou as Example
PI: Prof. Ngan-pun NGAI, Social Work |
1993 - 4th grant: $153,600 |
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Rural Welfare and Inequalities – A Case Study of Rural Households in Guangdong and Sichuan
PI: Prof. Kai-yuen TSUI, Economics |
1993 - 3rd grant: $263,000 |
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Personality Assessment of Chinese People in the South China Region
PI: Prof. Fanny M CHEUNG, Psychology |
1993 - 2nd grant: $100,185 |
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Family Stress and Adolescent Mental Health: A Study on School Youth in Hong Kong and Guangzhou
PI: Prof. Ngan-pun NGAI, Social Work |
1993 - 1st grant: $197,600 |
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Communications Development in China
PI: Prof. Joseph Man CHAN, Journalism & Communication |
1992 - 5th grant: $25,000 |
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Policy Studies in China
PI: Prof. Peter N S LEE, Government & Public Administration |
1992 - 4th grant: $230,080 |
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Managing Municipal China
PI: Prof. Peter N S LEE, Government & Public Administration |
1992 - 3rd grant: $45,000 |
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Hegemony and Dichantment - Gender and Class Politics
PI: Prof. Fanny M CHEUNG, Psychology |
1992 - 2nd grant: $393,246 |
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Economic Reform and Opening in Shanghai
PI: Prof. Yun-wing SUNG, Economics |
1992 - 1st grant: $26,000 |
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China's Economic Reform and Development
PI: Prof. Tien-tung HSUEN, Economics |
1991 - 4th grant: $250,000 |
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Traditional Chinese Socio-cultural Formation in South China
PI: Prof. Chi-nan CHEN, Anthropology |
1991 - 3rd grant: $28,000 |
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Inter-generational Change of Family Demographics
PI: Prof. Paul C K KWONG, Sociology |
1991 - 2nd grant: $55,020 |
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Entrepreneurship in Guangdong Today
PI: Dr. Maurice BROSSEAU, HKIAPS |
1991 - 1st grant: $22,600 |
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Central-provincial Fiscal Relations in China
PI: Prof. Lok-sang HO, Economics |