The other Chinese: identity work and self-orientalization of Chinese host country nationals in multinational corporations

ABSTRACT

This paper draws on an in-depth case study of narrative identity work to explore heuristically the role of host country nationals in the reproduction of orientalist discourses in multinational corporations (MNCs). Based on this analysis, it presents an identity strategy termed the other Chinese. The other Chinese claims to be in-between the West, that is constructed as superior modern and rational, and China, that is constructed as backwards and chaotic. This in-betweenness allows the other Chinese to take the role of a mediator between locals and expatriates, and at the same time claim superiority towards normal Chinese. Thus, this identity construction is a creative act of hybridization and localization, but it is not subversive to existing power structures in the MNCs. However, as we show, the construction of the other Chinese is not inextricably bound to the field of the MNCs, but is based on a hybrid and creative entanglement of various sources such as class positions and public discourse in China, in which the MNCs only occupy an insignificant role. It is, therefore, to be understood as an aspect of identity construction in China relevant for MNC identity, rather than an aspect of the transnational field of the MNCs.     

中国西部民族地区农村城镇化发展模式研究——以藏族地区九寨沟县为例

中国西部民族地区九寨沟县候鸟型的旅游推进型城镇化模式,与城镇化推进的经典理论,工业化是城镇化的根本动力,有截然不同的表现形式。城镇人口的增长,呈现明显的季节性,随旅游旺季淡季的变化呈现一种规律性的潮汐式的变化方式。前往旅游的流动人口数量是城镇常住人口的数倍甚至10倍以上。这种城镇化推进过程,所推进发展的,作为增长极的城镇,所产生的聚集扩散效应作用却是基本一致的。     

中国香港住房保障体系的综述及评估

中国香港实行市场私营和政府公营的双轨制住房供应体系。对该体系中的政府公营保障性住房部分进行研究。自20世纪50年代从私人救灾力量中萌芽,香港保障性住房经过半个多世纪的发展,至今呈现出横向覆盖多样化,纵向保障一条龙的格局特征。总体来说,目前中国香港保障房体系处于良性运行状态,但在配屋效率和流转公平上还存在诸多问题,而该体系从宏观模式上对中国内地借鉴意义不大,内地只能学习其管理经验而不能复制其运行模式。     

现代国家建构进程中的土地制度变动

从土地关系的角度来看,现代国家建构的进程中地权的内涵和结构都发生了深刻的变动。从西欧来看,在古代土地的政治权和经济权实际上是统一的,土地权力同时也是土地权利;在现代国家建构的过程中,领土主权成为国际秩序的基础,土地权力成为公法的客体,土地权利成为国家法律保护下的完整产权。当这一外生的逻辑框架套用到中国的时候,领土主权得以确立,但土地权力并没有完全撤出地权体系当中,而是直接地干预了土地权利的设立和分配,这成为理解近现代中国土地政治问题的一个基本线索。     

晚清的内忧外患与日本近代化

晚清遭受西方殖民主义的屡次侵略而渐次沉沦,内部又爆发大规模的农民起义,可谓内忧外患。这向尚处锁国状态的近邻日本频频发出强烈警报,使其获得改弦更张、积极面对列强来袭的启示,并断然走上开国、倒幕、维新的近代化之路。     

Family involvement in the institutional eldercare context. Towards a new understanding

This article focuses on family involvement and its various patterns and expressions in the context of end-of-life care in a nursing home. Based on analyses from an ethnographic study carried out at a nursing home ward, the aim is to describe and analyze the conditions of aging and dying for the old residents, as well as effects on their visiting families and relatives. As in similar research findings, it became clear from the study that families continue to visit and contribute to the care of the old resident throughout the years, from the time of placement to their demise, but that this involvement might vary both in content and in extent. However, it was found that families' involvement (as well as their changing relationships and roles) is particularly shaped by the very process of dying and lingering aura of death on the ward. The analysis presented in the article evinces the difficult — and in many ways impossible — role of the family in the institutional end-of-life setting, and discloses the various patterns and manifestations of family involvement in this environment. Different meanings and implications of family involvement are discussed and highlighted.     

The “Our Homes,Not Nursing Homes” Project

ABSTRACT

The voices of non-elderly adults with disabilities who currently-or used to-reside in nursing homes are rarely heard. A grassroots disability advocacy organization conducts participatory action research in the form of a writing workshop in collaboration with a local community-college. Participants with disabilities describe their lives and their experiences in nursing homes with the help of volunteer scribes. The information provided in their accounts will help strengthen community-organizing efforts of the disability advocacy organization. And participants have been empowered by the realization that their life stories are helping others to leave nursing homes and join community settings.     

基于服务驱动假说的消费者自提包裹选择意愿研究

基于淘宝网买家样本,分析了上门投递服务缺陷、上门投递感知风险与消费者自提意愿的关系,试图在新的认知环境下重新检验服务驱动假说。研究表明,上门投递服务缺陷一方面对消费者自提意愿产生了直接的促进作用,另一方面也通过上门投递感知风险的中介效应施加了间接作用;自提感知价值既在上门投递服务缺陷与消费者自提意愿间发挥了调节作用,又对上门投递感知风险的中介作用产生了调节。根据研究结论,可推测当前阶段下服务驱动假说具有一定合理性,相关企业应当明确自提点服务定位,并且需要调整营销推广思路。     

德法兼治是构建社会主义和谐社会的必要条件

没有健全的法制，良好的社会道德秩序就不可能建立；而没有良好的公民道德素质，法制建设也会缺乏必要的道德基础。因此，构建社会主义和谐社会，既要有社会主义法制作为保障，也离不开良好社会道德秩序的支撑。面对带有法治经济和道德经济双重属性的社会主义市场经济体制，一方面，需要用法治维护市场经济的正常秩序，实现宏观调控；另一方面，要提高公民的道德素质，增强公民遵纪守法的自觉性。