Browsing W&L University Student Scholarship by Subject "China"
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China's Destiny and the Ideological Battle for China
In late 1942, as China was threatened by Japanese encroachment and beset by internal economic and political problems, Chiang Kai-shek, director- general (Tsung- ts'ai) of the Kuomintang (hereafter KMT), busily compiled his ... -
The Chinese Eastern Railway: Storm Center in Asia
In attempting to gain a true perspective of Russo-Chinese relations I have examined certain historical aspects of Russia's penetration into China in both the Tsarist and Soviet periods and China's subsequent reactions in ... -
Chinese Economic Reform and the Growth of Inequality
This paper examines the effects of Chinese economic reforms on poverty: first, by considering the net reduction of poverty as measure by the $1/day measure; second, by analyzing the trend toward income disparity. Income ... -
Female Power in Submission: Deciphering Ban Zhao's Admonitions for Women and Men's Manupulation of Women's Writings (thesis)
This thesis revisits Ban Zhao's Admonitions for Women and seeks to provide a fresh, more complete perspective into Ban Zhao's work in relation to the edited version by Wang Xiang in Four Books for Women. Particularly, I ... -
Geopolitics, Ideology, and the Frontier: Understanding the Continuity in Motivations behind Conquest and Administrative Policy in Xinjiang, 1688-Present
. . . By attempting to trace the origins of the ideological and geopolitical motives behind the Chinese administration in Xinjiang throughout the Qing period and the Communist era, this paper will attempt to answer several ... -
Modernization of China Through Language Reform: Vernacular Language Reform Movement in the 1910-20s and Mao's Language Reform in the 1950s (thesis)
In this paper, we will examine the relationship between language reform and the modernization of China. Before we go into any further details about the two different periods of language reform in the first half of the 20th ... -
Policy Reform Proposal: China's Hukou System
Hukou is a household registration system that categorizes every citizen as “agricultural (rural)” or “non-agricultural (urban)” and bans the movement into different regions (Meng, 2012). Although its restriction on migration ... -
Tracks, Troops, and Treaties: Russian and Chinese Competition and Cooperation in Kazakhstan (thesis)
The overlapping Chinese and Russian interests in Kazakhstan lead many to believe it will be a point of contention for Beijing and Moscow. However, Kazakhstan's unique situation proves it to be fertile ground for Russia and ...