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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459959303321

Autore

Song Li

Titolo

The tomb-sweeping day / / Li Song

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reading, England] : , : Paths International Ltd., , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-84464-437-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Chinese Festival Culture Series

Disciplina

394.26951

Soggetti

Festivals - China

Chinese - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Chapter One: Origin; 1: The Shangsi Festival; 2: The Hanshi Festival; 3: Ancestor Worship; 4: Solar Nodes or Terms; 5: The Qingming Festival; Chapter Two: Dissemination; 1: Mainland China; 2: Hong Kong and Taiwan; 3: Overseas Chinese Communities; Chapter Three: Customs; 1: Tomb Sweeping and Ancestor Worshipping; 2: Go for an Outing in Early Spring; 3: Food; Chapter Four: Distinctive Festive Places; 1: Shaanxi Province: Qingming Public Memorial; 2: National Minorities Celebrate Qingming; 3: Waterland in Northern Jiangsu Province: Regatta; Postscript

The Postscript of Chinese Festival Culture SeriesCopyright

Sommario/riassunto

In China, 'The Tomb-Sweeping Day' is a festival commemorating the ancestors and making sacrifices to gods and saints. This book - written as an English-Chinese bilingual text - introduces the origin, inheritance, traditions, and varied forms of this festival. As a festival that represents respect, its cultural distinction deserves to be highlighted. 'The Tomb-Sweeping Day' is seen as a significant component of Confucianism, showing the filialness and loyalty of Chinese people. Many folk tales and legends of sagacious heroes are the prototype of the sacred ceremonies during the festival, and th



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484428003321

Autore

Peng Nian

Titolo

International pressures, strategic preference, and Myanmar's China policy since 1988 / / Nian Peng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

981-15-7816-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 183 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

327.51059

Soggetti

Diplomatic relations

Burma Foreign relations China History

China Foreign relations Burma

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Myanmar’s Contradictory Strategic Preference -- Swing to China:Myanmar’s China Policy (1988-2004) -- Alienated from China: Myanmar’s China Policy (2005-2010) -- Hedged against China: Myanmar’s China Policy (2011-2015) -- Approached to China:Myanmar’s China Policy (2016-2020).

Sommario/riassunto

This book mainly explored the driving forces and evolvement of Myanmar’s China policy since 1988 by adopting a neo-classical realist apporach, an emerging theoretical paradigm aiming at analyzing state’s foreign behaviour by connecting systemic and unit variables which refers to external environments and domestic restraints respectively. It is the first book that seeks to give a theoretical explanation of Myanmar’s diplomacy, thereby bridging the gap from basic research to the deep one with theories. It also introduced the concept of strategic preference and argued that the competing strategic preference that the Burmese leaders have, namely “integration” and “isolation”, determines Myanmar’s responses to China in the Post-Cold War era, which not only demonstrates the neo-classical realism as an useful instrument of looking into state’s foreign policy and deepens the understanding on Myanmar-China relations. The main content of this book is divided into seven parts, in which the first chapter introduces the background, the



present study on Myanmar’s China policy and China’s Myanmar policy, the analytical framework, and the arrangement of the content. Chapter 2 focuses on the roots and changes of Myanmar’s competing strategic preference as well as its influences on Myanmar’s foreign policy. The following four chapters examine the international pressures and benefits imposed by systemic imperatives, and Burmese leaders’ specific strategic preference since 1988, and investigate Myanmar’s policy towards China in different periods. Finally, it provides a comprehensive conclusion that outlines and reviews the origins and evolution of Myanmar’s China policy, and predicts its future directions. This book is suitable for the graduates and experts who are interested in international relations, the Asian studies and neo-classical realism in particular, and Myanmar politics and foreign relations, as well as China’s relation with neighboring countries. .