This study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85 percent of the villagers are surnamed Kong and believe themselves to be descendants of Confucius. It recounts how the village sought recovery from its suffering and forced resettlement in the Maoist era through the reconstruction of its Confucian temple.
A Multidimensional Assessment of Yeeyan
The book explores the innovative application of crowdsourcing for translation within China, specifically through the lens of Yeeyan, the country's largest translation community. It delves into how this platform facilitates collaborative efforts in translating texts, highlighting its impact on language accessibility and cultural exchange. Through this examination, the author sheds light on the dynamics of community-driven translation and its implications for the broader translation landscape in China.
A children’s book accompanying Jun Yang’s 2018 project for the Austrian Sculpture Park When he was asked to contribute to the Austrian Sculpture Park in 2018, Chinese multimedia artist Jun Yang (born 1975) recalled the story of the emperor of China’s ice, a myth according to which, in ancient China, ice blocks were buried in the winter months and then served as ice cream in summer. At the end of November 2018, a colossal block of ice was buried in an embankment in the Austrian Sculpture Park, to be excavated again at the Sculpture Park’s 2019 spring festival.Instead of producing a conventional catalog for the occasion, Yang decided to create this children’s book in collaboration with Japanese illustrator Yuuki Nishimura, in which he narrates the myth of the Emperor of China’s ice. Also included is an account of Jun Yang’s project.
Based in Vienna, Taipei and Yokohama, Chinese artist Jun Yang (born 1975) explores how cultural contexts and environments construct individual identities. Three volumes, which form the first part of the monograph, chronicle the artist's work with film and public installation.
Im 15. Jahrhundert kam es in China zu einer wesentlichen Verschärfung des traditionellen Zentralismus. Die Folge war, dass das Regierungssystem erstarrte und der Abstieg Chinas begann. Der Band macht deutlich, dass es schon vor hundert Jahren eine Gegenbewegung gegen diese zentralistische Erstarrung gegeben hat und dass in der Gegenwart der chinesische „Marktföderalismus” als föderalistischer Ansatz verstanden werden kann. Der Autor zeigt Wege zu einem umfassenden Ausbau der föderalistischen Strukturen in China auf. Zum Vergleich erläutet er den Föderalismus europäischer und amerikanischer Prägung. Vom Ausbau des Föderalismus verspricht sich der Autor auch positive Wirkungen für die Rechtsstaatlichkeit in der Volksrepublik.