Essays about: "protest in China"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words protest in China.

1. 1. Canvas of dissent : a study of visuals and its significance in group formations and communications during the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-ELAB movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Wing Lam Cheryl Fung; [2020]
   Keywords : Visual culture; Social Movements; Group Formations; Hong Kong; Anti-Extradition Bill Movement; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Beginning from June 2019, the streets of Hong Kong have been turned into a theatre of protests. Together with their banners and umbrellas, protesters took to the street to protest against the proposed extradition bill that allows the government to send suspected criminals to mainland China. READ MORE

3. 2. Behind the protest : the construction of national and local identities in postcolonial Hong Kong

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Jiabei He; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : People in Hong Kong continues to wrestle with the configuration of national identity and local distinctiveness, even though the fact of handover from the British to China was settled long ago. In the recent decade, several large-scale political protests have witnessed the hostile sentiments from Hong Kong people towards the central government and their shrinking attachments to the nation. READ MORE

4. 3. Did the “China Shock” affect British voters’ attitudes and voting behavior in Brexit?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Frida Alvarsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Brexit; anti-globalization; trade exposure; import competition; “China shock”; voting behavior; voters’ attitudes; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Recent years’ political development in Europe as well as in the US reflects a growing support for anti-globalization movements, protectionism and stronger nation-states. The victory for the Leave option in the Brexit referendum further emphasized this development, since many of these views were promoted by the Leave side. READ MORE

5. 4. Fighting the dragon and riding the wave of love and peace : how environmentalist groups in Hong Kong utilized the context of a social movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Frans Libertson; [2016]
   Keywords : Umbrella Revolution; social movements; cross-movement coalition; politicization; social movement abeyance; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the potential of society, and social movement in particular, as an agent of change for sustainability. In August 2014 student activists initiated a sit-in strike outside of the Hong Kong government headquarters, as a protest against the non-democratic electoral system forced upon the city by China. READ MORE

6. 5. A Comparative Study of Television Coverage of the 2014 Hong Kong Protests on Global Media BBC World News and CCTV News

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Tianzi Wang; [2015]
   Keywords : Global Media; Comparative Study; Framing Analysis; Hong Kong Protests; BBCW; CCTV.;

   Abstract : In a globalizing world, different media representations have been witnessed from various global newsrooms, particularly with reference to issues relating to politics such as war and protest. This study focuses on cross-cultural media representations of the 2014 Hong Kong Protests on two leading global media: BBC World News based in the United Kingdom and CCTV News based in China. READ MORE