Essays about: "crisis in china"

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  1. 21. Domesticating the period-tracking app in everyday life : a case study of Easy Period in the Chinese context

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

    Author : Yuhong Xu; [2020]
    Keywords : Easy Period; menstrual technology; period-tracking; self-tracking; everyday life; gender script; domestication theory; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent years have seen great changes to Chinese women’s period-tracking practice, shifting from the method of pen and paper to smartphone applications, and from women-only practice to practice involves men. This study explores such transformations by looking at a specific app named Easy Period in China and users practice with it by using qualitative methods (textual analysis and semi-structured interviews). READ MORE

  3. 22. European Countries Choosing Chinese Investment Instruments: An Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Imtiaz Hassan; [2020]
    Keywords : Actorness; BRI; Coherence; CFSP; EU; Member states’ responses; Levels of engagement; Policy; Policy change; Institutions; Structures.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This Masters’ thesis attempts to identify why European countries choose Chinese investment instruments despite their participation in the European single market and access to European Union (EU) resources and technical assistance. Since their inception in 2013, EU members as well as EU partner states in Europe have been divided on their approach towards joining the Chinese investment instruments- namely Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) - due to the absence of a common EU policy in this regard. READ MORE

  4. 23. Risk Spillovers between BRICS Stock Markets, US Stock Market, Gold and Oil: A portfolio management approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Fors; Carl Billing; [2020]
    Keywords : BRICS; DCC-GJR-GARCH; risk spillovers; financial contagion; portfolio selection; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study investigates the correlation between the US stock market, oil prices, gold prices and the stock markets of five emerging markets: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), in order to explore the risk spillovers and the financial contagion between the markets. A DCC-GJR-GARCH model is applied to daily data of returns from January 2000 to April 2020 and considers both a full sample analysis along with a three-pronged subsample analysis. READ MORE

  5. 24. Of Algorithms and Autocrats: A Case Study of Chinese Computational Propaganda Exploitation for Soft Power During Covid-19 Crisis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sarp Duyar; [2020]
    Keywords : Covid-19; Computational Propaganda; Soft Power; Strategic Narrative; Political Bots; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores the Chinese computational propaganda exploitation during the Covid-19 crisis. By demonstrating the intricacies of this case of computational propaganda utilization, this research attempts to answer an even larger question: How do authoritarian countries incorporate computational propaganda to their soft power strategies. READ MORE

  6. 25. The psychology behind stockpiling behaviour during critical situations : A study of the change in consumer behaviour with special regards to the phenomenon stockpiling among Swedish residents during the Covid-19 outbreak

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Anna Hanser; David Bereilh; [2020]
    Keywords : Stockpiling; panic buying; pandemics; Covid-19; psychology; consumer behaviour;

    Abstract : Background: The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) spread globally from its outbreak in China in the beginning of 2020, causing numerous deaths and strained on the health care systems all over the world. Most countries gave answer to this pandemic by implementing national lockdowns, which often evoked panic among citizens and therefore lead to stockpiling or sometimes panic buying behaviours. READ MORE