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1. 1. Readiness for hydrogen energy systems deployment in China, Spain, Sweden, the UK.

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

   Author : Olga Gavriljeva; [2022]
   Keywords : clean hydrogen; energy transition; hydrogen energy system; readiness index;

   Abstract : This thesis studies preconditions for clean hydrogen energy deployment in energy systems of Spain, Sweden, The UK, and China, considering these countries' geographical, political, and economic peculiarities. Countries' readiness for hydrogen energy uptake assessment is based on a comprehensive analysis of energy systems in selected countries by taking an integrated whole-system approach analyzing hydrogen supply in different infrastructure configurations as well as hydrogen transportation and storage and hydrogen use in the energy ecosystem. READ MORE

3. 2. Antagonistic Narrative Strategies with Chinese Characteristics : A study of Chinese media narratives during 2021

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Lorenzo Westling; [2022]
   Keywords : Narrative strategies; Antagonistic narration; Strategic narratives; China; Political Science; Global Times;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the usage of antagonistic narrative strategies in Chinese state media narratives about the European Union, thus gaining a greater understanding of the usage of narratives by authoritarian states. Articles published during March 2021 and November 2021 by the English-language Chinese state media organisation Global Times are analysed using a novel framework developed by Wagnsson & Barzanje (2021). READ MORE

4. 3. One River Two Stories

   University essay from KTH/Stadsbyggnad

   Author : Lingjie Kong; JINGWEN QIN; [2021]
   Keywords : Urban design; China; Sleeping city; Renewal;

   Abstract : By investigating Yanjiao and Beijing sub-centre, on both sides of the Chaobai River, it reveals that today more than 40% of the population in Yanjiao travels to and from Beijing for work.  Because of the inequities of political and administrative systems, as well as massive and uncontrolled urbanization, Yanjiao is losing its identity gradually. READ MORE

5. 4. On the Silk Road with Giovanni Arrighi

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

   Author : Simon Frohlund; [2021]
   Keywords : World-systems analysis; Systemic cycles of accumulation; Hegemonic transitions; China; Scientific paradigms; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores contradictions, inadequacies, and competing formulations within Giovanni Arrighi’s theory of systemic cycles of accumulation (SCAs) as a Kuhnian scientific paradigm. This has been carried out through a comparative study on how the theory has been applied by scholars on the issue of the prospective hegemonic rise of China in the contemporary setting. READ MORE

6. 5. Challenging the authoritarian advantage in crisis management: a case study of the outbreak of COVID-19 in China

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frida Lampinen; [2020]
   Keywords : China; COVID-19; crisis management; authoritarian advantage;

   Abstract : 2020 has been a year thoroughly marked by the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the ways in which different governments have sought to manage the crisis have sparked controversy. This paper aims to challenge and ultimately falsify the theory of “authoritarian advantage” in crisis management using a single-case study design of most-likely logic. READ MORE