Being public: the politics of representation in 1918 Shanghai

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The 1918 dispute in Shanghai involving the Guang-Zhao gongsuo (native place association) illustrates the process of displacement of older forms of association through the apparent adoption of Western forms. Topics include the Guang-Zhao gongsuo crisis, the media of public interaction, claims to manifest the spirit of the Republic, representing the public and serving the people, the model meeting, the multiplication of representative associations, the discordant voices of the represented, and the cultural politics of the new Republic.

History, Political aspects, Associations, institutions, etc., Associations, Political culture, Shanghai, China

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Tu Fu's "General Ho" poems: social obligations and poetic response

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Visiting poems written by Tu Fu when he was a guest at the estate of General Ho are discussed, with a focus on the ways in which the poet goes beyond his social obligations in the poems. Topics include landscape poetry, a portrait of General Ho, and personal expression.

Analysis, Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Landscape, Landscape in literature, Chinese poetry, T'ang dynasty, 618-907, Tu Fu

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The new woman commits suicide: The press, cultural memory, and the new republic

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The suicide case of Xi Shangzhen, who hanged herself in the office of her employer, Tang Jiezhi in Shanghai is investigated. The case had influenced the public opinion, which had become an important arbiter of both interest and value.

Legal issues & crime, Company legal issue, Investigations, Suicide, Death of, Xi Shangzhen

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