BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IHSS - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:IHSS X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ihss.hku.hk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for IHSS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Hong_Kong BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:HKT DTSTART:20150101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160329T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160329T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T180938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102904Z UID:87785-1459252800-1459256400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Ethnic Tourism and the Recreation of “Reindeer Evenki Culture” in Inner Mongolia DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/ethnic-tourism-and-the-recreation-of-reindeer-evenki-culture-in-inner-mongolia/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160323T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160323T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T181835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102905Z UID:87792-1458748800-1458748800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Beginning of China’s Ethnicity Challenge DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-beginning-of-chinas-ethnicity-challenge/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160321T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160321T180000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T182345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102905Z UID:87798-1458577800-1458583200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Gender in China Studies DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/gender-in-china-studies/ LOCATION:CRT 4.36\, 4/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/critical-dialogues-about-china-by-prof-louise-edwards-and-prof-harriet-zurndorfer-20160321-960x742-nr9ywherpmy7u8g2o3d7e42oirqy6w6jhtbjvd7u2k.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160318T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160318T173000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T182736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102906Z UID:87807-1458316800-1458322200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Listen to Macau (聆聽澳門街) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/listen-to-macau-%e8%81%86%e8%81%bd%e6%be%b3%e9%96%80%e8%a1%97/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160315T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160315T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T222254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102906Z UID:87819-1458043200-1458046800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Wonks\, Tree Huggers\, and Zombies: The Development and Limits of Vietnam's Incipient Public Sphere DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/wonks-tree-huggers-and-zombies-the-development-and-limits-of-vietnams-incipient-public-sphere/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160310T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160310T180000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T224840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102906Z UID:87827-1457627400-1457632800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Digital Humanities in China Studies DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/digital-humanities-in-china-studies/ LOCATION:CRT 4.36\, 4/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160223T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160223T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T230113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102907Z UID:87834-1456228800-1456232400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Good “Bad” Women in Popular Hindi Film: Filmic Representations of the Prostitute\, 1950 – 2008 DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/good-bad-women-in-popular-hindi-film-filmic-representations-of-the-prostitute-1950-2008/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160216T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160216T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T231643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102907Z UID:87849-1455624000-1455627600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Sex\, Laws\, and Neoliberalism: Some Reflections from South Korea DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/sex-laws-and-neoliberalism-some-reflections-from-south-korea/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160126T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160126T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T230905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102907Z UID:87842-1453809600-1453813200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Opera in Sichuan: Theater as Social Institution and the Politics of Culture in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/opera-in-sichuan-theater-as-social-institution-and-the-politics-of-culture-in-late-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160120T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160120T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T232841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102907Z UID:87856-1453305600-1453305600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Disunifying the Nation: Modern Disciplines and Knowledge Transplantation in China\, 1912 – 1949 DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/disunifying-the-nation-modern-disciplines-and-knowledge-transplantation-in-china-1912-1949/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160111T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160111T090000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T233227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102908Z UID:87863-1452502800-1452502800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Moral Foods DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/moral-foods/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151219T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151219T180000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T234503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102908Z UID:87872-1450537200-1450548000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Chinese Financial Family: Exploration\, Consolidation and Innovation DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/chinese-financial-family-exploration-consolidation-and-innovation/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151212T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151212T180000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T235211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102908Z UID:87884-1449932400-1449943200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Chinese Financial Family: Exploration\, Consolidation and Innovation DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/chinese-financial-family-exploration-consolidation-and-innovation-2/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151209T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151209T163000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240730T235700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102909Z UID:87889-1449678600-1449678600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Needham’s Intellectual Heritage: Universality of Science with or without Civilization DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/needhams-intellectual-heritage-universality-of-science-with-or-without-civilization/ LOCATION:Room CPD-1.21\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151205T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151205T163000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T001428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102909Z UID:87910-1449333000-1449333000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A Forum on “Sinophone Hong Kong: Issues and Debates” DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-forum-on-sinophone-hong-kong-issues-and-debates/ LOCATION:Room T6\, 1/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151205T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151205T180000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T000442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102909Z UID:87904-1449327600-1449338400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Chinese Financial Family: Exploration\, Consolidation and Innovation DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/chinese-financial-family-exploration-consolidation-and-innovation-3/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151206 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T002057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102910Z UID:87929-1449273600-1449359999@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Sinophone Hong Kong: Issues and Debates DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/sinophone-hong-kong-issues-and-debates/ CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151201T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151201T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T002502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102910Z UID:87943-1448971200-1448974800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Japanese Craftsmanship: Myth\, Marketing Strategy\, or Both? Exploring Tensions Between Nationalism and Capitalism in a Global Marketplace DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/japanese-craftsmanship-myth-marketing-strategy-or-both-exploring-tensions-between-nationalism-and-capitalism-in-a-global-marketplace/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151124T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151124T203000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T002850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102911Z UID:87950-1448373600-1448397000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Recent Research in Gender and Ming-Qing Culture DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/recent-research-in-gender-and-ming-qing-culture/ LOCATION:Room 1312\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151120T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151120T173000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T003300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102911Z UID:87958-1448035200-1448040600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Home Video — A Story of Birth (家庭錄像—一個關於生育的故事) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/home-video-a-story-of-birth-%e5%ae%b6%e5%ba%ad%e9%8c%84%e5%83%8f-%e4%b8%80%e5%80%8b%e9%97%9c%e6%96%bc%e7%94%9f%e8%82%b2%e7%9a%84%e6%95%85%e4%ba%8b/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151119T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151119T180000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T004243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102912Z UID:87971-1447950600-1447956000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Female Artisan: Gu Erniang and the Craft of Inkstone — Making in the Early Qing DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-female-artisan-gu-erniang-and-the-craft-of-inkstone-making-in-the-early-qing/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151118T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151118T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T004901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102912Z UID:87987-1447862400-1447862400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Global Technology Leadership: The Case of China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/global-technology-leadership-the-case-of-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151117T183000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151117T200000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T005645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102913Z UID:88001-1447785000-1447790400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Tektonikon and Surfacescape: Architecture and the Body in the Premodern Age DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/tektonikon-and-surfacescape-architecture-and-the-body-in-the-premodern-age/ LOCATION:KB 419\, 4/F Knowles Building\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151117T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151117T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T005217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102913Z UID:87994-1447761600-1447765200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Chieftains of Shan-Dai Borderland Between Yunnan and Burma from the Ming to the Qing Dynasties: The Dowry Lands\, the Decentralized Institution and the Burmese Kingdoms DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-chieftains-of-shan-dai-borderland-between-yunnan-and-burma-from-the-ming-to-the-qing-dynasties-the-dowry-lands-the-decentralized-institution-and-the-burmese-kingdoms/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151103T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151103T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T005952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102913Z UID:88009-1446552000-1446555600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Enchanted Industries: An Ethnographic Study of the Production of Hollywood and Hong Kong Film and Television Entertainment DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/enchanted-industries-an-ethnographic-study-of-the-production-of-hollywood-and-hong-kong-film-and-television-entertainment/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151026T143000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151026T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T010846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102843Z UID:88019-1445869800-1445875200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Starting-up Biology: BGI and the Making of Life in Shenzhen DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/starting-up-biology-bgi-and-the-making-of-life-in-shenzhen/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151020T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151020T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T011325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102914Z UID:88032-1445342400-1445346000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Envisioning Urban Futures: Spectacle\, World Heritage\, and Emergent Activism in Macau DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/envisioning-urban-futures-spectacle-world-heritage-and-emergent-activism-in-macau/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151014T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151014T173000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T011757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102914Z UID:88042-1444838400-1444843800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Cantopop in Hong Kong: Three Different Periods of Development and Three Different Styles (香港的粵語流行曲 ── 三個時期、三種不同風格) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/cantopop-in-hong-kong-three-different-periods-of-development-and-three-different-styles-%e9%a6%99%e6%b8%af%e7%9a%84%e7%b2%b5%e8%aa%9e%e6%b5%81%e8%a1%8c%e6%9b%b2-%e2%94%80%e2%94%80-%e4%b8%89%e5%80%8b/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151006T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20151006T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T012423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102914Z UID:88062-1444132800-1444136400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:“One China” in the Eyes of Millennial Youth in Hong Kong and Taiwan DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/one-china-in-the-eyes-of-millennial-youth-in-hong-kong-and-taiwan/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150922T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150922T130000 DTSTAMP:20261030T190024 CREATED:20240731T014600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102915Z UID:88078-1442923200-1442926800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Diaspora and Diplomacy: China\, Indonesia and the Cold War\, 1945 – 1967 DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2015 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This study examines the mechanism through which distrust constitutes and organizes unofficial payments for hospital care in urban China. Chan presents how the corporatization of hospital care in post-Mao China resulted in generalized distrust in hospitals and physicians. This distrust induced patients to revive a tradition of delivering hongbao (red packets containing money) to physicians\, but imbued it with new meanings and new practices. She argues that patients or their family members offer hongbao not only to gain preferential treatment\, but also to buy an obligation from the physicians of whom they generally distrust and to abate the insurmountable fear and anxieties. However\, physicians also displayed generalized distrust in patients\, and consequently they refrain from accepting hongbao offered by those without guanxi connection. Hongbao exchanges\, thus\, are highly associated with the use of guanxi\, and their category has shifted from “bribery-oriented” to “gift-giving-oriented”. This case sheds light on how and under what conditions distrust could generate an illegal market and shape its pattern of operation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Cheris S.C. Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s International Institute. Her research interests include culture\, economic practices\, healthcare\, globalization\, qualitative methods\, and Chinese societies. Her writings have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, British Journal of Sociology\, Theory and Society\, Social Psychology Quarterly\, The China Quarterly\, and International Sociology. She is the author of Marketing Death: Culture and the Making of a Life Insurance Market in China (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Her book and articles have won a number of awards from various sections of the American Sociological Association. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/diaspora-and-diplomacy-china-indonesia-and-the-cold-war-1945-1967/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR