Both Yuk-ling, a busy Hong Kong mother of two, and Chi-ying, a young single woman from a remote village in northern China, work in electronics factories owned by the same foreign corporation, manufacturing identical electronic components. After a decade of job growth and increasing foreign investment in Hong Kong and South China, both women are also participating in the spectac...(展开全部)

Both Yuk-ling, a busy Hong Kong mother of two, and Chi-ying, a young single woman from a remote village in northern China, work in electronics factories owned by the same foreign corporation, manufacturing identical electronic components. After a decade of job growth and increasing foreign investment in Hong Kong and South China, both women are also participating in the spectac...(展开全部)

Ching Kwan Lee is professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Gender and the South China Miracle: Two Worlds of Factory Women and Against the Law: Labor Protests in China’s Rustbelt and Sunbelt.

Most consumer products come primarily from the Pearl River Delta, the ‘factory of the world’ with the largest industrial region on earth. The delta has attracted millions of poor rural residents to settle in factory towns in hopes for a better life. Factory Towns of South China opens a window on these walled compounds, exposing the gritty establishments, crowded dormitories and...(展开全部)

China’s historical women warriors hailed from the northeast (Manchuria) during the Liao (907–1125) and Jin (1115–1234) dynasties. Celebrated in the Liao History, they were "unprecedented." They rode horseback astride, were good at hunting and shooting, and took part in military battles. Several empresses―and one famous bandit chief―led armies against the enemy Song state. Women...(展开全部)

China’s historical women warriors hailed from the northeast (Manchuria) during the Liao (907–1125) and Jin (1115–1234) dynasties. Celebrated in the Liao History, they were "unprecedented." They rode horseback astride, were good at hunting and shooting, and took part in military battles. Several empresses―and one famous bandit chief―led armies against the enemy Song state. Women...(展开全部)

看完了聂华苓的桑青与桃红。原本讲的就是一个精神分裂的故事，所以看得时候就尤其地痛苦，似乎都能听见自己脑袋分裂的声音。 现在看书还是会像小时候那样来个二分法，好人和坏人，男人和女人，喜欢的和不喜欢的（不一定就是喜欢好人不喜欢坏人。。。），或者说，悲剧喜剧，等等等等。这个讲一个精神分裂女子的故事的故事，却给了我难题，虽然一直处于分裂中，却分不出我更喜欢谁，谁是好人谁是坏人。 桑青代表了传统的中国女子道德观念。桃红，看看这个香艳的名字就知道，它和桑青是对立的。但是桃红就一定隐喻是“美国梦”吗？我觉得它更多地是一个女子要求自由的意愿吧。 就好像一根丝线，即使再坚韧，由桑青和桃红两个力量在两端猛力地拉扯，再坚强的神经也会绷断的。 我喜欢桑青。我赞美中国传统女性的含蓄，矜持。很清楚，我自己有时候也是按照这样的标准来要求自己的，或者...(展开全部)

尹琏，特许测量师，香港观鸟会荣誉记录主任，曾任世界自然（香港）基金会的托管人、《生命之延》总编辑。 费嘉伦，专业野生生物美术家，著有《中国鸟类野外手册》等多本野生动物类图书。 林超英，气象专家，香港观鸟会名誉主席，曾任香港天文台台长。

尹琏，特许测量师，香港观鸟会荣誉记录主任，曾任世界自然（香港）基金会的托管人、《生命之延》总编辑。 费嘉伦，专业野生生物美术家，著有《中国鸟类野外手册》等多本野生动物类图书。 林超英，气象专家，香港观鸟会名誉主席，曾任香港天文台台长。