The article outlines the key challenges and obstacles for aspiring women leaders that have emerged during the economic and political reforms from the mid 1980s. It presents the perspectives of women activists in the PRC ...

One of the more interesting aspects of politics in the People’s Republic of China during the 1990s was the attempt by many provincial leaders to create a specifically provincial discourse of development that entailed the ...

Sydney has been described as a `City of Suburbs¿.1 Indeed, the process of suburbanisation is arguably one of the most important developments in Australia¿s post-invasion history. Kilometre after kilometre of suburb has for ...

The practice of summary writing from source texts has long been a core activity in academic writing programs. When described as précis writing, textbooks focusing on teaching this skill date back to the second half of the ...

It's a common enough urban ritual. After a hard day's work, after dinner, after the kids have been put to bed, you sit down and watch TV, even when you don't really want to. There are the next day's activities to get ready ...

This paper presents an investigation of supportive design features for users from different cultural origins in global e-commerce sites applying the principles of human computer interaction to web interface design. This ...

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The architecture of the Sydney General Post Office, completed from 1864 to 1891, captures the spirit of the Australian populace in the period preceding Federation. By the time the carvings on the Pitt Street façade were ...

Wang Xiaoshuai's acclaimed film, Beijing Bicycle, centres on the experiences of a young migrant man in Beijing, Guei. One day, Guei and his friend observe with desire a woman ¿ whom they assume to be an extremely wealthy ...