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China's One Child Policy and its rigorous national focus on educational testing are well known. But what happens to those "lucky" few at the very top of the pyramid: elite university students in China who grew up under the One Child Policy and now attend the nation's most prestigious universities? How do they feel about having made it to the top of an extremely competitive educational system—as their parents' only child? What pressures do they face, and how do they cope with the expectations associated with being the best? Fragile Elite explores the contradictions and perplexities of being an elite student through immersive ethnographic research conducted at two top universities in China. Susanne Bregnbæk uncovers the intimate psychological strains students suffer under the pressure imposed on them by parents and state, where the state acts as a parent and the parents reinforce the state. Fragile Elite offers fascinating insights into the intergenerational tensions at work in relation to the ongoing shift in educational policy and definition of what a "quality" student, child, and citizen is in contemporary China.

College students --- Education, Higher --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Universities and colleges --- College life --- University students --- Students --- Social conditions. --- Family relationships --- Social aspects --- Education --- Beijing da xue --- Qing hua da xue (Beijing, China) --- Qinghua da xue (Beijing, China) --- Tsing Hua University (Beijing, China) --- Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) --- Qinghua University (Beijing, China) --- Chʻing hua ta hsüeh (Beijing, China) --- Guo li qing hua da xue (Beijing, China) --- National Tsing Hua University (Beijing, China) --- Qing hua xue xiao (Beijing, China) --- Tsing Hua College (Beijing, China) --- 淸华大学 (北京中囯) --- 淸华大学 (北京中国) --- 淸华大学 (北京中國) --- 淸华大学 (北京) --- 淸华大学 (北京, China) --- 淸华大学 (Beijing, China) --- 淸华大學 (Beijing, China) --- 淸华華大学 (北京中囯) --- 淸華大学 (Beijing, China) --- 淸華大學 (北京中國) --- 淸華大學 (北京) --- 淸華大學 (Beijing, China) --- 淸華大學 (Piking, China) --- 清华大学 (北京中囯) --- 清华大学 (北京中国) --- 清华大学 (北京中國) --- 清华大学 (北京) --- 清华大学 (Beijing, China) --- 清华大學 (Beijing, China) --- 清華大学 (北京中國) --- 清華大学 (Beijing, China) --- 清華大學 (北京中國) --- 清華大學 (北京) --- 清華大學 (北京, China) --- 清華大學 (Beijing, China) --- Jing shi da xue tang (Beijing, China) --- Pei-ching ta hsüeh --- National University of Peking --- Metropolitan University (Beijing, China) --- Universität Peking --- Beijing (China). --- Guo li Beijing da xue --- Bei jing da xue --- Peking University --- Université de Pékin --- Beijing University --- Kokuritsu Pekin Daigaku --- Pei ta (China) --- Universität Beijing --- Pekinger Reichsuniversitaet --- Pukkyŏng Taehak --- Begejing Yeke Surġaġuli --- Universitas Peking --- 北京大〓 --- 北京大学 --- 北京大學 --- 國立北京大學 --- Students. --- S14/0454 --- S11/0708 --- S11/0497 --- S11/0731 --- China: Education--Education: since 1989 --- China: Social sciences--Elite --- China: Social sciences--Society since 1976 --- China: Social sciences--Childhood, youth

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This book represents the most important academic achievements won by Dr. Renzhi Hou, one of the founding fathers of and pioneering researchers in the modern historical geography of China. His collected papers and speeches, spanning from the 1940s to the 1990s, serve as a window into Hou’s academic experience as well as the development of the historical geography of China during the second half of the 20th century.   Dr. Hou has made his greatest contributions mainly in two areas, namely, urban historical geography and desert historical geography. Roughly a quarter of this book is devoted to the former, and above all to the study of Beijing’s historical geography and its influence on urban planning. It is worth noting that “From Beijing to Washington—A Contemplation on the Concept of Municipal Planning,” presented here, is the only historical geography-based comparative study of a Chinese city and a Western one by a Chinese scholar.   Dr. Hou’s studies on desert historical geography have garnered him a prominent reputation in the natural sciences academia. “Ancient City Ruins in the Deserts of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China,” also included here, can be considered a masterwork.   Moreover, many of his original thoughts on some interesting topics can also be found in this book, such as the communication between China and Africa in ancient times, and the rediscovery of the value of geographical classics in the modern context.

Social Sciences. --- Human Geography. --- Social sciences. --- Sciences sociales --- Beijing (China) -- Historical geography. --- China -- Beijing. --- China -- Historical geography. --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Anthropogeography & Human Ecology --- China --- Beijing (China) --- Historical geography. --- Beijing Shi (China) --- Begejing (China) --- Begejing Qota (China) --- Bėėzhin (China) --- Бээжин (China) --- Peiping (China) --- Peping (China) --- Pekin (China) --- Pei-ching shih (China) --- Pei-pʻing shih (China) --- Peking (China) --- Pukkyŏng (China) --- Beijing Municipality (China) --- Bei Jing Shi (China) --- Pei-ching (China) --- Pechino (China) --- Pequim (China) --- Peiping Municipal Administrative Area (China) --- Peiping Municipality (China) --- Peking Municipality (China) --- Bījīn (China) --- Dadu (China) --- Daidu (China) --- 北京 (China) --- Beiping Tebieshi zheng fu --- Beiping Shi zheng fu --- Beiping Shi di fang wei chi hui --- Beijing di fang wei chi hui --- Beijing Tebieshi zheng fu --- Beijing Tebieshi gong shu --- Beijing Shi ren min zheng fu --- Beijing Shi ren min wei yuan hui --- Beijing Shi ge ming wei yuan hui --- Human geography. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Geography --- Human ecology

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This important social survey, first published in 192l, and illustrated with over fifty photographs and nearly forty maps and diagrams, contains invaluable data from questionnaires collected from a cross-section of the population of Peking between September 1918 and December 1919. The result is a comprehensive record of all aspects of life and conditions in the capital – from government, health and education, to commercial life, recreation, poverty and philanthropy. In the Foreword, we are reminded of the fact that ‘…the timeliness of this survey is significant. China is in the midst of a vast transition, and it is essential that the Orient, as far as possible, be saved from the costly mistakes made by the Occident.’ This landmark survey provides an invaluable point of reference vis-à-vis modern China in a period of unparalleled economic and industrial growth and social transformation.

Social surveys --- Community surveys --- Surveys, Social --- Social sciences --- Surveys --- Research --- Beijing (China) --- Beijing Shi (China) --- Begejing (China) --- Begejing Qota (China) --- Bėėzhin (China) --- Бээжин (China) --- Peiping (China) --- Peping (China) --- Pekin (China) --- Pei-ching shih (China) --- Pei-pʻing shih (China) --- Peking (China) --- Pukkyŏng (China) --- Beijing Municipality (China) --- Bei Jing Shi (China) --- Pei-ching (China) --- Pechino (China) --- Pequim (China) --- Peiping Municipal Administrative Area (China) --- Peiping Municipality (China) --- Peking Municipality (China) --- Bījīn (China) --- Dadu (China) --- Daidu (China) --- 北京 (China) --- Beiping Tebieshi zheng fu --- Beiping Shi zheng fu --- Beiping Shi di fang wei chi hui --- Beijing di fang wei chi hui --- Beijing Tebieshi zheng fu --- Beijing Tebieshi gong shu --- Beijing Shi ren min zheng fu --- Beijing Shi ren min wei yuan hui --- Beijing Shi ge ming wei yuan hui --- Social conditions

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This book provides an overview of the rapid development Beijing has seen in a wide range of areas in 2018, both in itself and as an integral part of a larger region, as China’s economic development continues to improve in overall quality and regional coordination. General reports on progress Beijing made and problems it faced in 2018 in improving its economy, public services, and municipal and community governance, urban planning, and funding for innovations are followed by case studies that look at best practices and how they can be applied towards promoting coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The strategy features prominently in the outlook contributors present for the greater metropolitan area of Beijing for 2019. This book is a valuable source of reference for anyone trying to gain a better understanding the what, how, and why in relation to one of the world’s fastest growing mega-cities. The Beijing Academy of Social Sciences is a government-affiliated think tank, compiling economic, population and other statistics for the public interest.

Asia—Politics and government. --- Public policy. --- Sociology, Urban. --- Asian Politics. --- Public Policy. --- Urban Studies/Sociology. --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Economic development --- Beijing (China) --- Economic conditions --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Beijing Shi (China) --- Begejing (China) --- Begejing Qota (China) --- Bėėzhin (China) --- Бээжин (China) --- Peiping (China) --- Peping (China) --- Pekin (China) --- Pei-ching shih (China) --- Pei-pʻing shih (China) --- Peking (China) --- Pukkyŏng (China) --- Beijing Municipality (China) --- Bei Jing Shi (China) --- Pei-ching (China) --- Pechino (China) --- Pequim (China) --- Peiping Municipal Administrative Area (China) --- Peiping Municipality (China) --- Peking Municipality (China) --- Bījīn (China) --- Dadu (China) --- Daidu (China) --- 北京 (China) --- Beiping Tebieshi zheng fu --- Beiping Shi zheng fu --- Beiping Shi di fang wei chi hui --- Beijing di fang wei chi hui --- Beijing Tebieshi zheng fu --- Beijing Tebieshi gong shu --- Beijing Shi ren min zheng fu --- Beijing Shi ren min wei yuan hui --- Beijing Shi ge ming wei yuan hui

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This book reinterprets architecture in Beijing during the reigns of the Kangxi (1661-1722), Yongzheng (1723-1735) and Qianlong (1736-1795) emperors in the eighteenth century. More specifically, it views the building processes of the four churches and the Western palaces in the Yuanming Yuan garden as an example of cultural dialogue in the context of the Enlightenment. The study is based firstly on archival sources from different institutions from around the globe, using Big Data to manage them. Secondly, it places increased emphasis on architectural remains, preserved both in international collections as well as at archaeological sites. To take advantage of these remains, some were recorded using close-range photogrammetry. Digital sunlight analyses of the buildings' interiors were also carried out. From these emerging technologies, as well as written sources, it becomes possible first to reinterpret Beijing as an imperial capital where religious tolerance and cosmopolitanism were increasing, and second to re-evaluate the entire Yuanming Yuan Garden complex as a miniature version of Beijing. This approach makes for easier subsequent comparisons with other imperial capitals of the time, such as London, Paris and Istanbul. As such, this study reveals a largely neglected chapter in the global history of architecture, while simultaneously offering a crucial re-examination of the existing architectural remains.

Beijing (China) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- History --- Architecture --- Architecture, Primitive --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Design and construction --- Beijing Shi (China) --- Begejing (China) --- Begejing Qota (China) --- Bėėzhin (China) --- Бээжин (China) --- Peiping (China) --- Peping (China) --- Pekin (China) --- Pei-ching shih (China) --- Pei-pʻing shih (China) --- Peking (China) --- Pukkyŏng (China) --- Beijing Municipality (China) --- Bei Jing Shi (China) --- Pei-ching (China) --- Pechino (China) --- Pequim (China) --- Peiping Municipal Administrative Area (China) --- Peiping Municipality (China) --- Peking Municipality (China) --- Bījīn (China) --- Dadu (China) --- Daidu (China) --- 北京 (China) --- Beiping Tebieshi zheng fu --- Beiping Shi zheng fu --- Beiping Shi di fang wei chi hui --- Beijing di fang wei chi hui --- Beijing Tebieshi zheng fu --- Beijing Tebieshi gong shu --- Beijing Shi ren min zheng fu --- Beijing Shi ren min wei yuan hui --- Beijing Shi ge ming wei yuan hui --- structures [single built works] --- anno 1700-1799 --- Beijing --- Church buildings --- Palaces