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Cities are not only a symbol of civilization, but also the most important carrier of civilization. The evolution of civilization is often reflected in the structure, function, and spatial distribution of cities. "I have spent fifty years constructing the History of Chinese Urban Civilization," said Professor Xue Fengxuan, a researcher on urban development, regional development, infrastructure, and development strategies. This book starts with prehistoric times and refers to a large number of Chinese and Western literatures to explain the development and evolution of cities in different historical stages, from the perspectives of military and political systems, economic conditions, and territorial changes. It is supplemented by about 150 charts carefully designed by the author to show the nature, function, structure, and spatial expansion and distribution of cities in different dynasties, thus restoring the development process of Chinese civilization and cities over the past 5,000 years. In the book, the author organically and systematically integrates Chinese civilization, Chinese urban development and Chinese history, while summarizing the relationship between cities and civilization at the end of the book. He also looks forward to the future development of Chinese urban civilization, allowing readers to understand the past, present, and future of the nation from text and graphics.
- AuthorVictor Sit
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2020
The city is filled with works of modernity, and the architectural space, as the basic structure of the city, is a material entity that carries a heavy historical burden. The traditional and modern elements of Beijing are constantly being revisited and reconstructed in the material culture, historical memory. The reality of architectural space creates a continuous humanistic atmosphere. Urban construction, streets and alleys, commercial markets, literati activities, residential design, and garden art provide various scenes in the city, containing complex cultural symbols and meanings, enriching Beijing’s humanistic atmosphere. These emotions and memories are condensed in the form of text, pictures, or material culture of this city, and have accumulated a rich humanistic tradition for the urban landscape of Beijing today.
- AuthorLiu Fengyun, Jiang Xiaocheng, Zhang Yichi
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2020
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital was the first hospital in Hong Kong to advocate holistic healing. It was founded in 1963 as a clinic serving the community in the Shek Kip Mei resettlement area in the 1950s. It has developed into a large-scale private general hospital today, witnessing the development of Hong Kong's changes in medical services and social context over more than 50 years. This book starts with the founding concept of Hong Kong Baptist Hospital, runs through the development of the hospital and Hong Kong's medical services, and elaborates on how the hospital should adjust and change due to social development. It also tells the story of how the hospital transformed from a church hospital that provided medical evangelism to a self-financing private professional hospital. Not only does it review the history of Hong Kong Baptist Hospital over the past 50-plus years, but also provides a new basis for the study of Hong Kong's medical history.
- AuthorMichael Kam W.H.
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2015
This book is a collection of articles on publishing and art by Mr. Siu Tze, a famous publisher and calligrapher in Hong Kong. It includes more than 30 articles written by him in different eras. The book revolves around the three themes of "publishing", "art" and "life", and is divided into three parts. The book records the struggle of this respected publisher in Hong Kong's turbulent history to engage in book publishing and distribution, and also contains his profound understanding of Hong Kong publishing and life experience. Reading his articles, one can not only understand the development of Hong Kong's publishing and art circles in the past few decades alongside some important figures and events, but also gain insights on the stamina of the older generation of publishers who were keen to achieve cultural ideals through words. This book can also be regarded as a collection of historical materials on Hong Kong publishing and art, which can be useful for relevant researchers.
- AuthorSiu Tze
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2017
The author of this book, Luo Xiang, is dedicated to popularizing law concepts and teaching student to prepare for law exams. A popular legal online KOL in mainland China, he is good at using popular and professional language to introduce and interpret the law. In this book, the author goes through the history of criminal law, recounts the strange stories of ancient criminal laws, and explains the laws that reflect social progress as well as the development of rule of law spirit in China, which is of great significance for understanding Chinese history and the rule of law in China.
- AuthorLuo Xiang
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2022
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Mencius says, "A gentleman creates a business and passes it on, so that it can be continued." From ancient times to the present, whether emperors, generals, or ordinary people, they have all worked hard and thought hard to build a business to pass on to their children and grandchildren. Hong Kong, a small place with few natural resources, was able to rise to become an international financial metropolis precisely because countless families worked together and actively built their businesses, resulting in generations of succession. This book selects some of the most representative cases for in-depth analysis, to understand their characteristics and connotations, and will focus on exploring how Chinese families rooted in Hong Kong, a former British colony, have achieved breakthroughs in the collision of Eastern and Western cultures, and written legends.
- AuthorVictor Zheng Wan-tai, Gao Hao
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2016