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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Looking at global box-office winners from the years 2000-2009, this paper finds that the China we encounter on the silver screen, is rarely an antagonist. It is not a China that follows traditional Yellow Peril stereotypes. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
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Japan has provided China with ODA since 1979, 75% of this aid has been given as yen loans. The loans have greatly contributed to China’s economic growth through funding of industrial infrastructure projects. Next ...
Seeking Balance between Individual and Society : Comparison of the Luxury Consumption Motivations between Chinese and Japanese Youth Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The purpose of this study is to explore the distinctions of luxury consumption motivations between Chinese and Japanese youth in the context of institutionalized individualization. It compares the different consumption ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The Peoples Republic of China’s Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region, or eastern Central Asia, is an area that has recently seen large scale ethnic unrest, as the native Uygurs have protested violently against Chinese domination ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
ABSTRACT
During the last four decades, the active participation of South Korean women in the country’s economy has increased steadily. This has been followed by the enactment of several legal acts aimed to protect female ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Since Japanese language makes extensive use of Chinese characters in its writing system, and a large portion of its vocabulary is borrowed from Chinese in ancient times, it makes people to believe that Chinese always has ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
By conducting a close reading and a structural analysis, this thesis explores a narratology of scene in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber(Honglou meng《红楼梦》). The terminology of scene in the Western literary criticism ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Since China opened its economy up to foreign investments in the late 1970s, its growth measured in GDP has centered around ten percent annually. Unsurprisingly, its energy consumption has followed and currently situated ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Kina har opplevd en spektakular økonomisk vekst siden reformene startet for over 30 år siden, og vil med vedvarende vekst firedoble sitt energibehov frem mot 2020. Dette er et faktum som kan skremme vannet av de fleste, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Contemporary Japan, with its low birth rate and high life expectancy, is an aging society. Furthermore, the country’s population is set to rapidly decrease in the coming decades. For demographic reasons such as these, it ...