MAChDS
21 JUN 2024 (FRI)
China Development Studies Elite Seminar Series The Entrepreneurial Welfare Mix: Community-Based Old Age Services in China Date: 21 JUN...
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PROGRAMME PAMPHLET
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One-year full-time and two-year part-time* taught master programme
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Bachelor degree holders with honours from recognized universities or equivalent qualifications and/or experience are eligible to apply
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Emphasis on a broad understanding of China through its global-local interactions and regional variations in politics, economy, trade, investment, environment, policy making, tourism and urban development. The prime objective of the programme is to educate students to become capable personnel for firms or institutions in both private and public sectors that have strong interest in China-related business and development.
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Learning through courses, projects, seminars, fieldtrips and supervised dissertation
* Part-time students will be required to attend lectures with the full-time students on weekday mornings or afternoons. Hence, part-time students with full-time jobs are recommended to apply for day release to attend the lectures or compromise with their employers on a mutually agreed work schedule before applying for this programme.
Programme Pamphlet
PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS
The programme is offered on a one-year full-time or two-year part-time basis. The curriculum will extend over one academic year for full-time study or two academic years of part-time study. Part-time students will be required to attend lectures with full-time students on weekday mornings or afternoons. Hence, part-time students with full-time jobs are recommended to apply for day release to attend the lectures or compromise with their employers on a mutually agreed work schedule before applying for this programme.
Applicants are required to hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in an appropriate subject.
Candidates are required to complete no less than 60 credits in either the 'Dissertation Option' or the 'Non-Dissertation Option':
Programme Requirements
Dissertation option
2 COMPULSORY COURSES
( 6 credits each )
5 ELECTIVE COURSES
( 6 credits each )
2 CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE COURSES
GEOG7136 (6 credits)
GEOG7122 (12 credits)
Non-dissertation option
( 6 credits each )
2 COMPULSORY COURSES
( 6 credits each )
7 ELECTIVE COURSES
GEOG7136 (6 credits)
1 CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE COURSES
COMPLETED MAChDS DISSERTATION
Only good dissertations are listed here.
Name
Dissertation Title
2020-2021
JEON Joohyoun
The Impacts of FinTech on the Growth of International Financial Center - The Case of Hong Kong
LAI Tsz Chung
Situating a Creative District in the Community of Poverty in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
XU Chu
Gay Urban Space in Chengdu: Liminality and Identity Making Amidst a Heteronormative Society
ZHANG Zixuan
Gender Disparities in Involvement and Collaboration on Patenting Activities in Chinese Cities
2019-2020
JAMWUTTHIPREECHA Wichanon
The Attractiveness of Thailand for Chinese Investment: A Case Study of Chiang Mai
MAN Sau Ying
Understanding the Deregulation of the Chinese Aviation Industry: The 2002 Restructuring and Its Impact
REEVE Liam Nicholas Seth
Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment: A Case Study of the Financial Services Industry, 2002-2018
2018-2019
AITKEN Damon Anqi
The Relationship between Human Capital and Technological Innovation in Chinese Provinces, 2000 to 2017
CHU Tsz Wai Perry
Innovation in Practice: An Exploratory Study of the E-Society in Banking Service and Payment Experience in Hong Kong
COPLEN Taylor Carl
Decentralized Hardware Production: Makerspaces, Shanzhai, and the Future of Shenzhen’s Technology Industries
2017-2018
TANG Xiangyu
School District Housing (Xue Qu Fang) and the underlying problem of unequal distribution of educational resources: A study of Guangzhou city
TANNINEN Hannamiina Vilhelmiina
An evaluation of applying imported solutions to achieve energy reduction targets for China’s 13th Five-Year Plan
2016-2017
MILLER Joseph Colin
The Political Economy of Labor Activism in the Manufacturing Sector of The Pearl River Delta, China
O’LEARY Marissa Shea
The Impact of One-Belt-One-Road Maritime Infrastructure Investment on the Development of Partner Countries in Asia and Africa
2015-2016
CHAN Yuen Tung
Determinants of High Tech Industries’ Location in China
NG Hoi Ching
Regional Variation of Saving and its Contributing Factors in China
ZHANG Mengke
Problems and Prospects of the Conservation of the Grand Canal in China: A Case Study of the Hangzhou Section
2014-2015
RICHLE Patrizia
An Analysis of Air Transportation Infrastructure and its Relationship with Economic Development
LAURENT-CHARLES TREMBLAY-Levesque
The Environmental Impacts of Marketization and Regionalization in Contemporary China
ZOU Huan
Skilled Young Migrant Labour and Their Marital Status: A Case Study of Qingpu Industrial Park, Shanghai
2013-2014
ELGAARD Emil
The Impact of Demographic Transition and Aging on Economic Growth: A Comparative Study of Japan and China
PAN Wenjun
Land/Real Estate Development and Financial Crisis: A Case Study of Financial Crises during 1980-2013
SCHIEBE Karl Friedrich
The Chinese Corporate Governance Mode: Adapt or Adopt?
TAN Xiao
Understanding Government Education and Health Spending in China
2012-2013
CHING Lee
Playing games and concepts: Beijing Olympics and China urban development model
JOHN Daniel Adam
The role of the middle class in the economic development of Chinese cities: A comparative study of Shanghai and Wuhan
2011-2012
CHOW Hang
Central-local Relations, Land Development, and Local Public Finance in China: A Case Study of Guangdong Province
DOUGLAS Jake Brandon
Globalization of the Chinese City: A Comparative Study on the Prospects of a Global City in China
WIART Ludovic Claude Jacques
The Chinese-Angola Mode in Africa: The Case Study of Angola and Sudan
2010-2011
LAM Man Sze
Hong Kong Residents Traveling to Japan on an Individual Basis : A Cultural Perspective
LEUNG Wai Cheong
Understanding the Spatial Development of the Life Insurance Industry in Post-Reform China, 1999-2008
MAN Huen Pok
Understanding the Social Security System for Aging Population in China : A Case Study of Beijing
VAUGHAN-ALBERT Megan Kate
The Missing Watchdog: Corruption, Governance, and a Supervisory Role for the Chinese Civil Society?
2009-2010
CHEUNG Wai Shuen
Financial services in Kong Kong and Shanghai: Competition and co-operation
LEE Yung To
Emergence of Chinese multinational corporations: A case study of the ICT industry
LIU Zhiyao
Intra-provincial inequality in post-reform China: A case study of Anhui province, Central China
SEDLER Sergey
Economic geography of the electric solar energy potential in China
YAU Yuk Ha
The Chinese model of urban land and housing developments
YE Lezhou
The dynamics of rural-urban migration and industrial transformation in China's metropolises: The case of Shenzhen, 1979-2008
2008-2009
CHAN Tsz Wah
Integration of Hong Kong and The Pearl River Delta: Towards an Optimum Division of Labor in the Provision of Producer Services
DIDIER Emilie Marie Claude
Socio-economic and Cultural Impacts of Recent Chinese Immigration in African Cities: A Case Study of Cameroon
LAM Wing Chi
A Study of Regional Inequality of Education Attainment in China
LIM Kwee Hua Stephanie
Population Mobility in the Era of Globalization: The Case of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Cross-border Region, 1997-2007
TANG Nap Wong Sammy
Welfare of Rural-urban Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reform Era: A Case Study of Dongguan
WEN Allisandra
Global Interaction Patterns and Disease Transmission - A Case Study of China
WONG Yee Wah, Eva
The Path to Harmony: The Roles of Rural Reforms in Achieving Social Harmony in China
2007-2008
DYCK Thomas Aron
Economic Growth and Land Conversion in Post-Reform China, 1996-2005
LENZER Jr James Hans
Globalization of Financial Risk: A Case Study of The US Sub-prime Mortgage Crisis
2005-2006
LO Kwan Hung
Cross-boundary Students between Hong Kong and Shenzhen: A Case Study of Shan Tsui Public School
TAM Sze Ying
The Development of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Industry in China, 1995-2005
2004-2005
TSE Yin Wing, Jason
Venture Capital in China: Growth and Prospects
2003-2004
YUNG Ka Man, Evelyn
A Comparative Study of the Real Estate Market in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai: Reform, Development, and Prospect
2002-2003
KWOK Hiu Yan
A Comparative Study of Foreign Direct Investment in Guangdong and Shanghai since 1990
2001-2002
CHOW Sin Yin
The Central-local Relationship in Guangdong and Fujian: A Comparative Approach
Completed MAChDS Dissertations
PRIZES & SCHOLARSHIPS
The China Development Studies Scholarship
The China Development Studies Scholarship is open to application for all MAChDS students as an encouragement to support their MAChDS study and is awarded to a maximum of two students based on their academic merits in the first semester of the MAChDS studies. The value of the Scholarship is HK$20,000.00 per awardee (deducted directly from the second instalment of the composition fee).
SAFETY
All students should be familiar with the need for safety while in the University or on fieldwork. Please click here for the “Statement of Environmental Health and Safety Policy” for more information. Any injury suffered as a result of an accident must be reported immediately to the Programme Co-ordinator.
Safety
DOWNLOADS
Rural Economic Restructuring and Farm Household Income in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
Myths and Meanings of Immigration and The Metropolis Pearl River Delta, China
Myths and Meanings of Immigration and The Metropolis Pearl River Delta, China
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