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The 11th Biennial Conference of Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association (ACFEA) was held by Shue Yan University in Hong Kong, China. In this study, the evaluation of the 11th Biennial Conference of Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association held during July 7-10, 2016 in Hong Kong will be mentioned.

The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China, A Century of Trade from 1784 to 1900exhibition catalogue provides invaluable and informative insights into the early Sino-American history of trade, economy, culture and art. The catalogue is divided into two volumes. Volume One includes about 250 exhibits entries contributed by HKMM curatorial team, Curator of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Senior Curator of Winterthur Museum, Senior Director of Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Chief Curator of Independence Seaport Museum, Senior Curator of The Kelton Foundation, Director of Martyn Gregory Gallery, Director of Heirloom & Howard, Manager of History & Art of HSBC Archives, and a number of knowledgeable local and U.S.-based scholars and collectors. Volume Two collects twelve academic essays which can be generally summarized into three categories: Essays exploring the origin and development of the early Sino-American trade from multiple perspectives are contributed by Libby Lai-Pik Chan, Assistant Director (Curatorial & Collections) of HKMM, Dane Morrison, Professor of Salem State University, Jonathan Goldstein, Professor of East Asian History at the University of West Georgia, Paul A. Van Dyke, Professor of history at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Frederic D. Grant, Jr., expert of business and legal history of trade, as well as Nancy Davis, expert of Sino-American trade and women’s history; Essays revealing the material culture of the Sino-U.S. trade demonstrated through Chinese export artefacts, such as paintings and porcelains, are contributed by independent curator William R. Sargent, Patrick Conner, Director of Martyn Gregory Gallery, John D. Wong, Assistant Professor of the University of Hong Kong, and Angela Howard, Director of Heirloom & Howard; While the rest essays contributed by Ann Uppington, expert of landscape and garden, and Fung Kam Wing, Research Fellow of HKU-Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, illustrates cultural aspects along the trade through garden construction, printing technology and missionary business respectively. 548 頁

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除了雜誌文章外,最能反映民國時期中國童子軍理念和內容的,當為取法自創立童子軍之源頭-英國,而同時加以本地化以切合中國需要的童子軍教科書.Robert Culp(高一涵)氏寫有中國童子軍-南京十年童子軍手冊中的公民訓練與社會意識一文,提出以南京十年(1928至1937年)間印行的中國童子軍訓練手冊為例子,說明當中所提出的公民訓練的內在矛盾對國民黨威權的挑戰.高氏通篇文章所引用的中國童子軍訓練手冊,實際上大部分都是1934年童子軍成為初等中學必須課程後,根據國民黨政府標準出版的童子軍教科書.雖然高氏建基上述的資料,能夠頗為扎實地指出童子軍課程與新生活運動中,講求以國民黨道德標準,重構公共空間以改變個人行為的目標相一致,並指出當中城市精英與普通人個人多樣性與人造機器以及國際公民與三民主義先鋒的內在矛盾,最終將使接受童子軍訓練的青年人,以自己的方式貢獻國家,從而挑戰國民黨的絕對權威.而高氏唯一引用商務印書館出版的童子軍用書,只有1931年再版的童子軍規律,而且只用作說明由誰成立中國第一隊童子軍組織而已.高氏忽略了商務印書館作為民國時期其中一間最大規模的中國民營書店,在1920至1930年代,便出版了一系列童子軍用書,更能全面反映國民黨在1928年正式介入童子軍事務前後,中國童子軍在課程內容上的發展.因此,本文通過介紹及分析商務印書館所出版的一系列童子軍教科書,以為學界對中國童子軍史的研究空隙進行補白.

當代中國經濟發展大致上可劃分為兩個重要時期，第一階段是1949至1978年為止﹔第二階段是1978年以後至今。兩者最大的區別在於經濟模式的轉變。在第一階段中國奉行社會主義計劃經濟，此模式直至1978年12月鄧小平提出「社會主義現代化」，實行改革開放政策為止。本章將探討第一階段在計劃經濟模式下的中國經濟發展概況。

當代中國經濟發展的轉捩點可謂在1978年。在歷經文化大革命，與及數次政治鬥爭以後，中共終於在1978年12月18日至22日期間舉行第十一屆中央委員會第三次全體會議，碓立了今後中國的發展方針。該會批判除了「兩個凡是」的方針，並停止了「以階級鬥爭為綱」的路線，並確立了其後的工作重點轉移到「社會主義現代化」的建設和經濟發展，亦決定了「對內改革，對外開放」的政策方向，這正是「改革開放」的由來，而這個政策的成效之一，是改變了中國長期以來對外封閉的情況，使中國大陸向世界開放。

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