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桃园航空城区段征收的分析与启示 / On zone expropriation of the Taoyuan Aerotropolis2023-05-08作为地区经济发展重要指标的国际机场的兴建计划，为何会招致当地民众的强烈抗议？公共财政目标的实现过程中，如何评估公共利益？公共建设的决策和执行，如何能够纳入实质的公众参与和监督？这些问题，正是桃园航空城相关行政诉讼的核心症结点。本文梳理桃园航空城的区段征收问题及行政救济方案，并对“区段征收的公共利益” 问题，提出初步的分析。 […]
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The Imaginary Zone at the Sino-Russian Border: Interview with Dr. Sergei Ivanov2023-02-08In this interview, we illustrate the zone as an imaginary territory–how it has been constructed and how it turned out to be a speculative bubble. […]
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Flowing Histories of People’s Theater in the Inter-Asian Context / 亞際脈絡的民眾劇場流動史2022-11-17For what is a mode of production? We provided an answer to this question, following Marx: it is a particular “combination” of elements. […]
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政治倒退年代疑思：读《于是，民主Gostan了……》2022-04-08世界秩序遭逢重击的今天，“莱佛士花读书会”第二本小志及时问世。编辑团队相当警觉地提问：“马来西亚的民主Gostan了吗？” 这番拷问不仅指向马来西亚的政局和公民社会，亦是现今世界各地尚且无解的共业。 […]
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告別國家——《光之帝國》的背叛者書寫2021-12-06所謂國家的背叛者，不在敵國，而在我們之中：當80年代的運動者，背離了自身曾為之奮鬥的國家進步議程，那麼，無需外力，共同體內部即分崩離析。 […]
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Science Park Must Be Defended: Taiwan’s Solution in the State of Emergency2021-11-15Article by Qi Li. Sound epidemic management in Taiwan ensured the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP)’s considerable growth in 2020. The island had few infection cases, and its social order seemed not that different than before. However, the following year is much more challenging. During May and June of 2021, there were severe drought and the […] […]
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State Regulation, Pandemic, and Africans in South China2020-07-19During the Covid-19 pandemic, African nationals were maltreated in Guangdong Province, China. African students and businesspeople were forced to undergo additional quarantine and nucleic acid tests. Meanwhile, they were unwelcomed on the street, at their places of work and even their accommodations. […]
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The Non-Fictitious Destiny of Youth in Hong Kong2020-05-06This essay offers a relational reading of the film Ordinary Heroes 千言萬語 (1999) by Director Ann Hui and the novel The Death of Lo Kei 盧麒之死(2018) by Wong Bik Wan. It indicats that the relationship between social movements (or, revolutions) and the youth is not necessarily a relationship of calling and being called. The relationship might be a result of contingency. […]
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Freedom to Move, No Freedom to Settle: The Labor Migrancy Dilemma in Contemporary China’s Urbanization2019-12-21Until 2018, the number of domestic migrant workers in mainland China exceeded 280 million people, occupying 20% of the overall population. They endured unequal citizenship due to the urban-rural divide. Although they worked and lived in cities, they rarely had access to urban welfare. […]
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