Ongoing Projects (Arranged in alphabetical order of the first words in the project titles) (A) GRF Projects 1. A Bookish Science: Eighteenth-century Botany and Its Use of Books (PI: Dr. Bettina DIETZ) 2. China’s Southeast Asia: Territory, People, Civilization, and Europe’s Fear (PI: Dr. Oiyan LIU) 3. Escape to Inwardness: Philosophical Responses to Modernity and Modernization in China during the 1930s (PI: Prof. Ricardo King-sang MAK) 4. Institutionalisation of Modern Military Science in Republican Chinese Armies: A Study Focusing on the Fengtian and the National Revolutionary Armies, 1911-1937 (PI: Dr. Chi-man KWONG) 5. Marginal People in Liminal Places: Non-elite Europeans in Colonial-era East Asian Port Cities (PI: Dr. Catherine Frances LADDS) 6. Representation of Teaching Mothers in Paintings: A Study of Messages Embedded in the Kezi tu Production in Qing China (PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO) 7. Same Couple, Second Wedding: A Study of China’s Chongfeng huazhu Custom from the Eighteenth Century to the Mid-Twentieth Century (PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO) 8. The Glocalization of the Catholic Church in the Context of Higher Education in China in the First Half of the 20th Century (PI: Prof. Cindy Yik-yi CHU) 9. The Mass Production of Bronzes in 500-300 BC China (PI: Dr. Kin-sum LI) 10. The Production, Function, and Revitalization of Silk Textiles from Ancient China (PI: Kin-sum LI) 12. Trading Diaspora and Merchant Community-The Sassoon and Kadoorie Family Enterprise in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia and Coastal China, 1830-1990 (PI: Prof. Stephanie Po-yin CHUNG) (B) ECS Projects 1. Children of Empire: The History of Eurasians in China, Hong Kong and Britain, 1830-1960 (PI: Dr. Catherine Frances LADDS) 2. Envisioning Future Warfare in China: Tactics, Technology, State, and National Mobilisation (PI: Dr. Chi-man KWONG) 3. Making the Capitalist City: The B&O Railroad and Urban Space in Baltimore, 1827-1877 (PI: Dr. David SCHLEY) 4. The Collaborative Epistemic Culture of Eighteenth-century Natural History (PI: Dr. Bettina DIETZ) 5. The Ming-Qing Transition (1619-1740): A Reassessment from the Legal Angle (PI: Dr. Ka-chai TAM) (C) FRG Projects 1. Advice on Wealth Management Given by a Mother in Late Qing and Early Republican Guangdong: A Study of Qu Fengzhu and Her Zhijia Yaoyi (PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO) 2. Cameralist Experiments in Late Eighteenth-Century Europe (PI: Dr. Bettina DIETZ) 3. Enlightened Technology: Cameralist Experiments in Late Eighteenth-Century Europe (PI: Dr. Bettina DIETZ) 4. Making the Capitalist City: The B&O and Urban Space in Baltimore, 1827-1877 (PI: Dr. David SCHLEY) 5. Reinventing Confucianism through German Cultural Ideals: The Thoughts of Zong Baihua (1897-1986), He Lin (1902-1992) and Zhang Junmai (1887-1969) (PI: Prof. Ricardo King-sang MAK) 6. The Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood and the Evolution of the Catholic Church (PI: Prof. Cindy Yik-yi CHU) 7. The Designs and Weaving Techniques of Early Chinese Textiles (PI: Dr. Kin-sum LI) 8. Victor Elias Sassoon (1881-1961) and the Cathay Land Investment Company (PI: Prof. Stephanie Po-yin CHUNG) (D) Others 1. A History of the Gurkha Soldiers in Hong Kong (Funding: Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence; PI: Dr. Chi-man KWONG) 2. A History of the Hong Kong Bible Conference Association (Funding: Hong Kong Bible Conference Association Ltd.; PI: Prof. Kam-keung LEE) 3. A Study of Memorial Parks in Honor of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Different Countries (Funding: Dr. Sun Yat-sen Research Fund [Endowed] and Hung Hin Shiu Charitable Foundation [at Institute of Creativity, HKBU]; PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO; CI: Dr. Daniel Kam-chau KWOK and Dr. Raymond Kwun-sun LAU) 4. Centenary History of the Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union (Funding: The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union; PI: Prof. Kam-keung LEE) 5. Enhancing Students’ Graduate Attributes (GAs) through Problem Based Learning and Service Learning in Formal Academic Courses (Funding: Member of the Community of Practice [CoP] Project; PI: Prof. Cindy Yik-yi CHU) 6. Industrial Production and Unification of the Weight System in the Qin Empire (Funding: Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange; PI: Dr. Kin-sum LI) 7. Memoirs of Dr. Lau Wah Sum (Funding: private donation; PI: Prof. Kam-keung LEE) 8. Post War Hong Kong Comics: A History (Funding: Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR Government; PI: Prof. Ricardo King-sang MAK) 9. Using Modern Examples to Add in Understanding Visual Appreciation of Tea Ceremony Described in Daguan Chalun (FOSS Collaborative Research Grant; PI: Dr. Sammy Kin-sum LI; CI: Dr. Simon HAN Quanbin and Dr. Jiang LEI) Recently Completed Projects (A) GRF/CERG Projects 1. A Documentary History of Public Health in Hong Kong (CI: Dr. Man-kong WONG) 2. A History of Diseases and Epidemics in Hong Kong, 1841-2003 (PI: Dr. Man-kong WONG) 3. A History of the London Missionary Society in Hong Kong, 1842-1922 (PI: Dr. Man-kong WONG) 4. An Archival Research of the Diplomatic Career of Sir Edward as British Ambassador to China, 1974-1978 (PI: Dr. Man-kong WONG) 5. Family, Ethnicity and Business Expansion - the Case of the Eu Yan Sang Firm in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements and British Malaya, 1876-1999” (PI: Prof. Stephanie Po-yin CHUNG) 6. Herstory: Historical Works by Women in Imperial China (PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO) 7. Islamic Endowments [the waqf] and the Chinese Ancestral Tong: A Comparative Appraisal of the Evolution of Ethical Capitalism, 1830-2007 (PI: Prof. Stephanie Po-yin CHUNG) 8. Managing Social Order in Maritime South China: The Late Ming (1550-1645) Judicial Court Experiences (PI: Dr. Ka-chai TAM) 9. Native History of Early Modern Amuria (PI: Dr. Loretta KIM) 10. The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969: Their Contribution in Education, Social Services and Welfare (PI: Prof. Cindy Yik-yi CHU) 11. The Rise of a New Political Horizon: The Chinese Reception of Rousseau’s Of the Social Contract, 1895-1925 (PI: Dr. Guangxin FAN) (B) FRG Projects 1. A Business History of Two Chinese Ancestral Tongs: The Story of Lee Cheuk Yue Tong and Eu Sai Hong Tong, 1860s-1960s (PI: Prof. Stephanie Po-yin CHUNG) 2. A History of Diseases and Epidemics in Hong Kong (1840s–1960s): A Pilot Project (PI: Dr. Man-kong WONG) 3. A Study of the Intellectual Couple Hu Wenkai and Wang Xiuqin (PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO) 4. An Oral History of HKBU Student-centered Learning Experience in Beijing, 1989-2014: The Summer Sojourn of the China Studies Programme at Tsinghua University as the Case Study (PI: Dr. Man-kong WONG) 5. A Study of the Women’s Press in Late Qing China (PI: Prof. Kai-wing CHOW) 6. An Archival Research on the Diplomatic Career of Sir Edward Youde as British Ambassador to China, 1974-1978 (PI: Dr. Man-kong WONG) 7. Chinese Servicemen in the British Military, 1857-1945 (PI: Dr. Chi-man KWONG) 8. Contextualizing the Chinese Reception of Rousseau's Of the Social Contract: 1895-1925 (PI: Dr. Guangxin FAN) 9. Cultural Mediators Between Two Worlds: The Chinese Germanists and the German Sinologists in the Inter-war Years (PI: Prof. Ricardo King-sang MAK) 10. Database of Tribute and Return Gifts between Heilongjiang Tribes and the Qing Dynasty Government (PI: Dr. Loretta KIM) 11. Happy Birthday vs Rest in Peace: Birthday Greetings and Bereavement Messages for Women in Late Imperial and Republican China (PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO) 12. Identifying Female Historians in Imperial China (PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO) 13. Legal Transmission and Market Governance: Rulings on Hindu Debutters, Islamic Waqfs and Chinese Tongs in Colonia Courts (India, Malaya and Hong Kong, 1850s-1980s) (PI: Prof. Stephanie Po-yin CHUNG) 14. Migration and Enterprises: A Business History of Three Migrant Families in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, 1860-2000 (PI: Prof. Stephanie Po-yin CHUNG) 15. Mothers as Teachers: Evidences from Paintings in Qing China (PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO) 16. Public Administration of Cultural Pluralism in Hong Kong, 1947-2011 (PI: Dr. Loretta KIM) 17. Rousseau's Legacy in Modern Chinese Political Culture: The Reception of Foreign Ideas and the Search for A Glorious Native Tradition (PI: Dr. Fan Guangxin) 18. Sino-Foreign Relations in Chinese Christianity during the Republican Era (PI: Prof. Cindy Yik-yi CHU) 19. Social and Cultural Exchanges in Early Modern Amuria (PI: Dr. Loretta KIM) 20. The Catholic Church in China: 1978 to the Present (PI: Prof. Cindy Yik-yi CHU) 21. The Chinese Path to Enlightenment (PI: Prof. Ricardo King-sang MAK) 22. The Glocalization of the Catholic Church in the Context of  Higher Education in China in the First Half of the 20th Century (PI: Prof Cindy Yik-yi CHU) 23. Trading Diaspora and Business Expansion - The Jewish Communities in India, Southeast Asia and Coastal China, 1830-1950 (PI: Prof. Stephanie Po-yin CHUNG) 24. Trading Diaspora in Southeast Asia and South China - The Big Hadhrami Merchant Families of Singapore, 1830-2010 (PI: Prof Stephanie Po-yin CHUNG) 25. Traditional Korean Sports during the Koryö Dynasty (918-1392) (PI: Dr. Wing-chung FAN) 26. Trafficking of Women and Children in Asia: A Contemporary Form of Slavery (PI: Prof. Cindy Yik-yi CHU) 27. Works by Qing Women on Educating Their Children (PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO) (C) TDG Projects 1. Dataset Development and Historical Research (CI: Dr. Loretta KIM) 2. Fostering Student Autonomy and Instructor-Student Co-Teaching and Co-Publishing (CI: Dr. Loretta KIM) 3. Re-examining Chinese History with a Gender Perspective: Introduction to New Teaching and Learning Approaches (PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung HO) 4. Teaching History in a New Era: Meeting the 2012 Challenges (PI: Prof. Ricardo King-sang MAK; CI: Prof Clara Wing-chung HO) 5. Teaching Modern Chinese History through the Critical Use of Films (TDG; PI: Dr. Guangxin FAN) (D) Others 1. Agricultural Crops of Fujian under the Qing Dynasty (Funding: Centre for China Urban and Regional Studies, HKBU; PI: Prof. Kam-keung LEE) 2. An International Conference on the Sources for Chinese Women’s History (Funding: Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, Dr. Arthur C. F. Lau, & HKBU; PI: Prof. Clara Wing-chung Ho) 3. Biographies of Church Leaders in Hong Kong (Funding: The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union; PI: Prof. Kam-keung LEE) 4. Dr. Sun Yat-sen and His Teachers, Friends (Funding: Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum; PI: Prof. Kam-keung LEE) 5. Icons of Post-War Hong Kong (Funding: Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR Government; PI: Prof. Ricardo King-sang MAK) 6. Queen Elizabeth Hospital Oral History Project (Funding: Queen Elizabeth Hospital; PI: Dr. Man-kong WONG) 7. Sino-Japanese War and Modern China (Funding: Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense; PI: Prof. Kam-keung LEE) 8. Tao Xingzhi and Modern Chinese Education (Funding: Chung Yeh Educational Organization Co. Ltd.; PI: Prof. Kai-wing CHOW)