Exploring punk subculture in China

This thesis explores the punk phenomenon in China. In order to examine punk members and practices, an ethnographic research was conducted in large-scale cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, and small-scale cities, such as Wuhan and Huaihua in China, as well as on the Internet. In particular, the thesis focuses on two prominent themes subculture and resistance as the main directions of analysis. Through discussing findings from the three dimensions of the individual, collective and online, it is argued that the Chinese punk phenomenon exists as a subculture and punk subcultural practices can be regarded as manifesting forms of resistance in China. First, this study presents a detailed individual biography of one punk musician and then further examines those of other participants. It is discovered that subcultural resistance can have a different impact at different stages of a person s life. Second, this study demonstrates forms of collective practices and how they are manifested, and reveals how Chinese punk subculture members collectively produce different forms of subcultural resistance. Finally, this study examines Chinese punk online. It focuses on how online group members produce meanings of their activities and deploy specific techniques to resist online norms and censorship. Overall this thesis contributes to the ongoing discussions in current field of subcultural studies. By providing a study on punk subculture in China, the research engages empirically in the question of power relations in a society from both individual and collective levels, which has rarely been undertaken before

Culture, boundary, and identity: a comparison of practices between two online punk communities in China

This article analyzes how digital technology can shape cultural practice in Chinese online communities. By using the concepts of boundary and identity, it explores the formation of two online punk communities in China, created by those who are interested in punk music originating from Anglo-American countries. Drawing on data from participant observation and 10 in-depth interviews, this article first reviews literature on Internet culture in China, online communities, boundaries, and identity. It then focuses on the differing practices of the two online punk communities. A discussion is subsequently provided concerning how boundaries are constructed in online communities through the exclusion that is enabled by the technological platform. An analysis of how the members identify themselves with online communities and form punk subcultures encouraged by the boundaries of their respective communities is then presented towards the end of the article. It is through this process that the members empower themselves in their relationships with the surrounding society

Merging Organocatalysis with Transition Metal Catalysis: Highly Stereoselective α-Alkylation of Aldehydes

The unprecedented cooperative systems involving a diarylprolinol silyl ether with various Lewis acids have been found to effect the highly enantioselective intermolecular α-alkylation of aldehydes. A wide variety of aldehydes and alcohols can be transformed into the desired highly functionalized aldehydes in high yields, excellent enantioselectivities, and good diastereoselectivities at room temperature under mild conditions

Culture, boundary, and identity: a comparison of practices between two online punk communities in China

This article analyzes how digital technology can shape cultural practice in Chinese online communities. By using the concepts of boundary and identity, it explores the formation of two online punk communities in China, created by those who are interested in punk music originating from Anglo-American countries. Drawing on data from participant observation and 10 in-depth interviews, this article first reviews literature on Internet culture in China, online communities, boundaries, and identity. It then focuses on the differing practices of the two online punk communities. A discussion is subsequently provided concerning how boundaries are constructed in online communities through the exclusion that is enabled by the technological platform. An analysis of how the members identify themselves with online communities and form punk subcultures encouraged by the boundaries of their respective communities is then presented towards the end of the article. It is through this process that the members empower themselves in their relationships with the surrounding society

Design, Synthesis and Optical Resolution of New Bifunctional Ligand: 1,1′-Dimethyl-octahydro-8,8′-Biquinoline-7,7′-diol

The design, synthesis and optical resolution of a new bifunctional ligand, 1,1′-dimethyl-octahydro-8,8′-biquinoline-7,7′-diol, is described. This new aza analogue of BINOL exhibits different properties as compared to BINOL

Design, Synthesis and Optical Resolution of New Bifunctional Ligand: 1,1′-Dimethyl-octahydro-8,8′-Biquinoline-7,7′-diol

The design, synthesis and optical resolution of a new bifunctional ligand, 1,1′-dimethyl-octahydro-8,8′-biquinoline-7,7′-diol, is described. This new aza analogue of BINOL exhibits different properties as compared to BINOL

Design, Synthesis and Optical Resolution of New Bifunctional Ligand: 1,1′-Dimethyl-octahydro-8,8′-Biquinoline-7,7′-diol

The design, synthesis and optical resolution of a new bifunctional ligand, 1,1′-dimethyl-octahydro-8,8′-biquinoline-7,7′-diol, is described. This new aza analogue of BINOL exhibits different properties as compared to BINOL

Additional file 1 of Membrane progesterone receptor α (mPRα) enhances hypoxia-induced vascular endothelial growth factor secretion and angiogenesis in lung adenocarcinoma through STAT3 signaling

Additional file 1: Table S1. the sequence of primers, siRNA and plasmid construction

Hydride Transfer-Initiated Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Reaction to Access Nine-Membered Rings

An unprecedented hydride transfer-triggered cross-dehydrogenative coupling of two C(sp3)–H bonds to target nine-membered rings has been developed. Salient features of this methodology include atom and step economy and metal-free and redox-neutral conditions, with water as the byproduct and proceeding well even with decomposed aldehydes

Additional file 1 of Association between all-cause mortality and trajectories across quality and duration of sleep and cognitive function: based on Group-Based Multivariate Trajectory modeling

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