Historical memory and cultural identity of Shanghai city: A case study of Shanghai before 1949

尝试通过口述史记录、回忆录和个人传记等不同资料，探讨 20 世纪三四十年代移居香港和台湾地区的上海人如何掌握上海城市生活的记忆和自我认同。此外，作为外来移居者，他们对非本地人和社会的观感如何，本地居民又如何看待他们? 这种由各种生活体验和相关人、事、物记忆所交叉组成的“上海时代”回忆，成为他们对“上海认同”的一个重要依据，最后是否可以转化为今日上海历史的一个组成部分? Based on such materials as records of oral history,memoirs,biographies, and so on, the paper explores how Shanghainese who immigrated to Hong Kong and Taiwan in 1930s and 1940s acquired historical memory and cultural identity of Shanghai city.Furthermore,as immigrants,what feelings did they have about non-local residents and the local society and how the local residents treated them? The memories of 'Shanghai age' are composed of various life experiences and memory of relevant persons,events and objects,which become one important basis of their 'identity of Shanghai'. Are they eventually transformed into the important parts of Shanghai history of today? The paper focuses on the discussion of the above issues.published_or_final_versio

Development and diffusion of Savings and Savings Banks in China: A Historical Perspective

Modern savings banking began 200 years ago in Scotland. It then spread to the United States, Europe, Japan and China. China had a long history of savings but did not become institutionalised until the early 20th century. The Chinese philosophy of savings emphasises safety. As Confucius said, "Ren wu yuanlei, biyou jinyou" ("A person is subject to either long-term concerns or short-term troubles"). In order to manage these concerns and troubles, Chinese usually save for emergencies. It is not easy to answer the question of how much China was challenged by the West in importing the ideas of modern savings. Does China have its own model of modern savings? According to documents found in Dunhuang, the earliest history of "yinhui" (savings club) can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Chinese organised different "hui" (clubs) for different purposes, including savings, insurance and mutual assistance for weddings, funerals, health care, etc. A proto-type of savings banks called "guifang" was also traced to the Tang Dynasty. There were three features about these savings clubs: firstly, the club members were usually a group of people of similar background. They relied much upon personal trust. Secondly, money was paid in instalments, mostly on a half-year or yearly basis. Thirdly, depositors did expect a good rate of interest. Why weren't these private savings organisations institutionalised? Regional ties, kinship ties and personal trust may be the answer. Ordinary Chinese joined different types of savings societies instead of depositing money in banks. It was not until the end of the 19th century that China had its first modern bank, the Imperial Bank of China, which was based on the Western model. Savings then became institutionalised in the first decade of the 20th century when, in 1906, the first savings bank, Sin Chun Savings Bank of China, was established.published_or_final_versio

Colonialism versus Nationalism: The Plague of Hong Kong in 1894

Drawing upon different source materials, this paper examines the significance of the plague of Hong Kong in 1894 in two ways. Firstly, it shows the process by which the colonial power successfully implemented the public health policy in Hong Kong by collaborating with the local Chinese communities. Secondly, it demonstrates how the Chinese in Hong Kong responded to the colonial mandatory measures by resisting them or partially accepting them. This paper highlights the reactions of the Chinese towards the prevention measures implemented by the British, and the controversy about the effectiveness of Chinese and western medicine in safeguarding public health.published_or_final_versio

Compradorial entrepreneurship in British Colonial Hong Kong: Ho Tung and the bankruptcy case of Ho Sai Leung in 1934

Conference Theme: Cultures, Contexts, and PerspectivesSession 3A - Entrepreneurship in Contexts: Compradors, Diasporas, Autochtonypostprin

Branching out: how Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank marketed its business in the 1920s and 1930s?

Conference Theme: Dialogue between Cultural Narratives and Historical GISThe 1920s and 1930s marked the most important decades of the Chinese monetary and currency reforms. This period also coincided with the growth of the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank (abbreviated as SCSB). This paper is aimed to discuss how the SCSB strategically, successfully, and by what ways to create a nationwide branch networks. The SCSB’s founder Chen Guangfu (also known as K.P. Chen) was a returned student from America. He brought the idea of ‘serving the society’ (fuwu shehui) to China, which had been used as a slogan in training the SCSB’s employees on one hand and diverting banking services into different markets on the other. Nevertheless, Chen had to build up a personnel network in managing his branches wherever in Shanghai or elsewhere in the country. Drawing upon various sources including personal diary, memoirs, autobiography, commercial advertisements and archives of the SCSB, this paper will focus on the marketing history of the SCSB, in order to show how the bank successfully expanded in the 1920s and 1930s, and lastly, what obstacles of the bank had met in the expansion.postprin

History of Bank of China: archives, artifacts and method of interpretation

本文尝试以中国银行为个案,从不同角度,包括中国银行的历史档案、行史博物馆所展出的文物、已刊行的行史资料和行史等,探讨中国银行行史概念的形成和对行史的诠释方法。本文依据的是笔者于近年所搜集得来的超过四十种与中国银行行史相关的出版物,包括行史、行史资料汇编、行志、周年特刊、纪念图册、研究专著、银行家的个人传记、日记、回忆录、文集等。本文尝试指出,在不同时期推出的中国银行行史,不仅缺乏统一的标准,且于撰写和研究方法各方面,都未能与国际学术水平接轨。postprin

Calendar posters and the business rivalry in the modern Chinese tobacco industry, 1920s-30s

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Fishing in Troubled Water: Savings Business in China during the 1920s-1930s

Organized by World Savings Bank Institute and European Savings Bank Grouppostprin

Historical memory and cultural identity of Shanghai city: A case study of Shanghai before 1949

尝试通过口述史记录、回忆录和个人传记等不同资料，探讨 20 世纪三四十年代移居香港和台湾地区的上海人如何掌握上海城市生活的记忆和自我认同。此外，作为外来移居者，他们对非本地人和社会的观感如何，本地居民又如何看待他们? 这种由各种生活体验和相关人、事、物记忆所交叉组成的“上海时代”回忆，成为他们对“上海认同”的一个重要依据，最后是否可以转化为今日上海历史的一个组成部分? Based on such materials as records of oral history,memoirs,biographies, and so on, the paper explores how Shanghainese who immigrated to Hong Kong and Taiwan in 1930s and 1940s acquired historical memory and cultural identity of Shanghai city.Furthermore,as immigrants,what feelings did they have about non-local residents and the local society and how the local residents treated them? The memories of 'Shanghai age' are composed of various life experiences and memory of relevant persons,events and objects,which become one important basis of their 'identity of Shanghai'. Are they eventually transformed into the important parts of Shanghai history of today? The paper focuses on the discussion of the above issues.published_or_final_versio

Development and diffusion of Savings and Savings Banks in China: A Historical Perspective

Modern savings banking began 200 years ago in Scotland. It then spread to the United States, Europe, Japan and China. China had a long history of savings but did not become institutionalised until the early 20th century. The Chinese philosophy of savings emphasises safety. As Confucius said, "Ren wu yuanlei, biyou jinyou" ("A person is subject to either long-term concerns or short-term troubles"). In order to manage these concerns and troubles, Chinese usually save for emergencies. It is not easy to answer the question of how much China was challenged by the West in importing the ideas of modern savings. Does China have its own model of modern savings? According to documents found in Dunhuang, the earliest history of "yinhui" (savings club) can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Chinese organised different "hui" (clubs) for different purposes, including savings, insurance and mutual assistance for weddings, funerals, health care, etc. A proto-type of savings banks called "guifang" was also traced to the Tang Dynasty. There were three features about these savings clubs: firstly, the club members were usually a group of people of similar background. They relied much upon personal trust. Secondly, money was paid in instalments, mostly on a half-year or yearly basis. Thirdly, depositors did expect a good rate of interest. Why weren't these private savings organisations institutionalised? Regional ties, kinship ties and personal trust may be the answer. Ordinary Chinese joined different types of savings societies instead of depositing money in banks. It was not until the end of the 19th century that China had its first modern bank, the Imperial Bank of China, which was based on the Western model. Savings then became institutionalised in the first decade of the 20th century when, in 1906, the first savings bank, Sin Chun Savings Bank of China, was established.published_or_final_versio