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Energy innovation and sustainability transitions in China: Building energy efficiency and renewable energy
Popular Abstract in English Buildings account for almost 30% of global CO2 emissions. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), buildings can be made 75% more efficient by using better design. Globally, every year about half of all new buildings are built in China. In addition, the current lack of comfort level in indoor environments indicates that a large increase in ener
Global Norm-maker as China’s New Brand? An Analysis of the Responsible Cobalt Initiative (RCI)
Qian divination and its ritual adaptations in Chinese Buddhism
This article analyzes Buddhist variations of the so called temple oracle (qian divination) that can be traced historically in the form of sets of answers for people seeking counsel about their future. The ritual is commonly known as a habitual practice in popular religious temples today. Three different ritual texts elucidate modes in which the temple oracle has been woven into Buddhist practice:
Whose vision is it anyway? The “free internet” in Chinese state media
The Social Construction of Internet Addiction in China : Youth between Reality and Temporal Autonomy in the Documentary Web Junkie
The ‘good death’ in Mainland China : A Scoping Review
Does the ‘Chinese model’ of environmental governance demonstrate to the world how to govern the climate?
“Crazy Jack” and the “Gay CEO” : Visions, Entrepreneurship, and the Chinese State in the New Digital Economy
This article analyses the visions, careers, and companies of Jack Ma of Alibaba and Geng Le of Blue City. Jack Ma is a well-known business leader and visionary, whereas the less well-known Geng Le only began to receive more attention since launching a successful gay dating app in 2012. The article focuses on the personal narratives and visions of these two IT entrepreneurs. It provides new perspec
Of Visions and Visionaries : Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in China
This special issue approaches information and communication technologies (ICT) visions and their realisation/implementation at various levels, among different actors and from var- ious perspectives. Conceptually, we distinguish three different dimensions, even though those overlap in the individual contributions as well as in empirical reality – namely ideation- al, instrumental, and relational. T