THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

COMMON CORE COURSE 2024-25

CCCH9002 – Chinese Cities in 21st Century

Course Coordinator: Prof Anthony G.O. YEH

Course Instructors: Prof Anthony G.O. Yeh and Dr. Vanessa LO

Course Tutors: Dr. Vanessa Lo, Miss Keyu Luo and Mr. Weihang Gong

Lecture Time: Semester 2 (Wednesday, 14:30-16:20) 22 January – 23 April 2025

Lecture Venue: Every Wednesday, 14:30-16:20, CYCC501, Chong Yuet Ming Cultural
Centre

Tutorials:

Group Day of Week Date Time Venue Tutor

1 Monday 10/2, 17/2, 24/2, 3/3, 24/3, 10:30 – 12:00 KKLG111 Keyu LUO
31/3, 14/4
2 Monday 10/2, 17/2, 24/2, 3/3, 24/3, 17:30 – 19:00 MB249 Keyu LUO
31/3, 14/4
3 Tuesday 11/2, 18/2, 25/2, 4/3, 25/3, 11:30 – 13:00 KB730 Vanessa LO
1/4, 15/4
4 Tuesday 11/2, 18/2, 25/2, 4/3, 25/3, 16:30 – 18:00 KKLG105 Vanessa LO
1/4, 15/4
5 Thursday 6/2, 13/2, 20/2, 27/2, 20/3, 14:30 – 16:00 KB803 Vanessa LO
27/3, 10/4
6 Thursday 6/2, 13/2, 20/2, 27/2, 20/3, 16:30 – 18:00 KB132 Vanessa LO
27/3, 10/4
7 Friday 7/2, 14/2, 21/2, 28/2, 21/3, 12:30 – 14:00 KB820 Weihang
28/3, 11/4 GONG
8 Friday 7/2, 14/2, 21/2, 28/2, 21/3, 16:30 – 18:00 KKLG107 Weihang
28/3, 11/4 GONG

Course Description
This course focuses on urban development and urban landscapes of contemporary Chinese cities, as
well as issues and challenges facing them. This course will be consisted of three main modules. The
first module will examine the evolution of Chinese cities since 1949 with particular emphasis on the
urbanization and urban development during the last three decades. Moreover, the political, cultural
and economic backgrounds of urbanization and urban development process will be examined; the
characteristics of the rapid urban development in Chinese cities will be illustrated. The second
module will examine the issues and challenges facing contemporary Chinese cities in the new century.
The major issues and challenges will be identified; their causes and consequences examined; and
potential policies to address these issues and prospects explored. The course concludes with the
application of concepts that have been covered in previous two modules to the case of Guangzhou, a
typical Chinese city.

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Course Objectives
Cities play a major role in national development and in the global economy. The transformation of
China cities from planned socialist cities to global ones is phenomenal. With the rise of China in the
21st century, Chinese cities are experiencing more rapid growth in terms of its economy, population
and urban development, and their urban landscapes are changing everyday, which has brought
forward tremendous opportunities as well as challenges.

The goal of this course is to develop students an understanding of the evolution and driving forces of
urban development in major Chinese cities during the last three decades; to help them appreciate
the urban landscapes that they will be seeing when they visit Chinese cites; and to expose them the
key issues and challenges facing these cities in the 21st century.

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Learning Outcomes
Expected Course Learning Outcomes
After taking this course, students are expected to:
o Understand the evolution and modernization of Chinese cities in the past three decades.
o Identify important issues and challenges facing contemporary Chinese cities.
o Identify possible solutions to address these problems and challenges and investigate their
implications for sustainability and harmony in Chinese cities.
o Identify key problems for a specific Chinese city based on its urban development history and
current conditions.

Alignment of HKU, Programme and Course Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes Alignment with Institutional Learning Outcomes
1. Understand the evolution and 1.1 develop in-depth knowledge
modernization of Chinese cities in the past 1.2 intellectual rigor and academic integrity
three decades. 1.3 intellectual curiosity
4.1 awareness of own cultures

2. Identify important issues and challenges 1.1 develop in-depth knowledge

facing contemporary Chinese cities. 1.3 intellectual curiosity
1.4 critique received knowledge from multiple
perspectives

3. Identify possible solutions to address these 2.1 unanticipated situations and problems
problems and challenges and investigate 2.2 generate and evaluate innovative solutions
their implications for sustainability and 6.4 promoting local and global social, economic and
harmony in Chinese cities. environmental sustainability

4. Identify key problems for a specific Chinese 2.1 unanticipated situations and problems
city based on its urban development 2.2 generate and evaluate innovative solutions
history and current conditions. 6.4 promoting local and global social, economic and
environmental sustainability

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Teaching and Learning Activities
The course consists of twelve 2-hour lectures, 8 1.5-hour tutorials, followed by presentations by the
students.
Course Learning Outcomes Teaching and Learning Activities
1. Understand the evolution and Lectures and slides, video clips, tutorials
modernization of Chinese cities in the past
three decades.
2. Identify important issues and challenges Lectures and slides, tutorials
facing contemporary Chinese cities.

3. Identify possible solutions to address these Group project and tutorials

problems and challenges and investigate
their implications for sustainability and
harmony in Chinese cities.
4. Identify key problems for a specific Chinese Lectures, tutorials, group projects and presentations
city based on its urban development
history and current conditions.

Assessment
This course will include the following types of assessments:

a. Reflective Journals* (10%): Each student is required to submit in total, 2 individual Reflective
Journals (no more than 800 words each) based on lecture readings throughout the course
(due dates on pages 4-5).

b. Tutorial Participation (10%): Students should actively participate in tutorial discussions and
present an individual presentation based on lecture readings.

c. Group project and presentation (40%): Each group (4-6 students each group) needs to select
an extra-large Chinese city and write a 5,000-word report on a selected topic that is related
to one of the urban issues in this city. Breakdowns: Proposal – 10%; Presentation – 15%;
Final Report – 65%; Peer Evaluation – 10%.

d. Final Quiz* (40%): Students are allowed to bring with them, no more than 2 single-sided A4
sheets of course notes, for the Final Quiz.
Date & Venue: TBC by Exam Unit in early March 2025

* Students need to pass all the above components AND attend at least 60% of the lectures in order
to pass the course.

Standards of Assessment
The assessment criteria and grade descriptors are listed in Appendix I.

Readings
Required Reading
Wu, W. and Gaubatz, P. (2020), The Chinese City, 2nd Edition, New York: Routledge.
Wu. F. (2015), Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional Planning in China, London: Routledge.
Wu, F., Xu, J. and Yeh, A.G.O. (2007), Urban Development in Post-Reform China: State, Market, and
Space. London; New York: Routledge.

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Recommended Reading (optional)
Chan, K.W and Hu, Y. (2003), “Urbanization in China in the 1990s: New Definition, Different Series,
and Revised Trends", The China Review, 3: 49-71

Friedmann, J. (2004), China's Urban Transition, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press

Logan, J. (ed.) (2007), Urban China in Transition, Oxford, UK: Blackwell

Wu, F. (2022), Creating Chinese Urbanism: Urban Revolution and Governance Changes. UCL Press.

Course Portal
HKU Chinese Cities Portal http://www.dupad.hku.hk/cusup/chinesecities/

Please see below for more readings for individual lectures.

Study Load
Activities Number of hours
Lectures 24
Tutorials 12
Reading / Self-study 30
Assessment: Reflective journal / report writing 40
Assessment: Presentation (include preparation) 24
Assessment: Final Quiz 20
Total: 150

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Lecture & Tutorial Time and Venue Details:

Lectures
Wednesdays, 14:30 – 16:20 , CYCC501, Chong Yuet Ming Cultural Centre

Tutorials
Group Day of Week Date Time Venue Tutor
1 Monday 10/2, 17/2, 24/2, 3/3, 10:30 – 12:00 KKLG111 Keyu LUO
24/3, 31/3, 14/4
2 Monday 10/2, 17/2, 24/2, 3/3, 17:30 – 19:00 MB249 Keyu LUO
24/3, 31/3, 14/4
3 Tuesday 11/2, 18/2, 25/2, 4/3, 11:30 – 13:00 KB730 Vanessa LO
25/3, 1/4, 15/4
4 Tuesday 11/2, 18/2, 25/2, 4/3, 16:30 – 18:00 KKLG105 Vanessa LO
25/3, 1/4, 15/4
5 Thursday 6/2, 13/2, 20/2, 27/2, 14:30 – 16:00 KB803 Vanessa LO
20/3, 27/3, 10/4
6 Thursday 6/2, 13/2, 20/2, 27/2, 16:30 – 18:00 KB132 Vanessa LO
20/3, 27/3, 10/4
7 Friday 7/2, 14/2, 21/2, 28/2, 12:30 – 14:00 KB820 Weihang
21/3, 28/3, 11/4 GONG
8 Friday 7/2, 14/2, 21/2, 28/2, 16:30 – 18:00 KKLG107 Weihang
21/3, 28/3, 11/4 GONG
*Add/drop Period: 20 Jan 2025 (Mon) (10:00) – 10 Feb 2025 (Mon) (16:00)

Activity Topics Instructor

Lecture 1 Evolution of Chinese Cities Before and After 1978 Anthony YEH
22 Jan 2025

Lecture 2 Urban Development in Post-Reform China - 1 Anthony YEH

5 Feb 2025
- Introduction to course, assessments
- Outline of the tutorials
Tutorial 1 - Group project description and requirements
- Form groups
Discussion about course materials
Lecture 3 Urban Development in Post-Reform China – 2 Anthony YEH
12 Feb 2025
- Discussion about course materials
Tutorial 2 - Student presentations on reading
- Reflective Journal description and requirements
- Group proposal requirements
Lecture 4 Overview of Issues and Challenges Anthony YEH
19 Feb 2025 - Submission of Group Project Topics
- Discussion about course materials
Tutorial 3 - Student presentations on reading
- Discussion of project progress
Lecture 5 Economic Development Vanessa LO
26 Feb 2025
Tutorial 4 - Discussion about course materials
- Student presentations on reading
- Discussion of project progress
-Approval of Group Project Topics

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Lecture 6 Transport Vanessa LO
5 Mar 2025 - Submission of 1st reflective journal

10-15 Mar Reading Week

2025
Lecture 7 Urban Sustainability Vanessa LO
19 Mar 2025
Tutorial 5 - Discussion about course materials
- Student presentations on reading
- Presentation of Group Project Proposals
Lecture 8 Historical Preservation Vanessa LO
26 Mar 2025 - Submission of Group Project Proposals

Activity Topics Instructor

- Discussion about course materials
Tutorial 6 - Student presentations on reading
- Discussion of project progress

Lecture 9 Urban Housing Vanessa LO

2 Apr 2025

Lecture 10 Urban Planning and Design Vanessa LO

9 Apr 2025 - Submission of 2nd reflective journal
Tutorial 7 - Discussion about course materials
Presentations of student group projects
Lecture 11 City Governance Vanessa LO
16 Apr 2025

Lecture 12 Case Study: Shanghai Vanessa LO

23 Apr 2025
Date & Venue Final Quiz
TBC Examination Schedule TBC by Exam Unit in Early March
2025
2 May 2024 - Deadline for submission of final group project report to Room 836, Knowles
Building (hard copy) and on Moodle (soft copy)

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Reading Lists for Individual Lectures

LECTURE # LECTURE TOPIC & SUGGESTED LECTURE READINGS

Module 1: Urban Development in China: Evolution of Chinese Cities
Evolution of Chinese Cities Before and After 1978
Chan, K.W. (1992), “Economic Growth Strategy and Urbanization
Policies in China, 1949-1982”, International Journal of Urban and
Regional Research, Vol.6, No.2, pp.275-305. (S 301.36 16 J8 U72
v.16, 1992)
Chen, Z. and Yeh, A.G.O. (2023), "Is Prefecture-Level City a “City” in
China: A Critical Review", Eurasian Geography and Economics, 1- 26.
Lecture 1 Ma, L. J. C. (2005), "Urban Administrative Restructuring, Changing Scale Anthony YEH
Relations and Local Economic Development in China", Political
Geography, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 477-497.
Wang, J. and Yeh, A.G.O. (2020), “Administrative Restructuring and
Urban Development in China: Effects of Urban Administrative
Level Upgrading”, Urban Studies, Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 1201-1223.
Yeh, A.G.O and Chen, Z. (2020), “From Cities to Super Mega City
Regions in China in a New Wave of Urbanization and Economic
Transition: Issues and Challenges” , Urban Studies, Vol. 57, No. 3,
pp. 636-654
Urban Development in Post-Reform China (1)
Yeh, A.G.O. and Xu, X. (1990), “Changes in City Size and Regional
Distribution 1953-84”, in Kwok, R.Y, Parish, W. and Yeh, A.G.O
(eds.), China’s Urban Reform – What Model Now? New York: M.E.
Sharpe, pp. 45-61.
Yeh, A.G.O. and Wu, F. (1995), “Internal Structure of Chinese Cities in the
Midst of Economic Reform”, Urban Geography, Vol.16, No.6, pp.521-
Lecture 2 554. (S 710 U72 G34 v.16 no.5-8 1995) Anthony YEH
Yeh, A.G.O. (1995), “Urbanization Trend in China – Coastal, River and
Interior Cities in China’s Development” in Yeh, A.G.O. and Mak,
C.K. (eds.) Chinese Cities and China’s Development: A Review of the Future
Role of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Centre of Urban Planning and
Environmental Management, University of Hong Kong, pp.149-182.
(337.5105125 C53)

Urban Development in Post-Reform China (2)

Wu, F. and Yeh, A.G.O.( 1999), “Urban Spatial Structure in a Transitional
Economy: The Case of Guangzhou” Journal of the American Planning
Association, Vol.65, No.4, pp.377-394. (S 710 A5 P71 v.65 1999)
Wu, F., Xu, J. and Yeh, A.G.O. (2007), Urban Development in Post-
Reform China: State, Market, and Space. London: Routledge, 360
Lecture 3 pp. (307.760951 W9) Anthony YEH
Xu, J., Wu, F. and Yeh, A.G.O. (2009), “Land Commodification: New Land
Development and Politics in China Since the late 1990s”,
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol.33,
No.4, pp.890-913. (Online Only)
Yeh, A.G.O. (2005), “Dual Land Market and Internal Spatial Structure of
Chinese Cities”, in Ma, L.J.C., Wu, F., and Ma, L. (eds.) Restructuring
the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space, pp. 59-79.
(307.12160951 R43)

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Module 2: Issues and Challenges of Chinese Cities in 21st century
Overview of Issues and Challenges
Xu, J., Du, Z., and Yeh, A.G.O. (2023), “Localization, Regionalization, and
Domesticalization of Satellite Industrial Platform and Urban
Transformation: A Case Study of Dongguan in the Pearl River Delta,
China”, Cities 139, 104368
Lecture 4 Yang, F. Yeh, A.G.O., Wang, X., Yi, Hong, and Chen, Z. (2023), "State- Vanessa LO
Market Dynamics of Central Business District (CBD) Development in
Chinese Cities – An Anchor-Firm Perspective" (2023), Cities, 143,
104622
Yeh, A.G.O., Liu, X., Xu, J. and Wu, M. (2020), “The Emergence and
Economic Restructuring of Two Global Super Megacity-Regions in
China: Comparing the Pearl River and Yangtze River Deltas”, in
Danielle Labbé and Andre Sorensen (eds.), Handbook of Megacities
and Megacity-Regions, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.
376-394
Yeh, A.G.O., Yang, F., and Wang, J. (2015), "Economic Transition and
Urban Transformation of China: The Interplay of the State and the
Market", Urban Studies, Vol. 52, No. 15, pp. 2823-848.

Transport
Yang, J., Siri, J. G., Remais, J. V., Cheng, Q., Zhang, H., Chan, K. K., ... and
Gong, P. (2018), “The Tsinghua–Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities
in China: Unlocking the Power of Cities for a Healthy China”, The
Lancet, 391(10135), 2140-2184.
Sun, G., Wallace, D., and Webster, C. (2020), “Unravelling the Impact of
Street Network Structure and Gated Community Layout in
Lecture 5 Development-Oriented Transit Design”, Land Use Policy, Vol. 90, pp. 1- Vanessa LO
11.
Woodcock, J., Edwards, P., Tonne, C., Armstrong, B.G., Ashiru, O.,
Banister, D., Beevers, S., Chalabi, Z., Chowdhury, Z., Cohen, A. and
Franco, O.H. (2009), “Public Health Benefits of Strategies to Reduce
Greenhouse-Gas Emissions: Urban Land Transport”, The
Lancet, 374(9705), pp.1930-1943.

Economic Development
Chan, K.W. and Buckingham, W. (2008), “Is China Abolishing the Hukou
System?”, The China Quarterly, Vol. 195, September 2008, pp. 582-
606. (S 951 C53 Q2 L no.195-196 2008/ online)
Lecture 6 Shen, J., and Kee, G. (2017), Development and Planning in Seven Major Vanessa LO
Coastal Cities in Southern and Eastern China (Vol. 120). Berlín:
Springer.
Wu, F. (2016), “Emerging Chinese Cities: Implications for Global Urban
Studies”, The Professional Geographer, 68(2), 338-348.

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 Urban Sustainability
He, B. J., Zhao, D. X., Zhu, J., Darko, A., and Gou, Z. H. (2018), “Promoting
and Implementing Urban Sustainability in China: An Integration of
Sustainable Initiatives at Different Urban Scales”, Habitat
International, 82, 83-93.
Wu, F. (2015), Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional Planning in China.
London: Routledge. Chapter 6, New Practices: New Town and Eco-City
Lecture 7 Planning, Vanessa LO
Huang, J., Pan, X., Guo, X. and Li, G. (2018), “Health Impact of China's Air
Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan: An Analysis of National Air
Quality Monitoring and Mortality Data”, The Lancet Planetary Health,
2(7), pp.e313-e323.
Gong, P., Liang, S., Carlton, E. J., Jiang, Q., Wu, J., Wang, L., and Remais, J . V.
(2012), “Urbanisation and Health in China”, The Lancet, 379(9818), 843-
852.

Historical Preservation
Xie, S., Gu, K., and Zhang, X. (2020), “Urban Conservation in China in An
International Context: Retrospect and Prospects”. Habitat
International, 95, 102098.
Ren, X. (2018), “Governing the Informal: Housing Policies Over Informal
Lecture 8 Settlements in China, India, and Brazil”, Housing Policy Debate, 28(1), Vanessa LO
79-93.
ICOMOS China (2015), Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in
China,
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publ
ications/pdf/china_prin_heritage_sites_2015.pdf
Housing
Huang, X., Liu, Y., Xue, D., Li, Z., and Shi, Z. (2018), “The Effects of Social Ties
on Rural-Urban Migrants' Intention to Settle in Cities in China”, Cities, 83,
203-212.
Shi, W., Chen, J., & Wang, H. (2016), “Affordable Housing Policy in China:
New Developments and New Challenges”, Habitat International, Vol. 54,
Lecture 9 pp. 234-233. Vanessa LO
He, S., Wang, D., Webster C., and Chau, K.W. (2019), “Property Rights with
Price Tags? Pricing Uncertainties in the Production, Transaction and
Consumption of China’s Small Property Right Housing”, Land Use
Policy, Vol. 81, pp. 424-433.
Wu F. (2022). Creating Chinese Urbanism: Urban Revolution and Governance
Changes. UCL Press. Chapter 1.

Urban Planning and Design

Wu, F. (2015), Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional planning in
China. London: Routledge. Chapter 3, “The Chinese Planning
System” and Chapter 5, “National and Regional Planning”
Yeh, A. G. O., and Chen, Z. (2020), “From Cities to Super Mega City Regions
Lecture 10 in China in a New Wave of Urbanisation and Economic Transition: Vanessa LO
Issues and challenges”, Urban Studies, 57(3), 636-654.
Sun, G., Webster, C., and Chiaradia, A. (2018), “Ungating the City: A
Permeability Perspective”, Urban Studies, Vol. 55, No. 12, pp. 2586-
2602
Zhou, X. (2022). The Logic of Governance in China: An Organizational
Approach. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 5.

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Module 3: Case Study
Urban Governance
He, S. (2015), “Homeowner Associations and Neighborhood Governance in
Guangzhou, China”, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Vol. 56, No.
3, pp. 260–284.
Liu, Z., Lin, S., Lu, T., Shen, Y., & Liang, S. (2023), “Towards a Constructed
Order of Co-Governance: Understanding the State–Society Dynamics
Lecture 11 of Neighbourhood Collaborative Responses to COVID-19 in Urban Vanessa LO
China”, Urban Studies, Vol. 60, No. 9, 1730-1749.
Nie, X., Huang, Z., & Wu, L. (2024a), “Community Governance During
the Shanghai COVID-19 Lockdown I: The Roles and Actions of
Residents’ Committees”, Urban Geography, Vol. 45, No. 9, pp.
1640-1660.
Nie, X., Huang, Z., & Wu, L. (2024b), “Community Governance During the
Shanghai COVID Lockdown II: Bridging Neighborhood Cohesion and
the Perception of Community Governance”, Cities, Vol. 151, 105110,
pp. 1-10.
Yip, N. M. (2019), “Housing Activism in Urban China: The Quest for
Autonomy in Neighbourhood Governance”, Housing Studies, Vol. 34,
No. 10, pp. 1635–1653.

Case Study: Shanghai

Chan, R C K and Li Lingyu (2016), “Entrepreneurial City and the
Restructuring of Urban Space in Shanghai Expo”, Urban Geography,
vol.38, pp.666-686.
He, S., and Wu, F. (2005), “Property-Led Redevelopment in Post-Reform
China: A Case Study of Xintiandi Redevelopment Project in
Shanghai”, Journal of Urban Affairs, 27(1), 1-23.
Lecture 12 He, S. (2017), “The Creative Spatio-Temporal Fix: Creative and Cultural Vanessa LO
Industries Development in Shanghai, China”, Geoforum. Doi:
10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.07.017
Li, L., and Xiao, Y. (2022), “Capital Accumulation and Urban Land
Development in China:(Re) Making Expo Park in Shanghai”. Land Use
Policy, 112, 104472.

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Appendix I:

Grade descriptor for the course

Demonstrate evidence of original thought, strong analytical and critical abilities
as well as a thorough grasp of the topic from background reading and analysis;
(A) should demonstrate excellent organizational, rhetorical and presentational
skills.

Demonstrate evidence of critical and analytical thinking but not necessarily

original in their thinking; show adequate grasp of the topic from background
(B) reading and analysis; should demonstrate strong organizational, rhetorical and
presentational skills.

Demonstrate evidence of a reasonable grasp of their subject but most of their

(C) information is derivative, with rather little evidence of critical thinking; should
demonstrate fair organizational, rhetorical and presentational skills.

Demonstrate evidence of being able to assemble the bare minimum of

(D) information, poorly digested and not very well organized in presentation.
There is no evidence of critical thinking.

Demonstrate evidence of poor knowledge and understanding of the subject, a lack

Fail of coherence and organization, and answers are largely irrelevant. Work
fails to reach degree level

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Marking rubric for group project report
WRITTEN ARGUMENT
Grade Depth and breadth of Coverage, critical elements, structure, language and conventions

All aspects were addressed and researched in great depth.

Demonstrates a clear understanding of and the ability to apply theory, concepts and
issues relating to the select topic.
Able to clearly identify the most critical aspects of the select issue and adopt a critical
A+ A A- perspective.
Excellent development of argument and offers a logically consistent and well-
articulated analysis and insight into the subject.
Draws widely from the academic literature and elsewhere whilst maintaining
relevance
All aspects conform to a high academic / professional standard

Most aspects were addressed and researched in depth.

Demonstrates a good understanding and some application of the theory and issues
relating to the select topic.
B+ B B- Able to identify critical aspects of the select issue and adopt a critical perspective.
Some evidence of analysis, supported by logical argument and insight into the
subject.
Draws on relevant academic and other material.
Most aspects conform to a high academic / professional standard.

Most aspects were addressed and researched adequately.

Demonstrates a good understanding of the theory, concepts and issues relating to the
C+ C C- select topic but limited application relating to the topic.
Some argument presented showing some insight but not always consistent and
logical.
Draws upon an adequate range of academic and other material
Most aspects conform to an acceptable academic / professional standard.

Basic aspects were addressed and researched adequately.

Demonstrates mainly description, showing basic understanding of the topic but no
D+ D application.
Little evidence of analysis but no clear and logical argument relating to the subject.
Draws primarily upon course materials.
Limited aspects conform to academic / professional standards.

Basic aspects were superficial, inadequate or absent.

Fail F Demonstrates limited understanding of the topic and draws conclusions unrelated to
the topic.
The written work is not of an academic / professional standard.

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Appendix II:

Names and Contact of Course Coordinator, Instructors, and Tutors*

Course Instructors
Prof Anthony G.O. Yeh Office: Rm 834, 8/F, Knowles Building; Email: [email protected]
Dr. Vanessa LO Office: Rm 705, 7/F, Knowles Building; Email: [email protected]
Course Tutors
Vanessa LO Office: Rm 705, 7/F, Knowles Building;
Email: [email protected]
Keyu LUO Office: KB826, Knowles Building;
Email: [email protected]
Weihang GONG Office: KB821, Knowles Building;
Email: [email protected]
*For students who wish to arrange meetings with instructors and/or tutors, please email instructors
and/or tutors for meeting appointment via email before coming to their respective offices.

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Appendix III:

NOTE ON PLAGIARISM AND THE FALSIFICATION OF DATA

All the writing, diagrams and drawings in the work need to be original, written or drawn by you. YOU
CANNOT USE OTHER PEOPLE’S MATERIAL, unless the reference is clearly stated. You are allowed to
quote other people’s writing or use their ideas, as long as they are referenced properly. The
following University website contains information for ways of referencing:
https://lib.hku.hk/general/research/guides/citation_styles.html#websites

Plagiarism is a serious offense. The University website http://lib.hku.hk/tl/cp.html contains

information on copyright and plagiarism matters. You’re recommended to read two documents in
particular: “What is Plagiarism?” and “Plagiarism and How to Avoid it”.

Appendix IV: Generative AI (GAI)

1. Students are expected to do their assignments themselves and not asking someone else or
Generative AI to do it for them.
2. The use of GAI needs to be properly declared. The declaration should include but not limited
to which tool(s) and version are used at what stage and for what purposes as well as whether
GAI generated texts have been further digested and rewritten by students in their assignments.
3. As an English medium university, we are expecting our students to be able to submit their
assignments in their own written English and not translated by someone else, the computer,
or Generative AI.
4. Assignments not done by the students themselves may result in grade penalties and constitute
academic misconduct. Students are advised to consult and confirm with course teachers
regarding permitted uses of GAI for individual courses and assignments.

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