As long as the weather remains cool, one of our favorite hikes is from either HKUST North Gate or Tseng Lan Shue to Sai Kong, via Ho Chung itself, or Ta Lam Wu 大藍胡 in the Ho Chung Valley. If we go from the HKUST North Gate then follow the coast to Nam Wai and…
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China Multi-Generational Panel Dataset Wins a Prize
At the 2020 Chinese Digital Humanities Annual Meeting (中国数字人文年会), the China Multi-Generational Panel Dataset 中国多世代人口数据库 CMGPD was awarded the inaugural “最佳题材奖” Prize. This is the 14th prize or similar recognition awarded to Lee-Campbell group research projects and our first for something other than a book or article. See Publications and Prizes for a complete list.
Tseng Lan Shue to Ho Chung 蠔涌到井欄樹
One of our favorite hikes is to go from HKUST South Gate to Tseng Lan Shue and then on to Ho Chung. If we want a mild hike, we just walk out to the road near Ho Chung and get on a bus to head home, or go to Nam Wai and then follow the…
HKUST South Gate to Tseng Lan Shue 港科大南門到井欄樹
There is a fairly easy hike from HKUST South Gate to Tseng Lan Shue, with nice views of vegetation and foliage. There are a few small streams, and the highlight is the waterfall and larger stream at Little Hawaii. I like taking pictures of the leaves The full gallery of HKUST South Gate to Tseng…
HKUST North Gate to Nam Wai via Pak Shui Wun 港科大北門到南圍（經白水碗）
There is an interesting relatively fast hike from HKUST North Gate to Nam Wai via the beach at Pak Shui Wun. It’s a bit hard to explain, even with a map, so it is best if you find someone already familiar with the hike and go with them first. There are some lovely views of…
HKUST South Gate to Hang Hau 港科大南門到坑口
We like to hike from the South Gate to Hang Hau and back. It’s good exercise, and on some points on the trail there are nice views looking east to Tseung Kwan O and even Sau Mau Ping. Sunset can be quite nice. The full HKUST South Gate to Hang Hau gallery is available my…
Nara, Japan 日本奈良市
The last stop on our trip to Japan at the end of December 2019 and beginning of January 2020 was Nara. Nara is absolutely lovely and we wish we could have stayed longer. Needless to say, I took lots of pictures of deer and temples. The original Nara gallery is at my website. I have…
Yoshikien Gardens, Nara 日本奈良市吉城園
During our trip to Japan at the end of December 2019 and beginning of January 2020, our last stop was Nara. We visited the lovely Yoshikien Gardens. You can visit my original Yoshikien Gardens gallery here.
New paper on the appointment and careers of prefects during the Qing using CGED-Q
Hu Heng at the Institute of Qing History at Renmin University just published a paper on the appointment of prefects during the Qing, with Bijia Chen and me as second and third authors. The paper makes use of spatial data as well as the government ratings of prefectures that determined who controlled the appointment of…
New paper recapping 40 years of ‘big data’ research on population, family and social history by James Lee, Cameron Campbell and collaborators
James Lee and I just published a paper that summarizes our work over the last few decades studying population, family and social history via construction and analysis of historical datasets from archival records. The paper has three parts: an introduction to the datasets we have constructed, a history of our work together and with others,…