Our paper “Nominative Linkage of Records of Officials in the China Government Employee Dataset-Qing (CGED-Q)” which shares our experience with nominative linkage in the CGED-Q has been published at Historical Life Course Studies. We hope it will be useful to others who are engaged in large-scale, automated nominative linkage (disambiguation) of individuals in historical Chinese-language…
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Sunset seen from Devil’s Peak
Last fall we went to Devil’s Peak 魔鬼山 near Sam Ka Tsuen and Yau Tong to see the sunset. The complete Devil’s Peak gallery is here. Here are photos:
Views of Kowloon and the Island from Jat’s Incline 扎山道
In fall 2021, we started taking walks up Fei Ngo Shan Road and then back down on Jat’s Incline, usually in the late afternoon just before sunset. Jat’s Incline is a great place for views of Kowloon and the Island. From the viewpoint, the views of Kowloon, the Island and the sunset over Lantau are…
Sunset seen from Garden Hill (嘉頓山 喃嘸山)
In fall 2021, we went to Garden Hill (嘉頓山 喃嘸山) in Kowloon to see the sunset. As expected, it was spectacular. The full Garden Hill gallery is here. Here are the photos:
Rancho Guadalupe Dunes and nearby
In summer 2021 on our trip to the California Central Coast, we stopped at the Rancho Guadalupe Dunes. I took lots of pictures of pelicans. The Rancho Guadalupe Dunes gallery is here. Here are the photos:
Views of Wong Chuk Hang during our quarantine in August 2021
After our return to Hong Kong in August 2021, we were quarantined for three weeks. We spent time in the Nina Hotel Island South in Wong Chuk Hang. Occasionally I took pictures from our room. Some of them turned out well. The Wong Chuk Hang gallery is here. And here are the pictures:
Maha’ulepu Heritage Trail, Kauai
When we were in Kauai in August 2021, we took a walk along the spectacular Maha’ulepu Heritage Trail. The full Maha’ulepu Heritage Trail gallery is here. Here are the photos:
Allerton Garden, Kauai, Hawaii
In August 2021, we were on Kauai in Hawaii for a wedding. We also visited the beautiful Allerton Garden. It was spectacular. If you are ever in Kauai, it is definitely worth a trip. The full Allerton Garden gallery is here. Many scenes from the TV series Fantasy Island were filmed at the Allerton Garden….
Stanford Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences Fellowship, 2022-23
I have been invited as a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford for the academic year 2022-2023. Here is the announcement at their website. I am looking forward very much to the opportunity not only to advance work my own research projects, but to interact with and learn…
Xue Qin publishes lead-authored article on officials in the Ministry of Personnel in the late Qing using the CGED-Q
My Central China Normal University School of History and Culture PhD student Xue Qin (co-advisor Fu Haiyan) published a lead-authored article on officials in the Ministry of Personnel in the late Qing that uses the CGED-Q. I was second author. The title of the article is 清季改革视阈下吏部官员群体的人事递嬗与结构变迁(1898—1911）——以《缙绅录》数据库为中心 Change and Constancy: The Personnel Evolution and Structural…