Browsing by Author "Liu, K"

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    Americanization of French Theory and the Rise of “Chinese Postism”
    (Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, 2024-01-01) Liu, K; Wei, D
    Chinese Postism refers to Chinese versions of poststructuralism, postmodernism and postcolonialism, three major western theoretical trends prefixed with “post.” Chinese Postism is largely retranslations of English translations (and interpretations) of French theories of poststructuralism and postmodernism, as well as postcolonialism as American appropriation of French theories. Revisiting the French- American-Chinese journey of theory may help uncover the broader political and ideological changes underlying the intellectual and academic trends.
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    China's Soft Power and Media Culture
    (Literature and Arts Studies, 2010-07) Liu, K
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    Introduction: China question of western theory
    (CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture, 2020-12-01) Liu, K
    In his article, “The China Question of Western Theory,” Kang Liu formulates the China Question of western theory as both western critical frameworks to understand the rise of China, and how these critical frameworks present China not only as an object of study but also as a question intrinsic to contemporary cultural and social theories. The essays in this special issue address the China Question of western theory in multilinear, multivalent ways: first, the Chinese reception and appropriation of western theory; second, the western reception and appropriation of Chinese theory, namely Maoism, and third, the Chinese reception and re-appropriation of those western theories that reinvented and appropriated Chinese theory.
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    Introduction: Rethinking Critical Theory and Maoism
    (CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture) Liu, K
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    Packings of 3D stars: stability and structure
    (Granular Matter, 2016-05-01) Zhao, Y; Liu, K; Zheng, M; Barés, J; Dierichs, K; Menges, A; Behringer, RP
    © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.We describe a series of experiments involving the creation of cylindrical packings of star-shaped particles, and an exploration of the stability of these packings. The stars cover a broad range of arm sizes and frictional properties. We carried out three different kinds of experiments, all of which involve columns that are prepared by raining star particles one-by-one into hollow cylinders. As an additional part of the protocol, we sometimes vibrated the column before removing the confining cylinder. We rate stability in terms of r, the ratio of the mass of particles that fall off a pile when it collapsed, to the total particle mass. The first experiment involved the intrinsic stability of the column when the confining cylinder was removed. The second kind of experiment involved adding a uniform load to the top of the column, and then determining the collapse properties. A third experiment involved testing stability to tipping of the piles. We find a stability diagram relating the pile height, h, versus pile diameter, (Formula presented.) , where the stable and unstable regimes are separated by a boundary that is roughly a power-law in h versus (Formula presented.) with an exponent that is less than unity. Increasing vibration and friction, particularly the latter, both tend to stabilize piles, while increasing particle size can destabilize the system under certain conditions.
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    Searching for a New Cultural Identity: China's Softpower and Media Culture Today
    (Journal of Contmporary China, 2011-07) Liu, K
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    Western Theory’s Chinese Transformation: Postscript
    (CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture, 2023-12-01) Liu, K