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Papers by Graham Johnson
A Chinese Melting Pot, 2019
Hong Kong was occupied by Japanese military forces from 1941-45. The occupation was brutal. Many ... more Hong Kong was occupied by Japanese military forces from 1941-45. The occupation was brutal. Many died and women were abused by soldiers. There was clandestine support for guerilla activities. Civil war, and revolution, in China after 1945 brought investment by, especially, industrialists from the Shanghai area and the onset of industrialization, primarily in textiles. There was mass migration from China which provided labour for industry but caused major housing problems. Village lands were overwhelmed by industry and immigrants which reduced the original Hakka inhabitants to a numerical minority, but brought them rental income. Their distinctive land rights were key for development of the growing town and allowed kin groups and some families to flourish. The original inhabitants maintained political dominance through the Rural Committee. Some villages were re-sited away from the growing town centre in the early 1960s, but development was compromised by colony-wide disturbances in 1...
A Chinese Melting Pot, 2019
Tsuen Wan offered an appropriate, although politically challenging, research site to social scien... more Tsuen Wan offered an appropriate, although politically challenging, research site to social scientists interested in the social effects of economic transformation. The process of refining their methods and specific locations took some months, during which the authors explored the town and its surroundings, studied district office records, and learned about the complexities of land ownership in this industrial town in the New Territories. Elizabeth focused primarily on one village, studying the effects of industrialization on families and the demographic transition as well as the survival of lineages, while Graham focused on the adaptation of immigrants through the formation of associations and questions of leadership overall.
Perspectives chinoises, 1996
Johnson Graham B. Le développement du delta de la Rivière des Perles. In: Perspectives chinoises,... more Johnson Graham B. Le développement du delta de la Rivière des Perles. In: Perspectives chinoises, n°33, 1996. pp. 15-23
MHR: Basic science of reproductive medicine, 2011
Intact ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) comprise the majority of somatic transcripts, yet appear conspicuou... more Intact ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) comprise the majority of somatic transcripts, yet appear conspicuously absent in spermatozoa, perhaps reflecting cytoplasmic expulsion during spermatogenesis. To discern their fate, total RNA retained in mature spermatozoa from three fertile donors was characterized by Next Generation Sequencing. In all samples, .75% of total sequence reads aligned to rRNAs. The distribution of reads along the length of these transcripts exhibited a high degree of non-uniformity that was reiterated between donors. The coverage of sequencing reads was inversely correlated with guanine-cytosine (GC)-richness such that sequences greater than 70% GC were virtually absent in all sperm RNA samples. To confirm the loss of sequence, the relative abundance of specific regions of the 28S transcripts in sperm was established by 7-Deaza-2 ′-deoxy-guanosine-5 ′-triphosphate RT-PCR. The inability to amplify specific regions of the 28S sequence from sperm despite the abundant representation of this transcript in the sequencing libraries demonstrates that approximately three-quarters of RNA retained in the mature male gamete are products of rRNA fragmentation. Hence, cleavage (not expulsion of the RNA component of the translational machinery) is responsible for preventing spurious translation following spermiogenesis. These results highlight the potential importance of those transcripts, including many mRNAs, which evade fragmentation and remain intact when sperm are delivered at fertilization. Sequencing data are deposited in GEO as: GSE29160.
Electronic Workshops in Computing, 2007
Personalization of a self-services kiosk or ATM may provide the user with an efficient means of o... more Personalization of a self-services kiosk or ATM may provide the user with an efficient means of obtaining new appropriate services with the degree of immediate gratification consumers now require. Successful personalization relies on many factors including acceptance of the services provided and the way these services are delivered. This paper presents a summary of the results from a recent investigation of personalized services at a self-service kiosk and the use of avatars as a potential interface style. Results indicate that users-in particular younger userswould accept personal information being used and would accept new services such as news headlines and budgeting advice at a self-service kiosk.
American Ethnologist, 1986
Journal of Asian and African Studies, 1992
Transnational Corporations Review, 2009
Western China and western Canada are significant parts of their respective national economies, an... more Western China and western Canada are significant parts of their respective national economies, and are societies that experienced distinctive developmental trajectories. The two regions also share some intriguing characteristics. This paper compares the two regions in terms of the development process.
Reviews in Anthropology, 1993
Siu, Helen F., ed. Furrows: Peasants, Intellectuals, and the State. Stories and Histories from Mo... more Siu, Helen F., ed. Furrows: Peasants, Intellectuals, and the State. Stories and Histories from Modern China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990. xiii + 341 pp. including notes and references. 39.40cloth,39.40 cloth, 39.40cloth,12.95 paper. Friedman, Edward, Paul G. Pickowicz, and Mark Selden with Kay Ann Johnson. Chinese Village, Socialist State. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. xxiv + 336 pp. including references and index. $35.00 cloth.
The Journal of Asian Studies, 1985
The Journal of Asian Studies, 1973
Journal of Asian and African Studies, 1978
The allegoriser says that the sword in Christ's thought was not of steel, but referred rather to ... more The allegoriser says that the sword in Christ's thought was not of steel, but referred rather to intellectual weapons.
International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 1975
Development and Change, 1997
Since the reforms that began in 1979, economic development in China has been marked by four major... more Since the reforms that began in 1979, economic development in China has been marked by four major policy initiatives: the reintegration of the Chinese economy with the global economy, the decentralization of economic decision making away from the central state to lower levels, and, especially in the coastal regions, the shift away from subsistence agriculture towards rural industrialization and increasing commercialization. In this article, the eects of the reform policies are discussed in the context of the Pearl River delta region, the economic core of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. Closely proximate to Hong Kong, with many Overseas Chinese connections, the province was given opportunities to innovate within the new policy option and has been marked by rapid economic growth. The article focuses on the impact of industrialization, commercialization, and globalization in four contrasting areas of the Pearl River delta in the 1980s and 1990s. At a general level, what McGee has called desakota zones have emerged and follow a development process which is similar to that observed in parts of East and Southeast Asia in the 1970s. When examined from the perspective of villages and localities, the blending of government policies, geographical location, and market forces with an array of local social values has resulted in separate and distinctive patterns of development. THEORETICAL ISSUES Both modernization theory and the dependency approach, despite their dierences, agree upon a continued distinction between`rural' and`urban' sectors. In the 1980s, McGee's eorts to explain rural development in parts of Asia provided an alternative account to the modernization and dependency/ world-system perspectives (McGee, 1989, 1991). He noted that in some parts This research project has been generously supported by the Research Grants Division of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Foundation of Canada; we are deeply grateful for this support. Our thanks go to the Chinese Consulate-General in Vancouver, the Guangdong Oce of External Aairs, the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Aairs Oce, and to all the local hosts, cadres and villagers in our ®eld sites. We thank Dr George Lin Chu-sheng for the use of the map designed by him. We take full responsibility for the interpretations and any errors in this article.
Chinese Geographical Science, 2001
The Pearl River (Zhujiang) Deha (PRD) has been a focal point in reform era academic circles not o... more The Pearl River (Zhujiang) Deha (PRD) has been a focal point in reform era academic circles not only for its dramatic industrial growth but also the simultaneous agricultural development. Unlike most of existing research on the PRD economic development and transformation from the whole region level, this paper explored this question from the perspective of a township using Beijiao in Shunde City as a case study. Unlike the conclusions of existing studies which attribute the regional economic transition to the macro factors, particularly the influence of external investment, this research reveals that at the level of township, the local government, the town-village owned enterprises and the individuals have been playing remarkable roles in local economic transformation. In the early stage since the economic reform, Beijiao township government, replacing the central and provincial governments before, began to manipulate the development of town-village owned enterprises and lead the local economic transformation from agricultural to industrial dominated. As the town-village owned enterprises grew during the later years, they gradually acted as the main dominant player leading the local agricultural and industrial growth. At the same time the individuals in Beijiao were playing more independent role to gain their most profits. While the local government changed to be the real manager of local economies. So the local economic transition was not entirely externally driven. In another word, the "driven from outside" model can not totally explain the economic fact in this specific region.
China Review International, 1999
China Review International, 1996
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](The China Quarterly, 1984
The China Quarterly, 1988
A Chinese Melting Pot, 2019
Hong Kong was occupied by Japanese military forces from 1941-45. The occupation was brutal. Many ... more Hong Kong was occupied by Japanese military forces from 1941-45. The occupation was brutal. Many died and women were abused by soldiers. There was clandestine support for guerilla activities. Civil war, and revolution, in China after 1945 brought investment by, especially, industrialists from the Shanghai area and the onset of industrialization, primarily in textiles. There was mass migration from China which provided labour for industry but caused major housing problems. Village lands were overwhelmed by industry and immigrants which reduced the original Hakka inhabitants to a numerical minority, but brought them rental income. Their distinctive land rights were key for development of the growing town and allowed kin groups and some families to flourish. The original inhabitants maintained political dominance through the Rural Committee. Some villages were re-sited away from the growing town centre in the early 1960s, but development was compromised by colony-wide disturbances in 1...
A Chinese Melting Pot, 2019
Tsuen Wan offered an appropriate, although politically challenging, research site to social scien... more Tsuen Wan offered an appropriate, although politically challenging, research site to social scientists interested in the social effects of economic transformation. The process of refining their methods and specific locations took some months, during which the authors explored the town and its surroundings, studied district office records, and learned about the complexities of land ownership in this industrial town in the New Territories. Elizabeth focused primarily on one village, studying the effects of industrialization on families and the demographic transition as well as the survival of lineages, while Graham focused on the adaptation of immigrants through the formation of associations and questions of leadership overall.
Perspectives chinoises, 1996
Johnson Graham B. Le développement du delta de la Rivière des Perles. In: Perspectives chinoises,... more Johnson Graham B. Le développement du delta de la Rivière des Perles. In: Perspectives chinoises, n°33, 1996. pp. 15-23
MHR: Basic science of reproductive medicine, 2011
Intact ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) comprise the majority of somatic transcripts, yet appear conspicuou... more Intact ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) comprise the majority of somatic transcripts, yet appear conspicuously absent in spermatozoa, perhaps reflecting cytoplasmic expulsion during spermatogenesis. To discern their fate, total RNA retained in mature spermatozoa from three fertile donors was characterized by Next Generation Sequencing. In all samples, .75% of total sequence reads aligned to rRNAs. The distribution of reads along the length of these transcripts exhibited a high degree of non-uniformity that was reiterated between donors. The coverage of sequencing reads was inversely correlated with guanine-cytosine (GC)-richness such that sequences greater than 70% GC were virtually absent in all sperm RNA samples. To confirm the loss of sequence, the relative abundance of specific regions of the 28S transcripts in sperm was established by 7-Deaza-2 ′-deoxy-guanosine-5 ′-triphosphate RT-PCR. The inability to amplify specific regions of the 28S sequence from sperm despite the abundant representation of this transcript in the sequencing libraries demonstrates that approximately three-quarters of RNA retained in the mature male gamete are products of rRNA fragmentation. Hence, cleavage (not expulsion of the RNA component of the translational machinery) is responsible for preventing spurious translation following spermiogenesis. These results highlight the potential importance of those transcripts, including many mRNAs, which evade fragmentation and remain intact when sperm are delivered at fertilization. Sequencing data are deposited in GEO as: GSE29160.
Electronic Workshops in Computing, 2007
Personalization of a self-services kiosk or ATM may provide the user with an efficient means of o... more Personalization of a self-services kiosk or ATM may provide the user with an efficient means of obtaining new appropriate services with the degree of immediate gratification consumers now require. Successful personalization relies on many factors including acceptance of the services provided and the way these services are delivered. This paper presents a summary of the results from a recent investigation of personalized services at a self-service kiosk and the use of avatars as a potential interface style. Results indicate that users-in particular younger userswould accept personal information being used and would accept new services such as news headlines and budgeting advice at a self-service kiosk.
American Ethnologist, 1986
Journal of Asian and African Studies, 1992
Transnational Corporations Review, 2009
Western China and western Canada are significant parts of their respective national economies, an... more Western China and western Canada are significant parts of their respective national economies, and are societies that experienced distinctive developmental trajectories. The two regions also share some intriguing characteristics. This paper compares the two regions in terms of the development process.
Reviews in Anthropology, 1993
Siu, Helen F., ed. Furrows: Peasants, Intellectuals, and the State. Stories and Histories from Mo... more Siu, Helen F., ed. Furrows: Peasants, Intellectuals, and the State. Stories and Histories from Modern China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990. xiii + 341 pp. including notes and references. 39.40cloth,39.40 cloth, 39.40cloth,12.95 paper. Friedman, Edward, Paul G. Pickowicz, and Mark Selden with Kay Ann Johnson. Chinese Village, Socialist State. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. xxiv + 336 pp. including references and index. $35.00 cloth.
The Journal of Asian Studies, 1985
The Journal of Asian Studies, 1973
Journal of Asian and African Studies, 1978
The allegoriser says that the sword in Christ's thought was not of steel, but referred rather to ... more The allegoriser says that the sword in Christ's thought was not of steel, but referred rather to intellectual weapons.
International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 1975
Development and Change, 1997
Since the reforms that began in 1979, economic development in China has been marked by four major... more Since the reforms that began in 1979, economic development in China has been marked by four major policy initiatives: the reintegration of the Chinese economy with the global economy, the decentralization of economic decision making away from the central state to lower levels, and, especially in the coastal regions, the shift away from subsistence agriculture towards rural industrialization and increasing commercialization. In this article, the eects of the reform policies are discussed in the context of the Pearl River delta region, the economic core of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. Closely proximate to Hong Kong, with many Overseas Chinese connections, the province was given opportunities to innovate within the new policy option and has been marked by rapid economic growth. The article focuses on the impact of industrialization, commercialization, and globalization in four contrasting areas of the Pearl River delta in the 1980s and 1990s. At a general level, what McGee has called desakota zones have emerged and follow a development process which is similar to that observed in parts of East and Southeast Asia in the 1970s. When examined from the perspective of villages and localities, the blending of government policies, geographical location, and market forces with an array of local social values has resulted in separate and distinctive patterns of development. THEORETICAL ISSUES Both modernization theory and the dependency approach, despite their dierences, agree upon a continued distinction between`rural' and`urban' sectors. In the 1980s, McGee's eorts to explain rural development in parts of Asia provided an alternative account to the modernization and dependency/ world-system perspectives (McGee, 1989, 1991). He noted that in some parts This research project has been generously supported by the Research Grants Division of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Foundation of Canada; we are deeply grateful for this support. Our thanks go to the Chinese Consulate-General in Vancouver, the Guangdong Oce of External Aairs, the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Aairs Oce, and to all the local hosts, cadres and villagers in our ®eld sites. We thank Dr George Lin Chu-sheng for the use of the map designed by him. We take full responsibility for the interpretations and any errors in this article.
Chinese Geographical Science, 2001
The Pearl River (Zhujiang) Deha (PRD) has been a focal point in reform era academic circles not o... more The Pearl River (Zhujiang) Deha (PRD) has been a focal point in reform era academic circles not only for its dramatic industrial growth but also the simultaneous agricultural development. Unlike most of existing research on the PRD economic development and transformation from the whole region level, this paper explored this question from the perspective of a township using Beijiao in Shunde City as a case study. Unlike the conclusions of existing studies which attribute the regional economic transition to the macro factors, particularly the influence of external investment, this research reveals that at the level of township, the local government, the town-village owned enterprises and the individuals have been playing remarkable roles in local economic transformation. In the early stage since the economic reform, Beijiao township government, replacing the central and provincial governments before, began to manipulate the development of town-village owned enterprises and lead the local economic transformation from agricultural to industrial dominated. As the town-village owned enterprises grew during the later years, they gradually acted as the main dominant player leading the local agricultural and industrial growth. At the same time the individuals in Beijiao were playing more independent role to gain their most profits. While the local government changed to be the real manager of local economies. So the local economic transition was not entirely externally driven. In another word, the "driven from outside" model can not totally explain the economic fact in this specific region.
China Review International, 1999
China Review International, 1996
The China Quarterly, 1984
The China Quarterly, 1988