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Studies on Contemporary Chinese Intellectuals
Editorial Sub-Committee
The publication policy of the City University of Hong Kong Press was established by the University but follows international publishing practices. An Editorial Subcommittee, established under the University Press Committee, makes the final decision on publication for each submission.
Our Editorial Sub-Committee comprises of scholars from various disciplines of the City University of Hong Kong whose professional and valuable advice help us focus our publishing direction and mission.
Chairman
Prof. CHING May Bo (Chinese and History Department)
CHING May Bo is currently a Professor of History and the Head of the Department of Chinese and History at City University of Hong Kong, as well as the “Distinguished Professor of the Pearl River Scholars” in Guangdong Province (Sun Yat-sen University). She has published extensively on a variety of subjects relating to the social and cultural history of modern China, examining how the regional culture of South China took shape in a trans-regional context. Her monographs include Culture and National Identity: The Shaping of “Guangdong Culture” since the Late Qing (2006, 2018), Encountering Whang Tong: The little people and the big world along the Pearl River estuary in the 18th and 19th centuries (2021, 2022). She compiled and edited the Diaries of Mr. Yuen Jim Fan, the owner of Tai Ping Theatre, 1926-1949 (2023), and co-authored and edited a number of books such as The Popular Culture of Canton-Hong Kong-Macau and Urban Transformation (2017), and Symbols of Authority: Studies on the Chinese Flag Collection held by the National Maritime Museum, London (2023). She has also published numerous journal articles and book chapters in Chinese, English, and Japanese.
Members
Prof. DING Chunyan (School of Law)
DING Chunyan joined City University of Hong Kong in July 2010. She obtained her LLB and LLM at Peking University, LLM at University College London, and PhD at The University of Hong Kong. She became a qualified lawyer in the People’s Republic of China in 2001. Before joining the School of Law, Prof. Ding was a Fulbright research fellow at Harvard Law School, where she conducted research on comparative health law and tort law from 2008–09. Her primary areas of research and teaching are medical law, tort law, contract law, and comparative law.
Prof. Kenneth Kam-Wing LO (Department of Chemistry)
Prof. Kenneth Lo is a Chair Professor of the Department of Chemistry at City University of Hong Kong. He obtained his BSc and PhD degrees from The University of Hong Kong. He then served as a Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. In 1999, he joined the Department of Biology and Chemistry (now the Department of Chemistry) at City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor and has been a Chair Professor since 2023. His research focuses on luminescent transition metal complexes used as biomolecular probes, bioimaging reagents, and photocytotoxic agents. Prof. Lo currently serves as the Programme Leader of BSc Chemistry and is a member of the College Board. He was the Director of the Talent and Education Development Office from 2023 to 2025.
Prof. YAN Xiu (Department of Linguistics and Translation)
Jackie Xiu Yan received her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is now Subject Leader of the MA Translation Program in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at City University of Hong Kong. Her research and teaching interests include interpreter and translator training, audio description, classical Chinese translation, and Applied Linguistics. She has published profusely in these areas. Her books include Research on Translator and Interpreter Training: A collective Volume of Bibliometric Reviews and Empirical Studies on Learners, Cultural Identity and Language Anxiety (edited), and The Commentary of the Analects (translation). She has also edited a series of history works in Chinese translation, and served as editor and reviewer for important academic journals. In 2021, she has won a silver medal in the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. She is now President of the Hong Kong Association of University Women (HKAUW).