Mental Health in China – A Westerner’s perspective
August 20, 2015
By Nicola Swain, Student of UNNC Summer School 2015. Around the world we are becoming increasingly more aware of the impact of mental health problems on people and society. In the UK it is predicted that 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem at some point. In China less is known about …
Chengdu’s creative spaces – cultural diamonds or lead balloons?
February 21, 2014
By Philip Crosbie, PhD candidate, School of Asian Studies, University College Cork. As one of Chinas emerging cities in the south-west, Chengdu is quickly becoming one of the most prosperous and talked about cities in the country’s landscape of urban development. Most projections forecast that Chengdu is becoming a key area of domestic and foreign …