Annual Report 2006

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Annual Report 2006 Annual Report 2006 Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences 31 March 2007 Annual Report 2006 Message from the Director CONTENTS As XTBG approaches its our efforts towards practical and applied Message from the Director ............................................. 1 fiftieth anniversary, we are questions facing Yunnan, China, and the globe. experiencing a major phase SCIENCE........................................................................... 3 of growth, in terms of our On August 11, 2006, Professor Lu Yongxiang Project development ............................................................................4 living collections, our public visited XTBG for the fourth time as the outreach and research president of the Chinese Academy of Science. Research and outreach progress highlights ......................................10 activities. With this rapid Two years ago, when he last visited XTBG, Improvement of research facility ........................................................13 growth also comes the need Professor Lu stated: ‘Botanical garden is for careful and thoughtful planning. During my not only just a place for satisfying scientists’ Conferences and symposia ...............................................................15 first year as Director of XTBG, I was pleased curiosity, instead, it needs to be appreciated by HORTICULTURE ............................................................ 23 to host Professor Sun Xiaoxiang who acted as and useful to common public, local government the chief designer of the new master plan for and the scientists at home and abroad.’ This Species Enrichment Project ...............................................................24 XTBG. With Dr. Sun’s support and guidance, important statement now has become the New Western Parkway Entrance .......................................................25 we successfully completed the third and final guideline for botanical garden development version of the master plan for XTBG this within CAS. During his visit, Professor Lu was Collections & Nursery.........................................................................26 year. This master plan has received strong satisfied by the progress achieved by XTBG’ Phenological Observation ..................................................................26 support and appreciation from a national top- Species Enrichment Project. He highlighted level scientific committee, chaired by CAS the necessity, in XTBG’s role as one of the Data management..............................................................................26 Vice President, Professor CHEN Zhu. The national botanical gardens, to preserve and to PUBLIC EDUCATION ..................................................... 27 committee also included four academicians conduct research on strategic plant resources, who specialize in landscape architecture and especially to meet the country’s present and Xishuangbanna ..................................................................................28 related disciplines. In addition to providing future needs, such as biofuel plant resources. Beijing ................................................................................................29 a clear idea for a spatial arrangement of different functional sections of XTBG, the plan Another unforgettable event this year was Shanghai ............................................................................................30 also serves as a guide for future landscape the opportunity to host the annual meeting Kunming .............................................................................................30 management. While we fully expect this plan to of the Association for Tropical Biology and adapt to changing conditions and management, Conservation (ATBC). Attended by more than Hongkong ...........................................................................................30 it currently illustrates our vision for XTBG’s 300 biologists, with more than 200 international Europe................................................................................................31 future development. participants representing 40 different countries, the meeting was a huge success. The PARTNERSHIP ............................................................... 32 As an essential part of the master plan, we tried participants greatly enjoyed our Chinese TEAM BUILDING AND TALENT TRAINING .................... 34 to anticipate XTBG’s growth and development hospitality and efficiency. Representing the over the next five years. This five year action largest international organization devoted to VISITS ............................................................................. 38 plan grew out of a series of brainstorming tropical biology and conservation, scientists FINANCIAL REVIEW .......................................................42 sessions among senior XTBG scientists and from around the globe discussed current administrators. Compared to previous action findings and exchanged news. Meanwhile, PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND RESULTS ................. 43 plans, this plan focuses on expanding the our colleagues and graduate students also PUBLICATIONS .............................................................. 44 impact that XTBG could achieve as a research enjoyed this marvelous chance for a face-to- and conservation institution, instead of just face chat with many well-known scientists. listing the number of publications, patents One of the most prominent outputs of the and grants produced by our staff. While our meeting was the ‘Kunming Declaration’. The academic and funding achievements have declaration emphasized the great concern been substantial, we hope to better integrate shared by tropical biologists everywhere 1 Annual Report 2006 about the potential tropical biodiversity crisis, for the highest number of visitors in a single particularly in Asia. Asia currently has the day to the garden. For a remote garden like highest deforestation rates of any major region XTBG, situated in the rural countryside near in the world. the southern Chinese border, which was truly a phenomenal number of visitors. Looking at the For 2006, we kept our focus on regional crowd, I was immersed in deep thought: What biodiversity conservation. We are actively could XTBG provide these visitors to take back involved in the ‘Biodiversity Conservation with them on their long journey home? How Corridor Initiative (BCI)’ program. BCI is a could XTBG use this obvious public interest large-scale biodiversity conservation action in the natural world to promote sustainable for the Greater Mekong Subregion endorsed management of our environment? How could by Asian Development Bank (ADB). In late XTBG ensure that future generations would be January, Dr. CAO Min led a team from XTBG able to enjoy the beauty and splendor of our on a one-month field trip to Cambodia for a gardens? preliminary feasibility study. The project aims to help Cambodia to set up the first national botanical garden, and thus enhancing the national capacity in biodiversity management in Cambodia. Additionally, we organized and hosted two training courses at XTBG for the purposes of regional capacity building: ‘Training Dr. CHEN Jin Course on Advanced Techniques in Frugivory Director of XTBG and Seed Dispersal’ and ‘Chinese National Canopy Workshop’. As the first and newly elected president of ATBC’s Asian-Pacific SSCIENCECIENCE Chapter, I have done everything possible to facilitate collaboration among scientists throughout tropical Asia and to enhance our overall capacity for research and conservation. Meanwhile, we have also been very involved in the local communities of Xishuangbanna. We co-sponsored a master plan study for our hometown, Menglun, and we established a mechanism to promote cooperation between XTBG and the Administrative Bureau for Xishuangbanna National Natural Reserve. We also initiated major programs in the forests surrounding the gardens, including the large mapped forest plot (20-ha) for long-term forest ecosystem study and co-management of the limestone forest (225 ha) in Menglun. XTBG staff has also contributed signifi cantly to reduce poverty in Mengla county. The second phase of garden development has been appointed as one of the key projects for ecotourism by Yunnan provincial government, with a grant totaling 15 million RMB grant. On February 20, 2007, the third day of the Chinese New Year, the garden received a total of 10,800 visitors, thus setting the record 2 3 Annual Report 2006 Project development Xishuangbanna Biodiversity Conservation Corridors a pilot project sponsored by the Asian Development Bank Regional economic corridors are expected to XTBG scientists and ADB fi eld mission experts. play a crucial role in delivering the development agenda in the Greater Mekong Subregion Based on previous work, in April 2005, the (GMS). But there is concern that increasing scientists of XTBG proposed to the ADB field development activities in the economic corridors mission experts to implement a “great green Visit of XTBG delegation to may adversely affect critical ecosystems triangle program” in the border areas of China National University of Laos and high value biodiversity areas resulting in – Laos – Vietnam, to maintain the ecological fragmentation of natural landscapes. This would integrity and connectivity of the nature undermine the functioning and performance of reserves. The experts were very impressed the region's ecosystems,
Recommended publications
  • China Data Supplement
    China Data Supplement October 2008 J People’s Republic of China J Hong Kong SAR J Macau SAR J Taiwan ISSN 0943-7533 China aktuell Data Supplement – PRC, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, Taiwan 1 Contents The Main National Leadership of the PRC ......................................................................... 2 LIU Jen-Kai The Main Provincial Leadership of the PRC ..................................................................... 29 LIU Jen-Kai Data on Changes in PRC Main Leadership ...................................................................... 36 LIU Jen-Kai PRC Agreements with Foreign Countries ......................................................................... 42 LIU Jen-Kai PRC Laws and Regulations .............................................................................................. 45 LIU Jen-Kai Hong Kong SAR................................................................................................................ 54 LIU Jen-Kai Macau SAR....................................................................................................................... 61 LIU Jen-Kai Taiwan .............................................................................................................................. 66 LIU Jen-Kai ISSN 0943-7533 All information given here is derived from generally accessible sources. Publisher/Distributor: GIGA Institute of Asian Studies Rothenbaumchaussee 32 20148 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 (0 40) 42 88 74-0 Fax: +49 (040) 4107945 2 October 2008 The Main National Leadership of the
    [Show full text]
  • Hong Kong SAR
    China Data Supplement November 2006 J People’s Republic of China J Hong Kong SAR J Macau SAR J Taiwan ISSN 0943-7533 China aktuell Data Supplement – PRC, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, Taiwan 1 Contents The Main National Leadership of the PRC 2 LIU Jen-Kai The Main Provincial Leadership of the PRC 30 LIU Jen-Kai Data on Changes in PRC Main Leadership 37 LIU Jen-Kai PRC Agreements with Foreign Countries 47 LIU Jen-Kai PRC Laws and Regulations 50 LIU Jen-Kai Hong Kong SAR 54 Political, Social and Economic Data LIU Jen-Kai Macau SAR 61 Political, Social and Economic Data LIU Jen-Kai Taiwan 65 Political, Social and Economic Data LIU Jen-Kai ISSN 0943-7533 All information given here is derived from generally accessible sources. Publisher/Distributor: GIGA Institute of Asian Affairs Rothenbaumchaussee 32 20148 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 (0 40) 42 88 74-0 Fax: +49 (040) 4107945 2 November 2006 The Main National Leadership of the PRC LIU Jen-Kai Abbreviations and Explanatory Notes CCP CC Chinese Communist Party Central Committee CCa Central Committee, alternate member CCm Central Committee, member CCSm Central Committee Secretariat, member PBa Politburo, alternate member PBm Politburo, member Cdr. Commander Chp. Chairperson CPPCC Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference CYL Communist Youth League Dep. P.C. Deputy Political Commissar Dir. Director exec. executive f female Gen.Man. General Manager Gen.Sec. General Secretary Hon.Chp. Honorary Chairperson H.V.-Chp. Honorary Vice-Chairperson MPC Municipal People’s Congress NPC National People’s Congress PCC Political Consultative Conference PLA People’s Liberation Army Pol.Com.
    [Show full text]
  • Supplemental Information
    Supplemental information Table S1 Sample information for the 36 Bactrocera minax populations and 8 Bactrocera tsuneonis populations used in this study Species Collection site Code Latitude Longitude Accession number B. minax Shimen County, Changde SM 29.6536°N 111.0646°E MK121987 - City, Hunan Province MK122016 Hongjiang County, HJ 27.2104°N 109.7884°E MK122052 - Huaihua City, Hunan MK122111 Province 27.2208°N 109.7694°E MK122112 - MK122144 Jingzhou Miao and Dong JZ 26.6774°N 109.7341°E MK122145 - Autonomous County, MK122174 Huaihua City, Hunan Province Mayang Miao MY 27.8036°N 109.8247°E MK122175 - Autonomous County, MK122204 Huaihua City, Hunan Province Luodian county, Qiannan LD 25.3426°N 106.6638°E MK124218 - Buyi and Miao MK124245 Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province Dongkou County, DK 27.0806°N 110.7209°E MK122205 - Shaoyang City, Hunan MK122234 Province Shaodong County, SD 27.2478°N 111.8964°E MK122235 - Shaoyang City, Hunan MK122264 Province 27.2056°N 111.8245°E MK122265 - MK122284 Xinning County, XN 26.4652°N 110.7256°E MK122022 - Shaoyang City,Hunan MK122051 Province 26.5387°N 110.7586°E MK122285 - MK122298 Baojing County, Xiangxi BJ 28.6154°N 109.4081°E MK122299 - Tujia and Miao MK122328 Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province 28.2802°N 109.4581°E MK122329 - MK122358 Guzhang County, GZ 28.6171°N 109.9508°E MK122359 - Xiangxi Tujia and Miao MK122388 Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province Luxi County, Xiangxi LX 28.2341°N 110.0571°E MK122389 - Tujia and Miao MK122407 Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province Yongshun County, YS 29.0023°N
    [Show full text]
  • Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
    3/2006 Data Supplement PR China Hong Kong SAR Macau SAR Taiwan CHINA aktuell Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Data Supplement People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, Taiwan ISSN 0943-7533 All information given here is derived from generally accessible sources. Publisher/Distributor: Institute of Asian Affairs Rothenbaumchaussee 32 20148 Hamburg Germany Phone: (0 40) 42 88 74-0 Fax:(040)4107945 Contributors: Uwe Kotzel Dr. Liu Jen-Kai Christine Reinking Dr. Günter Schucher Dr. Margot Schüller Contents The Main National Leadership of the PRC LIU JEN-KAI 3 The Main Provincial Leadership of the PRC LIU JEN-KAI 22 Data on Changes in PRC Main Leadership LIU JEN-KAI 27 PRC Agreements with Foreign Countries LIU JEN-KAI 30 PRC Laws and Regulations LIU JEN-KAI 34 Hong Kong SAR Political Data LIU JEN-KAI 36 Macau SAR Political Data LIU JEN-KAI 39 Taiwan Political Data LIU JEN-KAI 41 Bibliography of Articles on the PRC, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and on Taiwan UWE KOTZEL / LIU JEN-KAI / CHRISTINE REINKING / GÜNTER SCHUCHER 43 CHINA aktuell Data Supplement - 3 - 3/2006 Dep.Dir.: CHINESE COMMUNIST Li Jianhua 03/07 PARTY Li Zhiyong 05/07 The Main National Ouyang Song 05/08 Shen Yueyue (f) CCa 03/01 Leadership of the Sun Xiaoqun 00/08 Wang Dongming 02/10 CCP CC General Secretary Zhang Bolin (exec.) 98/03 PRC Hu Jintao 02/11 Zhao Hongzhu (exec.) 00/10 Zhao Zongnai 00/10 Liu Jen-Kai POLITBURO Sec.-Gen.: Li Zhiyong 01/03 Standing Committee Members Propaganda (Publicity) Department Hu Jintao 92/10 Dir.: Liu Yunshan PBm CCSm 02/10 Huang Ju 02/11
    [Show full text]
  • KDD 2016 Agenda at a Glance
    KDD 2016 Agenda at a Glance Friday, August 12th 8:00AM ­ 5:00PM BPDM Workshop Continental 9 4:00AM ­ 6:00PM Registration East Lounge Saturday, August 13th (Tutorials) 7:00AM ­ 5:00PM Registration East Lounge 8:00AM ­ 5:00PM BPDM Workshop Continental 9 10:00AM­10:30A Coffee Break Continental Foyer M 12:00PM ­ 1:00PM Lunch ­ ON OWN 3:00PM ­ 3:30PM Coffee Break Continental Foyer MORNING TUTORIALS 8:00AM ­ Tutorial 12: Enabling the Discovery of Plaza Room A/B 12:00PM Reliable Information from Passively and Actively Crowdsourced Data 8:00AM ­ Tutorial 10: Business Applications of Imperial Ballroom A & 12:00PM Predictive Modeling at Scale B 8:00AM ­ Tutorial 3: Collective Sensemaking via Continental 1­4 12:00PM Social Sensors 8:00AM ­ Tutorial 7: Algorithmic Bias: From Continental 6­8 12:00PM Discrimination Discovery to Fairness­Aware Data Mining 8:00AM ­ Tutorial 8: Extracting Optimal Performance Grand Ballroom Salon 12:00PM From Dynamic Time Warping A AFTERNOON TUTORIALS 3 1:00PM ­ 5:00PM Tutorial 11: Leveraging Propagation for Plaza Room A/B Data Mining: Models, Algorithms and Applications 1:00PM ­ 5:00PM Tutorial 9: Scalable Learning of Graphical Imperial Ballroom A & Models B 1:00PM ­ 5:00PM Tutorial 4: Lifelong Machine Learning and Continental 1­4 Computer Reading the Web 1:00PM ­ 5:00PM Tutorial 6: Healthcare Data Mining with Continental 5 Matrix Models 1:00PM ­ 5:00PM Tutorial 5: IoT Big Data Stream Mining Continental 6­8 1:00PM ­ 5:00PM Tutorial 2: Deep Learning Grand Ballroom Salon A Sunday, August 14th (Workshops and Opening) 7:30AM
    [Show full text]
  • RRA REPORT of XISHUANGBANNA DAI NATIONALITY AUTONOMOUS PREFECTURE Watershed Profile
    Page 1 of 8 Regional Environmental Technical Assistance 5771 Poverty Reduction & Environmental Management in Remote Greater Mekong Subregion Watersheds Project (Phase I) RRA REPORT OF XISHUANGBANNA DAI NATIONALITY AUTONOMOUS PREFECTURE Watershed Profile By Bo Zhou Meng Guangtao Fang Bo Dai Yiyuan CONTENTS 1. BACKGROUND 2. SELECTION OF SAMPLE VILLAGES 3. ROUGH AND ELEMENTARY OPINIONS 3.1 Traditional Land and Natural Resource Use Patterns Affecting Environment 3.2 Elementary Opinion of Education, Health, and Development Plan 3.3 Land Use Conditions 3.4 Agricultural Production Technologies 3.5 Human Pressures to Forest Resources 4. SUGGESTIONS 1. BACKGROUND Xishuangbanna Dai Nationality Autonomous Prefecture is located in Southwest part of Yunnan Province, 99 o58 o to 101 o 50 o E, and 21 o 09 o to 22 o 36 o N, with a total land area of 19,124.5 km 2, of which hills and mountains account for 95%. The Prefecture borders Burma and Lao PDR. There is a provincial route of highway accessible to the capital Jinghong City of the Prefecture from provincial capital Kunming, with the length of about 730 km. The flights from Kunming to Jinghong only take about 50 minutes. Page 2 of 8 Xishuangbanna Dai Nationality Autonomous Prefecture is also located in the drainage area of Lancang River water systems, in which 2,762 great and small rivers are distributed. Mainly, there are 16 arterial anabranches such as Luosuo River, Nanla River, Liusha River, Nanxian River, and Nanguo River, and 65 secondary anabranches in the region. The great rivers (main streams) flow 187.5 km in the Prefecture.
    [Show full text]
  • Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
    China Data Supplement May 2007 J People’s Republic of China J Hong Kong SAR J Macau SAR J Taiwan ISSN 0943-7533 China aktuell Data Supplement – PRC, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, Taiwan 1 Contents The Main National Leadership of the PRC .......................................................................... 2 LIU Jen-Kai The Main Provincial Leadership of the PRC ..................................................................... 30 LIU Jen-Kai Data on Changes in PRC Main Leadership ...................................................................... 37 LIU Jen-Kai PRC Agreements with Foreign Countries ......................................................................... 42 LIU Jen-Kai PRC Laws and Regulations .............................................................................................. 44 LIU Jen-Kai Hong Kong SAR ................................................................................................................ 45 LIU Jen-Kai Macau SAR ....................................................................................................................... 52 LIU Jen-Kai Taiwan .............................................................................................................................. 56 LIU Jen-Kai ISSN 0943-7533 All information given here is derived from generally accessible sources. Publisher/Distributor: GIGA Institute of Asian Studies Rothenbaumchaussee 32 20148 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 (0 40) 42 88 74-0 Fax: +49 (040) 4107945 2 May 2007 The Main National Leadership of the PRC
    [Show full text]
  • Xishuangbanna Autonomous Dai Prefecture Yunnan, China
    Situational Analysis Report: Xishuangbanna Autonomous Dai Prefecture Yunnan, China RESEARCH PROGRAM ON Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics World Agroforestry Centre Working Paper Situational Analysis Report: Xishuangbanna Autonomous Dai Prefecture Yunnan, China James Hammond, Dr Zhuangfang Yi, Timothy McLellan, Jiawen Zhao Working Paper 194 – ii – – iii – About the authors James Hammond works on integrative approaches to solve environmental problems. He holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master of science in environmental sustainability. He is currently a PhD RESEARCH candidate developing new approaches towards collaborative design of agricultural development innovations. PROGRAM ON His current research focus is on Xishuangbanna using participatory and descriptive research methods to better Integrated Systems understand the context in which innovations may be adopted; and also in Guatemala using a similar set of for the Humid methods to approach a different set of problems. Tropics Zhuangfang Yi is a member of the Xishuangbanna ethnic minority. She obtained her PhD studying market- based incentive schemes for the promotion of eco-friendly rubber in Xishuangbanna. As a research fellow at ICRAF, Dr Yi has published several peer-reviewed journal articles, reports and a book chapter in varying Leadership Group, she has also helped the Xishuangbanna government to develop their 12th 5-year biodiversity Correct citation: Timothy McLellan Hammond, J., Yi, Z., McLellan, T., Zhao, J., 2015. Situational Analysis Report: Xishuangbanna Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in law and Chinese from The School of Oriental and African Studies, a master’s Autonomous Dai Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. ICRAF Working Paper 194. World degree in law and anthropology from the London School of Economics, and is currently a PhD candidate in Agroforestry Centre East and Central Asia, Kunming, China, 2015.
    [Show full text]
  • Yunnan Provincial Highway Bureau
    IPP740 REV World Bank-financed Yunnan Highway Assets management Project Public Disclosure Authorized Ethnic Minority Development Plan of the Yunnan Highway Assets Management Project Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Yunnan Provincial Highway Bureau July 2014 Public Disclosure Authorized EMDP of the Yunnan Highway Assets management Project Summary of the EMDP A. Introduction 1. According to the Feasibility Study Report and RF, the Project involves neither land acquisition nor house demolition, and involves temporary land occupation only. This report aims to strengthen the development of ethnic minorities in the project area, and includes mitigation and benefit enhancing measures, and funding sources. The project area involves a number of ethnic minorities, including Yi, Hani and Lisu. B. Socioeconomic profile of ethnic minorities 2. Poverty and income: The Project involves 16 cities/prefectures in Yunnan Province. In 2013, there were 6.61 million poor population in Yunnan Province, which accounting for 17.54% of total population. In 2013, the per capita net income of rural residents in Yunnan Province was 6,141 yuan. 3. Gender Heads of households are usually men, reflecting the superior status of men. Both men and women do farm work, where men usually do more physically demanding farm work, such as fertilization, cultivation, pesticide application, watering, harvesting and transport, while women usually do housework or less physically demanding farm work, such as washing clothes, cooking, taking care of old people and children, feeding livestock, and field management. In Lijiang and Dali, Bai and Naxi women also do physically demanding labor, which is related to ethnic customs. Means of production are usually purchased by men, while daily necessities usually by women.
    [Show full text]
  • The Mission Was Conducted by Mr
    Report by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Fact-Finding Mission on the Legal Protection of National Folklore China November 28 to December 4, 2002 The Mission was conducted by Mr. Wend Wendland, Head, Traditional Creativity and Cultural Expressions Section, Traditional Knowledge Division, and Ms. Helga Tabuchi, Assistant Legal Officer, Copyright Law Division, Copyright and Related Rights Sector, of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). WIPO’s meetings and activities in China were facilitated and coordinated by the Ministry of Culture of the Chinese Government. The WIPO representatives were accompanied throughout the mission by Mr. Lei Xining, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Policy and Regulation, Ministry of Culture; Mr. Ye Qi Lian, Vice Director, Department of Culture, Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee, National People’s Congress; Ms. Zhao Weiying, Division of Multilateral Affairs, Bureau for External Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture; Miss Wang Heyun, Department of Policy and Law, Ministry of Culture; and, Mr. Cai Yenghui, Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture (in Yunnan only). Beijing The WIPO delegation arrived in Beijing on November 28, 2002, where they were met by the above officials. The WIPO and Chinese officials departed on that same day for Kunming, Yunnan Province, the province in which the fact-finding mission took place. ./. The Terms of Reference for this mission are attached. Kunming On Thursday, November 28, upon arrival in Kunming, the WIPO delegation and the Ministry of Culture officials participated in a dinner hosted by the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture. Among the local officials hosting the dinner were Ms. Zhao Zi Zhuang, Deputy Director of the Department.
    [Show full text]
  • With New Collections from Yunnan Province, China
    life Article A Taxonomic Appraisal of Bambusicolous Fungi in Occultibambusaceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes) with New Collections from Yunnan Province, China Hong-Bo Jiang 1,2,3,4, Rungtiwa Phookamsak 2,5,6,7,8 , Kevin D. Hyde 3,4,9, Peter E. Mortimer 2,6,7, Jian-Chu Xu 2,5,6 , Pattana Kakumyan 4, Samantha C. Karunarathna 2,5,6,7,* and Jaturong Kumla 1,8,* 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; [email protected] 2 Centre for Mountain Futures (CMF), Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming 650201, China; [email protected] (R.P.); [email protected] (P.E.M.); [email protected] (J.-C.X.) 3 Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; [email protected] 4 School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; [email protected] 5 CIFOR-ICRAF China Program, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kunming 650201, China 6 Honghe Center for Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Honghe County 654400, China 7 Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China 8 Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand 9 Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Citation: Jiang, H.-B.; Phookamsak, Guangzhou 510000, China R.; Hyde, K.D.; Mortimer, P.E.; Xu, * Correspondence: [email protected] (S.C.K.); [email protected] (J.K.) J.-C.; Kakumyan, P.; Karunarathna, S.C.; Kumla, J.
    [Show full text]
  • Representing Talented Women in Eighteenth-Century Chinese Painting: Thirteen Female Disciples Seeking Instruction at the Lake Pavilion
    REPRESENTING TALENTED WOMEN IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE PAINTING: THIRTEEN FEMALE DISCIPLES SEEKING INSTRUCTION AT THE LAKE PAVILION By Copyright 2016 Janet C. Chen Submitted to the graduate degree program in Art History and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. ________________________________ Chairperson Marsha Haufler ________________________________ Amy McNair ________________________________ Sherry Fowler ________________________________ Jungsil Jenny Lee ________________________________ Keith McMahon Date Defended: May 13, 2016 The Dissertation Committee for Janet C. Chen certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation: REPRESENTING TALENTED WOMEN IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE PAINTING: THIRTEEN FEMALE DISCIPLES SEEKING INSTRUCTION AT THE LAKE PAVILION ________________________________ Chairperson Marsha Haufler Date approved: May 13, 2016 ii Abstract As the first comprehensive art-historical study of the Qing poet Yuan Mei (1716–97) and the female intellectuals in his circle, this dissertation examines the depictions of these women in an eighteenth-century handscroll, Thirteen Female Disciples Seeking Instructions at the Lake Pavilion, related paintings, and the accompanying inscriptions. Created when an increasing number of women turned to the scholarly arts, in particular painting and poetry, these paintings documented the more receptive attitude of literati toward talented women and their support in the social and artistic lives of female intellectuals. These pictures show the women cultivating themselves through literati activities and poetic meditation in nature or gardens, common tropes in portraits of male scholars. The predominantly male patrons, painters, and colophon authors all took part in the formation of the women’s public identities as poets and artists; the first two determined the visual representations, and the third, through writings, confirmed and elaborated on the designated identities.
    [Show full text]