The Adrian Tien Prize
The Adrian Tien Prize is awarded each year for the best dissertation by a student on the MPhil in Chinese Studies. Adrian Tien was the Sam Lam Professor in Chinese Studies (2015-2018) and this award honors his memory.
The prize has been awarded to the following of our alumni
2024 - Min Chen, "Research on the Tones and Tone Sandhi of the Deyang Dialect in Sichuan"
2023 - Joseph Mossop, "An Investigation into China’s Past, Present, and Future in Global Environmental Politics"
2022 - Yongkang Yang, "Survey Report on the Level of Happiness of Chinese Town Youth and Related Lying Flat Culture Research"
2021 - Haodong Wei, "An Analysis of the Balance the Popular Chinese Danmei Dramas Applied between Government Censorship Requirements and Audience Demand"
2019 - Chun Ho Samuel Lee, "The Conceptual and Structural Change of Confucian Five Cardinal Relationships in Hong Kong Society after 1981"
2018 - Jinlong Yang, "The Discourse Jiefang (liberation/emancipation) and the Construction of Ideological Legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party Since 1949"
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