China’s National Image in Western Travel Writings in the Age of Discovery

Western travel writings about China provided material driving and theoretical guidance for the Age of Discovery, and became the main spiritual motive of the Westerners voyage to the East. In the Age of Discovery, the image of China in the eyes of Western envoys, merchants and missionaries begun to fade away from traditional mythological and psychedelic colors, and the image of cultural elements such as material, spirit and history become clear. These Western travelers tried to shape the image of China as a state of civilization and wisdom, a state of moral order, and a state of wealth and power. On the basis of the continued description of the kingship and wealth of the Middle Ages, they constructed an overall image of China as a powerful state of civilization and wealth, thus forming a new frame of reference for cognition of China.

U. S. -Iraq War and China's National Security

Discussions about the U. S-Iraq war would last for years, but the war will surely produce long-term influences on international strategic structure and China’s security environment. The feature and influence of the war are determined by the America’ purposes in launching the war, which, in the common.

Statistical Communique of the People's Republic of China on the 1998 National Economic and Social Development

In 1998, facing the complicated and severe domestic and internationaleconomic environment, people of all nationalities, under the correct lead-ership of the Central Party Committee and the State Council, implement-ed a series of policies aiming at increasing input and expanding domesticdemand. Difficulties brought about by the Asian financial crisis and dev-astating flooding were overcome, various reforms were further deepened,and economic growth was promoted, resulting in great achievements at-tracting worldwide attention.

A Review of Research on Western Images of China

China’s understanding of the national image has gone through three stages. Chinese experts and scholars are generally aware of the importance of the national image, but their research results are mostly passive stress responses to the reality of the “demonization” of China’s image. Research on Western images of China features the change from individual research to group research, from overall analysis to delicate classification, and from a specific historical period (shorter historical period) to a longer historical period. There are many studies on the image of China from the perspective of famous Western thinkers, politicians and writers. The research results can be basically classified into two categories: Western-centralism and China-centralism. On this basis, the research on Western images of China is both realistic and illusory, and conclusions drawn are both objective and stereotyped.

Criticism of Modern Western Travel Texts on China and Image Crisis of China

From the 13th century to the middle of the 18th century, the travel texts to China depicted a beautiful Chinese image of a country of wealth, morality, civilization, wisdom and belief to the west. The author analyzed the western missionaries’ criticism of China from the 18th to the 19th century, the professional navigators’ criticism of China, and the researchers’ criticism of China’s decline, decay and stagnation, so as to project their historical pursuit of change and self transcendence. During this period, more and more national landscape images of decline, decay and stagnation appeared in the travel texts, and the idealized image of China began to walk into the tomb of history.

First Forum on China Casting Quality Standards & Overview of Revision History of China's National/Industrial Standards for Foundry Operations

Both national and local governments have been paying great attention to the work of industrial standardization with the enormous increase in international trade after China joined WTO. According to the standards revising plan of Standardization Administration Committee of China (SAC),TC54 has already revised a series of national standards and industrial standards for foundry operations,and proposed some new ones. As a result,some old fashioned standards containing low-level techniques have been gradually discontinued or replaced with new versions.……

Letter from Li Peng Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, To China Society for Human Rights Studies

China Society for Human Rights Studies, I would like to extend my warm greetings to the launch of your Human Rights magazine. Enjoying human rights fully is a lofty goal long pursued after by human race. Over the years when they carried out revolution, construction and reforms, the Chinese people have struggled indomitably and strived incessantly to achieve this goal. Progress made in this regard has caught worldwide attention. When struggling for, safeguarding, promoting and developing human rights, the Chinese people have always combined the universality prin-

The Image of North China in the Perspective of Western Peregrinators in the 19^(th) Century

With the increasing number of western peregrinators to China,the number of travellers to Beijing and the Great Wall continued to increase,forming the north China peregrination route.This paper analyzed the concrete impression of western peregrinators on Beijing and the Great Wall,and held that the structural characteristics of western peregrinators were caused by the change of trade requirements.

The Image of Southwest China in the Perspective of Modern Western Peregrinators

The paper analyzed the scenery along the Yangtze River and southwest peregrination route in the perspective of western peregrinators through relevant texts of modern western peregrinators.On the one hand,the peregrinators to China were struck by the picturesque and peculiar landscape of southwest China,and praised the Chinese art,culture and architectural images in their texts.On the other hand,these texts concealed the reality of the miserable life of Chinese people at that time.

LIRR's Project of “Study on Spalling Mechanism Mechanism of Dense Refractory Castables by Rapid Heating-up” Being Obtained the Support from National Natural Natural Science Foundation of China

LIRR＇s Priject of ＂Research on Spalling Mechanism Due to Rapid Heating-up of Dense Refractory Castables＂ declared by Wang Zhanmin,vice-president of LIRR,will gain the fund support from National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2011.

Testative Discussion on how to be an Eligible Interpreter--Based on the People’s Republic of China of the National People’s Congress and Committee of the People’s Political Consultative Conference from 2012 to 2014

In recent years,with the rapid development of the Chinese economy,the“two sessions”in March of every year which sponsored by the ministry of foreign affairs attract more and more journalists from all over the world.The press conference in the“two sessions”likes an important window to show China’s policies and claims to the world.Meanwhile,the premier who answers questions in the press conference,respectively,shows the world the eloquence and polite manners of China’s premier,such as Premier Wen Jiabao and Premier Li Keqiang.Their astute response,excellent,and emotional expression makes a deep impression on audiences.Moreover,as a bridge between the speaker and the listeners,the interpretation once is incorrect will cause some mistakes even conflicts.Therefore,the interpreter plays a most important role in the press conference.How to improve the interpretation level in the press conference is a significant topic.The thesis mainly introduces the content of press conference interpreting from 2012 to 2014.At present,the practical study of press conference interpretation is far from enough.The last part gives the summary of the study and points out the main findings for the further study.

A State Leader,an Economist and a People's Representative——An exclusive interview with Mr. Cheng Siwei,former Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) and President of the Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Asso

In the midst of a stock frenzy in China and tight monetary policy carried out by the Chinese government, what knowledge can we glean from a respected state leader, an economist and a people representative?

Major Data of China's 1% National Population Sampling Survey,1995

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China's Public Diplomacy since the 18^(th) CPC National Congress

It is pointed out for the first time at the 18thCPC National Congress on November 8,2012 that"public diplomacy and cultural exchanges should be pushed forward",signifying integration of public diplomacy into China’s national strategy.Over the past year,China’s public diplomacy has made remarkable progress in institution-building,

China's Traditional Music Enters a New Era——Impression of "China National Concert in Spring Festival of Year of Horse" by HK Zhongyue Orchestra

At 11:00 a.m. of February 10, 2002, the"China National Concert in the Spring Festival ofthe Year of the Horse" was solemnly given in thegolden hall of Vienna. The Hong Kong ChineseFolk Music Orchestra, under the direction of thechief inspector and famous conductor