A Model of Arabic Linguistic Studies by Modern Chinese Scholars in the Late 19th & Early 20th Centuries

Al-Muttasig is a pioneering masterpiece of Arabic linguistics written by two modern Chinese scholars Ma Dexin and Ma Lianyuan after inheriting the academic achievements of Arab scholars in the study of Arabic linguistics,especially Arabic morphology,Arabic syntax and Arabic rhetoric,incorporating the elements needed by Chinese scholars in language learning.This academic work has become the basic language knowledge for Chinese Hui people to read books on Arab Islamic culture since modern times,which determines the semantic guarantee for a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of the essence of Arab culture.In order to facilitate the study,the author of al-Mutasig analyzes the main components and elements of Arabic lexical,syntactic and rhetorical elements in the arborescent form of schema style,which makes it the most prominent feature of language learning.The academic foundation of al-Muttasig comes from Arabia and through the innovative development of Chinese scholars;it has become an important evidence of the historical context and academic achievements of cultural exchanges between China and the Arab world,which has lasted for more than a century.In the field research,the author of the paper found that the work was widely spread among the people in the form of Arabic manuscripts and was regarded as a general textbook of linguistics for Arabic education in al-madrasah.It is also an important reference bibliography of Arabic linguistics in modern Arabic teaching in Chinese colleges and universities.The purpose of this study is to explore the significance of bilateral or multilateral ac/enculturation and common development in cross-regional cultural exchanges and mutual learning activities.

NOTICE ON THE 98' SYMPOSIUM FOR YOUNG CHINESE SCHOLARS

Under the joint sponsorship of the CAS and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the 98’ Symposium for Young Chinese Scholars is aimed to promote academic exchange and cooperation with Chinese scholars both at home and abroad, encourage the students staying abroad to serve the motherland in various

The International Profile of Chinese Visiting Scholars in the UK: Improvement Needed in Linguistic, Cultural, and Academic Confidence

This study used Chinese visiting scholars in the UK as a sample, discussed Chinese visiting scholars' cross-cultural adaptation from the perspectives of linguistic confidence, cultural confidence and academic confidence, analyzed the correlation among the three types of confidence, and then proposed the concept of establishing a positive international profile of Chinese visiting scholars. It was recommended that Chinese visiting scholars should make more improvements in their cross-cultural adaptation. They should become the representative of China's international image, and play a more active role in further internationalizing of Chinese higher education.

Face to Face Talk——Chinese and American Scholars Discuss Tibetan Issues

In early 2002,Zhu Xiaoming(Vice-President of the China World Ethnic Society),Huo Zhongquanand Hong Tao(both research fellows with the China Ethics Research Center)met with Americanexperts on China with the Research Office ot the US Congress and the US Think Tank,includingKerry B.Dumbaugh,Alfred D.Wilhelm Jr,David G.Brown and Thomas G.Lum.They held talkson issues of common concern.Following are excerps of their talk on the Tibetan issue.

The Outcomes of Chinese Visiting Scholars’Experiences at Canadian Universities:Implications for Faculty Development at Chinese Universities

This article examines the outcomes of the overseas experiences of Chinese visiting scholars and the implications of visiting scholar programs for faculty development at Chinese universities.On the basis of semi-structured interviews with 17 returned Chinese visiting scholars who spent six to 12 months in a faculty of education at one of five Canadian universities,the following significant aspects of their experiences and related outcomes were highlighted:The cycle of overseas experiences and associated outcomes of Chinese visiting scholars,factors influencing the outcomes of their overseas experiences,visiting scholar programs as a type of faculty development,and China-Canada academic collaboration through visiting scholar programs.The findings support the literature-based conceptual model for investigating the experiences and outcomes of visiting scholars.In the new era of sending university faculty abroad,we suggest that visiting scholar programs should be treated as an important approach to professional development for faculty and be incorporated into a comprehensive faculty development package for Chinese university faculty.

Privilege,Prejudice,Predicament:“PRC Scholars”in Singapore-An Overview

With the rise of educational mobilities worldwide,students’experiences of educational sojourn,especially that of the Chinese Mainland students,have come under greater research attention in recent years.Amongst diverse kinds of Chinese students/scholars abroad,this paper focuses on a type that finds themselves in a unique country under equally unique circumstances:Chinese students studying at pre-and undergraduate levels in Singapore under Singapore’s government-sponsored“foreign talent”scholarship schemes.Based on an ethnographic study conducted over a 16-month period in China and Singapore,this paper presents an overview account of these Chinese student-scholars’sociocultural experiences in Singapore under three headings:(1)privilege-how Singapore’s“foreign talent”policy endows considerable privileges,opportunities,but also responsibilities on these Chinese students;(2)prejudice-how and why these PRC“foreign talents”encounter certain local discourses of discrimination and exclusion;and(3)predicament-how they sometimes experience complex and conflicted feelings about being made Singapore’s“foreign talent.”