This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the May 4th Movement, a watershed moment that sparked a cultural and political awakening for China and helped forge a new identity in dialogue with ideas from the West. To ...This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the May 4th Movement, a watershed moment that sparked a cultural and political awakening for China and helped forge a new identity in dialogue with ideas from the West. To a certain extent, the May 4th Movement crystallized a debate which started more than four hundred years before, when Portuguese ships sailed to Asia for commerce, bringing with them a world-view, philosophy, and religion which challenged indigenous traditions. Today we are engaged in exploring new frontiers of philosophy, and in doing so it is worthwhile to reflect on the first encounter and confrontation between Asian and Western philosophies. The five papers presented here are ordered chronologically, covering a century of intellectual debates.展开更多
Based on a specially adapted questionnaire,research was carried out to explore how resources in modern distance learning were being applied in rural elementary and middle schools in Western China,in order to enhance t...Based on a specially adapted questionnaire,research was carried out to explore how resources in modern distance learning were being applied in rural elementary and middle schools in Western China,in order to enhance the usefulness of the allocated resources.One particular distance learning project was used as the subject of the study,and teachers at 22 rural elementary and middle schools in 3 prefecture-level cities in Gansu Province,Western China,acted as the sample group.Analysis of the teachers’questionnaire responses showed that,(1)there is a comparatively high number of modern distance learning resources in use in rural elementary and middle schools in Western China,and they are being effectively used in the classroom to assist in everyday teaching;(2)teachers of rural elementary and middle schools in Western China have the ability to make use of these modern resources,and can obtain them by way of multi-channel inquiry;(3)modern distance learning resources are already becoming important components of everyday teaching resources in Western China;and(4)teachers are generally able to apply these resources well,despite some problems remaining.In the case of problems in application,most teachers are able to find adequate solutions.展开更多
IT’S common knowledge that the Chinese have opened many restaurants outside their own country. Now fast food from the West can be had in the big cities of China. Western fast-food restaurants dot the streets of Beiji...IT’S common knowledge that the Chinese have opened many restaurants outside their own country. Now fast food from the West can be had in the big cities of China. Western fast-food restaurants dot the streets of Beijing. And the food is not the only thing that attracts people. "They are clean and well-lighted and decorated in bright colors," said one scholar in Beijing. "They are not like Chinese restaurants that are often decorated in heavy and solemn colors or use old furnishings." The American fast food giant McDonald’s is one of the most展开更多
文摘This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the May 4th Movement, a watershed moment that sparked a cultural and political awakening for China and helped forge a new identity in dialogue with ideas from the West. To a certain extent, the May 4th Movement crystallized a debate which started more than four hundred years before, when Portuguese ships sailed to Asia for commerce, bringing with them a world-view, philosophy, and religion which challenged indigenous traditions. Today we are engaged in exploring new frontiers of philosophy, and in doing so it is worthwhile to reflect on the first encounter and confrontation between Asian and Western philosophies. The five papers presented here are ordered chronologically, covering a century of intellectual debates.
文摘Based on a specially adapted questionnaire,research was carried out to explore how resources in modern distance learning were being applied in rural elementary and middle schools in Western China,in order to enhance the usefulness of the allocated resources.One particular distance learning project was used as the subject of the study,and teachers at 22 rural elementary and middle schools in 3 prefecture-level cities in Gansu Province,Western China,acted as the sample group.Analysis of the teachers’questionnaire responses showed that,(1)there is a comparatively high number of modern distance learning resources in use in rural elementary and middle schools in Western China,and they are being effectively used in the classroom to assist in everyday teaching;(2)teachers of rural elementary and middle schools in Western China have the ability to make use of these modern resources,and can obtain them by way of multi-channel inquiry;(3)modern distance learning resources are already becoming important components of everyday teaching resources in Western China;and(4)teachers are generally able to apply these resources well,despite some problems remaining.In the case of problems in application,most teachers are able to find adequate solutions.
文摘IT’S common knowledge that the Chinese have opened many restaurants outside their own country. Now fast food from the West can be had in the big cities of China. Western fast-food restaurants dot the streets of Beijing. And the food is not the only thing that attracts people. "They are clean and well-lighted and decorated in bright colors," said one scholar in Beijing. "They are not like Chinese restaurants that are often decorated in heavy and solemn colors or use old furnishings." The American fast food giant McDonald’s is one of the most
