Ecological Discourse Analysis Based on the Corpus-A Case Study on the Environmental Discourse of 21st Century

Language learning materials not only provide language input for learners but also subtly disseminate ideology and influence readers’behavior.This study,based on the framework of ecological discourse analysis,quantitatively analyzes and qualitatively describes the ecological significance of environmental texts in the 21st Century.The aim is to provide references for the compilation of environmental discourse in language learning materials,promote the construction of more ecologically beneficial discourse,and facilitate the widespread dissemination of the ecological philosophy of“Diversity and Harmony,Interaction and Co-existence”among young readers.The initial findings of this study are as follows:In the environmental texts of the publication,a large number of relational processes and action processes are used to objectively represent the natural environment;the discourse tends to be ambiguous and beneficial,generally aligning with the ecological philosophy of“Diversity and Harmony,Interaction and Co-existence.”This can guide readers to correctly understand and face environmental issues,which is conducive to the healthy development of natural ecosystems.

The Status of English as a Lingua Franca in the 21st Century

The status of a language as a lingua franca in the 21st century is not determined by its linguistic merits,or the number of people who speak the language,or a country's language policy,but the combined effect of political,economic and cultural forces.English as a future lingua franca has three characteristics:the status of official language in several countries;a priority in countries' foreign-language teaching programme;being widely used all over the world.

Spatial patterns and driving forces of land use change in China during the early 21st century

Land use and land cover change as the core of coupled human-environment systems has become a potential field of land change science （LCS） in the study of global environmental change. Based on remotely sensed data of land use change with a spatial resolution of 1 km × 1 km on national scale among every 5 years, this paper designed a new dynamic regionalization according to the comprehensive characteristics of land use change including regional differentiation, physical, economic, and macro-policy factors as well. Spatial pattern of land use change and its driving forces were investigated in China in the early 21 st century. To sum up, land use change pattern of this period was characterized by rapid changes in the whole country. Over the agricultural zones, e.g., Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, the southeast coastal areas and Sichuan Basin, a great proportion of fine arable land were engrossed owing to considerable expansion of the built-up and residential areas, resulting in decrease of paddy land area in southern China. The development of oasis agriculture in Northwest China and the reclamation in Northeast China led to a slight increase in arable land area in northern China. Due to the ＂Grain for Green＂ policy, forest area was significantly increased in the middle and western developing regions, where the vegetation coverage was substantially enlarged, likewise. This paper argued the main driving forces as the implementation of the strategy on land use and regional development, such as policies of ＂Western Development＂, ＂Revitalization of Northeast＂, coupled with rapidly economic development during this period.

Research as a Veritable Tool for Enhancing Students’ Job Creation in the 21st Century University Education

This study explores the role of research as a tool for enhancing students’job creation in the context of 21st-century university education.The survey research design was the approach used for this investigation.The researcher created a questionnaire to collect pertinent data for the study from 200 respondents.The questionnaire was duly validated by 3 experts.The internal reliability of the instrument was examined in this study using Cronbach’s alpha(α).Cronbach’s alpha method is able to determine the correlation between the outcomes of each test item and the test’s total score.Google Forms was used to deliver the survey to the respondents electronically.A statistical package was used to calculate the mean and standard deviation.The study hypotheses were also investigated using inferential statistics(t-test)with 198 degrees of freedom and a 0.05 threshold of significance.To determine whether to accept or reject the null hypothesis,the critical value and estimated t-value are compared.Findings suggest that research-oriented education positively impacts students’ability to create job opportunities in the 21st century.Engaging in research projects fosters critical thinking,creativity,and adaptability among students,enabling them to identify and capitalize on emerging trends and market gaps.Furthermore,the study reveals the significance of university-industry collaborations and mentorship programs in enhancing students’entrepreneurial skills and connecting them with practical resources and networks.The implications of this research are significant for educational policymakers,university administrators,and curriculum developers,as it underscores the importance of incorporating research as an integral component of 21st-century university education.

Construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road:Present Situation,Opportunities,Problems and Solutions

The 21 st Century Maritime Silk Road is an important part of China's new landscape of all-round opening-up,responding to the joint demands of both China and many countries in Southeast Asia,South Asia and Africa.This paper examines countries and regions along the 21 st Century Maritime Silk Road and makes an in-depth study of their typical economic conditions,opportunities for cooperation with China,as well as related existing problems.There are opportunities in five areas for China to further cooperate with relevant countries and regions; industrial investment,infrastructure investment,resource development,overseas economic & trade zones and maritime economic development.There are also three outstanding problems; poor coordination among executive agents,insufficient financial support and lack of a sound and complete talent team.This paper offers several suggestions concerning the construction of the 21 st Century Maritime Silk Road to better fit the national conditions and joint demands of China and the countries and regions involved.

Annual variation rate of global sea－level rise and the prediction for the 21st century

An analytics method of predicting the annual variation rate (AVR) of global sea-level (GSL) is developed.Through the calculation by using the mean sea-level data collected from the tidal gauge stations over the world, a GSL rise of 0. 15～0. 16 cm/a is obtained. The predicted values of AVR of GSL for the 21st century are presented. The authors' results have been compared to those reported by other scientists at home and abroad. The method proposedhere is more convenient and precise.

Philosophy and Sustenance of Human Dignityin the 21st Century

The distortion and dissolution of the concept of person has led to hideous atrocities,such as annihilation of the Jews in the previous century,the continued oppression of the Palestinian people,the massacre of Moslems in Srebrenica,the Rwandan genocide,racial discrimination,the manifold manipulations of man through science and technology,barbarous and iniquitous laws(such as the legalization of abortion,etc.),the horrendous killings by Islamic terrorists(such as ISIS in Syria and the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria),the increasing biomedical researches as in stem cell,etc.This paper seeks to make it clear that man occupies a central place in the created order.From this perspective,man enjoys a special status and should not to be treated as mere object.Thus,it is arguable that the ontological basis for a substance being denominated as person is its special dignity,which separates it from a mere thing.Human dignity,therefore,is an intrinsic quality of all human beings.Among other things,this paper will strive to investigate various violations of human dignity and the role of philosophy in sustaining the dignity of human person in the 21st century.

Mechanism and Path of Deepening the Marine Economic Cooperation between Guangdong and ASEAN in the Context of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Construction

The strategy of 21st Century Maritime Silk Road provides favorable policy environment for deepening the economic cooperation between Guangdong and ASEAN,actively promoting the transformation and upgrading of the marine economic structure,and establishing win-win marine economic cooperative development platform. For deepening the marine cooperation with ASEAN,Guangdong has significant advantages in geographical location,humanistic foundation,marine resources and economic strength. Based on interest demands of Guangdong and ASEAN,Guangdong should build the marine economic cooperation mode and mechanism from the overall mechanism and sub-mechanism,establish a three-dimensional marine economic cooperation path with characteristics of Guangdong and ASEAN from top design,to specific cooperation level,then to implementation of supporting facilities,and expand fields of the marine economic cooperation between Guangdong and ASEAN,to promote strategic construction of 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.

Some Hot Spots in the Study of Chinese Drugs in the 21st Century

Mankind has entered the 21st century of high speed development in science and e-conomics. Owing to the alteration of disease modes in the new century, the greatly elevated quality of human life and the arrival of aged society, the modes of medicine have obviously changed from the treatment mode

Paving the Way for Friendship in the 21st Century—In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of normalization of Sino-Japanese relations

This year is the 25th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese Rela-tions. In the past 25 years, relations between the two countries were by and largegood, but problems never ceased to occur. Some problems were considered pre-dictable but others were quite weird, to the Chinese part at least. To improve thebilateral relationship in the 21st Century, both Beijing and Tokyo need to

On the Development of China's Thermal Power in the 21st Century while Saving the Energy and Protecting the Environment

In light of China s Ninth Five-year Plan (1996-2000) for Electric Power Industry & the Long Term Targets by the Year 2010, the paper considers the strategy for developing China’s thermal power in the 21st century shall be the efficiency and cleaning technology of coal use. Especially important is the structure of power sources and configuration of technology process, and secondly the implementation of energy saving and environmental protection ideology in the various stages of thermal power construction and design work.

GEAR POPULARIZATION OF SCIENCE TO THE 21ST CENTURY

Both Chinese Communist Party and central government have pointed out in clear terms that, in order to enforce the national strategy for socioeconomic development, i.e. to rejuvenate Chinese nation by scientific and educational means, we must upgrade S&T progress to a crucial position in

Chinese Families of the 21st Century

Family stability and harmony is of great significance to smooth so~-cial development.More and more insightful people are calling for a new set of family morals to counter-act bad social tendencies and foster a more morally conscious generation of Chinese for the future.China,a huge nation with many billiant cul-tural traditions,is responding to the appeals of the United Nations and doing its best to contribute to the happiness of the human race.

Children:Masters of the 21st Century

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Multidimensional Rasch Analysis of Twentyfirst Century Core Competencies--Perspective of University Students in China

This study aimed to explore university students'perceptions on the importance of core competencies for the 21st century.A crosssectional survey research using a self-report questionnaire involving 48 Likert-type items was used to collect data from 869 university students in China who voluntarily participated.Multidimensional analysis with Rasch rating scale model found the data fitted the Rasch model well.The results showed that Chinese university students placed strong importance on the majority of competencies listed in the modified questionnaire of 21st Century Core Competencies for Higher Education,especially in competence groups of Interpersonal Communication and Character and Civic Literacy but less so in those of Creativity and Problem Solving and Global and International Perspective.

A study on the development trends of tourist marketing policies in the 21^(ST) century

From the view point of tourist marketing, tourist features of popularity and mass, brand and sense, quality and comfort, level and difference, prevalence and society are studied, and the development trends of tourist marketing policies in the 21st century are put forward in this paper. Such as combining sustainable strategies in tourist development with ecology in green marketing, combining information of tourist trends with network in knowledge marketing, combining innovation in tourist products with diversification in marketing objects, combining levels in marketing goals with integer in marketing decision, combining solid in marketing measures with flexibility in marketing policies, combining conformity in marketing channels with double directions in marketing communication and combining the systems of marketing service with culture in marketing activities.

AFRICA TOWARD THE 21ST CENTURY

Worldwide attention is now focused on the prospect of Africa in the forthcom-ing twenty-first century as the present one is drawing to a close. In the latter half of this century, countries and the people in Africa eventuallywon their national freedom and independence after centuries-long bitter struggles a-gainst the colonial rule of the imperialists.

Australia's Synergy with the“21st Century Maritime Silk Road”Initiative and Its Prospect

Australia's development and infrastructure plans have synergy with China's 21 st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative, and their political, economic, trade, financial and civil exchanges have deepened bilaterally. However, as the synergy of the development strategies meets challenges, China should stick to the principle of opening-up and inclusiveness to cope with the ups and downs coming up in the ChinaAustralia relationship so as to ensure Australia can contribute positively to the initiative.

A PROSPECT ON TEXTILE HIGH EDUCATION OF CHINA FACING TO 21ST CENTURY

The 21st century is coming. The education must have a certain lead. Here are the opinions about textile high education of 21st century. 1 The specifies of textile industry today and the requirements of textile high education (1) Textile industry is still a pillar industry of China and its export earnings occupy about 30％ in total of China every year, being the firs! one in all of the industries, the profits tax offizringto state rinancc is about 10% in the country. Howevcr, thedcvelopmentoftextile in dustry will bc changed greatly in the future, especially the configuration of the export products will be lcd in the direction of end-products, and thc proportion of direct export also will be increased in foreign trade. In next century, China will become one of the textile and apparel centers in the world. So, the textile education must foster and train various talcntcd persons for the textile industry to meet the requirement of future.