Conceptual Evolution and Paradigm Reconstruction:An Integrated Framework for International Communication

The tracing of historical origins and disciplinary trajectories enables us to reveal that international communication,as a specific manifestation of global information flow and media evolution,is primarily influenced by the interplay of three societal factors:the roots of political conflicts,the catalytic role of economic and technological developments,and the reshaping of values into distinct blocs.These factors intertwine with the awareness of external exploration across different historical periods.Traditional knowledge production in international communication has evolved along two main lines:political economy and cultural studies.These paths have given rise to three major paradigmspropaganda,global communication,and intercultural communicationeach stemming from differing core units of analysis.Together,they have constructed a multifaceted interpretive framework for understanding self-identity and the relationship between self and the external world in the information age since the beginning of the 20th century.This paper argues that on the new journey in the new era,efforts should be made to weaken the attributes of hierarchical control and power conflict derived from the practices of Western industrial societies and the Cold War.In the context of an era marked by the fusion ofnew subjects,new networks,new media,and new values,"there is a need to return to the original purpose of communication:the sharing of information and the collective responsibility it entails.This will enable the construction of a new paradigm driven by Chinese modernization for the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations.Such a paradigm aims to unify humanity around shared values,foster the building of a human community with a shared future,and create new forms ofhuman advancement.

The Origins of Omani-China Friendship: A Historical Review

Oman and China are both of importance in world history and in the international system.Therefore the study of the relation between Oman and China and the two countries’historical interactions and present intercourses is of great significance.This paper emphasizes the relations between Oman and China and its influence on each other and the impact of the relations between Oman and China on the international system and international relations from a historical perspective.

Kushan Period rice in the Amu Darya Basin:Evidence for prehistoric exchange along the southern Himalaya

The origins and prehistoric spread of rice agriculture between East and West Asia are hot topics in the current archaeological community.In this study,we present the results from a preliminary archaeobotanical study at the Khalchayan site in Uzbekistan,where we recovered the oldest securely dated rice thus far identified in Central Asia.We directly dated the rice grains to 1714–1756 cal yr BP(Kushan period),and morphologically compared them with other contemporaneous cultivated rice remains from China and India.The morphological results showed that the rice remains found at Khalchayan are more similar to cultivated japonica rice from southern China and northwestern India.Integrated archeological and chronological results from the surrounding area show that the rice remains found at Khalchayan likely spread along a southern Himalayan route from southwest China to northern India and finally reached the Amu Darya.The rice remains from Khalchayan are the first directly dated and well-reported rice remains found in Central Asia.By the Islamic period,rice was an important culinary aspect of the culture in Central Asia,but the cultural affinity towards rice only developed over the past two millennia.This study provides new information on the spread of rice agriculture globally,especially in arid-semiarid inland regions.