JOURNALS on Tibetan Studies (Ⅲ)

Dibao published under reign of Tang Dynasty (618-907) Emperor Xuanzong (713-741) should be considered to be the earliest official newspaper in China. Ensuing dynasties including Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing. which ended in 1911, all published their own official newspapers. During the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), there were some 500 kinds of newspapers. The number shot up to 16,000 kinds in the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949). They included some 1,000 kinds on ethnic groups, of which some 80 kinds were associated with Tibet. Following the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, some 1,000 newspapers on ethnic groups have been published.

Journals on Tibetan Studies Published in the Post-1951 Period

Before the peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951, there were only about 80 kinds of journals on Tibetan studies. After 1952, the Central Government gave special support to the preservation and promotion of ethnic languages. Newspapers, magazines and publishing houses mushroomed in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Yanbian and other places where ethnic groups where living in compact communities. In this situation, journals on Tibetan studies developed in two stages : First Stage: 1950-1980. During this period, all the newspapers and journals in China carried news on economic and social development in Tibet. However, at the provincial level the only newspapers were the Qinqhai Tibetan Paper, Tibet Daily (Tibetan and Chinese editions) and Qinghai Daily, and at the regional level, among the very few newspapers available were the Gannan News, Aba News and Garze News. Magazines published during the period were equally sparse. They included Qinghai Lake, Zamqar, Qinghai Ethnic institute News, Hanhaichao, Snow Lotus, Tibet Science and T6chnology, Tibet Literary and Art, Tibetan Medicine, Tibet Ethnic institute News and Chinese Yaks. Second stage: 1981-1998. This period witnessed dramatic economic and social development. In this encouraging situation, the number of newspapers increased to more than 180 kinds in the Tibetan areas. Tibetan studies expanded in scope, covering politics, history, literature, arts, agriculture, livestock breeding, education, medicine, folklore, tourism, archaeology, finance, science and technology, and geology. The following is a brief introduction to the magazines published after the peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951.

China’s Minnowbrook Conference: The Review of “Chinese Theories, Chinese Stories and Chinese Solutions” Initiated by China Case Study Journal Alliance

On March 24th,2021,with the initiative of the Chinese government and the promotion of well-known scholars in public administration,the(qualitative)case study seminar of Tsinghua University initiated the case study movement.The Case Study Seminar of Young Scholars was also held on November 16th 2021,and the Case Study Seminar of the Case Center of the Ministry of Education was held on November 17th 2021.If the three Minnowbrook Conferences of the United States were of epoch-making significance to the transformation of the paradigm of public administration theories and practices,then the three conferences also have the epoch-making significance of the paradigm transformation of case studies of public administration in China.Under the background of great changes in the global power contrast and profound reform in China,this review paper tries to use the interpretation and interpretation of critical discourse,especially to explain the Chinese theories which are in-depth,refined and transformed by the case study method of Chinese stories,and the Chinese solutions plausible for Chinese theories.In view of the diversity and complexity of Chinese theories and Chinese solutions,this paper mainly focuses on the realization of Chinese theoretical construction and the formulation of Chinese solutions through the discourse interpretation of Chinese case propositions.

A Study on Advertisements in The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal

The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal is one of the most valued English literature in China’s history of Christianity and the key publications of missionaries from the second half of the 19th Century to the first half of the 20th Century.The advertisements in it have not been properly stressed by the academic world,most of which are even deleted in the bound volumes.This paper aims to give a preliminary study on the advertisements in Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal,comparing and analyzing advertisers,slogans and text structures and appeal methods of advertisements of shipping,banking,schools and book introduction in Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal,thus demonstrating its significance in China’s modern advertising industry and Sino-western commercial trade and cultural exchange.

Contributions Invited for the English Edition of the Journal Studies on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

Studies on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics(Chinese edition)is a bimonthly academic journal dedicated to the study of the socialist road with Chinese characteristics. The journal was launched in 1995 and now is jointly sponsored

Contributions Invited for the English Edition of the Journal Studies on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

Studies on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (Chinese edition) is a bimonthly academic journal dedicated to the study of the socialist road with Chinese characteristics.The journal was launched in 1995 and now is jointly sponsored by Beijing Federation of Social Sciences Circles, Beijing Research Center for Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics,

To Be,Or Not To Be:The Calculated Politics of Acupuncture in JAMA

Ten acupuncture-related articles were published in The Journal of the American Medical Association（JAMA） between 1998 and 2017. Five studies showed positive results in terms of the effectiveness of acupuncture/Chinese medicine（CM）; five studies showed negative results. This article summarizes the acupuncturerelated clinical trials published over the last 20 years in JAMA, and addresses what seems to be a fundamental ambivalence in Western medical journals regarding the scientific validity of acupuncture/CM. As yet there has been no consensus on the role of acupuncture in healthcare in Western countries. This is hardly surprising, considering the conflicting evidence found in published studies. Skepticism regarding acupuncture/CM is largely grounded in the fact that an accurate model for assessing the true clinical effects of acupuncture has yet to be created. This article discusses some of the pitfalls which result from applying Western-based scientific principles to CM, and suggests that in many cases, ＂negative＂ studies have been misinterpreted. The clinical experience of acupuncture practitioners is often in direct conflict with many of the negative conclusions published in journals. We are in need of an accurate model for sham and placebo treatments, and must analyze all published studies for design flaws and faulty conclusions.

Pivotal Factors Concerned in Design of Acupuncture Clinical Research:From Two Articles in JAMA

Two randomized controlled trials of acupuncture concerning polycystic ovary syndrome（PCOS） and stress urinary incontinence（SUI） were published simultaneously in the 24 th issue, 2017 of The Journal of the American Medical Association（JAMA）. A trial involving PCOS indicated that active acupuncture did not increase live birth compared with sham acupuncture; meanwhile, another trial referring to SUI showed that electroacupuncture resulted in less urine leakage compared with sham electroacupuncture. With an eye to the negative and positive results of acupuncture, three pivotal factors should be contemplated：（1） proper illness for acupuncture, that is, a problem need to be solved in current medical science, and acupuncture may really work for it;（2） proper pre-studied primary outcome, which is better be objective and repeatedly measurable to reveal the therapeutic effect of acupuncture truly and objectively;（3） proper sham control, which can blind the patients to the upmost extent with minimal biological effects. Through the publication of clinical trials of acupuncture in high-impact journals in recent years, researchers should have confidence in their clinical trials by pondering over these three pivotal factors.