Collecting and Collection： Local Chinese Culture in Robert Morrison＇s Dictionary

Taking the personal experience of Robert Morrison into account, this paper focuses on the rapport between the author and his works. As the first Protestant missionary to China, Robert Morrison endeavored to learn the Chinese language and to collect local cultural information, so as to encyclopedically present his knowledge of Chinese through the language reference books he compiled. This paper examines the range of linguistic registers of the represented examples from Morrison＇s dictionaries, so as to discuss the way in which various registers are combined into the text and how they are related with different social arenas. Placing Morrison＇s works in a wider social and intellectual context, this paper also discusses issues of cultural exchange between China and early nineteenth-century Europe.

Practical Challenges in Comparing Chinese and American Local Government

Parts of China are an advanced industrial society with excellent public transportation, universities, industry, and other modern features; while other parts （geographically and functionally） remain a developing nation. For China, to build a stronger and more equitable society requires much work to develop governance at the local level. In pursuit of this goal, China actively seeks to learn lessons from abroad, including from American local government. This article examines the similarities and differences between these two nations and their systems of government toward the end of identifying potential challenges to Chinese efforts to learn from American-style local governance. This is grounded in policy transfer theory, which guides the discussion of how to learn from other jurisdictions--from other jurisdictions within the nation, from other points in time within the nation, and from other nations. Perhaps the ultimate questions are, ＂Should China continue efforts to learn from external models or focus its energy internally？＂ and ＂Does China need a more clearly defined governance model rather than its current approach that simultaneously allows and questions a high degree of decentralization （both within the party and the government）？＂ This paper seeks to add to that intellectual discourse by applying recent data and a conceptual framework.

Talk about Graduate Student of educational teacher expanding the path of employment in the local comprehensive university - An example of Chinese Language and Literature in my school

With the increasing amount of college graduates every year, the employer needs structural contradiction, traditional college graduates employment difficulties. Chinese Language and Literature is as a strong tradition of employment facing unprecedented challenges. Based on the severe employment situation, Teacher Education in Local Comprehensive Universities need to start improving their own quality of graduates, and actively guide the graduates to change jobs ideas, updating the concept of employment, and use existing resources, and actively expand employment channels, and explore new ideas and open up new market, employment path is becoming more diverse to ensure employment stability and sustainable development.

Renaissance of Chinese tradition and local styles

The charm of fashion is the constant changes of styles that lead people to a brand new vision or toa redivivus picture. In spring 2005, new designs that borrowed a lot from Chinese traditional apparel and local styles were the flavor of the fashion week. Styles and details typical of authentic Chinese taste took the lead.

Overcoming Investment Risks Chinese investors need to thoroughly understand local conditions before investing in Africa

With abundant labor resources and the increase in policy sup port for economie development and loreign investment, Africa is becoming a new sought-after destination for investment by multinational companics.

Operating in Tandem Chinese experts in Sao Tome and Principe cooperate with local farmers to raise medical standards in the breeding industry

Santomean pig farmer Simao Vicente was hopeful when he came to ask Zou Rui for help. His pig was suffering from hernia, and Zou, a 42-year-old Chinese agricultural expert working in Sao Tomé and Príncipe, was the only person on the island who could provide emergency surgery.

Whole-genome analysis reveals distinct adaptation signatures to diverse environments in Chinese domestic pigs

Background Long-term natural and artificial selection has resulted in many genetic footprints within the genomes of pig breeds across distinct agroecological zones.Nevertheless,the mechanisms by which these signatures contribute to phenotypic diversity and facilitate environmental adaptation remain unclear.Results Here,we leveraged whole-genome sequencing data from 82 individuals from 6 domestic pig breeds originating in tropical,high-altitude,and frigid regions.Population genetic analysis suggested that habitat isolation significantly shaped the genetic diversity and contributed to population stratification in local Chinese pig breeds.Analysis of selection signals revealed regions under selection for adaptation in tropical(55.5 Mb),high-altitude(43.6 Mb),and frigid(17.72 Mb)regions.The potential functions of the selective sweep regions were linked to certain complex traits that might play critical roles in different geographic environments,including fat coverage in frigid environments and blood indicators in tropical and high-altitude environments.Candidate genes under selection were significantly enriched in biological pathways involved in environmental adaptation.These pathways included blood circulation,protein degradation,and inflammation for adaptation to tropical environments;heart and lung development,hypoxia response,and DNA damage repair for high-altitude adaptation;and thermogenesis,cold-induced vasodilation(CIVD),and the cell cycle for adaptation to frigid environments.By examining the chromatin state of the selection signatures,we identified the lung and ileum as two candidate functional tissues for environmental adaptation.Finally,we identified a mutation(chr1:G246,175,129A)in the cis-regulatory region of ABCA1 as a plausible promising variant for adaptation to tropical environments.Conclusions In this study,we conducted a genome-wide exploration of the genetic mechanisms underlying the adaptability of local Chinese pig breeds to tropical,high-altitude,and frigid environments.Our findings shed light on the prominent role of cis-regulatory elements in environmental adaptation in pigs and may serve as a valuable biological model of human plateau-related disorders and cardiovascular diseases.

Educating Teachers of“Chinese as a Local/Global Language”:Teaching“Chinese with Australian Characteristics”

How can the education of teacher-researchers from China be framed in ways so that they might make Chinese learnable for primary and secondary school learners for whom English is their everyday language of instruction and communication.The concept“making Chinese learnable”and the characters of the language learners are explained in the introduction to the paper.The review of an extensive range of literature focuses on the challenges facing Chinese language education.This review of literature from China,the UK,the USA,and Australia leads to a focus on the need for improved teacher education in this field.We explain the theoretic-pedagogical framework for the education of Chinese language teacher-researchers from China.The“case”employed to develop this account an Australia-China partnership called the Research Oriented,School/Industry Engaged Teacher-Researcher Education(ROSETE)Program.Key aspects relating to the educational research process employed in this study are explained.The description of the ROSETE Program introduces the key ideas of“cross-sociolinguistic similarities”and“recurring everyday sociolinguistic activities.”The Ningbo Volunteers,as teacher-researcher candidates use these ideas to investigate efficient ways of making Chinese learnable for learners in Australian schools for whom English is their everyday language of instruction and communication.Through exploring these issues this paper addresses an important and under researched area.It provides inspiration for further teaching and research.

The UNIX Localization and Chinese Information Processing System

To facilitate the wider use of computers all over the world,it is necessary to provide National Language Support in the computer systems.This paper introduces some aspects of design and implementation of the UNIX-based Chinese Information Processing Systems(CIPS). Due to the special nature of the Oriental languages,and in order to be able to share resources and ex- change information between different countries,it is necessary to create a standard of multilingual informa- tion exchange code.The Unified Chinese/Japanese/Korean character code,Han Character Collec- lion(HCC),was proposed to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/ WG2 by China Computer and Information Pro- cessing Standardization Technical Committee.Based on this character set and the corresponding coding sys- tem,it is possible to create a true Internationalized UNIX System.

Land finance of Chinese local governments:formation and distortionary effects on urbanization

This paper explores the distortionary effects of the 1994 reform of the system of tax revenue sharing between the central and local Chinese governments and its interaction with the incentives for local officials to promote local economic growth. One of the major distortions was to encourage local governments to rely on land finance in their efforts to promote urbanization and growth. This paper analyzes the causes and effects of increasing dependence on land finance and provides constructive suggestions for solutions to the problems that over reliance on land finance have generated, including their distortionary impacts on the urbanization process.

Giving Your Chinese a Local Flavor

Wang,the driver of our school bus,is the most animated speaker I have ever seen—in any language. He is generally so excitable on the drive to and from school that he entertains all the teachers.He maintains a constant flow

Implementing Effective Internships:A Case Study of Work-Integrated Learning in a Chinese Undergraduate University

Chinese local undergraduate universities are in a process of transition into universities of applied sciences.Important aspects of this include strengthening cooperation between universities and industry,cultivating applied talent needed in industry,improving students’employment rates,and promoting economic development.Internships are an important way to help students gain practical experience and deepen university-industry cooperation.The purpose of this paper is to analyze the challenges of the existing internship process in an undergraduate university in China and give suggestions to improve internship quality.Qualitative data from 35 students and 12 administrators/faculty were collected at a local undergraduate university,H University(HU),in central China,which is currently undergoing the process of becoming a university of applied sciences.The findings of the study show issues with the university’s model,including communication between industry and university,internship evaluation,student guidance,and internship quality.Recommendations based on the literature are provided.