The nationalism is gradually expanding among the Chinese internauts,but few investigations about the Chinese nationalism’s dissemination over social networks have been done.This study focuses on the structure of soci...The nationalism is gradually expanding among the Chinese internauts,but few investigations about the Chinese nationalism’s dissemination over social networks have been done.This study focuses on the structure of social networks used by the Chinese cybernationalists,and their contribution as a public sphere to the Chinese nationalism will be examined,which leads to the understanding of the informational attribute of the Chinese cybernationalism.Also,the communication model showed by the social networks will be defined,so the role of the opinion leaders during the rise of Chinese nationalism can be evaluated.展开更多
Hedges refer to the speakers who deliberately make the language more vague or clear in order to achieve its target language form.The initial COVID-19 in 2020 is a global epidemic,and people who stay at home relying on...Hedges refer to the speakers who deliberately make the language more vague or clear in order to achieve its target language form.The initial COVID-19 in 2020 is a global epidemic,and people who stay at home relying on Internet media channels to obtain information.People are more likely to take news media as the prior measure to contact with the information.COVID-19 news is closely related to people’s daily life.COVID-19 news requires accuracy and high expression of language,and it is easy for readers to find out that reporters use a large number of hedges in COVID-19 news articles.This paper intends to conduct a self-built micro corpus so as to explore the use of hedges in COVID-19 news.Based on this research purpose,this article focuses on solving two problems:(1).The similarities and differences in the frequency and distribution of hedges in COVID-19 news;(2).The pragmatic and public opinion functions of hedges in the news of the COVID-19 epidemic.The result of the study indicated that a great number of hedges are used in the COVID-19 news.According to Prince’s classification of Hedges from the perspective of pragmatics,the distribution and frequency of different types of hedges are various.Reports sometimes manipulate the usage of hedges,change their heddging functions to protect the image of countries,enhance reader’s confidence and guide a favorable environment to society.展开更多
The latest released Lowy Poll 2019 shows Australia’s public opinion towards China has some negative shifts again.What does this mean for yet-to-be-repaired China-Australia relationship?Does Australian public opinion ...The latest released Lowy Poll 2019 shows Australia’s public opinion towards China has some negative shifts again.What does this mean for yet-to-be-repaired China-Australia relationship?Does Australian public opinion have an impact on its foreign policy?This article took an analysis of this issue.We found public opinion does have an influence on Australia’s China policy formation through influencing the“popular narrative”on China issue.Nevertheless,the economic ties with China are still fundamental.In the field of foreign policy,the government has a relatively high degree of freedom for direction leading.These facts make the prospect of China-Australia relationship more dependent on the will of current government.While taking care of public opinion is always a first task for them.展开更多
This study evaluates trends in quality of nanotechnology and nanoscience papers produced by au- thors from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The metric used to gauge quality is ratio of highly cited nanotechnolog...This study evaluates trends in quality of nanotechnology and nanoscience papers produced by au- thors from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The metric used to gauge quality is ratio of highly cited nanotechnology papers to total nanotechnology papers produced in sequential time frames. The USA is both the most prolific nanotechnology publishing country and most represented country on highly cited nanotechnology papers (both in absolute numbers of highly cited papers and highly cited papers relative to total publications) over the 1998―2003 time frame, based on the SCI/SSCI databases. Some of the smaller hi-tech countries have relatively high ratios (~2) of highly cited papers to total publications (e.g. Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland). Countries that have exhibited rapid growth in SCI/SSCI nanotechnology paper production in recent years (e.g. PRC, South Korea) had ratios an order of magnitude less than that of the USA for 1998, but by 2003 had increased to about 20% that of the USA (~2.5). PRC and South Korea have climbed in the publications rankings from 6th and 9th in 1998, re- spectively, to 2nd and 6th in 2005, respectively. PRC’s ratio monotonically increased from 0.16 to 0.45 over the 1998―2003 period, and South Korea’s ratio increased from 0.11 to about 0.6 over that same period, indicating their papers are getting more and more citations proportionately. Thus, under rapid growth conditions, PRC and South Korea have been able to increase their share of participation in highly cited papers. As of 2003, PRC and South Korea have ratios comparable to nations like Japan, France, Italy, and Australia but not yet approaching those of the highly cited countries. None of the top ten publications producing institutions are from the USA, while all of the top ten highly cited publica- tions producers are from the USA. Over the 1998―2003 time period, the top six total publications pro- ducing institutions (globally) remained the same, with Chinese Academy of Sciences (which consists of many research institutes) wresting the lead from Russian Academy of Sciences in 1999, and thereafter increasing the gap. Over this same time period, the USA institutions constituted about 90% of the top ten most cited papers list. For Chinese institutions specifically in the period 1998―2003, the nanotech- nology publication leading Chinese Academy of Sciences has maintained an average of about 30% of nanotechnology publications over that time frame. The second tier (in terms of quantity) for the last few years has consisted of Tsinghua University, Nanjing University, University of Science and Technology of China, Peking University, Jilin University, Zhejiang University, Shandong University, and Fudan University. Hong Kong institutions have, on average, been strong in ratio, especially City University Hong Kong, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, indicating significant citations.展开更多
Donald Trump’s trade war with China does not make economic sense,but he does not face much domestic opposition to this trade war.Moreover,it is a part of a broader strategy of the nationalistic Americans’attempt to ...Donald Trump’s trade war with China does not make economic sense,but he does not face much domestic opposition to this trade war.Moreover,it is a part of a broader strategy of the nationalistic Americans’attempt to suppress the rise of China.Would China give in to the requests of the US under the threat of the escalation of the trade war?In what way?My conjecture is that China is willing to compromise up to a point.What China is likely to do is to promise to buy more goods and services from the US,allow greater market access for American firms,reduce Chinese subsidies to its industries,reduce forced technology transfers by American firms,strengthen enforcement of intellectual property rights protection and make verification all these commitments more transparent.Although the US might stop escalating the trade war,it is likely that the tariffs already imposed on Chinese goods would not be removed soon.In response to that,China also would not remove most of those tariffs already imposed on imports from the US,in keeping with the spirit of the tit-for-tat policy.It is possible that a temporary ceasefire is agreed,but the trade war can last for a long time.The final assembly stage of many industries might leave China,but not necessarily the whole production process.Hong Kong can be a victim of the trade war if it escalates.展开更多
In recent years,China has been using its soft power(most notably,the establishment of Confucius Institutes)to influence public opinion in foreign countries.However,the literature on soft power has yet to provide a def...In recent years,China has been using its soft power(most notably,the establishment of Confucius Institutes)to influence public opinion in foreign countries.However,the literature on soft power has yet to provide a definitive answer about whether that has led to a positive image of China in the foreign audience.Additionally,it is not clear if a positive image would influence public attitudes concerning foreign policies in those countries,such as policies related to trade and military conflicts.Based on an online survey experiment in June 2018,this research shows that soft power information(about positive contributions of Confucius Institutes to the American society)does make the US public feel warmer towards China and become more willing to support trade negotiations.However,the warm feeling does not alter public attitudes towards a potential military conflict with China over disputed islands in the South China Sea.Our study provides both empirical support and advice to policymakers interested in the influence of China’s soft power on US public opinion.展开更多
Nations’misperception causes misinterpretations of reciprocal demands,actions;the other side’s expectations,inadequacies and priorities;and may form biases.But scholars,especially those studying international relati...Nations’misperception causes misinterpretations of reciprocal demands,actions;the other side’s expectations,inadequacies and priorities;and may form biases.But scholars,especially those studying international relations,generally attach utmost importance to the bilateral relations of politics,economy,culture and military.Foreign policy analysts and makers often disregard the impact of public opinion.This article tries to analyze the impact of the perceptions between Turkish and Chinese peoples to the relations of both countries.In case of this the main question of this presentation is whether the public’s attitude became a major hinder and heavily influenced the decision-makers or not on the basis of Turkish-Chinese relations.Diplomatic relations between Turkey and China in political and economic field have improved significantly in recent years.But the degree of favorability to people to people exchange is extremely low because of the influential factors,which are mostly stemmed from the issue of‘Eastern Turkistan’,the thoughts of the past,the trade imbalance and the media’s negative and adverse approach to the issues.In order to solve the low favorability problem,both sides not only should depend on exchange and dialogue institutionally,but also rely on social and cultural interactions informally to enhance the mutual understanding accordingly.展开更多
文摘The nationalism is gradually expanding among the Chinese internauts,but few investigations about the Chinese nationalism’s dissemination over social networks have been done.This study focuses on the structure of social networks used by the Chinese cybernationalists,and their contribution as a public sphere to the Chinese nationalism will be examined,which leads to the understanding of the informational attribute of the Chinese cybernationalism.Also,the communication model showed by the social networks will be defined,so the role of the opinion leaders during the rise of Chinese nationalism can be evaluated.
文摘Hedges refer to the speakers who deliberately make the language more vague or clear in order to achieve its target language form.The initial COVID-19 in 2020 is a global epidemic,and people who stay at home relying on Internet media channels to obtain information.People are more likely to take news media as the prior measure to contact with the information.COVID-19 news is closely related to people’s daily life.COVID-19 news requires accuracy and high expression of language,and it is easy for readers to find out that reporters use a large number of hedges in COVID-19 news articles.This paper intends to conduct a self-built micro corpus so as to explore the use of hedges in COVID-19 news.Based on this research purpose,this article focuses on solving two problems:(1).The similarities and differences in the frequency and distribution of hedges in COVID-19 news;(2).The pragmatic and public opinion functions of hedges in the news of the COVID-19 epidemic.The result of the study indicated that a great number of hedges are used in the COVID-19 news.According to Prince’s classification of Hedges from the perspective of pragmatics,the distribution and frequency of different types of hedges are various.Reports sometimes manipulate the usage of hedges,change their heddging functions to protect the image of countries,enhance reader’s confidence and guide a favorable environment to society.
文摘The latest released Lowy Poll 2019 shows Australia’s public opinion towards China has some negative shifts again.What does this mean for yet-to-be-repaired China-Australia relationship?Does Australian public opinion have an impact on its foreign policy?This article took an analysis of this issue.We found public opinion does have an influence on Australia’s China policy formation through influencing the“popular narrative”on China issue.Nevertheless,the economic ties with China are still fundamental.In the field of foreign policy,the government has a relatively high degree of freedom for direction leading.These facts make the prospect of China-Australia relationship more dependent on the will of current government.While taking care of public opinion is always a first task for them.
文摘This study evaluates trends in quality of nanotechnology and nanoscience papers produced by au- thors from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The metric used to gauge quality is ratio of highly cited nanotechnology papers to total nanotechnology papers produced in sequential time frames. The USA is both the most prolific nanotechnology publishing country and most represented country on highly cited nanotechnology papers (both in absolute numbers of highly cited papers and highly cited papers relative to total publications) over the 1998―2003 time frame, based on the SCI/SSCI databases. Some of the smaller hi-tech countries have relatively high ratios (~2) of highly cited papers to total publications (e.g. Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland). Countries that have exhibited rapid growth in SCI/SSCI nanotechnology paper production in recent years (e.g. PRC, South Korea) had ratios an order of magnitude less than that of the USA for 1998, but by 2003 had increased to about 20% that of the USA (~2.5). PRC and South Korea have climbed in the publications rankings from 6th and 9th in 1998, re- spectively, to 2nd and 6th in 2005, respectively. PRC’s ratio monotonically increased from 0.16 to 0.45 over the 1998―2003 period, and South Korea’s ratio increased from 0.11 to about 0.6 over that same period, indicating their papers are getting more and more citations proportionately. Thus, under rapid growth conditions, PRC and South Korea have been able to increase their share of participation in highly cited papers. As of 2003, PRC and South Korea have ratios comparable to nations like Japan, France, Italy, and Australia but not yet approaching those of the highly cited countries. None of the top ten publications producing institutions are from the USA, while all of the top ten highly cited publica- tions producers are from the USA. Over the 1998―2003 time period, the top six total publications pro- ducing institutions (globally) remained the same, with Chinese Academy of Sciences (which consists of many research institutes) wresting the lead from Russian Academy of Sciences in 1999, and thereafter increasing the gap. Over this same time period, the USA institutions constituted about 90% of the top ten most cited papers list. For Chinese institutions specifically in the period 1998―2003, the nanotech- nology publication leading Chinese Academy of Sciences has maintained an average of about 30% of nanotechnology publications over that time frame. The second tier (in terms of quantity) for the last few years has consisted of Tsinghua University, Nanjing University, University of Science and Technology of China, Peking University, Jilin University, Zhejiang University, Shandong University, and Fudan University. Hong Kong institutions have, on average, been strong in ratio, especially City University Hong Kong, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, indicating significant citations.
文摘Donald Trump’s trade war with China does not make economic sense,but he does not face much domestic opposition to this trade war.Moreover,it is a part of a broader strategy of the nationalistic Americans’attempt to suppress the rise of China.Would China give in to the requests of the US under the threat of the escalation of the trade war?In what way?My conjecture is that China is willing to compromise up to a point.What China is likely to do is to promise to buy more goods and services from the US,allow greater market access for American firms,reduce Chinese subsidies to its industries,reduce forced technology transfers by American firms,strengthen enforcement of intellectual property rights protection and make verification all these commitments more transparent.Although the US might stop escalating the trade war,it is likely that the tariffs already imposed on Chinese goods would not be removed soon.In response to that,China also would not remove most of those tariffs already imposed on imports from the US,in keeping with the spirit of the tit-for-tat policy.It is possible that a temporary ceasefire is agreed,but the trade war can last for a long time.The final assembly stage of many industries might leave China,but not necessarily the whole production process.Hong Kong can be a victim of the trade war if it escalates.
文摘In recent years,China has been using its soft power(most notably,the establishment of Confucius Institutes)to influence public opinion in foreign countries.However,the literature on soft power has yet to provide a definitive answer about whether that has led to a positive image of China in the foreign audience.Additionally,it is not clear if a positive image would influence public attitudes concerning foreign policies in those countries,such as policies related to trade and military conflicts.Based on an online survey experiment in June 2018,this research shows that soft power information(about positive contributions of Confucius Institutes to the American society)does make the US public feel warmer towards China and become more willing to support trade negotiations.However,the warm feeling does not alter public attitudes towards a potential military conflict with China over disputed islands in the South China Sea.Our study provides both empirical support and advice to policymakers interested in the influence of China’s soft power on US public opinion.
文摘Nations’misperception causes misinterpretations of reciprocal demands,actions;the other side’s expectations,inadequacies and priorities;and may form biases.But scholars,especially those studying international relations,generally attach utmost importance to the bilateral relations of politics,economy,culture and military.Foreign policy analysts and makers often disregard the impact of public opinion.This article tries to analyze the impact of the perceptions between Turkish and Chinese peoples to the relations of both countries.In case of this the main question of this presentation is whether the public’s attitude became a major hinder and heavily influenced the decision-makers or not on the basis of Turkish-Chinese relations.Diplomatic relations between Turkey and China in political and economic field have improved significantly in recent years.But the degree of favorability to people to people exchange is extremely low because of the influential factors,which are mostly stemmed from the issue of‘Eastern Turkistan’,the thoughts of the past,the trade imbalance and the media’s negative and adverse approach to the issues.In order to solve the low favorability problem,both sides not only should depend on exchange and dialogue institutionally,but also rely on social and cultural interactions informally to enhance the mutual understanding accordingly.
