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Mobilization and Guidance: Practice and Experience of the Communist Party of China in Leading the Youth Movement in the Past Century DONG Yi, FENG Renpu 2023, 38(4):  1-7.  Abstract ( 14 )   PDF (1814KB) ( 23 )   Ever since its founding in 1921, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has been leading the youth movement with purposes well-aimed at shifting tasks at different historical periods. Doing so, the Party has gained rich experience in this aspect with its persistent attachment of importance to unity between leadership of the Party and the work of youth, unity between characteristics of young people and the Party’s connection with the vast mass, and unity between practice of the youth movement and effects of organizations of the youth. To review the practice of the CPC in leading the youth movement in the past century and sum up experience gained doing so can be helpful to high-quality development of the work of youth of the Party and activate sense of commitment of the young people in the new era. Related Articles | Metrics

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Government Governance Performance, Political Trust and Perception of Corruption of the Chinese People- An Empirical Analysis Based on CSS2019 Data YANG Huiqing 2023, 38(4):  8-10.  Abstract ( 17 )   PDF (1991KB) ( 9 )   Although research on the influencing factors of corruption perception is relatively abundant, the impact of government governance performance and political trust on corruption perception is a topic seldom touched upon. This study uses CSS2019 survey data to empirically test the impact of government governance performance and political trust on perception of corruption. The analysis results show that the government governance performance and political trust have a significant negative impact on the perception of corruption in China, and the government governance performance has a stronger negative impact on the perception of corruption. Further mechanism analysis shows that political trust plays a mediating role between government governance performance and the perception of corruption of the Chinese people. It can be seen that the government should further improve its own governance performance and pay attention to social equity, so as to enhance the political trust of our people to reduce their perception of corruption. Related Articles | Metrics

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Basic Content, Value Connotation, Inheritance and Promotion of the Jiao Yulu Spirit in the New Era SONG Nannan 2023, 38(4):  18-24.  Abstract ( 24 )   PDF (1845KB) ( 4 )   As an important branch of the spiritual pedigree of the Chinese communists, the Jiao Yulu spirit has rich rational content that includes the spirit of public servant of always serving the people, the pragmatic and realistic working style, the spirit to struggle regardless of difficulties and the moral sentiment of staying clean and working for the public. Time advances, so does the Jiao Yulu spirit. Now its contemporary significance is becoming increasingly obvious in the following aspects: fostering firm ideals and beliefs, building a good style of work, disseminating the core values of Chinese socialism, and consolidating the Chinese nation to realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation. To strengthen inheritance and development of the Jiao Yulu spirit in the new era means further strengthening our mission consciousness, remembering the original inspiration, stressing pragmatic working style, enhancing struggle skills, embracing difficulties and adhering to the great fighting spirit. Related Articles | Metrics

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On New Novels and the Practice of Liang Qichao to Restore the National Spirit SUN Lixiu 2023, 38(4):  25-30.  Abstract ( 18 )   PDF (1843KB) ( 9 )   “New people” is the core of a series of new ideas advocated by Liang Qichao (1873-1929) to emphasize the importance of spirit of the nation and the time to the survival and development of a nation. Liang hoped to introduce the ideology and culture of the West and Japan to evoke the progressive and pioneering elements in traditional Chinese culture. He highly praised the modern political ideal and scientific spirit above all other schools of philosophy. The “new novels” advocated by Liang embodied the urgent desire of the Chinese people to replace the backward society with an ideal one. A close look at these “new novels” reveals rich information contained within, such as transformation of thinking, nature of spirit of the time, courage, and the spirit to abandon the old for the new. “New novels” arguably broke through the old connotation of traditional literature and created a new world of literature. Related Articles | Metrics

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Parasite: A Realistic Image with Distinctive Ideology and Artistry MU Huamin, & TENG Zhaojun 2023, 38(4):  31-35.  Abstract ( 30 )   PDF (1916KB) ( 25 )   Parasite, a satirical realist film directed by Korean director Bong Jun-ho to show the life of the urban poor in South Korea, reflects the distortion and degradation of human nature, reveals the class differences in South Korea by means of metaphor, and creates the aesthetic effect of defamiliarization by using reversal techniques. Its ideological content is unique and its artistic style unparalleled. The new and different ideas and artistic production have made this film, winning it the Best Picture at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival and the Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards. Related Articles | Metrics

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Gender Narration and Female Care- A Study of Professional Women in Zhang Xin's Urban Novels ZHANG Yanting 2023, 38(4):  36-43.  Abstract ( 15 )   PDF (1897KB) ( 13 )   Zhang Xin is a representative female novelist devoted to urban writing since the 1990s. She has created a series of professional female images in her works, most of whom struggle between traditional and modern gender ideologies. Zhang Xin's novels depict the dilemma faced by professional women due to their dual gender roles and reflect on the negative aspects of female love in traditional gender discourse. Some of the professional women in Zhang Xin's works possess the characteristics of "post feminists,” making it necessary to dialectically view their gender perspectives. As a woman writer, Zhang Xin sympathizes with and cares about the professional women in her works while expressing her call for the true and poetic world. Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on Modeling Value of Technical Index and Generic Features in Abstracts of Research Articles in English Journals WANG Xinjie 2023, 38(4):  44-50.  Abstract ( 9 )   PDF (1959KB) ( 5 )   Generally speaking, the quality of English abstract is closely related to the influence factor of the journals. However, in Chinese journals, there is no objective criterion to evaluate the quality of the English abstracts and the quality of the English abstracts cannot satisfy the requirement of journals of quality. This paper aims to investigate the distinctive generic features, technical indices - length distribution, nominalization, and grammatical metaphor of the abstract in English journals - and the operating rules for the technical indices and their textual function. The results can serve as criteria for the evaluation of the English abstracts and play their modeling value in the writing of English abstracts or the translation of Chinese abstracts into English, thus to improve their quality. Related Articles | Metrics

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Textual Research on Empress Wu Zetian’s Original Name Preserved in Copy of Guidebook for Protecting Homeland DU Chenghui 2023, 38(4):  51-59.  Abstract ( 24 )   PDF (1958KB) ( 26 )   Wu Zetian (624-705) was the only female monarch in the history of China. Her original name is not recorded in history, as neither Wu Mei or Wu Zhao was her original name. Many scholars have tried and various methods have been used to explore her original name, but none has been successful. During her reign Hua was a character mandated to be avoided as it was her grandfather’s given name on the one hand and one of the characters of her own given name on the other. The handwritten sutra Copy of Guidebook for Protecting Homeland dating back to the periods of Nanzhao (738-902) and Dali (937-1254) kingdoms preserves a part of the Imperial Pedigree of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), according to which Wu Zetian’s original given name was Hua Ming. This discovery is of great reference value for the study of Wu Zetian’s life. Related Articles | Metrics

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Communication and Security: On Spontaneous Cross-border Population Shift between China and Vietnam and its Dual Effects - Based on Survey and Analysis of H County, Yunnan Province LU Haifa, LI Na 2023, 38(4):  60-68.  Abstract ( 13 )   PDF (1916KB) ( 12 )   Border areas are special in terms of governance as the spontaneous cross-border population shift in such areas is closely related to the logic of governance of a country. This paper is a field study of H County, Yunnan Province, a county neighboring Vietnam. In addition to a variety of categories of spontaneous cross-border population shift, this study identifies some outstanding characteristics in terms of direction, scale and legitimacy of said population shift. Such population shift has dual effects on social order of the border areas of a country. On the one hand, it is a bridge that can help communication between the two countries for mutual benefit and, on the other hand, it presents challenges to governance of the border areas, especially at some special moments, such as during the pandemic years when public health security was top priority for governance. For governance in areas of high spontaneous cross-border population mobility, it is, therefore, necessary that certain techniques be applied to maintaining a balance between aforesaid dual effects for the benefits of the two neighboring peoples. Related Articles | Metrics

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Participants and Bystanders: An Experimental Study on the Differences of Students' Risk Preference Choices in Conflict Situations WANG Zhenhui, HE Xin 2023, 38(4):  69-76.  Abstract ( 16 )   PDF (1959KB) ( 20 )   In recent years, campus violence has been a focus of academic research, but deep exploration of the logic of the students' behavior in conflicts is scarce. This paper, based on framing effect, analyzes the reasons why students take risks. The study finds that, in the context of campus conflict, the role and gender in the event have an interactive impact on the students' risk preference. Participants tend to be more adventurous than onlookers, and boys show opposite risk decisions due to differences in information properties, while girls always show a higher risk tendency in the situation. By exploring and analyzing the students' possible behavior preferences, we can optimize the way of campus safety education, which is conducive to increasing the effectiveness of campus risk communication. Related Articles | Metrics

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On Measures to Enhance Employment Quality of University Graduates of Yunnan from the Perspective of the Triple Helix Theory ZHANG Lei, WEI Ying 2023, 38(4):  77-82.  Abstract ( 17 )   PDF (1874KB) ( 16 )   Attention to employment quality of university graduates is a necessary commitment of higher education under the background of high-quality development of the whole country. This research, based on an empirical analysis of employment quality of graduates of years 2019-2021 of five of Yunnan’s universities of different levels in different regions, finds that in general employment of Yunnan’s university graduates is fairly stable but highly concentrated in terms of industrial sector and uneven in terms of demand on the labor market. Other issues identified by the research include intense competition for in-system jobs, low percentage in self-employment entrepreneuring, high percentage of entrepreneurs in low-threshold industries, and increasingly higher requirements from employers on university graduates. This paper applies the Triple Helix theory to analyze the reasons underlying these issues, hoping to identify measures for universities, the government and the employers to join hands to tackle existing problems facing employment of university graduates and help them adapt faster to the diversified labor market, so as to eventually enhance employment quality. Related Articles | Metrics

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Production and Research of Chinese Drinks in the Ming and Qing Dynasties SHAO Wankuan 2023, 38(4):  83-90.  Abstract ( 11 )   PDF (1845KB) ( 24 )   The Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911) witnessed a peak of beverage development in China and many drinks are recorded in diet books. Drinks of this period had the effect of recuperation and fitness keeping with distinctive characteristics including quenching thirst, cooling off heat, keeping health, detoxification and health protection. Some drinks even had medicinal effects, so they were welcomed by the public. The article discusses the production of these beverages, their extensive influence on people and their guiding role in the Ming and Qing Dynasties for the development of beverages in the future. Related Articles | Metrics

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Study on Sichuan-style Seafood between Mid-18th and Mid-20th Centuries ZHU Duosheng 2023, 38(4):  91-97.  Abstract ( 15 )   PDF (1851KB) ( 19 )   While research on development of Sichuan cuisine since the Qing Dynasty is not scarce, dishes prepared with sea cucumber, shark fin, abalone and other seafood is seldom touched upon. This paper is a study of the development of Sichuan dishes prepared with seafood in the two centuries spanning from Emperor Qianglong’s reign in the mid-18th century to the end of the Republic of China in 1949. The purpose of this study is to make Sichuan cuisine better known to all by demonstrating that dishes prepared with seafood are not only an integral part of Sichuan cuisine but also a uniquely unmistakable sub-branch of Sichuan cuisine. Related Articles | Metrics

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On Chuangjiang River Shipping Factions and Evolution of Schools of Sichuan Cuisine SHI Zibin 2023, 38(4):  98-108.  Abstract ( 10 )   PDF (1895KB) ( 43 )   The part of the Yangtze River between Yibin, Sichuan Province and Yichang, Hubei Province is conventionally referred to as the Chuangjiang River. In the middle Qing Dynasty, or around the 18th century, shipping with wooden ships rose as a business here and players of this business soon divided into three regional factions whose names were borrowed in the 1980s by books on Sichuan cuisine to name the different regional culinary schools. Classifying culinary culture this way, however, is far from well grounded and scholars disagree, resulting in a variety of contending classification theories and names. This impedes development of Sichuan cuisine in general. Sichuan cuisine classification, too, needs to advance with the time. Instead of classifying and naming the dishes after the shipping factions, it is much more reasonable to do so after the names of their hometowns, such as Luzhou cuisine, Chengdu cuisine and Ya’an cuisine. Related Articles | Metrics

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Evolution of the Diversified but Unified Chinese Culinary Culture- Based on a Survey of Staple and Complementary Foods along the Middle Reaches of the Yellow River and in Northeast China MA Hui, MA Wei 2023, 38(4):  109-115.  Abstract ( 30 )   PDF (1898KB) ( 19 )   Historical evolution formed the deep structure of Chinese culinary culture, which resulted in the characteristic of inner unification under the diversified surface, a trait best demonstrated by the interchangeable center-margin relation between staple and complementary foods in the course of evolution of social life. One example is the culinary culture of people living in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and those in northeast China. Although the former emphasize complementary foods while the latter staple foods, both regard these two kinds as indispensable foods. This sameness in difference is attributable to adapting food choice to suit changing eco-environment of people living in both areas on the one hand and food culture exchange and integration,on the other, brought about by population migration in the long history. It is right in such specific cultural and geographical ecology, the indigenousness and integratability of staple and complementary foods and, moreover, it is this coexistence of these two characteristics that ensures both the diversified ethnical and regional cultures and the unified culinary culture in general. On this very foundation the diversified but unified Chinese culinary culture has developed. Related Articles | Metrics

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Comparative Analysis of Wang Jianzhi's Epitaph and Cuan Baozi’s Stele LUO Sibao, CHEN Zhanglin 2023, 38(4):  116-123.  Abstract ( 22 )   PDF (3011KB) ( 8 )   Based on the aesthetic theory of stelology in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), this paper makes a comprehensive comparative analysis and discussion on the origin, social background, stone carving technology, calligraphy style and structure stippling of two steles - Wang Jianzhi's epitaph and Cuan Baozi's stele - and tries to elaborate on the expression methods of calligraphy art in the steles in the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420). Through the aesthetic theory of stele study in the Qing Dynasty and the analysis of the aesthetic interest of calligraphy practice, we can explore the enlightenment of stele calligraphy in the Wei and Jin dynasties on contemporary calligraphy creation. Related Articles | Metrics

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An Elementary Analysis of Art of Seal Graving of Duan Xuefeng QIN Chao 2023, 38(4):  124-129.  Abstract ( 6 )   PDF (2548KB) ( 9 )   Duan Xuefeng (1922-2006), a master seal maker and calligrapher in modern China, was highly recognized in the circle with his unique style that traces back to the Qin and Han dynasties (221 B.C. - 220) on the one hand and integrates other calligraphy and seal-graving schools on the other. In terms of seal graving alone, although versatile, he mainly followed the classical masters characterized by vigorous use of the graver, and this style of his is still admired and followed by his colleagues. Related Articles | Metrics

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An Empirical Analysis of Teachers’ Satisfaction of After-class Services of Primary School under the Background of “Double Reduction” LIU Jing, SONG Jia, YANG Jiakuan 2023, 38(4):  130-138.  Abstract ( 38 )   PDF (1882KB) ( 30 )   After-class services, to a large extent, help parents of primary school pupils tackle the so-called “P.M. 3:30+ headache” under the background of “double reduction.” These services, however, face their own difficulties and challenges, such as low motivation from the teachers, increased pressure from emotional labor and poor service quality. This study constructs a teacher satisfaction model for such after-class services and conducts an empirical analysis on this model. The results show: 1) complaint from the teachers towards after-class services is at a high level while satisfaction for said services at an intermediate level; 2) teachers’ expectation influences teacher satisfaction through the complete mediation of teacher perceived quality and perceived value and influences teacher support through teacher perceived quality, teacher perceived value and teacher satisfaction; and 3) teachers’ expectation does not directly influence teacher satisfaction or teacher support. The paper finally suggests measures to enhance teacher satisfaction and teacher support to after-class services based on the model of teacher satisfaction towards after-class services, hoping to help optimize after-class service design and improve service quality to provide both theoretical and practical guidance regarding comprehensive, healthy growth of the pupils. Related Articles | Metrics

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An Empirical Study on the Influencing Factors on Parent Satisfaction of Primary School After-class Services Based on ACSI Model ZHANG Zhe, DENG Huanhuan, YIN Shaoqing 2023, 38(4):  139-147.  Abstract ( 34 )   PDF (1936KB) ( 15 )   Based on the customer satisfaction theory model (ACSI) and taking into consideration characteristics and demands of parents of the service objects, this study constructs a model of parent satisfaction towards primary school after-class services. Sampling 549 parents of primary school pupils of C City for a questionnaire survey, this study applies the structural equation model and regressive analysis to analyzing empirically the influencing factors on parent satisfaction towards primary school after-class services before finally tests the hypothetical model. The results show that both parent satisfaction and parent support to after-class services are at high level, parents’ expectation has direct positive prediction effect on parent support, and parent perceived quality, parent perceived value and parent satisfaction have different mediation effects between parents’ expectation and parent support. Three assumed paths, however, are not confirmed, namely “parents’ expectation => parent perceived quality => parent support,” “parents’ expectation => parent perceived value => parent support” and “parents’ expectation => parent perceived quality => parent perceived value => parent support.” According to results confirmed by the model and the study conclusions, measures to help primary schools offer and improve after-class services are suggested. Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on Education of Core Values of Chinese Socialism among Students of Local Universities Based on Implicit Curriculum- Taking Economics and Management Courses as an Example XU Mingxiang, WANG Yanmei 2023, 38(4):  148-153.  Abstract ( 19 )   PDF (1919KB) ( 8 )   Thanks to the diverse forms, the implicit content, the natural process, and the long-lasting effects, hidden curriculum can effectively teach college students core socialist values and meet their individualized and diversified needs in terms of cognition, emotion, and behavior. To this end, this paper discusses, from the perspective of different forms of hidden courses and with analysis of specific typical cases, the way to carry out core socialist values education based on hidden courses in the forms of textbooks, campus culture, social interaction and practice activities. The research results in the paper are of great reference value for exploring a new path to integrate ideological and political education in the college curriculum and improve the education of core socialist values. Related Articles | Metrics

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Application of Readability Test in High School English Teaching- Test and Analysis of College Entrance Examination Papers (National Paper I) in the Past Three Years (2020-2022) and Reading Texts of the New High School English Textbooks WU Fajun 2023, 38(4):  154-160.  Abstract ( 22 )   PDF (1895KB) ( 12 )   A number of provinces confirm that new national college entrance examination papers will be used in 2023. A new feature of the new examination papers is higher weight in English reading comprehension, which will present a dilemma for high school English teaching between reading texts of different difficulty - those in the new high school English textbooks and those for examination preparation. This paper uses Readability Test to test the texts for reading comprehension in the English paper (National Paper I) of the college entrance examinations of the years 2020-2022 and those in Book 4 (optionally required) of New High School English Textbook. Results of contrastive analysis show that difficulty and all other indexes of the former are higher than those of the latter. This contrastive study can be practically significant to guide teaching of the former and preparation of the latter. Related Articles | Metrics