Chinese Characteristics Research Articles

Chosen Glory and Chosen Trauma with Chinese Characteristics: Social Representations of History in an Authoritarian Context

Abstract There is tension between manipulation of national identity construction and agency in the literature on ingroup identification, especially in authoritarian contexts. In China, the past is very relevant with regards to legitimacy of the Communist Party. Yet, we cannot just assume that what the state propagates is what can also be found at the bottom-up level. This article analyses social representations of history in China combining the top-down perspective of state education policies and curated historical narratives to the bottom-up perspective formed through analyzing two student surveys, collected first in 2007 and again in 2011-2012, and 11 interviews. Earlier research indicates that in most countries representations of history concentrate on negative issues and their time span is short. Chinese representations of history are divided into narratives of glory and humiliation, and respondents have a much longer perspective to national history than typical participants in international surveys. Finally, although problematic periods such as the Cultural Revolution get less coverage in political speeches and school textbooks, they are not forgotten among students. Furthermore, the view that people should have their own ideas about history and China rather than having to adopt the government promoted narrative was visible in multiple student interviews.

Numerical testing method and mechanical property evaluation of large particle size asphalt mixture.

The large particle size asphalt mixture with nominal maximum aggregate size 53 mm(LSAM-50) has good technical and economic performance and will become an effective technical way to build a full-thick long-life asphalt pavement with Chinese characteristics. In order to reveal the mechanical properties and influencing factors of LSAM-50 in depth, a numerical test method for the mechanical properties of the large particle size LSAM-50 asphalt mixture was developed, and a reasonable specimen size for LSAM-50 performance test was proposed by combining the numerical test and the indoor test. The results show that: LSAM-50 numerical test conditions are the calculation time step 10-3 s/step, the loading rate is 2 mm/min (uniaxial compression numerical test) and 50 mm/min (splitting numerical test) when LSAM-50 numerical experiment calculation rate and numerical experiment accuracy are better; after the size of the specimen reaches 200×160mm, the influence of the size effect is eliminated. The reasonable specimen size of LSAM-50 is Φ200mm×h160mm; the LSAM-50 numerical test method and the indoor test have low error Less than 10%.

Роль культурной безопасности в концепции национальной безопасности Китая с позиций интерпретации «совокупной силы» теории марксизма

The article examines one of the problems of China's cultural security theory in the research of Chinese authors, who see in the Marxist doctrine of "cumulative force" one of the options for substantiating the interdependence of cultural and national security, on the one hand, and elements (levels, directions, etc.) of cultural security, on the other. Modern Chinese philosophy of culture, analyzing the ideas and thoughts of political leader Xi Jinping on the role of culture in security issues, cultural security in national security concepts, defining new methodological approaches to research, turns to the philosophy of Marxism, which is interpreted in China as a theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The purpose of this study is to substantiate that Chinese philosophers, referring to the Marxist doctrine of "cumulative force", interpret cultural security as the cumulative effect of the interaction of many internal and external cultural factors that ensure the protection and preservation of the cultural identity of the Chinese nation. The novelty of this study lies in the interpretation of China's cultural security as a systemically organized dynamic process aimed at protecting and preserving national heritage. The results of the study confirm that the appeal to the doctrine of the "cumulative force" of F. Engels reveals new possibilities for Chinese philosophers to substantiate their understanding of the possibilities of cultural security.

Toward Sino-American Ideological Clash? The Lasswellian World Revolution Approach

Abstract The power competition between the USA and China engrosses the profound fascination of scholars, beckoning them to delve into its intricacies, nuances, causes, and implications for world politics. Regardless of their perspectives on whether normative dimensions are seen as factors solely fueling strategic competition, operating autonomously, or existing within a mutually constitutive relationship with institutions and material capabilities, conventional wisdom such as realism, critical theory, and holistic approach affirms the centrality of material elements in power competition. This article adopts a constructivist lens to analyze complex patterns of international relations and power competition, acknowledging the inherent normative dimensions of power, as much more pervasive, as inherent and independent attributes of any complex, persistent pattern of international relations and, particularly, power competition. In particular, this article introduces an underexplored insight from Lasswell’s “world revolution” concept, termed the “Lasswellian world revolution.” According to this approach, no ideologies remain ascendant indefinitely, they change over time, and the ideology of a rising power often challenges that of an established power. The article contends that this framework provides a fresh lens to understand the intricate interactions between American liberal democracy and socialism with Chinese characteristics, shedding light on the dynamics of power transition and the evolving international landscape. In conclusion, the article posits that we are witnessing the “interregnum.” Unfolding in the interstice between the waning yet dominant American liberal democracy and the nascent yet fragile socialism with Chinese characteristics, this phase marks a period of rivalry and uncertainty between the USA and China.

The framework of macroeconomic policy in China

ABSTRACT In this paper, I explore the macroeconomic policy framework with Chinese characteristics, focusing on its development, distinctive structural features, and the challenges it faces today. Drawing comparisons with conventional practices in market-oriented economies, I highlight three defining features of China’s framework: the use of non-price and non-market-based tools, the unique institutional roles of fiscal and monetary authorities, and the amplifying effect of local governments. Recent trends reveal emerging issues, such as limited fiscal capacity at the local level, weaker macroeconomic policy impacts, and risks associated with low inflation and balance sheet recessions. I argue that China’s macroeconomic regulation should prioritize counter-cyclical measures over cross-cyclical adjustments, improve policy coordination, and utilize sovereign credit to mitigate systemic risks. Finally, I propose practical recommendations to guide future policies, including fostering moderate inflation, accelerating fiscal spending, and shaping market expectations to stabilize the economy and ensure sustainable growth.

“Language art is to console those who are broken by life”: A discursive analysis of legitimation in Chinese comforting

By defining comforting with reference to van Leeuwen's legitimation, this study aims to show how comforters achieve effective comforting through strategies oriented towards alliance, evaluation, and solution, respectively in the Chinese context. Results demonstrate that comforters discursively legitimate the comfortees’ actions and feelings through moral evaluation, rationalization, mythopoesis, authority, and various sub-strategies with Chinese characteristics, such as establishing an alliance with expressions of unavailability and moral tales, delivering positive evaluation through denial of negative self-evaluation, and offering solutions by rationalization and naturalization. We also argue that Chinese comforting strategies can be further explained in the cultural veins of Five Constant Virtues, so as to facilitate the understanding of comforting in the Chinese context.

Sino-noir of Serial Killers and Dismemberments

In a Chinese society with low crime rates, why do TV series savor the genre of Sino-noir of serial killers and dismemberments? Ritualized bloodletting during nightly bingeing signals a psychological displacement from one’s terminal condition, cowering under that which cannot be named—the dictatorship not so much of the proletariat as of the Party secretariat. Sino-noir on serial killers honors the Party while having it on, spoofing it. The obligatory “Chinese characteristics” hinge on the horror of body mutilation, mirroring a schizophrenic China not only divided against itself but in denial of any such division. The argument zooms in on Shuang Xuetao’s novella of dongbei (northeast or Manchuria) noir, “Moses on the Plain,” which chronicles how woes and crimes befall hapless characters fated to float or even drown during Deng Xiaoping’s liberalization, as many State-subsidized factories in northeastern China folded, creating massive unemployment and misery. Part of China, particularly coastal urban areas, boomed, while other parts, such as the Northeast’s heavy industry, went bust, a schizophrenic fissure within the body politic. In the 8-episode TV series, Why Try to Change Me Now, director Zhang Dalei adapts Shuang’s novella told from multiple perspectives into a tour de force in slow cinema, drawing from cinema verité with non-professional actors, natural lighting and sound, an almost stationary camera, and minimalist acting. The argument then concludes with the 16-episode TV series Who Is the Murderer capitalizing on the triple entendre of “ba” for the father, the hegemon/bully, and the end.

English Translation of Political Terminologies with Chinese Characteristics: A Case Study of the 20th CPC National Congress Report

English Translation of Political Terminologies with Chinese Characteristics: A Case Study of the 20th CPC National Congress Report

Review of Legal Terminology Translation Research

Since legal terminology is characterized by rigor, precision and specificity, legal terminology translation is an important task in translation work. This paper firstly clarifies the definition of legal terminology and its sources, and then reviews the current research status of legal terminology translation on this basis. It then analyzes the current problems of legal terminology from the three levels of logic, language and culture respectively, and summarizes the principles of terminology translation proposed by scholars to cope with the problems of legal terminology translation. According to the characteristics of legal terminology translation, the legal terminology translation with Chinese characteristics is analyzed separately.

Modern acupuncture anesthesia and its clinical practice

Acupuncture anesthesia is an innovative anesthesia technique which combines acupuncture therapy of traditional Chinese medicine with western anesthesia and surgery. Modern acupuncture anesthesia technology involves comprehensive preoperative evaluation and application, intraoperative assistance in anesthesia, and enhanced recovery after surgery, forming a set of perioperative management models with Chinese characteristics. In the present paper, we comprehensively summarized the application scenarios (including craniocerebral operations, neck surgery, cardiac and thoracic surgery, abdominal operation, obstetrical and gynecological operations, anorectal operation, and orthopedic operation) and values (such as analgesia, reduction in nausea and vomiting, accelerating recovery of gastrointestinal function, regulating immune function, etc.) of modern acupuncture anesthesia technology in the perioperative period, and also analyzed its advantages ［(1) fewer physiological interference to the patient, reducing operation-induced organ damage, and accelerating postoperative recovery； (2) no obvious adverse reactions and high safety； (3) significant social and economic benefits］, current challenges and opportunities of modern acupuncture anesthesia techniques. We think that it is urgent to formulate a set of consensus guidelines and reference for modern acupuncture anesthesia for each type of relevant operations based on evidence-based medicine, actively draw on, absorb and introduce the latest evidence-based concepts and research methodologies and technologies, strive to create new theories, new methods and new technologies, carry out standardized sustainable research, enrich and improve its own system and to expand its application scope through exchanges and mutual learning with cutting-edge technologies of modern medicine.

Perfecting China’s anti-monopoly legal system: international shipping in the digital economy era

The rapid development of digital economy promotes the transformation and upgrading of China’s shipping fields. Among them, the international shipping anti-monopoly legal system is one of the important contents of China’s shipping legislation. In the era of digital economy, it is difficult for the existing system to better regulate the international liner shipping market with shipping alliance as the core. Countries have re-examined the anti-monopoly legal regulation system of international shipping. As both a major shipping and trading country, it is urgent for China to improve its shipping legislation with the anti-monopoly system as its core. In order to cope with the new pattern of shipping alliance in the era of digital economy, we should learn from the advanced experience of international shipping legislation, base on the perspective of China’s shipping economic development and our own needs, and make effective exploration from the aspects of coordinating the development of digital economy and shipping management mechanism, improving shipping supervision ability and accelerating the improvement of shipping legal system with Chinese Characteristics.

Shape the international discourse of Humanities Exchange in China's sports events within The Belt and Road Initiative

This study takes the humanities exchange of sports events as the research object, uses the literature method, the historical method and the logical analysis method to deeply interpret the essence of the humanities exchange of sports events in China and the challenges of The Times. Through the "Belt and Road" platform, based on the current situation of cooperation and exchange of sports events in China, it strives to explore the new practice of humanities exchange of sports events with Chinese characteristics in the new era. It is concluded that the humanities exchange in Chinese sports events boosted by the "Belt and Road" will play a positive role in promoting China's international image, enhancing the international discourse power of sports, realizing the "people-to-people connection" with countries along the Belt and Road, and consolidating the soft power of Chinese sports culture. Therefore, the humanities exchanges of sports events in China should take the "Belt and Road" as the ideological guidance, carry out scientific and strategic layout of sports events in China and countries and regions along the routes, and strive to build brand sports events with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The purpose of this study is to promote the cooperation and development of sports diplomacy, enhance the discourse power of Chinese sports events in the international arena, and provide theoretical reference for promoting China's development to a sports power.

The vernacular cultural landscape in traditional villages: global hotspots, emerging trends, and a case study of China’s Qilu cultural district

China’s rapid economic development has brought challenges to traditional villages, which carry the characteristics of Chinese civilization and traditional culture. Protecting traditional villages is of enormous significance. As a representative of Qilu Cultural District, Shandong has many national-level traditional villages, but some areas lack research on traditional villages and related local cultural landscapes due to various reasons. This study was divided into two parts. First, CiteSpace 6.1.R6 and VOSviewer1.6 software were used to perform a visual bibliometric analysis of the vernacular cultural landscape. Then, China’s Qilu Cultural District (Shandong Province) was taken as a typical case; the literature was read carefully, and an in-depth qualitative analysis was carried out in the research context of the vernacular cultural landscape. This study found that the United States, the United Kingdom, and China have outstanding research results in this field, and the directions of the research have gradually diversified from the early focus on rural and agricultural environments to the later focus on cultural landscape protection, management, and sustainable development. By taking Shandong as an example, the study of traditional villages takes the year 2000 as the starting point and involves architecture, archaeology, culture, and other fields. The architectural field primarily concentrates on the spatial layout, where cultural protection emphasizes the integration of sustainable development using scientific and technological methods, and cultural tourism grapples with the issue of homogenization. Future research needs to improve the literature database, consider local Chinese characteristics, and establish an independent literature database for multidimensional, multifaceted, and cross-cultural research. The direction and focus of this research provide methods and references for subsequent research.

The Logic of Globalization of Chinese-Style Modernization in the Perspective of Marx's World History Theory

Marx 's world history theory is an important part of the Marxist theoretical system. Chinese-style modernization is a socialist modernization road with Chinese characteristics that is generated and developed according to China 's national conditions under the guidance of this theory. In the process of pursuing modernization, China not only follows the evolution law of world history in theory, but also shows its unique generation logic in practice.Specifically, the globalization logic of China 's modernization can be grasped from the three historical stages of " forced to follow", " Run after oneself " and " Take the initiative and lead the race", thus highlighting China 's profound insight and historical initiative in world history.

Research on the Chinese Characteristics Advanced Apprenticeship Training Model Based on Embedded Neural Network Analysis

In order to deeply analyze the feasibility and optimization strategies of this model in vocational education, this paper focuses on the application of embedded neural network technology. By comparing with other talent cultivation models, especially delving into the essence of project-based teaching, this paper defines the practical, refined, and entrepreneurial characteristics unique to project-based teaching under modern apprenticeship systems. These characteristics constitute the core competitiveness of the advanced apprenticeship training model. This paper emphasizes the establishment of a quality management system based on standards, rigorous processes, and customized solutions. Embedded neural networks, with their powerful data processing and pattern recognition capabilities, help this paper reveal the significant advantages of this training model in resource integration, personalized teaching, skill inheritance, and market docking.

Research on Improving the Teaching Quality of International Students in Universities from a Convergence Perspective

As the internationalization process of higher education in China continues to accelerate, the convergence-based educational management of international and Chinese students has become an inevitable trend. The original "separated" educational management model is gradually evolving towards a "convergence" educational management model. Establishing work goals with an "international perspective, Chinese-foreign integration, local action, and Chinese characteristics," and conducting conceptual innovation and practical exploration of convergence-based educational management, is a beneficial attempt by Chinese universities to implement convergence-based education management for Chinese and international students.

La internacionalización del derecho civil de contratos

"Globalization," "globality," "harmonization," and "integration" are concepts characteristic of the early 20th century that, in the legal sphere, have gained increasing relevance, especially in relation to Contract Law. But what do these notions mean in this context? And what effects are these phenomena generating?Internationalization, harmonization, and integration are reflected in legislation, particularly in the fact that the harmonization of private law has become a significant trend within the international community. In this regard, the international harmonization of contract law represents one of the most dynamic and productive fields of private law today.From the perspective of contract law development, instruments such as the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods are increasingly being adopted. These frameworks are used by parties in international transactions as governing law and are applied by arbitration institutions as general rules in global trade contexts.In this sense, both the Contract Law of China and the Contracts Section of the Chinese Civil Code are rooted in a solid practical experience derived from Chinese commercial transactions. At the same time, they incorporate legislative advances from foreign laws and adopt a broad international perspective. These legal instruments reflect distinctively Chinese characteristics while incorporating contemporary elements, positioning themselves as an example of civil law adapted to the era of globalization.

The development logic of capital under socialism with Chinese characteristics

Purpose Regulating and guiding the sound development of capital under a socialist system is not only a significant theoretical innovation rooted in Chinese practice by the Communist Party of China (CPC) but also a major practical exploration for the smooth progression of the party and the nation’s modernization endeavors. Design/methodology/approach Adopting an analytical framework that unifies theoretical, historical and practical logic, this paper explores the rationality of capital’s existence under a socialist system based on the notion that capital is a materialized production relationship. It also examines the staged evolution of capital theory under socialism, highlighting the great leap forward realized by the capital theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Findings With the CPC Central Committee’s deepening understanding of the capital patterns in the socialist system, capital-related policies have undergone a developmental journey through several stages – from the negation and elimination of capital to the support and operation of capital and finally to the stage of regulating and guiding capital. This reflects the reciprocal and complementary relationship between capital theory and capital policy. Originality/value In response to issues such as the disorderly expansion of capital in the new development stage, it is imperative to actively promote a practical pathway safeguarded by the adherence to Party leadership, guided by the capital theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics and targeted toward common prosperity.

The thought of community with a shared future for mankind and the construction of China’s international political economy

Purpose Central to this paper, Western international political economy cannot well explain China’s peaceful development and its political and economic ties with the outside world, and it is even more difficult to reflect the characteristics of the times that the great changes unseen in a century and socialism with Chinese characteristics have entered into a new era, which are synchronously intertwined and mutually agitated. Constructing China’s international political economy not only emphasizes the Chinese perspective, Chinese discourse and Chinese narrative but also examines the development trend and major problems facing the world from the height of world history and applies the position, viewpoints and methods of Marxist historical materialism to observe the times, interpret the times and lead the times. Design/methodology/approach Looking back at the development of China’s international political economy, from introducing Western international political economy to increasingly emphasizing the Chinese perspective, Chinese discourse and Chinese narrative, we analyze the distinctive features of China’s international political economy from Western international political economy. Findings The thought of community with a shared future for mankind is the latest development and concentrated embodiment of Marxist thought on world history in the 21st century, which gives China’s international political economy a distinctive epochal, scientific and practical character, stipulates the research stance and fundamental purpose, establishes the research theme and main line and expands the research space for the construction of Chinese international political economy. Originality/value The construction of China’s international political economy is not only to create a “Chinese school” of international relations but more importantly to construct a discourse and academic system of China’s international political economy that can understand and grasp the changes in the world, the times and history, providing academic support for in-depth thinking and answering the question of “What is wrong with the world? What should we do?” and contributing Chinese wisdom.

HOW ARE HONG KONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS INSPIRED BY CHINESE ART AND CULTURE IN DESIGNING NEW FASHION?

Chinese traditional culture has been widely used and provides a rich resource for modern fashion design. Through the “Stitchable Chinese Art” fashion design competition 2024, organized by the Arts Education Section of the Education Bureau and the School of Fashion and Textiles of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, secondary school students deeply explored the meanings embedded in traditional Chinese culture and create new fashion styles with distinct Chinese characteristics. This study aimed to motivate students’ appreciation of Chinese art and culture and investigate how Hong Kong secondary students were inspired when designing new fashionable clothing. Mixed research methods were adopted. The quantitative method was used to analyze all 844 submitted works to determine the most frequently used Chinese artistic and cultural themes. Qualitative methods, comprising an in-depth examination of the 30 shortlisted design works, were used to identify how inspiration was drawn from traditional Chinese cultural elements. The key findings suggest that their most favorable design elements are: the conventional dragon as the main design inspiration; cheongsam style as the core silhouette; red as the major color; embroidery patterns as the featured design detail and silk fabric as the foremost fabrication.