China Scholars Research Articles

225-OR: 5-Methoxytryptamine Improves Obesity-Related Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by Regulating M1/M2 Macrophage Polarization

In our previous study, we demonstrated that hypoglycemic agent DPP-4i changed the gut microbiota composition in diabetic patients and mice, and the DPP-4i-altered microbiome improved glucose tolerance in colonized mice. However, the mediators and their mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Comparing the intestinal metabolite profiles of HFD mice treated with or without sitagliptin (Sit) , we identified tryptophan derivative 5-methoxytryptomine (5-MT) was obviously increased after Sit treatment. In HFD and db/db mice, 5-MT treatment significantly reduced the body weight, improved glucose tolerance and insulin resistance, and ameliorated hepatic steatosis and inflammation. Drug affinity responsive target stability (DARTS) assay demonstrated the interaction between 5-MT and Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) . Specific inhibition of AhR attenuated the effects of 5-MT on improving insulin resistance. Furthermore, molecular mechanism exploration revealed that 5-MT promoted the expression and secretion of chemokine Cxcl14, which promoted macrophages maturation into alternative activation (M2-like) , subsequently inhibiting the production of inflammatory factors. These data demonstrate novel beneficial roles of 5-MT in improving obesity-related inflammation, insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis. Funding National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (No.81925007) , National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81700757)

The Current State and Development of Research on China-South Korea Cooperation Under the 30<SUP>th</SUP> Anniversary of the Establishment of China-South Korea Diplomatic Relations - Based on the Visual Analysis of CSSCI Journal Documents-

The year 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of 30th Anniversary of the Establishment of China-South Korea Diplomatic Relations . Over the past three decades, China-South Korea relations have witnessed rapid development and fruitful exchanges and cooperation in various fields, which have not only brought tangible benefits to both sides but also made positive contributions to regional and world peace and stability. Now, standing at a new starting point, how to push China-South Korea relations to a new level has become a topic of close attention on both sides. Therefore, on the basis of nearly 30 years of research, scholars of China and South Korea put forward a new path and new model for the sustained and stable development of China-South Korea relations and cooperation.<BR> In this paper, 191 china-South Korea cooperative research papers published on CSSCI journals in the Database of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) were selected as samples, and literature measurement and content analysiswere used for research and analysis. Based on the preliminary outline of the annual distribution of literature samples, the distribution of major journals, the distribution of authors and their institutions, the paper uses CiteSpace software to sort out the hot topics and the evolution trend of China-South Korea cooperation research. The analysis results show that, on the whole, there are many researches on China-South Korea relations, China-South Korea FTA and The Korean Peninsula issue in Chinese academic circles, with increasing academic attention. However, the research strength is relatively scattered, and a mature and stable cooperation network and academic community has not yet been formed. The researches mainly focus on economic cooperation, and lack cooperation in other fields, as well as cooperation risks and coping strategies. In other words, complex risks and systemic risks in international cooperation are not paid enough attention, which also restricts the further research. The majority of research methods are qualitative research, and the big data analysis with integration of multidisciplinary research methods still needs to be improved.

Building China’s Eldercare Market: The Imperatives of Capital Accumulation and Social Stability

The paper investigates China’s effort to create an eldercare market to shed light on how China’s economic reform entailed the creation of new institutions (e.g., eldercare market including eldercare labour market) and the reconfiguration of existing institutions (e.g., governance and regulation, the family, and the community). All this was needed for the market to flourish while maintaining and strengthening the regime. An urban eldercare market, including an eldercare labour market, was created by local governments (i.e., municipalities, districts, counties, and towns) with central government policy directives, in order to address China’s demographic aging and care crisis. However, once enough demand and supply were created, local governments turned to New Public Management (NPM) to operate publicly funded eldercare institutions. The paper argues that NPM has different rationalities in China than in liberal democracies; in China, they strengthen the Party and contribute to the durability of the authoritarian rule, rather than “shrink the state”. However, in China as in the West, bureaucratic logic hampers the implementation of NPM and the governance of the eldercare sector. The implication of bureaucratic logic driving the regulation of the eldercare sector is that care is not at the centre of eldercare. The paper also argues that the commodification and privatization of eldercare, in line with the global trend, was a deliberate government policy aimed at creating a positive condition for the market economy to flourish, but at the expense of social reproduction/care. Unlike many Western transitions to market provision, this one entailed the decline in the extended family as the main eldercare institution of the immediate past. However, the commodification and privatization of social reproduction have been incomplete and met with resistance, prompting the state to invest more in the sector to maintain social stability. Data for this paper derive from personal interviews with key informants and eldercare workers, official document analysis, and secondary literature analysis from Chinese scholars in mainland China.

An overview of translation semiotics in China

AbstractTranslation semiotics is a new discipline which emerged in recent years from the two fields of translation and semiotics. Scholars in China, such as Hongwei Jia, have carried out related studies on this new discipline, defining it, positioning its research range, and providing its theoretical frame. Jia innovatively proposed the construction of three retranslation domains applicable to translation semiotics – intrasemiospheric translation, intersemiospheric translation, and suprasemiospheric translation – to broaden the theoretical perspective of translation semiotics. In this paper I present an overview of a comprehensive survey of the literature on translation semiotics in China to reflect the current situation of Chinese academic research in this field. The paper provides an analysis of the survey results revealing the progress of research, summarizes the existing shortcomings and problems, and discusses future development trends in this field in order to provide some ideas and references for further research.

Studies on Hydrological Processes on Karst Slopes for Control of Soil and Water Loss

Soil and water loss in karst areas seriously restricts the sustainable development of karst ecosystems, the economy and society in southwest China, which has been a concern of, and studied by, many scholars in China and abroad. Soil and water loss has a great influence on the evolution of rocky desertification, groundwater quality, drought and flood disasters in karst regions. This paper aimed to provide a review of studies of slope hydrological processes in soil and water loss. In this paper, 322 related articles retrieved from the Web of Science database and CNKI database were systematically reviewed. Firstly, a quantitative study was conducted to analyze the annual number, countries and research progress of the published literature. Secondly, the main progress and achievements of slope hydrology and soil erosion control technology were classified and summarized according to theoretical research, mechanism research, technology research and technical demonstration. Finally, the key problems and future research prospects are put forward, starting with the existing technology, in order to find more suitable soil and water loss control measures in karst regions and achieve economic and ecological benefits.

Recent Developments in Medieval Chinese Literary Research and Pedagogy: An Interview with Ronald Egan

Abstract In this interview, Professor Egan and I discuss issues related to reception studies, Chinese literary history, translation, and graduate education. The interview begins with the advantages and disadvantages of applying reception studies to premodern Chinese literature and to the works of major writers in particular. We then discuss two recent Chinese literary histories written in English and compare them to mainstream literary history written by Chinese scholars in China in terms of their different audiences, purposes, and uses. As scholars and students consult these histories, this discussion led to the topic of how to teach and how to train graduate students. Egan shares his experience with effective approaches for teaching classical Chinese literature in the American academic setting. In the last section of the interview, he focuses on graduate education, the academic and intellectual preparation that students need before they begin their PhD, what they should pay attention to as students, and their job prospects after they receive their degree.

Linezolid for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in China

Linezolid has been one of the key anti-tuberculosis agents for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). It used to be very expensive and was not covered by social insurance from local governments. Nevertheless, a growing number of patients in China received linezolid in their anti- MDR/XDR TB regimens over the past decade. Many scholars in China have reported their experience using linezolid to treat patients with MDR/XDR-TB. In view of this, existing evidence of the efficacy and safety of linezolid and problems faced by Chinese patients with MDR/XDR-TB are summarized here.

Supramolecular Template-Assisted Catalytic [2+2] Photocycloaddition in Homogeneous Solution

Supramolecular Template-Assisted Catalytic [2+2] Photocycloaddition in Homogeneous Solution

Analysis on the Effectiveness of PE FCT Model Based on Cooperative Learning Model

Many unique ideas of physical education in colleges and universities were proposed in the 1990s by some experts and scholars in China's sports field, such as “skills education ideas,” “happy sports ideas,” “lifelong sports ideas,” and “health first ideas,” and many other higher vocational colleges have begun to implement the inverted classroom teaching model into the teaching practice in physical education classes. Cooperative learning is a method of learning that is systematic and structured. Different approaches, such as collaborative learning, personalized learning, digital learning, and so on, aim to cultivate students' “collaborative learning” and “self-improvement” objectively. The effectiveness of the sports flip classroom teaching mode, which is based on cooperative learning, is examined in this paper. The cooperative learning mode completes the teaching activities in the form of groups in the teaching organization. The cooperative learning mode can help students not only improve their abilities, but also cultivate a sense of cooperation and teamwork in the classroom. We should pay attention to students' participation and cooperative behavior when implementing “cooperative learning” teaching, so that each student has the opportunity to express himself in practice.

Situated Knowledge: The Pro-China Trend in China Studies in Cold War Japan

ABSTRACT Based on interviews with 23 Japanese Sinologists as well as other oral materials, this article examines the origins of the pro-China trend among Japanese Sinologists during the Cold War, primarily from the perspective of ‘situated knowledge’. This article first contextualises how China scholars had been ‘situated’ socially and culturally in the ‘post-war’ discourse, and depicts the role of these scholars, whose production of knowledge can be seen as an embodiment of ‘post-war’ thought in Japan. Subsequently, the article discusses how the pro-China trend was born, how it intensified, and finally how it faded, by considering three conditioning factors: the China experiences of the Sinologists in initiating the reinterpretation of Japan’s locus in Asia; the memorial site of war where these scholars shouldered a spiritual burden in relation to China; and the localised power structure of the global Cold War in which China scholars took the People’s Republic as a robust ideological symbol as they challenged Japan’s conservative state under US patronage. In so doing, the article argues that the meandering journey of these Sinologists to constitute the meaning of ‘post-war’ through these three factors prompted the emergence of the pro-China trend.

Enlightenment of the Mariana Fore‐arc Sedimentary Basin Evolution to the Subduction Process

AbstractThe Mariana subduction structure is a hot topic in ocean‐ocean subduction zone research, and its subduction mechanism has attracted wide attention from experts and scholars in China and abroad. Based on the multi‐channel seismic data of survey line MGL1204 in the Mariana fore‐arc and DSDP ocean drilling data, this paper studies the development and evolution characteristics of the structure and strata in the Cenozoic Mariana fore‐arc sedimentary basin. The Cenozoic strata are divided into six seismic sequences, with the possible era of each seismic sequence discerned, and the relationship between fault development and earthquakes analyzed. The episodic activity of the volcanic chain of the Mariana island arc is thought to control the tectonic and stratigraphic development pattern of the Cenozoic sedimentary basin in the fore‐arc. Between 16°N–19°N and 146°E–151°E, the maximum thickness of the sedimentary center of the Cenozoic fore‐arc sedimentary basin in Mariana is about 2360 m. Normal faults are developed in the area and some broke to the seabed, indicating that the Mariana island arc is still in the post‐arc expansion stage. The application of multi‐channel seismic sections in structural and stratigraphic evolution study is an important means to elucidating the Mariana subduction mechanism.

Inherently Particularistic? How China’s Identity Constrains its Ability to Wield Soft Power

Does China’s identity affect its attractiveness to the outside world? Although many China scholars seem to subscribe to this view, few have attempted to explore and theorise the relation directly. This article argues that to fully understand China’s (in)ability to wield soft power on the international stage, it is necessary to identify the underlying discursive structures, or building blocks, of China’s national identity. Based on an extensive reading of the secondary literature, the article singles out four relatively distinct discursive building blocks—“Sino-civilization”, “Confucianism”, the “Century of Humiliation” and the “Communist March”—each of which is critical to the articulation of Chinese identity in the 21st century. Following a description of these building blocks, this article shows, by examining a selection of public speeches by Xi Jinping, how the discursive building blocks have enabled and constrained the official narrative construction of China’s national identity. Against this backdrop, it is argued that China’s national identity is predominantly particularistic, or Sino-centric, and that this particularism places serious limitations on China’s soft power potential.

The Contribution of the Kyujanggak Version of Wen Xuan to Chinese Ancient Literature

Wen Xuan is the earliest collection of poems and essays in China. Due to its special status and value, it was widely distributed throughout the East Asian region after it came out. Wen Xuan remains the most popular object of study for scholars in China, Japan, South Korea and other countries to this day. Over a period of more than 1,500 years, several versions of Wen Xuan were formed through handwriting and printing. In the historical development of the various versions of Wen Xuan, the Xiuzhou version is a milestone version with transitional meaning. Unfortunately, the Xiuzhou version that had historical and transitional significance was lost, which is a great pity for the academic circle of Wen Xuan. However, the Kyujanggak version is a block-printed edition based on the master copy of the Xiuzhou version. This version is extremely important in the research history of Wen Xuan and even the history of Chinese ancient literature. The most fundamental and important value of the Kyujanggak version is that it preserves the basic features of the three versions of Wen Xuan, with epoch-making significance in the historical development of Wen Xuan. Thus, it is important to carry out detailed research on the text. The Kyujanggak version faithfully reflects the original Xiuzhou version, and hence it can be used as a representative of the Xiuzhou version. Therefore, to study the Kyujanggak version is to study the Xiuzhou version.

The Reality and Application of &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Yin and Yang&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;

Ancient Chinese philosophers discovered Yin and Yang and the laws of Yin and Yang movement during their exploration and practice of nature more than two thousand years ago, and applied them to life, science, philosophy and medicine, playing an important role in the achievement of ancient Chinese civilization. Through historical changes, yin and yang have gradually been regarded as a concept or theory, thus making it difficult for people to understand the connotation of Yin-Yang and make new discoveries and progress. Nowadays, many scholars in China and the West are interested in studying the treasures of ancient Chinese civilization. We illustrate the actual function of Yin and Yang by explaining the essential state of matter, the law of physical movement, the transformation of energy, and then illustrate the practical application in life and science. In conclusion, yin-yang is a key to unlocking the treasures of traditional Chinese civilization, which can help to bring into play its original values, and continue to provide new insights and directions for the development of modern science and the advancement of humanities.

Reducing Transaction Processing Latency in Hardware Transactional Memory-based Database with Non-volatile Memory

PDF HTML XML Export Cite reminder Reducing Transaction Processing Latency in Hardware Transactional Memory-based Database with Non-volatile Memory DOI: 10.21655/ijsi.1673-7288.00274 Author: Affiliation: Clc Number: Fund Project: National Key Research and Development Program of China (2020YFB2104100); National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (61925206) Article | Figures | Metrics | Reference | Related | Cited by | Materials | Comments Abstract:The emergency of Hardware Transactional Memory (HTM) has greatly boosted the transaction processing performance in in-memory databases. However, the group commit protocol, aiming at reducing the impact from slow storage devices, leads to high transaction commit latency. Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) opens opportunities for reducing transaction commit latency. However, HTM cannot cooperate with NVM together: flushing data to NVM will always cause HTM to abort. In this paper, we propose a technique called parity version to decouple the process of HTM execution and NVM write. Thus, the transactions can correctly and efficiently use NVM to reduce their commit latency with HTM. We have integrated this technique into DBX, a state-of-the-art HTM-based database, and propose DBXN: a low-latency and high-throughput in-memory transaction processing system. Evaluations using typical OLTP workloads including TPC-C show that it has 99% lower latency and 2.1 times higher throughput than DBX. Reference Related Cited by

Chinese Folklore for the English Public: Herbert A. Giles’s 1880 Translation of Pu Songling’s Classical Tales

Chinese Folklore for the English Public: Herbert A. Giles’s 1880 Translation of Pu Songling’s Classical Tales

Introducing Chinese Foreign Policy: A Guide to the Literature

The analysis of Chinese foreign policy presents itself as a challenging but necessary field. The complexities of its political system and the lack of official information about its processes are usually stated as reasons for apprehension about the exploration of the topic and any conclusions drawn. New narratives of China’s peaceful or threatening rise, the possibilities of a “Second Cold” War and Thucydides’ Trap further complicate its exploration by the inclusion of political considerations. Notwithstanding these considerations, since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China scholars have examined a wide range of alternatives to the understanding of Chinese foreign policy rationale. After a brief overview of historical perspectives, this paper categorizes and presents different entry points in the English literature to study Chinese foreign policy. Its objective, hence, is to introduce different perspectives to disentangle the topic, serving as an initial reading.

Emergent nationalism in China's sociotechnical networks: How technological affordance and complexity amplify digital nationalism

AbstractNationalism today interacts in complicated ways with advanced information and communication systems, regularly leading to unanticipated consequences. Popular online nationalism in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is a case in point: In the PRC, digital nationalism has become a central feature of political discourse and decision‐making, at times powerfully shaping the state's policy efforts. This article explores a missing puzzle piece in how state‐led and popular nationalism interact in Chinese politics: the role that advanced information and communication technologies play in such processes. This is a question that is not only relevant to scholars of China but also to anyone interested in the role that digital media and communication play in the formation and spread of contemporary nationalism. How do interactions in complex sociotechnical systems affect nationalism today? To answer this question, the article analyses and traces interaction and feedback loops in Chinese digital environments during Sino‐Japanese disputes over the East China Sea. It shows how the interactions between humans, organisations and technologies create unexpected variations in outcome that resonate through China's internet and create the conditions from which digital nationalism can powerfully emerge to shape legitimation and policy‐making processes.

The Discourse of Independent Animation in the Contemporary Chinese Context

Independent animation is a marginal media form in China, and studies describe how both Chinese artists and scholars of film studies have only started to practice or construct this genre and popular cinema since the 1990s, especially after the Shanke (Chinese Flash animators, 閃客) phenomenon. In this article, the existing discourse of independent animation in contemporary China is critically analyzed by studying mainly what is said and written by the local practitioners and scholars in China. The author’s analysis is based on the assumption that animation should be taken ‘as an art form’, which should be able to express itself freely without any external constraints or intervention by others. Hence, the focus should be placed on the ultimate purpose and meaning of art along with the form. Among the various types of discourses constructed by practitioners, the author argues that the discourse constructed by the contemporary Chinese art scene should be encouraged to keep the nature of independent works so as to give voice to true, personal and inner values, and expressions that are outside the institutionalized and dominating discourse or framework.

Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi Jinping

Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi Jinping