Discussions on Chinese modernization are offering African countries both conceptual inspiration and practical references as they explore their own sustainable development paths.
China’s Most Beautiful Countryside Wuyuan Compiled by the Publicity Department of the CPC Wuyuan County Committee Price:RMB 268 Hardcover,226 pages Published by Foreign Languages Press AS one of the six counties of a...China’s Most Beautiful Countryside Wuyuan Compiled by the Publicity Department of the CPC Wuyuan County Committee Price:RMB 268 Hardcover,226 pages Published by Foreign Languages Press AS one of the six counties of ancient Huizhou,Wuyuan has been widely acclaimed as“China’s Most Beautiful Countryside”both at home and abroad.It owes its charm to a landscape shaped by deep-rooted rural cultural traditions and harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature.展开更多
On the stone-paved lanes of Songyang County that date back to ancient times,morning mist lingered as a faint fragrance of tea wafted from a century-old house.Inside,Yang Junjie,a tea maker born in the 1980s,worked def...On the stone-paved lanes of Songyang County that date back to ancient times,morning mist lingered as a faint fragrance of tea wafted from a century-old house.Inside,Yang Junjie,a tea maker born in the 1980s,worked deftly at the stove,his hands moving swiftly over the scorching iron wok as tender green tea leaves dance between his fingers.展开更多
Prepared with concrete and pragmatic questions,members of a media delegation from the Republic of the Congo toured the cities of Yunfu and Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province from 16 to 22 November 2025.They visited produc...Prepared with concrete and pragmatic questions,members of a media delegation from the Republic of the Congo toured the cities of Yunfu and Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province from 16 to 22 November 2025.They visited production workshops,explored research institutes,toured beautiful villages and discovered archaeological sites,searching for the keys to Chinese modernisation in its many dimensions.展开更多
Ganmai Dazao Decoction,originating from“Jin Gui Yao Lue”(Synopsis of the Golden Chamber),is a classical prescription for treating visceral agitation.Composed of three medicinal and edible substances-licorice(Gancao)...Ganmai Dazao Decoction,originating from“Jin Gui Yao Lue”(Synopsis of the Golden Chamber),is a classical prescription for treating visceral agitation.Composed of three medicinal and edible substances-licorice(Gancao),wheat(Xiaomai),and jujube(Dazao),it functions to nourish the heart and calm the mind,harmonize the middle burner and regulate Qi,and alleviate urgency and restlessness.As its clinical application has expanded from traditional emotional disorders to neurological,endocrine,and various psychosomatic diseases,establishing a scientifically precise quality control system and deeply elucidating its pharmacodynamic material basis and mechanism of action have become critical tasks.Modern analytical methods,typified by chromatography,spectroscopy,and their hyphenated techniques,with their high sensitivity,high resolution,and powerful substance characterization capabilities,have become the core driving force for standardizing the quality control and modernizing the clinical application research of this formula.This paper systematically reviews the progress of the aforementioned analytical techniques and chemometrics in interpreting the chemical composition,establishing fingerprint profiles,controlling process quality,and researching the pharmacodynamic material basis of Ganmai Dazao Decoction.Furthermore,it discusses integrated approaches combining analytical techniques with pharmacology and clinical medicine to reveal mechanisms of action and explore therapeutic biomarkers.Finally,it provides an outlook on future directions and challenges,including technological integration and innovation,standardization of whole-process quality control systems,and evidence-based research aimed at internationalization.展开更多
The spatial organization of urban-rural systems is fundamentally shaped by the agglomeration and diffusion effects inherent in human-Earth processes,giving rise to distinct gradient-based and hierarchical structures.U...The spatial organization of urban-rural systems is fundamentally shaped by the agglomeration and diffusion effects inherent in human-Earth processes,giving rise to distinct gradient-based and hierarchical structures.Understanding the complexity of these interactions and their multidimensional drivers is essential for deciphering the mechanisms of integrated urban-rural development.Here,we apply a novel hierarchical spatial system framework based on the human-Earth system,combining social network analysis and multi-level modeling,to examine the evolution of the socio-spatial structure in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region from 2000 to 2020.We developed a comprehensive evaluation system spanning economic,social,environmental,and infrastructural dimensions to characterize spatial patterns across multiple network levels,including city clusters,metropolitan areas,municipal-counties,towns,and villages.Our analysis reveals three key findings:First,the density of foundational network connections increased significantly,reflecting a trend toward spatial concentration driven by policy-led regional integration.Second,network structures at the city-cluster and metropolitan scales exhibited a pattern of“initial expansion followed by convergence”,accompanied by notable shifts in their spatial centers of gravity.In parallel,differentiated patterns of agglomeration and expansion were evident in the township-and village-level networks of Baoding,Tangshan,and Handan,while village-level networks in Anxin,Quyang,and other locations demonstrated distinct developmental trends.Third,community structures demonstrated strong functional homophily and interactive cohesion across multiple dimensions,with metropolitan and township communities undergoing restructuring that reflects a reconfiguration of cross-level influence and functional coupling.Spatially,the system manifests as a gradient structure of interwoven point,line,and area networks,establishing a mechanism for functional differentiation and transmission from rural to urban areas.This study provides theoretical foundations and methodological support for understanding the spatial organization logic of integrated urban-rural development,offering practical reference value for advancing regional coordination and rural revitalization in a scientifically informed manner.展开更多
In the training studio of the School of Architecture and Engineering at Xizang Vocational Technical College,Lhasa,Gyatso,a senior artist specializing in Tibetan-style architectural decorative painting,bent over to dem...In the training studio of the School of Architecture and Engineering at Xizang Vocational Technical College,Lhasa,Gyatso,a senior artist specializing in Tibetan-style architectural decorative painting,bent over to demonstrate a student how to paint.His left hand steadied the painting board,while his right hand held a brush pen to present the Tibetan-style painting technique of"blurring"-dipping the brush lightly into the pigment,spreading it from dark to light on the paper.The eight-petaled lotus,a symbol of auspiciousness,gradually took shape,blossoming with layers of vitality.展开更多
Educational cooperation,as the cornerstone and vanguard of people-to-people exchanges and practical cooperation between China and Africa,holds irreplaceable strategic significance for enhancing the quality of Africa&#...Educational cooperation,as the cornerstone and vanguard of people-to-people exchanges and practical cooperation between China and Africa,holds irreplaceable strategic significance for enhancing the quality of Africa's human capital and accelerating its structural transformation and modernization process.This paper employs“demand–supply–adaptation”as its core analytical framework and aims to systematically explore how the educational cooperation between China and Africa can serve Africa's goal of modernization more precisely and effectively.First,through reviewing and analyzing the domestic and international research literature,this paper clarifies the focus,paradigms,and shortcomings of existing research,identifying the knowledge contribution of this study.Second,utilizing detailed macro-level data,case studies,and comparative research methods,it comprehensively presents the multidimensional status,structural characteristics,and development trends of China–Africa educational cooperation in areas such as student exchanges,cooperative education,vocational and technical training,language and cultural exchange,and emerging digital education.This paper also deeply analyzes the pressing and specific demands placed on the education system by Africa's modernization development across key dimensions like economic diversification,industrialization,agricultural modernization,social governance upgrading,and digital transformation.Third,based on the cooperative principle of“Africa's needs and China's strengths,”this paper innovatively proposes systematic countermeasures and suggestions for constructing new,multi-level,high-quality,sustainable,and future-oriented pathways for China–Africa educational cooperation:(a)promoting the strategic focus of cooperation to extend from“hard infrastructure”support to empowering“soft infrastructure”;(b)deepening the integration of industry and education and school–enterprise collaboration to precisely align with Africa's industrial development needs;vigorously developing digital education and jointly building a smart education ecosystem to help Africa bridge the digital divide;(c)improving an evidence-based,third-party evaluation system for cooperative effectiveness and a full-process quality assurance system;and(d)promoting the collaborative participation of multiple actors including governments,schools,enterprises,think tanks,and social organizations to build a new cooperative pattern of coconstruction,co-governance,and shared benefits.展开更多
Blue calico,which dates back more than 800 years,is a traditional blue-and-white-printed fabric in Nantong,a city in East China's Jiangsu Province.Blue calico is renowned for its simple,yet elegant,patterns,the st...Blue calico,which dates back more than 800 years,is a traditional blue-and-white-printed fabric in Nantong,a city in East China's Jiangsu Province.Blue calico is renowned for its simple,yet elegant,patterns,the striking beauty of its blue-and-white harmony and,especially,for its printing and dyeing being performed by hand.展开更多
Born in Penglai,Shandong Province in 1942,Jiang Baolin is currently working as a doctoral supervisor at the Chinese National Academy of Arts.He’s also a committee member and researcher at the China National Academy o...Born in Penglai,Shandong Province in 1942,Jiang Baolin is currently working as a doctoral supervisor at the Chinese National Academy of Arts.He’s also a committee member and researcher at the China National Academy of Painting.He graduated from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts(now China Academy of Art),studying under such masters as Lu Yanshao and Gu Kunbo,and later pursued his master’s degree at the Central Academy of Fine Arts,sitting at the feet of masters like Li Keran.展开更多
This paper discusses the engagement of modern Western medicine in the development of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)during the 1950s,specifically in its efforts on and research in modernizing TCM.Through complementi...This paper discusses the engagement of modern Western medicine in the development of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)during the 1950s,specifically in its efforts on and research in modernizing TCM.Through complementing the studies of the 1950s with data and cases that have not been well studied in the previous publications,the author argues that modern Western medicine played an active and instrumental role in modernizing and scientizing TCM in the 1950s.TCM obtained attention not as merely a national treasure but underwent fast development of modernization in the 1950s.In modernizing TCM,Western medicine was not a bystander but served as an active partner.The professionals of Western medicine made good use of their strength in scientific studies in the development of TCM.Though scientization is part of modernization,the paper points out the scientific research by providing cases in the TCM research boom and discusses the significance.The scientific research not only linked TCM with modern scientific concepts and research methodology,but also expanded the research scope of the Western medicine,leading to breakthroughs in TCM medicines in the 1960s–1970s and to building the landscape of medicine in China.展开更多
1 Introduction The history of medicine in modern China has frequently been framed through a lens of“Westernization”,in which traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)is portrayed as grad-ually yielding to modern Western med...1 Introduction The history of medicine in modern China has frequently been framed through a lens of“Westernization”,in which traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)is portrayed as grad-ually yielding to modern Western medicine.Such a binary framework,however,oversimplifies the intricate realities of medical encounters in China.展开更多
Latin America and the Caribbean(hereinafter referred to as“LAC”)is an important part of the Global South.It is the region where developing countries that achieved independence the earliest and initiated their modern...Latin America and the Caribbean(hereinafter referred to as“LAC”)is an important part of the Global South.It is the region where developing countries that achieved independence the earliest and initiated their modernization process the earliest are located.LAC modernization has a history of over 150 years.In this process,it has been profoundly influenced by Western theories such as classical liberalism and neoliberalism.展开更多
Postmodernism is defined firstly on the analysis of both the divergence and correlation among the concepts of modernism,modernity and postmodernity.Mass media is chosen as a study case because postmodernism can find a...Postmodernism is defined firstly on the analysis of both the divergence and correlation among the concepts of modernism,modernity and postmodernity.Mass media is chosen as a study case because postmodernism can find a complete reflection in it while the development of mass media will consolidate the postmodern thought.They're interweaving in many ways.展开更多
In both Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)and modern medicine,they agree that the integrity and healthy structure of the vascular endothelium are essential for normal hemodynamics.Damage to the vascular endothelium can...In both Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)and modern medicine,they agree that the integrity and healthy structure of the vascular endothelium are essential for normal hemodynamics.Damage to the vascular endothelium can quickly activate the extrinsic coagulation pathway by triggering the tissue factor(TF)and lead to coagulation.This damage,along with a loss of anticoagulant properties through antithrombinⅢ(ATⅢ),TF pathway inhibitors,and the protein C system,can result in a hypercoagulable state and even thrombosis.Hypercoagulability is not only a common feature of many cancers but also an important factor promoting tumor development and metastasis,which corresponds to the TCM theory of“blood stasis leading to tumors.”The pharmacological effects of heparin and aspirin have similarities with TCM's“activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis”theory in improving blood circulation,treating related diseases,and their anti-inflammatory effects.展开更多
With the progress of urbanization,urban landscape design has garnered increasing attention.Urban landscape design can not only reflect the construction level of a city but also has the functions of beautifying the urb...With the progress of urbanization,urban landscape design has garnered increasing attention.Urban landscape design can not only reflect the construction level of a city but also has the functions of beautifying the urban environment and enhancing the city image.Modern art enriches the expression forms of urban landscape design,and its integration with urban landscape design can greatly improve the urban landscape.This article elaborated on the connotations of modern art and urban landscape design and analyzed the application of modern art in urban landscape design.The application of modern art can help to achieve the goal of urban landscape design to the maximum extent.展开更多
Modernization has been a common issue in the development of all countries since the 20th century.However,as the global modernization movement developed,different countries and regions diverged in their modernization p...Modernization has been a common issue in the development of all countries since the 20th century.However,as the global modernization movement developed,different countries and regions diverged in their modernization paths and models.In A New Path Ahead:Chinese Modernization,the author Dai Mucai,an expert in theoretical research on the Chinese path to modernization and a professor at the School of Marxism of Tsinghua University,elaborates on why the Chinese path to modernization is unprecedented in history,its originality and unique features,what it means to the world,and how to build a socialist modernization in a country with a 5,000-year-old civilization.展开更多
This paper is an attempt to explore the root of the modern paradox across multiple registers in order to uncover a persuasive pattern of contradiction that runs through the very fabric of contemporary existence.We dis...This paper is an attempt to explore the root of the modern paradox across multiple registers in order to uncover a persuasive pattern of contradiction that runs through the very fabric of contemporary existence.We discover that the very logic meant to emancipate the human subject-scientific mastery,bureaucratic order,economic growth,and many others,often recoil upon the subject,generating conditions of fragmentation,depersonalization,and spiritual aridity.Far from rejecting modernity wholesale,our task is a diagnostic one-to enter into the deep fabric of modernity and to decode its operating metaphors and interrogate what holds up the“scaffolding of collective life”.This is in a bid to find the rootedness of genuine human flourishing.Part of the answer,from our analysis,lies in a critical re-thinking within modernity without being subsumed by it.展开更多
In the successive rise of the metaverse and artificial intelligence(AI),rationalism and emotionalism have consistently manifested as symptoms of modernity throughout their developmental trajectories.This paper argues ...In the successive rise of the metaverse and artificial intelligence(AI),rationalism and emotionalism have consistently manifested as symptoms of modernity throughout their developmental trajectories.This paper argues that the achievements and crises of both fields signify the triumph of rationalism in the context of deepening modernity,while simultaneously harboring an intrinsic impetus and possibility for transitioning from rationalism to emotionalism.This dynamic serves as a quintessential representation of modernity’s crises and their transcendence.Centered on embodied cognitive science,AI and the metaverse—rooted in rationalism—now face challenges in shifting toward emotionalism,revealing their inadequacy in addressing this shift.Humanity must explore new modernity-deepening paradigms grounded in emotionalism to confront and transcend the potential crises posed by the metaverse and AI.展开更多
He Haiyan,a courier for YTO Express,one of China’s leading logistics and express delivery companies,picked up a package of fresh yak meat from a specialty store in Lhasa,the Xizang Autonomous Region,on March 7.After ...He Haiyan,a courier for YTO Express,one of China’s leading logistics and express delivery companies,picked up a package of fresh yak meat from a specialty store in Lhasa,the Xizang Autonomous Region,on March 7.After air transport,the meat would reach its destination 2,000 km away in Chengdu,Sichuan Province,within 48 hours.展开更多
文摘Discussions on Chinese modernization are offering African countries both conceptual inspiration and practical references as they explore their own sustainable development paths.
文摘China’s Most Beautiful Countryside Wuyuan Compiled by the Publicity Department of the CPC Wuyuan County Committee Price:RMB 268 Hardcover,226 pages Published by Foreign Languages Press AS one of the six counties of ancient Huizhou,Wuyuan has been widely acclaimed as“China’s Most Beautiful Countryside”both at home and abroad.It owes its charm to a landscape shaped by deep-rooted rural cultural traditions and harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature.
文摘On the stone-paved lanes of Songyang County that date back to ancient times,morning mist lingered as a faint fragrance of tea wafted from a century-old house.Inside,Yang Junjie,a tea maker born in the 1980s,worked deftly at the stove,his hands moving swiftly over the scorching iron wok as tender green tea leaves dance between his fingers.
文摘Prepared with concrete and pragmatic questions,members of a media delegation from the Republic of the Congo toured the cities of Yunfu and Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province from 16 to 22 November 2025.They visited production workshops,explored research institutes,toured beautiful villages and discovered archaeological sites,searching for the keys to Chinese modernisation in its many dimensions.
文摘Ganmai Dazao Decoction,originating from“Jin Gui Yao Lue”(Synopsis of the Golden Chamber),is a classical prescription for treating visceral agitation.Composed of three medicinal and edible substances-licorice(Gancao),wheat(Xiaomai),and jujube(Dazao),it functions to nourish the heart and calm the mind,harmonize the middle burner and regulate Qi,and alleviate urgency and restlessness.As its clinical application has expanded from traditional emotional disorders to neurological,endocrine,and various psychosomatic diseases,establishing a scientifically precise quality control system and deeply elucidating its pharmacodynamic material basis and mechanism of action have become critical tasks.Modern analytical methods,typified by chromatography,spectroscopy,and their hyphenated techniques,with their high sensitivity,high resolution,and powerful substance characterization capabilities,have become the core driving force for standardizing the quality control and modernizing the clinical application research of this formula.This paper systematically reviews the progress of the aforementioned analytical techniques and chemometrics in interpreting the chemical composition,establishing fingerprint profiles,controlling process quality,and researching the pharmacodynamic material basis of Ganmai Dazao Decoction.Furthermore,it discusses integrated approaches combining analytical techniques with pharmacology and clinical medicine to reveal mechanisms of action and explore therapeutic biomarkers.Finally,it provides an outlook on future directions and challenges,including technological integration and innovation,standardization of whole-process quality control systems,and evidence-based research aimed at internationalization.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42293270,42530712)the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42401334).
文摘The spatial organization of urban-rural systems is fundamentally shaped by the agglomeration and diffusion effects inherent in human-Earth processes,giving rise to distinct gradient-based and hierarchical structures.Understanding the complexity of these interactions and their multidimensional drivers is essential for deciphering the mechanisms of integrated urban-rural development.Here,we apply a novel hierarchical spatial system framework based on the human-Earth system,combining social network analysis and multi-level modeling,to examine the evolution of the socio-spatial structure in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region from 2000 to 2020.We developed a comprehensive evaluation system spanning economic,social,environmental,and infrastructural dimensions to characterize spatial patterns across multiple network levels,including city clusters,metropolitan areas,municipal-counties,towns,and villages.Our analysis reveals three key findings:First,the density of foundational network connections increased significantly,reflecting a trend toward spatial concentration driven by policy-led regional integration.Second,network structures at the city-cluster and metropolitan scales exhibited a pattern of“initial expansion followed by convergence”,accompanied by notable shifts in their spatial centers of gravity.In parallel,differentiated patterns of agglomeration and expansion were evident in the township-and village-level networks of Baoding,Tangshan,and Handan,while village-level networks in Anxin,Quyang,and other locations demonstrated distinct developmental trends.Third,community structures demonstrated strong functional homophily and interactive cohesion across multiple dimensions,with metropolitan and township communities undergoing restructuring that reflects a reconfiguration of cross-level influence and functional coupling.Spatially,the system manifests as a gradient structure of interwoven point,line,and area networks,establishing a mechanism for functional differentiation and transmission from rural to urban areas.This study provides theoretical foundations and methodological support for understanding the spatial organization logic of integrated urban-rural development,offering practical reference value for advancing regional coordination and rural revitalization in a scientifically informed manner.
文摘In the training studio of the School of Architecture and Engineering at Xizang Vocational Technical College,Lhasa,Gyatso,a senior artist specializing in Tibetan-style architectural decorative painting,bent over to demonstrate a student how to paint.His left hand steadied the painting board,while his right hand held a brush pen to present the Tibetan-style painting technique of"blurring"-dipping the brush lightly into the pigment,spreading it from dark to light on the paper.The eight-petaled lotus,a symbol of auspiciousness,gradually took shape,blossoming with layers of vitality.
文摘Educational cooperation,as the cornerstone and vanguard of people-to-people exchanges and practical cooperation between China and Africa,holds irreplaceable strategic significance for enhancing the quality of Africa's human capital and accelerating its structural transformation and modernization process.This paper employs“demand–supply–adaptation”as its core analytical framework and aims to systematically explore how the educational cooperation between China and Africa can serve Africa's goal of modernization more precisely and effectively.First,through reviewing and analyzing the domestic and international research literature,this paper clarifies the focus,paradigms,and shortcomings of existing research,identifying the knowledge contribution of this study.Second,utilizing detailed macro-level data,case studies,and comparative research methods,it comprehensively presents the multidimensional status,structural characteristics,and development trends of China–Africa educational cooperation in areas such as student exchanges,cooperative education,vocational and technical training,language and cultural exchange,and emerging digital education.This paper also deeply analyzes the pressing and specific demands placed on the education system by Africa's modernization development across key dimensions like economic diversification,industrialization,agricultural modernization,social governance upgrading,and digital transformation.Third,based on the cooperative principle of“Africa's needs and China's strengths,”this paper innovatively proposes systematic countermeasures and suggestions for constructing new,multi-level,high-quality,sustainable,and future-oriented pathways for China–Africa educational cooperation:(a)promoting the strategic focus of cooperation to extend from“hard infrastructure”support to empowering“soft infrastructure”;(b)deepening the integration of industry and education and school–enterprise collaboration to precisely align with Africa's industrial development needs;vigorously developing digital education and jointly building a smart education ecosystem to help Africa bridge the digital divide;(c)improving an evidence-based,third-party evaluation system for cooperative effectiveness and a full-process quality assurance system;and(d)promoting the collaborative participation of multiple actors including governments,schools,enterprises,think tanks,and social organizations to build a new cooperative pattern of coconstruction,co-governance,and shared benefits.
文摘Blue calico,which dates back more than 800 years,is a traditional blue-and-white-printed fabric in Nantong,a city in East China's Jiangsu Province.Blue calico is renowned for its simple,yet elegant,patterns,the striking beauty of its blue-and-white harmony and,especially,for its printing and dyeing being performed by hand.
文摘Born in Penglai,Shandong Province in 1942,Jiang Baolin is currently working as a doctoral supervisor at the Chinese National Academy of Arts.He’s also a committee member and researcher at the China National Academy of Painting.He graduated from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts(now China Academy of Art),studying under such masters as Lu Yanshao and Gu Kunbo,and later pursued his master’s degree at the Central Academy of Fine Arts,sitting at the feet of masters like Li Keran.
文摘This paper discusses the engagement of modern Western medicine in the development of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)during the 1950s,specifically in its efforts on and research in modernizing TCM.Through complementing the studies of the 1950s with data and cases that have not been well studied in the previous publications,the author argues that modern Western medicine played an active and instrumental role in modernizing and scientizing TCM in the 1950s.TCM obtained attention not as merely a national treasure but underwent fast development of modernization in the 1950s.In modernizing TCM,Western medicine was not a bystander but served as an active partner.The professionals of Western medicine made good use of their strength in scientific studies in the development of TCM.Though scientization is part of modernization,the paper points out the scientific research by providing cases in the TCM research boom and discusses the significance.The scientific research not only linked TCM with modern scientific concepts and research methodology,but also expanded the research scope of the Western medicine,leading to breakthroughs in TCM medicines in the 1960s–1970s and to building the landscape of medicine in China.
文摘1 Introduction The history of medicine in modern China has frequently been framed through a lens of“Westernization”,in which traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)is portrayed as grad-ually yielding to modern Western medicine.Such a binary framework,however,oversimplifies the intricate realities of medical encounters in China.
文摘Latin America and the Caribbean(hereinafter referred to as“LAC”)is an important part of the Global South.It is the region where developing countries that achieved independence the earliest and initiated their modernization process the earliest are located.LAC modernization has a history of over 150 years.In this process,it has been profoundly influenced by Western theories such as classical liberalism and neoliberalism.
文摘Postmodernism is defined firstly on the analysis of both the divergence and correlation among the concepts of modernism,modernity and postmodernity.Mass media is chosen as a study case because postmodernism can find a complete reflection in it while the development of mass media will consolidate the postmodern thought.They're interweaving in many ways.
基金supported by the Guizhou Provincial Basic Research Program(Natural Science)Youth Guidance Project{Qian Kehe Foundation-[2024]Youth 307}。
文摘In both Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)and modern medicine,they agree that the integrity and healthy structure of the vascular endothelium are essential for normal hemodynamics.Damage to the vascular endothelium can quickly activate the extrinsic coagulation pathway by triggering the tissue factor(TF)and lead to coagulation.This damage,along with a loss of anticoagulant properties through antithrombinⅢ(ATⅢ),TF pathway inhibitors,and the protein C system,can result in a hypercoagulable state and even thrombosis.Hypercoagulability is not only a common feature of many cancers but also an important factor promoting tumor development and metastasis,which corresponds to the TCM theory of“blood stasis leading to tumors.”The pharmacological effects of heparin and aspirin have similarities with TCM's“activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis”theory in improving blood circulation,treating related diseases,and their anti-inflammatory effects.
文摘With the progress of urbanization,urban landscape design has garnered increasing attention.Urban landscape design can not only reflect the construction level of a city but also has the functions of beautifying the urban environment and enhancing the city image.Modern art enriches the expression forms of urban landscape design,and its integration with urban landscape design can greatly improve the urban landscape.This article elaborated on the connotations of modern art and urban landscape design and analyzed the application of modern art in urban landscape design.The application of modern art can help to achieve the goal of urban landscape design to the maximum extent.
文摘Modernization has been a common issue in the development of all countries since the 20th century.However,as the global modernization movement developed,different countries and regions diverged in their modernization paths and models.In A New Path Ahead:Chinese Modernization,the author Dai Mucai,an expert in theoretical research on the Chinese path to modernization and a professor at the School of Marxism of Tsinghua University,elaborates on why the Chinese path to modernization is unprecedented in history,its originality and unique features,what it means to the world,and how to build a socialist modernization in a country with a 5,000-year-old civilization.
文摘This paper is an attempt to explore the root of the modern paradox across multiple registers in order to uncover a persuasive pattern of contradiction that runs through the very fabric of contemporary existence.We discover that the very logic meant to emancipate the human subject-scientific mastery,bureaucratic order,economic growth,and many others,often recoil upon the subject,generating conditions of fragmentation,depersonalization,and spiritual aridity.Far from rejecting modernity wholesale,our task is a diagnostic one-to enter into the deep fabric of modernity and to decode its operating metaphors and interrogate what holds up the“scaffolding of collective life”.This is in a bid to find the rootedness of genuine human flourishing.Part of the answer,from our analysis,lies in a critical re-thinking within modernity without being subsumed by it.
基金supported by the China Metaverse and Digital Talent Development Initiative and the general project of the National Social Science Foundation of China titled“Theoretical Interpretation of Advertising Messaging and the Development of a Typical Case Database”(19BXW085).
文摘In the successive rise of the metaverse and artificial intelligence(AI),rationalism and emotionalism have consistently manifested as symptoms of modernity throughout their developmental trajectories.This paper argues that the achievements and crises of both fields signify the triumph of rationalism in the context of deepening modernity,while simultaneously harboring an intrinsic impetus and possibility for transitioning from rationalism to emotionalism.This dynamic serves as a quintessential representation of modernity’s crises and their transcendence.Centered on embodied cognitive science,AI and the metaverse—rooted in rationalism—now face challenges in shifting toward emotionalism,revealing their inadequacy in addressing this shift.Humanity must explore new modernity-deepening paradigms grounded in emotionalism to confront and transcend the potential crises posed by the metaverse and AI.
文摘He Haiyan,a courier for YTO Express,one of China’s leading logistics and express delivery companies,picked up a package of fresh yak meat from a specialty store in Lhasa,the Xizang Autonomous Region,on March 7.After air transport,the meat would reach its destination 2,000 km away in Chengdu,Sichuan Province,within 48 hours.
