AT No.1 Xiaofenqiao,Guangzhou Road,Nanjing,a grey-brick Western-style villa stands quietly in the green shade of dense plane trees.When the breeze stirs the leaves,they rustle as if whispering old stories.The two-stor...AT No.1 Xiaofenqiao,Guangzhou Road,Nanjing,a grey-brick Western-style villa stands quietly in the green shade of dense plane trees.When the breeze stirs the leaves,they rustle as if whispering old stories.The two-story house was the former residence of John Rabe(1882-1950),representative of German Siemens China Co.in Nanjing.展开更多
France’s Barbizon School of art finds commonalities in China’s landscape painting and rural art,showcasing the universality of creativity.THE village of Barbizon in north-cenral France,located on the outskirts of th...France’s Barbizon School of art finds commonalities in China’s landscape painting and rural art,showcasing the universality of creativity.THE village of Barbizon in north-cenral France,located on the outskirts of the stunning Fontainebleu Forest,became famous in art history for giving rise to a school of painting that sought realism in nature painting,based on deep observation and love for nature.Lishui is a city in Zhejiang Province in east China known as the green valley due to its extensive forest cover.Today,it has also become a channel of intercultural dialogue between China and France.展开更多
The Senegalese Sovereign Fund for Strategic Investment(FONSIS)has recently signed a partnership agreement with the Chinese company Sinohydro to construct the country’s first“water highway.”This project is part of t...The Senegalese Sovereign Fund for Strategic Investment(FONSIS)has recently signed a partnership agreement with the Chinese company Sinohydro to construct the country’s first“water highway.”This project is part of the new Senegalese government’s water transfer initiative,the Grand Transfert d’Eau(GTE)project,which aims to ensure a sustainable supply of drinking water and support the agricultural sector.展开更多
Swiss Ambassador to China eyes promising areas for more cooperation with China.THIS year marks the 75th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and Switzerland.Since the two cou...Swiss Ambassador to China eyes promising areas for more cooperation with China.THIS year marks the 75th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and Switzerland.Since the two countries established an innovative strategic partnership in 2016,the bilateral ties have been hailed as a“model”in China’s relations with Western countries.展开更多
The unveiling ceremony of Sino-Germany Standardization Cooperation Innovation Center in Frankfurt was held on June 23.It was attended by more than 30 representatives from DKE and China’s Taicang and Suzhou government...The unveiling ceremony of Sino-Germany Standardization Cooperation Innovation Center in Frankfurt was held on June 23.It was attended by more than 30 representatives from DKE and China’s Taicang and Suzhou government departments,which marks a firm step in promoting the institutional opening up of standards and deepening cultural exchanges and mutual learning.展开更多
College English teaching in China has long been criticized for its orientation to examination that consequently brings about negative learning attitude and ineffective learning achievement.Chinese educationists have b...College English teaching in China has long been criticized for its orientation to examination that consequently brings about negative learning attitude and ineffective learning achievement.Chinese educationists have brought forward several ap proaches to solve this problem but little has been changed due to the cultural influences.This paper analyzes the roots of examoriented education system in China in perspective of culture by comparing the Sino-U.S.cultural elements in depth in tradition al culture,learning and teaching motivation,teacher-student relationship and learners'engagement in class.This paper finally poses two suggestions on how to change the current situation gradually:(1) Focus on the washback of evaluation system on edu cational concepts.(2) Transform the product-evaluation to process-evaluation gradually by standardizing the current evaluation approaches,especially the standards of process-evaluation.展开更多
In the Mesoproterozoic time, the northern part of the Sino-Korean Plate experienced a period of intensive tectonic extension and breakup. 1. An abundance of sedimentary earthquake records is preserved in the Chuanling...In the Mesoproterozoic time, the northern part of the Sino-Korean Plate experienced a period of intensive tectonic extension and breakup. 1. An abundance of sedimentary earthquake records is preserved in the Chuanlinggou, Tuanshanzi and Gaoyuzhuang formations in the Mesoproterozoic Changcheng System （1800-1400 Ma） and in the Mesoproterozoic Wumishan Formation of the Jixian System （1400-1000 Ma）. These earthquake records are characterized by various liquefied sand-veins, carbonate microspar and coarser spar veins, limestone dikes, liquefied breccia and various forms of liquefied contorted bedding. This deformation is always associated with synsedimentary faults and igneous activity. 2. Three liquefaction models for soft carbonate sediments are recognized, including liquefaction in laminated carbonate rocks, liquefaction in thin-bedded carbonates and large-scale liquefaction along huge carbonate dikes. 3. Based on the record of earthquake and volcanic activities, the Sino-Korean Plate experienced at least twice intraplate breakups. One occurred between 1800-1400 Ma, and the other occurred at about 1200 Ma. The last breakup resulted in formation of the Yan-Liao aulacogen, a tectonic zone characterized by deeper material vibrancy, active faults, major igneous activity and frequent earthquakes.展开更多
This paper gives an account of the research that the authors conducted on the cyclic sequences, events and evolutionary history from Proterozoic to Meso-Cenozoic in the Sino-Korean plate based on the principle of the ...This paper gives an account of the research that the authors conducted on the cyclic sequences, events and evolutionary history from Proterozoic to Meso-Cenozoic in the Sino-Korean plate based on the principle of the Cosmos-Earth System. The authors divided this plate into 20 super-cyclic or super-mega-cyclic periods and more than 100 Oort periods. The research focused on important sea flooding events, uplift interruption events, tilting movement events, molar-tooth carbonate events, thermal events, polarity reversal events, karst events, volcanic explosion events and storm events, as well as types of resource areas and paleotectonic evolution. By means of the isochronous theory of the Cosmos-Earth System periodicity and based on long-excentricity and periodicity, the authors elaborately studied the paleogeographic evolution of the aulacogen of the Sino-Korean plate, the oolitic beach platform formation, the development of foreland basin and continental rift valley basin, and reconstructed the evolution展开更多
The Dabie complex (DC) and the Tongbai complex (TBC) are separately distributed in the middle and eastern parts of the Qinling-Tongbai-Dabie orogenic belt. In this study, the Dabie complex can be divided into two unit...The Dabie complex (DC) and the Tongbai complex (TBC) are separately distributed in the middle and eastern parts of the Qinling-Tongbai-Dabie orogenic belt. In this study, the Dabie complex can be divided into two units: one is the complex with no high pressure and ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks (DC1), and the other is the complex containing coesite-bearing eclogite lenses or boudins (DC2). Gneisses are predominant in the TBC, DC1 and DC2. Major and trace element data of gneisses in the TBC, DC1 and DC2 show them to be the orthogneisses. The gneisses in the DC1 have higher incompatible element contents and higher ratios of w(K 2O)/w(Na 2O) and w(La) n/w(Yb) n than those in the DC2. However, no obvious differences arise in other element contents and the ratios of w(La)/ w(Nb), w(Nb)/w(Th), w(Nb)/w(Hf), w(Ba)/w(La), w(Sm)/w(Nd) and w(Th)/w(U) between the gneisses in the DC2 and those in the DC1. These observations suggest that the protoliths of the gneisses in the DC2 have affinities to those in the DC1. The difference between the DC1 and DC2 gneisses in incompatible element contents could reflect the difference in their partial melting extent. The TBC gneisses are geochemically similar to the DC1 gneisses, suggesting that the TBC and DC1 gneisses are the same lithologic unit in the Qinling-Tongbai-Dabie orogenic belt and that they have experienced similar formations and evolution histories. In the Qinling-Tongbai area, the TBC is part of the northern blocks of the Yangtze craton. Given the similarity of geochemical characteristics, the rock assemblage and the ages between the TBC and DC1 gneisses, we can infer that the Dabie complex also belongs to the northern blocks of the Yangtze craton. In terms of the distribution of eclogites and metamorphic facies, we propose that the collisional suture in the Dabie area is distributed along the Xiaotian-Mozitan fault, at the contact with the Shang-Dan-Tongbai fault to the west.展开更多
文摘AT No.1 Xiaofenqiao,Guangzhou Road,Nanjing,a grey-brick Western-style villa stands quietly in the green shade of dense plane trees.When the breeze stirs the leaves,they rustle as if whispering old stories.The two-story house was the former residence of John Rabe(1882-1950),representative of German Siemens China Co.in Nanjing.
文摘France’s Barbizon School of art finds commonalities in China’s landscape painting and rural art,showcasing the universality of creativity.THE village of Barbizon in north-cenral France,located on the outskirts of the stunning Fontainebleu Forest,became famous in art history for giving rise to a school of painting that sought realism in nature painting,based on deep observation and love for nature.Lishui is a city in Zhejiang Province in east China known as the green valley due to its extensive forest cover.Today,it has also become a channel of intercultural dialogue between China and France.
文摘The Senegalese Sovereign Fund for Strategic Investment(FONSIS)has recently signed a partnership agreement with the Chinese company Sinohydro to construct the country’s first“water highway.”This project is part of the new Senegalese government’s water transfer initiative,the Grand Transfert d’Eau(GTE)project,which aims to ensure a sustainable supply of drinking water and support the agricultural sector.
文摘Swiss Ambassador to China eyes promising areas for more cooperation with China.THIS year marks the 75th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and Switzerland.Since the two countries established an innovative strategic partnership in 2016,the bilateral ties have been hailed as a“model”in China’s relations with Western countries.
文摘The unveiling ceremony of Sino-Germany Standardization Cooperation Innovation Center in Frankfurt was held on June 23.It was attended by more than 30 representatives from DKE and China’s Taicang and Suzhou government departments,which marks a firm step in promoting the institutional opening up of standards and deepening cultural exchanges and mutual learning.
文摘College English teaching in China has long been criticized for its orientation to examination that consequently brings about negative learning attitude and ineffective learning achievement.Chinese educationists have brought forward several ap proaches to solve this problem but little has been changed due to the cultural influences.This paper analyzes the roots of examoriented education system in China in perspective of culture by comparing the Sino-U.S.cultural elements in depth in tradition al culture,learning and teaching motivation,teacher-student relationship and learners'engagement in class.This paper finally poses two suggestions on how to change the current situation gradually:(1) Focus on the washback of evaluation system on edu cational concepts.(2) Transform the product-evaluation to process-evaluation gradually by standardizing the current evaluation approaches,especially the standards of process-evaluation.
文摘In the Mesoproterozoic time, the northern part of the Sino-Korean Plate experienced a period of intensive tectonic extension and breakup. 1. An abundance of sedimentary earthquake records is preserved in the Chuanlinggou, Tuanshanzi and Gaoyuzhuang formations in the Mesoproterozoic Changcheng System （1800-1400 Ma） and in the Mesoproterozoic Wumishan Formation of the Jixian System （1400-1000 Ma）. These earthquake records are characterized by various liquefied sand-veins, carbonate microspar and coarser spar veins, limestone dikes, liquefied breccia and various forms of liquefied contorted bedding. This deformation is always associated with synsedimentary faults and igneous activity. 2. Three liquefaction models for soft carbonate sediments are recognized, including liquefaction in laminated carbonate rocks, liquefaction in thin-bedded carbonates and large-scale liquefaction along huge carbonate dikes. 3. Based on the record of earthquake and volcanic activities, the Sino-Korean Plate experienced at least twice intraplate breakups. One occurred between 1800-1400 Ma, and the other occurred at about 1200 Ma. The last breakup resulted in formation of the Yan-Liao aulacogen, a tectonic zone characterized by deeper material vibrancy, active faults, major igneous activity and frequent earthquakes.
文摘This paper gives an account of the research that the authors conducted on the cyclic sequences, events and evolutionary history from Proterozoic to Meso-Cenozoic in the Sino-Korean plate based on the principle of the Cosmos-Earth System. The authors divided this plate into 20 super-cyclic or super-mega-cyclic periods and more than 100 Oort periods. The research focused on important sea flooding events, uplift interruption events, tilting movement events, molar-tooth carbonate events, thermal events, polarity reversal events, karst events, volcanic explosion events and storm events, as well as types of resource areas and paleotectonic evolution. By means of the isochronous theory of the Cosmos-Earth System periodicity and based on long-excentricity and periodicity, the authors elaborately studied the paleogeographic evolution of the aulacogen of the Sino-Korean plate, the oolitic beach platform formation, the development of foreland basin and continental rift valley basin, and reconstructed the evolution
文摘The Dabie complex (DC) and the Tongbai complex (TBC) are separately distributed in the middle and eastern parts of the Qinling-Tongbai-Dabie orogenic belt. In this study, the Dabie complex can be divided into two units: one is the complex with no high pressure and ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks (DC1), and the other is the complex containing coesite-bearing eclogite lenses or boudins (DC2). Gneisses are predominant in the TBC, DC1 and DC2. Major and trace element data of gneisses in the TBC, DC1 and DC2 show them to be the orthogneisses. The gneisses in the DC1 have higher incompatible element contents and higher ratios of w(K 2O)/w(Na 2O) and w(La) n/w(Yb) n than those in the DC2. However, no obvious differences arise in other element contents and the ratios of w(La)/ w(Nb), w(Nb)/w(Th), w(Nb)/w(Hf), w(Ba)/w(La), w(Sm)/w(Nd) and w(Th)/w(U) between the gneisses in the DC2 and those in the DC1. These observations suggest that the protoliths of the gneisses in the DC2 have affinities to those in the DC1. The difference between the DC1 and DC2 gneisses in incompatible element contents could reflect the difference in their partial melting extent. The TBC gneisses are geochemically similar to the DC1 gneisses, suggesting that the TBC and DC1 gneisses are the same lithologic unit in the Qinling-Tongbai-Dabie orogenic belt and that they have experienced similar formations and evolution histories. In the Qinling-Tongbai area, the TBC is part of the northern blocks of the Yangtze craton. Given the similarity of geochemical characteristics, the rock assemblage and the ages between the TBC and DC1 gneisses, we can infer that the Dabie complex also belongs to the northern blocks of the Yangtze craton. In terms of the distribution of eclogites and metamorphic facies, we propose that the collisional suture in the Dabie area is distributed along the Xiaotian-Mozitan fault, at the contact with the Shang-Dan-Tongbai fault to the west.
