During Donald Trump’s first term,the“Trump Shock”brought world politics into an era of uncertainties and pulled the transatlantic alliance down to its lowest point in history.The Trump 2.0 tsunami brewed by the 202...During Donald Trump’s first term,the“Trump Shock”brought world politics into an era of uncertainties and pulled the transatlantic alliance down to its lowest point in history.The Trump 2.0 tsunami brewed by the 2024 presidential election of the United States has plunged the U.S.-Europe relations into more gloomy waters,ushering in a more complex and turbulent period of adjustment.展开更多
I am delighted to join my Thai and Chinese friends in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two great nations.It is the“Golden Jubilee”of Thailand-China friendship...I am delighted to join my Thai and Chinese friends in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two great nations.It is the“Golden Jubilee”of Thailand-China friendship.Half a century ago when Thailand’s then Prime Minister M.R.Kukrit Pramoj and China’s Premier Zhou Enlai signed a Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations on July 1,1975,the foundation for a profound and mutually beneficial partnership was laid,fostering enduring friendship,cooperation,and understanding between our two nations.This bond has stood the test of time amidst the ever-changing international landscape and been further enhanced by both countries’commitment to advancing the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and building a Thailand-China community with a shared future for enhanced stability,prosperity,and sustainability through a forwardlooking and people-centered vision.展开更多
The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and the Philippines.Over the past half century,despite ups and downs,China-Philippines relations have maintained a steady momentum of deve...The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and the Philippines.Over the past half century,despite ups and downs,China-Philippines relations have maintained a steady momentum of development with continuous progress in political,economic,and cultural exchanges.Since the second half of 2023,the Philippines’freguent provocations in the South China Sea have negatively impacted bilateral relations.展开更多
If there were any doubts about the Trump administration’s inherent obsession with decoupling,polarization and jolting of global trade,they can be laid to rest.A series of statements and measures have been made by the...If there were any doubts about the Trump administration’s inherent obsession with decoupling,polarization and jolting of global trade,they can be laid to rest.A series of statements and measures have been made by the U.S.government on economic relations with China including administrative decision to hit Chinese goods with additional tariffs despite China.展开更多
The year 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Indonesia.Over the past 75 years,the bilateral relationship has made significant progress across various fields,l...The year 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Indonesia.Over the past 75 years,the bilateral relationship has made significant progress across various fields,laying a solid foundation for regional stability.China Report ASEAN interviewed Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun to reflect on the remarkable journey of Indonesia-China relations over the past 75 years.展开更多
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the EU.Over half a century,China and the EU have steadily enhanced political mutual trust,deepened mutually beneficia...This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the EU.Over half a century,China and the EU have steadily enhanced political mutual trust,deepened mutually beneficial cooperation,and firmly upheld multilateralism,bringing tangible benefits to both peoples and making a significant contribution to global peace and development.展开更多
This article attempts to distinguish public relations(PRs)from propaganda,within the context of information management.Speedy dissemination of information is an important feature of contemporary communication practice...This article attempts to distinguish public relations(PRs)from propaganda,within the context of information management.Speedy dissemination of information is an important feature of contemporary communication practice globally.In this era,the information content of communication is an important element requiring critical evaluation.This is so,because of the need to safeguard the information ecosystem,considering the thin line between public relations and propaganda.While both propaganda and public relations aim to shape perceptions,influence attitudes,and sway opinions,one key distinction lies in their ethical considerations.Public relations emphasize honesty,accuracy,accountability,and a commitment to the truth.In contrast,propaganda may involve manipulation,distortion,or even fabrication of information to advance a particular agenda,often at the expense of truth and transparency.Hinged on The Excellence Theory and the Two-Way Symmetrical Model,the paper focuses on the meeting points and differences between public relations and propaganda,with a view to safeguarding the integrity of the information ecosystem.The study adopted the survey research method,with interview as research instrument.The study discovered that while propaganda is not entirely a bad practice,it has a heavy tilt towards bias.It therefore recommends that deliberate steps be taken by relevant professional organisations and other stakeholders towards educating the citizens on ways of distinguishing between public relations and propaganda contents.展开更多
Purpose:This paper presents a new semi-automatic methodology for identifying inter-actor relationships by discerning viewpoints in non-social,political textual corpora.Although previous research has successfully disce...Purpose:This paper presents a new semi-automatic methodology for identifying inter-actor relationships by discerning viewpoints in non-social,political textual corpora.Although previous research has successfully discerned viewpoints,biases,and affiliations based on textual features,the task of relationship analysis in the absence of interactional data remains unaddressed.Design/methodology/approach:We introduce a new paradigm for topic representation as a dynamic,continuous,multi-viewpoint spectrum based on the representation of viewpoints as vectors that capture common topical themes.As a proof of concept,we applied this paradigm to scrutinize the inter-state relationships reflected in the speeches of the UN General Assembly Debate Corpus(UNGDC).Findings:The proposed paradigm effectively identifies discursive trends in UNGDC.Our analysis reveals common attitudes towards the topic and their prominence among different groups of actors and facilitates the analysis of relationships between actors through a quantitative representation of viewpoint similarity.The method also successfully captured temporal shifts in viewpoints and overall discourse trends,correlating with major geopolitical events.Research limitations:One limitation of this study is the method’s sensitivity to data sparsity,which can skew viewpoint representations in cases of low topic involvement.Practical implications:The proposed paradigm can be utilized by scholars in political science and other domains as a tool for semi-automated unsupervised textual analysis of various non-social textual sources,enabling the discovery of latent relationships between actors and the modeling of viewpoints in complex topics.Originality/value:This study presents a novel framework for unsupervised semi-automatic textual analysis of relationships in non-social corpora through a new approach for the representation of viewpoints as thematic vectors.展开更多
In contemporary society,language transcends its function as a mere tool for communication.It is intrinsically linked to a people’s culture,values,and worldview.This observation is particularly salient in our globaliz...In contemporary society,language transcends its function as a mere tool for communication.It is intrinsically linked to a people’s culture,values,and worldview.This observation is particularly salient in our globalized world,where linguistic considerations have assumed strategic importance.Recognizing this potential,numerous states are seeking to bolster their international relations by prioritizing the teaching of their languages.It is within this context that we focus our attention on the teaching of Chinese in Congo-Brazzaville.Our objective is to investigate the significance of this language in consolidating bilateral relations between China and Congo.To achieve this,we analyze the current state of Chinese language instruction within the Congolese educational system,emphasize the implications of its dissemination,and propose potential avenues for improvement.Our approach is qualitative,drawing upon observations,interviews,and a review of existing literature.We aim to understand how the teaching of Chinese can contribute to the economic,cultural,and social development of Congo,while simultaneously strengthening ties with China.展开更多
Trump's victory in November 2024 once again had a strong impact on the European Union.However,unlike when Trump won the election for the first time in 2016,there have been some disturbing development trends in US-...Trump's victory in November 2024 once again had a strong impact on the European Union.However,unlike when Trump won the election for the first time in 2016,there have been some disturbing development trends in US-Europe relations.The imbalance in relations between the US and Europe has become even more pronounced.Whether in important fields such as the economy,finance,science and technology,or the military,the gap between the European Union and the United States is widening.Meanwhile,Europe's dependence on the United States is also increasing.Especially since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis,it has formed an all-round dependence on the United States in terms of security,energy,markets,as well as capital and technology.The increasing imbalance in US-Europe relations has triggered anxiety in Europe,including concerns that Europe might become a“vassal”of the United States.During Trump's second term,Europe may be more inclined to cater to the United States and submit to its demands more often.However,under internal and external pressures,it may also accelerate the process of promoting strategic autonomy.Where the European Union will go will largely depend on the direction and intensity of policy adjustments during Trump's second term.展开更多
China’s path to modernization,which embodies a unique developmental model characterized by high-quality development,common prosperity,harmony with nature,and peaceful coexistence,is a multifaceted process that advanc...China’s path to modernization,which embodies a unique developmental model characterized by high-quality development,common prosperity,harmony with nature,and peaceful coexistence,is a multifaceted process that advances progress on multiple fronts.This paper applies two analytical lenses to the study of intergovernmental fiscal relations:multi-level governance,where different levels of government interact,and multi-objective decision-making,where multiple goals are pursued simultaneously.From this perspective,it puts forward three core propositions.First,the evolution of fiscal relations is shaped primarily by the central government’s need to balance incentivization,coordination,and control.Second,these relations are constrained by objective factors such as the output elasticity of loacl government actions,cost coefficients,externalities,and uncertainty.Third,the effectiveness of both central and local governments depends on the design of fiscal relations,as well as on their objectives,the output elasticity of actions,and costs.In essence,effective intergovernmental fiscal relations require a balance between centralized leadership and local initiative.Using this framework,the paper examines how changes in China’s fiscal system have influenced modernization across different historical periods,offering a theoretical model tailored to China’s national context.展开更多
Feature selection methods rooted in rough sets confront two notable limitations:their high computa-tional complexity and sensitivity to noise,rendering them impractical for managing large-scale and noisy datasets.The ...Feature selection methods rooted in rough sets confront two notable limitations:their high computa-tional complexity and sensitivity to noise,rendering them impractical for managing large-scale and noisy datasets.The primary issue stems from these methods’undue reliance on all samples.To overcome these challenges,we introduce the concept of cross-similarity grounded in a robust fuzzy relation and design a rapid and robust feature selection algorithm.Firstly,we construct a robust fuzzy relation by introducing a truncation parameter.Then,based on this fuzzy relation,we propose the concept of cross-similarity,which emphasizes the sample-to-sample similarity relations that uniquely determine feature importance,rather than considering all such relations equally.After studying the manifestations and properties of cross-similarity across different fuzzy granularities,we propose a forward greedy feature selection algorithm that leverages cross-similarity as the foundation for information measurement.This algorithm significantly reduces the time complexity from O(m2n2)to O(mn2).Experimental findings reveal that the average runtime of five state-of-the-art comparison algorithms is roughly 3.7 times longer than our algorithm,while our algorithm achieves an average accuracy that surpasses those of the five comparison algorithms by approximately 3.52%.This underscores the effectiveness of our approach.This paper paves the way for applying feature selection algorithms grounded in fuzzy rough sets to large-scale gene datasets.展开更多
This article analyses the relationship between PM_(10) concentrations inside and outside two schools in Barreiro,Portugal:Primary School No.5 and D.Luís Mendonça Furtado Basic School.The main objective was t...This article analyses the relationship between PM_(10) concentrations inside and outside two schools in Barreiro,Portugal:Primary School No.5 and D.Luís Mendonça Furtado Basic School.The main objective was to understand the impact of external and internal sources on indoor air quality(IAQ)in school environments.Monitoring campaigns were carried out in different indoor spaces,including classrooms,the gym,and the canteen,and the results were compared with PM_(10) levels outside the building.At Primary School No.5,indoor PM10 concentrations were consistently higher than the outdoor values measured on Avenida do Bocage,with an average Indoor/Outdoor(I/O)ratio of 2.2,indicating a significant impact of indoor activities on particle levels.Similarly,at the D.Luís Mendonça Furtado Basic School,there was an increase in PM_(10) and PM_(2:5) concentrations during school hours,with the highest I/O ratio(3.04)recorded on school days.In the evenings and at weekends,when the spaces were unoccupied,particle concentrations dropped considerably,reaching an I/O ratio of 0.70.Said results suggest that indoor activities are a determining factor for particle levels in indoor air,emphasizing the need for ventilation and pollution control strategies in schools to protect the health of students and staff.展开更多
Understanding the relationship between sediment and discharge is crucial for effective river management and water-sediment modeling,especially in the Brahmaputra River,one of the large transboundary rivers with high s...Understanding the relationship between sediment and discharge is crucial for effective river management and water-sediment modeling,especially in the Brahmaputra River,one of the large transboundary rivers with high sediment and discharge variability in South Asia.Current knowledge of sediment-water relations is constrained by limited data,hindering effective transboundary river management.Using multivariate linear regression,climate elasticity coefficient,and traditional sediment rating curve,this study is designed to compare the sediment-water relations of the upstream(Nuxia)and the downstream(Bahadurabad).The results reveal significant variability between the two stations.In the upstream Nuxia,the simulation strongly correlates with observed suspended sediment load(SSL)and discharge(Q)(Pearson's r of 0.62 and 0.68,respectively).Conversely,at downstream Bahadurabad,weaker correlations(r=0.31 for sediment and r=0.51 for discharge simulation)indicate a reduced relation.This contrast reflects the non-linear nature of sediment-discharge coupling along the river continuum,shaped by both climatic and anthropogenic influences.Elasticity(ε)analysis highlights the dominant role of precipitation in shaping sediment-water dynamics(εP-SSL=2.53,εP-Q=1.01)at Nuxia,while Bahadurabad(εP-SSL=0.41,εP-Q=0.82)reflects a reduced sensitivity,possibly due to sediment retention along the floodplain.Air temperature elasticity(εT-SSL,-0.15&-3.06 at Nuxia and Bahadurabad,respectively)reveals contrasting impacts,strongly negatively influencing sediment transport at Bahadurabad.These findings highlight the significance of spatial variability and climatic influences on sediment dynamics,underscoring the necessity for site-specific management strategies.The sediment rating curve(SRC)analysis reveals a strong relationship between sediment and discharge(R^(2)=0.88)at Nuxia and a relatively weaker relationship(R^(2)=0.14)at Bahadurabad,which demonstrates a lower sedimentdischarge coupling that could be affected by downstream factors such as sediment deposition,channel morphology,and anthropogenic activities.This study offers valuable insights into sediment-water dynamics,highlighting the importance of understanding nonlinear relationships in the Brahmaputra River.展开更多
The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and the European Union(EU).Since China established diplomatic relations with the European Economic Community in 1975,the two sides hav...The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and the European Union(EU).Since China established diplomatic relations with the European Economic Community in 1975,the two sides have achieved tangible results in the fields of business,science and technology,climate change,and people-to-people exchanges.展开更多
During this year’s“two sessions”(annual meetings of China’s top legislative and political advisory bodies)from March 4 to 11,Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered the Government Work Report on March 5,and Foreign Min...During this year’s“two sessions”(annual meetings of China’s top legislative and political advisory bodies)from March 4 to 11,Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered the Government Work Report on March 5,and Foreign Minister Wang Yi answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on China’s foreign policy and foreign relations at a March 7 press conference.展开更多
Existing Transformer-based image captioning models typically rely on the self-attention mechanism to capture long-range dependencies,which effectively extracts and leverages the global correlation of image features.Ho...Existing Transformer-based image captioning models typically rely on the self-attention mechanism to capture long-range dependencies,which effectively extracts and leverages the global correlation of image features.However,these models still face challenges in effectively capturing local associations.Moreover,since the encoder extracts global and local association features that focus on different semantic information,semantic noise may occur during the decoding stage.To address these issues,we propose the Local Relationship Enhanced Gated Transformer(LREGT).In the encoder part,we introduce the Local Relationship Enhanced Encoder(LREE),whose core component is the Local Relationship Enhanced Module(LREM).LREM consists of two novel designs:the Local Correlation Perception Module(LCPM)and the Local-Global Fusion Module(LGFM),which are beneficial for generating a comprehensive feature representation that integrates both global and local information.In the decoder part,we propose the Dual-level Multi-branch Gated Decoder(DMGD).It first creates multiple decoding branches to generate multi-perspective contextual feature representations.Subsequently,it employs the Dual-Level Gating Mechanism(DLGM)to model the multi-level relationships of these multi-perspective contextual features,enhancing their fine-grained semantics and intrinsic relationship representations.This ultimately leads to the generation of high-quality and semantically rich image captions.Experiments on the standard MSCOCO dataset demonstrate that LREGT achieves state-of-the-art performance,with a CIDEr score of 140.8 and BLEU-4 score of 41.3,significantly outperforming existing mainstream methods.These results highlight LREGT’s superiority in capturing complex visual relationships and resolving semantic noise during decoding.展开更多
The 2025 Two Sessions,comprising the National People’s Congress(NPC)and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC),are among the most significant political events in China.These annual gatherings ...The 2025 Two Sessions,comprising the National People’s Congress(NPC)and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC),are among the most significant political events in China.These annual gatherings not only shape China’s domestic policies but also influence its foreign relations,particularly with neighboring countries like Myanmar.As a journalist based in Beijing with extensive experience in Myanmar’s socio-political landscape,I explore how the outcomes of the 2025 Two Sessions could positively impact Myanmar,focusing on economic cooperation,infrastructure development,cultural exchange,and regional stability.展开更多
FIVE decades ago,the establishment of China-EU diplomatic ties signaled a significant shift in the post-war world order.This year,as leaders gathered in Beijing for the 25th China-EU Summit commemorating this mileston...FIVE decades ago,the establishment of China-EU diplomatic ties signaled a significant shift in the post-war world order.This year,as leaders gathered in Beijing for the 25th China-EU Summit commemorating this milestone,they faced a turbulent global landscape marked by geopolitical friction,economic uncertainty,and contested rules.展开更多
文摘During Donald Trump’s first term,the“Trump Shock”brought world politics into an era of uncertainties and pulled the transatlantic alliance down to its lowest point in history.The Trump 2.0 tsunami brewed by the 2024 presidential election of the United States has plunged the U.S.-Europe relations into more gloomy waters,ushering in a more complex and turbulent period of adjustment.
文摘I am delighted to join my Thai and Chinese friends in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two great nations.It is the“Golden Jubilee”of Thailand-China friendship.Half a century ago when Thailand’s then Prime Minister M.R.Kukrit Pramoj and China’s Premier Zhou Enlai signed a Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations on July 1,1975,the foundation for a profound and mutually beneficial partnership was laid,fostering enduring friendship,cooperation,and understanding between our two nations.This bond has stood the test of time amidst the ever-changing international landscape and been further enhanced by both countries’commitment to advancing the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and building a Thailand-China community with a shared future for enhanced stability,prosperity,and sustainability through a forwardlooking and people-centered vision.
文摘The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and the Philippines.Over the past half century,despite ups and downs,China-Philippines relations have maintained a steady momentum of development with continuous progress in political,economic,and cultural exchanges.Since the second half of 2023,the Philippines’freguent provocations in the South China Sea have negatively impacted bilateral relations.
文摘If there were any doubts about the Trump administration’s inherent obsession with decoupling,polarization and jolting of global trade,they can be laid to rest.A series of statements and measures have been made by the U.S.government on economic relations with China including administrative decision to hit Chinese goods with additional tariffs despite China.
文摘The year 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Indonesia.Over the past 75 years,the bilateral relationship has made significant progress across various fields,laying a solid foundation for regional stability.China Report ASEAN interviewed Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun to reflect on the remarkable journey of Indonesia-China relations over the past 75 years.
文摘This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the EU.Over half a century,China and the EU have steadily enhanced political mutual trust,deepened mutually beneficial cooperation,and firmly upheld multilateralism,bringing tangible benefits to both peoples and making a significant contribution to global peace and development.
文摘This article attempts to distinguish public relations(PRs)from propaganda,within the context of information management.Speedy dissemination of information is an important feature of contemporary communication practice globally.In this era,the information content of communication is an important element requiring critical evaluation.This is so,because of the need to safeguard the information ecosystem,considering the thin line between public relations and propaganda.While both propaganda and public relations aim to shape perceptions,influence attitudes,and sway opinions,one key distinction lies in their ethical considerations.Public relations emphasize honesty,accuracy,accountability,and a commitment to the truth.In contrast,propaganda may involve manipulation,distortion,or even fabrication of information to advance a particular agenda,often at the expense of truth and transparency.Hinged on The Excellence Theory and the Two-Way Symmetrical Model,the paper focuses on the meeting points and differences between public relations and propaganda,with a view to safeguarding the integrity of the information ecosystem.The study adopted the survey research method,with interview as research instrument.The study discovered that while propaganda is not entirely a bad practice,it has a heavy tilt towards bias.It therefore recommends that deliberate steps be taken by relevant professional organisations and other stakeholders towards educating the citizens on ways of distinguishing between public relations and propaganda contents.
基金part of the research project “What Are States Talking About?”(ISF Grant 2109/19),funded by the Israeli Science Foundation。
文摘Purpose:This paper presents a new semi-automatic methodology for identifying inter-actor relationships by discerning viewpoints in non-social,political textual corpora.Although previous research has successfully discerned viewpoints,biases,and affiliations based on textual features,the task of relationship analysis in the absence of interactional data remains unaddressed.Design/methodology/approach:We introduce a new paradigm for topic representation as a dynamic,continuous,multi-viewpoint spectrum based on the representation of viewpoints as vectors that capture common topical themes.As a proof of concept,we applied this paradigm to scrutinize the inter-state relationships reflected in the speeches of the UN General Assembly Debate Corpus(UNGDC).Findings:The proposed paradigm effectively identifies discursive trends in UNGDC.Our analysis reveals common attitudes towards the topic and their prominence among different groups of actors and facilitates the analysis of relationships between actors through a quantitative representation of viewpoint similarity.The method also successfully captured temporal shifts in viewpoints and overall discourse trends,correlating with major geopolitical events.Research limitations:One limitation of this study is the method’s sensitivity to data sparsity,which can skew viewpoint representations in cases of low topic involvement.Practical implications:The proposed paradigm can be utilized by scholars in political science and other domains as a tool for semi-automated unsupervised textual analysis of various non-social textual sources,enabling the discovery of latent relationships between actors and the modeling of viewpoints in complex topics.Originality/value:This study presents a novel framework for unsupervised semi-automatic textual analysis of relationships in non-social corpora through a new approach for the representation of viewpoints as thematic vectors.
文摘In contemporary society,language transcends its function as a mere tool for communication.It is intrinsically linked to a people’s culture,values,and worldview.This observation is particularly salient in our globalized world,where linguistic considerations have assumed strategic importance.Recognizing this potential,numerous states are seeking to bolster their international relations by prioritizing the teaching of their languages.It is within this context that we focus our attention on the teaching of Chinese in Congo-Brazzaville.Our objective is to investigate the significance of this language in consolidating bilateral relations between China and Congo.To achieve this,we analyze the current state of Chinese language instruction within the Congolese educational system,emphasize the implications of its dissemination,and propose potential avenues for improvement.Our approach is qualitative,drawing upon observations,interviews,and a review of existing literature.We aim to understand how the teaching of Chinese can contribute to the economic,cultural,and social development of Congo,while simultaneously strengthening ties with China.
文摘Trump's victory in November 2024 once again had a strong impact on the European Union.However,unlike when Trump won the election for the first time in 2016,there have been some disturbing development trends in US-Europe relations.The imbalance in relations between the US and Europe has become even more pronounced.Whether in important fields such as the economy,finance,science and technology,or the military,the gap between the European Union and the United States is widening.Meanwhile,Europe's dependence on the United States is also increasing.Especially since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis,it has formed an all-round dependence on the United States in terms of security,energy,markets,as well as capital and technology.The increasing imbalance in US-Europe relations has triggered anxiety in Europe,including concerns that Europe might become a“vassal”of the United States.During Trump's second term,Europe may be more inclined to cater to the United States and submit to its demands more often.However,under internal and external pressures,it may also accelerate the process of promoting strategic autonomy.Where the European Union will go will largely depend on the direction and intensity of policy adjustments during Trump's second term.
基金supported by the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant No.72373148).
文摘China’s path to modernization,which embodies a unique developmental model characterized by high-quality development,common prosperity,harmony with nature,and peaceful coexistence,is a multifaceted process that advances progress on multiple fronts.This paper applies two analytical lenses to the study of intergovernmental fiscal relations:multi-level governance,where different levels of government interact,and multi-objective decision-making,where multiple goals are pursued simultaneously.From this perspective,it puts forward three core propositions.First,the evolution of fiscal relations is shaped primarily by the central government’s need to balance incentivization,coordination,and control.Second,these relations are constrained by objective factors such as the output elasticity of loacl government actions,cost coefficients,externalities,and uncertainty.Third,the effectiveness of both central and local governments depends on the design of fiscal relations,as well as on their objectives,the output elasticity of actions,and costs.In essence,effective intergovernmental fiscal relations require a balance between centralized leadership and local initiative.Using this framework,the paper examines how changes in China’s fiscal system have influenced modernization across different historical periods,offering a theoretical model tailored to China’s national context.
基金supported by the Anhui Provincial Department of Education University Research Project(2024AH051375)Research Project of Chizhou University(CZ2022ZRZ06)+1 种基金Anhui Province Natural Science Research Project of Colleges and Universities(2024AH051368)Excellent Scientific Research and Innovation Team of Anhui Colleges(2022AH010098).
文摘Feature selection methods rooted in rough sets confront two notable limitations:their high computa-tional complexity and sensitivity to noise,rendering them impractical for managing large-scale and noisy datasets.The primary issue stems from these methods’undue reliance on all samples.To overcome these challenges,we introduce the concept of cross-similarity grounded in a robust fuzzy relation and design a rapid and robust feature selection algorithm.Firstly,we construct a robust fuzzy relation by introducing a truncation parameter.Then,based on this fuzzy relation,we propose the concept of cross-similarity,which emphasizes the sample-to-sample similarity relations that uniquely determine feature importance,rather than considering all such relations equally.After studying the manifestations and properties of cross-similarity across different fuzzy granularities,we propose a forward greedy feature selection algorithm that leverages cross-similarity as the foundation for information measurement.This algorithm significantly reduces the time complexity from O(m2n2)to O(mn2).Experimental findings reveal that the average runtime of five state-of-the-art comparison algorithms is roughly 3.7 times longer than our algorithm,while our algorithm achieves an average accuracy that surpasses those of the five comparison algorithms by approximately 3.52%.This underscores the effectiveness of our approach.This paper paves the way for applying feature selection algorithms grounded in fuzzy rough sets to large-scale gene datasets.
文摘This article analyses the relationship between PM_(10) concentrations inside and outside two schools in Barreiro,Portugal:Primary School No.5 and D.Luís Mendonça Furtado Basic School.The main objective was to understand the impact of external and internal sources on indoor air quality(IAQ)in school environments.Monitoring campaigns were carried out in different indoor spaces,including classrooms,the gym,and the canteen,and the results were compared with PM_(10) levels outside the building.At Primary School No.5,indoor PM10 concentrations were consistently higher than the outdoor values measured on Avenida do Bocage,with an average Indoor/Outdoor(I/O)ratio of 2.2,indicating a significant impact of indoor activities on particle levels.Similarly,at the D.Luís Mendonça Furtado Basic School,there was an increase in PM_(10) and PM_(2:5) concentrations during school hours,with the highest I/O ratio(3.04)recorded on school days.In the evenings and at weekends,when the spaces were unoccupied,particle concentrations dropped considerably,reaching an I/O ratio of 0.70.Said results suggest that indoor activities are a determining factor for particle levels in indoor air,emphasizing the need for ventilation and pollution control strategies in schools to protect the health of students and staff.
基金jointly supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(Grant No.2019QZKK0902)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)project(Grant No.42305178)+1 种基金the Key R&D Program of Tibet Autonomous Region(Grant No.XZ202301ZY0039G)the Science and Technology Research Program of Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.IMHEZDRW-01)。
文摘Understanding the relationship between sediment and discharge is crucial for effective river management and water-sediment modeling,especially in the Brahmaputra River,one of the large transboundary rivers with high sediment and discharge variability in South Asia.Current knowledge of sediment-water relations is constrained by limited data,hindering effective transboundary river management.Using multivariate linear regression,climate elasticity coefficient,and traditional sediment rating curve,this study is designed to compare the sediment-water relations of the upstream(Nuxia)and the downstream(Bahadurabad).The results reveal significant variability between the two stations.In the upstream Nuxia,the simulation strongly correlates with observed suspended sediment load(SSL)and discharge(Q)(Pearson's r of 0.62 and 0.68,respectively).Conversely,at downstream Bahadurabad,weaker correlations(r=0.31 for sediment and r=0.51 for discharge simulation)indicate a reduced relation.This contrast reflects the non-linear nature of sediment-discharge coupling along the river continuum,shaped by both climatic and anthropogenic influences.Elasticity(ε)analysis highlights the dominant role of precipitation in shaping sediment-water dynamics(εP-SSL=2.53,εP-Q=1.01)at Nuxia,while Bahadurabad(εP-SSL=0.41,εP-Q=0.82)reflects a reduced sensitivity,possibly due to sediment retention along the floodplain.Air temperature elasticity(εT-SSL,-0.15&-3.06 at Nuxia and Bahadurabad,respectively)reveals contrasting impacts,strongly negatively influencing sediment transport at Bahadurabad.These findings highlight the significance of spatial variability and climatic influences on sediment dynamics,underscoring the necessity for site-specific management strategies.The sediment rating curve(SRC)analysis reveals a strong relationship between sediment and discharge(R^(2)=0.88)at Nuxia and a relatively weaker relationship(R^(2)=0.14)at Bahadurabad,which demonstrates a lower sedimentdischarge coupling that could be affected by downstream factors such as sediment deposition,channel morphology,and anthropogenic activities.This study offers valuable insights into sediment-water dynamics,highlighting the importance of understanding nonlinear relationships in the Brahmaputra River.
文摘The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and the European Union(EU).Since China established diplomatic relations with the European Economic Community in 1975,the two sides have achieved tangible results in the fields of business,science and technology,climate change,and people-to-people exchanges.
文摘During this year’s“two sessions”(annual meetings of China’s top legislative and political advisory bodies)from March 4 to 11,Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered the Government Work Report on March 5,and Foreign Minister Wang Yi answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on China’s foreign policy and foreign relations at a March 7 press conference.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(62473105,62172118)Nature Science Key Foundation of Guangxi(2021GXNSFDA196002)+1 种基金in part by the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Image and Graphic Intelligent Processing under Grants(GIIP2302,GIIP2303,GIIP2304)Innovation Project of Guang Xi Graduate Education(2024YCXB09,2024YCXS039).
文摘Existing Transformer-based image captioning models typically rely on the self-attention mechanism to capture long-range dependencies,which effectively extracts and leverages the global correlation of image features.However,these models still face challenges in effectively capturing local associations.Moreover,since the encoder extracts global and local association features that focus on different semantic information,semantic noise may occur during the decoding stage.To address these issues,we propose the Local Relationship Enhanced Gated Transformer(LREGT).In the encoder part,we introduce the Local Relationship Enhanced Encoder(LREE),whose core component is the Local Relationship Enhanced Module(LREM).LREM consists of two novel designs:the Local Correlation Perception Module(LCPM)and the Local-Global Fusion Module(LGFM),which are beneficial for generating a comprehensive feature representation that integrates both global and local information.In the decoder part,we propose the Dual-level Multi-branch Gated Decoder(DMGD).It first creates multiple decoding branches to generate multi-perspective contextual feature representations.Subsequently,it employs the Dual-Level Gating Mechanism(DLGM)to model the multi-level relationships of these multi-perspective contextual features,enhancing their fine-grained semantics and intrinsic relationship representations.This ultimately leads to the generation of high-quality and semantically rich image captions.Experiments on the standard MSCOCO dataset demonstrate that LREGT achieves state-of-the-art performance,with a CIDEr score of 140.8 and BLEU-4 score of 41.3,significantly outperforming existing mainstream methods.These results highlight LREGT’s superiority in capturing complex visual relationships and resolving semantic noise during decoding.
文摘The 2025 Two Sessions,comprising the National People’s Congress(NPC)and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC),are among the most significant political events in China.These annual gatherings not only shape China’s domestic policies but also influence its foreign relations,particularly with neighboring countries like Myanmar.As a journalist based in Beijing with extensive experience in Myanmar’s socio-political landscape,I explore how the outcomes of the 2025 Two Sessions could positively impact Myanmar,focusing on economic cooperation,infrastructure development,cultural exchange,and regional stability.
文摘FIVE decades ago,the establishment of China-EU diplomatic ties signaled a significant shift in the post-war world order.This year,as leaders gathered in Beijing for the 25th China-EU Summit commemorating this milestone,they faced a turbulent global landscape marked by geopolitical friction,economic uncertainty,and contested rules.
