scholarly journals China in the World: The Emergence of a New Worldview

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-83
Author(s):  
Zhenjiang Zhang ◽  
Joseph Plummer
Keyword(s):  
Communist Party ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Important Concept ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global Mission ◽  
The World ◽  
International Responsibility ◽  
Contemporary Development ◽  
Common Destiny

“A Community of Common Destiny” (CCD) has been an important concept introduced and promoted by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government for over the past decade. Through the conceptualization and comparison between two previous conceptual worldviews of Chinese civilization named here “China’s World” and “China and the World”, this article seeks to place the CCD concept in its proper historical context and proposes that its contemporary development and promotion among the Chinese leadership signifies a fundamental advancement in Chinese civilization’s worldview referred to here as “China in the World”. This implies a new global mission for the future of the world, inclusive of China’s growing contributions concerning international responsibility and reciprocity (Xi, 2017b).

scholarly journals Perceptions of Medieval Settlement

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Gardiner ◽  
Susan Kilby
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Place Names ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Competing Ideas ◽  
The Way

Medieval archaeologists, possessing elements of the landscape and the buildings of the past, together with a good knowledge of the historical context, can recover many aspects of the way that space was perceived in the past. A phenomenological approach has been applied not only to castles, but also to the mundane world of peasants. Phenomenology emphasizes the experience of the world whereas archaeologists have been no less interested in the way in which that experience was manipulated and also in the competing ideas of space. Examples of encultured landscapes examined include natural places, gentry houses, village tofts, liminal places, and sites of pilgrimage. Drawing upon the evidence of place-names and documents, as well as the archaeological remains, it has been possible to reconstruct how people conceived of and experienced the world around them.

Latin America: No Room for Illusion

Worldview ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Radomiro Tomic
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis Latin America?" is a question that disturbs many people, since nowhere else in the world do there exist so many revolutionary tensions. In order to reply to the question and to exercise influence on the future it is necessary to ask first: "Where do you come from, Latin America?" For the reality of each people is its present, plus the historical context from which it emerges. It is a history four hundred years old, made up of light and shadows, of some spectacular achievements in the past and, of disastrous failures. But it is now tense with expectations because the frustration these failures have bred announce dawn rather than twilight.

Economics in Perspective

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kenneth Galbraith ◽  
Richard Parker
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Great Depression ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
John Maynard Keynes ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

This book presents a compelling and accessible history of economic ideas, from Aristotle through the twentieth century. Examining theories of the past that have a continuing modern resonance, the book shows that economics is not a timeless, objective science, but is continually evolving as it is shaped by specific times and places. From Adam Smith's theories during the Industrial Revolution to those of John Maynard Keynes after the Great Depression, the book demonstrates that if economic ideas are to remain relevant, they must continually adapt to the world they inhabit. A lively examination of economic thought in historical context, the book shows how the field has evolved across the centuries.

Rethinking the Left in Victory and Defeat: Introduction

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Michael Hanagan
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
New World ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Political Opportunity Structure ◽  
Political Opportunity ◽  
Crystal Ball ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
The International Monetary Fund

The collapse of neoliberalism since September and October of 2008 has been sudden and spectacular. The failure of the ideas sustaining the Washington Consensus and the practices of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund seems nearly complete. The new world we may be entering could have a dramatically different political opportunity structure than the old one. But what will take its place? What has the Left to offer? What has it learned in recent decades that have been filled with more defeats than victories? What will it have to offer right now when millions are seeking solutions? Our contributors possess no crystal ball. Our answers to these questions are framed historically. How have left movements learned from defeat in the past? What factors have enabled them to exploit moments of opportunity? Analyzing the immediate historical context to the present crisis, historians can suggest which measures promise the most hope of success and which seem doomed to failure. To this end, the papers in this collection concern themselves with left victory and defeat. They show that victory and defeat are more problematic than we might think. Each raises its own particular set of challenges and concerns.

What Religious Buildings Do

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-31
Author(s):  
Robert Brenneman ◽  
Brian J. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Social Structures ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Important Concept ◽  
Religious Buildings ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World

With religious buildings common across the globe, this chapter examines how sociologists can turn the study of structure—an important concept in the field—to physical structures and how religious buildings made of materials influence congregations and communities. The authors make four arguments regarding the influence of religious buildings: they shape and are shaped by religious congregations in addition to other actors; their construction and development often involves tension and excitement; through the buildings, the past can influence the present; and they highlight the need to bring bodies back into the sociological study of religion. Drawing on numerous examples from around the world, the authors contend that studying religion should include how the religious buildings in which groups gather influence and work in concert with social structures.

Landmark Papers in Neurology

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Expert Opinion ◽  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Clinical Neuroscience ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Contemporary Development ◽  
Extensive Bibliography

Landmark Papers in Neurology is a unique synthesis of expert opinion, charting the origins and contemporary development of clinical neuroscience. Through these important papers, covering a full range of neurodevelopmental, neurovascular, neuroinflammatory, and neurodegenerative perspectives, international opinion leaders describe the wider historical context, provoke debate, and inspire further reading. For each specialty, core findings are dissected across ten key manuscripts, and placed within a transforming neurological landscape, incorporating an extensive bibliography to guide further reading. Illustrations and figures feature throughout the text, with an opening chapter that focuses on the ten most critical developments in technology that have driven clinical advancement. Nobel Prize-winning research sits alongside less famous and, at times, seemingly controversial studies, which nonetheless provide key insights into shaping contemporary thought. This is a book not just for the historian, nor indeed the present-day neurological enthusiast, but rather caters for all those interested in the future of clinical neuroscience. provides an ideal primer for those beginning a career in neuroscience and also for the established investigator, searching for a broader understanding. Experts who think they have nothing more to learn from the past may find surprising reward in comparing their own list of landmark papers with the pearls described within. Landmark Papers in Neurology provides an ideal primer for those beginning a career in neuroscience and also for the established investigator, searching for a broader understanding. Experts who think they have nothing more to learn from the past may find surprising reward in comparing their own list of landmark papers with the pearls described within.

scholarly journals La evolución de las exportaciones de bienes de China: una visión panarómica = Chinese goods exports development: An overview

2013 ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Ana Salvador Chamorro
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Economic Reform ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Financial Flows ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

<p>El proceso de reforma económica que ha experimentado la economía de China es uno de los fenómenos de mayor relevancia en la evolución de la Economía Mundial en los últimos treinta años y, sin duda, seguirá siéndolo en el futuro. Dentro de este proceso, la apertura al exterior, que el gobierno chino inició en 1978, ha situado al país en un lugar de máxima relevancia dentro de los flujos comerciales y financieros internacionales. En este contexto, el objetivo de este trabajo es intentar realizar un análisis general de la evolución del comercio exterior de China en las últimas décadas, prestando especial atención a sus exportaciones de bienes y poniendo énfasis en los cambios experimentados durante los últimos años.</p><p>The process of economic reform that has experienced the Chinese economy is one of the most important events in the evolution of the World Economy in the past 30 years, and will undoubtedly remain so in the future. Within this economic reform, the opening process that the Chinese Government began in 1978, has put the country in a place of utmost importance in the international trade and financial flows. In this context, this paper try to perform an analysis of the evolution of China's foreign trade in recent decades, with particular attention to its exports and emphasizing the changes in recent years</p>

scholarly journals China Experience in Controlling COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
ShiLiang SONG
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Government ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Source Of Infection ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Officials ◽  
Common Destiny ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Take All

At present, the epidemic situation of COVID-19 is raging rampantly in the whole world, affecting the hearts of billions of people. In less than half a year, COVID-19 swept the world, seriously threatening the safety of all mankind. At the beginning, the epidemic was most serious in China. Under the strong command of the highest level of the Chinese government, the whole Chinese people United as one, and achieved initial results in the struggle against covid-19 with scientific prevention and control. Summarizing China's experience and lessons in combating the epidemic is undoubtedly very beneficial to the people of the world in jointly combating the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. The most important experience is: strong organizational leadership, enhanced cooperation with the WHO, the establishment of a national anti-epidemic headquarters, responsible for the command and control of human, financial and material resources throughout the country, and local officials at all levels in the front line of the epidemic. Heart to heart with the people, breathe together and share a common destiny. Prevention is the first, prevention and treatment are combined. The treatment emphasizes the combination of Chinese and Western medicine. The “Four Anti and Two Balances” advocated by Academician Li Lanjuan’s team, and the “Three Drugs and Three Formulas” recommended by Chinese medicine experts of the National and Health Commission, played a key role in improving the success rate of treatment. Establish fever clinics and establish square cabin hospital to eliminate infections in hospitals, emphasizing the protection of medical staff and avoiding cross-infection. Control the source of infection, try to achieve "four early", early detection, early isolation, early diagnosis and early treatment. "Four concentration", focus on patients, experts, resources and treatment. Take all measures to cut off the spread. Take all measures to protect susceptible people. Wearing masks, washing hands frequently, hot bathing, individual serving, home office, going out to maintain a social distance of more than one meter, eating nutritious foods rich in protein and vitamins, strengthening physical exercise and improving physical fitness are all effective ways to prevent COVID-19.

Biggest Infrastructure Bubble Ever?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuefei Ren
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Housing Sector ◽  
Large Stimulus ◽  
Beijing Olympics ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Before And After

Since the early 1990s, China has built more megaprojects than any other country in the world. This chapter examines the economic and sociopolitical conditions in China that have made the massive investment and construction of megaprojects possible, such as the deregulatory reforms in the land and housing sector and the rise of local investment corporations for megaproject financing. The chapter also compares megaproject developments before and after 2008—a tumultuous year marking both the Beijing Olympics and a global economic recession. Before 2008, the hosting of mega-events often legitimized the construction of megaprojects. After 2008, the recession became the new legitimizing tool, as the Chinese government implemented a large stimulus program that directed more investment in infrastructural megaprojects. With the slowdown of the Chinese economy, many local governments today find themselves in deep debt from overinvestment in infrastructural megaprojects over the past two decades. Examples from Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou are used to illustrate the contested processes and mixed legacies of city building with megaprojects.

A basic introduction to image processing using NIH-Image as a model

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 392-393
Author(s):  
John Mansfield
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Digital Instrument ◽  
Novice User ◽  
Nih Image ◽  
The Past ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The World ◽  
Instrument Control

Advances in camera technology and digital instrument control have meant that in modern microscopy, the image that was, in the past, typically recorded on a piece of film is now recorded directly into a computer. The transfer of the analog image seen in the microscope to the digitized picture in the computer does not mean, however, that the problems associated with recording images, analyzing them, and preparing them for publication, have all miraculously been solved. The steps involved in the recording an image to film remain largely intact in the digital world. The image is recorded, prepared for measurement in some way, analyzed, and then prepared for presentation.Digital image acquisition schemes are largely the realm of the microscope manufacturers, however, there are also a multitude of “homemade” acquisition systems in microscope laboratories around the world. It is not the mission of this tutorial to deal with the various acquisition systems, but rather to introduce the novice user to rudimentary image processing and measurement.

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