The constraints of Chinese tourists to visit Korea caused by THAAD using Q-methodology

The recent deployment of the THAAD system to South Korea has resulted in complex and controversial issues, particularly in the political, diplomatic, and economic relations between Korea and China [Perlez, J. (2017, May 31). China woos South Korea’s new leader, but the U.S. left behind a spoiler. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/world/asia/china-south-korea-xi-jinping-moon-jaein-thaad.html?_r=0]. To minimize its negative impact on international tourism, the underlying psychological mechanisms of Chinese tourists associated with this complex political issue should be determined. As an attempt to resolve the current crisis, this study identified the subjective characteristics of Chinese tourists who cancelled visits to Korea using Q-methodology and classified Chinese tourists’ attitude towards the THAAD issue. Based on respondent’s evaluations on Q-sample statements, four types of Chinese tourists were articulated, namely, patriotism, risk awareness, external dependency, and Lotte sanctions. By delving into tourists’ subjectivity, Q-methodology seems powerful to elicit intrapersonal constraints, which are deeply embedded in an individual’s psychological state. The results showed that the THAAD issue greatly influenced Chinese tourists’ personal values, beliefs, and identities.     

The influence of attitudes towards healthy eating on food consumption when travelling

This study explores tourists' attitude towards healthy eating and its influence on their travel eating behaviour. Based on focus group interviews and literature review, two instruments were developed to measure healthy eating attitude and travel eating behaviour. Factor analysis results revealed two healthy eating attitude factors (‘food content and nutrients’ and ‘balanced diet and eating habit’), and five travel eating behaviour factors (‘novelty’, ‘risk avoidance’, ‘health steadfastness’, ‘familiarity’, and ‘food supplement and medicine’). The relationships among the factors were examined using structural equation modelling. The findings revealed that respondents who had a stronger attitude towards ‘balanced diet and eating habit’ tended to be more motivated by the ‘novelty’ factor; whereas ‘risk avoidance’, ‘health steadfastness’ and ‘familiarity’ were found to be associated with a stronger attitude towards ‘food content and nutrient’. The findings suggest that the healthy eating attitude construct is multidimensional and healthy eating conscious tourists should not be treated as a homogeneous group.     

Automatically extracting tourism-related opinion from Chinese social media

Existing tourism-destination investigations of Chinese texts remain weak, and no approach is available to realize Chinese context semantically and automatically. To resolve this, we provide a novel method based on qualitative analysis for studying the online opinions of Chinese tourists regarding the destinations to which they travel. Both traditional and simplified Chinese forums were chosen as the object of study. Spain was selected as a travel destination to evaluate the proposed method. After processing the natural language, unstructured Chinese content is analysed to derive the general sentiment and relevant topics regarding the destination through user comments on social media. The proposed method allows us to understand what tourists are interested in and how they form opinions about tourist destinations.     

马铃薯玉米大白菜高效立体栽培模式研究

为了提高冀中地区种植业的经济效益,在马铃薯玉米传统栽培模式的基础上,进行了冀中地区马铃薯玉米大白菜高效立体复种栽培模式试验。马铃薯选用中熟品种,高垄地膜覆盖栽培;玉米选用生育期较短的中熟品种,减少与大白菜的共生期;秋大白菜采用育苗移栽方式,播期提前。该模式中马铃薯产量达37618．01kg／hm2,玉米产量达7493．83kg／hm2,大白菜产量达114640．63kg／hm2,三茬作物总产值62119元／hm2,纯效益48769元／hm2。比露地马铃薯玉米传统栽培模式纯效益增加37757元／hm2,比地膜马铃薯玉米栽培模式纯效益增加26219元／hm2,经济效益显著提高。     

马克思主义中国化外生性动力机制的概念诠释

马克思主义中国化的外生性动力机制指的是所有驱动马克思主义中国化的各种外在动力构造要素的有机组合。实践表明,要拓展马克思主义中国化动力机制的理论研究,就必须深入分析马克思主义中国化外生性动力机制的逻辑基点、概念内涵及其外延。     

对外汉语专业课程改革刍议

课程改革是对外汉语专业建设的一个重要方面,是决定学科发展和人才培齐规格的关键因素.目前,对外汉语专业课程设置欠合理,课程特色不够鲜明.因此应首先从学科定位入手,积极优化课程设置,同时教学内容应突出对比和比较的原则,以彰显对外汉语专业的特色,提高人才培养的核心竞争力.     

英汉习语中西文化差异探源

习语是一个国家的语言和文化的结晶。通过对英汉习语语言特征、文化差异的对比和分析,全面地了解英汉言语风格和文化差异,深刻地了解认识英汉民族文化内涵,将对中西文化交流起到积极地促进作用。     

刍议中文学术论文之必要冗余与错误冗余

在中文学术论文中,冗余既可能是必要的语法手段,也可能是没有任何意义的错误使用。在行文时应当对其功能加以甄别,以达到正确处理句内和句间衔接关系的目的。     

世界动漫产业链模式对中国式动漫产业链构建的启发

中国的动漫产业在各级政府的大力推动之下呈现出遍地开花的繁荣景象,但是,动漫产业的发展并不容乐观,其沿用的产业链模式仍然沿袭着国外通常的产业链模式,这从根本上制约了中国动漫产业的长足发展。所以,探讨符合中国国情的产业链,培植中国式的产业链模式,就显得尤为迫切。而且,在由"中国制造"到"中国创造"的角色转变过程当中,中国式动漫产业链模式的构建研究无疑具有世界性的意义,极有可能标志着于美日韩之外的第四种产业模式的崛起。     

中国经济思想史学会第十三届年会综述

本文介绍了中国经济思想史学会第十三届年会的主要议题,时与会代表围绕会议主题所提交论文的学术观点以及所进行的学术讨论进行了概括性和综合性的介绍与总结.