China and Chinese, or Chingland and Chinglish?

A discussion of the sociolinguistic risks faced by the People's Republic of China in rapidly opening up to Western influences in both economic and linguistic terms. The writers argue against what they consider a currently over-enthusiastic adoption of English in which ‘a Westernised China … might more aptly, if ruefully, be referred to as “Chingland”.’

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The characteristics and trends of historical writing in the People’s Republic of China since 1978

HISTOREIN ◽

10.12681/historein.256 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 43

Author(s):

Xupeng Zhang

Keyword(s):

Cultural Revolution ◽

People’S Republic Of China ◽

Historical Writing ◽

People's Republic Of China ◽

Global History ◽

Contemporary China ◽

Republic Of China ◽

The Third ◽

Reform And Opening Up ◽

Opening Up

The December 1978 decision at the third plenary session of the eleventh central committee of the Chinese Communist Party to implement reform and opening-up marks an important watershed in historical studies in contemporary China. With this in mind, historical studies in contemporary China can be conveniently subdivided into three periods: the period from the founding of the People’s Republic of China to the start of the Cultural Revolution (1949–1966); the Cultural Revolution period (1966–1976); and the period starting with reform and opening-up, or the “new period” (1978 onwards). This paper gives a comprehensive survey on historical writing in the People’s Republic of China since 1978. The paper has three parts. The first is about how and why Chinese historians have turned away from traditional political history to cultural and social histories. The second part analyses four paradigms in contemporary historical research in China: the revolutionary history paradigm, modernisation paradigm, postmodern paradigm and global history paradigm. The third part reviews world history studies in China and lists four methods that have successively been employed, namely total/integral history, modernisation history, the history of civilisational exchange and global history. The paper concludes that it is incumbent on Chinese historians to be sensitive to all foreign historiographies while steadfastly adhering to the best Chinese traditions, for only in this way can a unique and worthy model of Chinese historiography emerge.

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The specifics of Hu Shuli’s work in the conditions of the new stage of reforms and opening up

RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism ◽

10.22363/2312-9220-2019-24-2-312-320 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 312-320

Author(s):

Olga E. Te

Keyword(s):

People’S Republic Of China ◽

Deng Xiaoping ◽

People's Republic Of China ◽

Republic Of China ◽

Starting Point ◽

New Generation ◽

Economic Press ◽

Opening Up

Today, the People’s Republic of China, formed on October 1, 1949, being at the starting point in a new historical era, continues to successfully pursue a policy of reforms and opening up, initiated by the great statesman of China, Deng Xiaoping (小平 (1904-1997)). The article presents an analysis of the main trends in the functioning of the financial and economic press of China on the example of the work of one of the brightest leading media representatives of the PRC, Hu Shuli. For almost 20 years, she is considered to be the benchmark for quality analytical journalism, on which the new generation of journalists look up to.

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