Charles Rathouis's painting (1889) of Augustine Henry's goral from the Yichang gorges, China

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
E. CHARLES NELSON
Keyword(s):  
Central China ◽  
History Of

An original watercolour by the French Jesuit Père Charles Rathouis (1834–1890) of a goral from central China, named Kemas henryanus by Père Pierre Heude (now Naemorhedus caudatus griseus Milne-Edwards 1872), is described; the history of the animal depicted is recounted from Dr Augustine Henry's manuscript diaries and other sources.

Thermochronology quantifying exhumation history of the Wudang Complex in the South Qinling Orogenic Belt, central China

2016 ◽  
Vol 155 (4) ◽  
pp. 893-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHUANBO SHEN ◽  
DI HU ◽  
CHUN SHAO ◽  
LIANFU MEI
Keyword(s):  
Distance Effect ◽  
Central China ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Yangtze Craton ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
South Qinling ◽  
The North ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
Exhumation History

AbstractThe Wudang Complex located in the central part of South Qinling, has been inferred to be a segment of the Yangtze Craton involved in the orogen. In this study, the cooling/exhumation history of the Wudang Complex is revealed through combined published geochronology data and new apatite fission-track results. Three rapid exhumation episodes related to relevant geodynamic events have been identified. Previous40Ar–39Ar and (U–Th)/He data indicate that the most significant exhumation, induced by the collision between the North and South China Blocks, occurred fromc.237 to 220 Ma after long-term subsidence and sedimentation of the passive continental margin. The second exhumation event, related to the long-distance effect of the Pacific subduction, occurred during the period fromc.126 to 90 Ma. Following the late Cretaceous – Eocene peneplanation stage, the final late Cenozoic exhumation sincec.15 Ma may be attributed to the combined effect of the eastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau uplift and the Asian monsoon.

Disturbance history of an old-growth subalpine larch forest in the Qinling Mountains, north-central China

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan Zhou ◽  
Hang Shi ◽  
Chengpo Liu ◽  
Kerong Zhang ◽  
Quanfa Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Larch Forest ◽  
Central China ◽  
Qinling Mountains ◽  
Disturbance History ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
North Central ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Phylogeography and demographic history of Gyrodactylus konovalovi (Monogenoidea: Gyrodactylidae), an ectoparasite on the East Asia Amur minnow (Cyprinidae) in Central China

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1454-1468
Author(s):  
Tao Chen ◽  
Juan Chen ◽  
Ling Tang ◽  
Xiaoning Chen ◽  
Jun Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Demographic History ◽  
Central China ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Novel insights into the historical biogeography of the streak-breasted scimitar babbler complex (Aves: Timaliidae: Pomatorhinus ruficollis complex)

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 910-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushma Reddy ◽  
Árpád S. Nyári
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Ecological Niche Modeling ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
Central China ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Ecological Niche Models ◽  
Last Interglacial ◽  
History Of

Abstract The Streak-breasted Scimitar Babblers of the Pomatorhinus ruficollis species complex are found in most of the forested habitats across southern and eastern Asia. The diversification history of this group is obscured by high plumage variation across populations and conflicting genetic signal across loci. We combined genetic and geographic data from several recent studies to investigate how these species diversified across China using both phylogenetic and ecological niche modeling analyses. These two lines of evidence are consistent in showing that two well-sampled species, P. reconditus and P. nigrostellatus, in central and southern China respectively, likely experienced a history of isolation and expansion as suitable habitat contracted during the last interglacial and expanded in patchy extent during the glacial maximum. The genetic analysis showed that populations of P. nigrostellatus on Hainan Island are very similar to the ones in nearby mainland southern China. We recovered two well-supported clades within P. reconditus that were not geographically structured with both containing individuals from the same localities across central China. This phylogenetic result corresponded to the ecological niche models that showed expansion from refugia since the last interglacial. This study illustrates the value of using an integrative approach and detailed geographic sampling to help understand the recent diversification of birds in China.

scholarly journals NAGA IDENTITY POETICS IN CONTEMPORARY NAGA ENGLISH LITERATURE (A KALEIDOSCOPIC VIEW)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Sankar Biswas
Keyword(s):  
English Literature ◽  
Central China ◽  
National Council ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
National Socialist ◽  
Patriarchal Ideology ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many ◽  
Literary Output ◽  
The 19Th Century

The Nagas originally a Sino-Mongoloid tribe are substantiated to have originated around 10th century B.C. in the plains between Huang Ho and Yangtze Ho in North Central China. As migration is a process which is reported to have been going on since time immemorial, the Nagas too could not have isolated themselves from being a part of the mass odyssey from their homeland with the anticipation of exploring and settling in naturally upgraded habitats. Hence today, the Nagas have been found to inhabit the banks of Chindwin and Irawaddy Rivers in Myanmar, and Nagaland in India. As far as their language is concerned, it is said to be an affiliate of the greater branch of Sino-Tibetan besides sharing certain similarities with Tibeto-Burman languages. As for the etymology of the word Naga is concerned, it is said to have been derived from either of the Sanskrit word namely Nagna or Nag with respective meanings ‘naked’ or ‘mountain. Frankly speaking both the etymons in question validate the universally recognized conception of Naga identity. Nagaland itself is dotted with multiple number of hills and a faction of people among all the Naga Tribes are said to have been still embracing primitivism. But what is most conspicuous about the Nagas is that though today we know Nagaland as a self-Governing state, the fact can never be contradicted that Nagas have never considered themselves part of India despite the state being taken over by India in 1952. Right from their partially being colonized by the British in the middle of the 19th century, to their strict resistance to both the British-Indian Government and then to the post-Independence Indian Government, the Nagas have shown that their assimilation to Indian mainstream is a daunting and cumbersome exercise. The origin of the Naga National Council, preceded by the armed resistance movement of Rani Gyindulu and that of the genesis of National Socialist Council of Nagaland simply bespeak that this prospect of wholesale assimilation into Indian Sense of Nationality will await the elapse of an elongated stretch of historical time. This very aspect has been enjoying international attention and the literary activists of Nagaland such as Dr Temsula Ao and Dr Easterine Kire have contributed a lot through their literary output in harnessing this aspect, throwing new critical insights into the same. This avouched denial cum resistance to be assimilated into the greater Indian National Fabric is one of the many facets of Naga Identity which also encompasses other cultural traits such as patriarchal ideology, Naga Heraka Practices, Animism, Mythogenesis and Head-Hunting Practices. Objective of this write-up: This write-up endeavours its best to foreground the very traits of Naga Identity Poetics by taking into consideration selective but relevant literary fabrications, the brainchilds of one of the two internationally recognized Naga Writers, Dr Easterine Kire with the other being Dr Temsula Ao. Methodology: This write-up is built upon the selective reading of the summary of the novels and poems of both the writers with selective perusal of secondary anecdotage in the form of critical essays, the Naga History of Independence and Naga Anthropology.

scholarly journals Asian monsoon rainfall variation during the Pliocene forced by global temperature change

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanlin Wang ◽  
Huayu Lu ◽  
Lin Zhao ◽  
Hongyan Zhang ◽  
Fang Lei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Asian Monsoon ◽  
Monsoon Rainfall ◽  
Global Temperature ◽  
Central China ◽  
Mean Annual Precipitation ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Rainfall Variation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Global Temperature Change

AbstractThe Asian monsoon variations under global temperature changes during the Pliocene are still debated. Here we use a sedimentary record of phytoliths (plant silica) from the Weihe Basin, central China, to explore the history of C4 grasses and quantitatively reconstruct the Asian monsoon climate since the late Miocene. Our results show that C4 grasses have been a dominant grassland component since ~11.0 Ma. A subsequent marked decrease in warm- and humid-adapted C4 grasses and an increase in cool- and dry-adapted C3 grasses occurred in the Pliocene, ~4.0 Ma; the phytolith-based quantitative reconstruction of mean annual precipitation marked a decrease from 800~1673 mm to 443~900 mm, indicating a reduction in Asian monsoon rainfall in the Pliocene. Our newly obtained records conflict with the hypothesis that the growth of the Tibetan Plateau strengthened the Asian monsoon rainfall. Nevertheless, they emphasize the importance of global temperature as a determinant of Pliocene Asian monsoon variations.

UHP metamorphism recorded by coesite-bearing metapelite in the East Kunlun Orogen (NW China)

2019 ◽  
Vol 157 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-172
Author(s):  
Hengzhe Bi ◽  
Shuguang Song ◽  
Liming Yang ◽  
Mark B. Allen ◽  
Shengsheng Qi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central China ◽  
Ultrahigh Pressure ◽  
Metamorphic Belt ◽  
Clastic Rocks ◽  
Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism ◽  
East Kunlun ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tethys Ocean ◽  
Early Palaeozoic ◽  
Integrated Study

AbstractThe East Kunlun Orogen (EKO) is the NW part of the Central China Orogenic Belt, which records the evolutionary history of the Proto- and Palaeo-Tethys Oceans from the Cambrian to the Triassic. An Early Palaeozoic eclogite belt has been recognized in recent years, which extends discontinuously for ∼500 km as three eclogite-bearing terranes. In this study, we report an integrated study of zircon grains from mica-schists accompanying the eclogites, in terms of mineral inclusions, U–Pb age systematics and P–T conditions. The presence of coesite is identified, as inclusions within the metamorphic domain of zircons, which provides unambiguous evidence for subducted terrigenous clastic rocks of the Proto-Tethys Ocean exhumed from coesite-forming depths. U–Pb dating of the metamorphic zircons yields a concordia age of 426.5 ± 0.88 Ma, which is likely to be the time of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism in the Kehete terrane. P–T calculations suggest that metapelite may have experienced a clockwise P–T path with peak P/T conditions of 685 ± 41 °C and >28 kbar, and equilibrated at 482–566 °C and 5.6–8.9 kbar during subsequent exhumation. The high-pressure – ultrahigh-pressure (HP-UHP) metamorphic belt within the EKO may have formed by collision between the Qaidam Block and the South Kunlun Block, as a consequence of the closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean.

scholarly journals Mental health status of students’ parents during COVID-19 pandemic and its influence factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. e100250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengting Wu ◽  
Wenyan Xu ◽  
Yuhong Yao ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Lei Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
High School ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Central China ◽  
Learning Stage ◽  
History Of

BackgroundDuring the outbreak of COVID-19, the national policy of home quarantine may affect the mental health of parents. However, few studies have investigated the mental health of parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.AimsTo investigate the depression, anxiety and stress of the students’ parents during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to explore the influence factors, especially the influence of social support and family-related factors.MethodsThe Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Perceived Stress Scale-10 and Social Support Rating Scale were applied to 1163 parents to measure the parents’ depression, anxiety, stress and social support.Results(1) The detection rates of depression and anxiety in parents were 6.1% and 4.0%. The depression, anxiety and perceived stress of parents in central China were significantly higher than those in non-central China. The anxiety of college students’ parents was lower than that of parents of the primary, middle and high school students. The depression, anxiety and perceived stress of parents with conflicts in the family were significantly higher than those with a harmonious family. Other factors that influence parents’ depression, anxiety and perceived stress include marital satisfaction, social support, parents’ history of mental illness and parenting style, etc. (2) The regression analysis results showed that perceived stress, social support, marital satisfaction, family conflicts, child’s learning stage as well as parents’ history of mental illness had significant effects on parents’ anxiety and depression.ConclusionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health of parents was affected by a variety of factors. Good marital relationships, good social support, family harmony and parents without a history of mental illness may be protective factors for parents’ mental health, while perceived stress and child in middle or high school are risk factors for parents’ mental health.

The Abrogation of British Extraterritoriality in China 1942–43: A Study of Anglo-American-Chinese Relations

1977 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. Chan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Central China ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
South West ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
The Government ◽  
Nationalist Government ◽  
Wuhan Area

The Marco Polo Bridge Incident on 7 July 1937 has been commonly regarded as the beginning of the second Sino-Japanese war. The early days of the war were a history of rapid Japanese advances and, inversely, of the equally fast retreat of the Chinese. The Chinese Nationalist Government evacuated Nanking and moved westward to the Wuhan area in late November 1937. Central China soon became untenable in face of heavy Japanese reinforcements; the Chinese government again evacuated in October 1938, this time much further west to Chungking in Szechwan. There was no declaration of war and China clearly had the sympathy of Britain and the United States. The two countries continued to recognize the government at Chungking, under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, as the government of China, despite the fact that it retained control only over the south-west corner of the country. Pearl Harbor strengthened the tie of relations; the Chungking government won Britain, the United States, and the Netherlands as allies in its colossal struggle against Japan.

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