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The political role of the people's liberation army 1949-1973
Full text linkThis thesis is to study the political role of the People's Liberation Army from the approach of structure and function. The framework of the thesis consists of three major parts, first, the influence of Chinese traditional political culture on, and the formation of, the political role of the PL A; second, the influence of domestic political struggles and external military conflicts on the development of the political role of the PLA; and the third, the analysis of the transition of the PLA's political role from the structure and personnel arrangements of the CCPCC Within the above-mentioned three scopes, this thesis make a thorough discussion on the following: (1) The relationship between the structure of the PRC and the formation of the PLA's political role; (2) How has ideology influenced the army's political role; (3) What is Mao's viewpoint and his influence on the development of the army's political role; (4) What is the link between the army and the party, and how has this developed; (6) What accounts for the expansion of the PLA's political functions; (7) What is the influence of political factional struggles on the PLA's political role; (8) Is it political institution or military institution that controls the recruitment of the military elite; (9) What are the disparities between the military elite in handling international conflicts and what are their political considerations; (10) What is the Party's position in the army; (11) How have the Party’s important meetings and personnel arrangements influenced the rise and fall of the PLA's political role
Cheng Li (李成) interview for the China Boom Project
No full textCheng Li, Director of Research at the John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution, was interviewed by the Asia Society staff in New York, USA on October 30, 2008.Transcript and interviewee's bio are available.Original video interviews are available at the Asia Society.The China Boom Project classified this interviewee’s field as: AcademicsThe video has been edite
Lesteva concava Cheng & Li & Peng 2019, new species
No full textLesteva (s. str.) concava, Cheng, Li & Peng, new species (Figs 2B, 3 G–H, 5D–F, 24) Type material (64 exs). Holotype: CHINA: ♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Qingliang (清 凉峰), 1050–1080 m, 8–10.v.2005, Zhu & Li leg. ’ / HOLOTYPE (red), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC. Paratypes: CHINA: 17 ♂♂, 34 ♀♀: same label data as holotype / PARATYPE (yellow), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Anhui Prov., Anqing City (安庆市), Qianshan County (潜山县), Mt. Tainzhu (天柱山), 1150–1250 m, 25.iv.2005, Hu & Tang leg. ’ / PARATYPE (yellow), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Anhui Prov., Chizhou City (池州市), Shitai County (石台县), Guniujiang N. R. (牯牛降自然保护区), alt. 300 m, 27.iv.2005, Hu & Tang leg. ’ / PARATYPE (yellow), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州 市), Anji County (安吉 县), Mt. Longwang (龙王 山), 300–500 m, 24.iv.2004, Jing-Wen Zhu leg. ’ / PARATYPE (yellow), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 2 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 250–550 m, 24.iv.2006, Jin-Wen Li leg. ’ / PARATYPE (yellow), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 2 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang (龙王山), 1050–1200 m, 15.v.2013, Chen & Pan leg. ’ / PARATYPE (yellow), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Tianmu (天目山), 800–1150 m, 2.v.2001, Jiao-Yao Hu leg. ’ / PARATYPE (yellow), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Tianmu, (天目山), 800–1150 m, 31.v.2006, Hu & Tang leg. ’ / PARATYPE (yellow), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 1 ♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Tianmu, (天目山), 830–900 m, 31.v.2010, Wang, Xu & Zhu leg. ’ / PARATYPE (yellow), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Quzhou City (衢州市), Jingning County (景宁 县), Baiyunlinqu (白云林区), 1100–1270 m, 07.v.2012, Jian-Qing Zhu leg. ’ / PARATYPE (yellow), L. concava sp. nov., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC. Description. Measurements (in mm) and ratios: BL 3.04–3.29; FL 2.36–2.48; HL 0.47–0.50; HW 0.59–0.62; PL 0.56–0.59; PW 0.65–0.68; EL 1.27–1.33; EW 1.18–1.21; HL/HW 0.75–0.79; PL/PW 0.86–0.90; EL/EW 1.07–1.11; HW/PW 0.90–0.95; PL/EL 0.44–0.46; AnL 1.39–1.42; AeL 0.46–0.50. Habitus as in Fig. 2B. Reddish brown, head usually darker, blackish brown; mouthparts fuscous brown; antennae yellowish brown; elytra with small subtriangular yellow maculae near middle; legs reddish brown, except of paler apex of tibiae and tarsi. Pubescence of body pale, evident and recumbent. Head subtriangular, coarsely and sparsely punctate, widest across eyes; eyes prominent, 1.86 times longer than temples; ocelli distinct, distance between ocelli 1.75 times as long as distance between ocellus and posterior margin of eye. Antennae elongate, relative lengths of the antennomeres I–XI: 1.54: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1.15: 1.15: 1.15: 1.15: 1.77. Pronotum subcordate, moderately convex, widest near anterior third; lateral margins arcuate at anterior twothirds and nearly straight at posterior third; punctation and pubescence as that on head; disc with shallow U-shaped depression. Scutellum subtriangular, surface with fine punctation and pubescence. Elytra subtrapezoidal, gradually dilated posteriorly, posterior angles broadly rounded; punctation and pubescence distinctly finer and sparser than those on pronotum. Abdomen broad, widest at segment IV (first visible abdominal segment), then distinctly narrowed posteriorly. Tergites with dense, fine punctation and decumbent pubescence, devoid of microsculpture; middle of the tergites IV and V with one pair of tomentose patches, but patches on tergite V smaller and less transverse. Male. Apical margin of the tergite VIII (Fig. 3G) broadly concave; sternite VIII (Fig. 3H) transverse, apical margin weakly concave; median lobe of the aedeagus (Figs 5 D–F) slightly longer than parameres; parameres somewhat asymmetrical, each slightly narrowed in anterior half, with three long apical setae; internal sac without sclerotized spines and without distinct dark membranous structures. Female. Abdominal sternite VIII without concavity apically. In other morphological characters similar with males. Comparative notes. Lesteva concava is closest to L. cooteri Rougemont in sharing similar body size, and punctation and pubescence of the head and pronotum. These two species can be readily separated by the different coloration of the body, and especially the narrower aedeagus with longer median lobe and narrower and longer parameres in L. concava. For illustrations of L. cooteri see Figs 6A, 8 A–B, 9A–C and Rougemont (2000: figs 1, 13). Distribution and nature history. China: Anhui, Zhejiang (Fig. 24). Some specimens were sifted from leaf litter near a stream in mixed deciduous forests at Mt. Tianzhu, Anhui. Etymology. The new specific epithet refers to the broadly concave apical margin of the male tergite VIII.Published as part of Cheng, Zhi-Fei, Li, Li-Zhen & Peng, Zhong, 2019, New species and new records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from China, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4560 (1) on pages 5-9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/262725
Li Cheng, China's Leaders
No full textBéja Jean-Philippe. Li Cheng, China's Leaders. In: Perspectives chinoises, n°68, 2001. pp. 67-69
Graduate recital, piano. Cheng, Y.-J., 1999
No full textRecorded during a live performance at Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 15, 1999, 5:00 p.m., the 484th concert of the School of Music's 1998-1999 season.Yuan-Jen Cheng, piano.In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Music degree in piano performance, Western Michigan University, 1999.Information from performance program.Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Six bagatelles, op. 126 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Intermezzo no. 1 in C major. Presto con fuoco ; Intermezzo no. 2 in D-flat major. Assez modéré mais sans lenteur ; Intermezzo in A-flat major. Très allant, tout droit, sans aucun rubata / Francis Poulenc -- Sonata reminiscenza in A minor, op. 38, no. 1: from Forgotten melodies, first cycle / Nicolas Medtner -- Songs without words. Kinderstücke, op. 102, no. 5. Allegro vivace ; Spinnerlied, op. 67, no. 4. Presto ; Duetto, op. 38, no. 6. Andante con moto / Felix Mendelssohn
Lesteva elongata Cheng & Li & Peng 2019, new species
No full text<i>Lesteva</i> (<i>s. str.</i>) <i>elongata</i> Cheng, Li & Peng, new species <p>(Figs 11A, 13 A–B, 14A–C, 34)</p> <p> <b>Type material</b> (31 exs). <b>Holotype: CHINA:</b> ♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Qingliang (清 凉峰), alt. 1080 m, 9–10.v.2005, Zhu & Li leg. ’ / HOLOTYPE (red), <i>L. elongata</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC. <b>Paratypes: CHINA:</b> 9 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀: same label data as holotype / PARATYPE (yellow), <i>L. elongata</i></p> <p> <b>sp. nov.</b>, det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. Tianmu (天目 山), 800–1150 m, 19.v.2006, Hu & Tang leg.’ / PARATYPE (yellow), <i>L. elongata</i> <b>sp. nov</b>., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC; 1 ♀: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Lin’an City (临安市), Mt. East Tianmu (东天目山), 1050–1150 m, 13.iv.2011, Peng & Zhu leg.’ / PARATYPE (yellow), <i>L. elongata</i> <b>sp. nov</b>., det. Cheng, Li & Peng, 2019, SNUC.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Measurements (in mm) and ratios: BL 2.76–3.16; FL 2.14–2.42; HL 0.37–0.44; HW 0.53–0.59; PL 0.50–0.59; PW 0.62–0.68; EL 1.15–1.30; EW 1.09–1.21; HL/HW 0.63–0.82; PL/PW 0.80–0.90; EL/EW 1.06–1.17; HW/PW 0.85–0.90; PL/EL 0.41–0.47; AnL 1.32–1.34; AeL 0.43–0.47.</p> <p>Habitus as in Fig. 11A. Blackish brown; antennae and ocelli testaceous; elytra with distinct oblique testaceous maculae extending from the humeral angle to the suture at middle; femora fuscous, tibiae paler, tarsi yellowish. Body with pale pubescence, evident and recumbent.</p> <p>Head subtriangular, coarsely and sparsely punctate, widest across eyes; eyes moderately convex, 1.71 times longer than temples; ocelli distinct, distance between ocelli slightly more than twice as long as distance between ocellus and inner margin of eye. Antennae elongate, relative lengths of the antennomeres I–XI: 1.58: 1: 1.08: 1.08: 1.08: 1.17: 1.17: 1.08: 1.08: 1: 1.92.</p> <p>Pronotum subcordate, moderately convex and transverse, widest at anterior middle; lateral margins arcuate at anterior two-thirds and nearly straight at posterior third; punctation and pubescence similar to that on head; disc with shallow U-shaped depression. Scutellum subtriangular, surface with fine punctation and pubescence.</p> <p>Elytra subtrapezoidal, gradually dilated posteriorly, posterior angles broadly rounded; punctation and pubescence distinctly finer and sparser than those on pronotum.</p> <p>Abdomen broad, widest at segment IV (first visible abdominal segment) then narrowed posteriorly; surface of tergites closely covered with very fine punctation, without microsculpture; tomentose patches on first exposed tergite V small and less transverse.</p> <p>Male. Apical margin of the tergite VIII (Fig. 13A) truncate; sternite VIII (Fig. 13B) transverse, apical margin strongly concave; median lobe of the aedeagus (Figs 14 A–C) distinctly shorter than parameres, narrowing toward the apex; parameres somewhat asymmetrical, each slightly narrowed in anterior half, with four long apical setae; internal sac without sclerotized spines and without distinct dark membranous structures.</p> <p>Female. Abdominal sternite VIII without concavity apically. In other morphological characters similar with males.</p> <p> <b>Comparative notes.</b> Based on the body size and coloration, as well as on the punctation and pubescence, the new species is most similar to <i>L. erythra</i> Ma, Li & Zhao from which it differs by the coloration of the legs, by the shape of maculae on elytra and morphology of the aedeagus. For illustrations of <i>L. erythra</i> see 11B, 13C–D, 14D–F and Ma, Li & Zhao (2012a: figs 2, 6–8).</p> <p> <b>Distribution and natural history.</b> China: Zhejiang (Fig. 34). Some specimens were sifted from moss on rocks near a stream in mixed deciduous forests at Mt. East Tianmu, Zhejiang.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet alludes to the elongated parameres of the aedeagus.</p>Published as part of <i>Cheng, Zhi-Fei, Li, Li-Zhen & Peng, Zhong, 2019, New species and new records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from China, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4560 (1)</i> on pages 12-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/2627254">http://zenodo.org/record/2627254</a>
A Study on Cheng Ching-wen's Novel
No full textCheng Ching-wen has a wide variety of interests in writing, including novel, short story, fairy tale, literature, political review, miscellaneous writing and translation of Western literary works. Cheng has been engaged in writing for fifty years and accomplished a tremendous amount of quality work. This thesis would focus on three of Cheng\ue2s novels. Structure of the thesis would be the first part which has been finalized after several modifications.
Chapter One Explain the reason why to choose Cheng\ue2s novels as the topic of this thesis.
Chapter Two Study the writer\ue2s life and creation background. Analyze how his special growing background, learning process, friends and reading preference impact on his writing. Also, discuss the relationship between his inspirations and his works from the three geographic environments where he grew up.
Chapter Three Discuss the origin of Cheng\ue2s creation ideas. Analyze Cheng\ue2s creation style and the formation of his tragic philosophy of life from the perspectives of Western literary works and the philosophy of life.
Chapter Four Explore how Cheng creates the image of a novel character through artistic portrayal of characters and analyze Cheng\ue2s language style from three perspectives.
Chapter Five Discuss Cheng\ue2s novels from four major topics: suffering common people, the greatness of mother\ue2s love, life of the peasantry in Taiwan and the forbidden political issues. Based on these topics, explore the ideas that Cheng embodies in these three novels.
Chapter Six Conclusion: Summarize Cheng\ue2s creations and writing style.
Keywords: Cheng Ching-wen, Novel, Topic, Tragedy,A Study on Cheng Ching-wen\ue2s Nove
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