Proceedings of the 2026 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2026)

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Peer-Review Statements

Soraya Garcia-Esteban, Deepanjali Mishra, Sikandar Ali Qalati, Mashitah Hamidi
All of the articles in this proceedings volume have been presented at the 2026 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2026) during February 06-08, 2026, in Beijing, China. These articles have been peer reviewed by the members of the Scientific Committees and reviewers...
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“Silence” and “Dialogue” from the Perspective of Consumerism: An Interpretation of Liu Yichang’s The Drunkard

Shuyuan Yang
Modern Hong Kong literature led by Liu Yichang provides new perspective different from that of the mainland literature for Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s, Liu Yichang’s long novels are marked by poetic styles, observing Hong Kong with the eyes of a dispersed person in it, deconstructing the depression,...
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Wang Yuanqi’s Archaistic Practices and the Cultural Transmission of Ming-Qing Landscape Painting

Chengjun Jiang, Xin Luo
The archaism in Ming-Qing landscape painting is a key topic in art historical research, with literati painters viewing it as a crucial pathway for both artistic creation and technical refinement. This study clarifies that archaism, as a systematic artistic approach, is driven by the goals of learning,...
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Colonial Violence and Collective Identity in French Algeria

Lingyi Qian
French Algeria was a settler colony in which military conquests and repressions were combined with economic inequalities, establishing a structure that privileged European settlers and exploited Algerian Muslims. Nationalism, whose origin was often drawn upon European models, was taking a different path...
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The Bizarre World of Totalitarianism: Defamiliarization in Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We

Kai Wang
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (Евгений Иванович Замятин) (1884.02.01-1937.03.10)He is a writer living in silver age of Soviet Union. He is a ship engineer as well. He stands among the writers with the greatest influence laid in Soviet literature after the October Revolution. He is famous in literati circle...
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Perception and Construction in the “Lifeworld”: The Transformation of the Calligraphic Image of Zhao Mengfu in the Ming and Qing Dynasties from a Phenomenological Perspective

Kexin Dai
Taking the phenomenological concepts of the “lifeworld” and the “logic of perception” as the theoretical basis, this study returns to the cultural and intellectual context of the Ming and Qing calligraphic circles and examines the differences in the reception of Zhao Mengfu’s calligraphic image during...
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Shang-Chi: The Model Minority’s Neoliberal Update

Shanyi Yang
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, heralded as the watershed moment in Asian American popular representation and antiracism in the US, not only falls short in authenticity but constitutes the model minority’s neoliberal update—a newfangled normative identity for the neoliberal subject in place...
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Voices of Matter: Transforming Xinjiang Elements in Contemporary Art to Counter Cultural Aphasia

Xiyu Pan
This paper explores how contemporary art can address the predicament of “cultural aphasia” faced by Xinjiang’s culture through the pathway of the “voice of matter.” The research background is set within the global context where cultural homogenization and external narratives have simplified, fragmented,...
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Internal and External Influences on Shaping Chinese Flying Apsara Images

Kexin Liu
Apsaras arrived in China with the spread of Indian Buddhist culture and art, eventually transforming into a localized image of flying apsaras in China. Its localization was influenced by a combination of internal and external factors in China, which reflects the integration of different cultures and...
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From Opera Film Text to Cinematic Presentation

– A Case Study of the Cantonese Opera Film White Snake

Yuhui Zhang
White Snake (Baishezhuan qing), China’s inaugural 4K panoramic-sound Cantonese opera film adapted from the folktale the Legend of the White Snake (Baishezhuan), has been met with widespread acclaim since its release. By skillfully incorporating the narrative strengths of its operatic source while harnessing...
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The Integration of Traditional Culture and Music Performance Art

Yanghanyi Tian
This study focuses on the integration mechanism and core value of traditional culture with music performance art. Adopting the case study method and literature research method, it systematically sorts out relevant theoretical achievements, practical experiences, and representative musical works at home...
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Performing and Failing Masculinity: Gender Performance in Twentieth-Century Chinese Women’s Literature

Juntao Lin
This study examines the construction, discipline, and collapse of masculinity across distinct historical phases of twentieth-century China through the core texts of Eileen Chang’s Jasmine Tea, Yang Mo’s The Song of Youth, and Yan Geling’s Youth. Drawing on Judith Butler’s theory of gender performance...
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New Materials and Methodological Innovation in the Exegetical Study of Warring States Scripts: Focusing on the Chu Slips Characters Nan, Ti, and the Variant Form of Li in the Tsinghua Bamboo Manuscript Liang Zhong

Zhaojia Xiao
In recent years, the large-scale excavation and publication of Warring States bamboo manuscripts, including the Chu slips and the Tsinghua bamboo slips, have fundamentally renewed both the material basis and the conceptual framework of Warring States script studies. These discoveries have propelled the...
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Korean Critical Realist Cinema and the Construction of a Simulacral Order in a Fragmented Society

Zhaoyang Dong, Jiayi Wang
This article delves into how Korean critical realist films achieve cultural and social effects of “the more critical, the more cohesive” by constructing a “simulated order” in the context of a highly fragmented society. The research reveals that Korean critical realist films, through highly artistic...
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On the Cultural Differences of Different Colors in China and Japan

Xueyi Chen
The research will also seek to solve the question of how the cultural differences between China and Japan are seen in the difference in the festival colors which has been a point of contention in Chinese and Japanese cultural studies. The main goal of this research is to contribute to the findings of...
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Biomimetic Aesthetics and Affective Interaction in Intelligent Art Installations

Shiheng Wu
The widespread adoption of intelligent technologies has shifted interactive art from mechanically triggered systems to intelligent systems capable of perception and emotional feedback. Within this context, biomimetic aesthetics and affective interaction have emerged as crucial factors in shaping novel...
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A Study on the Artistic Features and Performing Techniques of Khachaturian’s Toccata

Xinyuan Jing
Khachaturian’s Toccata is a masterpiece in the piano literature of the 20th century that combines national characteristics with modern techniques. The work skillfully uses Armenian folk music materials and presents a distinctive artistic style through unique melodies, harmonies, and complex polyrhythmic...
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Application of China Chic Elements in Design from the Perspective of Design Criticism

Lin Lin
The purpose is to explore the current application of China Chic elements in design and re-examine them from the perspective of design criticism. It aims to promote the development of “China Chic” elements in design. Methods: The case analysis method and literature review method are employed to analyze...
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Distanciation and Empathy: on the Transformation of the Fox Spirit Symbol in Animation from the Perspective of Female Consumption

Anni Wei
This paper adopts the “distanciation” and “empathy” theories proposed by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht as its analytical framework to interpret the transformation modes, innovative directions, and research objects of the fox spirit—a traditional Chinese cultural symbol—in contemporary animation against...
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The Dual Shaping of Classical Ethical Temporal Narrative——On Self-Identity and the Polis Community

Ziwan Liu
All speculation echoes with classical, ethical, and aesthetic resonances. Within the contemporary context of narrative fragmentation, media acceleration, and temporal alienation, the order of things vibrates in dynamic spatio-temporal networks, resonating with perception, signs, and negotiated meaning....
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Multiple Titles and the Creation and Dissemination of Flower-Part Drama

Yingshan Feng
The phenomenon of a single Flower-Part drama having multiple titles is closely linked to its creative processes and dissemination strategies. Variations in title arising from phonetic transcription errors, arbitrary naming conventions, and the use of different names by different troupes for the same...
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Reality, Change, Enlightenment: Reconsidering the Creative Principles of Contemporary Realistic Television Drama

Jie Zhang
In the context of new media development, this paper explores the distinctive aesthetic principles that set realistic television dramas apart from other literary and artistic forms. Going beyond mere adherence to the Marxist view on literature and art, this paper puts forward a new conceptual framework...
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A Skopos-Theory Perspective on the Vietnamese Translation of Culturally Loaded Terms in Ne Zha: The Demon Boy’s Rampage at Sea

Xinyue Qi
As Chinese film and television works increasingly reach international audiences, the role of film subtitle translation in cross-cultural communication has become increasingly prominent. As a translation form constrained by time and space, subtitle translation not only concerns the accurate conveyance...
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Fold and Poetry: Genealogy Archaeology and Literary Practice from Plato to Deleuze

Mengyuan Hou
From Plato to Deleuze, the cognition of language is based on initial division and connection. For the bidirectional case of cross lingual communication, “difference” is a common problem. According to Deleuze’s viewpoint, thought itself creates “differences”, and literature also generates in “differences”....
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Research on the Digital Inheritance Mechanism of Shanxi Wedding Customs Based on Reception Aesthetics

Siyin Li, Xianghui Li
As a typical representation of Han dynasty marriage customs, Shanxi wedding traditions carry profound historical value and cultural connotations. In the context of the digital era, studying the digital development needs of Shanxi wedding customs from the audience’s perspective is of great significance...
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Lin Daiyu’s Physical and Mental Dilemnd Tragic Metaphors from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Based on an Interdisciplinary Analysis of Dream of the Red Chamber

Hiahan Ma, Snor Bayazidi, Hengning Shao, Yang Shao
In Dream of the Red Chamber, the scenes depicting Lin Daiyu’s use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) serve as multidimensional metaphors, integrating TCM’s mind-body theory, character psychology, temporal constraints, and the author’s artistic vision. Supported by TCM theories of the holistic nature...
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Temporal Reconstruction and Defamiliarization: Narrative Design of Where Winds Meet’s Based on Bakhtin’s Chronotope

Xinyu Chen
Against the backdrop of the integration of digital culture and historical dissemination, games, as an important symbol of digital culture, have become an effective vehicle for disseminating historical culture. However, the industry has long faced a conflict between historical authenticity and game playability....
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Anonymity in Animated Documentaries: Reshaping the Expressive Scale of Documentary Imagery Between Fiction and Reality

Shiyu Zhu
Animated documentaries are gradually evolving from experimental films into a more mature genre. Exhibiting characteristics such as the socialization of themes, non-linear narratives, and enhanced ethical awareness. They are widely used in topics such as war memories, political trauma, refugee experiences,...
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Breaking, Establishing, and Practicing: Exploring the National Flavor in Wu Guanzhong’s Art Through Where Does the Soul Reside

Kexin Sun
At the end of the 20th century, the field of Chinese art faced a dual dilemma: the rigidity of traditional ink painting conventions and the failure of Western oil painting’s localization. The criteria for defining artistic nationality and its realization paths became core academic issues. In his work...
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De-Heroized Scholars and Empowered Fox Spirits: Gender Reversal and Mutual Salvation in Liaozhai Zhiyi

Yixiang Zhang
This paper examines the conspicuous yet critically overlooked scholar-fox spirit pairings in Pu Songling’s Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai Zhiyi), focusing specifically on the crisis of masculinity embedded in these cross-species romances. While existing scholarship has predominantly...
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The Mythological Narrative of Southern Tragedy in Absalom, Absalom!

Jia Li
William Faulkner’s novel Absalom, Absalom! is set against the historical backdrop of American Southern society before and after the American Civil War. Eschewing traditional linear historical narrative, it employs stream-of-consciousness mythological narrative to depict the genesis and evolution of the...
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A Comparative Study of English Translations of Li Qingzhao’s “Sheng Sheng Man” from the Perspective of Eco-translatology’s “Three-Dimensional Transformation”

Shiqing Zhang
Based on the “adaptation-selection” theory of eco-translatology, this study takes the English translations of “Sheng Sheng Man·Seeking, Seeking” by Xu Yuanchong and by Yang Xianyi & Gladys Yang as research objects, and comparatively analyzes the adaptive transformation strategies of the translations...
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Research on Chinese Carpets by Western Sinologists in the Early 20th Century

Chenghong Li
At the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese carpets were exported to the West and became popular overseas. As an important component of the Eastern art system, Chinese carpets have increasingly drawn the attention of the West. Some Western scholars have noticed the long-standing academic gap in the...
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The Path of Nationalisation and Modern Transformation in Chinese Animated Film

Chenchen Ji
Over a century of exploration, Chinese animated cinema has charted a developmental trajectory from “cultural self-awareness” to “cultural self-confidence,” and from “formal imitation” to “spiritual reinvention.” From the early “Chinese School” movement’s meticulous cultivation of traditional arts to...
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Research on Information Visualization Design for Suining’s Intangible Cultural Heritage with Digital Intelligence

Binjie Luo, Cheng Bi
Within the context of digital intelligence empowerment, and drawing upon a multidisciplinary perspective, this study systematically organizes and extracts Suining’s intangible cultural heritage (ICH) gene system and structured information. It constructs a four-tier decoding model encompassing “material,...
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Analysis of AI and Music Art Research Hotspots and Trends Based on Citespace—Taking WOS Data as an Example (2016-2025)

Yuxi Liu
With the rapid development and iteration of technology, empowering various disciplines through AI has become a major trend. The integration of AI with the field of music and art provides greater productivity for this art form. As an important branch of art studies, the fusion of music and art with AI...
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A Study on the Feng Shui Customs of Hakka Tombs in Eastern Guangdong

Hailin Luo
As a distinctive branch of the Han nationality, the Hakka people have experienced multiple large-scale migrations in history, forming a Hakka culture with strong clan consciousness and localized characteristics in the mountainous regions of Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces. The geographical pattern...
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A Study on the Chinese Translation Strategies of Natsume Soseki’s *The Grass Pillow*

—Based on a Comparison of Cui Wanqiu’s and Feng Zikai’s Translations

Zhongxin Jia
Cui Wanqiu and Feng Zikai, both modern Chinese writers, translated Natsume Soseki’s *The Grass Pillow*, but their perspectives differed. Cui Wanqiu’s translations of *The Grass Pillow* embody Natsume Soseki’s literary philosophy of “leisurely observation.” Having spent nine years in Japan, Cui Wanqiu’s...
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A Brief Discussion on Character Description Training

Bin Feng
This article focuses on the systematic training method of character description in writing teaching, pointing out that writing teaching emphasizes guiding students to use basic expression techniques to achieve effective written expression. Emphasis should be placed on mastering character description,...
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The Logic and Path Selection of Patriotism Education Integrating into Junior Middle School History Education

-From the Perspective of Endogenous Education

Beichen Gao
Under the background of the new era, patriotism education, as an important part of the fundamental task of moral education, is gradually moving towards curriculum institutionalization and systematic development. The promulgation of Patriotism Education Law of People’s Republic of China indicates that...
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Research on Practical Dilemma and Path Optimization of Online-Merge-Offline Education in Kindergarten

Xinrui Song
With the advancement of informatization in China entering a new stage, the field of preschool education is increasingly undergoing digital transformation. This study focuses on in-service teachers and pre-service preschool education students as its participants, and examines the practical challenges...
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Positive and Negative Influencing Factors of University Students’ Anxiety and Depression: Academic Burnout Mediates Effects of School engagement on Anxiety and Depression

Siyu Chen
With the intensifying mental health crisis around the world, the high epidemic anxiety and depression of university students as well as their dual damages to individual development and social resources, it is urgent to disclose the influencing mechanism of different factors. This study explores the influencing...
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Research on the Joint Effects of Parental Protection Motivation and Mediation Strategies on Parent-Child Conflict

Junlin Wang
With the popularization of smartphones among minors, parent-child conflict arising from children’s use of smartphones within the family has gradually become a core issue in contemporary family education. This study uses Rogers’ Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) as its theoretical framework, aiming to...
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Integrating Greater Bay Area Culture into Dance Education under the “Two-Creation” Perspective: Modernization Pathways and Case Insights

Linyue Wu
Grounded in Xi Jinping’s “Two Innovations” concept, this study examines dance education modernization in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area. Using policy analysis and thirty-six cases from the Second “Cultural China” Two Innovations Competition, it focuses on cultural identity, technological...
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An Empirical Study on Emotional Dependence and the Substitution Effect of Generative AI Chatbots in Mental Health Support in China

Lin Liu
While Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots are gaining traction in mental health support, their long-term impact on professional help-seeking behavior in China remains unclear. This study investigates whether emotional dependence (DEP) on AI chatbots mediates the relationship between users’...
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The Application of Interdisciplinary Teaching Method in the Whole-book Reading of Chinese Language — A Case Study of Red Star Over China

Cun Fang
As a teaching model that integrates knowledge, methods and perspectives of different disciplines, interdisciplinary teaching method provides a new approach for the whole-book reading teaching. Among all the whole-book reading texts in junior high school Chinese courses, both teachers and students generally...
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Strategies for Designing Traditional Fine Arts-Based Intangible Cultural Heritage Research and Study Programs for School-Age Children from a Persuasive Gaming Perspective

Lesheng Wang, Yihao Zhu
Current design of traditional art-based intangible cultural heritage research and study programs for school-age children commonly suffers from fragmented curricula, lack of cultural immersion, and insufficient learning motivation. This paper focuses on the school-age population to explore feasible pathways...
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Intelligent Error Management Empowered by Large Language Model-based Agent in EFL Education of Junior High

Jiahui Hou, Yingchun Ren
This study examines the implementation pathways of large language model (LLM)-based agent for English error management in EFL education, comparing two LLM-based agent systems: a plugin-augmented agent (EEM_PA) and a structured workflow-driven agent (EEM_WF). Both systems were developed using the DeepSeek...
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Research on the Digital-Intelligent Transformation of Management Courses in Universities

—Taking the Enterprise Strategic Management Course as an Example

Yanjie Feng, Yonghui Dai, Huiming Cai
Taking the “Enterprise Strategic Management” course in universities as an example, this paper discusses how to digitally transform traditional management discipline teaching through literature review, digital-intelligent transformation pathway design, and summary of teaching practice examples. The research...
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The Impact of Academic Pressure on College Students’ Use of AI: The Moderating Effect of Mindfulness

Zhijie Du
This study investigates the relationships between academic pressure and different types of artificial intelligence (AI) use among college students, as well as the moderating role of mindfulness. Drawing on previous research, AI uses are classified into four dimensions—instrumental use, social use, entertainment...
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Breaking the Motherhood Penalty: A Study on Coping Strategies of Chinese Career Women Based on Structuration Theory

Zejin Wang
Despite significant improvements in women’s educational attainment and labor market participation worldwide, the motherhood penalty—manifested in wage loss, career stagnation, and identity devaluation—remains persistent. Existing research has primarily documented the structural existence...
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Research on the Construction of Western Classics and Local Discourse in Chinese Piano Textbooks from the Perspective of Cultural Geography

Ruixi Guo
With the development of our country, piano art has become one of the arts pursued by people. However, in current piano teaching, the textbooks mainly focus on Western classic textbooks, and the integration of local music elements and the construction of discourse systems are relatively lagging behind,...
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Exploration of Blended Teaching Reform for the “Network Service Configuration and Management” Course Based on Knowledge Graph

Xiangmei Li, Chunqiang Lin, Bin Han
Aiming at addressing issues such as the fragmentation of cross-platform cognition and the disconnection between theory and practice in the traditional teaching of the Network Service Configuration and Management course, this paper proposes a blended teaching reform scheme based on a knowledge graph....
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Practice and Exploration of Applying Artificial Intelligence to Spoken English Teaching for Undergraduate Students in Minzu Colleges and Universities

Ronglin Shan
Under the backdrop of educational digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology offers a new pathway for the reform and innovation of spoken English teaching for undergraduate students in ethnic colleges and universities. This teaching faces unique challenges such as significant disparities...
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Lexical Complexity as Adaptive Compensation for Syntactic Constraint: A Corpus-Based Test of the Principle of Least Effort in Competitive L2 Writing

Tao Ma
Lexical and syntactic complexity are key markers of linguistic competence in writing. Research on second-language (L2) writing, particularly in examination contexts, has documented compensatory patterns and interactions between these dimensions across proficiency levels. However, the directionality of...
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Exploring the Integration of Traditional Decorative Patterns in Secondary School Art Education

Jingming Hong, Xin Yu
The fundamental purpose of middle school art education is not to cultivate all students into professional artists, but to provide systematic aesthetic education that enhances their ability to perceive, appreciate, and critically evaluate beauty. In the current context of multicultural integration, some...
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From Policy Discourse to Gender Identity: Changes in Australian Teenagers’ Attitudes toward Gender Equality and Family Roles

Kewen Yin
In Australia and around the world, gender equality, family diversity, and youth inclusion are central to contemporary social policy. And adolescence represents a critical stage for the formation of gender identity and family role expectations, shaped by institutionalized education, public policy discourse,...
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An Empirical Study on the Employment Quality of Graduates from Applied Undergraduate Institutions in a Three-Dimensional Capital Perspective

Yong Chen, Gordana Dobrijević
Three-dimensional capital refers to human capital, social capital, and psychological capital. To explore the impact of “three-dimensional capital” on the employment quality of graduates from applied undergraduate institutions, this study collected questionnaires from 300 graduates across four such institutions...
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Practical Path of Artificial Intelligence Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in Chinese Counties

Rui Tian
Against the backdrop of the global digital divide in education, promoting the balanced implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) education in basic education has become a crucial issue for promoting educational equity worldwide. This paper takes primary and secondary schools in Chinese counties...
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Research on Constructing Student Digital Twins Driven by Digital-Intelligent Integration Based on Disciplinary Knowledge Graphs

Tao Zhao, Dan Wu, Jun Cao
Against the backdrop of global educational digital transformation, traditional higher education struggles to meet diverse learning needs and talent market demands. This study proposes constructing a digital-intelligent integration-driven Student Digital Twin (DTS) based on a six-layer disciplinary knowledge...
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Reflections on Teaching Innovation in University Courses

Zhihua Feng, Xiaoyuan Wang
With the transformation of higher education from extensive development to connotative improvement, the quality of course teaching has become a core indicator for evaluating talent cultivation in universities. Teaching innovation in university courses is not only an important approach to improving classroom...
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A Multidimensional Framework for Assessing Global Digital Education Partnerships: Towards Evidence-Driven Governance

Kexin Zhu
The proliferation of global digital education partnerships (GDEPs) — from joint online degree programs to transnational micro-credential platforms — has outpaced the development of robust assessment frameworks for evaluating their efficacy and sustainability. Current evaluative approaches predominantly...
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AI Chatbots as a Hypothesis-Testing Ground: Enhancing Oral Accuracy for Chinese EFL Undergraduates Through Task-Based Learning

Xinyu Fu
This review examines the role of AI chatbots in enhancing oral accuracy among Chinese EFL undergraduates from the combined perspectives of the Output Hypothesis and Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT). In Chinese EFL contexts, the development of accurate spoken English is constrained by limited speaking...
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Analysis on the Pathways of Vocational Education in Rural Vocational Schools Serving Rural Revitalization in the New Era

Jingwen Zhang, Hao Wang
With the in-depth advancement of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, vocational education’s supportive role in boosting rural revitalization has grown prominent. A great many vocational schools have explored extensively and gained valuable experience, yet relevant research and practice...
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Constructing Intercultural Teaching Competence in an Omni-Media Environment: A Case Study of University Workshops on Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage in Malaysia

Jing Xu, M. N. Md Zabit, Yijia Li
In response to initiatives promoting international cultural exchange, this study examines a critical question in higher education: how can university teachers develop the necessary competencies to effectively facilitate cross-cultural understanding in a digitally connected world? Focusing on a series...
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Extracting Formative Principles of Expressive Forms in Nuo Masks: A Gestalt Psychology Approach

Yingying Jiang, Rongcan Gan
Research on the emotional encoding in indigenous visual culture remains limited. This study employs Gestalt psychology to extract the formative principles of Jiangxi Nanfeng Nuo masks, transcending cultural specifics to uncover universal visual-perceptual logic. An analytical framework integrating “Gestalt...
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Discourse and the Incomplete Inversion: Gender, Power, and Emotional Labor in China’s “Fourth Love”

Ziyan Wang
This paper focuses on the construction mechanism of the “Fourth Love” intimate relationship model in the Chinese internet context. Using Foucauldian discourse analysis, it examines how spontaneous narratives in cyberspace transform fluid subjective experiences into normative knowledge objects through...
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Digital Intelligence Technology Empowers the Transformation and Upgrading of the Art Education Ecology in Primary and Secondary Schools

Ligang Xing
Digital and artificial intelligence technologies are the new frontier shaping the professional development of art teachers in primary and secondary schools in the new era, serving as a crucial pillar for building a strong nation in aesthetic education. They anchor the transition of outstanding art teachers...
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Envisioning a People’s Neighbourhood: a Case Study that Reflects China’s Style of New Social Governance

Zhicheng You
China’s urban governance has traditionally prioritized material infrastructure (the “house”)—housing, roads, and utilities—often at the expense of cultural and social dimensions. However, with rapid urbanization, China is shifting toward a holistic governance model that integrates community ties, cultural...
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Research on the Theoretical Logic and Practical Path of Integrating “Curriculum Ideology and Politics” into Dance Choreography Teaching

Lu Ren
Under the macro background of comprehensively promoting the construction of “Big Ideological and Political Courses,” dance choreography teaching, as a critical intersection of art education and ideological dissemination, bears the mission of fostering virtue through education. However, current practices...
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The Dual-Edged Impact of Fertility-Friendly Policies from a Societal Role Perspective: A Study Based on 13 Samples from China

Wanning Li
Objective: From a policy implementation perspective, this study explores the pathways and effects of fertility-friendly policies on women’s career development. Methods: Using purposive and snowball sampling, a total of 13 participants were selected for semi-structured interviews. The interview transcripts...
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The Impact of Childcare Status on Women’s Employment: A Study on the Mediating Effect of Investment in Children’s Education

Yuewen Wang
Based on data from the 2022 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this paper delves into how parenting status affects women’s employment income through the mediating pathway of investment in children’s education. The study aims to reveal the core role of the emerging phenomenon of “motherhood brokerage”...
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Research and Practice on the Teaching Reform of Curriculum-Based Ideological and Political Education in the Multilingual Textbook Course“ Understanding Contemporary China ”under the Background of the “Three Entry Initiative”

Jin He, Xiaoru Huang, Feng Xu, Yichao Wang
In the context of the deep integration of “curriculum-based ideological and political education” and the “Three Entry Initiative,” how to effectively incorporate the multilingual textbook “Understanding Contemporary China” into the foreign language teaching system has become a key issue in the current...
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Research on the Design of Immersive Psychological Healing Spaces Based on Embodied Narrative and Serious Game Mechanisms

Zhongping Hu, Kyungran Choi
Addressing the contradiction between the surging public demand for mental health services in the post-pandemic era and the spatial-temporal limitations of traditional therapies, this paper explores the interdisciplinary application of Virtual Reality (VR) and serious games in the field of psychological...
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The Impact of Interactive Game Streaming Mode on Audience Behavioral Loyalty: Flow Experience as a Mediating Variable

Hong Chen
In the competitive game streaming industry, deep interaction has become one of the key ways for game streamers to cultivate audience loyalty. This research constructs a theoretical model that sets the interactive mode of game streamers as the independent variable, flow experience as the mediating variable,...
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Examining the Impact of User Interaction Behavior on the Effectiveness of Social Media Content Recommendation

Rui Chen
The widespread use of social media platforms has significantly transformed the way people access information. However, social platform’s recommendation algorithm influences this progress, which largely determines content available to users. This process can lead to the ‘filter bubble’ effect, limiting...
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New Korean Reality: Observation and Analysis of Lee Jae-myung’s Diplomacy to Solve the North Korean Nuclear Issue

Zuo Zhou
This article is a comparative analysis of the diplomatic efforts of Northeast Asian countries that South Korea faced and its responses in Northeast Asia, examining the diplomatic maneuvers and strategic interests of the Lee Jaemyung administration in the North Korean nuclear conundrum. From a realist...
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How “Wolf Warrior” Diplomacy Shapes Chinese Brands’ Internationalization Pathways through National Image: A Comparative Study of Western and Non-Western Markets

Jialin Li
Protectionism has gained momentum worldwide. Trade wars, tariff disputes, and non-tariff barriers have proliferated, prompting an increasing number of Chinese firms to pursue a go-global strategy. Going abroad presents firms with fresh opportunities and risks. A central consideration is how national...
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The Soft Power of Korea: How K-pop Culture Reshapes South Korea’s Image in the Eyes of Global Generation Z

Wei Liu
In recent years, K-pop has gained popularity worldwide, influencing the younger generation’s perception of South Korea. This study explores how the South Korean government uses K-pop to reshape the national image of its Generation Z. Taking Indonesia as an example, this study analyzed the strategic promotion...
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Italy’s Role and Policy Practices in Global Refugee Crisis Governance: A Case Study of the EU-Turkey Refugee Agreement

Yanan Zhao
As a “frontline country” in responding to the Mediterranean refugee crisis, Italy has been actively promoting collective response at the EU level since the outbreak of the European refugee crisis in 2015. It is also a major advocate of the EU-Turkey Refugee Agreement. This article systematically reviews...
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Under the Drive of Anger Emotion: The Mechanism of News Communication and the Influence of Users’ Individual Characteristics on Communication Behavior

Xiaoyu Hai, Zongyan Wen
In today’s era of deep penetration of social media, news dissemination shows a significant platform-based trend, and emotion has increasingly become a key element connecting news content and public interaction. Among them, “anger” is an intense emotional state. This article believes that it is often...
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Analysis of Korean Pop Music Promoting the Globalization of Korean Wave through Cultural Hybridization Mechanism

Xuezi Jiao
In the era of increasingly fluid global cultures, the cross-border dissemination of media products is constantly reshaping the production, dissemination and consumption patterns of cultures. Korean pop music (K-pop) has completed the transformation from a regional form of entertainment to a cultural...
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The Role of Social Media Use in Shaping Urban Image Perception and Its Impact on Tourism Intention: A Case Study of Shanghai's “Magic City” Image

Xiaoang Li
With the popularity of social media, destination marketing and urban image communication have undergone profound changes. As one of China’s most international cities, Shanghai’s diverse image is constantly constructed and reconstructed in cyberspace. This study adopts the framework of “social media use → urban...
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Behavioral Characteristics and Driving Factors of Social Media Users’ Impression Management: A Case Study of the “Curated” WeChat Moments

Yingsi Xie
In today's era when social media platforms are highly prevalent, it has become a common phenomenon for users to engage in self-presentation through carefully selected and edited images along with meticulously crafted captions. While users engage in idealized self-presentation by packaging themselves,...
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The Influence and Moderation of Perceived Visual UI Complexity on User Preference in Social Media Apps

Yanghua Gong
This study focuses on investigating two key visual factors influencing user preference levels: perceived visual element density and visual structural clarity. An experimental design was implemented across four platforms—WeChat, Douyin, Weibo, and Xiaohongshu—to collect user feedback on interface visual...
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Effects of Fact-Checking News Characteristics on User Interaction

Yige Qu
As social media has become a major channel for information dissemination, while accelerating the flow of information, it has also facilitated the spread of false information, making fact-checking news play an increasingly crucial role in combating false information. This study focuses on exploring how...
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Formation and Individual Coping Strategies of Social Media News Fatigue

Tian Chu
Social media has become the main channel for news acquisition, but the explosive growth of information and uneven quality have led to user fatigue, anxiety, and other negative emotions, known as “news fatigue”. News fatigue not only affects users’ mental health but also has profound implications for...
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The Impact of Deletion and Recall Behaviors in Social Media Use on Users’ Mental Health

Chenyu Liao
The negative interactions in social features and their impact on mental health have increasingly become a research focus. This study focuses on how negative interactions in social media use influence mental health and the mediating role of users’ deletion and recall behaviors. The research background...
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Adaptive Visual Interpretation and Digital Redesign of Han–Tang Chinese Textile Patterns

Dongze Huo, Nataliia Skliarenko
The work raises an important issue of protecting cultural identity through the digitization of artistic heritage achievements and their reinterpretation in the context of modern design using the example of traditional Chinese textile patterns. Based on the analysis of the rich aesthetic heritage of the...
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Data-Body Mirror: Digital Menstrual Cycle Tracking and the Reconstruction of Young Women's Bodily Cognition

Airong Liu
Self-tracking practices, particularly the use of menstrual cycle tracking applications, have gained increasing popularity among young women in China nowadays. Predominant research has adopted a critical paradigm, focusing on issues such as surveillance capitalism, commercial logic, and neoliberal discipline...
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Application of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Design of Traditional Miao Clothing as Intangible Cultural Heritage

Yuting Zhang
Recently, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has brought significant transformations to the field of design, providing the fashion industry with a variety of efficient new design methods and areas, and also creating new opportunities for the digital innovation of traditional culture. Under the impact...
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The Resonance of Symbols: Cat Memes as a Communication Practice of Youth Subculture

Yingna Yao
In the recent era when digital media is increasingly integrated into daily life, Internet memes such as cat memes have involved from mere symbols of entertainment into a distinct youth subculture phenomenon. Despite it is wide spread, existing research has failed to explain in detail how it, as a distinct...
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Cultural Transmission and Emotional Resonance in Live Music Experiences: A Critical Narrative Review

Ziyi Guo
Through an interdisciplinary literature review, this article explores how live music can promote cultural heritage, identity formation and cross-cultural communication through the process of emotional resonance. At the same time, the review critically examines how industry structure, institutional power...
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Cultural Memory and Symbol Construction: A Study on the Decoding of ‘Dead to Right’ by Young Audience

Zhiwei Xue
Based on Jan Assman’s cultural memory theory as the core framework, combined with Hall’s coding / decoding theory, this paper explores how the film ‘Dead to Right’ constructs the cultural memory of the Nanjing Massacre through symbolic narrative and ritualized communication in the ‘ post-memory ‘ era,...
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Contemporary Marxist Literary Geography and Digital Spatial Criticism

——A Study Centered on New Transformation in a Mountain Village

Ziwan Liu
The materiality of geographical environments that constitute space, and literary space as both a product and a mode of material production, profoundly influence social formations and historical evolution. In the era of globalization, conducting an integrative historical critique of literary geography...
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The Transformation of AI Governance Paradigm from a Risk Regulation Perspective

Shuyuan Huang
The fast development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been the driving force behind the promotion of the development of new quality productive forces; however, it has also brought many complicated risks, including data breach, discrimination, and the loss of safety control. This has imposed...
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Adaptation Strategies of Broadcasting Language in New Media Interactive Replies Based on Conversation Analysis Method

Xinyi Liu
Against the backdrop of the rapid development of the new media environment, the adaptability of traditional broadcasting language in interactive responses faces significant challenges, necessitating the exploration of new language strategies to enhance communication effectiveness and user engagement....
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Research on the Mechanism and Path of Mainstream Media Cultural and Creative Communication Driven by Digital Technology ——Taking “Dingduan News” as an Example

Jinke Hao
The digital transformation of current mainstream media has entered a deep-water zone, and how to use artificial intelligence and big data to reconstruct the logic of cultural and creative communication has become the key to breaking the situation. This study abandons grand narratives, focuses on integrated...
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Features and Mechanisms of Computer-Mediated Language Information Interaction in Cross-Cultural Contexts

Xinzhu Li, Liwei Fang, Zichun Gao
This mixed-method study (820 questionnaires from 12 countries; 30 interviews) examines cross-cultural CMLII. We identify three salient features—async–sync coexistence, uncertain cultural connotation, and divergent media preferences—and test their efficiency drivers. Results show cultural distance reduces...
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Status Politics and the Identity Formation of Emerging Powers: Interactions with International Institutions

Yujie Tao
The existing gap between the material power of emerging powers and the institutional recognition of the same has been the core issue in international relations. Realism, liberal institutionalism, and constructivism have all been found to have some shortcomings in explaining the motivations of emerging...