China Facing More Challenges
面临更多挑战的中国
The 28th ACPSS International Conference
October 20-22, 2023
Pacific Lutheran University
12180 Park Avenue S.
Tacoma, WA 98447
美国华人人文社科教授学会第28届国际学术会议
2023年10月20-22日
华盛顿州太平洋路德大学
Friday October 20, 2023
Conference Check-in
Location: Silver Cloud Inn-Tacoma Waterfront
2317 North Ruston Way, Tacoma, WA 98402
5:00-5:30pm: Social Time
6:00-8:00pm: Dinner at The Mill
515 6th Ave. Tacoma, WA 98402
Conference Opening and Welcome
- Leaders at PLU and CIWA
- ACPSS President
8:30-9:00pm ACPSS Business Meeting
Saturday October 21, 2023
6:30-7:45am Breakfast, Silver Cloud Inn-Tacoma Waterfront
(Leave for PLU at 7:45 am)
8:30-10:00am Conference Panel 1A and 1B
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Time: Oct 21, 2023 08:00AM through 06:00PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Chair: Aiguo Han
The Social Reference Theory in China, Zhang Jie, Buffalo State University
St. Augustin’s Higher Time, Max Weber’s Disenchantment and Confucius on Ritual Ceremony: The Significance of Confucianism, Fred Yonggang Huang, Brooklyn College – City University of New York
Studies in Iconology of Taoism from a Global Perspective, Juntao Li, Sichuan Normal University (Online)
Sustainable Development: Confucianism is the Solution to the Modern Environmental Crises, Daliang Wang and Savannah Graver, High Point University
浅析传统太极技击与养生的力学原理, Ningsheng Huang, Dunwoody Technical College
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Chair: Xiaobing Li
China-Related Legislation in the 118th Congress of the United States: Political and Trend Analyses, Baogang Guo Dalton State College
Paradigmatic Shift of China’s Diplomatic Discourse: Stances, Practices, and Implications, Lu Shuming, City University of New York-Brooklyn College
Francis and Albert Knight in Manchuria: U.S. Diplomat, Merchant, and Treaty Ports in 19th Century China, Shuhua Fan University of Scranton
Three Global Initiatives and China’s Vision for a New World Order: A Critical Discourse Analysis of China’s Three Foreign Policy Documents, Weidong Zhang Winona State University
10:00-10:15am Coffee Break
10:15-11:45am Conference Panels 2A and 2B
Chair: Jingyi Song
Li Dazhao and the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party, Patrick Shan, Grand Valley State University
From “Seven Speak-Nots” to “Media Surnamed the Party”: Media in China from 2012 to 2022, Guolin Yi, Providence College
The Changing Sporting Body of Women Athletes in China, 1970s-2010s, Yuxin Ma, University of Louisville (Online)
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Chair: Qiang Fang
Unworthy Victims, Sexual Violence, and the Criminal Justice System in Postsocialist China, Tiantian Zheng, State University of New York, Cortland
Belt and Road by the Sea — 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Ting Jiang, Metropolitan State University
The Negative and Positive Impact of ICT on the Youth and Minor, Yan Xia, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the BRI Success, Yongjun Chen, Renmin University of China, Yongjun Chen, Renmin University of China
11:45am-1:00pm Lunch
Venue: PLU, Scandinavian Cultural Center
1:00-2:30pm Conference Panels 3A and 3B
Chair: Yonggang Huang
Asians in the Deep South: History of the Asian Community in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Di Luo University of Alabama
Discriminatory Behavior in American Public Life Experienced by Students, Linda Wang USC Aiken, SC
Politics behind racism against Asian Americans, Song Jingyi, SUNY Old Westbury
Chinese Influence in Silicon Valley of USA. Juliet Johnson, Jinan University
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Chair: Yi Sun
Between China’s Revolution and Modernization: Exploring James Z. Gao’s Scholarship in China Studies and College Teaching
Speakers:
Xiaojia Hou, San Jose State University
Patrick F. Shan, Grand Valley State University
Qiang Fang, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Xiaobing Li, University of Central Oklahoma
2:30-2:45pm Coffee Break
2:45-4:15pm Conference Panels 4A, 4B and 4C
Chair: Guolin Yi
中国企业感知的国际不确定性与 R&D 投入, Gaige Liu, Liaoning University Process and Policies of China’s Urbanization since 1949, Zongli Tang Auburn University at Montgomery (Online)
China’s Economic and Cultural Initiatives in Central Asia, Sun Yi, University of San Diego 中国职业教育促进经济高质量发展研究, Chaoran Chen, Liaoning University (Online)
中国流域水环境质量断面考核制度研究, Yunjiao Xia, Chinese University of Geological Science (Online)
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Chair: Xiaojia Hou
Chinese Intellectual Discourse on Democracy, He Li, Merrimack College
The Governing Power of China’s Abbreviated Political Slogans, Shaorong Huang
Lawlessness in the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)? Qiang Fang, University of Minnesota Duluth
The Politics of Anti-Corruption: The National Supervision Law, Hua Shiping, University of Louisville
The Baroque Paradox: on the Western Understanding of Li Shang-yin, Lan Jiang, St. Peter’s University
Chair: Daliang Wang
Bilingual Education (BE) in the United States, Iris Xu and Feng Rui, Troy University
评《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》中的文化自信问题, Helen Xiaoyan Wu, University of Toronto (Online)
Facing World Challenges with Ancient Chinese Wisdom Reflected in Chinese Characters, Weiqing Zhang, University of Minnesota Duluth
A Study on the Development of English Translation of Chinese Scientific and Technical Works, Lei Feng, Beijing Jiaotong University (Online)
The Collaboration of Chinese Language Teaching and Cybersecurity Training, Yunong Zhou, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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4:15-4:30pm Coffee Break
4:30-6:00 pm Conference Panels 5A, 5B and 5C
Chair: Patrick Shan
美国圣经公会与《圣经》进入紫禁城探究, Qing Wu, Jinan University (Online)
清末川边变革、近代转型与西医输入——美国基督会医疗传教士进入巴塘的过程和 活动, Aidong Zhao, Sichuan University
Paradoxical Views on the U.S. and Sino-U.S. Relations: A Case Study of the Chinese College Students, Yanmin Yu, Wenzhou-Kean University (Online)
Gender and Politicalized Body in Public Everyday Reading: Transforming and Reshaping of the Urban Childbirth Knowledge in Wartime Chongqing of China (1937-1945), Xiaolu Wu, Southwest Political and Legal University (Online)
Slow and constant: Industrial interactive development and social Change in Northwest Ethnic Region in Modern China, Yanyan Liu, University of Electronic Science and Technology (Online)
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Chair: Daliang Wang
A Meta-dialogue about Intelligence and Intelligent Tools: On the Challenges of ChatGPT and Human Artificial Intelligence, Aiguo Han, Rowan University
Harnessing ChatGPT in Foreign Language Education – with Teaching Chinese/English as Examples, Wang Daliang, High Point University
Information Security and National Cultures in China and the United States, Jim Q, Chen, St Cloud State University
Chair: Wenshan Jia
Panelists:
Yongjun Chen, China Renmin University
Jianying Ma, Shandong University
Muhammad Khalil Khan, NingboTech University, China
Bin Xia, Nanjing University of the Arts, China
Discussants:
Jieli Li, Ohio University
Yuan Li, Shandong, University
Ting Jiang, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Zeng Jin, Florida International University
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6:30pm Dinner
Venue: PLU, Scandinavian Cultural Center
Forum on Sino-US Relations:
Chung-Shing Lee (St Martin’s University)
Deanna Keller (Port of Tacoma)
Joe Bushnell (Tacoma City Council)