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26 March 2025, Volume 44 Issue 2

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Constructing and Developing: Social Work Service Model for the Care and Protection of De Facto Unattended Children

HOU Rongting, CHANG Yuan

2025, 44(2):  1-11. 

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Care and protection of de facto unattended children is a key part of the 'Six Major Protections for Minors, and how to enhance the effectiveness of their care and protection is essential for social work services. Assessment of the needs for care and protection of de facto unattended children reveals that their survival needs are basically satisfied, while their relationship needs and development needs are lacking to varying degrees and gradually decreasing. Based on this, a developmental social work service model for the care and protection of de facto unattended children was explored including two phases: construction and development. In the construction stage, the ROPES model is used to explore the potential strengths of de facto unattended children, and the establishment, maintenance and development of emotional relationships are used to enhance and strengthen the degree of fulfilment of their needs for care and protection, so as to build self-help for individuals, families, communities and other subjects. In the development phase, through the comprehensive construction of investment programmes geared towards future development goals, the existing care and protection alternatives are transformed into assistance and support that will help their growth and development, effectively resolving the problem of obstacles to the development of care and protection for de facto unattended children, and jointly promoting the coordinated economic and social development of the community.

Adaptation and Perfection of the System of Adopting Children in China

LIANG Haiyan, CHEN Jinli

2025, 44(2):  12-19. 

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The Party and the government attach great importance to the construction of the legal system for the protection of children's rights and interests in our country. The adoption system for children in difficulty is an important part of the legal system for the protection of children's rights. The system plays an indispensable and important role in safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of children. There are many shortcomings in the current system of child adoption in China, however.This paper, from the perspective of children's rights protection, discusses the shortcomings in the protection of children's rights and interests in China's child adoption system, analyzes its adaptation ideas, perfects direction and other issues to improve the living environment of children in distress and reduce disputes over adoption relationships and provide a better social system environment for the healthy growth of children in distress.

A Study of the ‘Space-Subjectivity-Behavior’ Interplay Mechanism of Rural Left-behind Children

YUAN Xiaoping, LYU Jiaqi

2025, 44(2):  20-31. 

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The concept of “children as co-constructors of space” has emerged as a central focus in western studies of children's geography. In contrast, the theoretical and empirical foundations in China are relatively underdeveloped, particularly concerning the vast issue of rural children left behind. To effectively address this challenge, it is imperative to adopt a spatial lens deeply rooted in the Chinese cultural and social milieu, focusing on the nuanced realities and aspirations of these children.Relying on the theoretical framework of spatial sociology and subjectivity theory, and based on a bidirectional perspective of “external connection + internal embedding”, this article explores the logic of subjectivity and the behavioral response mechanisms of Chinese left-behind children in geographical, network, and social spaces. Utilizing a multimodal typology analysis, we categorize these children into four types based on their subjectivity and behavioral characteristics: “Active Helper + Proactive Social Engagement,” “Passive Participant + Limited Social Interaction,” “Active Resister + Passive Tendency of Destructive Behavior,” and “Passive Rule Violator + Oscillatory Environmental Response.”A framework is developed to intertwine “space-subjectivity-behavior” ,aiming to enhance the spatial environment, elucidate children's agency, prevent antisocial behavior, and promote prosocial behavior and social adaptation. This theoretical framework provides a robust foundation for the formulation of more precise and effective policies and interventions. The ultimate goal is to improve the quality and efficiency of services for rural children, foster a child-friendly environment, and contribute to their overall well-being and growth.

Social Work Practice for Vulnerable Children in Relocated Communities for Poverty Alleviation from the Perspective of Resilience Theory

LIU Fang, XU Xingwen

2025, 44(2):  32-38. 

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This study takes 36 vulnerable children in the relocated community of Zhigu Miao Village in Dapo Township, Zhanyi District, Qujing City as the research objects and conducts social work practice based on the resilience theory. By constructing an individual-family-community three-level resilience intervention model and comprehensively applying social work methods, the resilience and adaptability of vulnerable children have been effectively improved. The project reflects on the social work practice intervention process from three dimensions: values, methods, and evaluation means, providing reference for subsequent research and practice.

A Sudy of the Melting of Ancient Ethnic Groups from the Perspective of “Three Interactions”

LI Yanfeng, MA Yiguo

2025, 44(2):  39-44. 

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In ancient China, the interaction, communication, and integration among various ethnic groups formed a complex and lengthy historical process. During this process, some ethnic groups gradually integrated with other ethnic groups, ultimately dissolving in the long river of history without leaving clear records. As a "process type" in the history of Chinese ethnic groups, the dissolution of ancient ethnic groups actually promoted the commonality and consistency between different ethnic groups. The historical truth of this ethnic integration is a key factor for many modern ethnic groups to form and maintain their unique identities. While laying a solid material foundation for the formation and development of the Chinese nation, the contemporary value urgently needs to be deeply explored and understood.

Research on the Official Selection and Appointment System in the Construction of the Jin Dynasty's Political Power

LI Wenjing, WANG Wenguang

2025, 44(2):  45-50. 

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During the Liao, Song, Xia, and Jin dynasties, several regimes coexisted in multi-ethnic China. From the perspective of the diversified and integrated development of the Chinese nation, each regime actively promoted the development of social, economic, and cultural aspects within its own jurisdiction, gathering material and spiritual cultures for the establishment of a unified regime in the next historical period. The Jin Dynasty established the policy of Confucian governance in the process of regime construction and achieved multi-ethnic governance and cultural integration through the reform of the official selection system. Politically speaking, the implementation of the imperial examination system in the Jin Dynasty absorbed numerous Han Chinese intellectuals, promoting the integration of Confucian culture and classics from the Central Plains into the ruling system. From a historical and cultural perspective, the official selection system of the Jin Dynasty reflected recognition of the subjectivity of Chinese culture, becoming a historical practice of multi-ethnic political power sharing and developing Chinese civilization.

Research on the System of Relocation of Chieftains from Other Places in the Qing Dynasty from the Perspective of “Great Unification”

WANG Yimin, ZHANG Shumin, QIN Yanxin

2025, 44(2):  51-57. 

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The system of inter-regional placement of chieftains in the Qing Dynasty was an important measure for the central government to strengthen border governance and consolidate political stability. Its essence reflects the deep contradiction between the Qing court's chieftain system and the policy of returning land to the flow. From the perspective of “unification”, the evolution, historical reasons, and multidimensional influences of the system of inter regional placement of chieftains in the Qing Dynasty are systemically studied. This indicates that the system of inter-regional placement is not only the aftermath of the Qing court's punishment and monitoring of chieftains, but also the core of the infiltration of state power into the border areas and the strengthening of central authority. The geographical isolation and administrative restructuring can not only weaken the power of local chieftains effectively , but also promote the transformation of border areas from “indirect autonomy” to “direct jurisdiction”, thereby accelerating ethnic integration and national consolidation.

An Empirical Study of the Development of the Wusa Bijie Post Road in the Yuan Dynasty to Promote Ethnic Integration

ZHAO Guanghui

2025, 44(2):  58-64. 

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The Yuan Dynasty was a crucial stage in the process of ethnic integration in Chinese history. The Wuzha-Bijie post road in the southwest frontier was an important passage, and its practice of ethnic integration holds significant historical reference value. This paper explores the constraints and promotion of ethnic integration by geographical environment, economic foundation and policy orientation by sorting out the historical experience of the Wuzha-Bijie post road in the Yuan Dynasty, and then summarizes the historical value of the post road system in frontier governance and ethnic integration. Combined with the national strategic background and the actual situation of Wuzha-Bijie, this paper studies and proposes the experience and lessons of the Wuzha-Bijie post road in promoting ethnic integration in the Yuan Dynasty, providing historical reference for the current national strategy of ethnic integration.

The Flourishing of Yunnan Poetry in the Middle Qing Dynasty: From the Perspective of Shi Fan's The Nine Friends of The Capital

LI Chao, LI Jian

2025, 44(2):  65-72. 

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The famous poet Shi Fan's “The Nine Friends of The Capital ” is a poem describing the personality and temperament of Yunnan's candidates for the imperial examination and their lives in Beijing. As fellow townspeople and in the same year, they comforted each other on the way to the imperial examination, and maintained contacts after becoming officials.Their poems have a large number of common themes, such as pomes of the travel to Beijing,pomes of communication and society and pomes of image inscription.This group is of great value and significance for understanding the life of scholars in southern Yunnan in Beijing, the road to fame in imperial examinations, the rise of literati groups and the collation of local documents.

Language View of the Literary Translation of the Chinese League of Left-Wing Writers

LI Xin

2025, 44(2):  73-81. 

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The literary translation of the Chinese League of Left-Wing Writers has a relatively consistent pursuit of translation language. The first is to promote the use of European language and vernacular translation, to build a popular language, so as to enrich the national language. The second is to emphasize the fidelity of the translated language and inject vitality into the Chinese proletarian culture while conveying the spirit of the original. Thirdly, there is a preference for concise and fluent translation language. The attention and exploration of literary translation language by the Chinese League of Left-Wing Writers are closely related to the practical needs of promoting the development of Chinese proletarian literature and promoting proletarian culture.

The Characteristics of Yunnan Translated Literature during the Anti-Japanese War

LYU Jieyu

2025, 44(2):  82-88. 

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Translated literature is an important component of literature during the Anti-Japanese War in Yunnan. In the context of the Anti-Japanese War, Yunnan's translated literature conforms to the needs of society and the times, demonstrating distinct characteristics and fighting spirit of the times. At the same time, influenced by the aesthetic pursuits of translators and the demands of popular culture, some translated literary works emit a romantic and lyrical voice that is different from the mainstream of the times through the praise of beauty such as nature and love. The geographical location and peaceful cultural environment of Yunnan also contribute to the unique life experiences and philosophical reflections on survival that permeate Yunnan's translated literature. In the convergence of the wave of popularization of literature and art in political propaganda, Yunnan's translated literature is in line with Yunnan's regional culture, presenting diverse characteristics that resonate with the main theme and have local characteristics.

Changes in the Composing Concepts of Printmaking with Themes of Ethnic Minority Life in Yunnan after 1949

LI Junhua

2025, 44(2):  89-93. 

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After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yunnan painters, with sincere and genuine emotions, applied the composing concept of realism and the artistic language of woodcut printmaking to compose prints themed around the lives of ethnic minorities in Yunnan, eulogizing the happy life and great unity of all ethnic groups in the new China. With the reform and opening up in the 1980s, Yunnan painters absorbed the ideas of modern art around the world, employing the composing concept of formalism and the artistic language of printmaking to emphasize the aesthetic sense of form to reproduce the living visage of the ethnic groups in Yunnan. In the 1990s, Yunnan painters drew on contemporary art concepts around the world to explore the language of printmaking itself, beginning to interpret the spirit and will to life of Yunnan's ethnic minorities. The composing concepts and artistic language of Yunnan ethnic minority life-themed printmaking have undergone three shifts, reflecting the historical track of continuously exploring cultural resources.

Revitalizing Rural Industry in Yunnan through the National Lingua Franca

CHEN Wei, LI Dongqin

2025, 44(2):  94-100. 

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The fact that Yunnan is located in the southwest frontier with multi-ethnic, multi-language conditions decides the complexity of rural revitalization. The investigation into the role of national common language and script in the revitalization of rural industry in Yunnan is representative and valuable. Three hundred and seventy-two people from various regions in Yunnan related to the revitalization of rural industry are studied through questionnaire and interview at four aspects: the cognition, learning and use, the guidance of the use of Lingua Franca, and effect of the Lingua Franca on revitalizing rural industry. The shortcomings of Lingua Franca in promoting the development of rural industry are studied to put forward corresponding suggestions.

The Inheritance and Changes of Village Language under the Background of Rural Revitalization:Taking Lijiang Anle Group 2 as an example

HE Zilin, HE Zhili

2025, 44(2):  101-111. 

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Anle Group 2 is a typical multi-ethnic mixed and symbiotic village of Naxi, Han, Tibetan and other ethnic groups. Under the background of rural revitalization, Anle Group 2 has vigorously developed the agritainment economy, created a beautiful picture of multi-ethnic communication and thriving life, and become a model for the revitalization of villages and villages around the ancient city of the Old Town of Lijiang. The prosperous development of its rural tourism economy has not only profoundly influenced the lifestyle of local residents, but also brought significant changes to their language life. From the perspective of rural revitalization, the paper uses questionnaire and in-depth interviews to conduct an in-depth analysis of the language life performance, characteristics, and formation mechanisms of the Anle group. A focused investigation into the language ability, language choice, language attitude, and village language landscape of residents in Anle Group 2, found that under the background of rural revitalization, their language inheritance and changes reflect the following characteristics. Firstly, there are gender and intergenerational differences in mother tongue inheritance, the inheritance of mother tongue has been neglected for a period of time, and there is a strong awareness of ethnic language and cultural resources in the language landscape. Secondly, language changes exhibit the characteristics of “coexistence of two languages and universal advancement leading to regression”, the intergenerational differences in language communication are gradually becoming significant, and the development of rural economy brings new linguistic vitality. The main reason for the formation of existing language life is that the development of rural tourism economy has promoted the diversified development of language life; national cultural pride is the cornerstone of the development and inheritance of the mother tongue; school education is not only a means of improving language proficiency, but also a booster for mother tongue inheritance; and that the profound historical and cultural accumulation is a key factor in using Chinese as a language.

The Linguistic Landscape of Tourism Cultural Scenic Areas in Ancient Towns of Western Yunnan: A Case Study of Shaxi Ancient Town and Baisha Ancient Town

HUANG Xinyao

2025, 44(2):  112-121. 

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This paper employs field investigation and quantitative research methods to analyze the linguistic landscapes of two famous ancient town attractions in Yunnan—Shaxi Ancient Town and Baisha Ancient Town. A sampling survey was conducted on the language use of store signs in the linguistic landscapes of these two case study sites, followed by a multi-dimensional comparison. The study reveals that as later-developed and representative ancient town attractions in the tourism destinations of Western Yunnan, both towns share commonalities as well as exhibit distinct characteristics. The commonality lies in the tendency of both linguistic landscapes to use various languages to meet the needs of local businesses. The individuality is reflected in the change of the primary language used, which is influenced by their respective geographical and cultural environments.

Study of Prisoners' Marginalized Identities Constructed in Prisoner Discourse

ZHAO Changyou, GUO Lingrong

2025, 44(2):  122-128. 

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The prisoner discourse is a social variety used by prisoners to express their marginal lives. The prisoner's marginalized individual identity is constructed by using such discursive means as vocatives and personal pronouns, and discursive strategies like swearing, discursive power, evidentiality, discursive empowerment, and collectivization. An empirical study of the discursive construction of the prisoner's marginalized identity from the perspective of individualization helps us to understand the prisoner's discourse patterns and living conditions, which can throw some light on their rehabilitation and thus help them to return to the mainstream society more easily upon their releases.