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The outbreak and continuous spread of African swine fever (ASF) since 2019 has caused serious losses to the Asian pig industry, the effective prevention and control of ASF is directly related to the stability of the pig industry. This paper evaluated the effects of ASF prevention and control measures, industrial support policies, and market regulations and proposes the recommendations for the optimizing the policies and measure of ASF control and pig industry stabilization in China by analyzing the situation of ASF in Southeast Asia, the causes of the outbreak, and the impact on the pig industry and market in Vietnam and the Philippines, the 2 biggest pig producers in the region. The results showed that the key factors contributing to the outbreak and ongoing spread of ASF in Vietnam and the Philippines were the challenge on the industry management for low scale, low biosecurity awareness, and transportation of large amounts of live pigs. Following the outbreak of ASF, the significant decreased in pork output, the sharp falled and rised of live pig prices, and the significant increased in pork imports as well as the significant transformation of pig industry chain were observed in both countries. By the reference of the prevention and control experiences of the two countries, China should increase the support on the small and medium-sized pig farms for the prevention and control of ASF to encourage their upgrading towards for modernization, accelerate the development of production scale level and organization level, improve the effect of epidemic prevention and control, strengthen the rural veterinary service system for the ability to prevent and control the major animal diseases, optimize the starting mechanism of governmental frozen pork storage to improve the effect of market intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

South Asian countries have not yet established a local high-speed railway standard system. Countries where the "the Belt and Road Initiative" cooperation projects are located, such as Indonesia Yavan High-speed Railway and Thailand Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed railway, are all based on the technical standards of China's high-speed railway. Due to different national conditions, China's high-speed railway standards cannot be directly applied to high-speed railway projects in Southeast Asia. Based on the specific cases of Indonesia Yavan High-speed Railway and Thailand Bangkok -Nakhon Ratchasima High-speed Railway Project, this paper analyzes the adaptability of China's high-speed railway track design standards in Southeast Asia from the aspects of the main design principles, engineering materials, rail sizing, track structure selection, prefabricated track slab, and continuous welded rail. The main conclusions are as follows: (1)The reinforcement and concrete can be made of local materials, which should be reasonably selected by comparing the strength, chemical element content and other characteristics. (2) The steel rails in Southeast Asian countries and regions are generally imported from China. Therefore, the sizing of rail needs to take into account the influence factors such as port hoisting infrastructure, existing marine conditions, overseas road and railway transportation, and 50 m rail is recommended. (3) In combination with local climate conditions, the ballastless track structure shall be reasonably optimized from the perspective of economy, and the ordinary reinforced concrete track slab can be used. (4) The technology of China/s seamless line technology can fully adapt to the line conditions in Southeast Asia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Based on Liner Shipping Bilateral Connectivity Index and Port Liner Shipping Con‐ nectivity Index developed by UNCTAD, this paper constructs complex network with countries/ regions and ports as nodes respectively, explores the hierarchical structure and its spatial and temporal evolution of the Maritime Silk Road ports network. The results show that: (1) The ports network forms a pattern centered on China, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Europe, and presents a small world as whole, which consistent with the "core-edge" theory; (2) In terms of the hierarchy of the ports network, when countries/regions are used as nodes, they can be divided into four categories: core, semi-core, semi-fringe and fringe; when ports are used as nodes, they can be divided into four categories: core ports, semi-core ports, trunk ports and feeder ports; (3) In terms of spatial and temporal evolution of port networks, among the eight sub-networks formed by 124 ports, the sub-networks of China, Southeast Asia, Europe, North Africa and sub)Saharan Africa are consistent with the whole, showing a trend of decentralization and equaliza‐ tion. The sub-networks of South Asia and West Asia are in the fluctuating stage, and the sub-net‐ works of Northeast Asia show a trend of clustering, and the spatial auto-correlation of each port sub-network is strong. The core status of China, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia have been consolidated; (4) The evolution of network is influenced by cooperation mechanisms, policies and strategies, technological progress, the scale effect and polarization effects of ports. These conclusions provide theoretical basis for China to promote the MSR interconnection, ports coop‐ eration and rational layout of liner shipping routes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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From a multi-scalar perspective, this paper explores the dynamics of Qiaoxiang culture and the potential contribution of Qiaoxiang culture to the Belt and Road Initiative. Shantang culture, one branch of Qiaoxiang culture, has been widely spread in Southeast Asia, and so the development of Xiude Shantang in Dawu Village of Chaozhou—a traditional Qiaoxiang region— in post-reform era provides empirical case study for this research. This research adopts qualitative methods including in-depth interviews, textual analysis, and observation in order to unpack the changing dynamics of Xiude Shantang since its re-emergence in Dawu Village in 1983. Xiude Shantang was re-built in Dawu with the help of its emigrants rather than its religious branches overseas. During this process, overseas Chinese and local people in Dawu both emphasized Dawu Shantang's place meaning as a symbol of hometown. Then Dawu Shantang further developed by strengthening its connections within transnational Shantang cultural networks based on its religious ties. The recent decade saw Dawu Shantang became economically independent from overseas Chinese and conducted charity work actively in Dawu, while it started playing a central role in transnational networks of Shantangs in Southeast Asia and China. This research finds out that the construction of Qiaoxiang culture is a multi-scalar and dynamic process. Actors at different scales such as transnational, national, and local scales all participate in this process. Their multi-scalar interaction shapes the scale-meaning of Qiaoxiang culture and drives the (re-)development of Qiaoxiang culture. The multi-scalar dynamics of Qiaoxiang culture shows the potential for utilizing Qiaoxiang culture to facilitate the Belt and Road Initiative in terms of transnational cultural exchange and communication. Exploring this topic enhances our understanding of multi-scalar interaction and multi-scale representation of local culture in Qiaoxiang that has not been fully discussed in current research in geography or Qiaoxiang studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Polyspora Sweet are evergreen tree of Theaceae with 50 species, mainly distributed in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Polyspora have high ornamental value, can be used as landscape trees in tropical and subtropical regions. Some of them have edible and medicinal values. Based on the brief introduction of the germplasm resources and application of the genus Polyspora, the research progress of its systematic evolution and taxonomy, reproductive characteristics, physiological characteristics, ecological habits, seedling technology, chemical components and pharmacological activities were reviewed in detail. This review point out that in the future, we should expand the research scope and species of the genus, and strengthen the germplasm resources collection, phylogeny, genetic diversity and so on. We should pay more attention to the introduction, cultivation, and germplasm innovation of the genus, and fully explore its medicinal value, and carry out clinical research. This review paper will provide theoretical basis and reference for further research of Polyspora plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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