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A key issue in China's strategic agenda is to optimise its national security strategy. As China adjusts both its development and international strategies, the scope of its national security issues has rapidly expanded, external threats and challenges to its national security have become complicated, and China has begun to face greater constraints in protecting and promoting its interests. For the purpose of optimising its national security strategy, China should first concentrate on improving its national strength and ensuring domestic security, which will provide a safe foundation for its national security. China could then transform its strength into international influence and contribute to the building of a peaceful development global system. It is in this context that the establishment of a fully functional National Security Council (NSC) was included in the agenda, aiming to offer a top-level solution to significant issues related to security and diplomatic challenges. It is argued that the NSC should focus on the decision-making of key strategic issues related to territory and territorial waters, diplomacy, military, natural resources, economy, etc., to ensure effective implementation of national security strategies that respond effectively and forcefully to emergency issues, either domestic or abroad. (China/GIGA)

This article reflects upon contemporary education in Chinese diplomacy covering three aspects: curriculum contents, teaching methods and teaching goals. It argues that the curriculum contents have the following shortcomings: poor awareness of the real problems in China's diplomatic practices, lack of global awareness that is consistent with China's image as a great country, blurring of the boundaries between academic and policy systems, oversight of practices and lack of good understanding of ancient, early modern and contemporary Chinese diplomacy and lack of adequate training in research methodologies. Teaching methods are problematic as the continued dependence on traditional historical research methods has failed to recognise the usefulness of theoretical analytic tools. Also, the value of case studies has not been fully recognised and utilised. With regard to teaching goals, Chinese diplomatic teaching desperately needs some vitality. This article makes recommendations for improving Chinese education in diplomacy, such as applying psychology in diplomatic education, offering a course on comparative diplomacy, developing a course on diplomacy theory, emphasising diplomatic history and improving the training in social sciences research methodologies. (CIJ/GIGA)

Neurovision Rehabilitation Guide is a valuable resource for the health care professional working with patients with visual dysfunction as a consequence of traumatic brain injury and neurological disorders. It covers the concepts of visual dysfunction as well as assessment and step-by-step treatment plans. The guide covers the neurology of visual processing before and after a brain injury. It explains the concepts behind neurovision rehabilitation and how to go about examining and treating the patient's visual deficits. It also covers the evaluation of visual perceptual deficits and treatment of the traumatic brain injury patient. The guide contains more than 80 vision therapy procedures, with step-by-step instructions as well as sequencing guides for each category of therapy (oculomotor, accommodation, binocular, perceptual)

Chapter1. Honghua MEN and Xi XIAO, Shaping China's Period of Strategic Opportunity amid Once-in-a-Century Transformation -- Chapter2. LI Bin, Once-in-a-Century Transformation and the World Order -- Chapter3. LIU Zhenye, China's Position and Direction in the Once-in-a-Century Transformation -- Chapter4. LIU Hongzhong, Transformation of International Order, Globalization and External Constraints on China's Opening-up -- Chapter5. Angang HU, Grasping and Creating China' Important Period of Strategic Opportunity -- Chapter6. YAN Yilong, The Three-Circle Theory and China's Period of Strategic Opportunity -- Chapter7. Lei SUN, BRI in the Vision of Chinese Civilization and Construction of Global Ethical Consensus -- Chapter8. Honghua MEN, Strategic Thinking on the Rulemaking under the BRI -- Chapter9. Tianren GE and Ming ZHANG, Chain Risks and Solutions for Infrastructure Investment of BRI -- 10. LI Shu and WU Liang, Reshaping Perceptions: A Study on Chinese Soft Power in the Context of BRI.

Preface -- Chapter 1. China's New Era: The Unprecedented Changes Unseen in a Hundred Years and an Important Period of Strategic Opportunity for China -- Chapter 2. China's Grand Strategy: Xi Jinping's New Ideas, Concepts and Strategies for the Governance of China -- Chapter 3. Innovations and Practices of China's Diplomacy in the New Era -- Chapter 4. Optimizing the Concept of National Security and Creating a Path to National Security with Chinese Characteristics -- Chapter 5. The BRI and China-World Interactions -- Chapter 6. China's New Strategy for Dealing with Global Governance Crisis and Reform -- Chapter 7. Pushing China's Opening up in the New Era -- Chapter 8. China's Strategic Approach to the USA in the New Era. .

Previous empirical findings on the effect of employee-involved governance (EIG) on innovation are inconsistent and even contradictory. Based on an interactionist perspective of innovation, we propose that this effect is contingent on CEO change-oriented leadership (COL) and mediated by two distinct innovative processes: exploratory and exploitative innovations. Using multisource data from 161 enterprises, we demonstrated that EIG was positively (negatively) associated with innovative performance when CEO COL was higher (lower). The results also revealed that exploratory and exploitative innovations played different roles in mediating the effects of EIG on innovative performance depending on CEO COL. Specifically, exploratory innovation mediated that effect when CEO COL was high, but exploitative innovation did not. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

In 2019, an outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae occurred at a military academy in China. The attack rate (10.08%,60/595) was significantly different among the units. High-intensity training and crowded environments to which cadets are exposed are the high risk factors for the outbreak of M. pneumoniae. In-time prevention and control measures effectively controlled the spread of the epidemic. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40779-020-00289-x.