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The research "Reasons for the errors in writing Thai by Chinese students in Yunnan Province of China" aims to study and analyse the mistakes in Thai writing made by Thai Majoring Chinese students who study in Yunnan Province in China. Samples that used in this study were essays of 40 Thai Majoring Chinese Students from universities in Yunnan Province in China. Researcher assigned each Chinese student to complete five Thai writing test papers, included: essay writing with specified topic, descriptive writing through pictures, translate Chinese into Thai , make sentences with specified words and dictation test. A total of 200 valid test papers were recovered. Researcher analyzed the errors in Thai writing and presented the results with the descriptive analysis. This study indicated that Thai writing errors of Chinese students are caused by eight factors, namely: 1. Wrong pronunciation, 2. A lack of Thai language grammatical knowledge, 3. Have no notion of the use of word, 4. Limited vocabulary, 5. Have no notion of using transliterated word, 6. Lack of comprehension of Thai grammar, 7. Have no notion of the use of sentences, 8. Keep using Chinese grammar structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents an overview of the 2021 global energy crisis. It has been shown that a combination of post-COVID recovery, depleted fossil fuel energy reserves and extreme weather conditions led to a surge in global demand for energy. Fossil fuel energy reserves were depleted and were not sufficiently replenished due to the need to transition from fossil fuel energy to renewables. Failure to replenish fossil fuel energy reserves led to unavoidable energy shortages. Energy demand rose to unprecedented levels and the shortage could not be filled by renewables, thereby triggering the energy crisis or energy supply crunch. The energy crisis or energy crunch witnessed in the UK and some parts of Asia and Europe showed how the energy transition can have ripple effects across every corner of society. The energy crisis demonstrates, in part, that renewable energy is not yet fully developed, and is not ready to meet the ever-growing global demand for energy by households and corporates. There is need to consider calls to slowdown the energy transition until the renewable energy sector is fully developed and ready to meet the ever-growing global demand for energy. Slowing down the transition to renewables is a step in the right direction in light of recent events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper we review Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa, which have increased significantly in the last decade.The pattern and magnitude of China's outward foreign direct investment (FDI) to Sub-Sahara African countries of operations is examine. We first analyse the recent trends of China's outward FDI, with sectoral and geographical distributions, and then looks at the characteristics and activities of Chinese multinational enterprises and assesses their key motives for investing in the region.This report discusses how Africa could take advantage of the untapped opportunities offered by China's progressively intensifying investment and trade ties with SSA. It is hoped that this analysis will enrich the ongoing dialogue between policy makers, private firms, and civil society regarding China's increasingly important role in the growth and development of Sub-Saharan Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the importance of websites to hotels in this Internet era, this study aims to address the readability level of hotel websites in China using two popular readability formulas. In this study, the texts of hotel introductory pages on their English websites were extracted from the official websites of hotels and then analyzed for their readability. The result confirms that most of the English introductions in hotel websites are written at a level higher than the standard, even among hotels with international brands. The majority of websites require readers to have at least 13 years of schooling, which is not in accordance with the real situation of hotel customers. No significant differences were identified in hotels with divergent types in terms of the readability. The finding also suggests that practitioners should properly deploy a readability tool to improve the quality of their websites. The results complement the website evaluation studies in hospitality given the limited attention on readability level in previous studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]