Note on abbreviations PQ = ProQuest, SB = Shenbao. 5T = 5-topic model, 10T = 10-topic model, 20T = 20-topic model. The number immediately following indicates the number of the topic in each topic model.

Models Summary

5-Topic

Chinese (Shenbao)

TopicCode TopicLabel TopWords Proportion Proportion% Local Functions Trend
SB5T01 Children 玩具, 兒童, 醫院, 修理, 苦兒, 耶誕, 發起, 貧苦, 放映, 大戲院 0.129 13% Local SPONSOR Increase (dramatic)
SB5T02 International 國際 國際, 社員, 代表, 大會, 會員, 天津, 此次, 世界, 該社, 中外 0.226 23% Non-local ORGANIZATION Stable
SB5T03 All Nations 萬國 美國, 定於, 本週, 公司, 組織, 今日, 扶輪, 社長, 昨日, 萬國 0.201 20% Non-local MEETING Increase (moderate)
SB5T04 Early meetings (1920s) 舉行, 飯店, 演講, 下午, 十二時, 聚餐, 星期四, 聚餐會, 都城, 中午 0.239 24% Local MEETING Increase (moderate)
SB5T05 Wartime meetings 常會, 下午, 總會, 聯華, 乞丐, 大學, 十五日, 二時, 馬路, 四川 0.205 21% Local MEETING Decline (dramatic)

English (ProQuest)

TopicCode TopicLabel TopWords Proportion Proportion% Local Functions Trend
PQ5T01 Past tiffins (reports) shanghai, president, tiffin, members, meeting, held, yesterday, hotel, weekly, rotarians 0.209 21% Local MEETING Stable
PQ5T02 Children shanghai, children, hospital, toys, made, school, christmas, work, committee, russian 0.154 15% Local SPONSOR Increase (dramatic)
PQ5T03 Lectures nanking, address, foreign, said, subject, shanghai, delivered, speech, told, government 0.213 21% Non-local FORUM Increase (moderate)
PQ5T04 Boy scouts shanghai, first, said, international, world, shield, present, work, local, great 0.168 17% Local SPONSOR Decrease (moderate)
PQ5T05 Upcoming tiffins (announcements) shanghai, meeting, american, held, hotel, thursday, members, weekly, next, today 0.256 26% Local MEETING Decrease (dramatic)

10-Topic

Chinese (Shenbao)

TopicCode TopicLabel TopWords Proportion Proportion% Functions Local Trend
SB10T01 Tiffins (Metropole) 舉行, 飯店, 演講, 美國, 聚餐會, 聚餐, 星期四, 十二時, 昨日, 都城 0.157 15.7% MEETING Local Stable
SB10T02 International 國際 國際, 世界, 大會, 演說, 代表, 會員, 組織, 親善, 精神, 日本 0.077 7.7% FORUM Non-local Increase (moderate)
SB10T03 Speeches 社員, 主席, 該社, 組織, 該會, 昨日, 各國, 本埠, 此次, 報告 0.081 8.1% FORUM Mixed Decrease (dramatic)
SB10T04 Special events 舉行, 天津, 公司, 大會, 盛大, 招待, 本月, 對於, 此次, 出席 0.094 9.4% MEETING Local Decrease (dramatic)
SB10T05 Tennis Cup 扶輪, 國際, 萬國, 比賽, 社長, 代表, 錦標, 中華, 市長, 參加 0.115 11.5% MEETING Local Decrease (moderate)
SB10T06 Children 玩具, 兒童, 修理, 苦兒, 醫院, 耶誕, 貧苦, 放映, 徵求, 影片 0.067 6.7% SPONSOR Local Increase (dramatic)
SB10T07 District elections 討論, 下午, 舉行, 區域, 博士, 年會, 昨日, 團體, 國際, 增加 0.051 5.1% ORGANIZATION Non-local Increase (dramatic)
SB10T08 Early meetings (1923) 下午, 總會, 常會, 聯華, 大學, 二時, 馬路, 青年會, 協會, 四川 0.131 13.1% MEETING Local Decrease (dramatic)
SB10T09 Beggar camp 乞丐, 救世軍, 本報, 工部局, 會議, 本市, 收容所, 希望, 慈善, 問題 0.091 9.1% SPONSOR Local Increase (dramatic)
SB10T10 Wartime meetings 常會, 本週, 定於, 童子軍, 公司, 八日, 十八日, 十日, 十五日, 五月 0.138 13.8% MEETING Local Increase (dramatic)

English (ProQuest)

TopicCode TopicLabel TopWords Proportion Proportion% Functions Local Trend
PQ10T01 Elections shanghai, president, member, fong, international, secretary, board, elected, past, harris 0.101 10.1% Mixed ORGAN Decrease (moderate)
PQ10T02 Children children, hospital, toys, shanghai, christmas, made, funds, charity, year, building 0.087 8.7% Local SPONSOR Increase (dramatic)
PQ10T03 Non-Shanghai Clubs nanking, wang, international, foreign, hangchow, district, affairs, president, special, minister 0.067 6.7% Non-Local ORGAN Increase (dramatic)
PQ10T04 Social work and workers work, shanghai, public, committee, community, interest, relief, church, municipal, service 0.099 9.9% Local FORUM Increase (moderate)
PQ10T05 American community american, shanghai, states, united, university, america, addressed, foreign, company, hongkong 0.107 10.7% Mixed MEET Decrease (dramatic)
PQ10T06 Boy scouts school, shanghai, miss, russian, shield, scouts, ball, troop, presented, boys 0.078 7.8% Local SPONSOR Decrease (moderate)
PQ10T07 Weekly meetings meeting, hotel, held, shanghai, weekly, thursday, tiffin, metropole, speaker, yesterday 0.162 16.2% Local MEET Increase (moderate)
PQ10T08 Special events members, tiffin, guests, shanghai, house, astor, rotarians, party, held, dinner 0.1 10% Local MEET Decrease (dramatic)
PQ10T09 Sino-Japanese relations address, japan, japanese, government, peking, delivered, last, members, present, international 0.093 9.3% Non-Local FORUM Stable
PQ10T10 Lectures said, shanghai, world, years, address, speech, gave, talk, members, editor 0.105 10.5% Non-Local FORUM Stable

20-Topic

Chinese (Shenbao)

TopicCode TopicLabel TopWords Proportion Proportion% Local Functions Trend
SB20T01 01 - Special events 昨日, 本埠, 舉行, 飯店, 報告, 該社, 代表, 中西, 主席, 來賓 0.045 4.5% Mixed MEETING Decline (dramatic)
SB20T02 02 - International 國際 代表, 國際, 出席, 會議, 宗旨, 大會, 親善, 精神, 歡迎, 太平洋 0.044 4.4% Non-local ORGANIZATION Stable
SB20T03 03 - Meetings (brief) 演講, 下午, 都城, 飯店, 時間, 聚餐, 事項, 先生, 中午, 十二時 0.049 4.9% Local MEETING Increase (dramatic)
SB20T04 04 - Meetings (program) 常會, 本週, 定於, 舉行, 中午, 假座, 五月, 屆時, 星期四, 飯店 0.13 13% Local MEETING Increase (dramatic)
SB20T05 05 - Tennis Cup 扶輪, 比賽, 萬國, 錦標, 網球, 中華, 社長, 夫人, 體育, 網球賽 0.046 4.6% Local MEETING Decline (moderate)
SB20T06 06 - Children (Entertain) 玩具, 苦兒, 耶誕, 放映, 影片, 主辦, 電影, 運動, 照例, 公映 0.026 2.6% Local SPONSOR Increase (dramatic)
SB20T07 07 - District elections 討論, 區域, 擴大, 一年, 進行, 下午, 博士, 一百, 增加, 成立 0.025 2.5% Non-local ORGANIZATION Increase (dramatic)
SB20T08 08 - Early meetings (1923) 總會, 常會, 下午, 聯華, 八日, 廿八日, 四川, 二時, 廿七日, 十五日 0.084 8.4% Local MEETING Decline (dramatic)
SB20T09 09 - Boy Scouts 中外, 童子軍, 今日, 日本, 席間, 董事, 主席, 紀念, 昨在, 職員 0.052 5.2% Local SPONSOR Increase (moderate)
SB20T10 10 - Poor Russians 舉行, 本月, 盛大, 市長, 會員, 大華, 事務, 國際, 飯店, 本埠 0.05 5% Local SPONSOR Decline (moderate)
SB20T11 11 - Not valid 美國, 都城, 飯店, 我國, 掉換, 光明, 各處, 國泰, 擁擠, 靜安寺 0.031 3.1% Mixed OTHER Increase (dramatic)
SB20T12 12 - Children (Hospital) 玩具, 兒童, 貧苦, 醫院, 修理, 破舊, 大戲院, 徵求, 各界, 一件 0.043 4.3% Local SPONSOR Increase (dramatic)
SB20T13 13 - Rotary abroad (國際) 大會, 國際, 該會, 法國, 成立, 會員, 公司, 主席, 精神, 舉行 0.027 2.7% Non-local ORGANIZATION Stable (unique)
SB20T14 14 - Speeches 舉行, 本報, 主席, 美國, 委員會, 社友, 年會, 會員, 馬來, 視察 0.041 4.1% Mixed FORUM Increase (dramatic)
SB20T15 15 - Tianjin Rotary 天津, 國際, 香港, 八十一, 學生, 十五日, 此次, 福州, 歡迎, 對於 0.044 4.4% Non-local ORGANIZATION Decline (moderate)
SB20T16 16 - Tiffins (Carlton) 聚餐會, 舉行, 飯店, 十二時, 聚餐, 美國, 演講, 星期四, 三十分, 今午 0.083 8.3% Local MEETING Decline (dramatic)
SB20T17 17 - Beggar Camp 乞丐, 救世軍, 工部局, 問題, 委員會, 收容所, 俱樂部, 本市, 租界, 救濟 0.06 6% Local SPONSOR Increase (dramatic)
SB20T18 18 - Hangzhou Rotary 下午, 大學, 四時, 八時, 杭州, 十三日, 協會, 華人, 租界, 二時 0.05 5% Non-local ORGANIZATION Decline (dramatic)
SB20T19 19 - Peace resolution 社員, 演說, 及其, 各國, 組織, 此次, 發表, 該社, 國際, 團體 0.038 3.8% Mixed FORUM Stable (unique)
SB20T20 20 - Rotary abroad (世界) 世界, 組織, 目的, 各國, 演說, 從事, 英國, 努力, 社員, 親善 0.029 2.9% Non-local ORGANIZATION Stable (unique)

English (ProQuest)

TopicCode TopicLabel TopWords Proportion Proportion% Local Functions Trend
PQ20T01 01 - Organization shanghai, president, international, past, fong, member, local, harris, fitch, george 0,04 4% Non-local ORGANIZATION Stable
PQ20T02 02 - Children hospital, toys, children, shanghai, christmas, charity, made, year, funds, ward 0,055 6% Local SPONSOR Increase (dramatic)
PQ20T03 03 - US & East Asia foreign, trade, arnold, week, addresses, julean, various, commercial, members, commissioner 0,035 4% Non-local FORUM Increase (dramatic)
PQ20T04 04 - Social work and workers work, committee, relief, public, shanghai, community, international, done, interest, service 0,051 5% Local FORUM Increase (moderate)
PQ20T05 05 - American community american, shanghai, states, united, company, member, addressed, thursday, university, commerce 0,063 6% Mixed MEETING Decrease (dramatic)
PQ20T06 06 - Boy scouts school, shield, scouts, troop, russian, shanghai, president, jamboree, camp, scout 0,031 3% Local SPONSOR Decrease (dramatic)
PQ20T07 07 - Blind school shanghai, road, chang, institution, issue, work, building, charge, official, appeal 0,038 4% Local SPONSOR Decrease (dramatic)
PQ20T08 08 - Weekly tiffins (Metropole) hotel, shanghai, meeting, held, weekly, metropole, thursday, members, yesterday, speaker 0,095 10% Local MEETING Increase (dramatic)
PQ20T09 09 - Meetings announcements meeting, today, program, speak, regular, held, next, closed, tomorrow, shang 0,048 5% Local MEETING Increase (moderate)
PQ20T10 10 - Speeches (not valid) said, hongkong, recently, well, talk, pacific, institute, great, read, speech 0,05 5% Non-local OTHER Increase (moderate)
PQ20T11 11 - Special events members, shanghai, dinner, evening, given, party, clock, ladies, night, afternoon 0,054 5% Local MEETING Decrease (dramatic)
PQ20T12 12 - District conference wang, conference, district, hangchow, governor, members, international, president, tsinan, held 0,038 4% Non-local ORGANIZATION Increase (dramatic)
PQ20T13 13 - Nanking Rotary Club nanking, government, national, bureau, affairs, soochow, special, central, capital, minister 0,047 5% Non-local ORGANIZATION Increase (dramatic)
PQ20T14 14 - Opinions (not valid) address, shanghai, delivered, present, last, speech, editor, years, subject, history 0,076 8% Non-local OTHER Increase (dramatic)
PQ20T15 15 - Poor Russians miss, shanghai, french, school, russian, children, girls, society, race, donation 0,044 4% Local SPONSOR Increase (dramatic)
PQ20T16 16 - Games/Competitions shanghai, meet, international, first, radio, local, team, tennis, american, presented 0,038 4% Local MEETING Decrease (moderate)
PQ20T17 17 - Weekly tiffins (Astor House) tiffin, meeting, guests, held, address, members, gave, weekly, yesterday, interesting 0,067 7% Local MEETING Decrease (dramatic)
PQ20T18 18 - Tientsin Rotary Club tientsin, left, peking, church, meeting, house, astor, union, service, shanghai 0,04 4% Non-local OTHER Stable
PQ20T19 19 - Addresses (not valid) japanese, life, rotarians, rotarian, business, members, years, first, great, said 0,044 4% Non-local OTHER Increase (moderate)
PQ20T20 20 - Local elections president, general, elected, secretary, board, shanghai, year, meeting, directors, chairman 0,046 5% Local ORGANIZATION Decrease (moderate)

Cross-model alignement

Chinese (Shenbao)

5TopicCode 5TopicLabel 10TopicCode 10TopicLabel 20TopicCode 20TopicLabel
SB5T01 Children SB10T06 Children SB20T06 06 - Children (Entertain)
SB5T01 Children SB10T06 Children SB20T12 12 - Children (Hospital)
SB5T02 International 國際 SB10T02 International 國際 SB20T02 02 - International 國際
SB5T03 All Nations 萬國 SB10T05 Tennis Cup SB20T05 05 - Tennis Cup
SB5T04 Early meetings (1920s) SB10T08 Early meetings (1923) SB20T08 08 - Early meetings (1923)
SB5T05 Wartime meetings SB10T10 Wartime meetings SB20T03 03 - Meetings (brief)
SB10T01 Tiffins (Metropole) SB20T04 04 - Meetings (program)
SB10T02 International 國際 SB20T13 13 - Rotary abroad (國際)
SB10T02 International 國際 SB20T20 20 - Rotary abroad (世界)
SB10T03 Speeches SB20T07 07 - District elections
SB10T03 Speeches SB20T14 14 - Speeches
SB10T04 Special events SB20T01 01 - Special events
SB10T09 Beggar camp SB20T17 17 - Beggar Camp
SB20T09 09 - Boy Scouts
SB20T10 10 - Poor Russians
SB20T11 11 - Not valid
SB20T15 15 - Tianjin Rotary
SB20T16 16 - Tiffins (Carlton)
SB20T18 18 - Hangzhou Rotary
SB20T19 19 - Peace resolution

English (ProQuest)

5TopicCode 5TopicLabel 10TopicCode 10TopicLabel 20TopicCode 20TopicLabel
PQ5T01 Past tiffins (reports) PQ10T07 Weekly meetings PQ20T08 08 - Weekly tiffins (Metropole)
PQ5T01 Past tiffins (reports) PQ10T07 Weekly meetings PQ20T17 17 - Weekly tiffins (Astor House)
PQ5T02 Children PQ10T02 Children PQ20T02 02 - Children
PQ5T03 Lectures PQ10T09 Sino-Japanese relations PQ20T19 19 - Addresses (not valid)
PQ5T03 Lectures PQ10T10 Lectures PQ20T10 10 - Speeches (not valid)
PQ5T04 Boy scouts PQ10T06 Boy scouts PQ20T06 06 - Boy scouts
PQ5T05 Upcoming tiffins (announcements) PQ10T07 Weekly meetings PQ20T09 09 - Meetings announcements
PQ10T01 Elections PQ20T01 01 - Organization
PQ10T01 Elections PQ20T12 12 - District conference
PQ10T01 Elections PQ20T20 20 - Local elections
PQ10T03 Non-Shanghai Clubs PQ20T13 13 - Nanking Rotary Club
PQ10T03 Non-Shanghai Clubs PQ20T18 18 - Tientsin Rotary Club
PQ10T04 Social work and workers PQ20T04 04 - Social work and workers
PQ10T05 American community PQ20T05 05 - American community
PQ10T08 Special events PQ20T11 11 - Special events
PQ20T03 03 - US & East Asia
PQ20T07 07 - Blind school
PQ20T14 14 - Opinions (not valid)
PQ20T15 15 - Poor Russians
PQ20T16 16 - Games/Competitions

Cross-lingual alignment

5-Topic

CHINESE PRESS (SHENBAO) ENGLISH PRESS (PROQUEST)
SB5T01 Children PQ5T02 Children
SB5T02 International 國際
SB5T03 All Nations 萬國
SB5T04 Early meetings (1920s) PQ5T01 Past tiffins (reports)
SB5T04 Early meetings (1920s) PQ5T05 Upcoming tiffins (announcements)
SB5T05 Wartime meetings PQ5T01 Past tiffins (reports)
SB5T05 Wartime meetings PQ5T05 Upcoming tiffins (announcements)
PQ5T03 Lectures
PQ5T04 Boy scouts

10-Topic

CHINESE PRESS (SHENBAO) ENGLISH PRESS (PROQUEST)
SB10T06 Children PQ10T02 Children
SB10T07 District elections PQ10T01 Elections
SB10T04 Special events PQ10T08 Special events
SB10T010 Tennis Cup PQ10T08 Special events
SB10T08 Early meetings (1923) PQ10T07 Weekly meetings
SB10T01 Tiffins (Metropole) PQ10T07 Weekly meetings
SB10T10 Wartime meetings PQ10T07 Weekly meetings
SB10T03 Speeches PQ5T10 Lectures
SB10T03 Speeches PQ10T09 Sino-Japanese relations
SB10T02 International 國際 PQ10T09 Sino-Japanese relations
SB10T09 Beggar camp PQ10T04 Social work and workers
SB10T02 International 國際 PQ10T05 American community
PQ10T03 Non-Shanghai Clubs
PQ10T06 Boy scouts

20-Topic

CHINESE PRESS (SHENBAO) ENGLISH PRESS (PROQUEST)
SB20T01 01 - Special events PQ20T11 11 - Special events
SB20T02 02 - International 國際 PQ20T01 01 - Organization
SB20T03 03 - Meetings (brief) PQ20T09 09 - Meetings announcements
SB20T04 04 - Meetings (program) PQ20T08 08 - Weekly tiffins (Metropole)
SB20T05 05 - Tennis Cup PQ20T16 16 - Games/Competitions
SB20T06 06 - Children (Entertain) PQ20T02 02 - Children
SB20T07 07 - District elections PQ20T12 12 - District conference
SB20T07 07 - District elections PQ20T20 20 - Local elections
SB20T08 08 - Early meetings (1923) PQ20T09 09 - Meetings announcements
SB20T09 09 - Boy Scouts PQ20T06 06 - Boy scouts
SB20T10 10 - Poor Russians PQ20T15 15 - Poor Russians
SB20T11 11 - Not valid PQ20T10 10 - Speeches (not valid)
SB20T11 11 - Not valid PQ20T14 14 - Opinions (not valid)
SB20T11 11 - Not valid PQ20T19 19 - Addresses (not valid)
SB20T12 12 - Children (Hospital) PQ20T02 02 - Children
SB20T13 13 - Rotary abroad (國際)
SB20T14 14 - Speeches
SB20T15 15 - Tianjin Rotary PQ20T18 18 - Tientsin Rotary Club
SB20T16 16 - Tiffins (Carlton) PQ20T17 17 - Weekly tiffins (Astor House)
SB20T17 17 - Beggar Camp
SB20T18 18 - Hangzhou Rotary PQ20T13 13 - Nanking Rotary Club
SB20T19 19 - Peace resolution
SB20T20 20 - Rotary abroad (世界)
PQ20T03 03 - US & East Asia
PQ20T04 04 - Social work and workers
PQ20T05 05 - American community
PQ20T07 07 - Blind school
PQ20T13 13 - Nanking Rotary Club