Bazhong——A City of Tranquility and Beaut

IN northeastern Sichuan Province,diminutive Bazhong City exudes a pastoral sparkle and tranquility.It makes one wish to blend in with its unique natural environment.A walk through Bazhong,it is said,is like a hazy drizzle that awakens people’s memories.The picturesque city,resembling a Monet oil painting,lies inlaid within the southern foothills of the towering and extensive Daba Mountains.Situated at the center of three large cities of Chengdu,Chongqing and Xi’an,Bazhong also sits along the dividing line between south and north China.Covering 12,000 square kilometers,the city combines both the grandeur of northern China and the warmth of southern China,with distinctive vistas of mountains and rivers,as well as places of historical and cultural allure.It has also been a historical channel for cultural exchanges between north and south China,witness to the Qin and Han dynasties,the Three Kingdoms,and the Red Army.People here easily sense the pulse and echoes of history.     

Protect Lawful Rights and Interests of Farmer-Workers——Report of an investigation to Shanghai and Jiangsu

On June 22-30, an investigation group made up of Vice-President Chen Shiqiu and a number of executive council members of the ChinaSociety for Human Rights Studies, and experts and scholars on human rights, conducted investigation in Shanghai and Wuxi, Zhenjiang and Changzhou in Jiang-     

Fruit of Cooperation and Friendship Between China and Germany——Ceremony Celebrating Publication of Chinese Version of Daughter of the Yellow Land—Princess Jincheng

On October 19, 2010, a ceremony celebrating the publication of the Chinese version of the book Daughter of the Yellow Land - Princess Jincheng was held in the Peace Palace of the CPAFFC.     

Mount Wudang——Abode of Immortals and a Martial Monk

CHINESE mythology tells of the perilous sea voy- ages by Chinese ancestors in search of the penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou mountains whereT aoist immortals dwelt. Mount Wudang is one of China’s Taoist mountains that actually exists. It is the mainspring of a wealth of legends that have been told for 2,000 years. abode of immortals The Chinese character xian consists of the radical (element of a character that conveys its meaning) representing a person on the left and the character for …     

The Relationship between Human Rights and Development——A Brief Analysis of the Perspectives of Chinese Scholars and the Practice of Chinese Government

With the change and development of the concept of human rights, the thinking about the relationship between human rights and development is becoming more and more deeply. Under this background, the author profoundly realizes that both recognizing the economic development as the first priority like some developing countries do and considering the human rights to be the most important thing as most developed countries do are unilateral and harmful to the social progress. Human rights and development are interdependent and mutually promoting each other. This paper introduces the three main viewpoints of the relationship between human rights and development. Based on the changes of the attitudes of the UN and China to the relationship between human rights and development, this paper holds that though it is a great progress for the Chinese government to understand that human rights and development are interdependent, there are still lots of difficulties in realizing their mutually benefiting relationship in reality. These difficulties are due to the lack of professionals who enjoy good understandings of the rules for social development and are capable of practicing human rights theories. Therefore, the authors suggest that the promotion of human rights education is instrumental to the development and progress of human society.     

Carry Forward the Cause and Forge Ahead into the Future——Meeting of Leaders of the Chinese and Japanese Nongovernmental Organizations

At the beginning of the New Year, China and Japan greeted the 30th anniversary of thenormalization of China-Japan relations. On Janu-ary 28, 2002, leaders of 53 Chinese and Japanesenon-governmental organizations gathered together     

Foreign Exchange and Cooperation in Human Rights Education——A Case Study of the China University of Political Science and Law

<正>Exchange and cooperation in the i eld of human rights education,between higher education and research institutions in the Chinese mainland and foreign human rights institutions and relevant international organizations,are an important aspect of human rights exchange and cooperation between the Chinese mainland and foreign countries.The China University of Political Science and Law is the first university in the mainland to establish     

Sound of the Dragon——Chinese Cultural Relics and Bell Art Exhibition

Sound of the Dragon-Chinese Cultural Rel- ics and Bell Art Exhibition coordinated by theCPAFFC and jointly sponsored by the Paris Mu-sic City and the Institute of European Bell Artwith the participation of the Beijing Great BellTemple Ancient Bell Museum and the Hubei Pro-vincial Museum was held in the Music City in Paris     

Tradition and Modernity——The Life of the Hui People in Ningxia

LOCATED in northwest China, Ningxia is the country’s only Hui autono-mous region. Of its 6 million inhabitants, more than 2 million are Hui. While embracing modern life, the Hui people still keep faith with their own traditions and beliefs.     

Financial Law Protection Approach and System Construction of Economic,Social and Cultural Rights——international Comparison and Chinese Experience

Under Article 2(1) of the International Covenant on Economic,Social and Cultural Rights,States undertake three primary obligations,namely "obligations of progressive realization," "obligations of non-retrogression" and "obligations to the maximum available resources." In a domestic constitutional setting,it has been firmly established that protection of economic,social and cultural rights is unavoidably linked to all kinds of economic resources,this so-called "resource-dependence dilemma" has posed serious constitutional challenges to fulfilling our commitments to human rights.It is therefore not only useful but also necessary to transform the three primary legal obligations under ICESCR into specific and concrete fiscal obligations.This article provides three approaches for a systematic construction of a financial analysis of economic,social and cultural rights protection.First,States should identify all the available revenues in a democratic process.Second,the budget allocation of economic resources per se is a matter of allocative justice,and State legislatures must act in a way that meets the essential requirements of allocative justice.Lastly,States are bound by certain legal principles to deal with reasonable budget expenditure,and this is the primary obligation for the executive.Based on intensive international comparisons of selected jurisdictions and China's rights realities,this article proposes bifurcated solutions for China 's constitutional protection of economic,social and cultural rights both on horizontal and vertical levels regarding its ongoing fiscal reforms.     

The Pathway to Legitimacy and Universality of Human Rights from a Cross-Cultural Perspective——A Brief Review of An-Na'im's Theory of Human Rights Legitimacy and Dialogue

Within the international human rights circle,Abduliahi AhmedAn-Na'im is regarded as a representative of Southern voices."Under such a circumstance that the confrontation between the West and non-Western countries on human rights has become a routine reality,An-Na'im advocates a contingent universality of human rights or "contingent universality of human rights," and insists that the universality of human rights be based on the cultural legitimacy of human rights.While he sees the internal dialogue of human rights in all non-Western countries,including Islamic ones,as a basic way to ensure the international human rights standards be accepted gradually,he also believes the cross-cultural dialogue among different societies can eventually lead to the reconstruction of the legitimacy of international human rights standards or even the standards themselves.An-Na'im's theory of moderate cultural relativism points a way to achieve universality of human rights for developing countries,but there are a few questions that need to be further addressed.     

Predicaments and Countermeasures of the Protection of Migrant Workers' Human Rights——From the Perspective of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

International migration mainly happens between the North and the South Mig rant workers have made important contributions to the inclusive growth and sustainable development of world economy, but their human rights are often violated In recent years, frequent extreme terrorists attacks and large-scale refugee influxes have triggered anti-for eign sentiment and policies in developed countries, which expose migrant workers to an unprecedented human rights crisis The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families is an important convention adopted by the United Nations that specially protects human rights of migrant workers However, as the convention has not been ratified by major developed countries where most migrant workers seek employment, the protection regime has an empty shell Developing countries where most migrant workers originate from should strengthen cooperation among themselves and urge developed countries to fulfill the duty of human rights protection by normalizing the status of migrant workers and that of members of their families in employment countries and ratifying the convention as soon as possible.     

Eternal Monument of Friendship Built with Sweat,Blood and Lives——30th Anniversary of Completion of Tanzania-Zambia Railway

The Tanzania-Zambia Railway with a total length of 1,860.5 kilometres starts from Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania in the east and ends in New Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia in the west. The Chinese experts, engineers and technicians did all the work of exploration, survey and designing and also assisted the Tanzanian and Zambian governments to organize the execution of the construction. The surveying and designing of the railway started in May 1968 and its construction in October 1970. The w…     

Protection of the Rights and Interests of AIDS Patients——Problems discovered from the AIDS Legal-Counseling Hotline

Over the past year, the Legal Counseling Hotline opened by the Beijing Aizhixing Health Education Institute has received more than 200 calls and acted as a law agent for 87 cases. Problems covered include the seeking of legal aids for cases of AIDS infection by blood transfusion and the use of blood products and for cases of virus hepatitis, the protection of privacy of AIDS patients.     

KFC and McDonald＇s —Models of Blended Culture

Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot Colonel Sanders first knocked on Beijing‘s door in 1987.Since then,his symbolic smiling face has been radiating throughout China.     

On the Construction and Application Scenarios of——Analysis of Environmental Personality Interests Based on Human Rights

Environmental personality interests based on human rights reflect the multiple values of ecological order, ecological justice, and ecological freedom, and are closely linked to the protection of the right to life and the right to health. They are also related to human dignity and the personal freedom of civil subjects and conform to formal and essential standards of personality rights, which should be included in the scope of personality rights for protection. The construction and application of...     

As Kith and Kin——A Visit of the Chinese Governors'Delegation to Thailand

At the invitation of the Ministry of the Interiorof Thailand, a Chinese Governors' Delega-tion, consisting of Lei Yu, vice chairman ofGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jia Xitai,deputy governor of Qinghai Province, Xu Qun,     

Journey of Joy——Traveling during Spring Festival season gets smoother and smarter

As always,the Spring Festival,or the Chinese New Year,which falls on January 25 this year,is heralded by a travel rush,known as the largest human migration on Earth.