Will the Three Gorges Dam Stand The Test of Time?

Netizens have collected several ar-ticles about the flood-control capacity of the Three Gorges Dam. In these articles, its capacity was differently described as tackling flooding "once-in-10,000-years" "once-in- l,O00-years" or "once-in-a-century" Can you give the specifics of the flood control capacity of the dam?     

SET SAIL HAINAN!

正The construction of the Songtao Reservoir in Danzhou,a city on the tropical island province of Hainan,started in June 1958.Those working on the project calculated that they would need to build a dam 170meters high in order to protect areas downstream from annual floods.However,lacking heavy equipment and materials such as concrete,the team had to complete the arduous task by hand from successive layers of rammed earth.     

Monetary Policy Proving Effective

Hu Xiaolian,Vice Governor of the People's Bank of China,the country's central bank,published an article concerning China's managed floating exchange rate regime and the effectiveness of the monetary policy on the bank's website on July 26.She pointed out monetary policy,as an important instrument of China's macroeconomic control,has faced many challenges in recent years.A more flexible exchange rate regime will help improve the effectiveness of the policy.     

ALL ABOARD

正From Admiral Zheng He's giant wooden sailing boats that delivered silk,tea and othertreasures from China to many parts of the world some 600 years ago,China has traveled a long way in marine technology. It boasts some of the field's superlatives,such as the domestically developed Zhenhua30,one of the world's largest crane vessels,and the Tiankun dredger,capable of diggingup 6,000 cubic meters of silt per hour,making it Asia's largest and most advanced cuttersuction dredger.     

DRUMMING UP A NEW BEAT

正A summer camp broadens the horizons of rural children It took Li Shang,a percussionist from Beijing,nearly15 hours to reach Weiziba,a village in Gansu Province,on July 21.Local transportation from the airport in the provincial capital to the village,at an altitude of 2,450 meters,remains inconvenient,but Li and his colleagues didn't seem to be bothered.     

Not-So-Desperate Housewives

After equally dividing community property with her husband, a housewife in Fujian Province received an additional 550,000 yuan ($85,000) in "household labor compensation." The verdict was made by a local court in July. It is one of several cases nationwide that saw housewives receive divorce compensation for additional domestic duties this year, thanks to an article in China's Civil Code, the civil law promulgated last year that went into force on January 1. The woman in this particular case, who had married to her husband for more than 20 years, obtained higher compensation than other such cases earlier this year, in which the housewives got between 15,000 yuan ($2,320) and 120,000 yuan ($18,550).     

Give Them Hope in Life

After this year's ninth suicide at Foxconn on May 14,Dr.Lu Huilin,an associate sociology professor at Peking University,and another eight sociology scholars,started to draft a letter to sound the alarm about the plight of China's new generation of migrant workers.The letter was issued on May 18 and has been published by different newspapers.Lu has also handed over a request to Foxconn to conduct field surveys at the company during his summer break in July.     

移民身份认同研究——对三峡库区两个案例的解读

三峡库区移民工程已经进入到后期扶持阶段,早期移民的生产生活状况日益成为移民研究的重点.本文基于实地调查的经验感受,从社会性别的视角,运用社会认同理论,分析农村妇女移民这一特殊群体的身份认同.文章认为,农村妇女移民在搬迁地的身份关系及其背后的规则认同已经多元化,农村妇女身份认同的显著性程度与经济利益、网络结构、家庭出身等因素相关,这决定了她们是采取参与还是依赖策略去寻求自己的生存点,筹划自己的生活.     

China's Emission Statement

正China’s carbon emission trading was formally launched at the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange on July 16, marking a tangible step toward the goal of peaking carbon emissions by 2030and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.     

王国维美学与20世纪中国美学

王国维美学对20世纪中国美学有重要的影响和启示.在社会变革的历史关头,主流美学占据主导地位,不等于非主流美学没有自己的一定地位,它们都在发生影响,只是影响的范围、程度有别.把20世纪中国美学的开山大师与其后的美学家比照,我们就会发现美学在中国发展中的起伏轨迹,尤其是非主流美学家命运的悲剧性,这种悲剧性是学科本身的必然的悲剧性.     

"三个代表"重要思想是指导我国经济工作的强大思想武器--学习《江泽民论有中国特色社会主义》的体会

在江泽民关于有中国特色社会主义的论述中 ,“三个代表”思想占据着重要地位。文章就“三个代表”思想对指导我国经济工作的重要意义以及如何在经济工作中贯彻落实“三个代表”思想进行了初步的探讨。     

MARKET WATCH

U.S.Treasuries Shed China trimmed its holdings of U.S.Treasury securities in June to ＄843.7 billion,according to the U.S.Department of the Treasury.     

KEEPING IT NEUTRAL

Yang Zhongyong, a farmer in Anji, a county known as the Kingdom of Bamboo in Zhejiang Province, would never have dared to imagine making money out of "thin" air. But this actually became a reality through the bamboo forest he had grown. At the price for carbon quotas announced at China's national carbon market in Shanghai on its opening day of July 16, Yang stood to gain more than 370,000 yuan ($57,831) from the carbon emission trading of his bamboo forest.     

将反性骚扰纳入民事立法的议程

自2001年7月以来,中国大陆已经有十余起性骚扰民事诉讼案件。原告经历的艰难立案过程以及多数案件最终败诉,与中国民事实体法和程序法中反性骚扰立法的缺失有直接的关系。2005年的《中华人民共和国妇女权益保障法》修正案明确规定禁止对妇女实施性骚扰,但是,保障原告顺利发动诉讼,改变“借名诉讼”和法院审理此类案件无所依存的局面,需要中国的民事立法加以呼应。文章认为,我们应当借鉴国际社会、其他国家的相关立法和司法实践,充分考虑中国历史、文化等社会背景,在民法、劳动法、民事诉讼法等法中增加反性骚扰的内容。目前反性骚扰的立法可以先由最高人民法院做出司法解释。     

毕节试验与当代中国政治发展

毕节试验区20多年的建设,是中国政治发展的基本范型.以多党参与毕节试验区建设和以科学发展,可持续发展为标志的政治实践,为中国当代政治建设的发展提供了思考,探讨毕节试验与中国政治发展的关系,对理清中国政治发展方向,推动中国政治治理改革具有重要的意义.     

中国古代史研究21世纪展望--"21世纪中国历史学展望学术讨论会"中国古代史组讨论纪实

2002年5月云南大学召开了"21世纪中国历史学展望学术讨论会",这是进入21世纪以后中国历史学界的一次盛会。与会专家学者对20世纪的中国历史学研究进行总结,畅谈了对21世纪中国历史学的展望。中国古代史组的专家学者们在研讨中,提出一些重要的学术见解和改革建议。这对今后中国古代史的学科发展乃至整个中国历史学的发展,都将具有重要意义。     

New Models,Higher Levels

正On July 9,the Chinese Government released a document on accelerating the growth of new business forms and models in foreign trade. The document proposed to promote innovations in China's foreign trade sector,in terms of systems,management,service,business forms and models. Meanwhile,policies and pragmatic measures on new business forms and models of foreign trade have been drafted,covering cross-border e-commerce,market purchase,comprehensive foreign trade service companies,offshore trade,and overseas warehouses.     

Roads to Riches

正At the ceremony marking the centenary of the Communist Party of China's(CPC's) founding on July 1, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, declared on behalf of the Party and the people that through the continued efforts of the Party and the nation at large, China has realized its first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.     

Rave Reviews

China underwent its eighth trade policy review by the World Trade Organization (WTO) from October 20 to 22. This comprehensive assessment of China's trade policy came at the 20th anniversary of China's accession to the WTO, a time when certain countries are wielding unilateralism and international trade is being battered by the COVID-19 pandemic; and China's foreign trade is bucking the trend.     

IN FULL SWING

In July, China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec Group), one of the world's largest petrochemical companies, initiated China's first million-ton carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project in an oilfield in Shandong Province. The project, which will be put into production by the end of this year, is estimated to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1 million tons per year, the equivalent of planting nearly 9 million trees.