Beijing Ox Street in the Eyes of Muslims

Around a 1,000-year-old mosque in Niu Jie (Ox Street) in the Xuanwu District in southern Beijing, there live some 12,000 Muslims, generation after generation. They are the witnesses to the vicissitudes of life in this age-old street. At five o'clock in the morning, 77-year-old man, Wang Changhe, is already up and on his way to the Ox Street Mosque some hundred meters from his home. It was very quiet at this time of day at this gray-walled and green-tiled mosque, as few people showed up. Minutes later, people began to stream in for the six-o'clock service. It is said that more than 200 people show up at the daily service and more at al-Djuma on Friday.     

Mind the Gap

While a growing number of Chinese people are enjoying the benefits brought by economic reform and social development, some are being left behind. The divide between the rich and the poor is widening in China, resulting in an increasingly dissatisfied populace. Some argue that a wealth gap is not a big deal in a market economy and that the problem in China has been exaggerated. But in an article published by China Economic Times, Wu Zhongmin, a sociology professor at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China, points out that China's wealth gap and its impacts are far more serious than people may think, taking into account some hidden factors. His main ideas follow:     

Equal Treatment for All

There are some accusations stigmatizing China made by the international media recently.Coming from a sense of superiority,adopted by some American politicians and media agencies since the outbreak of the pandemic to demonize and stigmatize China,they are now describing Westerners as victims of discrimination in China.Those reports even said that Africa ns,who historically have a deep f「ien dship with the Chinese,have been subjected to acts of'Yacism,*in China.The fact is that some of China's supermarkets,gyms,bars,hotels and other public places do not allow people to enter in groups,neither Chinese nor foreigners,as a measure of pandemic prevention and control.Also,a quarantine period is in place for people entering the country,including Chinese and foreigners.     

High Scores-Low Ability

ACROSS the globe in more than 100 countries, some 30 million people are learning Chinese as a second language, and 2,300 colleges have introduced Chinese courses into their curricula. At the same time, millions of Chinese people devote themselves to studying English. As the 2008 Olympic Games approach, increasing numbers of Chinese are picking up their books and flocking to the classroom to take part in a language-learning frenzy of growing proportions.     

Traditional Culture Stages a Strong Comeback

WITH a civilization that goes back more than 5,000 years, China boasts a rich cultural heritage that is expressed in varied forms in every corner of the nation. For millennia these folk arts and customs have defined the identity of the Chinese people and how they think and live. Today, however, many traditions have been elbowed out of mainstream culture by recent surges of foreign influence and new technology, and some are on the verge of     

商务英语在EBAY中的应用(英文)

EBay, as one of the typical enterprise of e-commerce, is also becoming more and more popular with worldwide people. EBay is regarded as the number one in the field of online auction business. It is well-known that nowadays the college graduates have to face fierce employment pressure. Therefore, doing business on eBay may be a good choice for college graduates to start their colorful lives. This paper tries to study the business English applied in doing eBay business with the aim to help the new sellers and know about the procedures of starting business on eBay. The results presented in this paper are based on the experience of some long-term sellers of eBay and the Hands-on of the author. From this paper the readers can easily realize that the every steps of begin business on eBay depends on the help of business English.     

PROTECTING THE PALACE

COVER STORY Reaffirming its belief in Tibet as one of the jewels in its crown, the Chinese Government launched the highest rail route in the world, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, less than a year ago. Perhaps even the government could not have predicted the number of positive repercussions that would emerge from this development. More and more people are being exposed to the beauty and uniqueness of Tibet, its landscape and architecture, as well as the customs and mores of its people, and one can properly gauge the impact of the railway line on this magnificent land.     

AnUploaded Experience

<正>Remember the days when people used to have a phone,a computer and a camera?I do,simply because it wasn’t that long ago.However,as technology hurtles along at the speed of light,it might have escaped some people’s attention that these three devices now come together in the form of a smartphone.     

Graduate Education''''s Trying Times

As more and more people in China attend graduate schools, experts are raising questions about the quality of the education students receive, and some view the outlook as relatively bleak unless major changes are made. At the National Association for the Study of Higher Education's 2005 annual meeting in November at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Xuhui campus), a task force led by Yang Jie,     

Never Too Late to Start Over

LAST year I decided to pack up my things and move into a retirement community. Many people asked me why I would want to do that, rather than staying in my own home or living with my kids as most people in their late years do. One of the main reasons was that I had already had some friends living in these types of places, and they always spoke highly of the experience.     

试论人民政协政治沟通的机制性问题及其对策

政治沟通功能是人民政协的基本功能。从建国至今,人民政协在沟通执政党、政府与民众方面发挥了十分重要的桥梁和纽带作用。但是,受多种因素的影响,目前,在人民政协的沟通过程中还存在许多机制性问题,沟通主体、沟通渠道、沟通客体、沟通方式等沟通要素难以有机结合、相互联动,致使上情难以下传、下情难以上达、沟通不畅等现象还时常存在。要改变这种状况,充分发挥人民政协的政治沟通功能,就必须健全沟通要素的功能,通过制度化建设等措施,促进沟通要素的有机结合、相互联动,形成运行有效的沟通机制。     

公安群众工作中的警务沟通

在当今愈发公开的舆论环境中,信息传播技术迅速发展,使警务工作完全置于公众的视野内。从本质上说,警务沟通是研究公安群众工作的方法,公安群众工作的基本内容与之息息相关。要将警务信息及时传递给群众,必须通过交流信息、相互合作来完成。随着我国进入新媒体时代,在警务沟通过程中,更多的媒体将占据重要的地位。因此,只有从警察自我沟通、人际沟通及警察与媒体沟通三方面來论述警务沟通的问题,才能促进和谐警民关系构建,进一步做好公安群众工作。     

当代中国乡村民主文化结构研究

民主文化是当代中国民主政治建设的重要内容和影响因素。在当代中国乡村,民主文化的发展呈现出的三层结构模型:自身行为层、民主实践层、政府导向层。它们之间的沟通不畅、协调不力使乡村民主文化发展举步维艰。通过民主实践层的制度安排,实现政府理念导向的真实传递,进而内化为村民自身的民主意识,使民主政治成为其自觉自愿的行为,形成完整和谐的民主文化结构,以促进当代乡村民主政治的发展。     

青少年网络成瘾问题的家庭干预与社会工作介入——家庭功能理论视角

家庭在问题判定时过于表面化、片面化,问题处理办法的实施是一个由内而外的被迫延伸过程。家庭内部成员需要沟通,而沟通更离不开情感表达,而网瘾青少年家庭内部沟通不良主要表现在亲子沟通的单向性,情感表达的单向性,缺乏平等对话的民主机制,缺乏一种完善的沟通过程;家庭功能各个维度的不良表现使得孩子网瘾问题不能得到顺利解决。因此,社工介入网瘾青少年家庭要做的工作是帮助他们打破这个循环,让问题不至于周而复始地继续下去。将网瘾青少年家庭化分为整,化整为分,在统筹全局的基础上,有效解决青少年网瘾问题。     

和谐警民关系视野下的“杭州飙车撞人事件”分析——一个危机传播的视角

在和谐警民关系视野下,“危机”和“危机传播”是绕不开的议题。依据危机传播的立场与价值观进行判断,杭州警方在处理2009年5月7日发生的飙车撞人事件中存在明显缺陷,主要体现在：对外发布信息内容不足、组织发言人选择不当、从公众利益和民意的角度处理危机力度不够。结合危机传播的意义、原则和基本观念分析,公安机关在危机中应保持开放性、快速反应、加强与传媒沟通、正确落实新闻发言人制度、坚持公众利益至上。     

试论中国传统服装美学与西方服装美学的差异

服饰是透射一个民族艺术哲学理念的重要窗口。中国传统服装美学一方面受到儒家礼教规范及伦理道德的影响,注重＂美＂与＂善＂的相似性,缺乏对人体之美的正视与研究,把服装审美创作看作传播教化、塑造人格、维护礼制的形象表征,遮蔽人体曲线,宽衣博带;另一方面在道家思想统摄式思维观照下,追求衣饰与人体在整体审美上的和谐,淡化人体特征而凸显精神气韵。西方服装美学注重＂美＂与＂真＂的共同点,求真务实地强调人体曲线,以探求表现人体的本质美为审美理想。如何承袭中国传统美学智慧,又借鉴西方服装美学求真精神,创造出中国服装独有的时代语言,是中国当代服装设计师们面临的一个意味深长的课题。     

自媒体辅助社区警务的原理及可行性分析

社区警务是一种以警民协作、重视预防为核心理念的新警务模式,其主要内容可以简要概括为警方通过与社区的紧密协作与共同努力,尽早发现社区中存在的可能影响治安环境的问题与隐患并加以解决,从而实现社区的和谐与安定。自媒体作为依托现代信息技术出现的全新传播工具,其平民化、大众化、传播高效与人际传播的特征与社区警务重警民关系、重基层基础的特征相吻合,使其可以作为辅助社区警务工作的良好工具。     

泰国文献中"孔人"北迁的记载与孟高棉语民族的起源研究

"孔人"是泰语对古代孟高棉语民族的泛称,泰国的一些文献中提到,古代有一些叫做"孔人"的民族曾经从湄公河口向泰国北部地区迁徙并建立国家。一些学者据此认为,孟高棉语民族起源于中南半岛南部。事实上,从现有较为可靠的资料来看,孟高棉语民族的发祥地应该是在中国南方地区。泰族文献中提到"孔人"从湄公河口往北迁徙的史实,应当是公元以后的事,不能用来说明孟高棉语民族的起源。     

开放社会下的保守婚姻——新蔡船民的婚姻状况调查

从1949年新中国成立至今,三代船民的婚姻都呈现出同质婚姻的很多共性,这也验证了布劳的同质交往原则的适用。在世界许多国家和地方离婚率迅速上升的情况下,船民却仍然保持着非常低的离婚率,而船民们保守稳定的同质婚姻和稳定的家庭结构或许能给高离婚率背景下的人们更多的启发。     

电信诈骗犯罪的侦查模式及对策分析

近年来,电信诈骗犯罪虽不断受到公安机关打击,但仍然是一类高发的犯罪,很多人因此上当受骗。电信诈骗手段的翻新速度较快,但不论其诈骗手段如何翻新,电信诈骗都是以"通信"和"资金"作为基本要素实施的。因此,根据电信诈骗的"通信"和"资金"这两个要素,分析电信诈骗的侦查模式,能够更好地实施有针对性的侦查对策。