'Too Big to Fail' Meets Its Match

The five biggest Chinese banks posted weak profit growth in the first quarter of the year—the result of economic slowdown, surging bad loans, market-oriented reform on interest rates and increasing challenges from online investment products. The five listed state-owned commercial banks—namely the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China onstruction Bank,Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China and Bank of Communications—colloquially known as the Big Five, all reported a net profit growth of less than 2 percent in the first quarter of the year, down from an average of about 10 percent from the same period last year, according to figures from their quarterly financial reports to bourses.     

Unmanned Vessels Set Sail

For Figo Zhang, an entrepreneur in his 30s, April 16 is a memorable day. On that day 11 years ago, the unmanned surface vessel (USV) he dreamed of building set sail from Zhuhai, a coastal city in Guangdong Province. Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology Co. Ltd., a company founded by Zhang, is China's first domestic producer of USVs. Starting from scratch, it has filled a vacuum in China's USV market over the past decade. The company's research and de-velopment team has developed a number of core and key USV technologies and obtained more than 390 patents. It also participated in the compilation of all nine existing industrial standards for USVs in China.     

理性、规范和面向司法实践的法律论证

理性是古希腊文明的创造,它与规范紧密相连,法律则是理性的集中体现。法律规范的层次性特点是建构法律论证体系的基础,这种层次性表现为一条法律之链。现代规范理论从科学取向转向实在的生活世界,具有商谈论辩的取向,黑尔的道德论证理论和图尔敏一般论证模式正是这种商谈论辩取向的典型。规范的商谈论辩取向的进一步延伸,是产生众多的关于法律论证的新设想,这些有关法律论证的设想既是法学理论工作者面向司法实践的产物,也是法律实务工作者寻求理论支持的产物。     

“套路贷”诈骗犯罪的认定

【裁判要旨】认定“套路贷”作骗犯罪应当遵循罪刑法定原则,按照诈骗罪的犯罪构成认定:从套路的认定与借款人明知问题、借款人对单个步骤明知与对整个套路步骤明知的关系、空刷资金流水与借款人明知的关系、放贷人告知借贷相关问题的时间与借款人明知的关系等方面判断被告人是否虚构事实;从是否故意制造违约、肆意认定违约或者以其他手段恶意垒高债务、攫取的不法利益是利息还是借款人其他财产等判断借款人是否具有非法占有故意;借款人进入“套路”借款,实际上已经将其财产处分权基于放贷人的“套路”主动交给了放贷人,即可认定借款人主动交付了财产。     

Where to,Uber?

<正>The U.S.taxi-hailing app hits speed bumps in China's fast lane Uber’s operations in China have come under intensified scrutiny as services offered by the company—which involve summoning private car owners to offer taxi-like services—go directly against local regulations.On May 6,authorities in Chengdu,capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province,visited Uber’s local office as part of a new in-     

Still in the Red

正A Chinese shipping giant looks to the government forhelp after reporting a massive loss China COSCO Holdings Co., theworld’s second largest shipping company by fleet size which owns     

Slower,Yet Promising

China’s economy grew 7.4 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2012,slower than the 7.6 percent growth in the second quarter and the 8.1 percent in the first, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on October 18.     

试论中国——东盟关系中的安静外交

安静外交通常强调建设性和有效的幕后接触,通过和平方式处理和解决国际与地区争议。近年来因其成效显著,安静外交越来越被国际社会所重视。安静外交在透明度、倾向性、时效性和正式性等方面都存在着对立统一的逻辑关系。安静外交是中国与东盟维持和发展良好合作关系的途径之一。中国与东盟双方具有进行安静外交的传统和经验,但当前也受到了一定的压力。中国与东盟应该持续发展安静外交,为促进和提升双方战略伙伴关系做出应有的贡献。     

论“不当出生”案件侵害的权利——试分析《侵权责任法》第六条之适用

在两起案件基本相同的"不当出生"案件中,判决结果迥异。经对两案评析认为,"不当出生"案件侵害了产妇的"生育自主权",该权利为"人格权",适用《侵权责任法》第六条,医疗机构应承担损害赔偿责任。