Confrontation Will Backfire

Washington’s Cold War mindset and obsession with militarism both lead to a dead end.The international situation is changing and a new constellation of forces emerges.Yet the U.S.clings to obsolete geopolitical theories and strategies.Sticking to past strategies and obsolete alliances limits Washington’s flexibility and options amid historic global changes.Can the U.S.have a sustainable future with prosperity if it does not adjust correctly within an international system transitioning to multipolarity,polycentrism and pluralism?     

Eradicating Extreme Poverty,the CPC's Historic Feat

T HE Communist Party of China (CPC) turns 100 in 2021,making it a year of celebration and of historical and symbolic significance for the Chinese people.Under its leadership,China has achieved spectacular development and succeeded in eradicating extreme poverty all over the country. With the centennial celebration of the CPC,the big question that many people have in mind is how the People's Republic of China managed to eradicate extreme poverty on its soil during a span of only sev-eral decades,a goal set by the United Nations which seemed at first a utopian,theoretical conception for many countries,especially in Africa.     

A Cultural Nod to‘Sparing the Rod'

<正>Everyone is probably familiar with stock cultural figures of the Tiger Mom,or the obnoxiously loud,pushy sports-obsessed dad.If you are a Westerner and have participated in Little League Baseball as player,fan,or coach,you will know the scene only too well:a parent publicly berating his or her youngster for a lackluster performance.Sympathetic onlookers know better than to intervene,preferring     

THE CRITICAL CLIMATE AGENDA

The world set a goal in the Paris Agreement: to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius of preindustrial levels. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has explained why this is a valid goal. If global warming were to go higher than 1.5 degrees Celsius, this would jeopardize life on the planet with a potential multi-meter sea-level rise, the collapse of critical ecosystems, and the release of methane from thawing permafrost, possibly triggering runaway warming. Yet the world's current trajectory implies a catastrophic 2.7-degree- Celsius increase in global temperature.     

网络安全的公民合作:自救、义务警员和网络犯罪

鉴于各国维护网络安全的资源和能力有限,集体或个人在不同程度上组织和协调进行了一系列的合作。本文确定了公民合作维护网络安全不同形式和对付意外后果风险的注意事项,为建设性地促进公民/网民合作生产网络安全提出了保障措施和原则。虽然安全合作生产有助于社会控制,但只有那些在法律范围内的活动才值得推崇,公民/网民的私人行为对合法性边界的试探应受到严格限制。     

网络平台间的注意力竞争

许多在线业务都在寻找注意力,同时也在供给注意力。这些网络注意力的竞争者向消费者提供产品和功能,从而获取注意力;然后又通过其他产品和服务,向商家、开发商以及其他重视注意力的对象出售部分注意力。这种既寻求注意力也提供注意力的多边贸易是流动的,其竞争跨越了由产品和服务特点决定的界限。同时,它也是动态的。竞争会引入新产品和新服务,而其中频繁涉及突破性创新。网络注意力的竞争为网络平台彼此提供了竞争约束。在特定情况下,产品的差异会缓和这些约束的重要性。但是这种相关的差异主要涉及的是获得并提供注意力,而并不一定是用于获取并提供注意力的产品和     

排除规则的困难

今晚演讲的题目——排除规则的困难,是在我去年12月讲座《美国证据排除规则》1基础上的继续深入.在那次演讲中,我关注的是米兰达诉亚利桑那州案(1966年)和马普诉俄亥俄州案(1961年)这两个案件,它们涉及旨在保护美国宪法中权利法案有关免于自证其罪与不合理搜查扣押之权利的排除规则.美国最高法院还有其他授权在个人权利受到侵犯时予以排除的案例.这使许多人包括资深法学家认为,在美国存在着授权排除非法获取证据的排除规则.正如我在那场演讲中指出的,这个观点是错误的.在美国有许多复杂的证据规则.某些规则授权排除非法获取的证据,而另一些则没有.某些授权排除是因为其他理由,与证据获取方式的合法性没关系,而且,非法获取的证据常常是可采的.     

Adolescent Daughters’ Romantic Competence: The Role of Divorce,Quality of Parenting,and Maternal Romantic History

This study examined the links between parental divorce, quality of maternal parenting, spousal relationships and middle adolescent romantic competence in 80 mother-adolescent daughter pairs (40 divorced). Mothers were asked to describe their attitudes and behaviors with regard to their daughters’ romantic behavior. In addition, mothers were interviewed about their own romantic experiences when they were at the age of their daughters. Adolescent girls (mean age = 16.98 years; range 16–18) were administered a comprehensive interview about romantic competence. Findings indicated that adolescent girls from divorced families showed lower levels of romantic competence, which were expressed in their behavior, attitudes toward relationships and skill in handling those relationships. Divorce was found to have had an adverse effect on girls’ romantic competence, whereas continued adaptive parenting and spousal relationships alleviated the effect of divorce. Mothers’ coherent representation of their own adolescent romantic experiences also alleviated the effect of divorce on daughters’ romantic behavior. Results show the important role of family relationships in fostering romantic competence among adolescent girls.     

Developmental Associations Between Adolescent Change in Depressive Symptoms and Menstrual-Cycle-Phase-Specific Negative Affect During Early Adulthood

The causal factors associated with increases in depressive symptoms among adolescent girls remain an area of theoretical debate, and the limited research considering a hormonal influence has provided mixed results. The goal of the present study was to test a set of longitudinal associations, that, if found, would provide support for a hormonal contribution to these changes. Specifically, this study tested the hypotheses that changes in depressive symptoms among adolescent girls would be associated with phase-specific symptoms of the menstrual cycle during early adulthood; that these associations would differ across three phases of the menstrual cycle; and that the pattern of associations would differ for changes in depressive symptoms during early- and late-adolescence. The sample consisted of 47 women with longitudinal data from 12 to 21 years old (approximately 91% European Canadian, 4% Middle Eastern Canadian, 2% Haitian Canadian, and 2% Asian Canadian). Consistent with expectations, results showed that early-adolescent increases in depressive symptoms were negatively associated with menstrual-phase negative affect, and positively associated with mid-cycle negative affect, but not associated with premenstrual negative affect; whereas late-adolescent change in depressive symptoms was only associated with depressive symptoms at 20-21 years. Thus, early-adolescent changes in depressive symptoms are longitudinally associated with later mood change across the menstrual cycle, suggesting a common underlying cause, which is hypothesized to be hormonal. Moreover, results suggest that, with respect to variables that are involved in affective development, important differences exist between early- and late-adolescence. The discussion considers menstrual-cycle-related symptoms (e.g., dysmenorrhea) during adolescence, and the need to study their effects on development. It is suggested that focused intervention and prevention efforts may be indicated to interrupt negative developmental outcomes.