Trial Program in Cities

In 1993,with some experience bor-rowed from abroad and fitted to the city’s own particular situation,Shanghai launched a basic living guarantee system for the first time.Four years later the     

Chinese Delegation Attends Convention of Sister Cities New Zealand

AT the invitation of theSister Cities New Zealandand the Australia-China Friend-ship Society, a 10-member de-legation of Chinese mayors dis-patched by CPAFFC and led byZhang Guowen, vice-mayor ofUrumqi, visited New Zealandand Australia from March 16 to31, 1994. It was composed ofleading officials of cities in     

Spring Festival in China''''s Cities

It is the most important thing for Chinese people to celebrate their traditional Spring Festival (traditional Chinese New Year) yearly. The festival originated from two legends or explanations. One was about a monster named Nian (year). The monster would like to eat man and cattle on the soth day of the 12th lunar month, every year, and simultaneously all the people would feel uneasy in a horrible atmosphere with great disorder everywhere. Thus the people set off firecrackers to     

Ten Years in WTO,What Has Changed in China and the World?

ON accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO),China promised further economic reform and opening-up, establishing a trade policy system in line with international rules and advancing the healthy development of its national economy and foreign trade. In the 10 years since then China has honored those promises andseen momentous change.Growing at an annual rate of 10.5 percent, the Chinese     

Water Shortages in China''''s Cities

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Should Cities Regulate Graffiti?

Graffiti, while still a new phenomenon to most Chinese, is becoming more familiar among teenagers in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. A recent report by Xinhua News Agency discusses the trend. The report said a small     

Are Fake Stories in Chinese Textbooks Acceptable?

<正>A post on social media demonstrating a string of falsehoods published in Chinese textbooks currently used in primary schools has recently gone viral.One example is a story titled Young Thomas Edison Saved His Mother,which appears in textbooks for second grade primary school students.According to the story,when Edison was 7,his mother suffered from acute appendicitis and needed a surgical operation.However,the operation     

Famous Tourist Cities in China──Ⅱ

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Famous Tourist Cities in China ─1

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Liu Ye:Childhood and the World Today

正"I may use certain references to things that infl uenced me as a child,things that fi rst attracted me to art.But these subjects,my‘little people,’are used to describe my world today and certainly far removed from childhood."     

International Involvemen in Early Childhood Development in China

正EARLY childhood is a significant period of life and of particular social importance,"United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund(UNICEF)China’s early childhood development specialist Dr.Chen Xuefeng recently observed."It is vital that parents and teachers monitor children’s growth,listen to what they have to say and respect their ideas."     

我国大城市农民工与市民社会距离的实证研究

社会距离是人与人之间或群体与群体之间关系亲密或疏远的程度和等级。社会距离可分为主观社会距离和客观社会距离。距离的等级可分为近距离、中距离和远距离。西方社会学认为,文化差异、隔离、居住时间、社会地位差异等因素都对社会距离的形成具有影响。实证分析表明,农民工与市民的社会距离属于远距离等级的泛泛之交,双方交往机会很少,主观距离比较大。大部分市民对农民工持排斥态度,双方交往具有非对称性。与西方社会距离研究相比,文化差异、地位差异和空间隔离等因素依然是影响农民工与市民社会距离的重要因素,制度限制或制度供给不足是影响社会距离的深层次影响因素。因此,缩短社会距离的主要对策是转变政策理念,建立公平、公正、合理的城市政策。只有这样才有利于逐步提高农民工的社会地位,缩短文化差异,为和谐社会构建铺平道路。     

明末西班牙人占据台湾鸡笼、淡水时期与大陆的贸易

1626年,西班牙殖民者继荷兰人之后,侵占中国台湾北部的鸡笼和淡水作为殖民地.让西班牙人感到困惑的是,虽然这两个港口离福建主要贸易港口很近,但福建商人到本港贸易的数量极少,让西班牙人无法维持港口的经营.笔者根据何乔远<镜山全集>所载相关史料,分析明末福建商人不去鸡笼、淡水贸易的因为在于:台湾海峡的海盗活动、荷兰殖民者的干扰、福建官府对贸易的限制、闽南商人经商意愿在于台湾南部以及日本锁国政策对西班牙商人的拒绝导致淡水中转港地位的下降等.