“甲A”的启示

由今年全国足球甲A联赛掀起的火爆球市已成为历史。然而它所激起的巨大活力,不仅给体育界带来不小的光荣,也为社会的改革与发展带来诸多启示。不能认为“甲A”一改就灵,可以迅速改变中国足球比较落后的现状,也不指望冲出亚洲走向世界立刻成为现实,但至少我们可以看到中国足球正在摆脱无可奈何、无计可施的困惑,找到了一条进步和发展的正确途径。     

A FALSE DREAM OF“CONTAINING CHINA”

The rhetoric of“containing China”has frequently appeared in American andBritish press in recent months.The opinion-makers,scholars and politicians inter-ested in containing China base their arguments on narrow-minded and out-datedideological bias and Cold War mentality.The following analysis on the rhetoric of“containing China”indicates that such strategic idea and policy orientation are notonly ill-perceived and illogical,but also unfeasible.     

A Review of: “The Take”

This study uses four waves of panel data to analyze inadvertent learning—that is, learning in the absence of interest or motivation—from watching public service television channels. Previous research suggests that motivation-based gaps in political knowledge are at least partly a function of the political information opportunities provided by the major television channels in a country, which influence the likelihood of being inadvertently exposed to news and current affairs programs. The present study puts the inadvertent learning hypothesis to a thorough empirical test by analyzing individual-level growth in knowledge over time, based on panel data collected during five months leading up to the Swedish 2010 national election. Using multilevel growth curve modeling and an extensive battery of surveillance knowledge questions, the results show not only (a) that public service channel viewing was related to learning, but also (b) that knowledge growth occurred among public service viewers independently of their political motivation and news attention, and (c) that such learning was even more pronounced among viewers lacking an interest in politics. The findings are discussed in light of ongoing media environmental transformations as well as cross-national comparative media systems research.     

A Preliminary Analysis of Roh Moo-hyuns “Balancer Diplomacy”

AsanimportantstateofNortheastAsia,theinfluenceofROK sdiplomaticconceptionandpoliciesonregionalsecuritysituationshouldneverbeunderestimated.In2005,PresidentRohMoo hyunstressedthat“ROKshouldbeabalancingpowerinNortheastAsia”andclaimedthat“themapofinfluenceinNortheastAsiawillbe changingwithROK sstrategicselection.”Allthesehavearousedhighattentionininternationalsociety.Thisarticletriestoexamine andanalyzethemaincontentsoftheROK s“balancerdiplomacy,”thecausesoftheformulationofthepolicy…     

“YELLOW PERIL”—A HOAX THEN AND NOW

Frenzied cries of“China threat”have once again cropped up in the West,withsome people in the US media shouting the loudest at a time when we are on thedawn of a new century.These gentlemen fly in the face of historical truth and al-lege that a resurgent China is posing a threat to its Asian neighbors and US position     

A Review of “Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture”

Abstract

Can the Internet and nondemocratic rule coexist? A number of key features of the Internet can be corrosive to nondemocracies. In particular, the scope and ease of obtaining information on the Web, as well as the communication capabilities available to users, provide the means for undermining the pillars of nondemocratic rule. Furthermore, the decentralized nature of the Internet complicates the task of state control of the medium. Nevertheless, despite the risks that may exist from joining the global computer network, nondemocratic regimes have not shunned this technology because it promises to be the key to development, prosperity, and influence. However, their strategies of containment may prevent a complete usage of the capabilities of the Internet. The case of China illustrates the attractions of the Internet, the measures the ruling Chinese Communist Party has implemented to make this technology politically reliable, and the impact of these measures on the full use of the Internet.     

The True Intention of Obama's “A Nuclear-Free World” Initiative

<正>In January 2007 and in January 2008, the Wall Street Journal successively published two essays jointly written by Henry A. Kissinger and George P. Shultz (two former US Secretaries of State), William J. Perry (former