中国没有迟到

北京时间2010年1月13日5时,中美洲国家海地发生里氏7．3级大地震。美好家园瞬间坍塌,一时间,残垣断壁、哀鸿遍野。灾情危急!太平洋彼岸的中国北京迅速行动。同日晚8点,肩负祖国和人民的重托,满怀国际人道主义精神的中国救援队乘坐专机毅然启程,经过20个小时颠簸劳顿抵达海地,并立即展开救援工作。法国媒体惊叹道,第一批抵达海地的救援人员,居然是中国人！比“近在咫尺”的美国人整整早了两个小时!     

Man Does Not Live by Reason Alone

Leszek Kolakowski, who died in 2009, was professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago and a fellow of All Souls College at Oxford University. His critical, magisterial study of the history of Marxism and his perpetual doubt and self-questioning, which led to a preoccupation with "the revenge of the sacred" in secular life, earned him a reputation as modern Europe's Erasmus.
Just after he published Modernity on Endless Trial in 1991, Kolakowski sat down with me in his study at All Souls College. The following conversation was also published in Kolakowski's last book, My Correct Views on Everything.     

This Is Not America's Final Crisis

Globalization has indeed flattened the earth, paving the way for new beginnings and the resurgence of old cultures alike by levelling the playing field for all comers. While this new era of post‐globalization certainly heralds de‐Westernization by century's end, is it more likely to mean a revival of the old ways of the East or the new hybrid ways of the first global civilization? Some of Asia's most provocative voices, as well as the world's most renowned cellist and cross‐pollinating musician, offer their views.     

The Goal in Libya Is Not Regime Change

Just as the Arab Spring blossomed, the al‐Qaeda‐led era of terrorism came to an end with the killing of Osama Bin Laden in his Pakistani lair by American special forces. We asked two of the most contentious experts on all things Islamic—Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Tariq Ramadan—to assess the meaning of these historic moments on the future. Amr Moussa, the leading candidate for Egypt's presidency, and Ehud Barak, Israel's defense minister, also offer their views. Two top former intelligence agents from MI6 and the CIA look at the next turn of events—the Saudi counter‐revolution.     

哥本哈根:气候变化并非童话

2009年12月19日,欧洲气温骤降、大雪纷飞,气象兆头不佳。最后一天的联合国气候变化大会全体会议推迟至凌晨3时10分开始。大会主席宣布讨论一份由二十多国草拟的《哥本哈根协议》。该协议草案共10页,包括全球温度控制长期目标、发达国家强制减排目标、发达国家资金支持等内容。