RESTORING FAITH IN GLOBALIZATION

<正>Can China push against the tide of anti-globalization?2016 was a bad year for globalization.No one can doubt that much now.The decision in the UK to exit the European Union—the outcome of a referendum vote on June 23—was the first major shock.The fact that former British Prime Minister David Cameron,the chief architect of the event,resigned immediately after the vote and     

A Taxing Dilemma

Multinational corporations come under scrutiny for alleged tax dodging The issue of taxation seems to be a dry,technical subject.But it is one that people can get extremely emotional about,as some major corporations in Europe and North America have discovered recently.Since the global financial crisis broke out in 2008,the issue of taxes that corporations pay has become a sensitive one.In Europe and     

CHINESE LEADERSHIP GRIPS FUTURE

The National People’s Congress looks to address growth,education and other important challenges The political calendar in China is something that most non-Chinese don’t understand that well.Part of that is due to a lack of knowledge about the structure of governance in the country.They know there are ministries     

MESSAGES FROM BOAO

正President Xi’s speech portrays an aspiring nation deserving of respect President Xi Jinping’s address at the annual Boao Forum for Asia(BFA)on Hainan Island occurred within a particular domestic and international context.The domestic one is that 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the reform and opening-up era from the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central     

Performing Regulation: Transcending Regulatory Ritualism in HIV Clinics

Sociolegal scholars suggest that regulatory encounters often are occasions for displaying a surface compliance decoupled from day‐to‐day practice. Yet ethnographic data from five highly regulated HIV clinics show that regulatory encounters open opportunities both for ritualism and—surprisingly—for transcending ritualism. Using a theatrical analogy, we argue that improv performance is the technology that enables regulatory inspectors and clinic staff to transcend ritualism. As regulatory encounters unfold, clinics' carefully prepared performances sometimes change into more cooperative interactions where inspectors and regulatees hash out details about how rules will be applied and even work together on reports for the regulators' supervisors. By “performing together,” regulatory inspectors gain access to the clinic's backstage where they can assess clinic workers' deeper conformity to ethical and scientific norms. But such joint performances are less likely where cultural divides and material scarcity make it difficult for clinic staff to gain inspectors' trust.