Faux Blood Fingermark on Pistol: Latent Fingerprint Developed by Whole Blood

We present a case of a faux blood fingermark, wherein a natural latent fingerprint on the pistol at the crime scene was enhanced by the whole blood of the victim. A male was shot to death. The crime scene investigator did not find any blood fingermark during the collection of evidence, but a blood fingerprint was noticed in the firearms examination. We identified that the fingerprint was of the victim; a series of experiments on the nonporous substrate were then conducted; the death in this case was classified as a suicide. The phenomenon is interesting, and thus, calls for attention of the forensic community.     

Performance Evaluation of a Registered Ballistic Database Using the Evofinder® System

Firearms for police in China are registered along with their fired bullets and cartridge cases. A Registered Ballistic Database (RBD) of 1000 Norinco QSZ‐92 pistols with registered ammunition was established and was evaluated through the Evofinder® system. In this research, 1000 bullets and 1000 cartridge cases were randomly selected and correlated against an RBD of 2996 bullets and 2999 cartridge cases. Examiners found that successful identifications all ranked 1st, supported with land (100%), groove (97%) engraved areas, and primary marks (85.6%) for bullets, and firing pin impressions (99.8%), and breech face marks (99.9%) for cartridge cases. Two known matches (KM) for the same pistol rank in the top two (100%). The distribution of similarity scores varies from marks; however, the Evofinder® system could still effectively distinguish known matches from known nonmatches (KNM) for either bullets or cartridge cases. This study demonstrates the efficiency of the RBD.     

Population studies on two native Mongolian population groups in China using STR loci

The allelic distribution of nine short tandem repeats (STRs) loci (vWA, FGA, PentaE, D3S1358, D13S317, D5S818, D6S1043, D2S1772 and D7S3048) was examined in 286 Ximeng-Mongolian and 293 Wumeng-Mongolian unrelated individuals living in the Inner Mongolia province, PR China.     

20O1年海上丝路研究在中国(下)

2001年中国对海上丝路的研究蓬勃发展,先后在昆明、宁波、湛江和广州召开了4次有关的学术研讨会。本文试对这4次学术研讨会,略作评述。     

近代以来中日亚洲观简论--"亚洲一体化"的思想追溯

历史是现实的背景,现实是思想的实现.因此当我们今天以热诚之心讨论亚洲一体化的时候,就有必要对"亚洲一体化"的思想作一次追溯,回顾历史上亚洲人的"亚洲观",以了解亚洲现状的"思想背景".又因为中国与日本是亚洲大国,梳理中日历史上的亚洲观,认识其源流,明晰其本质,辨别其同异就显得十分重要.冈仓天心、井上圆了、大川周明、桂太郎等人是日本历史上所谓"亚洲主义"的重要代表,而章太炎、孙中山则同样显示了对于二十世纪亚洲前途的深切关注与期待.将他们的思想作对比性的排列,也许可为今天"亚洲一体化"增添有益的思想历史的话题.     

“文革”中陈伯达为什么选择投靠林彪

人们对陈伯达在"文化大革命"中投靠林彪,很不理解,其实,这是有原因的. 陈伯达在中央"文革"中陷入了孤立状态     

质疑诸葛亮"借刀"杀关羽

不要把<三国演义>当作史书,如诸葛亮是"军师",掌管调遣军队大权,和刘备命令关羽北征而不发援兵,都是小说家语.诸葛亮在刘备生前没有直接指挥大战役,主职是行政管理和"足食足兵"的后勤.他没有权力"借刀",也不可能因"借刀"丢掉荆州,舍本求末.关羽北征,是因为中原内乱平定后,曹兵屯襄樊要南征,才出征,尔后获胜而未撤回;如他用人适当,吴人是难以偷袭成功的.关羽是镇守荆州最佳人选.刘备原以为关羽军力雄厚,又有上庸军相援,又因将士连年征战和安定两川、建制称王等因,故未及驰援.     

朝核危机的外因探析

朝核危机的爆发有重要的外因,主要表现为核武器作为现代武器中的"杀手锏"具有多重效用,对于核国家有吸引力;美国的半鸟政策造成了朝鲜的安全困境;美国目前的核策略和不合理的国际核不扩散体制对核武器的扩散产生了消极影响。因此,美国在朝核危机上负有不可推卸的责任。     

关于青少年思想道德教育状况的调查报告

社会与青少年对思想道德教育的必要性高度肯定,但是对此工作的现状不满意."两课"对青少年影响力小,原因在于内容不吸引学生,枯燥无味,教师与学生都把它当作纯知识课对待,以及一部分领导不重视思想政治工作与思想道德教育本身有不够科学的地方.     

The Taiwan Issue: Does China Have a Strategy?

China is applying a five-track strategy towards Taiwan. This strategy gives China more confidence that time is on its side in regard to the Taiwan issue, and decreases the likelihood of the use of force. For China, the decision not to use force is based on this strategy as well as on its unswerving commitment to economic modernisation at home. China's military modernisation is aimed less at occupying Taiwan than at deterring its creeping independence. For the near future, putting aside extreme situations such as a large-scale economic disaster or a domination of policymaking by internal politics rather than rational strategic thinking, China is unlikely to invade Taiwan.