‘Virtuous’ Reality

Government and industry join forces to combat Internet addiction and inappropriate content in online gaming According to figures from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,China’s online gaming population had reached 330 million as of June 2012. In other words,     

Decongesting Traffic

Irksome car ownership restrictions highlight the need to expand mass transit On April 2, the Beijing Municipal Government announced that the city will continue to     

Guarding Privacy

Protection from the media and the Internet for young offenders requires improvementOn August 29,the trial of a high-profile gang rape case in Beijing concluded.In the months leading up to the trial,the case,which involved the son of a famous Chinese singer,attracted a great amount of attention from the media and the public.Meanwhile,the debate over the privacy of juvenile offenders was also brought to the forefront of public discourse by experts who raised concerns over the publicity of the case.Some claimed that the relentless media reports and online sharing of every-minute detail of the suspect infringed on his right to privacy,particularly     

Cleaning Up Cyberspace

On Actions taken to curb false rumors online On August 25,Beijing police released a statement saying that journalist Liu Hu had been detained on allegations of fabrication and dissemination of false rumors online.Liu works for New Express,a local newspaper published in Guangzhou in south China’s Guangdong Province.The police didn’t release any further details other than stating that the case was currently under investigation.On the same day,Zhou Lubao,a blogger,was arrested in east China’s Jiangsu Province for an alleged extortion linked to the spreading of misinformation online.Zhou is suspected of posting more than 15,000 items of misinformation online within the last year.The Ministry of Public Security said that Zhou had blackmailed more than 20 separate entities and individuals.     

A Breath of Fresh Air

Authorities have vowed to tackle the country’s worsening air pollution During the weeklong National Day holiday that lasted October 1-7,He Yang,a fourth grader from southwest China’s Sichuan Province,traveled to Beijing hoping to see the city at its most beautiful.Unfortunately,the lingering smog left him disappointed."My parents canceled some of our plans,including a trip to the Great Wall,"He complained.According to Beijing’s meteorological authorities,with the exception of favorable     

美国《专利法》 最新修改法案评介

以美国<专利法>修改法案S515为对象,分析介绍了美国专利法修改的主要内容,对先申请原则、损害赔偿金、管辖地和异议程序等重要条款的修改做了详细的介绍和相应的评论.     

不破哲三:列宁对马克思恩格斯国家观的误读

不破哲三指出,在国家观上,列宁的《国家与革命》存在着对马克思恩格斯关于“打碎旧的国家机器”和是否废除“民主共和制”等思想的严重误读,认为马克思恩格斯“打碎旧的国家机器”原意是指“改造旧的国家机器”。但列宁却在《国家与革命》中认为“打碎旧的国家机器”就是全部“破坏”、“粉碎”等意思,将马克思恩格斯对“民主共和国”的肯定曲解为废除“民主共和国”。其原因在于列宁并未读过马恩的相关著作,就根据当时俄国的具体实际得出了被后来人们认为具有普遍指导意义的结论。     

Performance of Public–Private Partnerships and the Influence of Contractual Arrangements

This article seeks to answer two research questions: does public-private partnerships (ppp) live up to its promises to government? How do contractual arrangements affect ppp performance? We propose a conceptual framework to evaluate ppp performance by comparing actual project outcomes to government goals in initiating the partnerships, and to explore how a set of contractual arrangements affect the ppp performance on each identified goal. The framework is applied to a comparative case analysis of highway ppp experiences in the commonwealth of virginia (us) since the 1990s. The results show that these ppp cases were successful in accessing innovative finance, but their performance was mixed on reducing construction risk and transferring revenue risk. Generally improved over time with later projects, the ppp performance was affected not only by interaction among contractual arrangements –private partner selection, financial arrangements, role division, risk allocation, and project characteristics – but also by authorizing and supportive legislation in the policy domain.