MARKET WATCH

New Year's Day holiday sales were strong and posted a 13-percent year-on-year increase despite recessionary fears. But China’s economy continued to ail on other fronts: The unemployment rate was estimated to be just above 9 percent with many laid-off migrant workers and college graduates who cannot find jobs. The combined asset value of domestic fund management companies dropped 41 percent in 2008. And centrally administered state-owned enterprises saw their profits plunge 30 percent last year. In the meant...     

Sakya Shines on

Restoration of one of Tibet's most important monasteries is good news for Buddhists the world over It has taken seven years     

Chinese Voices at Davos

Wen sends a strong message of confidence about world economic recovery This year's Davos was chillier than usual with the cloud of the world     

‘Buy European’ Spree

Chinese businesspeople buy billions of dollars of made-in-Europe products on a recent trade mission     

Remembering Misery

A Tibetan recalls a dismal life under the old feudal serfdom system How much could a man's life change in 50 years? For Myima Toinzhub, it has changed a lot. Once an oppressed serf in Tibet's Gyangze County, the 75-year-old is now a well-known yak farmer earning 5,000 yuan ($220) a year selling dairy products from his 11 animals. His family also grows two hectares of highland barley, radishes and potatoes.     

MARKET WATCH

TO THE POINT: The Chinese economy is right on track for recovery, though downward pressure remains. Consumer and producer prices continued to fall in April, and both stayed in negative territory. Home prices also fell in April year on year. But the possibility of deflation was ruled out due to abundant money supply in the market. New loan growth returned to a reasonable level after an upsurge in March. Foreign trade fell year on year, but rose month on month. The government ordered cuts in iron and steel ou...     

MARKET WATCH

China detailed its revitalization plan for light industry and,in the meantime,hiked subsidies for auto and home appliance replacement to further tap into consumers' wallets.China's fiscal revenue continued to drop,recording a year-on-year 13.6-percent plunge in April.The country's overseas financial assets increased despite the global economic downturn,but analysts warned China should stop buying U.S.securities.A Brazilian oil giant inked an oil-for-loan agreement with China due in part to the latter's heal...     

集群融资与云南中小企业融资机制创新

尽管近年来云南中小企业对地方经济社会的贡献呈现较大的增长,然而,融资难仍是困扰中小企业持续成长的主要难题之一.要有效解决这一难题,应针对云南中小企业融资现状和地方经济发展的实际,借鉴经济发达省区中小企业融资解困的经验,结合国家拉动内需所采取的一系列财政、货币政策,依托产业集群的发展,以"集群融资"的视角探索云南中小企业融资机制创新的方向.     

非物质文化遗产与知识生产的新型共同体——基于村落研究经验的分析

荣登非物质文化遗产名录的文化事象大多散落在民间村落.当非物质文化遗产被列为学界议题,村落与学界的关系就变得愈加紧密.在学界与村落、词与物之间,"非物质文化遗产"其实是学界与村落、学者与村民双方对话、博弈的产物.相应地,一种以非物质文化遗产为主题,由学者和村落所构筑的知识生产共同体诞生出来.基于村落研究中的经验分析,揭示这种含有普遍意义的知识生产机制的存在,能助益于理解知识生产与研究对象的互动,以及这种互动给对象方面带来的文化生态改变.     

旅游后现象理论及其实证研究

旅游后现象是因旅游产业生命周期、旅游产业波动以及旅游运行规律等因素导致旅游业退出,进而对旅游目的地或旅游企业等旅游利益相关者产生一系列影响和伴生现象的综合表现.运用旅游后现象理论对"后黄金周现象"进行实证分析.发现彻底取消黄金周是不经济的,黄金周制度的根本问题不是其数量多少的问题,而是人们对黄金周和后黄金周的管控能力问题.在此基础上.黄金周制度发展的趋势是其设计要确保旅游业运行波动减小,运行平滑化,降低旅游系统内耗.实现顾客价值和产业价值最大化.