The Politics of Citizenship Formation: Homeowners’ Collective Action in Urban Beijing

Conventional discourse in citizenship studies tend to assume that individuals are clearly aware of their rights and this rights-consciousness drives them to participate actively. This assumption, however, neglects the cases of interest-driven participation before the advent of rights-consciousness of the participants. By studying the homeowners’ collective action in Beijing, this study finds that the most direct incentive motivating the homeowners to participate in the first place is self-interest rather than strong rights-consciousness. Homeowners become actively involved in the process of democratic participation well before they have acquired a clear and strong sense of rights-consciousness. Nevertheless, despite starting off as interest-oriented, homeowners’ democratic practices have awakened their rights-consciousness and further cultivated a sense of citizenship identity. This interest-driven participation has paradoxically helped to create the democratic ethic of Chinese urban citizens. It has important implications for understanding political participation as well as citizenship formation in China.     

Domestic Bureaucratic Politics and Chinese Foreign Policy

One of the outstanding features of China's domestic politics is the prominence of the bureaucracy in the policy-making process. Arguably, bureaucracy is the next major player in the policy-making process in China after the top leaders. In this article, the three following aspects of the role of bureaucracy in the Chinese foreign policy-making process are examined: (1) the structure of the bureaucracy, especially the main agencies of the bureaucracy involved in foreign policy making; (2) the respective responsibilities of these agencies and their roles in the process; and (3) inter-agency coordination including the resolution of conflict among them. It observes that while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plays a key role in the process, other ministries and bureaucratic agencies have significant and even growing input in an increasing number of functional areas, such as trade, finance, economy, climate change, soft power and military affairs. In addition, coordination among these agencies has become a key in the policy-making process.     

启动“复合驱动”模式推动广东区域协调发展及持续发展

改革开放以来,广东省利用靠近港澳的优越的区位条件和改革开放先行一步的政策优势,实施外向型经济发展战略,形成了其经济一直由珠三角地区“单极驱动”的发展模式和相应的空间格局,凸显广东经济仅由珠三角独领风骚的发展不平衡特征。这在一定程度上影响了粤东西北地区的后发优势及潜力的发挥,更限制了广东不同区域的互补及互促发展。该文认为,推动广东区域经济协调发展和可持续发展,必须启动“复合驱动”发展模式,即促使经济发展按多种经济发展理论复合构造,通过构建多个（两个以上）相互协调的区域“动力源”,以共同推动广东区域经济发展。     

论诽谤罪的“网络门槛”下降及其意义

我国所特有的"立法定性加定量"的定罪模式,决定了罪量要素作为一种犯罪门槛普遍存在于我国刑法分则的条文中,而成立诽谤罪也需要达到特定的犯罪门槛。"两高"关于网络诽谤犯罪的司法解释对网络诽谤犯罪"情节严重"的认定标准作出了有针对性的细化,增加的"点击、转载次数"标准和"行政前置模式",促使诽谤罪的"网络门槛"下降,并使得网络中诽谤罪表现出不同于现实诽谤罪的犯罪门槛。诽谤罪的"网络门槛"下降,对于净化网络环境、促进刑法的网络扩张以及指导刑事司法实践具有积极的意义。     

大数据时代的社会治理创新

关于大数据的理解有信息说、技术说、价值说,但其共同点是大数据赋予了人们更加强大的认识世界和改造世界的能力。作为一种战略资源,大数据以其大容量、快速度、多样性、预测性等特征,为我们创新原有单一自下而上的管理方式,突破社会治理瓶颈,提供了思维、技术乃至制度的可能。探讨大数据与政府、社会(公众)、公共事务的互动关系,可得出可供期待的社会治理创新内容,但也不能忽视大数据对社会治理可能带来的问题和挑战。     

论上海自贸区金融宏观审慎监管政策

自贸区金融政策成为中国金融制度改革破冰的关键.资本项目可兑换、利率市场化、跨境投融资、离岸金融等金融改革措施实施后,中国金融业将面临更大的系统性风险、利率市场化风险、流动性风险的挑战.借鉴国际经验,前瞻性地构建自贸区宏观审慎监管制度,对维护中国金融市场长久稳定意义深远.在监管模式选择上,“相对独立”应理解为更严格的特别监管;在监管制度设计上,应借助“并表监管”实现与微观审慎的协调,并通过科学监测指标体系构建有效的风险预警系统;在监管机构设置上,应在中央银行牵头模式下,增强金融稳定局监督权的执行力.     

刑事被害人救助地方立法之比较——兼论刑事被害人国家救助制度的建立

为了解决因犯罪行为给刑事被害人造成的特殊困难,我国一些地方开展了刑事被害人救助工作,并且取得了较好的社会效果。2009年3月,中央八部委出台规定,要求各地根据自身情况制定被害人救助的具体实施办法,开展具体救助工作。无锡节、宁夏回族自治区和包头市人大常委会都制定了相应地方条例,通过对它们的比较分析,发现存在以下局限:与其他救助衔接方式不明,救助条件过于严苛,权利主体混乱,权利告知义务缺失和标准不确定。针对这些局限提出对建立刑事被害人国家救助制度的建议:明确与其他救助结合方式,协调相互关系;关注犯罪危害结果,给予有需要的被害人切实帮助;确定救助性质,弄清权利主体;规定告知义务,方便权利主体行使权利;与审查机关所在地经济发展水平相适应,保证救助标准的确定性。     

Legal challenges to combating cybercrime: An approach from Vietnam

Crime, Law and Social Change - This paper explores the legal challenges of combating cybercrime in Vietnam. We used a legal doctrine method to review the updated Vietnamese legal frameworks,...     

论知识经济时代中国与东盟的经济合作

在知识经济时代,面对知识经济产生的重大影响,同为发展中国家的中国与东盟,应对双方的经济合作拟订新的思路和框架,以推动双方经济的更大发展。技术合作与技术贸易,即是双方今后合作的重点,具体包括“三个层次”和“两个层面”。“三个层次”指的是在亚太经合组织中的合作、中国与东盟组织的合作,以及中国与东盟各国的合作。“两个层面”指的是政府间合作与非政府间合作。