That’s Entertainment! The Cultural Economy

The creative economy is one of the most dynamic sectors of world trade, or so declared UNCTAD’s (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) Edna dos Santos-Duisen-berg     

Chris Buckley： Extreme Textiler

EXTREME textiles is a name we might associate with a carpet that can report the footsteps of an intruder or the heat of a fire （don＇t laugh; they exist!）. But that＇s not the sort of extreme we have in mind when discussing Chris Bucktey＇s work. It＇s more along the lines of Mathilda McQuaid＇s lecture on high-tech textiles at the Copenhagen Conference ＂Avantgarde - Innovative Cooperation Between Craft and Businesses.＂     

It’s All Natural Feicheng Excelsinthe International Organic Vegetable Market

AT 30 kilometers from Mount Tai,one of China’s "famous five" peaks,and 100 kilometers from Confucius’ hometown of Qufu,the location of Feicheng City in Shandong Province could not be more auspicious.With famously fertile plains extending for miles around the city,Feicheng is fast becoming an important base for China’s burgeoning organic vegetable industry.     

Property Owners Take Initiative

THE state of disrepair of household buildings, evident in falling exterior tiles, was a common worry last year among residents of the Shuiyan Mingju community in Beijing’s Haidian District. Dissatisfaction with their property management company and the need to have a say in repairs and apportionment of related costs prompted Yu Lin and other householders to apply to the local administrative office for permission to set up a property owners’ committee.     

An Ocean of Hope

ON December 18, 2009,Chang Dechuan, president of Qingdao Port Group. and Fu Yuning, chair of China Merchants Group, clasped their lands in a wave met by a blinding flash of cameras. They were announcing the establishment of Qingdao Qianwan United Container Terminal Co., Ltd. （QQCTU）. The agreement added one more joint venture under Qingdao Port＇s name, and raised the profile of the company＇s transnational reputation; its number of corporate investors is now six, in three countries.     

Western Holiday Warms Country Hearts

TOUGH Valentine＇s Day was first embraced by college students and the middle class in China, it is now finding its way into rural areas. Country dwellers have become better connected with the outside world through the televisions and computers that are increasingly common in their homes, or more directly through their working experience in cities. The holiday calls for the blatant celebration of love, a custom not found in traditional Chinese culture, and this gives the generally shy and conservative Chinese farmers the chance to express affection in public for the people they privately adore.     

Insights into Public Diplomacy from Those in the Know

Title:The Wisdom of Public Diplomacy: Cross-Border Dialogues Author:Zhao Qizheng et al.279 pages,paper cover RMB 56 Published by New World Press in April 2012 Although public diplomacy is not a new term in political and academic circles,perhaps it still sounds abstract andalien to members of the lay public.Discussion of it is mostly con nedto serious seminars and academic publications.The Wisdom of Public Diplomacy: Cross-Border Dialogues is presented in the form of dialogues     

On a Mission for Homeless Children

I had a loveless childhood. I didn’t have loving parents. I didn’t know how to care about others and I didn’t even really know what love was. I always complained, thinking everyone owed me something, and I blamed life for not giving me what other children had. Not until I came to the Guang’ai Family did I truly discover love, thanks to my teachers and classmates.     

高校管理权力配置的失衡与规避

随着高等教育的发展,国家包揽办学的局面已经改变,办学主体多元化成为趋势,政府从对学校的直接行政管理转变为运用立法、拨款、规划、政策等手段进行宏观管理,国家控制变为国家监督,高校自主管理权在加大。但高校内部管理仍处在历史的惯性作用下,行政化了的管理行为仍在继续, 学术权力与行政权力失衡。如何解决失衡并建立现代大学制度,本文试作初步的探讨。     

Fei Qing and Renhe Architecture

JELLY Prototype 0612 sounds like a laboratory experiment by food scientists, but this structure may represent China＇s best architectural response to the unprecedented historical changes of its last 30 years. This is actually a large structural model for a building designed by Fei Qing and Frank Fu, partners in Renhe Architecture, prefiguring the ＂Jelly Building＂ to be erected in Yizhuang, or, officially,