The Reemerging Concern over Air Pollution in China: the Smog of the State’s Efforts to Guide Public Opinion

In January 2012, Beijing began releasing air quality report of PM 2.5. The move has been credited as a major breakthrough in China’s environmental governance as it is argued that online environmental activists in China were the major driving force behind it. Since then, the issue of air pollution has reemerged as one of the hottest issues and a series of new policies addressing air pollution have been adopted. Facing a relatively new phenomenon (wumai) and heightened public concerns, to what extent is the state still capable of guiding the pubic perception and opinions about the issue? By analyzing the discourse of air pollution in People’s Daily and comparing it with public opinion survey data, the paper finds that the state’s ability to guide public opinion is rather limited, indicating that opportunities do exist for civil society to play a bigger role in China’s environmental governance.     

《高等教育法》中若干问题的文化生态学视角思考

10年来中国教育的背景和理念都发生了很大的变化，《高等教育法》中的许多规定已无法适应人才培养目标和高等教育事业的未来发展。文化生态学以其系统均衡、以人为本、人文关怀的理念为解决目前高等教育制度中存在的若干问题提供了一种全新角度，进而为促进人才和高校的全面、可持续发展提出一些合理化建议。     

略论执政党建设与参政党建设的相互促进

党的建设是政党健康存在和发展的永恒主体。国际国内形势的深刻变化,对中国共产党领导的多党合作提出许多全新的理论课题和更高的实践要求,中国共产党及时做出加强执政能力建设的战略部署,参政党也把加强自身建设作为当务之急。中国特色的政党制度决定了执政党与参政党建设密不可分,相互促进,相得益彰,在兴国安邦,建设中国社会主义现代化的事业中,通力合作,共创伟业。     

和谐新世界美好"中国梦"

2006年4月2日,中国国际关系学会、北京外国语大学、天津外国语学院、外交学院联合举办“‘中国梦’与和谐世界”研讨会。来自社会各界的与会者从不同视角、不同层面对“中国梦”的内涵、“个人梦”和“国家梦”之间的关系、实现“中国梦”与构建和谐世界关系互动等问题作了精辟的阐释。“中国梦”理念的提出,意在国内提倡一种主流、健康和积极进取的社会意识,引导年轻一代树立正确的世界观,促进国内和谐社会的建设;在国际上化解中国威胁论,加强中国的“软实力”,塑造中国负责任大国的国际形象,为创建和谐世界做出贡献。本刊将与会者的演讲编辑发表,希望能引发社会各界对“中国梦”理念的关注和思考。     

HERALDING AN ERA OF CIVIL CODE

正New preamble shows commitment to rule of law and the market economy The National People’s Congress,China’s national legislature,approved the General Provisions of Civil Law at the close of its annual session on March 15.The General Provisions of the Civil Law,based on the 1986 General Principles of the Civil Law,constitute the framework of     

简论出租屋的治安管理——同和镇出租屋治安管理的调查

当前出租屋管理已成为社会治安管理工作中的薄弱环节,管理的体制、方式、手段都相对滞后,本文以广州市同和镇为例,分析了出租屋的构成、治安管理现状,并提出科学管理出租屋的对策。     

建设工程招投标环节职务犯罪问题研究

建设工程招投标制度是国家采取透明化措施、降低工程建设领域职务犯罪风险的重要举措。北京大兴国际机场及新航城建设在即,一大批工程建设项目将不断上马,为确保"工程优质、干部优秀、资金安全"的实现,我们立足职务犯罪预防职能,对五年来全市检察机关查办的建设工程招投标环节职务犯罪案件进行全面分析,总结案件特点和犯罪表现形式,剖析案发原因和发展趋势,研究并提出预防对策建议,以期对新区重大工程建设项目招投标的廉政风险防控工作有所裨益。     

DONATE WITH A CLICK

Every early September, Ge Mingzhu, who works for a charitable organization based in Beijing, puts up 99 Giving Day posters across social media platforms to raise more fund for her organization. By using a smartphone to scan the QR code on the poster, one can donate money to the chari-table projects directly; the Tencent Charity Foundation and other such organizations will add to in-dividual donations with their own contributions.     

Space Cargo Service Now Available!

<正>China’s first cargo spacecraft is launched in preparation for future space stationScience f iction is becoming a reality with China’s first robotic cargo ship firmly anchored in space,paving the way for a manned space station around 2022.Tianzhou-1,China’s first cargo spacecraft as well as its largest and heaviest spacecraft,will stay in     

Is the WTO Dispute Settlement System a Disaster for the U.S.? An Evaluation of U.S. – China WTO Disputes

Since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the WTO dispute settlement system (DSS) has resolved an impressive number of US–China trade disputes. Over the past few years, however, as tensions between the two have escalated over several trade issues, the WTO has been pushed toward irrelevance since the Trump administration. Alleging that the WTO is “a disaster” and its adjudication is very unfair to the US, former President Trump made no effort to hide his criticism of the WTO and its DSS in particular. Is Trump right about the WTO DSS? Based on an examination of US–China WTO disputes and the WTO adjudicators’ highly contentious interpretations of the concept of “public body” under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (the SCM Agreement) as an example, this article shows that the WTO DSS is not particularly unfair to the US. While the WTO adjudicators sometimes did not fully follow the positions advocated by the US, they have adhered to generally accepted rules of treaty interpretation and exercised great caution to remain balanced and flexible in reaching their conclusions, especially on ambiguous issues. Though not perfect, the WTO DSS works as it is intended to. Engaging in the reform of the WTO and its DSS, instead of abandoning or marginalizing the WTO, should be a wiser and more practical choice for the Biden administration.