Hands-on Celebrity Charity Supporters

POP diva Faye Wong and her husband,actor Li Yapeng,won top honors last May 19 at the China Charity Celebrity Gala in Beijing.Kung Fu star Jet Li came a close second,with superstar actor and director Jackie Chan bringing up the rear in third place.Rather than donations,the awards acknowledged these big names’ proactive dedication to good causes and use of their celebrity status to polarize public attention.Gala organizers remarked that the magnitude of everyday people these individuals draw into and acquaint with charitable culture outweighs by far the value of their personal donations. Although celebrity charity is relatively new to China it has already moved on from stars acting as mere figureheads.They now take concrete measures towards sustainable charity development.Examples include Faye     

Taking the Chill off Harbin

In a city whose winter temperature can be as low as minus 38 °C dense ice and snow are the clay of sculptors, the field of sports-men, and the stuff that carnivals are built of.     

Saunter ThrouqhTengchong

TENGCHONG is a frontier town on the western edge of Yunnan Province. Long overshadowed by neighboring Lijiang and Dali, famous for their snow mountains,crystal clear rivers and fascinating ethnic cultures,Tengchong has remained relatively obscure owing to under-     

Keeping the Legend of the Fish Skin Tribe Alive

BEFORE synthetic fibers were invented and their prices were brought down within the reach of the populace, people clothed themselves with the natural materials available in the surroundings where they lived and worked everyday. These vary from bark of trees to hide of animals. In the case of the Hezhens, an ethnic group in northeastern China, it is fish dermis. The Hezhens live in the plains along the Heilong, Songhua and Wusuli rivers in northeastern China. With a popula-     

Energy Transformation on a Roll

ACCORDING to the National Statistics Bureau, China＇s gross energy consumption in 2009 mounted to 3.1 billion tons of standard coal, confirming China＇s image as a real powerhouse of global energy consumption. Although its per capita consumption is still low - the equivalent of 2.33 tons of standard coal in 2009 as compared to 10.37 tons in the United States, unfortunately China＇s energy composition is dominated by coal, whose utilization is currently inefficient. Then there are its other drawbacks - the scars and stresses sustained by environments during mining and burning. Hence,     

论恶意民事诉讼的程序法规制

由于经济的发展,法律规定的不完善,人们法律意识的不断提高,利益的诱惑,恶意民事诉讼案件应运而生。我国对于恶意诉讼法律上还没有直接可以用来抑制的规则,但是恶意民事诉讼案件已经是遍地开花,再没有明确的法律来规制,将会使更多社会主体的权益受到侵害。为此,可从将诚实信用原则引入民事诉讼法、严格限制撤诉等多方面对恶意民事诉讼问题加以法律规制。     

A Fight That Cannot Be Lost

A rare droughtplagued southwestern China for thefirst half of this year. In Yunnan and Guizhou provinces and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region rainfall was merely half the average level for that time of year, leading to a record-low drawdown in local rivers. More than 16 million people and 11 million heads of livestock were craving water, and 43.48 million hectares of farmland were affected All told, the direct economic losses inflicted have reached RMB 19 billion. Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan was among the worst hit areas： 1.13 million of its 3.4 million population face water shortages.     

“法律方法”的用语及概念解析

国内外学界对"法律方法"之用语的使用并不一致。应当用"法律方法论"一语来指称自1990年代以来国内学界关于法律解释、法律推理和法律论证等法律应用方面的研究。法律方法的研究是以法律适用为中心,从微观的视角来谋求法律自身的学问。作为一种职业性思维与技术,法律方法旨在处理事实与规范之间对立与紧张的难题,从而追求个案中法律判断的合法性与正当性;逻辑与经验构成法律方法的基本向度;法律知识、法律技能、职业伦理是法律方法的构成要素。     

Hu Jintao Marks the 90th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China

ON July 1,Hu Jintao,general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,delivered a keynote speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,marking the 90th anniversary of the CPC. Hu traced,illustrated,and expounded on the CPC’s accumulated experience,its current challenges and coping strategies,and its     

国家绑架行为的法律剖析——以美国的实践为视角

美国判定国家绑架行为引用的司法先例是＂ker案＂,但是由于国家绑架行为的特殊性,对这一司法先例,美国法院有许多保守意见。为限制和规范国家绑架行为,随后又陆续有三个典型案例做了例外性规范。