1760年西方商人对设立公行的抗议

1760年广州十三行商人在地方官府的指示下成立了贸易垄断联合机构——公行，招致西方各贸易公司商务代表——大班们的抗议。本文在深入研读荷、英原始档案的基础上，试图简要回顾西方各国大班如何协调彼此意见以及如何与行商及当地官员交涉，以应对公行的设立。     

孔庆宗驻藏任内为维护中央对藏治权的努力研究

1940年，国民政府利用吴忠信入藏主持十四世达赖坐床之机，在西藏设置了蒙藏委员会驻藏办事处，孔庆宗任首任处长。孔庆宗在任期间，通过按例处理帕巴拉活佛转世、坐床，坚持立场交涉、处理中印公路与“外交局”事件，协助喜饶嘉措入藏，力促噶厦派代表参加国民政府拟于1940年召开的国民大会等途径，对中央对藏治权进行了有力维护。     

浅谈港澳台和海外统战工作的整体化推进

港澳台和海外统战工作是国家统一战线工作中的重要组成部分,是国家统一战线工作大系统中的四个重要子系统。整体化推进港澳台和海外统战工作,可以实现港澳台和海外统战工作效果最大化。应树立港澳台和海外统战工作的全局整体化推进理念,加强国家各级统战工作部门及港澳台和海外统战工作的整体化建构。     

China,globalisation and the World Trade Organisation

This article claims that membership of the WTO will help industrialisation, rather than make China more dependent. Hedley Bull's realist paradigm helps to understand why China joined this organisation, any counter arguments are wishful thinking. Friedrich List's ideas for self-reliant industrialisation were used successfully by Mao Zedong, but globalisation has changed development strategy. Globalisation, if handled wrongly can make China jobless, voiceless, rootless, ruthless and futureless. If handled right, it can strengthen independence, sovereignty and self-reliance. The Chinese government needs stable external, as well as internal economic conditions. There are benefits for the vast majority of Chinese, but there are also possible disadvantages. David Ricardo's “comparative advantage” has not really helped Less Developed Countries, on the other hand, China should not become a crumbled “Somalia,” this means that China has to engage with globalisation, and this means also the WTO. After all, agency does exist and globalisation is a “two-edged sword.”     

Sharecropping contracts in rural India: A note

In this article we examine the terms of sharecropping contracts using data from rural India. We examine the effect of - (1) the sharing of input costs between landlord and tenant; (2) the tenant's capacity to borrow; and (3) the existence of outside employment opportunities for the tenant — on the share parameter. We regress the share paid by the household on a set of cultivating household and village level characteristics and find that cost sharing and the existence of outside employment opportunities significantly affect the share parameter.     

Beijing's 2007 political reform plan and prospects for Hong Kong's democratization

In the September 2008 Legislative Council election, Hong Kong's democrats managed to retain their veto position in the political reform process. Now, the democrats face the dilemma of what to do with Beijing's 2007 plan for Hong Kong's democratization. According to the plan, the people of Hong Kong could see the direct election of the chief executive and the entire legislature in 2017 and 2020, respectively. Although the plan is not perfect, Hong Kong's pan-democratic camp may need to adopt a negotiated approach, given the current political reality and the balance of power between local democrats and Beijing. It is suggested here that there is room for negotiation in the latter's reform plan. If some moderate democrats are willing to pursue a negotiated strategy, Beijing's political reform plan for Hong Kong stands a significant chance of being approved. Recent developments in Hong Kong indicate that such a prospect could indeed materialize.     

香港法治发展径路之启示

不同的社会背景产生不同的法律,而法律是社会物质生活条件的反映,法治的形成与发展必须与这个社会的物质生活条件相适应,从而形成良法,但仅有良法并非就是法治,法治社会的形成除有良法外,还必须具有相关制度的支持,以及公众对司法的信赖,这是建设法治社会的基础。香港及西方法治社会的形成昭示:法是由统治者制定的用来规范社会主体行为的规则,这些规则只有得到社会公众的自觉遵守和维护,才能发挥其规范作用,否则将是一纸空文。     

中国内地与香港地区合同法律制度若干问题的比较

该文就中国内地与香港合同法中关于合同法律的渊源、合同的形式以及合同成立的有效条件等内容进行比较研究 ,指出两地合同法的合理性和局限性 ,并对相关问题予以了更进一步的分析。     

多重困境下的文化选择——洪炎秋大陆时期的文学文化活动研究

洪炎秋，台湾著名的教育家，前半生辗转台湾、日本、大陆等地，失地丧权的家国之恨，饱受歧视压迫的殖民地的悲哀，前现代到现代社会转型的巨大冲击，新旧文化的矛盾与冲突，是他无可选择的历史境遇，也构成了他人生历程、文化选择与认同难以回避的多重困境。本文通过对其一生产生至关重要影响的大陆时期的文学文化活动的观照，探讨一代台湾知识人在近代多重困境下的文化选择的复杂性及意义。     

中国香港与内地警察招募制度之比较

香港警察部队是一支在世界上享有较高声誉，并为香港市民所普遍爱戴的香港纪律部队。它在警察人员招募制度方面有着独特的优势。分析和探索香港警察招募制度以及与我国内地警察录用制度进行比较，对我国内地警察招募制度的改革和发展具有积极的借鉴和推动作用。