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正Photo News February 17,2014Ballet dancer Zhang Yashu performs in front of Australia’s iconic landmarks,the Opera House and the Harbor Bridge,in Sydney.She is among a group of celebrated Chinese artists who will give a series of performances in Sydney and Melbourne.     

BRICS Shine Bright

正First initiated as an investment concept,the BRICS group is now a substantive cooperative mechanism of developing economies with growing global inf luence.July 2014 sees the convening of the Sixth BRICS Summit in Brazil,marking the f irst session of the second cycle of BRICS Summits.World opinions on the group are divided.To those in favor it has the capacity for pragmatic and eff icient cooperation that     

Sino-Indian Relations in the New Era

To have a clear understanding of the features of the Sino-Indian relations and its developing trend,it is necessary to take of the tinted spectacles and see the stark realities.     

BTG-Jianguo Hotels & Resorts

正A ceremony marking the cooperation between the BTG-Jianguo HotelsResorts Management Company and Italy’s ATAhotels was recently held at the Beijing Jianguo Hotel.Operating 21 high-end hotels,resorts and aparthotels,ATAhotels is the largest group of its kind in Italy.And BTG-Jianguo is one of the leading hotel management companies in China.The i rst step in the companies’strategic cooperation was to select eight member hotels from each group to share logos and l ags,and     

President of Tanzania Visits China

正President Xi Jinping and President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania held talks on October 24.Xi welcomed President Kikwete’s visit to China on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.He said that China     

国际法框架下的南海合作(英文)

Pragmatic cooperation on the South China Sea between signatory states not only conforms to the common interests of all parties,but also is a legal obligation.The current threats to stability in the South China Sea require that coastal countries cooperate in environmental protection,resource utilization and conservation,disaster prevention and mitigation,and the fight against crime.Due to a variety of internal and external factors,the South China Sea has recently experienced some problems.Together,stakeholders should look for solutions and promote cooperation in fields that are not very sensitive.     

对东北亚地区领土争议的战略思考(英文)

Historical experience of resolving territorial disputes in all parts of the world shows that the disputed territory itself has neither the strategic depth nor sufficient maneuvering space. It is hard to make any progress when solely focusing on resolving the territorial issue. How to keep the territorial issue in a controllable and appropriate place has posed a great challenge to the Northeast Asian countries.     

CIIS Released Report on China-US Cooperation

正On October 11,2013,China Institute of International Studies(CIIS),in cooperation with the Atlantic Council,released a report entitled"China-US Cooperation:Key to the Global Future"in Beijing.With generous support from the China-United States Exchange Foundation,the report was written by a China-US Working Group convened by the Atlantic Council in Washington and China Institute     

Subaltern connections: Brazilian critical geographers,development and African decolonisation

Abstract

This article explores the relations to Africa and African decolonisation of three key figures in Brazilian critical geographies and development studies, Manuel Correia de Andrade (1922–2007), Josué de Castro (1908–1973) and Milton Santos (1926–2001). Based on an analysis of their works and unpublished archives, I argue the radical Third World perspectives these intellectuals expressed anticipated later critiques of development as a neocolonial device. Drawing upon current literature on decolonisation, international conferencing and anti-racist solidarity networks, I discuss these matters in relation to these authors’ interest in cultural diversity and internal colonialism. Crucially, they developed this sensitivity in the Brazilian Northeast, a region especially shaped by Afro–Brazilian and Indigenous cultural legacies. While supporting anti-imperialist nationalisms in the Third World, these Brazilian scholars fostered multilingual, internationalist and cosmopolitan activism and scholarship. This is revealed by the study of the transnational networks they developed during exile and the various persecutions that many of them suffered after the 1964 military coup. Finally, I argue these works can substantiate recent claims to ‘decolonise’ geography and development studies, on the condition that these fields of study take seriously their anti-imperial traditions and their ‘voices from the South’.     

论政府购买公共服务的保证责任

政府购买公共服务是公私协力的表现,是担保国家理论在行政法中的具体化。透过担保国家理论、公私协力背景分析政府购买公共服务的行政法属性,政府保证责任作为政府购买公共服务的责任转型,有其宪法渊源与民事责任阙如的现实需求。基于保障社会公众以合理的价格持续、均等地获得质高价优的公共服务之目的,政府保证责任可以类型化为监督责任、管制责任、接管责任,其内容体现为保证有限竞争、质量与价格供给、持续与均等供给以及公共服务的信息公开与公众参与。可以通过行政规制、契约治理及信用监管等措施,促进政府保证责任的最终实现。