Memories of ethnic cleansing and the local Iron Curtain in the Czech–German borderlands

The Czech–German borderlands are an archetypal European border region. They evoke not only Cold War histories, but also shelter layers of European memories of the ethnic reshaping of early post-war Europe. By means of life story interviews with German speakers of the border region, this article analyzes the symbolic meaning of and the individual dealing with the local Iron Curtain. It will shed light on the biographical and narrative interconnectedness of experiences of ethnic cleansing in the early post-war period and retrospective perceptions of the Iron Curtain in these borderlands. In particular, it inquires whether and to what extent the local Iron Curtain intensified fractures caused by the region's post-and pre-war attempts to halt the multiethnic composition of the border communities. The article suggests that the local Czech–German Iron Curtain would have never endured as strongly if the border communities' common identity had not already been severely damaged in the course of the region's traumatic history and forced population transfers.     

Improving Nonmetric Sex Classification for Hispanic Individuals

Current techniques used by forensic anthropologists for the identification of unknown human skeletal remains have largely been created using U.S. Black and White samples. When applied to Hispanics, these techniques perform poorly and can lead to misclassifications; consequently, there is an imperative need for population‐specific standards for Hispanics. This research examines the classification accuracies obtained by the original Walker (Am J Phys Anthropol, 136, 2008) and Klales et al. (Am J Phys Anthropol, 149, 2012) methods for nonmetric sex estimation and provides recalibrated regression equations specifically for Hispanics. Ordinal data were collected for five skull and three pelvic traits from a sample of 54 modern Hispanic individuals. Recalibration of the Klales et al. equation improved accuracy (90.3% vs. 94.1%), while recalibration of the Walker method equation decreased accuracy (81.5% vs. 74.1%), but greatly improved sex bias (22.2% vs. ?7.4%), thereby making the recalibrated equations more appropriate for use with Hispanics.     

跨境次区域经济合作中我国沿边地方政府行为分析

跨境次区域经济合作是我国中西部沿边地区对外开放的主要形式,而沿边地方政府又是其主要推动力量。目前,中央政府主导、地方政府积极参与是我国跨境次区域合作的主要模式。但由于地方利益的强化,沿边地方政府与中央政府在利益和目标上会有所偏差。这导致了沿边地方政府在区域经济合作中,采取对内竞争和对外合作两种不同的行为模式。这两种不同行为模式背后的动力机制研究对进一步揭示我国经济转型发展的内在制度安排,提升我国沿边地区对外开放开发水平具有重要的意义。     

辽宁省边境地区与朝鲜经济贸易合作研究

辽宁省边境地区与朝鲜的经济贸易合作不仅是辽宁省对外开放总体战略的重要组成部分 ,而且关系到我国的国家利益。分析双方经济贸易合作基础 ,着重研究双方经贸合作的现状和存在的问题 ,并提出今后发展的对策建议 ,对辽宁省边境地区的发展将能起到很大的借鉴作用。     

At Boiling Point: Like Water for Chocolate and the Boundaries of Mexican Identity

Abstract — This article explores the mechanisms of Mexican identity as they are constructed in Alfonso Arau's film Como agua para chocolate (1991) (Like Water for Chocolate). In re-designing the characters of Laura Esquivel's novel, Arau produces a range of filmic stereotypes drawn from both the Hollywood and the Mexican traditions of film-making. Through the careful manipulation of filmic devices such as editing, framing and close-ups, many of the features of Mexican otherness perpetuated by Hollywood throughout the twentieth century are inscribed. I apply the metaphor of boiling, derived from the film's title, to examine certain key concepts of cinematic 'mexicanness' including the tropes of 'revolution', 'border', 'race' and 'sex'. Crucial to this argument is a consideration of the contemporary political climate in which Like Water for Chocolate was both produced and released. In Mexico, it was released halfway through the sexenio (six-year period of rule) of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's rule and is clearly one of the most succesful cultural products (and exports) of his government's now infamous rule. In the United States, the climate of anti-immigrant attitudes in 1992 and 1993 and the corresponding political tension provokes new readings of certain stereotypical images of Mexicans and mexicanness. It is the tension that is produced by the collision between these two contexts — cultural, political and ethnic — that forms the principal focus of discussion in this article.     

对中缅边境管理中与缅甸地方民族武装势力开展警务合作的思考

中缅两国建交多年以来 ,双方在和平共处五项原则的基础上共同维护边境安全 ,增进了双方的胞波情谊 ,促进了双边贸易的发展。然而 ,由于与我云南接壤段缅方地方民族武装势力的存在 ,给双方的边境安全、出入境管理和边境地区治安管理等增加了复杂性和特殊性。加强与缅方地方民族武装势力在边境管理中的双边警务合作 ,具有极其重要的现实意义和非常深远的历史影响     

论沿边口岸在我国东北部经济发展中的作用

黑龙江、吉林、辽宁、内蒙古 4个省区 ,业已形成一个沿边口岸群。口岸的开辟和建设、边境贸易的健康快速发展 ,推动了沿边城镇化进程。口岸、边贸、城镇化三者互促互动 ,在我国东北部经济发展中有效地发挥了利国、兴边、富民、睦邻、安邦的作用。     

美国新战略下阿富汗安全形势及其对中国西部边境安全的影响

2009年3月，美国总统奥巴马宣布了新的“阿富汗和巴基斯坦战略”，该战略有两个显著特点，一个特点是将巴基斯坦因素纳入到新战略框架中，另一特点是大量增兵阿富汗。阿富汗与中国相邻，其国内安全形势对中国西部边境地区的安全有着重要影响。     

伏击战法在公安边防战斗中的应用研究

公安武警边防部队的作战对象大部分是违法犯罪分子,近些年来,这些人为达到犯罪目的,在行动中采用各种手段隐蔽自己的企图.公安武警边防部队是一支执法的部队,战斗中能否将犯罪分子捕获,决定着边防战斗的胜败.伏击战法是捕获犯罪分子、实现最佳战果的理想战法.该战法有利于实现最佳作战目的,有效地打击犯罪分子.     

1935年初西北根据地形成原因探析

1935年初,为了粉碎国民党大规模军事＂围剿＂,在陕甘边、陕北根据地主要领导人关于西北革命意见日趋一致,西北革命逐渐形成了比较成熟的干部队伍,陕甘边、陕北根据地遭受党内错误路线干扰相对减弱等有利因素的交互作用下,2月5日,陕甘边、陕北根据地部分主要领导人齐聚赤源县周家硷,召开周家硷会议,成立了西北工委和西北军委,初步实现了中共领导的西北根据地的统一。西北根据地的形成对推动西北革命和中国革命的发展产生了重要的作用。