Milei's China Visit:Why the Change of Tone?

Argentine President Javier Milei,known for his past critical remarks about China,appears to be planning a visit to the country.According to newspaper La Nación and other Argentine media,Milei revealed in an interview that he intends to visit China in January next year,calling it a\"very interesting trading partner.\"A senior government official was quoted as saying that preparations are underway to ensure the trip goes smoothly.     

What Factors Influence the Intentions of Individuals to Engage in Tax Evasion? Evidence from Ghana

ABSTRACT

This study examines the views of students on the ethics of tax evasion, their intentions to evade tax, and investigates the factors that predict such intentions. Relying on the extended version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour, the study investigated whether attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and moral obligation may be good predictors of the intention to evade tax. Data were gathered from 662 students of University of Ghana Business School using questionnaires. The hypotheses were tested using the structural equation modelling technique. Results indicate that the intention to evade tax among the students is low and most respondents generally perceive tax evasion as an unethical practice. The results also demonstrate that attitude, subjective norms and moral obligations have important implications on the intention to evade tax. The evidence we provide should be useful to governments and tax agencies interested in promoting responsible tax compliance behaviour among individual taxpayers.     

Experiencing the war “of” terror: a call to the critical terrorism studies community

ABSTRACT

The Critical Terrorism Studies (CTS) community has produced an important volume of work assessing and critiquing epistemological understandings of the War on (of) Terror. Largely missing from this body of work, however, is the experience of those who are directly impacted by the policies of this global phenomenon. By rethinking the War on Terror as an experience of war, I posit a wider understanding, by reassessing its temporal and spatial boundaries, but more significantly, the ways in which it is experienced. By providing a wider understanding of war and expanding our knowledge of its boundaries, I am able to show that those impacted by the policies of the War on Terror can claim to have been subject to an experience of war, even when that experience takes place outside of the war zone. This reflection, however, serves a larger purpose, which is to act as a call to the CTS community to centre the lived experiences of those impacted by the War on Terror in their work and decision-making when engaging with policy and policymakers. This represents a call for an ethical re-centring of CTS scholars to the violence of the War “of” Terror, by reminding us of the many ways in which harm can occur.     

中国智慧和中国方案 ：就业优先的阶段性内涵与生发机制

作为中国特色的经济社会战略名词,就业优先惟有明晰其阶段性和针对性才能充分彰显中国智慧和中国方案的魅力。结合低中高收入水平及其各自所处阶段的发展均衡陷阱,以反贫困、反对不平等、实现充分就业与体面就业等阶段性主要任务为媒介,可探究就业优先的阶段性内涵与生发机制。总体上就业优先的内涵变迁可拾级而上形成三个阶段,即努力实现市场化就业优先的低等水平就业,追求就业数量优先的中等水平就业,致力于就业质量优先的高等水平就业。就业优先由低到高的三个阶段性内涵依次对应收入水平的低等、中低等、中高等不同阶段,但并非绝对。进入中国特色社会主义新时代,更要坚持就业优先战略,并把握好就业质量优先这一新的阶段性内涵,进一步推动相关领域的深化改革。     

变与不变 :新中国成立以来劳模文化叙事的内在逻辑

劳模文化是中国特色社会主义先进文化的重要组成部分,是劳模优秀道德品质的具体展现。新 中国成立以来,劳模文化叙事的发展演进蕴含着“变”与“不变”的哲学智慧。从外在呈现来看,劳模文化叙 事内容因变而化、叙事符号因变而进、叙事传播因变而新,呈现出契合时代风貌的演变图式;从内在本质来看, 劳模文化叙事立场旗帜鲜明、叙事内涵一以贯之、叙事价值始终如一,呈现出守常以立、守常以续、守常以育 的叙事指向。要科学把握新中国成立以来劳模文化叙事的内在逻辑,就需要在“守”与“变”的联动中澄清劳 模文化的核心要义,在“内”与“外”的融合中筑造劳模文化的叙事根基,在“情”与“理”的统一中建构劳 模文化的叙事共识。