The Changing World Order and China

Over the past three or four years, several prominent commentators have made some astonishing claims, and with the help of the media, many people now believe that the global order has dramatically changed because of China. One famous U.S. scholar of international politics started the idea of G2, saying that only the U.S. and     

Towards state activism： Long live public administration

The last two decades of human civilization has witnessed fast changing in polity, society, economy and almost every sphere of state activities. The era of new economic order and revolution in the information technology sector has compelled the public administration to adopt the new paradigms. However, the new concepts such as NPM, public choice approach and state minimalism are being questioned in the framework of welfare state and emerging needs of the regulatory administration. It has been realized by almost all the modern and democratic nations that the state and its instrumental part （public administration） are not the evils; rather they are inevitable institutions for mankind. Terrorism, cyber crimes, disaster management, economic meltdown, sustainable development, capacity building, international relations, development of heavy and basic infrastructure and protection of human rights etc. are the prime and exclusive functions of the public administration. The 9/11 attack on US and 11/26 attack on India, plus the recent recession with the global warming worries have proved that we have to move towards state activism.     

冬季健康养生攻略

寒风衔着冬天而来，我国民间习惯上把“立冬”作为冬季的开始，此季节正是人体养藏的最好时刻。《黄帝内经》上说，冬季3个月，宜早睡晚起。冬季包括立冬、小雪、大雪、冬至、小寒、大寒等6个节气。人体受寒冷气温的影响，各项生理功能和食欲等均会发生变化。在一年中最寒冷的季节讲究保健、养生是很重要的。     

Bunkers to Castles

AS one＇s circumstances change, so often does taste. The home, and ideas on how we should shape this most intimate of surroundings, have passed through some very diverse and interesting phases in modem day China.     

全球变暖引发鱼体内蓄积毒素增加

中国气象局灾害评估专家周自江日前说，气候变暖会导致温压场结构发生变化，从这个角度看，气候变暖对沙尘暴的发生是有影响的，但是从目前的统计数据来看，温度升高，沙尘暴却变少，“所以，近几年沙尘天气偏多，可能还不是气候变暖的结果。”     

可用于搜救灾难幸存者的化合物探测器

英国化学家保罗·托马斯教授研究出一种能够探测呼吸和汗水等人体“代谢物”的感应器，可用来搜救灾难中的幸存者。目前，已经研制出采用该技术的搜救设备样品，正处于试验阶段。托马斯教授说：“人们在经过建筑物时，都会留下各种化合物，它们都是身体新陈代谢的副产品，来自呼吸、出汗及排尿。这些化合物会随着时间的推移而发生变化，所以我们需要不断实验，以弄清楚哪些与‘生命迹象’有关的化合物是仪器能够探测出来的。”     

Ship of Scholars

IN Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region there lives a rural teacher named Shi Lansong. In the past 25 years he has commuted more than 30,000 times between the two banks of Dalong Lake, leaving eight wooden boats in ruins. Students come and go, and the damaged boats were replaced by new ones. While everything else was changing, Shi Lansong kept rowing his boat all year round, conveying his students to school and back home, safe and sound.