Guide to Authors

正Published by China Institute of International Studies,China International Studies is China’s first English-language journal on diplomacy and international politics for formal circulation.The magazine mainly publishes the latest research achievements of Chinese scholars and specialists on     

评《新月》杂志中的书评

《新月》杂志在 2 0世纪的二、三十年代曾为中国书评事业的发展做出过许多尝试和贡献。 2 1世纪的今天 ,书评事业的发展仍存在各种各样的问题 ,所以他们所做过的努力仍然具有借鉴意义。     

LETTERS

正I have subscribed to China Today for several years and it is always a great pleasure to read.The magazine is becoming more interesting,more elegant,and more diverse in its subjects,covering all aspects of Chinese society.As the number of economic and social topics has     

Questionnaire for Readers of China Today's English Edition

正Thank you for reading China Today’s English edition.Your feedback will help us better satisfy your needs.Please mail this questionnaire to English Department,No.24 Baiwanzhuang Street,Xicheng District,Beijing,100037.Or you can email it to chinatoday@aliyun.com,or fax it to 010-68328338.Those who give us feedback will receive two free copies of any edition of China Today(Chinese,English,French,Spanish and Arabic),which may be sent to any address in China’s main land.Thank you very much for fi lling out the questionnaire.     

Questionnaire for Readers of the China Today English Edition

正Thank you for reading the China Today English edition.Your feedback will help us better satisfy your needs.Please mail this questionnaire to the English Department,No.24 Baiwanzhuang Street,Xicheng District,Beijing,100037.Or you can email it to chinatodaynews@aliyun.com,or fax it to 010-68328338.Those who give us     

Understanding the media/terrorism relationship: An analysis of ideology and the news in time magazine

Conservative terrorism scholars have made the claim that the media have become a propaganda tool for terrorists and sympathetically portray terrorist activities. This article provides quantitative and qualitative data from Time magazine in 1986 suggesting that this view is mistaken. News production is treated as a social process that both informs and obscures, rather than as a neutral process that simply provides ‘objective’ facts. The results of the investigation reveal seven ways in which ideology is manifested in the terrorism news: semantics, language, headlines, social and historical context, treatment of objectives, trivialization, and amplification of violence. The ideological uniformity and lack of diversity apparent in terrorism news suggests that this kind of treatment results in a lack of understanding of the media/terrorism relationship and serves to support conservative views about the nature of terrorism and appropriate responses to it.     

The Impact of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapon Ban on Gun Violence Outcomes: An Assessment of Multiple Outcome Measures and Some Lessons for Policy Evaluation

The Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 bans a group of military-style semiautomatic firearms (i.e., assault weapons) and ammunition magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. Ban advocates argue that these weapons are particularly dangerous because they facilitate the rapid firing of high numbers of shots. Though the banned guns and magazines were used in only a modest fraction of gun crimes before the law, it was hypothesized that a decrease in their use might reduce gunshot victimizations, particularly those involving multiple wounds and/or victims. In response to a Congressional mandate for an impact assessment of the law, this study utilized national and local data sources and a variety of analytical techniques to examine the ban's short-term impact on gun violence. The ban may have contributed to a reduction in gun homicides, but a statistical power analysis of our model indicated that any likely impact from the ban will be very difficult to detect statistically for several more years. We found no evidence of reductions in multiple-victim gun homicides or multiple-gunshot wound victimizations. The findings should be treated cautiously due to the methodological difficulties of making a short-term assessment of the ban and because the ban's long-term effects could differ from the short-term impacts revealed by this study.     

高校学报的个性化问题初探

高校学报要有生命力,就应具有独特的个性和特色。一是在内容上应注重学术性和时代性,并向专科化靠拢;二是在形式上应体现自身内容特色及应有的独创性;三是编辑主体应具备特色意识。     

浅析时尚杂志的文化特征

目前，时尚杂志在中国市场的发展态势令人看好。随着发行量的增长，时尚杂志不仅占领了我国杂志广告市场的主导地位，而且影响力也日趋增大，所以它所传达的文化现象不容我们忽视。通过从社会学、文化学的视角对时尚杂志的种种文化特征进行分析，我们认识到这一文化文本的丰富性、复杂性。     

LETTERS

正I would like to thank you for publishing my letter in your issue of Janu-ary 2014.It sent an excellent message about the good international relations not only between China Today and myself,but also between thePeople’s Republic of China and the Republic of Rwanda in particular,andthe African continent as a whole.I wish to express my appreciation for the series of career articles by Robert Parkinson,CEO and founder of RMG Selection.I would,there-fore,like to take this opportunity to suggest that China Today considers publishing job announcements in every issue.I am convinced that this would increase the magazine’s readership exponentially and readers would benefi t from the opportunity to seek new jobs,get new jobs and