Japan Bids Farewell to Pacifism

正ON July 1,2014,Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration adopted a cabinet resolution to"reinterpret"the constitution and so allow the country to exercise collective self-defense.Since Abe took office in December 2012,his administration has consistently sought to break with the restrictions of Article 9 of Japan’s pacifist constitution,which renounces"the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes."The resolution in effect reflects Abe’s ultimate aim.Although the Abe administration has issued specific restrictions on the right to collective self-defense,and there are constraints on Japan’s use of military force,this reinterpretation nonetheless marks a turning point in Japan’s histori-     

Chinese Contemporary Artists(8) Ji Dachun:Imagine It,Paint It

正"There is nothing that can’t be painted;if I can imagine it,I can paint it,and I can imagine a lot."WHEN I think of Ji Dachun,I can imagine him sitting down with Rene Magritte over tea and discussing theories on painting or playing chess with Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray.Dachun is a true surrealist and there are simply not that many contemporary Chinese surrealist painters.He is as unique as the subjects of his paintings that,for all their diversity,are consistently whimsical,irreverent,absurd,and always minimal like the workspace in which they are created.     

西部大开发立法与民族立法衔接刍议

我国的西部大开发已进入全面开发建设阶段,以专门立法促进开发、保障开发势在必行。文章从国家立法和地方立法两个层面,探讨西部开发立法和民族立法的衔接问题,指出只有西部开发立法和民族立法衔接一致,才能保证西部开发的成功和西部民族地区和谐社会的构建。