A Comparative Study of the Factors Contributing to British and Ameri⁃can National Characters

Each nation has its own unique national characters.British are known as conservative,gentlemanlike,reticent,etc.While Americans are thought to be independent,outgoing,optimistic and democratic.A comparative study of the geographical and historical factors of these two countries will objectively cast a light on the differences of their national characters.

The Expression of National Character in Japanese Movies

During the development of Japanese movies,filmmakers paid special attention to integrating their own national characteristics into movies.On the one hand,the national character provides an opportunity for the development of Japanese movies;on the other hand,it also restricts movie activities to a certain extent.The national character has been embodied in the audio-visual language,character creation,and theme expression of Japanese movies.

China's National Characteristics,Government-Market Relationship and the Development of Its Financial System

This study seeks to determine an effective boundary between government and market in light of modern financial theories.According to the findings of this paper,the relationship between government and market must be conceived of as under the "continuous spectrum of change" resulting from economic development.In practice,an effective frontier between government and market not only transforms continuously with the process of economic development but also demonstrates significant contrasts internationally according to the different national characteristics existing in each country.Determining a frontier between government and market requires that the relationship between the two be embedded into a broader set of institutional environmental constraints that incorporate consideration of the dynamic processes and mechanisms of economic development.The key issue is that government and market act with regard to the principle of comparative advantage as they play their respective roles.

1944-1949 in the North East of Latvia： Soviet Myths and Reality

The scientific work on collecting and studying life stories started in Latvia in late 1980s, and mainly was devoted to creation of a multi-voiced counteraction to Soviet-era history. In this article, a life story and associated discourse units illustrate not only a point about the speaker, but also about the facts and notions that are common to the post-war Latvia. Post-Soviet society still use to give different accounts of the same facts and of the reasons why they happened. Studying multiform social memories that are forming Latvian collective memory is a way to perceive the processes by which these common-sense notions are constructed. The article demonstrates how to use the life story as a source for local history research and at the same time for people self-awareness research. This article is devoted to the analysis of eye-witnesses＇ （materials gathered from 12 neighboring farmer families） narratives about the post-war reality, comparing the main presumptions of Soviet ideology, existing in Latvia and all other Baltic states, to real life. Provided those presumptions being myths--the term being understood in political science as deceit as a falsifying construct, the author analyses true life stories to show the real danger of intention to exist in some irrational, mythical sphere.

Lu Xun＇s View of the Awakening of the Chinese People--Was There Really an ＂Epistemological Break＂？

It has been argued that, starting in the late 1920s, Lu Xun＇s intellectual development underwent a significant transformation constituting what the French Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser has termed an ＂epistemological break.＂ Some of the explicitly more positive comments about the masses that Lu Xun made in his later years have been used to demonstrate this point. However, the existence of such a ＂break＂ is still debatable, and a detailed examination of Lu Xun＇s apparently optimistic comments reveals that Lu Xun possessed a more sophisticated understanding of the masses and the Chinese people. His understanding was informed by the concept of ＂national character.＂ This paper attempts to demonstrate the consistency of Lu Xun＇s view of the masses and the Chinese people and to resolve an apparent self-contradiction in Lu Xun＇s arguments.