CHINA＇S economy grew at a rate of 7.4 percent in 2014 amidst painstaking efforts to carry out structural reform, eliminate outdated production capacity and promote innovation. ＂China has surmounted tremendous press...CHINA＇S economy grew at a rate of 7.4 percent in 2014 amidst painstaking efforts to carry out structural reform, eliminate outdated production capacity and promote innovation. ＂China has surmounted tremendous pressures and challenges to realize its goal of maintaining a growth rate around 7.5 percent,＂ said Ma Jiantang, Commissioner of the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS）. noting that the growth rate was hard-won against the nation＇s massive economic aggregate output of 63.6 trillion yuan （S10.4 trillion）.展开更多
The Zimbabwean financial sector has been retrogressive,constrained,and unpredictable since the year 2000,serving for the multiple currency periods(2009-2013)after the demonetization of the domestic dollar.The sector s...The Zimbabwean financial sector has been retrogressive,constrained,and unpredictable since the year 2000,serving for the multiple currency periods(2009-2013)after the demonetization of the domestic dollar.The sector since then has seen a number of commercial banks fail to meet RBZ(Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe)minimum capital requirements,put under curatorship,delisted or liquidated because of a myriad of operational and financial challenges.The objective of this study is to make an assessment of whether or not the introduction of bond notes has been a curse or blessing.The study drew raw data from bank account holders,academics,general public,corporate world and commercial banks in Masvingo for analysis and interpretation.The study established that the majority of people,corporate world and commercial banks were sceptical to embrace the surrogate bond notes because of the uncertainties,operational and financial risks that they paused on the domestic financial markets.It was also discovered that most banks were quick to pay clients’withdrawals in bond notes,deduct US dollar equivalences from their accounts,and distinguish bond notes from US dollars at the point of making deposits and foreign business transactions.It was also realized that there was market indiscipline and trading in bigger US dollar notes in the informal sector and serious shortage of the same notes in the formal sector.The study concluded that the introduction of bond notes to trade parallel to the US dollar brought a serious shortage of cash on formal markets and increases in the general price level of goods and services.The study therefore recommends that the RBZ should completely withdraw the bond notes from the market to accord the US dollar its world market value and restore confidence and discipline in the Zimbabwean financial sector.The study also recommends another option of the adoption of the South African Rand as an interventionist way of solving Zimbabwe’s liquidity crises.展开更多
Artists of Gansu Dance Troupe visited the Latvian capital to present Chinse New Year's show to audienee at the Great Guild Hall in Riga Old Town on January 26.
In Chiba Prefecture, Japan, during the Edo period (1603-1867), the development of waterway traffic by ships and the management of ports, highways and post towns around the ports progressed with the prosperity of the E...In Chiba Prefecture, Japan, during the Edo period (1603-1867), the development of waterway traffic by ships and the management of ports, highways and post towns around the ports progressed with the prosperity of the Edo (present-day Tokyo), which became heavily populated and the center of politics. We estimated that the demand of Japanese sake, which is luxury grocery item, was high. The freshwater layer that is abundant in mineral water to a depth of approximately 10 m is formed in coastal sand dunes. The fresh water layer is hard water, in which the concentrations of minerals such as calcium and magnesium are high. When the fresh water layer is used as the preparation water, the working rice malt and yeast in the sake brewing process become active. Japanese sake trends to be dry with a full-bodied taste. In addition, the main ingredients of local cuisines are fish and shellfish;many local cuisines are seasoned using soy sauce, miso and salt, and these local cuisines pair well with the type of Japanese sake described above. The local cuisines have been nurtured in harmony with the region’s rich nature and heritage. In the future, we need to conserve the rich natural environment of the tidal flat, coast, seaweed beds, and marine, which have been producing the main local cuisine in Chiba Prefecture, and the water source area (a successive environment on the plateau from the coast, which was previously called the coastal dune area) of the preparation water for making Japanese sake. We also need to proactively develop local production for local consumption activities. Thus, we hypothesize that if the Japanese food life is secured and the traditional food culture is continued, the region will become revitalized by the development of the exchanges in the region.展开更多
Sharing sacrificial food refers to the behavior that believers share the food that has been used as sacrificial oblations This is one of the links of sacrificial rituals and has religious significance. This ritualisti...Sharing sacrificial food refers to the behavior that believers share the food that has been used as sacrificial oblations This is one of the links of sacrificial rituals and has religious significance. This ritualistic behavior can be traced back to the era when people make a living by hunting. Nowadays, such a behavior still exists in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and is also regarded as one of the ways to get blessings.展开更多
"The Blessed Land of Langhuan"(Langhu Fudi) was the stonehouse for book storage founded in a novel of the Yuan Dynasty,this title from the classical motif Peach Blossom Spring(Taohuayuan Ji) was used as the ..."The Blessed Land of Langhuan"(Langhu Fudi) was the stonehouse for book storage founded in a novel of the Yuan Dynasty,this title from the classical motif Peach Blossom Spring(Taohuayuan Ji) was used as the traditional libraries' name,and also in the literature,painting,and gardening.The concept was acquired by Zhang Dai,the gardening artist of the late Ming Dynasty,and promoted to the literature and the gardening conception and practices.Taoist concepts in garden construction and painting were better expressed in Half-acre Garden,the bibliophile Wanyan Linqing's garden in Beijing in the Qing Dynasty.This paper by discussing the garden rockeries related to the Blessed Land of Langhuan and investigating landscape environment of Tianyi Chamber(Tianyi Ge),the architectural heritage of the Ming Dynasty,explored the hidden hints of the Blessed Land of Langhuan in the building practices of "the seven libraries of Imperial Collection of Four Divisions"(Siku Qige).展开更多
在神经病学的临床研究中，除了常规的生化、影像学甚至基因检查外，还常需要一种特殊测量工具——量表（scale）的参与。以老年期痴呆为例，应用简易精神状态检查量表（mini-mental state examination，MMSE）、Blessed痴呆量表（Blesse...在神经病学的临床研究中，除了常规的生化、影像学甚至基因检查外，还常需要一种特殊测量工具——量表（scale）的参与。以老年期痴呆为例，应用简易精神状态检查量表（mini-mental state examination，MMSE）、Blessed痴呆量表（Blessed dementia scale，BDS）、长谷川痴呆量表（Hasegawa dementia scale，HDS）等，并结合其他诸如CT、MRI以及基因突变等辅助检查，可对痴呆的诊断、鉴别诊断以及病情变化和药物疗效的评价起到至关重要的作用。展开更多
文摘CHINA＇S economy grew at a rate of 7.4 percent in 2014 amidst painstaking efforts to carry out structural reform, eliminate outdated production capacity and promote innovation. ＂China has surmounted tremendous pressures and challenges to realize its goal of maintaining a growth rate around 7.5 percent,＂ said Ma Jiantang, Commissioner of the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS）. noting that the growth rate was hard-won against the nation＇s massive economic aggregate output of 63.6 trillion yuan （S10.4 trillion）.
文摘The Zimbabwean financial sector has been retrogressive,constrained,and unpredictable since the year 2000,serving for the multiple currency periods(2009-2013)after the demonetization of the domestic dollar.The sector since then has seen a number of commercial banks fail to meet RBZ(Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe)minimum capital requirements,put under curatorship,delisted or liquidated because of a myriad of operational and financial challenges.The objective of this study is to make an assessment of whether or not the introduction of bond notes has been a curse or blessing.The study drew raw data from bank account holders,academics,general public,corporate world and commercial banks in Masvingo for analysis and interpretation.The study established that the majority of people,corporate world and commercial banks were sceptical to embrace the surrogate bond notes because of the uncertainties,operational and financial risks that they paused on the domestic financial markets.It was also discovered that most banks were quick to pay clients’withdrawals in bond notes,deduct US dollar equivalences from their accounts,and distinguish bond notes from US dollars at the point of making deposits and foreign business transactions.It was also realized that there was market indiscipline and trading in bigger US dollar notes in the informal sector and serious shortage of the same notes in the formal sector.The study concluded that the introduction of bond notes to trade parallel to the US dollar brought a serious shortage of cash on formal markets and increases in the general price level of goods and services.The study therefore recommends that the RBZ should completely withdraw the bond notes from the market to accord the US dollar its world market value and restore confidence and discipline in the Zimbabwean financial sector.The study also recommends another option of the adoption of the South African Rand as an interventionist way of solving Zimbabwe’s liquidity crises.
文摘Artists of Gansu Dance Troupe visited the Latvian capital to present Chinse New Year's show to audienee at the Great Guild Hall in Riga Old Town on January 26.
文摘In Chiba Prefecture, Japan, during the Edo period (1603-1867), the development of waterway traffic by ships and the management of ports, highways and post towns around the ports progressed with the prosperity of the Edo (present-day Tokyo), which became heavily populated and the center of politics. We estimated that the demand of Japanese sake, which is luxury grocery item, was high. The freshwater layer that is abundant in mineral water to a depth of approximately 10 m is formed in coastal sand dunes. The fresh water layer is hard water, in which the concentrations of minerals such as calcium and magnesium are high. When the fresh water layer is used as the preparation water, the working rice malt and yeast in the sake brewing process become active. Japanese sake trends to be dry with a full-bodied taste. In addition, the main ingredients of local cuisines are fish and shellfish;many local cuisines are seasoned using soy sauce, miso and salt, and these local cuisines pair well with the type of Japanese sake described above. The local cuisines have been nurtured in harmony with the region’s rich nature and heritage. In the future, we need to conserve the rich natural environment of the tidal flat, coast, seaweed beds, and marine, which have been producing the main local cuisine in Chiba Prefecture, and the water source area (a successive environment on the plateau from the coast, which was previously called the coastal dune area) of the preparation water for making Japanese sake. We also need to proactively develop local production for local consumption activities. Thus, we hypothesize that if the Japanese food life is secured and the traditional food culture is continued, the region will become revitalized by the development of the exchanges in the region.
文摘Sharing sacrificial food refers to the behavior that believers share the food that has been used as sacrificial oblations This is one of the links of sacrificial rituals and has religious significance. This ritualistic behavior can be traced back to the era when people make a living by hunting. Nowadays, such a behavior still exists in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and is also regarded as one of the ways to get blessings.
文摘"The Blessed Land of Langhuan"(Langhu Fudi) was the stonehouse for book storage founded in a novel of the Yuan Dynasty,this title from the classical motif Peach Blossom Spring(Taohuayuan Ji) was used as the traditional libraries' name,and also in the literature,painting,and gardening.The concept was acquired by Zhang Dai,the gardening artist of the late Ming Dynasty,and promoted to the literature and the gardening conception and practices.Taoist concepts in garden construction and painting were better expressed in Half-acre Garden,the bibliophile Wanyan Linqing's garden in Beijing in the Qing Dynasty.This paper by discussing the garden rockeries related to the Blessed Land of Langhuan and investigating landscape environment of Tianyi Chamber(Tianyi Ge),the architectural heritage of the Ming Dynasty,explored the hidden hints of the Blessed Land of Langhuan in the building practices of "the seven libraries of Imperial Collection of Four Divisions"(Siku Qige).
