Coordinating regional development is a key step for China to achieve the goal of common prosperity for all. From the era of the planned economy to the development,consolidation and improvement of the socialist market ...Coordinating regional development is a key step for China to achieve the goal of common prosperity for all. From the era of the planned economy to the development,consolidation and improvement of the socialist market economic system after reform and opening up since 1978, as a key target of economic development, China has been committed to balancing regional development, and after decades-long explorations and relentless efforts made great progress. Coordinated regional development-as manifested in narrowed regional development gaps, more equal access to basic public services and eradication of regional absolute poverty-has paved the way for more substantive progress to be made in delivering common prosperity for all. Despite the progress, China still needs to further improve institutional systems for regional coordination and undergird the regional foundation for common prosperity according to the requirements of its new development stage. Specifically, China should focus on the following priorities:(i) Strengthen institutional infrastructure, smooth regional internal and external circulations, and develop a unified domestic market at a higher level;(ii) give full play to the role of the government in equalizing access to basic public services, promoting infrastructure connectivity and protecting basic living standards;(iii) optimize integrated urban-rural development mechanisms, take solid steps to revitalize the countryside, and further coordinate urban and rural development;(iv) improve the layout of the industrial chain and advance interregional industrial chain upgrade and social progress.展开更多
Gaskell, for all her sympathy for the lower orders, responds to questions posed by differences of class with a conciliatory spirit. She writes like a social realist, but when she is confronted with taking a position, ...Gaskell, for all her sympathy for the lower orders, responds to questions posed by differences of class with a conciliatory spirit. She writes like a social realist, but when she is confronted with taking a position, she often opts for reconciliation or even escapism. Gaskell＇s ambivalent attitude towards social classes is brought to the forefront in Mary Barton （1847）, which she originally entitled John Barton. The change of the title has led to critical argument that the novel is an artistic failure, and the shift from a political novel with a clear social purpose to a domestic romance which covers up social discontent is too unprepared and comes across as a fantasy on the part of the novelist. This peculiar structure of the novel reveals the limitation of Gaskell＇s social vision as a novelist. In North and South （1852）, Gaskell presents the precarious situation of workers and their tense relations with industrialists in a more balanced way by giving more attention to the thinking and perspective of the employers, a narrative perspective far different from her treatment in Mary Barton which adopts the view of the working poor. The on-going social mobility and the shift of social gravity from the aristocracy to the mercantile, a historical reality which Matthew Arnold clearly delineates in Culture and Anarchy, are truthfully observed and represented by Gaskell and her representation of this new ruler class marks her progressive social view, expressing her optimistic belief in England＇s progress towards an industrial future. In an interval of seven years between the publications of the two novels in question, Gaskell＇s social vision had matured into critical realism.展开更多
Colonial New England urban economy was growing prosperity from 17th century to 18th century, all kinds of urban public space was increasing in number, the increasingly rich on the function, which became important plac...Colonial New England urban economy was growing prosperity from 17th century to 18th century, all kinds of urban public space was increasing in number, the increasingly rich on the function, which became important place for colonial population aggregation and consumption. What people from different place come into the big and small cafes, taverns, shops, and the most important Town House took sharing information, emotional communication, business negotiation and other matters, which reflecting the colonial town＇s economic and social progress.展开更多
The turn towards using domestic experience in contemporary Chinese educational studies has led to the development of theoretical frames rooted in the reality of Chinese society.This article identifies four ways of und...The turn towards using domestic experience in contemporary Chinese educational studies has led to the development of theoretical frames rooted in the reality of Chinese society.This article identifies four ways of understanding and reforming Chinese society that have been developed by 20th century Chinese educators.By reflecting on these four approaches,and on the modern value oriented reactions to social transformation expressed by contemporary Western educational scholars,this article argues that Chinese educational scholars face two essential tasks when developing theories based on domestic experience so as to make positive contributions to China's unfinished project of modernity.The first is to study the phenomena of imbalance,alienation,and backwardness caused by all kinds of economic and cultural movements and forces in the huge space of Chinese society,and the second is to develop progressive educational ideas that are robust enough to counter these phenomena.展开更多
DURING the Chinese bourgeois democratic revolution of 1911, a young woman from a rich and powerful family, despite objection and retaliation from her clansmen, donated her family’s immense properties to support the r...DURING the Chinese bourgeois democratic revolution of 1911, a young woman from a rich and powerful family, despite objection and retaliation from her clansmen, donated her family’s immense properties to support the revolution and promote education. At the time this action created a sensation and gained praise from various walks of life. The woman who gave away her wealth and land was Liu Qingxia. Liu was born into a bureaucrat’s family in 1877 in Anyang, Henan Province. Her展开更多
文摘Coordinating regional development is a key step for China to achieve the goal of common prosperity for all. From the era of the planned economy to the development,consolidation and improvement of the socialist market economic system after reform and opening up since 1978, as a key target of economic development, China has been committed to balancing regional development, and after decades-long explorations and relentless efforts made great progress. Coordinated regional development-as manifested in narrowed regional development gaps, more equal access to basic public services and eradication of regional absolute poverty-has paved the way for more substantive progress to be made in delivering common prosperity for all. Despite the progress, China still needs to further improve institutional systems for regional coordination and undergird the regional foundation for common prosperity according to the requirements of its new development stage. Specifically, China should focus on the following priorities:(i) Strengthen institutional infrastructure, smooth regional internal and external circulations, and develop a unified domestic market at a higher level;(ii) give full play to the role of the government in equalizing access to basic public services, promoting infrastructure connectivity and protecting basic living standards;(iii) optimize integrated urban-rural development mechanisms, take solid steps to revitalize the countryside, and further coordinate urban and rural development;(iv) improve the layout of the industrial chain and advance interregional industrial chain upgrade and social progress.
文摘Gaskell, for all her sympathy for the lower orders, responds to questions posed by differences of class with a conciliatory spirit. She writes like a social realist, but when she is confronted with taking a position, she often opts for reconciliation or even escapism. Gaskell＇s ambivalent attitude towards social classes is brought to the forefront in Mary Barton （1847）, which she originally entitled John Barton. The change of the title has led to critical argument that the novel is an artistic failure, and the shift from a political novel with a clear social purpose to a domestic romance which covers up social discontent is too unprepared and comes across as a fantasy on the part of the novelist. This peculiar structure of the novel reveals the limitation of Gaskell＇s social vision as a novelist. In North and South （1852）, Gaskell presents the precarious situation of workers and their tense relations with industrialists in a more balanced way by giving more attention to the thinking and perspective of the employers, a narrative perspective far different from her treatment in Mary Barton which adopts the view of the working poor. The on-going social mobility and the shift of social gravity from the aristocracy to the mercantile, a historical reality which Matthew Arnold clearly delineates in Culture and Anarchy, are truthfully observed and represented by Gaskell and her representation of this new ruler class marks her progressive social view, expressing her optimistic belief in England＇s progress towards an industrial future. In an interval of seven years between the publications of the two novels in question, Gaskell＇s social vision had matured into critical realism.
文摘Colonial New England urban economy was growing prosperity from 17th century to 18th century, all kinds of urban public space was increasing in number, the increasingly rich on the function, which became important place for colonial population aggregation and consumption. What people from different place come into the big and small cafes, taverns, shops, and the most important Town House took sharing information, emotional communication, business negotiation and other matters, which reflecting the colonial town＇s economic and social progress.
文摘The turn towards using domestic experience in contemporary Chinese educational studies has led to the development of theoretical frames rooted in the reality of Chinese society.This article identifies four ways of understanding and reforming Chinese society that have been developed by 20th century Chinese educators.By reflecting on these four approaches,and on the modern value oriented reactions to social transformation expressed by contemporary Western educational scholars,this article argues that Chinese educational scholars face two essential tasks when developing theories based on domestic experience so as to make positive contributions to China's unfinished project of modernity.The first is to study the phenomena of imbalance,alienation,and backwardness caused by all kinds of economic and cultural movements and forces in the huge space of Chinese society,and the second is to develop progressive educational ideas that are robust enough to counter these phenomena.
文摘DURING the Chinese bourgeois democratic revolution of 1911, a young woman from a rich and powerful family, despite objection and retaliation from her clansmen, donated her family’s immense properties to support the revolution and promote education. At the time this action created a sensation and gained praise from various walks of life. The woman who gave away her wealth and land was Liu Qingxia. Liu was born into a bureaucrat’s family in 1877 in Anyang, Henan Province. Her
