On the Different Views on Sex between Chinese and Westerners in the Perspective of Relational Orientation

This paper, in light of Kluckhohn's relational orientation, discusses the different sex values between Chinese and westerners, and intends to conclude that Chinese are more conserved in sex behaviors, love expression and more material-oriented in choosing a marriage than westerners.

Central Asia’s Foreign Relations:A Comparison Between the Soviet and Post-Soviet Era

Central Asia’s pivotal geographical position allowed it to play an essential role in relations among nations of Eurasia in the Middle Ages,as the bridge between China and Europe.Yet,during the Russian and then the Soviet rule on Central Asia,the region’s republics had no independent position in international community as foreign relations were formed and managed by central government in Moscow.The collapse of the Union of Soviet in 1991 made salient the geopolitical,economic,and cultural importance of the five former Soviet Central Asian republics.Accordingly,the republics reemerged as independent actors in the global interstate system and could play a role in international affairs during the last three decades.This paper aims to compare Central Asia’s foreign relations in the Soviet and Post-Soviet era.

Geopolitical Analysis of the Entry of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO)

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has significantly altered the pattern of alliances and geopolitical balances on the European continent to such an extent that countries like Finland and Sweden that have traditionally remained neutral are now applying to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO).These two countries fear that Russia,which is currently trying to reposition itself,could try in the near future to invade these two Nordic countries to prevent the West(European Union,United Kingdom,and United States)from increasing its military presence and its military force in the Scandinavian peninsula and in the Baltic Sea.The enlargement that the European Union(EU)has carried out since the 1990s,and that has also meant the expansion of NATO,has been viewed with great concern by the government of Vladimir Putin,who considers that the United States and the European Union did not fulfill their commitment to former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev to respect the sphere of influence of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(USSR).Within the framework of this geopolitical confrontation,Helsinki and Stockholm do not want to run the risk of being invaded by the Russian army,which is why they seek to take advantage of the principle of collective security that NATO membership would grant them.

Measures and Strategic Conception of Japan to Deal with the Russia–Ukraine Crisis

After the outbreak of the Russia–Ukraine conflict, Japan wasted no time in advancing its national strategy and actively promoted shuttle diplomacy with the United States(U.S.), Europe, East Asia, and neighboring countries of Ukraine around sanctions against Russia based on strategic considerations and the goal of maximizing national interests. Japan regarded this conflict as an important opportunity for an international strategic game, in an attempt to move and overturn the postwar international order and reconstruct the new global order with the U.S., Europe, and Japan as the core countries dominating the military, science and technology, and economic spheres. In response to the crisis, Japan made a brief policy adjustment—from the initial hesitation to the imposition of active sanctions and pressure on Russia—to reverse the passive situation on the issue of the Four Northern Islands and weaken Russia’s strength. Japan also took the opportunity to promote the “China threat theory”;strengthen the quadrilateral mechanism between the U.S., Japan, India, and Australia;provoke regional confrontation;and try to gain a new Cold War dividend.

Geochemistry, Geochronology and Lu-Hf Isotopes of Peraluminous Granitic Porphyry from the Walegen Au Deposit, West Qinling Terrane

Walegen Au deposit is closely correlated with granitic intrusions of Triassic age, which are composed of granite and quartz porphyries. Both granite porphyry and quartz porphyry consist of quartz, feldspar and muscovite as primary minerals. WeaMy peraluminous granite porphyry （A/ CNK=1.10-1.15） is enriched in LREE, depleted in HREE with Nb-Ta-Ti anomalies, and displays subduction-related geochemistry. Quartz porphyry is strongly peraluminous （A/CNK=1.64-2.81） with highly evolved components, characterized by lower TiO2, REE contents, Mg#, K/Rb, Nb/Ta, Zr/Hf ratios and higher Rb/Sr ratios than the granite porphyry. REE patterns of quartz porphyry exhibit lanthanide tetrad effect, resulting from mineral fractionation or participation of fluids with enriched F and CI. LA- ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating indicates quartz porphyry formed at 233±3 Ma. The ages of relict zircons from Triassic magmatic rocks match well with the detrital zircons from regional area. In addition, εHf（t） values of Triassic magmatic zircons from the granite and quartz porphyries are -14.2 to -9.1 （with an exception of ＋4.1） and -10.8 to -8.6 respectively, indicating a crustal-dominant source. Regionally, numerous Middle Triassic granitoids were previously reported to be formed under the consumption of Paleotethyan Ocean. These facts indicate that the granitic porphyries from Walegen Au deposit may have been formed in the processes of the closing of Paleotethyan Ocean, which could correlate with the arc-related magmatism in the Kunlun orogen to the west and the Qinling orogen to the east.

RUSSIA AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

In the recent presidential election,a most bitter trial of strength since its inde-pendence took place between the“democrats”and the so-called“traditionalists”in Russia.The outcome of this rivalry has a direct bearing on thechoice of Russia’s future development path.The reelection of the incumbent Presi-dent Boris Yeltsin in the second round of the voting has offered the political guaran-tee for the country’s further search for an appropriate development strategy alongthe current track.

Fifty Years of China-Western Europe Relations

Ever since the founding of the PRC in 1949, Sino-Western European relationshave experienced three different phases. The first one ranging from 1950s toearly 1970s is the period in which the two sides were mainly seeking to set up andnormalize their diplomatic ties. The second phase ranging from early 1970s to

The Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States from Russia’s Strategic Perspective

The Trump administration of the United States has accelerated the advancement of the‘‘open and free Indo-Pacific’,strategy since 2017.From a geopolitical point of view and in terms of its national interests,Russia has generally been critical of this strategy,believing it has posed certain challenges to its“Pivot to the East”strategy.Meanwhile,Russia is rejoicing for not being the primary target of US containment in the region and has sensed a new opportunity for exercising its Asia-Pacific diplomacy in the context of the Indo-Pacific strategy.Based on this situation,Russia has made a flexible and pragmatic policy response to it.However,Russia will inevitably face many restraints.In the future,Russia will seek to maximize its strategic interests on the basis of adhering to its inherent principles of Asia-Pacific diplomacy.

Cuba and Russia at a Time of Change

Significant change is taking place in Cuban society with this also occurring in the island＇s foreign policy, evidenced by Raul Castro and Barack Obama shaking hands in December 2013. Havana＇s relationship with Moscow also appears to be evolving and is at its most robust since the end of Cuba-Soviet relations in late 1991, demonstrated by Raul Castro and Dmitry Medvedev having both twice visited Moscow and Havana, respectively since 2008. This article examines the foundations, and theoretical underpinnings, of the bilateral relationship before examining it in detail in the post-Soviet era and specifically since August 2006 when Raul Castro replaced Fidel Castro as the President of Cuba. It posits that although change is occurring in the relationship it is not as pronounced as that which is taking place within Cuban society as many of the foundations of the relationship remain the same as that of the post-Soviet period and even the Soviet period. This is particularly the case with regards the Cuban ruling elite＇s thinking towards the relationship. It also suggests that Cuban-Russian relations are likely to remain unchanged in the short to medium term.

FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN:NEW CHANGES IN US-RUSSIA RELATIONS

In the transition period of more than two months from when the dust settled for US Presidential Election of 2020 to the inauguration of President Joe Biden,one of the major topics that attracted broad attention was the trend of US-Russia relations.Among the reasons behind,one is that there are old accounts to be settled between the two old adversaries of the Cold War,and another,that evolution of the bilateral relationship remains influential in the transformation of the global order.

Quantitative prediction of oil saturation of unconsolidated sandstone reservoir based on time-lapse seismic “relative difference method”: Taking Zeta oil field in West Africa as an example

In view of the disadvantage that the absolute difference of time-lapse seismic(the difference between monitoring data and base data) is not only related to the change of oil saturation, but also closely related to the thickness of reservoir, a time-lapse seismic "relative difference method"(the ratio of monitoring data to base data) not affected by the thickness of reservoir but only related to the change of fluid saturation, is proposed through seismic forward modeling after fluid displacement simulation. Given the same change of fluid saturation, the absolute difference of time-lapse seismic conforms to the law of "tuning effect" and seismic reflection of "thin bed", and the remaining oil prediction method based on absolute difference of time-lapse seismic is only applicable to the reservoirs with uniform thickness smaller than the tuning thickness or with thickness greater than the tuning thickness. The relative difference of time-lapse seismic is not affected by reservoir thickness, but only related to the change of fluid saturation. It is applicable to all the deep-sea unconsolidated sandstone reservoirs which can exclude the effect of pressure, temperature, pore type and porosity on seismic. Therefore, the relation between the relative difference of time-lapse seismic and the change of fluid saturation, which is obtained from seismic forward modeling after Gassmann fluid displacement simulation, can be used to quantitatively predict the change of reservoir water saturation and then the distribution of the remaining oil. The application of this method in deep sea Zeta oil field in west Africa shows that it is reasonable and effective.

Map of Mafic Dyke Swarms and Related Units of Russia and Adjacent Regions

Work is currently underway to produce a map in Arc GISTM 10 of the mafic dyke swarms and related units(volcanics,sills and layered intrusions)of Russia and adjacent regions at a scale of 1:5,000,000.Over the past

Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty Negotiations And Plans For Joint Economic Activity on the Southern Kuril Islands

The article analyzes the Russo-Japanese peace treaty negotiations in 2013-2019.Despite the rapprochement in the trade,economic,political and humanitarian spheres,the territorial dispute remains an obstacle,significantly complicating bilateral ties.There remain disagreements on the sovereignty over the southern Kuril Islands,on acceptable conditions for resolving a territorial dispute,as well as on the significance of the territorial dispute for the development of bilateral relations.The plans for the implementation of joint economic activities on the southern Kuril Islands are also analyzed.It is concluded that Russia and Japan need to continue to build upon the result of rapprochement initiated by the leaders of the countries and continue negotiations on the peace treaty that will upgrade their relations.

Subseasonal reversal of haze pollution over the North China Plain

中国近几十年来频受雾霾污染问题困扰,其中华北平原作为排放最密集的区域之一,常遭遇不同尺度的严重雾霾污染本文利用30余年的能见度和颗粒物(PM_(2.5))观测数据,发现了华北平原地区在秋季和早冬时雾霾污染在次季节尺度上“跷跷板式”反向变化的关系.研究发现,当9-10月污染较轻(重)时,11-12月的污染倾向于加重(减轻).这种突然的变化与局地和大尺度环流的反向变化有关,污染较重的月份常伴随有更高的相对湿度,更低的边界层高度和近地面风速以及低层的南风异常,均不利于污染的垂直和水平扩散和传输,从而导致了次季节尺度上霾污染的加重,进一步的研究发现环流场的突然转向与在次季节尺度上活跃的中纬度波列的传播密切相关,而此波列可能主要与大西洋海温转变及引起的EA/WR遥相关型有关,这一次季节反向变化为霾污染多尺度变率预测提供了新的理解,同时为华北地区年度空气质量达标的短期目标提供了具有可行性的参考方法.

当代中西方规范权力与资本关系的德法之道

自从习近平总书记提出政商关系“亲、清”两原则以来,我国学术界围绕新时代政商关系抑或权力与资本关系的探讨日渐深入。由于中西方对待市场经济本质与作用的认知态度各不相同,致使其权力资本化的方式方法形同质异,资本权力化的生成路径迥然有别。特别是在全球经济数字化条件下,中西方权力与资本之间的运演机制面临更加复杂的伦理挑战:就数字权力资本化而言,它呈现出多种多样的表现形态;就数字资本权力化而言,也同样生成了类型各异的表现形式。为求解这些难题,必须对当代中西方权力与资本良性互动的底线道德、伦理规则和法治原则进行深度理论辨析,正确处理好三大问题:以何种态度对待弱势群体是权力与资本良性互动的道德前提,持续构建权力与资本良性互动的伦理规则体系,不断增强权力与资本良性互动的法治保障。唯其如此,才能有效应对和求解新时代我国政商关系(权力与资本关系)在理论和实践层面遇到的各种难题。

俄乌冲突促使俄罗斯转向中国

俄乌冲突及其导致的俄罗斯与西方对抗促使俄转向中国。俄罗斯外贸、能源出口和金融等转向中国,因此中国成为俄最大贸易伙伴和能源市场,人民币成为俄主要外汇储备货币、国际结算货币和外汇交易货币。俄罗斯外交也在一定程度上转向中国,主要包括俄在构建世界新秩序和反对霸权主义、俄乌冲突国际调解以及欧亚地区安全治理方面倚重中国。转向中国是特殊时期俄罗斯被迫之选,权宜之法;是加强对华关系,不是向中国一边倒。在转向中国的同时,俄罗斯致力于经济本土化和外交多元化,随时准备缓和与美欧的关系。虽然中俄经贸关系呈现不平衡性和俄罗斯外交对中国有所倚重,但是两国关系总体上仍然是平等、互信、友好与合作的。中俄两国应继续在平等互利的基础上发展各领域合作——既不为美西方散布的“俄罗斯依附中国论”所离间,又要促进彼此经济依存与政治信任——以推动中俄新时代全面战略协作伙伴关系持续发展。

新时代辽宁省与俄罗斯远东地区开展海洋合作研究

新时代以来,中俄关系达到了历史新高度,两国之间的合作交流也深入到海洋方面。中国辽宁和俄罗斯远东地区是东北亚区域的重要沿海地带,两地区之间开展海洋合作有利于海洋经济发展、东北亚海域安全和海洋生态环境治理。但双方海洋合作也面临着东北亚国际局势不稳定、双方基础设施互联互通水平不高、双方海洋产业有待优化、缺少有效法律制度保障等问题,阻碍了双方海洋合作的进一步发展。因此,辽宁省在与俄罗斯远东开展海洋合作时,应把握好“时”与“势”,加强在港航基础设施建设的合作投资,重视海洋新兴科技的合作研究,构建维护东北亚海域安全的合作机制,同时坚持绿色发展的海洋合作理念,从而为构建海洋命运共同体树立典范。

俄乌冲突下北极地区安全面临的新形势及对中国的影响

在俄乌冲突爆发前,北极已经呈现出“再军事化”愈演愈烈、北极东西方维持微妙平衡和域外国家大规模介入北极事务的态势。俄乌冲突发生后,北极地区受其影响,形势发生了多边合作机制破裂、北欧国家集体“北约化”打破北极东西方平衡、域外国家将在北极事务中发挥更大作用、美国的北极影响力迅速扩大等新问题。俄乌冲突也对中国在北极的活动造成了影响。美国将中国渲染成地缘政治威胁,歪曲中国北极形象,并与其他西方国家在北极事务中孤立俄罗斯,迫使中国站队,然而,北极合作机制的重建、北极东西平衡关系的修复,使得俄罗斯对华依赖加强,间接赋予了中国扩大参与北极事务的机遇。

“证道”与“游戏”之间:清代文人“西游戏”的叙述策略与品格

在“西游”故事演化、传播及百回本《西游记》成书与经典化的过程中,“证道”与“游戏”之间的冲突与拉扯是影响各种文本叙述策略的最主要“受力关系”。受三种“前文本”类型的综合影响,清代文人“西游戏”在权衡二者关系时,存在以“证道”为其外部叙述构架,以“游戏”为其内部叙述结构的倾向。“证道”主旨并未渗透至文本肌理层面,它经常落实为篇末绾结或首尾照应的场面,在框定叙述的同时,也为文本提供一种外在的、显豁的、可以直接辨识的意义。叙述的主体则仍以“游戏”为旨趣,无论重新组织“神魔”故事内部各事件的“时间-因果”关系,还是“编织”进新的事件,皆为其服务。这使得戏曲较小说表现出更强的“游戏”品格。