"One day, two robbers entered the Winter Palace. One looted, another burned. The victor may be a thief, it would seem. A great devastation was made between the two winners. All the treasures of our cathedrals tog..."One day, two robbers entered the Winter Palace. One looted, another burned. The victor may be a thief, it would seem. A great devastation was made between the two winners. All the treasures of our cathedrals together does not equal this beautiful and wonderful museum of the Orient. One of two winners had filled his pockets, seeing the other had filled his coffers, and we returned to Europe, arm in arm, laughing. To history, one of the two bandits is named France, the other is named England."展开更多
Winsor Pavilion opened its No.5 Building to home-buyers on October 25.Bl, B2 and B3 are the three main models available, on sale for 18,500 yuan per square meter andready for move-in by mid-2009.
Housing market speculation in previous years has resulted in an "empty apartment" phenomenon- houses and apartments are purchased as investments but left unoccupied.Various Chinese media outlets reported tha...Housing market speculation in previous years has resulted in an "empty apartment" phenomenon- houses and apartments are purchased as investments but left unoccupied.Various Chinese media outlets reported that about 64.5 million urban electricity meters read zero in the first six months of this year in empty apartments across the country.Andy Xie,an independent economist based in Shanghai,said the huge number of empty apartments foreshadows a bubble burst in an article recently published on Century Weekly.Edited excerpts follow:展开更多
英国时装模特摄影师Ron Harris从10月25日起开辟了名模出售卵子的网页,以吸引世界上还没有孩子的富翁购买名模的卵子,为自己生下“美丽”的后代。有意者通过“哈里斯安琪儿”网页就能获得愿意出卖卵子的名模的详细信息,然后用信用卡就...英国时装模特摄影师Ron Harris从10月25日起开辟了名模出售卵子的网页,以吸引世界上还没有孩子的富翁购买名模的卵子,为自己生下“美丽”的后代。有意者通过“哈里斯安琪儿”网页就能获得愿意出卖卵子的名模的详细信息,然后用信用卡就能购买到他们心中的“安琪儿”的卵子,从而得到为自己生下“完美”后代的良机。 据哈里斯的统计,世界上有数百万男子,其中不少十分富有,希望他们的基因能与最美丽、遗传基因最好的女子相结合,从而把“美”传给后代。这些名模的卵子投标的最低起点价为1.5万美元。 哈里斯的这一做法遭到了一些组织的指责。国际生育组织谴责哈里斯将人的生命商品化的做法,认为他的行为有辱不孕夫妇的人格。英国不孕夫妇的最大慈善机构的主任赫杰莱认为,哈里斯的做法破坏了公众对不孕症进行治疗的观念。他警告哈里斯说,开辟“美丽”卵子市场是危险之经,有可能导致犯罪团伙劫持名模、以更高的价格出售她们的卵子。 本文还提供了另一种反面的声音。这条理由还颇使人尴尬:Just look at allthe beautiful women in the world whose children look nothing like them.看来,这项“改造人的伟大事业”还需要保险公司的大力扶持。展开更多
Employing Grossman and Helpman＇s ＂protection for sale＂ model, this article uses data on anti-dumping actions from 1999 to 2009 to perform a quantitative analysis of factors influencing India＇s determinations of an...Employing Grossman and Helpman＇s ＂protection for sale＂ model, this article uses data on anti-dumping actions from 1999 to 2009 to perform a quantitative analysis of factors influencing India＇s determinations of anti-dumping duties against China, and reveals the micro-formation mechanism of economic conflicts between China and India. We find that the political power of India＇s anti-dumping plaintiffs markedly increases the tariff level of its final determinations and that the relationship between the import penetration ratio and duty rates depends upon whether the plaintiffs are politically organized. Further, there is a significant positive correlation between India＇s anti-dumping duty rates and its unfavorable trade balance with China. This indicates that in determining anti-dumping duties, Indian authorities are clearly influenced by the political clout of their domestic interest groups. They are also motivated by the desire to keep down China and gain the upper hand in the face-off between the ＂dragon and the elephant.＂展开更多
文摘"One day, two robbers entered the Winter Palace. One looted, another burned. The victor may be a thief, it would seem. A great devastation was made between the two winners. All the treasures of our cathedrals together does not equal this beautiful and wonderful museum of the Orient. One of two winners had filled his pockets, seeing the other had filled his coffers, and we returned to Europe, arm in arm, laughing. To history, one of the two bandits is named France, the other is named England."
文摘Winsor Pavilion opened its No.5 Building to home-buyers on October 25.Bl, B2 and B3 are the three main models available, on sale for 18,500 yuan per square meter andready for move-in by mid-2009.
文摘Housing market speculation in previous years has resulted in an "empty apartment" phenomenon- houses and apartments are purchased as investments but left unoccupied.Various Chinese media outlets reported that about 64.5 million urban electricity meters read zero in the first six months of this year in empty apartments across the country.Andy Xie,an independent economist based in Shanghai,said the huge number of empty apartments foreshadows a bubble burst in an article recently published on Century Weekly.Edited excerpts follow:
文摘英国时装模特摄影师Ron Harris从10月25日起开辟了名模出售卵子的网页,以吸引世界上还没有孩子的富翁购买名模的卵子,为自己生下“美丽”的后代。有意者通过“哈里斯安琪儿”网页就能获得愿意出卖卵子的名模的详细信息,然后用信用卡就能购买到他们心中的“安琪儿”的卵子,从而得到为自己生下“完美”后代的良机。 据哈里斯的统计,世界上有数百万男子,其中不少十分富有,希望他们的基因能与最美丽、遗传基因最好的女子相结合,从而把“美”传给后代。这些名模的卵子投标的最低起点价为1.5万美元。 哈里斯的这一做法遭到了一些组织的指责。国际生育组织谴责哈里斯将人的生命商品化的做法,认为他的行为有辱不孕夫妇的人格。英国不孕夫妇的最大慈善机构的主任赫杰莱认为,哈里斯的做法破坏了公众对不孕症进行治疗的观念。他警告哈里斯说,开辟“美丽”卵子市场是危险之经,有可能导致犯罪团伙劫持名模、以更高的价格出售她们的卵子。 本文还提供了另一种反面的声音。这条理由还颇使人尴尬:Just look at allthe beautiful women in the world whose children look nothing like them.看来,这项“改造人的伟大事业”还需要保险公司的大力扶持。
基金an interim product of"Research into a Strategic System to Enable Chinese Enterprises to Cope with Trade Barriers against the Background of Prevailing International Trade Protectionism,"a project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Youth(71203228)
文摘Employing Grossman and Helpman＇s ＂protection for sale＂ model, this article uses data on anti-dumping actions from 1999 to 2009 to perform a quantitative analysis of factors influencing India＇s determinations of anti-dumping duties against China, and reveals the micro-formation mechanism of economic conflicts between China and India. We find that the political power of India＇s anti-dumping plaintiffs markedly increases the tariff level of its final determinations and that the relationship between the import penetration ratio and duty rates depends upon whether the plaintiffs are politically organized. Further, there is a significant positive correlation between India＇s anti-dumping duty rates and its unfavorable trade balance with China. This indicates that in determining anti-dumping duties, Indian authorities are clearly influenced by the political clout of their domestic interest groups. They are also motivated by the desire to keep down China and gain the upper hand in the face-off between the ＂dragon and the elephant.＂
