ONE of Africa's leading economies and the world's largest developing country continue to forge even stronger trade, investment and cultural ties that will define the long-term relations of the two nations, In the j...ONE of Africa's leading economies and the world's largest developing country continue to forge even stronger trade, investment and cultural ties that will define the long-term relations of the two nations, In the joint communique between South Africa and China issued in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President jacob Zuma, 2014 was designated as the Year of South Africa in China and 2015 the Year of China in South Africa. The Year of South Africa closed with a state visit to China by Zuma. accompanied by a 100-strong business delegation, which culminated in the signing of 10 strategic agree- ments. They included strengthening bilateral relations, deepening areas of cooperation, setting requirements for exports and imports, promoting investment and concluding financing deals.展开更多
In this article, I discuss Baudrillard's critique of metaphysics based on his work The Mirror of Production, in which he stresses the principle of production--i.e., dichotomy and derivation. In the development of cla...In this article, I discuss Baudrillard's critique of metaphysics based on his work The Mirror of Production, in which he stresses the principle of production--i.e., dichotomy and derivation. In the development of classical German philosophy, the principle of production was speculatively established, first as Descartes' cogito, then as Fichte's Tathandlung, and finally as Hegel's labor, and grew to be a major principle of modem metaphysics. At the article's conclusion, the meaning of Symbolic Exchange--Baudrillard's utopian condition lying beyond the principle of production--will be discussed.展开更多
文摘ONE of Africa's leading economies and the world's largest developing country continue to forge even stronger trade, investment and cultural ties that will define the long-term relations of the two nations, In the joint communique between South Africa and China issued in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President jacob Zuma, 2014 was designated as the Year of South Africa in China and 2015 the Year of China in South Africa. The Year of South Africa closed with a state visit to China by Zuma. accompanied by a 100-strong business delegation, which culminated in the signing of 10 strategic agree- ments. They included strengthening bilateral relations, deepening areas of cooperation, setting requirements for exports and imports, promoting investment and concluding financing deals.
文摘In this article, I discuss Baudrillard's critique of metaphysics based on his work The Mirror of Production, in which he stresses the principle of production--i.e., dichotomy and derivation. In the development of classical German philosophy, the principle of production was speculatively established, first as Descartes' cogito, then as Fichte's Tathandlung, and finally as Hegel's labor, and grew to be a major principle of modem metaphysics. At the article's conclusion, the meaning of Symbolic Exchange--Baudrillard's utopian condition lying beyond the principle of production--will be discussed.