Since the end of the cold war,there have take place a number of notablechanges in the Third World and North-South relations,which are expected tohave a far-reaching impact on the evolving world configuration and even ...Since the end of the cold war,there have take place a number of notablechanges in the Third World and North-South relations,which are expected tohave a far-reaching impact on the evolving world configuration and even the inter-national relationship in the 21st century.展开更多
In November 2016,Donald Trump,the Republican presidential candidate,defeated the highly popular Hillary Clinton,and became president elect of the United States.It is generally believed that Trump’s policies are hard ...In November 2016,Donald Trump,the Republican presidential candidate,defeated the highly popular Hillary Clinton,and became president elect of the United States.It is generally believed that Trump’s policies are hard to predict because of his lack of political experiences.The author believes that,it is necessary for the US展开更多
The statement that the world’s ecosystems are rapidly deteriorating due to human intervention and global warming is nowadays commonplace.Some of the ecosystems most heavily impacted are inland salt lakes.The salt lak...The statement that the world’s ecosystems are rapidly deteriorating due to human intervention and global warming is nowadays commonplace.Some of the ecosystems most heavily impacted are inland salt lakes.The salt lakes are among the most valuable and fascinating ecosystems on Earth,and their study has both basic scientifi c interest as well as applied aspects.展开更多
Just at the turn of the century,mankind is experiencing a historical changein world economy,of which the following points are worthy of our close at-tention: 1.The momentum of the present vigorous economic growth in d...Just at the turn of the century,mankind is experiencing a historical changein world economy,of which the following points are worthy of our close at-tention: 1.The momentum of the present vigorous economic growth in developingcountries will continue to persist and make its impact upon the whole world,which will fundamentally transform the existing world economic pattern.展开更多
Drug development in oncology is undergoing a substantial shift nowadays. The drivers for this are multi-factorial. On the one side, drug development is performed more rationally than ever, profiting from the scientifi...Drug development in oncology is undergoing a substantial shift nowadays. The drivers for this are multi-factorial. On the one side, drug development is performed more rationally than ever, profiting from the scientific advances in molecular biology in general and the elucidation of the various ＂omes＂ from genome to metabolome in particular.展开更多
2013 is an important year for South Africa. The country will host the Fifth BRICS Summit in March and also celebrates the 15th anniversary of the establish- ment of diplomatic relations with China. On January 31, Bhek...2013 is an important year for South Africa. The country will host the Fifth BRICS Summit in March and also celebrates the 15th anniversary of the establish- ment of diplomatic relations with China. On January 31, Bheki Langa, South African Ambassador to China, sat down with ChinAffica Assistant Executive Editor Tang Qinghua and shared his thoughts on the upcoming BRICS Summit and relations between China and South Africa, An edited version of his opinions follows：展开更多
US Presidential Election Reflects Major Changes in US PoliticsAt present,there have been quite a few assessments on the historical significance of US Presidential Election2016 for political change in the United States...US Presidential Election Reflects Major Changes in US PoliticsAt present,there have been quite a few assessments on the historical significance of US Presidential Election2016 for political change in the United States,all of which be it high or low point to a new departure point or turning point in US politics.First,the Election reflects major changes in the power pattern展开更多
A large-scale wave of mass protests broke out in fifteen Latin American countries during 2019.Some protests led to the resignation of the president and the collapse of the government.Others caused social unrest and bl...A large-scale wave of mass protests broke out in fifteen Latin American countries during 2019.Some protests led to the resignation of the president and the collapse of the government.Others caused social unrest and bloody conflicts.Some protests led to a national"curfew",and the government was forced to cancel major international conferences.For a time,over ten countries were engaged in turbulent and chaotic activities.Accordingly,the 2019 Latin American protests were also dubbed"Latin America’s Turmoil"by the international media.The scale,scope and impact of the protests have been rarely seen over the last forty years.They constituted part of the global chaos of 2019.The cause was not only the anxious response of the Latin American countries facing global changes not seen for a century,but also a concentrated outbreak of political,economic and social contradictions that has been accumulating in certain Latin American countries over a long period of time.Facing unprecedented global change over a century,the Latin American countries will be able to usher in the"Latin American Spring"only if they carry out profound reform with great courage,and achieve significant progress in their political systems,economic structures,and social security systems.展开更多
Looking back at the developments in the past five years(2007-2012),the first is fermentation of the U.S.subprime mortgage crisis in 2007,which fused the outbreak of the international financial crisis in the following ...Looking back at the developments in the past five years(2007-2012),the first is fermentation of the U.S.subprime mortgage crisis in 2007,which fused the outbreak of the international financial crisis in the following year.The year 2008 is the year of real"turning point",on September 15th,the century-old Lehman Brothers on Wall Street closed down surprisingly and detonated the on-going financial crisis,the world then entered a展开更多
In this series,Beijing Review will profile several "sister city" relationships between the United States and China.Washington,D.C.-based Sister Cities International facilitates the city pairings,as part of a...In this series,Beijing Review will profile several "sister city" relationships between the United States and China.Washington,D.C.-based Sister Cities International facilitates the city pairings,as part of a 50-year-old mission to promote"citizen diplomacy."Our first sister city profile is on Pasadena,California and its counterpart Xicheng District in Beijing.展开更多
Pakistan and China share strong common bonds of history, culture and geography Every time we went to China we witnessed a different country, given its sustained development. China is building everywhere, or rather it ...Pakistan and China share strong common bonds of history, culture and geography Every time we went to China we witnessed a different country, given its sustained development. China is building everywhere, or rather it is rebuilding at an amazing rate that has not been equaled anywhere except perhaps in Europe, rising from the ashes of the Second World War.展开更多
As a good summary of the latest Marxist theories such as Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,21st century Marxism does the following:It consciously complies with the logic of Mar...As a good summary of the latest Marxist theories such as Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,21st century Marxism does the following:It consciously complies with the logic of Marxist development;it continues to ensure that theories keep pace with the times and that practice is innovated and developed;it marks out the historic orientation of grasping the initiative and leading the revitalization of world socialism based on the essence,characteristics and trends of the profound changes unseen in a century;it makes original contributions on major theoretical issues such as the historical and logical unity of the evolution of the stages of social development,the integration of national rejuvenation with the course of world history,the inevitability of CPC strengths promoting political advancement,and the historical and cultural heritage for adapting Marxism to the Chinese context.With the new civilizational form of the Chinese path to modernization,the new economic globalization model of the Belt and Road Initiative,and the new global vision of a human community with a shared future,it provides a new competitive advantage for the Chinese path and contributes Chinese approaches to human development and progress.The great creation of 21st century Marxism makes Marxism shine with a more effulgent light of truth and gives its practice greater power.展开更多
The year 2017 is the first year for the U.S.Trump Administration,is the election year to determine the fate of many European countries,is the year for changing situation in the Middle East,and is the year for the Chin...The year 2017 is the first year for the U.S.Trump Administration,is the election year to determine the fate of many European countries,is the year for changing situation in the Middle East,and is the year for the Chinese diplomacy to open a new chapter.What are the展开更多
The concept of global governance first appeared in research on international political governance in the early 1990s. At the time much of the theoretical research on global governance was to some extent isolated from ...The concept of global governance first appeared in research on international political governance in the early 1990s. At the time much of the theoretical research on global governance was to some extent isolated from the realities of world development, but since the beginning of the 21th century, global governance research has been turning to real world issues, We propose the construction, from a public management perspective, of a governance ＂issue-actor-mechanism＂ framework. This sees postwar global governance practice as the old paradigm. The paper points out that the rapid global development after the end of the Cold War has had a crucial impact on the traditional governance paradigm, followed by the emergence of new global governance issues and changes in new governance actors resulting from the changing world of the last twenty or thirty years which have led to the failure of traditional governance mechanisms. These ＂issue-actor-mechanism＂ changes are closely interlocked, and hence require a new global governance paradigm that can reflect the complex interconnections of governance issues, actors and mechanisms. We thus need to reexamine and refresh our perceptions of the world and open up a new research agenda.展开更多
At least zoologists know that barnacles are arthropods rather than mollusks.However,this knowledge is surprisingly new,for it was as recent as 1830 before J.Vaughan Thompson showed,through a careful study of barnacle ...At least zoologists know that barnacles are arthropods rather than mollusks.However,this knowledge is surprisingly new,for it was as recent as 1830 before J.Vaughan Thompson showed,through a careful study of barnacle larvae,that they were crustaceans.In the 1850s,Charles Darwin unraveled much of the taxonomy of barnacles,and,significantly,his observations and classification of them follow the structure that was to be published later as his evolutionary theory.Irrespective of these works,knowledge of the systematic placement of barnacles remains surprisingly poor in the wider population today,with most non-biologists viewing barnacles as shallow-water fouling organisms related to oysters and limpets.The present paper reviews the way humans have perceived barnacles for at least a millennium;it evaluates why they were thought to have grown from trees and to have been part of the life cycle of birds;it concludes by contemplating the manner in which we perceive our environment and by doing so try to make sense of our world.展开更多
文摘Since the end of the cold war,there have take place a number of notablechanges in the Third World and North-South relations,which are expected tohave a far-reaching impact on the evolving world configuration and even the inter-national relationship in the 21st century.
文摘In November 2016,Donald Trump,the Republican presidential candidate,defeated the highly popular Hillary Clinton,and became president elect of the United States.It is generally believed that Trump’s policies are hard to predict because of his lack of political experiences.The author believes that,it is necessary for the US
文摘The statement that the world’s ecosystems are rapidly deteriorating due to human intervention and global warming is nowadays commonplace.Some of the ecosystems most heavily impacted are inland salt lakes.The salt lakes are among the most valuable and fascinating ecosystems on Earth,and their study has both basic scientifi c interest as well as applied aspects.
文摘Just at the turn of the century,mankind is experiencing a historical changein world economy,of which the following points are worthy of our close at-tention: 1.The momentum of the present vigorous economic growth in developingcountries will continue to persist and make its impact upon the whole world,which will fundamentally transform the existing world economic pattern.
文摘Drug development in oncology is undergoing a substantial shift nowadays. The drivers for this are multi-factorial. On the one side, drug development is performed more rationally than ever, profiting from the scientific advances in molecular biology in general and the elucidation of the various ＂omes＂ from genome to metabolome in particular.
文摘2013 is an important year for South Africa. The country will host the Fifth BRICS Summit in March and also celebrates the 15th anniversary of the establish- ment of diplomatic relations with China. On January 31, Bheki Langa, South African Ambassador to China, sat down with ChinAffica Assistant Executive Editor Tang Qinghua and shared his thoughts on the upcoming BRICS Summit and relations between China and South Africa, An edited version of his opinions follows：
文摘US Presidential Election Reflects Major Changes in US PoliticsAt present,there have been quite a few assessments on the historical significance of US Presidential Election2016 for political change in the United States,all of which be it high or low point to a new departure point or turning point in US politics.First,the Election reflects major changes in the power pattern
文摘A large-scale wave of mass protests broke out in fifteen Latin American countries during 2019.Some protests led to the resignation of the president and the collapse of the government.Others caused social unrest and bloody conflicts.Some protests led to a national"curfew",and the government was forced to cancel major international conferences.For a time,over ten countries were engaged in turbulent and chaotic activities.Accordingly,the 2019 Latin American protests were also dubbed"Latin America’s Turmoil"by the international media.The scale,scope and impact of the protests have been rarely seen over the last forty years.They constituted part of the global chaos of 2019.The cause was not only the anxious response of the Latin American countries facing global changes not seen for a century,but also a concentrated outbreak of political,economic and social contradictions that has been accumulating in certain Latin American countries over a long period of time.Facing unprecedented global change over a century,the Latin American countries will be able to usher in the"Latin American Spring"only if they carry out profound reform with great courage,and achieve significant progress in their political systems,economic structures,and social security systems.
文摘Looking back at the developments in the past five years(2007-2012),the first is fermentation of the U.S.subprime mortgage crisis in 2007,which fused the outbreak of the international financial crisis in the following year.The year 2008 is the year of real"turning point",on September 15th,the century-old Lehman Brothers on Wall Street closed down surprisingly and detonated the on-going financial crisis,the world then entered a
文摘In this series,Beijing Review will profile several "sister city" relationships between the United States and China.Washington,D.C.-based Sister Cities International facilitates the city pairings,as part of a 50-year-old mission to promote"citizen diplomacy."Our first sister city profile is on Pasadena,California and its counterpart Xicheng District in Beijing.
文摘Pakistan and China share strong common bonds of history, culture and geography Every time we went to China we witnessed a different country, given its sustained development. China is building everywhere, or rather it is rebuilding at an amazing rate that has not been equaled anywhere except perhaps in Europe, rising from the ashes of the Second World War.
文摘As a good summary of the latest Marxist theories such as Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,21st century Marxism does the following:It consciously complies with the logic of Marxist development;it continues to ensure that theories keep pace with the times and that practice is innovated and developed;it marks out the historic orientation of grasping the initiative and leading the revitalization of world socialism based on the essence,characteristics and trends of the profound changes unseen in a century;it makes original contributions on major theoretical issues such as the historical and logical unity of the evolution of the stages of social development,the integration of national rejuvenation with the course of world history,the inevitability of CPC strengths promoting political advancement,and the historical and cultural heritage for adapting Marxism to the Chinese context.With the new civilizational form of the Chinese path to modernization,the new economic globalization model of the Belt and Road Initiative,and the new global vision of a human community with a shared future,it provides a new competitive advantage for the Chinese path and contributes Chinese approaches to human development and progress.The great creation of 21st century Marxism makes Marxism shine with a more effulgent light of truth and gives its practice greater power.
文摘The year 2017 is the first year for the U.S.Trump Administration,is the election year to determine the fate of many European countries,is the year for changing situation in the Middle East,and is the year for the Chinese diplomacy to open a new chapter.What are the
文摘The concept of global governance first appeared in research on international political governance in the early 1990s. At the time much of the theoretical research on global governance was to some extent isolated from the realities of world development, but since the beginning of the 21th century, global governance research has been turning to real world issues, We propose the construction, from a public management perspective, of a governance ＂issue-actor-mechanism＂ framework. This sees postwar global governance practice as the old paradigm. The paper points out that the rapid global development after the end of the Cold War has had a crucial impact on the traditional governance paradigm, followed by the emergence of new global governance issues and changes in new governance actors resulting from the changing world of the last twenty or thirty years which have led to the failure of traditional governance mechanisms. These ＂issue-actor-mechanism＂ changes are closely interlocked, and hence require a new global governance paradigm that can reflect the complex interconnections of governance issues, actors and mechanisms. We thus need to reexamine and refresh our perceptions of the world and open up a new research agenda.
基金I thank Professor William(Bill)A.Newman,Scripps Institute of Oceanography,California,my constant friend in the Cirripedia,who has mentored,debated and researched with me on barnacles for more than 3 decades.It was in the 1990s that Bill directed me to the extraordinary work of the English polymath Edward Heron-Allen,whose observations feature significantly in this paper.Professor Rob Watts and Father Jo Dirks,RMIT University,Melbourne,Associate Professor James McGrath,Butler University,Indianapolis provided helpful comments at an early stage of the manuscript and 3 anonymous referees provided further insight,Ms Urara“Fujitsubo”Kuratani,of Kobe,Japan kindly provided images of her wonderful barnacle art,demonstrating that cirripedophilia is alive and thriving in the 21st century.Ms Sandra Powlette,British Library,London is thanked for kindly arranging permission,without fee,to use the image in Fig.1(taken from the 13th century manuscript Bestiary).I also thank the Bureau of International Cooperation,Chinese Academy of Sciences that supported my attendance at the Seventh International Crustacean Congress in Qingdao,China,to give an oral presentation of this paper.
文摘At least zoologists know that barnacles are arthropods rather than mollusks.However,this knowledge is surprisingly new,for it was as recent as 1830 before J.Vaughan Thompson showed,through a careful study of barnacle larvae,that they were crustaceans.In the 1850s,Charles Darwin unraveled much of the taxonomy of barnacles,and,significantly,his observations and classification of them follow the structure that was to be published later as his evolutionary theory.Irrespective of these works,knowledge of the systematic placement of barnacles remains surprisingly poor in the wider population today,with most non-biologists viewing barnacles as shallow-water fouling organisms related to oysters and limpets.The present paper reviews the way humans have perceived barnacles for at least a millennium;it evaluates why they were thought to have grown from trees and to have been part of the life cycle of birds;it concludes by contemplating the manner in which we perceive our environment and by doing so try to make sense of our world.
