The long shadow of colonial cartography: Britain and the Sino-Indian war of 1962

ABSTRACT

This article examines British responses to the Sino-Indian border war of 1962. It illustrates how, in the years leading up to the war, Britain’s colonial legacy in the Indian subcontinent saw it drawn reluctantly into a territorial dispute between Asia’s two largest and most powerful nations. It analyses disagreements in Whitehall between the Foreign Office and Commonwealth Relations Office over the relative strength of India and China’s border claims, and assesses how these debates reshaped British regional policy. It argues that the border war was instrumental in transforming Britain’s post-colonial relationship with South Asia. Continuing to filter relations with India through an imperial prism proved unsatisfactory, what followed was a more pragmatic Indo-British association.     

清季民初国家主义教育思潮及其影响述论

作为近代中国教育思潮的一种,国家主义教育思潮最早出现在清末,五四后至二十年代达到鼎盛,其标志是出现了专门的教育团体——国家教育协会和专门的学派——国家主义教育派。清季民初国家主义教育思潮的兴起与发展,从内因上看是受民族危机的刺激,在外因上则是受日本和欧美同类思潮的影响。该思潮对清季民初中国教育,特别是对二十年代的收回教育权运动,产生了重要影响。     

伟大的旗帜深刻的意蕴

党的十七大鲜明确立了中国特色社会主义旗帜的指导地位。中国特色社会主义旗帜,是马克思主义真理观和价值观相统一的旗帜;其精神实质,是坚持科学社会主义基本原则与根据我国实际和时代特征赋予其鲜明中国特色的有机统一;其实践形态,是中国特色社会主义道路;其理论形态,是中国特色社会主义理论体系。高举中国特色社会主义伟大旗帜,就需要倍加珍惜、长期坚持和不断发展这条道路和理论体系。     

论中国教育现代化中的依附性问题

按照依附理论,从历史发展的过程及社会结构的角度来看,中国教育现代化有很强的依附性特征。基于此,中国教育在其现代化过程中,必须在利用依附发展特性的基础上,摆脱、超越对西方发达国家教育的依附;中国教育现代化必须处理好与经济发展、政治民主、法制建设之间的关系,以此促进自己的现代化进程。     

中朝边境地区跨境毒品犯罪问题研究

受国际毒潮的影响,中朝边境地区不仅面临着来自朝鲜毒品的直接渗透,而且还是“金三角”、“金新月”毒品的终端和中转站,呈现出贩运路线相对固定,入境地点相对集中,人员结构复杂,毒品贩运方式、手段诡秘等特点。由于跨境毒品走私案件不断增多,中朝边境地区禁毒形势日益严峻,并由此引发了一系列的社会问题,影响了中朝边境地区的安全与稳定,给边境地区缉毒工作带来了新的困难和挑战。     

中国警卫工作在社会视角中的误区

中国警卫工作始终披着神秘面纱,面纱遮盖住警卫工作诸多秘密,也造成社会视角中对中国警卫工作认知的扭曲;社会生活中群众对警卫工作的扭曲认识,严重影响了警卫部队建设和警卫工作的开展。分析社会对警卫工作产生扭曲认识的原因,对警卫概念、发展史、基本机构和作用等方面加以介绍,还中国警卫工作一个真实面目。     

和谐社会背景下发展西部民族教育的对策

本文根据西部民族地区教育的特殊性和共性,从创建和谐社会的基本理念出发,提出发展西部民族教育的对策:促进民族教育与全国教育发展相协调;增强少数民族的自信心,促进民族地区的社会稳定;确立教育公平和补偿性投入的理念,实现民族教育超前发展;重视民族基础教育和高层次骨干人才培养;加强师资队伍的建设;加强发达地区对西部贫困地区的教育对口支援。     

The People’s Liberation Army and China’s Smart Power Quandary in Southeast Asia

Abstract

China has a strong interest in pursuing a smart power strategy towards Southeast Asia and has worked laboriously to engage with regional countries economically, socially, and politically. But China has been only partially successful in achieving its goals in the region. This paper argues that China’s security policy towards Southeast Asia significantly contradicts many other objectives that Beijing wishes to accomplish. Given the deep-seated, narrowly-defined national interests of the Chinese military in the South China Sea disputes, it is likely that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will continue to pose the main obstacle to the effective implementation of a Chinese smart strategy in Southeast Asia.     

对口支援十周年:西部受援高校后发优势效应的发展分析

东西部高校对口支援实施十年来,西部受援高校实现了跨越式发展。本文运用后发优势理论,在综合分析受援高校借助对口支援充分发挥后发优势的经验基础上,对其中存在的问题作出反思,并有针对性地提出对策建议,以期为对口支援工作的持续健康快速发展提供借鉴。     

The Chinese and Asian impact on Russian nuclear policy

Asia, where nuclear powers already interact (including North Korea), exerts a growing influence on the thinking and policy underlying Russia's current and future nuclear (and overall defense) posture. China's rise is forcing Russia into a greater reliance on strategic offensive weapons and tactical nuclear weapons. These in turn will reinforce its opposition to US missile defenses, not only in Europe but also in Asia. Russia must now entertain the possibility of nuclear use in regional conflicts that would otherwise remain purely conventional. It cannot be postulated blindly that nuclear weapons serve no discernible purpose other than to deter nuclear attacks by other nuclear powers. The strategic equation in Asia and in the Russian Far East convincingly demonstrates the falsity of this approach. Nuclear weapons will be the essential component of Russia's regional defense policy if not of its overall policies – and this also includes contingencies in Europe.