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.     

中华传统行刑文化论纲

中华传统行刑文化是中华传统法律文化的重要组成部分,许多方面表现了中华民族的先进性,蕴含了许多合理因素。包括德主刑辅,宽猛相济的行刑理念;恤刑悯囚的人本传统;法、理、情相统一的行刑策略;引礼入法等。社会主义法治建设应继承和发扬传统行刑文化中的合理成分,树立科学行刑理念,实现和谐行刑。     

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。     

传统建筑语言在现代观演建筑中的运用——以重庆人民大礼堂和美国肯尼迪表演艺术中心为例

多元文化冲击下,中国当代建筑创作更加注重对传统的继承。以重庆人民大礼堂和美国肯尼迪表演艺术中心为例,从建设背景、传统建筑语言的来源与运用手法、传统建筑语言与建筑功能的结合以及传统建筑语言对建构的表达4个方面进行分析,探讨传统建筑语言在现代观演建筑中运用面临的主要问题,以期为当今中国建筑师的设计实践提供参考。     

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.     

论新疆民族体育的共性与个性

新疆民族传统体育是中华民族文化的一部分 ,它的产生和发展形式有着与中华民族体育共同之处 ,也同时由于地域、自然环境的明显差异和人文背景不同 ,所以 ,它又具有鲜明的民族个性。随着历史的发展和社会的进步 ,新疆民族传统体育项目已摈弃了迷信落后的东西 ,经过锤练 ,已成为中国少数民族运动会的主要项目之一