Table of Content

20 March 2012, Volume 46 Issue 3 Previous Issue    Next Issue

---

For Selected:

Download Citations EndNote Ris BibTeX

Toggle Thumbnails

Select

A Review of CPCs Concept of Cultural Development since the 16th CPC National Congress YANG Feng-Cheng 2012, 47 (3):  5-12.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (5560KB) ( )   Since the 16th national congress, the Communist Party of China has developed a train of strategic ideas remarkable of the time about the strategic position and development goal of culture, the thoughts on and motives for cultural development, objectives and route of cultural development and so on. On the one hand, these ideas have drawn on CPCs experience in construction of socialist spiritual civilization and explorations into construction of socialist culture characteristic of the Chinese style since the implementation of the reform and openup policies. On the other hand, they are conclusions reached in line with the requirement and needs of the time and practice, emphasizing development of both nonprofit cultural programs and operational cultural industry in order to push forward cultural industry to become a key industry in national economy and contribute to the spread of the Chinese culture abroad. The understanding of the development route of socialist culture characteristic of the Chinese style is keeping pace with the times. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

An Analysis of the Contradictions between the Officials and the Public in Contemporary China WU Zhong-Min 2012, 47 (3):  13-21.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (6535KB) ( )   Compared with developed countries, developed countries at the same development stage and other developing countries and regions, the problem of “contradictions between the officials and the public” in China today is mainly characterized as follows: 1. Of all types of contradictions, the ones between the officials and the public are the most severe; 2. The degree of severity of “contradictions between the officials and the public” increases with lowering administrative levels; 3. Some of them belong to the blameshifting type of social contradiction; 4. These contradictions show signs of solidification tendency; 5. An institutionalized absorbing and digestion mechanism against these contradictions is missing; 6. The “contradictions between the officials and the public” are nonconfrontational social contradictions; 7. There is sufficient elastic space for intensification or mitigation of these contradictions. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

The Basic Principle of Promoting Equalization of Basic Public Service： Matching Responsibility with Financial Power and Financial Resources SUN De-Chao 2012, 47 (3):  22-30.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (6552KB) ( )   It is of great importance to stick to the principle of matching responsibility and fiscal power in order to promote equalization of basic public service. Nowadays, the reality of responsibility and fiscal power of the central government and local governments are not matched can be interpreted in terms of two aspects: the responsibility for public service does not match financial power, and the responsibility for expenditure does not match financial resources. It is an urgent task that tax legislative power of local governments should be strengthened when insisting on the principle of the responsibility for public service being matched with the financial resources, and reasonable configuration of the financial resources of central and local governments should also be guaranteed when insisting on the principle of the responsibility for expenditure matching the financial resources. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

The Dual Connotation and Contemporary Significance of Civil Society Theory in the Light of Historical Materialism WANG Wei 2012, 47 (3):  31-37.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (4856KB) ( )   Marx did not simply hold a critical attitude towards civil society. His understanding of civil society is of two aspects. One is its special significance, that is, he analyzed and criticized the nature of civil society in the context of political economics; The other is its general significance, that is, he fully affirmed that separation of civil society and state marked the birth of modern state and modern civilization. In his works after the 1848 revolution, Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte in particular, Marx never gave up his general understanding of civil society. By criticizing the historical backsliding phenomenon of excessive regulation of civil society from the state, Marx stressed that civil society should be emancipated and reasonable development of the society should be realized. In conclusion, in the context of historical materialism, the precise connotation of civil society theory is both critical and constructive. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

Reconstructing “Political Community” in Civil Society ——On Laclau and Mouffes Construction of Micropolitics QU Ting 2012, 47 (3):  38-42.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (3660KB) ( )   A special logic was embedded in the two core concepts “hegemony” and “we” of Laclau and Mouffes postmodern political construction, which refers to reconstruction of political community in civil society. This political logic did not and could not appear in a traditional society or its political theories. It was the product of the western postindustrial society or highlydeveloped civil society. It meant that civil society was constructed as a political public sphere in which “hegemony” and “we” operated. Some of these views may offer forwardlooking significance in the construction of public sphere in Chinese civil society. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

Theory of Civil Society: A New Perspective for Social Transformation of Contemporary China YANG Qiao-Rong 2012, 47 (3):  43-49.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (5129KB) ( )   Civil society has a long tradition and practical development in Western countries, and is unquestionably linked with market economy. Its significance to modernization of a state and social transformation is selfevident. Many thinkers and political theorists, including authors of classical works of Marxism, have expressed their own expositions on the characteristics of civil society, the significance of state, and inevitable stages of mans development, covering the general value appeals and historical particularities. With the development of Chinas social transformation, civil society characteristic of the Chinese style is born. Therefore, interpretation of relevant theories of civil society, analysis of the basic connotation, existing problems and methods of social transformation of contemporary China in the light of historical materialism from a dialectic materialist perspective is of theoretical and practical significance. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

On the Effectiveness of Contemporary Education of Communist Beliefs YANG De-Xia 2012, 47 (3):  50-55.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (4235KB) ( )   The precondition of effective education of communist beliefs is grasping its essential characteristics. It is important to emphasize the following aspects: combination of emotional identification and rational cognition, blending of collective political beliefs and individual beliefs in life, unity of being ambitious and downtoearth, and interaction of educational propaganda with management of the environment as well. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

On Unit Goods Value Decreasing with Increasing Labor Productivity —A Response to Proposition Two in the Controversy over “Proportional to” YU Bin-1, SHEN You-Jia-2 2012, 47 (3):  56-62.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (5512KB) ( )   The debate over “proportional to” involves two propositions.The first: a working day of certain hours always represents product of the same Value; The second: unit goods value decreases with increasing labor productivity. This paper is a response to the Second Proposition. In the debate, those who are for “proportional to” hold the hypothesis that labor productivity equals to labor complexity and labor intensity. However, this hypothesis is incorrect. The degree of productivity of labour, in a given society, “is expressed in the relative extent of the means of production that one labourer, during a given time, with the same tension of labour power, turns into products”. Labor productivity is not directly related to labor intensity or labor complexity and to a great extent is inversely proportional to labor complexity. What is more important, market competition depends on lowering price of goods instead of raising it. If increasing labor productivity lead to a rise of unit goods value, capitalists would not have competed by raising labor productivity. Obviously, this is not the fact. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

Knowledgebased Economy and the Capitalist Labor Process XIE Fu-Sheng-1, ZHOU Ya-Ting-2 2012, 47 (3):  63-71.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (6267KB) ( )   Theoretical researches and case studies of knowledge, knowledge management and changing skills showed that under the knowledgebased economy new changes have taken place in the capitalist labor process. Control during the labor process is still strict, and the aim of the control is still obtaining surplus value. Knowledge management means adopting new methods to gain benefits from the employees “knowledge”. So, the conflicts between the tremendous needs for lowskill labor and the propaganda of “raising the skills” just reflect the conflicts between capital and labor, which is a new form of the internal contradiction of the capitalist production mode in the new era of knowledgebased economy. The essence of the reform in the capitalist labor process is adoption of a cooperative and interactive method to create social surplus value through a network of language, communication and affection. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

From “Equality” to “Coordination”: An Analysis of the Japanese Diplomacy towards America under the Administration of the Japanese Democratic Party HUANG Da-Hui 2012, 47 (3):  72-78.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (5200KB) ( )   Since the Japanese Democratic Party came to power, the Japanese foreign policies have undergone many changes. First, the Hatoyama government aimed to establish “close but equal JapanUA relations”. They advocated East Asian Community and emphasized Asia in their diplomacy. But their efforts towards equal relations with America were somewhat idealistic and finally failed.. When Naoto Kan took the office, he started to adopt “realistic” foreign policies. The coordination policies towards America were applied again and the JapanUS alliance.was continuously strengthened. Then came Noda who claimed to take a position of “thorough realism”, emphasizing that the JapanUS alliance was the axis in the base axis of Japanese diplomacy. Accordingly, more emphases were put on further development of the JapanUS alliance, and a tendency of alliance with the U.S. to contain China was obvious. Thus, the author maintains, attention should be directed to the Japanese diplomacy under the Democratic Party of Japan. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

The Historical Context and Characteristics of Japans Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations ZHAO Lei 2012, 47 (3):  79-86.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (5868KB) ( )   Participation in the UN peacekeeping operations is an important part of the Japanese UN foreign policies. It is also the key content of the Japanese foreign strategy as an “ordinary country”. Since the end of World War Ⅱ successive Japanese governments have adopted a series of legislation and policies, and managed to institutionalize the action of sending troops abroad. Their participation in UN peacekeeping operations is used as a platform and springboard. The Japanese participation in peacekeeping operations has the following characteristics: 1， The Japanese participation is highly selective; 2， The Japanese participation is strongly purposeful; 3， The Japanese peacekeeping policies are heavily influenced by “Neoconservatism”; and 4, The Japanese environment for peacekeeping is relatively complicated. Related Articles | Metrics

Select

Geopolitical Shifts and Orientations of the Japanese Foreign Policies WU Zheng-Yu 2012, 47 (3):  87-92.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (4307KB) ( )   This article attempts to explore into the interactive connections between geopolitical shifts on the East Asian continent and orientations of the Japanese foreign policies in modern history. The author argues that, the orientations of Japanese foreign policies in modern history have been largely determined by two geopolitical factors. One is the power structure on the East Asian continent; the other is the policy of the leading maritime power on the other side of the Pacific(US.). These two factors can not only explain the expansions of Japan in modern history, especially in the East Asian continent during World War Ⅱ, but also explain the Japanese pacifist foreign policy since the end of World War Ⅱ. The author points out that, given the increasing rise of China in contemporary world, Japanese foreign policy orientations in the coming years will be at the crossroad again, and how to avoid malignant ramifications and repercussions caused by the rise of China and manage to maintain a relatively normal SinoJapanese relationship will be a major challenge faced by Chinese foreign policy in the foreseeable future. Related Articles | Metrics