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A Review and Study of All the Keynote Reports Delivered at the Seven Successive CPC National Congresses since the Country's Reform and Opening Up YANG Feng-Cheng 2013, 47 (3):  5-15.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (2218KB) ( )   All seven congress reports were calls for collective effort to live up to the Chinese dream of going from strength to ever greater strength. The report to the 12th CPC National Congress raised the programmatic slogan of “create an overall new situation and achieve socialist modernization.” The one delivered at the 13th CPC National Congress put forward the theory of the primary stage of socialism, highlighting the CPCs fundamental line of “one central task, two basic points.” The dominant theme of the report made at the 14th CPC National Congress was to seize the golden opportunity and step up the effort to develop the socialist market economy. The report to the 15th CPC National Congress, held toward the turn of the century, mapped out a new blueprint for socialist modernization under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory. The 16th CPC National Congress highly acclaimed—and systematically stated—the important thought of “three represents” through its keynote report, setting the strategic goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-around way. The report to the 17th CPC National Congress elaborated on Hu Jintaos vision of wholesome development; it laid out new objectives and tasks for winning greater national pride and prosperity. The report to the Party's 18th National Congress, held late last year, highly praised the vision of wholesome development, unraveling the full implications of socialism with Chinese characteristics and pledging to fully accomplish the task of building a prosperous society in an all-around way. These milestone documents will exert a profound influence on the health and well-being of Chinese society.   Related Articles | Metrics

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The Path, Theory and System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: an Integral Whole XIAO Gui-Qing 2013, 47 (3):  16-22.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1247KB) ( )   The path, theory and system of socialism with Chinese characteristics are three essential factors arising from the same inner logic, forming the fundamental framework of socialism with Chinese characteristics. They are an integral whole in the nations great endeavor to build socialism with Chinese characteristics. Thus, an analytical study on the internal linkage and organic unity of these three aspects is of immense significance to upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics.   Related Articles | Metrics

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Lenin's Inheritance and Development of Marxism: a New Reflection on Leninism AN Qi-Nian 2013, 47 (3):  23-33.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (2442KB) ( )   With the burgeoning and spread of capitalism throughout the world, there arose the prevalent need in backward Eastern countries for Marxism. Believers in this powerful revolutionary theory in those countries were puzzled as to whether a socialist revolution is unthinkable in a backward country without its first going through the stage of capitalism. Karl Marx, in response to a question raised by Russian populists during his late years, made it clear that Russia could conditionally skip the capitalist “Kafdin Valley.” That was a proclamation meaningful to both Russia and all other backward countries the world over. Lenin creatively applied Marx's thought to his own country and launched a spectacular socialist movement in many areas outside of the capitalist world. Hence the birth of Leninism. The backwardness and Oriental hues of Russia, as well as early capitalism's brutality and cruelness, prompted Lenin to choose Marx's earlier perceptions about socialism, with their emphasis on class conflicts, violent revolution and proletarian dictatorship. This, I insist, exemplifies Lenin's ingenious application of materialist dialectics and can still help our effort today. Many have accused the socialist U.S.S.R., founded and built by Lenin and Stalin, of lacking democracy and thus betraying Marx's early ideas about socialism. Such individuals themselves lack the flexibility of materialist dialectics and are victims of dogmatic thinking methodology.   Related Articles | Metrics

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On the Publishing of the World's First Russian Translation of Collected  Works of Marx and Engels and Its Historical Significance YAO Ying 2013, 47 (3):  34-42.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1880KB) ( )   The compilation of the world's first Collected Works of Marx and Engels, which contains 29 volumes, has been completed by Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow after 19 years of collective effort. The systematic launching of literature left behind by the two great founders of Marxism has not only fulfilled one of Marx and Engels's lifetime wishes for the first time, but also helped gather important and useful firsthand experience for the compilation and publishing of the second edition of Collected Works of Marx and Engels, an exemplary model for future editions in other languages and even for the Marx-Engels Gesamtausgabe (MEGA).   Related Articles | Metrics

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Why Market Economy Is an Innovation Driver ——Reflections Based on Relevant Statements in Karl Marx's On Capital LI Yi-Ping 2013, 47 (3):  43-48.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1245KB) ( )   This essay discusses, in some detail, a series of Karl Mar'xs statements about innovation in his anti-capitalist work On Capital. It starts by elaborating on the view that the use of socially rather than individually necessary labor time as the criterion of a transaction inspires the innovation whereby to raise production efficiency and shorten individual labor time. Then, it moves on to Marx's statement about super profits spurred by innovation, and about further innovations escalated by such “arms races” to be creatively new. The third statement this essay discusses is that the average profits, formed by competition among those engaged in the same trade, allow the allotment of social resources to favor innovation. Last comes the discussion on elimination, merger and reorganization as a driver for innovation, peculiar to an economic downturn period, under the condition of market economy. The author of this essay holds that the crucial transformation of the Chinese economy from big to truly strong can only be achieved through innovation. What can also be found in this essay is a contextually suitable proposal on how to further activate the market mechanism and strengthen institutional arrangements for innovation in the light of national conditions and practice. Related Articles | Metrics

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Module-forming Mechanisms and Two Nonlocal Workers-Community Relationship Patterns SUN Xiao-Dong-1，Song-Lei-2，Zhang-Xian-3 2013, 47 (3):  49-55.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1415KB) ( )   The nonlocal workers-community relationship is becoming part of the overall mode of production in today's China. The difference between Guangdong and Zhejiang in this regard can be linked to the two mechanisms for the formation of modules, an outward feature of men as a productive force. Exogenous modularization has led to the non-intercalation of the nonlocal workers-community relationship, while endogenous modularization has caused nonlocal workers to fit into local community. However, module-forming mechanisms are not the only variable determining the nonlocal workers-community relationship which, more exactly, is the outcome of the combined effect of productive forces, relations of production and the institutional environment.   Related Articles | Metrics

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From Political Critique to Economic Critique: on the Intrinsic Logic of Karl Marx's Early Critical Thought on Religion WU Zhuo,WANG Liang-Bin 2013, 47 (3):  56-63.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1490KB) ( )   In his early religious critique, Karl Marx believed that, despite the state's political emancipation exiling religion to secular life under the premise of the state being regarded as the Genus Nature of Humans, religious believers still failed to get liberation and freedom. With the reinterpretation of the nature of the state and men from the perspective of day-to-day production and practice, the criticism of religion was also extended to the economic sector from the political sector, and gradually formed the materialist view of religion. Related Articles | Metrics

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Risk Preference Study and Its Possible Future Development ZUO Cong-Ying,ZHOU Ye-An 2013, 47 (3):  64-72.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1578KB) ( )   Traditionally, economics pays little heed to how risk preference can differ from individual to individual, and the measuring methods it uses are often defective. Thanks to the rise of behavioral and experimental economics, scholars in that field are now better able to tackle the issue of individual risk preference by quantifying it, through both laboratory and on-site experiments. This new approach can not only help determine, with greater accuracy, the degree and nature of a particular individual's risk preference; it also carves out the micro-structure and relationship between different preferences. It shall provide a more strictly scientific basis for the reconstruction of micro-economics.   Related Articles | Metrics

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The European Union's Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts in Africa: Its Traits and Its Lesson for China BAI Yun-Zhen 2013, 47 (3):  73-79.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1469KB) ( )   Violent conflict prevention has become an important factor in the European Unio'ns involvement in affairs beyond its territory and an unavoidable challenge China must face in the construction of its diplomatic strategy. In view of this, this essay attempts, through the case of the European Union's intervention in Africa's violent conflicts, to analyze safe methods to be adopted for development and characteristics of the European Union's intervention in violent conflicts such as preventive intervention and multilateralism, and then to propose certain strategic choices for China's diplomatic activities. The author of this essay maintains that, in trying to stop Africa's violent conflicts, it would be advisable for China to implement a comprehensive macro-strategy, preventive diplomacy, development tactics and multilateral operations, and to creatively carry out its commitment to the world's peace and security to enhance the new SinoAfrican strategic partnership.   Related Articles | Metrics

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On China's Peripheral Nuclear Situation after the Cold War: Two Opposing Trends and Their Origins CHENG Xiao-Yong 2013, 47 (3):  80-89.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (2127KB) ( )   After the cold war, China's peripheral nuclear situation has become complex, with nuclear proliferation in the region around China pursuing two opposite directions. On the one hand, in the Northeast Asian region, North Korea's nuclear provocations have triggered a serious nuclear crisis; and in the South Asian region, India and Pakistan have crossed the nuclear threshold to become nuclear nations. On the other hand, many other countries and areas around China have accelerated their effort at denuclearization or non-nuclearization, such as Southeast Asia, Mongolia and Central Asia, have announced the establishment of a nuclear-free-zone, which has helped to stabilize the security situation in this region and consolidate the international nuclear nonproliferation mechanism. The two different nuclear trends, in certain areas around China in this postcold war era, are the result of the interaction and mutual influence of various factors, which include international security environment, regional security environment, and domestic politics in certain key countries. Related Articles | Metrics

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The “Reform Movement of 1898 as a Much Longer Process” Theory and Research on That Same Movement QIU Tao 2013, 47 (3):  94-102.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (2007KB) ( )   Some scholars point out that, although the Reform Movement of 1898 nominally lasted only about a hundred days, it is a much longer process if one tries to re-approach it from a broader historical perspective. This newly-advanced theory is valuable, indeed, to the history of scholarly research on that movement in particular and the recent modern history of China in general. It has helped historians to expand their horizon and to reassess that movement's historical and academic relevance, both theoretically and methodologically. Hence, there arises the need to thoroughly discuss the theorys entire formative process from its budding to its final outburst, as well as the causes that underpinned it, so that the theory may become more established and richly mature.   Related Articles | Metrics