The sexual in Chinese sociology: homosexuality studies in contemporary China

Through a meta‐literature review, this paper examines the changing contours of Chinese sociology of homosexuality in contemporary China. It unfolds the different theoretical orientations and methodologies that construct the modern male homosexual subject under major socio‐economic and political changes. Chinese sociology of homosexuality started in the reform era and has been dominated by Western knowledge production and the political ideology of the communist party‐state. Fused with the bio‐medical model and the state's modernization project in the 1980s–1990s, the sociological study adopted a functionalist and positivistic approach with survey‐based methodology in the main which focused on the etiology of homosexuality. A new transnational knowledge production of sociology of homosexuality has formed since the 2000s which has shifted towards a constructivist/ post‐structuralist approach and reflexive qualitative methodology. The new sociological study examines the rise of male (as well as female) homosexual identity in China, questions the hetero/homosexual binary and discusses how an individual makes sense of homosexual identity to form same‐sex intimate relationships. By tracing the epistemology of homosexuality in contemporary China, this paper rethinks the dominance of the Western construction and the role of the state in shaping the knowledge of homosexuality and proposes alternative spaces for theorizing Chinese sexual identities, desires and practices.     

Cultural Endorsement of Broad Leadership Prototypes and Wealth as Predictors of Corruption

Corruption is a social ill that involves public officials’ misuse of entrusted power, which is a function of sociocultural factors. Rarely, however, do researchers view corruption as a leadership-related problem. In the current research, we conceptualize corruption as a leadership-related problem, and propose three broad leadership prototypes based on social value orientation theory and research. We seek to examine (1) how cultural endorsement of self-serving, prosocial, and individualistic leadership prototypes is related to corruption at the societal level and (2) how wealth moderates the relationship between cultural endorsement of self-serving leadership and corruption. Using archival data of 53 societies, we found that cultural endorsement of self-serving leadership was positively related to corruption, strengthened by wealth. Cultural endorsement of prosocial leadership and individualistic leadership, however, was not significantly related to corruption, and wealth did not moderate either of the relationships. The implications of these findings for theory and future research are discussed.     

解读早期中日交涉的原始记载——中岛雄《往复文书目录》研究述略(上)

<往复文书目录>是日本外务省所存原始档册,由该国驻北京公使馆书记官中岛雄编成,其内容包括1874至1899年总理衙门与日本公使馆彼此通讯的目录.本文阐述了该档册编写缘起,揭示其史料价值在于:它提供了早期中日交涉的具体细节,澄清了晚清中日关系吏上一些似是而非的问题,引申了对一些重要事件和人物的讨论,并指出利用该项档案应注意的问题.作者认为,中岛雄是一个善于观察现实、记录历史的有心人.在北京任职期间,他废寝忘食,孜孜不倦,写作了许多见闻与著作,编录了大量原始文件.中岛雄收集写作的目的,可以说完全是为当时的日本政府制定侵略中国政策提供参考的.而现在这些档案,却成了研究中日关系史的重要的第一手史料.     

Classical testing in functional linear models

We extend four tests common in classical regression – Wald, score, likelihood ratio and F tests – to functional linear regression, for testing the null hypothesis, that there is no association between a scalar response and a functional covariate. Using functional principal component analysis, we re-express the functional linear model as a standard linear model, where the effect of the functional covariate can be approximated by a finite linear combination of the functional principal component scores. In this setting, we consider application of the four traditional tests. The proposed testing procedures are investigated theoretically for densely observed functional covariates when the number of principal components diverges. Using the theoretical distribution of the tests under the alternative hypothesis, we develop a procedure for sample size calculation in the context of functional linear regression. The four tests are further compared numerically for both densely and sparsely observed noisy functional data in simulation experiments and using two real data applications.     

论张载思想的现代价值?

张载在中国古代思想史上有重要地位和巨大影响。其思想丰富深刻系统,涉及哲学思想、政治思想、教育思想等领域,其中影响最大的当属他的哲学思想。学习和研究张载哲学思想,具有树立正确世界观和方法论的价值;具有用辩证思维认识世界和促进社会和谐的价值;具有促进学习和提高道德修养的价值;具有培育知识分子崇高人格的价值;具有促进政治沟通和文化交流的价值。     

京师白云观与晚清外交

高仁峒是在晚清道教全真派总本山白云观长期担任过方丈的传奇性人物,与大内权贵太监李莲英等来往甚密,并和俄国驻华公使结交尤深,在晚清政坛曾发挥了举足轻重的作用.本文利用日本外交档案和白云观碑文等史料,对有关高道士行踪的传说故事甄别真伪,还其庐山真面目,并揭露他与俄国、日本密探私人交往之真相,从而展示晚清内政与外交鲜为人知的一个重要侧面.     

Is a pure jump process fitting the high frequency data better than a jump-diffusion process?

Two families of processes: pure jump processes and jump-diffusion processes are widely used in literatures. Recently, empirical findings demonstrate that the underlying processes of high frequency data sets are pure-jump processes of infinite variation in many situations. Statistical tests are also proposed to make the empirical findings theoretically grounded. In this paper, we extend the work of Jing et al. (2012) in two aspects: (1) the jump process in the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis could be different; (2) the null hypothesis covers more flexible processes which are more relevant in finance when considering models for asset prices or nominal interest rates. Theoretically, the test is proven to be very powerful and can control the type I error probabilities well under the nominal level.     

《诗经·鲁颂·泮水》本义考论

《诗经.鲁颂.泮水》是一首祭祀颂歌,描述了僖公在泮宫祭祀先祖周公之事,并通过比兴、铺陈、反复、夸饰等修辞方式,极力颂扬周公征伐淮夷之功、教化民心之德。因周公辅佐成王、征伐淮夷、安抚天下的文治武功,祭祀时得以用天子之礼,故鲁国作颂称扬其功,告于神明,正如《毛诗序》所云"颂者,美盛德之形容,以其成功,告于神明者也"。     

中小型商业裙楼经营模式研究与创新——以南京市为例

以南京市为例，分析中小型商业裙楼空置的原因，研究现有商业地产经营模式，进行租售结合模式创新，提出适合中小型商业裙楼项目的节点招商，对比其他租售结合模式，明确节点招商的权属、租务合同等问题，详述其适用性和操作过程，并提出可能存在的问题。     

解读早期中日交涉的原始记载——中岛雄《往复文书目录》研究述略(下)

<往复文书目录>是日本外务省所存原始档册,由该国驻北京公使馆书记官中岛雄编成,其内容包括1874至1899年总理衙门与日本公使馆彼此通讯的目录.本文阐述了该档册编写缘起,揭示其史料价值在于:它提供了早期中日交涉的具体细节,澄清了晚清中日关系史上一些似是而非的问题,引审了对一些重要事件和人物的讨论,并指出利用该项档案应注意的问题.作者认为,中岛雄是一个善于观察现实、记录历史的有心人.在北京任职期间,他废寝忘食,孜孜不倦,写作了许多见闻与著作,编录了大量原始文件.中岛雄收集写作的目的,可以说完全是为当时的日本政府制定侵略中国政策提供参考的.而现在这些档案,却成了研究中日关系史的重要的第一手史料.