Reconstituting China''''s Social Security System——A Survey of the Seminaron Theory and Practice of Social Welfare

As China's market-oriented economic reforms deepen, an urgent task lying ahead of us is to develop, standardize and improve the system of social security. What, however, is meant by a unified, standardized and perfect social security system? How can we institute such a system? These questions remain urgently in need of study.This then was the setting of a national seminar on "The Theory and Practice of Social     

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Chinese Culture and Cultural China Zou Guangwen Abstract： Cultural construction has become a national strategy in contemporary China. It is exactly at the right time to propose the blueprint of ＂cultural China＂ under this context. The goal of building a cultural China should be ＂down to earth＂; namely, the premise is the conscious identity of Chinese traditional culture. On this basis, efforts need to be made in building a cultural China, such as arousing Chinese spirit, stimulating the creativity of national culture, cohering social morality and building national belief. Key words： culture; Chinese culture; cultural China; neutral wisdom     

How Can the Draft Property Law Get through the Constitution?

The dispute over whether differential or equal protection should be accorded to real right has deep roots in the Constitution and is a manifestation of the contradictions in content and implications among different provisions of the Constitution. On the one hand, Articles 6, 7 and 12 of the Constitution stipulate that "the basis of the socialist economic system of China is public ownership of the means of production," "the state economy is the leading force in the national economy," and "socialist public property is sacred and inviolable," that is, the property of different property holders enjoys different constitutional positions.     

A Thesis on the “National Security Dilemma” and Its Transcendence

To a great degree, the development ofthe current international system has provedthat provided an anarchic state exists, the“national security dilemma” is an unavoid-able reality. In the context of this dilemma,the rise of a big power in the internationalarena always leads to fierce competition fornational security, even culminating in theoutbreak of war. Hence it is natural for real-ist Western scholars of international relationsto speculate that the dramatic growth ofChina’s comprehensive …     

Protection of Freedom and Privacy of Correspondence under the Telecommunication Law

Freedom and privacy of correspon-dence are basic rights of a citizen to per-sonal freedom. According to Article 66 ofthe Telecommunications Regulations, theexamination of telecommunication contentsshould be limited to the needs of nationalsecurity or investigation of criminal crimesand must be conducted by public securityorgans, national security organs or people’sprocuratorates according to legally pre-scribed procedure. But the people’s courtsdo not have the right to investigate the con-t…     

SPECIAL ISSUE： THE ENLIGHTENMENT IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Establishing a dialogue with the Enlightenment spirit has been a constant challenge confronting the intellectual community. A review of human history reveals that whenever social progress comes to a turning point, the topic of Enlightenment will inevitably be raised, giving rise to a new round of heated discussions triggered by doubts, reflections and criticisms in relation to Enlightenment. Today, although Enlightenment and the modem rule of law have not yet been accepted as general social practices, the＇modernization that embodies the Enlightenment spirit and the appeal of the rule of law has actually transcended purely academic boundaries. In a sense, it could be said, ＂modemization＂ has taken root in the minds of the majority of Chinese, epitomizing almost all their expectations and imaginations about life in the future. In the final analysis, re-opening the discussion of enlightenment represents a new attempt to unravel the complex of contradictions within the dual tensions between ancient times and modemity and between China and the West, identify the causes of intemal and external conflicts, explore the humanistic foundation of modem states ruled by law and the true values inherent in the Enlightenment, and discover the significance of these values for contemporary China in theory and practice, in an attempt to pursue a realistic path and find the intellectual and cultural resources for the establishment of a modem state ruled by law.     

Abstracts of Papers from Chinese Periodicals

Faith and Its Crisis and Transi-tionHuang Huizhen, Associate Senior Editor ofthe Institute of Philosophy, CASSZhexue dongtai, 2002, no. 12 Faith is constructed on two pillars: truthand value. "Truth" indicates that the believersof a faith consider what they believe in is truthwhile "value" indicates that they consider itvaluable. Therefore, any faith is a unity of aconcept of truth and one of value. As a faithdevelops a crisis becomes inevitable. A crisis     

物业运作：从国家中分离出来的新公共空间——国家权力过度化与社会权利不足之间的张力

This investigation report mainly displays a new public space of property management with the characteristics of civil society, by analyzing a typical case--Qing Shui Yuan. The new public space has already separated from the state and is managed by both the state and the society together. Position-exceeding power of the state and deficient position-stimulated rights of the society result in the tension between the state and the society. Position-exceeding power is a pivotal perspective to interpret the relation between the state and the society.Instead of paying excessive attention to the institutional construction of civil rights, we should focus on how social rights stimulated by institutions and laws are turned into reality.     

SPECIAL ISSUE： DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL INCOME IN A TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY Introduction

The share of labor income in China＇s national income shrank dramatically from the mid- 1990s onwards, accompanied by the shrinking of the share of household income and a continuing rise in the shares of corporate and government income. As income distribution is closely related to social stability, public well-being and economic development, changes in this regard and the related policy suggestions have attracted wide attention. The four articles in this special issue are devoted to answering three questions： a） what has caused the decline in labor income share？ b） what factors have contributed to the changes in the distribution of national income among the corporate, govemment and household sectors？ and c） what impact does the changing distribution of national income have on the national saving rate？     

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（1）An Introduction of Professor Yuan Fang＇ s Social Work Educational Thought and Practice in Pro- moting Professional Development
Professor Yuan Fang is one of the forerunners in the restoration of social work profession in China and has profound social work educational thought. He defines social work as a professional discipline which should have solid sociology theory foundation and be supported by the social welfare and social security system in responding multiple needs of vulnerable population. Sociology can be viewed as a broader vision of social work. Social welfare and social security system is the institutional base to prac- tice social work and professional social work provides an important way to solve problems of the vul- nerable. He argues that social work should be professionalized and social work education should be closely tied with practical sectors. His thought plays an important role in directing social work＇ s resto- ration and its future development in China.     

Cultural Reflection on the East Asian Financial Crisis

I. The Crisis of Nepotistic CapitalismThe fuse which ignited the East Asian financial crisis was the successof certain international money manipulators in engineering a massivedepreciation in the baht - the Thai currency. Like the plague, the crisisspread to other countries and regions in the area one by one. Thesuperficial cause of the crisis was international monetary speculation, butthe true root of the problem was the unique system integrating politicsand economics that had developed in…     

The Intellectual Conversion of the Creative Subject──An Approach to Chinese Literature in the New Age

IThe Class Monitor (Banzhuren ) marked a new era in Chineseliterature, and is significant as the first indicator of the intellectualawakening of writers as the creative subject. As the nation denounced the"Gang of Four" who plotted to seize the highest authority, writersreflected in their works of fiction that the worst disaster was the loss ofindividuality and creativity. This sober, reasonable judgement madefiction appear to shine with rationality amidst the emotional upheavals ofthe time.…     

Chinese Culture and Globalization:World Culture Report,Chinese Section

The first cultural cases:heritage This paper selects two typical culturalcases to present a picture of how traditional Chinese culture is metamorphosing under the pressure of globalization. One is a natural endowment while the other was developed by human beings; one represents visible tra-dition and the other the invisible tradition; one shows a point that remains and the other an aspect that is universal. First is “cultural heritage” as defined by the UNESCO. If we say that it is the un…     

The Final Extinction of Mankind

Will mankind live forever on this planet? No. Mankind will surely come to an end one day. This sounds like alarmist talk, but if we have a close look at the world around us we will see a lot of evidence that foreshadows the inevitability of the end of mankind. 1. Theoretical basis. "Everything that comes into being is doomed to die out." The natural world does not remain in a static state, but is constantly generating and destroying. This is a law of nature that cannot be changed. Human beings are the wisest of all creatures, their birth occupies a paramount position in the history of organic evolution, their wisdom is unparalleled by all other creatures, and no one would ever think of the fact that human beings are doomed to final extinction. In spite of all this, as a product of nature,     

On the Property Rights System:Also on the "General Principles of Property Rights" in the Civil Code

The division of the right to property and right to person and the dual structure of real rights and creditor's rights are basic concepts in the traditional property rights system. Along with the development of modern science and technology and the commodity economy, new kinds of property rights have been constantly emerging and the old property rights system has been gradually changing. Based on the innovation and integration of property concepts, the Chinese     

A Brief History of Greek Mythology Research in the Twentieth Century

The emergence of various schools is the most prominent feature of the Western mythological research in the 20th century, which helps to lead the disciplinary integration and construct a new academic paradigm. In the research of civilization origins, Nanno Marinatos＇ view that there is a symbiotic interaction between the Minoan civilization and the Mediterranean civilization （given in his book, Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess： A Near Eastern Koine）, solves in some way the long debates on the origin of the Greek civilization. And the interpreting mode of the interdisciplinary comparison between iconographic patterns initiated by him, undoubtedly plays an essential role in guiding the interdisciplinary interaction.     

Chinese Women''''s Studies against the Background of Globalization

The position of globalization in the Chinese social context is quite different from that which it holds in Western society and academic circles, where it is called into question and subject to criticism. In China, it is a concept with basically positive significance and is linked with the Chinese undertaking of going out into the world, as if serving as proof that China is being admitted by the outside world.     

Reflections on New Chinese Poetry

During the May 4th literary revolution, poetry triumphed, althoughthe new literature warriors had once believed that it was the mostdifficult fortress to capture. Most Chinese poets abandoned the oldpoetic formula and became "new poets" who wrote in plain or vernacularlanguage that was not subject to the restrictions of rhyme and meter.Nearly one hundred years have passed since this time and innumerablenew types of poems have been created, read and criticized. We have nowreached the point at …     

To Pull Off A New Breakthrough In Opening Up

Huludao is rich in resources of ocean, mine and advantaged tourism. It has a strong backing in industry, and many large-sized State-owned enterprises. The city has made great achievements in the opening up to the outside world, but it has a lot of work to do in the opening wider and further. The Party secretary of the CPC Huludao Committee has a new thinking for opening up in an all-round way. He says that one of our important tasks is to give our superiority at position and resources into …