Relationships between Township and Village: Disjuncture amidst Control——Based on Investigations in 20 Townships and Towns of 10 Provinces and Autonomous Regions

In the new organizational and institutional design of townships and villages, a village is defined as an autonomous entity and the village level organization as the administrator of public affairs of the village. However, townships and towns on one side and villages on the other have moved in op- posite directions since 1990. On the one hand, autonomous resources and organiza- tional structures have been coming into being and developing within the villages and farmers' desire to govern themselves is increasing, On the other,     

“Identity Crisis” and National Security——A Comment on Samuel P. Huntington’s Who Are We?

Post-Cold War realities indicate that the "identity crisis" poses a new challenge to national security. It is against this background that Huntington's new book Who Are We? brings to light the relationship between national security and the "subnational" and "transnational" identities brought about by immigration from the perspective of identity and an examination of the realities of "national identity crisis." Huntington is convinced that the present era is one of "global identity crisis" and that the dual identity, dual loyalty and dual citizenship that come with the American social mosaic created by immigrants intensify the weakening of the sense of "national identity" among America's citizens.     

My Love for Liaoning——Maple Leaf Cup Chinese Speaking Contest

"Over the past five years, Liaoning, you have indeed given me a lot. You have brought me profound love from teachers and schoolmates. You make me see trust from patients, and help me understand the lofty duty of the doctors. My first appreciation of the heavy snow is also one of your mysterious gifts." This is what Bbandama, a student from Zambia who studies Chinese medicine in the university, said during the Chinese speaking contest on June 11. His fluent Chinese was warmly responded.     

From Equal Rights to Equal Opportunities——The Trajectory of Equity in Education in New China

The course of educational development in New China demonstrates two different strategies for the development of education: the one, the pattern of gradual development frequently seen with the first nations to modernize, first makes compulsory education universal, and then uses it as the foun- dation for an orderly,     

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     

How China Will Deal with the Impact after Its Accession to the WTO—Interview with Dr.Klaus Kautzor-Schroder

On 10 April 2002, Professor Qin Yi, Editor-in-Chief of Social Sciences in China Press,interviewed Dr. Klaus Kautzor-Schroder. The influence of China's accession to both of theWTO and China itself, and how China will implement its accession protocol were discussedin the interview. Dr. Kautzor-Schroder served in the GATT from the 1970s to the pre-found-ing period of the WTO. He was Director in the GATT Secretariat for 20 years and responsiblefor tariffs, NTMs, AD, Subsidies, safeguards, FTA and a number of other trade policy-relatedareas. During his tenure of office he took part in the Tokyo Round and Uruguay Round multi-lateral trade negotiations. After retiring in 1991, Dr. Kautzor-Schroder has given his help toa number of developing countries in their accession process. He has visited China many timesin connection with the training of Chinese civil servants and young professionals. This inter-view was conducted during his stay in China.     

Why Judges Don't Believe What Witnesses Say——The Role of Witnesses in the Judicial Procedure in Transitional China

In judicial practice in China, now in typological transition, the testimony of witnesses is far from playing the role it is supposed to. Factors constraining witnesses’and judges’ behavior might be summarized     

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.     

Province-Run Enterprises Open Up Wider for Vitalizing Old Industrial Base

During the reform and adjustment to enterprises and structure of products, the enterprises subordinated to Liaoning Province have made notable effects in the economic development of the province, and thus promoted the reform and development of the enterprises and impelled the rejuvenation of the old industrial base of Liaoning. According to the new structure of opening up to the outside world, the enterprises subordinated to Liaoning Province will actively fetch in the big and strong companie…     

ABSTRACTS

（1） The Contract Relationship between the Government and the Agency and Its Reconstruction in So- cial Work Undertaking and Operating Zhang Xuedong In China the government purchased social work service to the social work service agency, which formed a ＂sale＂ contract relationship and occupied the important position in the system of social work undertaking and operating to directly affect the quantity and quality of social work services. At the same time, the contract relationship between the government and the agency faced with four game di- lemmas which were ＂Adverse Selection＂, ＂Moral Hazard＂, ＂Collusion＂, ＂Conspiracy＂,