The Effects of Neighborhood Variables on Needs of Social Care: A Hierarchical Multiple Regression of Senior Residents in China

Community-based elder care has become a dominant model in the world. However, the role of community-level factors in helping or hindering the individuals concerned in obtaining the needed care has not received much attention. This research aims to investigate how community-level factors, including neighborhood disadvantage, residential instability, and social service environment affect the need for instrumental, medical, and emotional services of Chinese senior residents. Employing the hierarchical multiple regression analysis, the results show that instrumental activities of daily living impairment contributed significantly to the need for instrumental, medical and emotional services. Living alone was found to be associated with the need for medical and emotional services. Objective socioeconomic status was only significantly related to the need for medical care. The type of urban community was positively associated with the need for instrumental services and was negatively related to the need for medical care. Residential instability was positively associated with of the need for instrumental services and medical care. Social service environments had heterogeneous effects on the need for social services. However, neighborhood disadvantage had no significant impact on the need for social services. Implications for future research and policy reform were also discussed.     

Sixty years of change in Tibetan fertility: An assessment

Existing knowledge of Tibetan historical population development is mostly based on ‘best-guess’ estimates and is heavily politicized. Using census data, I reconstruct the development of Tibetan fertility in China since the 1940s, with the objective of providing an independent assessment that can be used as benchmark for future studies and debates on Tibetan demography. Following major social and economic transformations starting in the 1950s, Tibetan fertility unexpectedly increased from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. As noted in several existing studies, Tibetan fertility in China then declined swiftly from the early 1980s onwards and has now reached values close to replacement level. Focusing on the 1950–70 period, I examine factors that contributed to shaping the Tibetan fertility increase in more detail. This confirms that changes in nuptiality and disease-related infertility both played a role in pushing up fertility rates among Tibetan women in China.     

薛福成与中英梅生私运军火一案的交涉

梅生案是上海、镇江两海关在1891年查获的一起以英国人梅生为首的私运军火案。由于治外法权的存在,该案由上海会审公廨审理,最终的结果是判处梅生九个月监禁。此案显然是重罪轻判,清政府对此判决深为不满,责令当时的驻英大使薛福成就此案与英国外务部进行交涉。经过多次艰难的交涉,梅生最终被驱逐出中国,这在一定程度上维护了中国的尊严,阻止了军火走私的蔓延之势,从而为中国赢得了一个有利的国际、国内环境。     

中俄战略协作伙伴关系的新发展及其战略意义

近两年来,中俄战略协作伙伴关系有重大发展,两国领导人频繁互访,定期会晤;边界问题得到圆满解决,边境地区军事信任不断加强;经贸关系得到特别重视并有新的发展;双方在国际领域的磋商与合作明显加强.中俄战略协作伙伴关系的发展具有多方面的战略意义,它有利于改善和增强中俄两国的国际战略地位;促进世界力量平衡,制约一超独霸,推动世界向多极化发展;为冷战后国际关系尤其是大国关系提供了范例,推动了大国关系的良性互动;为国际社会创立了新型的边境及地区安全模式.     

东北地域文化模式的阻滞效应与转型——立足于东北老工业基地转型背景下的讨论

振兴东北老工业基地战略的推进不仅意味着东北地域经济与社会结构的转型,同时还伴随着东北地域文化模式的转型。而东北地域文化模式中的制度性依赖、外来性促进和官本位的三个特质对东北现代市场经济的发展具有阻滞效应。理论上认清东北文化模式转型内在机制,加快东北文化体制改革,建构东北地域文化转型的制度推力对于我们制定东北文化战略,选择改造东北地域文化的路径都具有重要的理论和现实意义。     

论中国的海洋意识与和平崛起

中国自古是一个以陆地为主要依托的国家,农耕文明长期占据主导地位.近代以来,海洋意识缓慢增强,在海洋建设方面也取得了一定的成就,但对海洋的综合开发能力与发达国家仍有相当差距,同周边邻国还存在一系列的海洋纠纷.真正制约我国海洋事业发展与和平崛起的是滞后的海洋意识和海洋观念.随着新一轮全球化海洋意识的膨胀,中国必须在<联合国海洋公约>建立的国际秩序下,从提升海洋意识走向全面开发海洋,发展海洋事业,制定长期的海洋战略,合理解决与周边国家的海上纠纷,为中华民族的伟大复兴奠定基础.     

大连港物流发展对辽宁省国际贸易影响的研究——与青岛、天津及日韩主要港口的对比分析

随着国际贸易的发展,物流得以不断完善,并对促进国际贸易发展有着不可忽视的作用。文章从大连港对辽宁省国际贸易的影响出发,从与其他港口对比的角度分析大连港物流面临的主要挑战并提出相关的建议。      

跨国企业集团内部财务控制博弈研究

由于跨国企业集团的管理与控制结构的层级较多,其内部母子公司的财务控制机制由于地域限制和文化差异存在较大的失效风险。本文通过构建跨国集团母公司、子公司、基层员工间的三方动态博弈模型,分析了跨国集团在跨地域内部财务控制机制构建中需要重视的主要影响因素,分析各个真正可控参数的作用机理并列出了跨国集团可行的控制方法的优劣排序。     

两宋时期的秦观诗研究

秦观是北宋文坛上的重要作家,“苏门四学士”之一,诗、词、文俱佳。秦观诗在宋代享有较高声誉,当时学人对其诗已有较为深入的研究。两宋时期研究为后世秦观诗研究奠定了基础,影响了后代对其诗的定位和评价走向。     

日本声称拥有钓鱼岛领土权的论据辨析

自从上世纪70年代初中日钓鱼岛之争事起以来,日本声称拥有钓鱼岛主权的论据,大都出自1970年9月17日以琉球政府官方名义发表的“关于尖阁列岛的领土权”声明。之后,日本外务省根据该“声明”的精神,于1972年3月8日发表“尖阁列岛分明是日本领土”的官方见解,坚称钓鱼岛归属日本。“声明”和“见解”出笼后,成为日本历次官方发言人用来与中国交涉钓鱼岛主权的持论依据。尽管日方在申述自己的主张时提出许多理由和证据,但大致可归结为两点：一是经纬线划界法;二是无主地先占法。因此,本文在弄清日方所谓主张和论据的同时,对其“经纬线划界法”和“无主地先占法”的辩词,一并加以驳斥。