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15 January 2021, Volume 38 Issue 1

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The Microcosmic Research on the Industrial Upgrading from the Perspective of New Structural Economics

付 才 辉, 赵 秋 运, 陈 曦

2021, 38(1):  1-13. 

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 The researches on the industrial upgrading in the existing economics literature focus more on the macro level. Representative theories include unbalanced growth theory asserting that industrial upgrading is driven by demand and supply and new structural economics asserting that industrial upgrading is driven by the upgrading of endowment structure, which can be summarized as Engel Law, Baumohl Law and Lin Yifu Law. However, most researches on industrial upgrading have focused on the substitution effect and the income effect, without a thorough and holistic understanding of the practical process of industrial upgrading at the enterprise level. Most important of all, the dynamic core competence of an enterprise should be given a top priority, which in turn takes viability as a necessary condition, that is, the match of the resource endowment structure of the enterprise with its value chain structure. To conduct an in-depth research on the micro-industrial upgrading mechanism based on the viability of enterprises, we can draw strengths from both economics literature which lays more emphasis on theoretical mechanisms and management literature which is more practice-oriented, thus obtaining a better position to understand the world and conduct practice with guide.



On the Narrative Rhetoric of  Chinese Opera Film

2021, 38(1):  14-28. 

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 Chinese opera (xiqu) film is a film art which adopts an opera-like narrative of images and actions. Camera editing of stage performances, close-up shots of singing, acting, recitation and acrobatics and spectacular visual effects of camera lenson stunt performances are  three special rhetorical devices in the narrative of Chinese opera films. Firstly, camera editing, mainly including connecting lens of different stages, putting together and editing lens of conflicting opera actions and shifting lens of virtual opera time and space, constitutes the fundamental means of making a Chinese opera film and endows it with dual narrative significance of film and Chinese drama. Secondly, close-up shots of singing, acting, recitation and acrobatics strengthen the effect of the procedural performance of Chinese opera by magnifying its fine details, clarifying its referents and in terms of its function, charisma and imagination adding a new dimension of “drama elements” to Chinese opera film. Thirdly, spectacular visual effects of camera lens demonstrate the enormous importance of technologies in the evolution of Chinese drama film as a new film genre, ranging from astonishing “stunts” unique in Chinese drama performance, to “illusory” spectacles of scenes and to the virtual “bullets” flying.  The “fusion” of the narrative rhetoric of Chinese opera art and that of film lens produces a larger effect than the combined effect of the two, and still more importantly, results in the most effective and aesthetically significant narrative rhetoric of Chinese opera film. Historical experience shows that the fusion of Chinese opera and film is not only an integration of two different art forms, but also a channel of art adaptation to the society and a way of survival. In this sense, Chinese opera film is the outcome of the self-revolution of arts as well as the adaptation of arts to social changes. How to effectively “apply” the narrative rhetoric of film to the narrative of Chinese operas with ethnic characteristics, and how to creatively give full play to the film narrative which is typical of modern industries while adhering to the opera narrative rhetoric,  is a pathway that Chinese opera film has to follow.




Poetry-Film in China:#br# A Comparative Study of the Convergence of Poetry and Cinema#br#

2021, 38(1):  29-39. 

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The film Legend of the Demon Cat is unique in the convergence and interaction of literature and cinema narrative. The cinema expressions of the poetic images in Bai Juyi’s “Song of Everlasting Sorrow” which is made as the background text, are able to transcend the narrative/poetic binary and lead us to the potential reinterpretation of the poetics of cinema. In modern poet Luo Fu’s same titled poem “Song of Everlasting Sorrow”, the frequently occurring images of lotuses in Bai’s version created in Tang Dynasty are replaced by the images of roses. This transformation signifies that the depiction of the Imperial Concubine Yang has changed from the traditional discourse system of Chinese poetics to that of contemporary poetics. In the film Legend of the Demon Cat, the images of lotuses and roses converge with each other, and the literary narrative of the “Song of Everlasting Sorrow” in the textual form and the non-narrative of the lens language of the film work together to achieve a poetic effect that breaks away the limit of carrier awareness. The coexistence further contributes to the breakdown of the demarcation between moral preaching and romantic narrative, returning to the poetry-film convergence of local visual thinking.



Beyond Immanent and External Transcendence: Confucian Immanent Transcendence and Its Outcome

2021, 38(1):  40-53. 

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To identify the trait of Confucianism with immanent transcendence is not a rare practice, which seeks to single out the unique feature of Chinese culture and especially Confucian culture from the contrastive perspective of Chinese and western cultures. However, with the popularity of China’s immanent transcendence and western external transcendence, it has been argued that theories of external transcendence also exist in China and statements of immanent  transcendence also find expressions in the West. Therefore, immanent and external transcendence are not sufficient to define the uniqueness of the two different cultures. Even if the assertion of immanent transcendence is made, its double-edged sword nature can not be neglected: it not simply highlights the characteristics and advantages of Chinese culture, but also leads to two serious interruptions: deities’ regulations and restrains on humans and the value of substances independent of humans. To connect the two interruptions, Confucianism must strive to achieve three breakthroughs. Only by doing so can Confucian and Chinese culture change its current disadvantaged position in the modern world, shed light on political governance, make itself better known to the outside world and regain its past glory.




International Sanctions and Impediments to Contractual Performance

2021, 38(1):  54-73. 

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 Under the background of China-US trade war, many Chinese enterprises are sanctioned by the United States.Sanctions imposed on Chinese enterprises by the United States, from macroscopic perspective, have greatly harmed China’s state interests and Chinese enterprises’security of supply chains. From the microcosmic perspective, it is essential to come up solutions to the impediments to contractual performance caused by international sanctions. In international commercial transactions, how will it be identified under the governing law of a contract if a party cannot perform its contractual obligations due to the enforcement of sanction measures?How to allocate the risks of impediments to contractual performance caused by international sanctions between the two parties through prior arrangement of contract terms? How to deal with the impediments to contractual performance caused by international sanctions under Chinese legal framework? These issues are worth pondering. In view of this, based on categorization analysis, the article examines in a comparative perspective whether impediments to contractual performance caused by international sanctions constitute excuses for non-performance, discusses the differences in the application effects of those force majeure clauses, liability exemption clauses and compliance commitment clauses related to international sanctions that are widely applied in practice, and presents some ideas on how to deal with impediments to contractual performance caused by international sanctions under the framework of Chinese laws.



The Prevention of White-Collar Financial Crimes in China#br# under Social Governance#br#

2021, 38(1):  75-88. 

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 White-collar financial crimes are illegal behaviors committed in the financial sectors by executives, managers, technicians or other agencies of financial markets to seek illegal benefits by taking advantage of their positions, which pose serious harm to the financial order and the interests of other persons. At present, due to the limitations and the unique features of white-collar financial crimes which often involve complexity and professionals, Chinese criminal law is faced with many difficulties in the prevention and control of white-collar financial crimes. Since comprehensive social governance boasts multiple and all-round means, it has a clear advantage in the prevention of white-collar financial crimes while effectively containing the breeding of them. In view of this, the perspective of social governance is adopted to explore multiple approaches to the prevention and control white-collar crimes and relevant preventive measures are proposed. 

A Study on the Establishment of Labor Standards for Talent #br# Highland in China’s Free Trade Zones #br# —A Perspective of Labor Rights Protection#br#

2021, 38(1):  89-104. 

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In the establishment of labor standards for talent highland in free trade zones, both international and domestic levels should be taken into account. At the international level, the provisions and standards in the International Labor Convention （ILO） together with US and EU free trade agreements （FTA） can be referenced to and selectively adapted for China's usage. At the domestic perspective, greater importance should be attached to the special demands of high-level talents and the institutional supply capacity of the state, because the former provides basic rules guaranteeing labor rights for international talents while the later reflects the national lawmaker's legislative will and institutional supply capacity. Specifically, it is essential to assimilate the essence of international labor standards, promote the convenience of talent flow and adopt flexible work schedules. In addition to implementing the international prevailing labor standards in the FTA, we should also play the role of both participant and leader in the process of formulating and revising the international labor system. Meanwhile, it is vital to realize the orderly flow of international and domestic talents and labors in those free trade zones with possible conditions while considering the actual needs of the zones and seeking for reference the detailed and practical provisions of US and EU FTA on the movement of natural persons. Finally, in terms of domestic legislation, it is necessary to make full use of the “local legislative power” and the method of legal interpretation so as to maximize the legislative power of free trade zones and achieve policy objectives.



Big Data and Creatructive Epistemology

2021, 38(1):  105-114. 

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The advancement of the new generation of artificial intelligence further demonstrates the important role of big data in a profound way. It is on the basis of big data that new epistemological purports have arisen from the process of information technology development.New epistemological purports have emerged one after another, from the “procedural epistemology” in the philosophical research of computer to “epistemology of the algorithm” in the philosophical research of intelligent algorithm. These purports are not identical with the epistemic ones oriented towards the existing natural world, but creatructive (creative-constructive) epistemology in contrast with descriptive epistemology.The purport of creatructive epistemology originates from the activity of self creatruction ( creation-construction), a concept of holistic construction of creating new things out of nothing. The creatructive activities based on big data show the development from understanding and changing the world to creatructing the world, which means not only an expansion from descriptive to creative cognition, but also an extension from descriptive to creatructive epistemology.



The Modern Legacy of the Discourse of Simmel’s Philosophy of “Money”and Its Significance in the History of Thought—Based on Intertextuality Analysis of Marx’s Texts#br# JIANG Wei1，REN Kai2#br#

2021, 38(1):  115-127. 

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Money, an intermediary and symbol, is an important approach to understanding modern society. In the contemporary study of Marx’s critique of political economy, it is very important to introduce Simmel’s perspective to explain Marx’s monetary philosophy. However, the internal dimension of Simmel’s philosophy of money is often neglected in the past studies together with its effect on ideological history of Western Marxism. Marx’s philosophy of money is a materialist historical interpretation of the structural relations of money, ownership and modes of production within a critical theoretical paradigm. Comparatively speaking, Simmel’s analysis of money is more based on psychological experience and interactive exchange relations within a cultural and social theoretical paradigm. Simmel’s theory is a supplement to and an extension of Marx’s macro structure analysis and directly affects Lukacs’ interpretation of Marx’s philosophy. This provides new evidence for Lukacs’ source of thought, which is significant in the history of thought and enlightening to China’s current social construction .



The Opposition and Unity of Secularity and Sacredness #br# in Shakespeare’s Dramas#br#

2021, 38(1):  128-140. 

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The coexistence of secularity and sacredness constitutes a unique feature of Shakespeare’s dramas. Shakespeare’s dramas are reexamined in terms of public space, theatrical relationship, space-time art and world stage to explain how public space in drama can be integrated into commercial entertainment space and ritual space in performance, how the ritual characteristic in drama can be made use of to underscore audience and performers’ joint creation, how tangible characters can display their intangible spirit in the art of theatrical performance and the limited space-time can show the infinite space-time, and how drama as a comprehensive art can be made in a world stage to present a global perspective. It is concluded that Shakespeare’s works of art produced in the late Middle Ages and early modern times, such as the historical nodes of the Renaissance, the Reformation of the Religion, the rise of nation states, and the opening of new routes, demonstrate both unity and opposition of secularity and sacredness.