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15 March 2017, Volume 34 Issue 2

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Economic Transition and Structural Reform: China’s Choice against #br# the New Challenges of Economic Globalization

2017, 34(2):  1-13. 

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Confronted with the head tide of economic globalization, China, upholding open winwin strategies of mutual benefit, needs to accelerate structural reform targeting at economic transition, resolve prominent contradictions of economic transition by deepening structural reform and constantly raise the internalandexternal linkage of development so as to release the enormous growth potential brought by economic transition, stimulate the vitality of the market and ensure steady growth expectation. Against the grand background of the historic convergence of China’s economic transition and the new round of globalization, the shift from the “primary openingup” centered on cargo trade to the “secondary openingup” focusing on service trade becomes a major task of China’s economic transition and structural reform. Meanwhile , how to handle the governmentmarket relations determines the actual schedule of structural reform. Only by prioritizing the proper relationship between governments and the market, can we expand market space, magnify market effects of structural reform, increase effective institutional supply and finally realize substantial breakthrough in economic transition. The promotion of structural reform through openingup transition not only determines the future development of China’s economic transition, but also exerts magnificent influence over global economic growth and patterns of economic governance.

The History and Status Quo of Cinematic Exchanges between #br# China and Central and Eastern Europe: Rethinking against #br# the Setting of the “Belt and Road Initiative”

2017, 34(2):  14-23. 

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 Based on the review and description of the history and status quo of cinematic exchanges between China and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the paper analyzes and looks ahead at the significance, value and strategies of current Chinese film transmission. Based on history, the paper classifies and summarizes the historical facts of cinematic exchanges between China and CEE before 1990; Concerning the present, the paper depicts the status quo of the cinematic cooperation between China and CEE since 1990, a period in which cold war ended and China has been increasing its overall national strength in a new international political pattern; Looking ahead, the paper delves into what China’s film transmission to CEE may contribute to China dream, laying directions for the strategic tasks of the cinematic exchanges between the two. Taking the research method of combining history and arguments, the paper focuses on the following three aspects: the cinematic exchanges between China and CEE, its relation with the toplevel design China dream, and the value of Chinese film transmission to CEE.

Viewing World Cinema and Chinese Cinema in Shifting PerspectivesZHANG

2017, 34(2):  24-33. 

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 The reconceptualization of world cinema and Chinese cinema could be described from the following several aspects: First, a parallel development of world literature, which is equally imbricated in debates concerning center and periphery or dominance and resistance as world cinema does. Second, some proposed new ways of viewing world cinema and foregrounding polylocal positions and shifting perspectives in a way that privileges a set of conjunctures with multiple entry points rather than a structure within a rigid system. Third, current debates on Sinophone cinema in English scholarship and rewriting film history in Chinese scholarship as two new contenders in the geocultural politics of film studies, and I question the persistent, yet unproductive reliance on binarism in both cases. Finally, an emphasis on Chinese cinema as translocal practice and on the polycentric view of world cinema, likewise upheld in world literature, as a necessarily openended project demanding further investigation.
 

The Transcendent Nature of Animation Ethics

2017, 34(2):  34-45. 

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 Animation, created with multi medias such as applied arts and technology and aiming at revealing and transcending reality, is both an artistic form and production technologies. Perceived from the reality, it reveals human social reality and social ethical awareness. Viewed from the super reality, it combines and transcends all other artistic signs, creating visual impact while expressing boundlessness. So animation can project the appeals for individual ethics and construct connotations transcendent of social ethics, which is the transcendent nature of animation ethnics. The transcendent nature of animation ethics includes three layers: form, connotation and methods, featuring “modern myth”, “entertainment enlightenment” and “transboundary empathy” respectively. Against the current background of animation art following the world trend to seek allround development and constant innovation, it is vital and imperative to study the essence of animation ethnics to promote the development of animation and construct animation ethic theory.

Preface to On Deconstruction，the 25th Anniversary EditionJonathan Culler1

2017, 34(2):  46-53. 

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 Since the publication of On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism after Structuralism in 1982, “deconstruction” has long been a hot word for arguments in literary and cultural critics. In its broadest sense, deconstruction represents an attitude of criticism over takenforgranted authority. Together with other postmodernist and poststructural thoughts, it inspires questioning into the established categories and classics, thus challenging their objectivity.  The preface to the 25th anniversary version focuses on the following areas to present deconstruction’s fluctuating history since the 1980s: feminism/gender study/queer theory, religion/theology, architecture as well as politics, law and ethics.

The Transmission of Book of Han in Midancient China and the #br# Establishment of Its Canonical Position

2017, 34(2):  54-72. 

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  The transmission of Book of Han during the midancient China indicates that people during that period had a “Han Dynasty complex”. Their understanding of Book of Han contained their historical memories of and emotional identity with the Han Empire. As an institutional and ideological crystallization of Qin and Han Empires in a new form of “inclusive of the whole dynasty”, Book of Han enjoyed more popularity than Records of the Grand Historian and established itself as a new canon with great significance not only in presenting exemplar rules of governance mirroring history, but also in refined elegance and stringent rules and regulations which fitted well with the aristocratic cultural atmosphere in the Six Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties. 

Viewing the Chronological Features of the Relations between Big and #br# Small States Described in Lao Zi in the Perspective of Zuo Zhuan

2017, 34(2):  73-86. 

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 Viewing the history of Spring and Autumn Period in the perspective of Zuo Zhuan, we find that the power between big and small states was yet to lose balance with big states still scrupulous towards small ones. More importantly, the rites of Zhou was still prevalent in Spring and Autumn period, exerting strong restraint on the hegemony of a powerful chief of princes. Due to these two reasons, the big and small states in Spring and Autumn Period had mutual responsibilities and obligations: big states were obliged to help the small ones out of danger or poverty, while small ones showed loyalty and paid articles of tribute. The setting conformed with the state relations between big and small ones depicted in Lao Zi. While in Warring States Period, rites and righteousness were sacrificed for cheating and fraud, and invasion and aggression was upheld, thus leading to the wide power disparity between big and small states. In this regard, the gettingalong principle designed for the big and small states in Lao Zi could only exist in the Spring and Autumn Period rather than in the Warring States Period.

On the Evolving Right Categories in Environmental Law: #br# Centered on the Core Structure of the Right to Enjoy#br#  the EnvironmentWANG

2017, 34(2):  87-98. 

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 The once warmly discussed environmental rights and related theories encountered unprecedented strike when China's environmental protection work entered into a new era. The development of the right categories in environmental law needs the support of a cornerstone category to formulate effective approaches to environmental problems. The legal practice of environmental protection needs to strengthen the empowerment of the legal rights. The evolution of the law in addressing environmental problems requires the systematization and precision of environmental rights; Good legal compliance in environmental governance requires the availability and practicality of rights. From the collection of environmentrelated rights to the emerging environmental right system, the type of rights in environmental law evolved to a point where the core category is needed to support the whole system. Based on these considerations, the recreation of rights in environmental law can be achieved from the following three aspects: local governments’ greater role in environmental protection in the rule of law governance may be the inevitable choice; The regulation of environment utilization behavior will eventually become the forefront of environmental governance; The right to enjoy the environment may become the core structure of the categories of rights in environmental law.

Between Disclosure and Nondisclosure: Conflicts and Balance Between #br# the Right to Environmental Information and Government Authority#br#  to Manage the Environmental InformationYAN

2017, 34(2):  99-109. 

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 The Chinese government has made significant progress in disclosing environmental information. However, there’s still much more space for improvements. For example, the government agencies often refuse to disclose environmental information under the excuse of “state secrets”; or they tend to conduct stringent censor based on “special needs for production, living or scientific research” upon public’s requests to disclose environmental information. To improve the public right to access environmental information, we should take into consideration both social stability and government capacity to disclose environmental information. In term of practicality, in order to balance the relationship between government authority to manage the environmental information, government capacity to disclose environmental information, and public right to access environmental information, we recommend: 1) to make amendments to the government information disclosure laws and regulations to require that “the government environmental information that should be disclosed voluntarily without requests should not be classified as “state secrets”; 2) to consider stipulating that social entities meeting required legal criteria can apply for disclosing environmental information with no reason (consulting the practice in environmental public interest litigation); and 3) to encourage “disclosure of nongovernmental environmental information” and promote public education on environmental sciences.

On the Heterogeneity of Rights and the Methodological Function of #br# Rights Categorization in Environmental LawWU

2017, 34(2):  110-125. 

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 Due to the confusion of thinking modes in the research of environmental law between “legal theory” and “legal engineering”, the rights community in the form of “rights tank” under the guidance of “legal engineering” appears with a high degree of heterogeneity. This heterogeneity is closely related to the differences in the scientific principles behind the different environmental and natural resource elements, the diversity of physical geography and humanity environment in different regions of China, and the political judgment and decision under specific points and space. This is reflected by the coexistence of “national / business / citizen” trichotomy and futureoriented “country / city (community) / citizen” trichotomy, which is adapted to the present demand. Faced with the excessive heterogeneity of rights in environmental law, typed approaches can achieve effective responses and, to a certain extent, correct heterogeneity’s negative effect. The function of rights categorization in environmental law is mainly embodied in the reorganization and optimization of the subject system of environmental law, the reversion of the “peoplecentered” factor in the research of environmental law, the understanding and grasp of the changing forms of rights in environment law against the changing times, and proposal of the concept of the right to enjoy the environment as the core structure of rights categories in environmental law. On the basis of the realization of these functions, the core concepts of environmental law research should be abstracted through categorization method.

Problems and Principles in Contrastive Studies of MeaningWAN

2017, 34(2):  126-133. 

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 By examining polysemy in English and Chinese, the paper reveals a tendency of exaggerating language differences in current contrastive studies. Such a biased approach could be largely attributed to the failure in adopting equal standards for evaluating different languages, which in turn leads to undue focus on semantic precision of one language over another in particular cases and overgeneralization of parametric differences. It is therefore argued that a contrastive study should follow a holistic and balanced approach to language phenomena, rather than drawing sweeping conclusions based on particular cases.

Effects of Psychological Strain and Resilience on Pilots’ Work #br# Performance：A Case Study of General Aviation PilotsZHANG

2017, 34(2):  134-144. 

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 The high pressure and risks associated with the occupation of a pilot make the studies of pilots’ mental state effect on their work performance extremely important. This study explored the effects of pilots’ psychological resilience and strain on their work performance. The study first collected 91 pilots’ data of psychological resilience, and then conducted a tenweek test to examine the relationship between pilots’ psychological strain and their work performance. A hierarchical linear model analysis was carried out on the collected 1001 data points, revealing that psychological resilience and psychological strain exert interactive effects on pilots’ work performance. The results are of theoretical and practical significance to the management of pilots as well as to management methods in terms of the screening, training, performance management of pilots, etc.