Jiang Meets the 11th Bainqen

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The 11th Panchen Erdeni Presides Over Abhiseka Rituals In Yonghegong Lamasery

Lamps lit up the hall,where religioushorns were blown as the 11thPanchen Erdeni reached theYonghegong Lamasery in Beijing.He was to preside over the Abhiseka ritu-als and give a blessing touch to the fore-heads of monks and worshippers.     

Ever Lasting Memory──10th Death Anniversary of the 10th Panchen Erdeni

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A Patriotic Living Buddha──Remarks of the 10th Panchen Erdeni

The10thPanchenleftussomeeightyearsago.Recallinghisdayswithus,wecherishaDrofoundmemoryofthemaster.The10thPanchenlovedtheCommunistPartyofChina,thesocialistmotherland,theTibetanraceandTibetanBuddhism.Thefourlovesareanunitedintegralwhole,andtheyarebasedonthe…     

“Panchen Brings Us Happiness”——The 11th Panchen Erdeni in Sichuan

On the Khampa Plateau in June the green pasturelands stretch endlessly to the horizon and beyond. From the 12th to the 28th, the 11th Panchen Erdeni visited many places in Sichuan, including Chengdu, Leshan, Emeishan, Ya＇an, Luding, Kangding, Yajiang, Litang, Danba, Markang, Hongyuan, Aba, Ruo＇ergai and Jiuzhaigou. He also worshipped Buddha and met many people from Buddhist circles and numerous common disciples. The distance covered by his travels was 3,000 km. He passed through more than 10 counties in the Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan, visited more than 10 monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism such as the Changqing Ker Monastery, Huiyuan Monastery, Gemo Monastery, etc., where, watched by many common disciples, he presided over Buddhist activities and gave out alms. He gave blessings by touching the foreheads of an estimated 70,000 believers, visited the new villages of herders and extended his best wishes to poor Tibetan families.     

A Textual Study of The Post and Rank of ＂Khutukhtu＂ in Tibetan Buddhism

Among Mongolian and Tibetan high-ranking Bud-dhist monks,the Khutukhtu is second only to that ofthe Dalai and the Panchen.There have,however,beenvarious interpretations of the word khutukhtu,its lin-guistic origin,and connotations.In this essay,therefore,I expound on the preliminary textual re-search I have made into questions regarding the ori-gin of the word “khutukhtu,” its course of evolution,     

The Influence of Tibetan Buddhism on Contemporary Mongolian Eco-literature——Case Studies on Xue-boGuo's Novels

Tibetan Buddhism,one of the important sects of Buddhism,is believed by a lot of researchers to have disseminated into Tibet from India,Nepal and its adjacent Han nationality congregating areas in around 7th century.The subsequent spread of Buddhism in Tibet experienced two periods of fast diffusion,during which the original Buddhist doctrine merged with Tibetan traditional culture,and a new form of religion with typical Tibetan characteristics came into being.     

The Development of Tibetan Culture

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A Grand Event for Cultural Circles──Publication Begins of the 40-volume King Gesar

King Gesar is a long epic created by the Tibetan people over aprolonged period of history. Given strenuous efforts to sing andperform it, the epic, unlike other ancient works of its type, is stillPerformed in the rural and pastoral areas in Tibet.The epic, unique to the Tibetan race, faithfully reflects the life of the ethnicgroup, social format, history, wisdom of the people, their aspirations and ideals,as well as the imagination and talents of the Tibetans.Obviously, King Gesar is a trea…     

Feeling the Warmth of The Motherland──Returned Tibetan Compatriots Visited

DuringthearmedrebellionstagedbyasmallhandfulofreactionariesontheupperechelonoftherulingclassinTibetin1959,someinnocentTibetanswerebroughtoutsideChinabyTibetanseparatists.Fromthenon,theylivedanexilelife.Timepassedruthlessly,butthishasneverputdowntheirdesireforreturn.Inthelast20years,some50,000Tibetancompatriotshavereturnedforvisit.Ofthem,2,000havesettleddownintheirhometowninTibetandotherTibetanareasinthethreeprovincesofQinghai,GansuandSichuan.WishesofGungtangOzhubBeforehemadeuphismindtore…     

The Spatial Organisation of Women's Soccer in Adelaide: Another Tale of Spatial Inequality?

Although sport is considered an important component of Australian society and a precious vehicle of social interaction, sports geography remains in many ways a neglected field of investigation. Nevertheless, geographical studies of sports can add valuable insights to more acknowledged geographical discourses. They can also contribute to regional sporting success. This paper analyses the current spatial organisation of women's soccer in Adelaide and outlines the unequal spatial expression of its recent professionally‐oriented approach, the achievement phase. A significant proportion of Adelaide's female population experiences limited opportunity to participate fully in the sport. The sport therefore fails to maximise its human resources and its spatial organisation constitutes a limit to the competitiveness of South Australian women's soccer as a system. The paper uses the concept of social capital to explore the unequal engagement of four sub‐regions in women's soccer. Many of the areas experiencing relative exclusion from women's soccer are the same ones that suffer the most from disengagement from the global economy. In those areas, socio‐economic disadvantage is matched by limited opportunities for self‐fulfilment through sport, and the effectiveness of social networks is weaker. This work aims to provide information for South Australian women's soccer institutions to foster enhanced equity in terms of access to the sport in metropolitan Adelaide. It also provides a base from which to investigate the reasons behind sub‐regional differences in the ability to produce quality players, knowledge that, if applied to these less productive areas, may contribute to the general enhancement of overall sporting outcomes.     

Undertaking Water Projects At the Foot of Qomolangmo──Story of Tibetan Water Conservancy Worker Myingma

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Paleopathology of The Population of Krasnoyarsk,Central Siberia (Pokrovskiy and Voskresensko-Preobrazhenskiy Cemeteries of the 17th– Early 20th Centuries)

Published data on the paleopathology of Siberian populations are scarce. However, two samples of adult and non- adult skeletons taken from excavations at the Pokrovskiy (17th–18th centuries) and Voskresensko-Preobrazhenskiy (17th–early 20th century) cemeteries in Krasnoyarsk (123 and 204; 101 and 81, respectively) revealed cases of rickets, tuberculosis, and congenital syphilis in children, and vertebral tuberculosis and tertiary syphilis in adults. Trauma areas included ribs, hands, forearms, and tibiae. These two samples provide evidence on which to base an assessment of the health of the Krasnoyarsk population from 1628 to the early 1900s.     

Is Europe 2020 Set to Fail? The Cultural Political Economy of the EU Grand Strategies

The European Union (EU) has been continuously rethinking its global position amidst emerging economic and geopolitical challenges and attempting to formulate strategies to increase its competitiveness. However, its long-standing policy implementation deficit is also recognized for its grand strategies, including the initially ambitious Lisbon Strategy. Is Europe 2020 set to fail as well? In this paper, we are arguing that strategic steering is essentially a discursive practice influenced by both semiotic and extra-semiotic factors. Hence, success or failure of a strategy essentially depends on ability to steer the discourse. Niklas Luhmann's social systems theory offers a theoretical framework against which limitations and potentials of strategic steering at the EU level can be analysed. While high levels of rationality and reflection capacities can improve strategic steering, it is limited by the increasing complexity. Recognizing limitations of direct and centralized interventions, we look for analytical and strategic solutions in sophisticated mechanisms of contextual steering: variation, selection and retention of strategic discourses. These mechanisms are integral to the “cultural political economy” approach. In the final part of the paper, we show how cultural political economy can explain the implementation shortcomings of the EU strategies.