LHUNDRUP TSOMO Gets a New House—One of a series of stories of Lhundrup Tsomo

In the middle of the 1980s the Chinese Government launched a campaign of poverty relief entitled the"Eight-Seven Plan to Attack Poverty".Later scholars from the China Tibetology Research Center followed the implementation of the plan by conducting comprehensive academic studies.Subsequently, scholars closely observed the family of Lhundrup Tsomo and her community,Chundul Village in Lhundrup County of Lhasa,for ten years.In this paper and others to come,a series of"Lhundrup Tsomo's stories:Studies in the ...     

LHUNDRUP TSOMO Gets a New Shrine-One of a series of stories of Lhundrup Tsomo（2）

In 2007, Lhundrup Tsomo＇s family added a new shrine, while the old picture of Chairman Mao Zedong, which was originally posted on the wall of her old house, was moved and re-pasted in a central position on the wall of the new house. Obviously,     

How Lhundrup Tsomo Was Released Since Schools Look After Her Grandchildren - One of a series of stories on Lhundrup Tsomo（4）

Power shifts within Lhundrup Tsomo＇s family have revealed that careful domestic budgeting and informed choices in consumption and investment could bring households maximum cost-effectiveness and satisfaction. This applies not only to large enterprises but also to householdbased business. Nevertheless the experience, skills and knowledge of the individual are the preconditions to making correct decisions. We noticed, in the mid to late 1980s, just after the distribution of production materials to individuals, the households whose traditional families in the Old Tibet were adept in trade, business and family financial management, won the opportunity to rejuvenate their family businesses.     

A Brief Review of Alexander von Stael-Holstein——A Great Scholar in Asiatic Studies

＂Stael-Holstein＂（i897-1937） should be a memorable name in Asian academic field, but it＇s a pity that today it has been almost forgotten by us. His full name in German is Alexander von Stael-Holstein. And ever since he inherited his baronage in I897, everybody called him Baron Alexander von Stael-Holstein. The Chinese translation 钢和泰 is just from the last part of his German name, i.e. the family name： Stael- Holstein. 钢 is the translation of the German ＂Stael＂ which means ＂steel＂ and 和泰 is the transliteration of ＂Holstein＂. The most familiar Chinese translation today is of course 钢和泰 or 钢和泰男爵, but there are many variants in Chinese scholars＇ writing, such as 钢和泰, 钢和泰太, etc.     

Jin Chengyu ed., Hekeben Zhongguo guyishu congkan （A Series of Ancient Chinese Books Missing from China but Preserved and Printed in Japan）

China has long boasted a time-honored tradition of reverence for books, but this tradition has been subject to periodic countercurrents that have occasionally led to the widespread, deliberate destruction of books by political authorities. The two most notorious historical examples of this phenomenon are the massive book-burning carried out by the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty,     

The silk in Worm History,and JOHN E. HILL,Through the Jade Gate to Rome. A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dinasty 1^st to 2^nd Centurtes CE （Juan Pablo Sanchez Hemandez）

The Roman Empire and Han China are represented as the ＂twin powers＂ which reached their peak of extension and prosperity more or less at the same time. In fact, studies have recently noticed the numerous similarities between these two mighty empires at the opposite ends of Eurasia in their political, administrative and cultural circumstances and they have invited a comparative approach in modem scholarship~. However, at that time, distances were too great to permit these kinds of comparisons, and an incomplete （if not archetypical） view prevails in all Ancient writings, whenever they deal with such distant populations in the other half of the world.