A GLIMPSE OF THE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL OF KYITOD TOWNSHIP

In the second half of July in 2008 I was conducting interviews on the housing project beginning in Geren Village of Kyitod Town in Riwoche County(Chamdo Prefecture).By chance Jampel Nyima,the town administrator,     

窥视北美

可以旅行到美国了,加拿大也在争当下一站。北美洲,这片土地,我们了解得很多,不了解的更多。一位作家、一个乐队,就当是开启的小窗户吧。     

“中华民国中央银行钞票”揭秘

“中华民国中央银行钞票”存世极少,十分珍贵。其面值见有壹元、五元两种(插二下),其中壹元票长144,宽89mm;五元票长160,宽92mm。钞票正面,上端均为篆书“中华民国中央银行钞票”、下侧均有篆书“中央银行发行”字样,中间则分别为隶书“壹元”或“五元”之面值,四角分别有“壹”和“1”或“五”和“5”的面值数,底纹均为由无数“中央银行”小字纵向排列而成的放光芒图案;钞票背面,中间分别为“壹元”或“五元”面值,面值两侧分别有“1”或“5”字面值数。吴筹中先生曾在1990年第三期《中国钱币》上刊出过一张五元票的黑白图版,当时他认为是…     

THE OPTIMAL PROVISION OF A CENTRAL PARK IN A CITY*

In this paper, I examine the conditions and decision rules pertaining to the efficient provision of a central park in a city (provision that must satisfy the Samuelson condition). An interesting finding is that an additional opportunity cost that results from competition with residential use must be included to determine the efficient size of a central park. An efficient central park is larger in a city with public landownership than in a city with absentee landownership. Profit maximization and population maximization can be used as decision rules to determine the efficient provision of a central park in both an open city with absentee landownership and one with public landownership. The net benefit of a central park in a closed city with absentee landownership is reflected not only in the land rent or profit, but also in the utility level, while that of a closed city with public landownership is fully reflected in the utility level. It is not feasible to determine the efficient size of a central park for a closed city with either absentee or public landownership solely based on observable market information.     

THE LEGENDARY PRINCIPLE OF TIBET'S SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

<正>Tibet's school for the blind was founded in 1999 by the blind German woman Sabriye Tenberken,who was not only the first person to establish a school especially for blind girls,but also the inventor of Tibetan braille.This institution nurtured the first educated blind people within all of Tibet,the first Tibetan group for the blind all being former students at this school.     

"塌陷"背景下中部旅游发展的地理学透视

从地理学角度分析"中部塌陷"背景下中部旅游发展的现象、结构、过程和机理对确立旅游业在"中部崛起"过程中的产业地位和发展方向具有重要意义.按照东部、中部、西部和东北的区划方法对大陆31个省份进行了分组,从"塌陷"概念出发,构造了表征"中部旅游塌陷"的理论假设模型.选定指标对四个区域内省份的旅游经济总量、旅游经济发展速度和旅游经济发展水平进行对比,结果表明:中部省份不存在"旅游塌陷"的现象和结构;四个区域资源竞争力、市场水平、空间区位、交通通达性和软环境水平等地理学因子区域优势度的比较结果表明:中部地区省份不存在"旅游塌陷"的物质条件.进而从"人-地关系"相互作用的角度出发,得到"由于游客旅游行为或目的地选择受政策影响较弱的开放性特征,使得在全国尺度上不存在‘中部旅游塌陷'现象的结论".最后探讨了"中部崛起"过程中旅游业的产业地位和承担的职能.     

PIONEERS OF A TIBETAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL

In the spring of 1981, Zhaxi Cering, then chairman of the Ethnic Minority Affairs Commission of Sichuan Province, brought Qigyia and some others together to discuss the construction of a school. Convinced by the chairman, Qigyia, then 27 years old, left the bustling city of Kangding for remote Dege Zhuqing, thus beginning his 20-odd-year career as a school teacher.When the Sichuan Tibetan Language School was inaugurated on October 5, 1981, Qigyia was a bag of bones due to overwork. To …     

THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION

<正>People often say the best buildings in the Tibet Autonomous Region are school buildings.This is,in fact,true.The most beautiful view in schools is the smiling faces of children,and the most beautiful people are those school teachers who persist on living in a rural community to devote themselves to rural education.     

IN LOVE WITH TIBET:MY LIFE IN THE FARAWAY AND BEAUTIFUL TOWNSHIP OF KANGYUL

Editor＇s Note：
In 2002 a special class was established in Minzu University of China. It recruited non-Tibetan high school graduates from the hinterland. After graduation, the students would work on some basic tasks below county level in Tibet Autonomous Region to serve local economic and social development. Upon graduation, these young men were to be sent to places, which were completely unfamiliar to them. How would they face difficulties in work and life？ Could they stick to their tasks？