Truncated Decision Making and Deliberative Implementation: A Time-Based Policy Process Model for Transitional China

The time dimension has not attracted enough attention in policy process research in China, yet speed is the most distinctive feature of China’s recent development. This article, based on observations of China’s policy practices, proposes a new research perspective for understanding how the Chinese government has been able to address policy challenges in an era of rapid transition. The approach adopted by the government allows decision makers to respond quickly to serious problems with a truncated decision-making process, and then implement the decisions through a more gradual deliberative process. The article examines China’s coal-mining industry reform as an empirical case to illustrate how this governance approach has been used to achieve major policy reform, namely property rights reform for coal mines, while simultaneously maintaining stability, regulating production safety, and stimulating industrial development. The article concludes with a discussion of the broad implications of this pattern for improving the effectiveness of public policy both in and outside China.     

俄藏敦煌文献缀合四则

俄藏敦煌写卷碎片很多,其中有许多可以缀合.本文拈出四个可缀合的写卷,提供缀合后的图版,并尝试进行定名和录文,定名一律参照其他有原题的同类写卷.     

赤列山下青稞酒飘香

过去朝阳是北山, 石板崖, 要喝个互助的酒哩; 阳世上陪你到阴间, 望乡台, 转过了还绕个手哩. 这首传唱了数百年的"花儿",以地名和酒起兴,歌颂了土族人民坚贞的爱情和对家乡的热爱.歌里说的"互助的酒",就是现在闻名遐迩的青海青稞酒.     

从分子生物学角度看河北蔚县三关墓地古代居民的遗传结构

河北蔚县三关墓地作为一个文化类型从属于夏家店下层文化,利用线粒体DNA方法研究其遗传结构,发现蔚县三关墓地古代居民在母系遗传上与现代东亚人群的亲缘关系较近。在与古代居民的对比中可以看出,三关组与姜家梁、喇嘛洞古代居民聚为一支,而与拓跋鲜卑位于两个不同的分支上。从新石器时代晚期到青铜时代,在此地区母系遗传关系较近。夏家店下层文化壶流河类型的古代居民对于今天北方汉族的形成有一定的基因贡献。     

唐代扳指杯渊源考

在中国唐代金银器、陶瓷器中,扳指杯是引人注目的一类器物。本文在分析唐代扳指杯形制特征的基础上,结合国外资料,提出扳指杯源于罗马造型意匠,萨珊波斯、粟特等的扳指杯,在吸收罗马造型的基础上,形成了自身的一些特征;而中国扳指杯在造型上的细部差别,可能一方面反映了罗马意匠的扳指杯传入中国的不同途径和方式,另一方面反映着外来文化因素与中国传统造型艺术的和谐融合。     

An Approach to the Diagnosis of Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia from the 2500‐Year‐Old Remains of a Skull from Ancient China

A human skull, buried about 2500 years ago in a Bronze Age cemetery at Jinggouzi, a site of an important ethnic group in ancient China, appeared to have characteristics of fibrous dysplasia. The CT images indicated a reduction in bone density and relatively homogeneous lesions. More features were revealed using CT reconstruction techniques. Lesions seen in low‐magnification images using a 3D deep‐field microscope had an irregular honeycomb‐like structure. At higher magnification, the trabeculae morphology and the gaps between the trabeculae were irregular and varied in size and shape. Paraffin‐embedded specimens stained with HE showed trabeculae with tortuous irregular arrangements varying in shape and width. The irregular trabeculae of woven bone has been described as having fibrous dysplasia. Molecular analysis of the GNAS gene indicated no mutation. This provides a non‐invasive approach for us to make more comprehensive diagnoses and to assist research into ancient human diseases.     

安徽合肥出土的买地券述略

买地券是研究中国古代丧葬制度以及当时社会经济发展状况的原始材料。文章公布了合肥市历年出土的五代暨宋、明8块买地券的资料,并从买地券的质地、形式、内容等多方面进行初步研究,提出了一些新的见解。     

“石匠村”的意义——窦村的石工传统与南京传统建筑地方性的关系

当前保护古都风貌成为南京城市发展的重要工作,这主要是指保护和利用各个历史时期遗留下来的建筑遗产。而我们在传统建筑遗产保护工作中往往只重视对建筑物本身的保护,采取的方法也只局限在测绘、图纸分析、按图纸施工等层面,却忽视了其最初建造过程中传统工艺的保护。针对传统建造工艺与建筑地方性的关系的问题,对南京郊区的被称为“石匠村”的窦村所特有的石工传统与南京传统建筑地方性的关系进行的讨论。     

马家浜文化研究的回顾与展望——纪念马家浜遗址发现45周年

从考古学发展现状和趋势的国际视野,回顾马家浜文化研究历史,展望这一领域今后应当努力的方向。其中包括借鉴和采用新的理论方法,更新考古学文化概念的内涵,从生存方式、社会结构和意识形态三个方面,深入了解新石器时代早期社会的独特性和一般发展趋势。     

论民俗的易感染性

对于民俗,民俗学家研究最巨,其他从事实地田野研究的社会学科多从民俗学家的直接描述与归类中获益良多。这是不言而喻的事实,不用多费笔墨。不过民俗究竟是什么,连民俗学家自己也在争论,而围绕这一争论最为直接的论著应该是高丙中教授的《民俗文化与民俗生活》,其中有详尽的对于民俗学学科史中有关民俗的界定,最后作者以“生活文化”作为民俗的实质内涵,