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Tibet First Select Regional Art and Craft Masters
The government of TAR selected 25 art and craft masters on the regional level for the first time on April 18, 2014 to further promote the inheritance and development of traditional Tibetan arts and crafts. The 25 masters are as follow：     

近30年日本宋代江南区域史浅探——以《日本宋史研究的现状与课题》为中心

首先,我结合日本宋代史研究的历程来阐述一下《日本宋史研究的现状与课题》（远藤隆俊、平田茂树、浅见洋二编：《日本宋史研究の现状と课题》,汲古书院,2010年）是怎样的一本著作。该书在“前言”中将日本的宋代史研究划分为三个时期。第1期（1945年以前）是日本的中国史研究的开拓阶段,这一时期为后来的宋代史研究奠定了基础。“唐宋变革论”就是在这一时期提出来的。第2期（1945—1980年）在第1期研究的基础上,主要进行了地主佃户制、农民斗争和民众叛乱等扎根于历史唯物史观等方面的研究。进入第3期（1980年至今）后,拘泥于某些特定观念的研究及观点被摒弃,取而代之的则是与民俗学、社会学、人类学等学科相结合的研究（《日本宋史研究の现状と课题》“前言”ⅲ－ⅶ页）。在第3时期中,自1980年以来,日本宋代史研究的手法逐渐多样化,并且对既定概念、思考方式,以及研究框架的重新探讨也开始活跃起来。     

“APEC之父” 来中国一百次都不够

正趣谈邓小平有水平,盛赞习近平有智慧人物简介鲍勃·霍克,1929年生,澳大利亚工党领导人,1983年至1991年任澳大利亚总理,被誉为"APEC之父"。11月5日,为期7天的APEC会议周在北京拉开帷幕。由中国APEC发展理事会等举办的2014"APEC中国日高峰论坛"也在京举行。论坛嘉宾之一是澳大利亚前总理、被誉为"APEC之父"的鲍勃·霍克。这是85岁的霍克第一百次访华。他的行动非常缓慢,说话也慢悠悠的,有时候需要助手在耳边大声重复,才能明白记者的问题。然而,当环球人物杂志记者请他聊聊历次访华期间遇到的那些有趣的人和事时,霍克立刻来了精神。他兴高采烈地     

天府的第一缕晨光 古蜀文明遗址

得益于周围连绵的群山和高原的阻隔,四川盆地孕育了独特的自然和人文环境,在相当长的时间里是一片相对独立的文化区域。先秦时期这里有一个名为“蜀”的古老王国。公元前316年,古蜀国被秦国征服,其后的文明进程也逐渐淹没于中原文明的洪流之中,有关先秦古蜀国的史料记载只言片语,仅留下语焉不详的远古传说。     

自贡市建立大事记工作制度

为全面、准确地记述自贡市区域范围内发生的大事、要事,真实反映各项事业取得的成就和经验,近日．中共自贡市委办公室、自贡市人民政府办公室印发《关于建立全市大事记工作制度的通知》：一是要求各区县、各部门建立健全日常的大事记录制度,按季度整理本区域、本部门、本单位大事记,并归档保存;二是明确全市的大事记由市志办负责按季汇总编纂,     

"一线两带"建设与关中城镇群的双向促进机制研究

如何提高关中城镇群竞争能力及区域经济发展活力.在分析“一线两带”建设和关中城镇群发展的现状后认为,高新技术产业和星火产业具有不同的产业形态,是从工业和农业两个层面实现关中区域经济一体化的重要支撑和发展动力.对于关中地区不同发展层面的城镇,宜采用不同的产业经济政策,促进关中城镇向组团式城镇群发展,为关中地区产业集群的发展和新的产业经济体系提供良好的发展平台.研究结论认为,要实现关中区域经济一体化,必须实现二元经济和二元社会的融合,需要建立产业协调机制、城市协调机制,构建区域内功能性组团式城市群,促进关中城乡经济一体化.“一线两带”建设与关中组团式城镇群建设,宜从产业集群和城镇两个层面进行整合,提升关中城市和经济社会的整体竞争能力.     

从乡村商店到百货商店--1877年至20世纪20年代美国南方乡村的经济生活

随着收成制在战后美国南方的确立,乡村商店成为南方转型初期经济生活的重要部分。它的特点是“靠男性消费者为生,以农作物借贷制为杠杆,商品综合经营”。但是,世纪之交,由于工业化力量的推动和现代消费观念的冲击,乡村商店从南方经济生活中逐渐淡出,“以吸引女性消费者为主,采用现金支付或分期付款形式”的百货商店取而代之,并且广告在经济生活中起越来越重要的作用,南方经济生活逐步走向现代化。     

MINISTER ON BUIL DING OF THE QINGHAI-TIBET RAILWAY——AN INTERVIEW WITH RAILWAY VICE-MINISTER SUN YONGFU

Editor＇s Note：Sun Yongfu is now vice-minister of railways. In 1962, when he graduated from the Department of Bridges and Tunnels of the Changsha Railway Institute of Hunan Province, he was assigned to work in the Zhengzhou Railway Bureau. In a survey of the bearing capacity of railway bridges, he examined bridges one by one from Zhengzhou in Henan Province to Wuhan in Hubei Province. On this basis, he produced the studies that made him famous and led to his promotion as one of the senior technical personnel. In the ensuing years, he participated in construction of a number of railways, including the Sichuan-Guizhou, Guizhou- Kunming, Chengdu-Kunming and Hunan-Guizhou lines. He also participated in the China-aided construction of the railway between Tanzania and Zambia. In 1984, Sun was promoted to be vice-minister of railways and was put in charge of national planning and construction. He presided over the construction of some 10,000 km of trunk line, including the Beijing-Kowloon, Datong-Qinhuangdao, Nanning-Kunming and Hengyang-Guangzhou railways. In early 2001, Premier Zhu Rongji proposed Sun to be the deputy head of the leading group for the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, taking charge of the routine work. In the document Premier Zhu signed, Sun was allowed to enjoy treatment due to a minister （instead of a vice-minister）. On June 29, 2001, when the inauguration ceremony for construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was held in Lhasa,     

Archaeological Findings Along The Sky Railway

At the end of April 2003, the State Cultural Relics Bureau and the TAR Cultural Relics Bureau urgently called on specialized archaeological workers to participate in an archaeological investigation along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. There were two teams to undertake the task. One team was made up of four teachers and students, namely two female postgraduates, Zhang Changhong and Yin Junxia, who both come from Henan Province, Li Yongxian and myself, who had been engaged in the Tibetan Ar…     

Train Ready to Climb to Lhasa

On July 1, express trains starting from Beijing and other cities will pass through Xining and Golmud and finally reach Lhasa. On that date, Tibet＇s long history of having no access to railway transportation will come to an end.