Fruits of development should be shared by the people

Author:   WANG YONGZHONG      

China has entered a “New Normal” phase and faces the heavy task of transforming and upgrading as well as technological innovation. Meantime, the constraints of resources, laborers and environmental capacity have become more severe, and the international environment for China’s development shows some negative changes.

Silk Roads carried more than goods

Author:   UWIN GOAH VA      

The History of the Silk Road by Wu Bin, former vice president of the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, shows us an overview of the Silk Road by means of combining historical literature, archaeological materials, myths and legends.

News cartoons’ functions change with the age

Author:   PENG LEI      

The History of Modern and Contemporary News Cartoons in China by Hu Zhengqiang, published by People’s Publishing House, is a new research achievement in the field of image-based news.

Understanding of visual culture studies

Author:   TONG QIANG and TANG YUNBING      

Edited by Zhou Xian, a professor from the Art Institute of Nanjing University, Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture Research focuses on the interaction between social change and visual culture, along with other various theories of visual culture.

Interpretation of supply-side structural reform

Author:   SU JIAN      

Fang Fuqian is a professor from the Renmin University of China. His recent book Supply-side Revolution with Chinese Style, from the perspective of historical and policy evolution, analyzed the causes and symptoms of the structural imbalances of China’s economy in its current stages.

A distinctive written history of literature

Author:   ZHANG XIANGRONG      

Almost every teacher who has taught literary history has their own understanding of the history of Chinese literature. Pu Jiangqing’s A Draft of the History of Chinese Literature is a collection of lecture notes based on his teaching in the Chinese department of Peking University.

The beauty of academic creation

Author:   HUANG LIN      

The Ethos of Chinese Culture, a personal anthology by Yang Yi, showcases changes in the writer’s academic ideas over the past few decades.

A proper interpretation of the Chinese cultural spirit

Author:   CHEN LAI, LI ZHUO      

Professor Guo Qiyong is the president of the School of Chinese Classics at Wuhan University. His recent book The Characteristics of Chinese Cultural Spirit includes four of his lectures. Every chapter focuses on a relatively independent topic, while as a whole they show different dimensions and characteristics of the Chinese cultural spirit.

A Typical Case of Large-Scale Mapping of Historical Geography

Author:   WU HAITAO      

When reading Han Maoli’s work Shili Bacun (Villages Around): Geography of Modern Rural Society in Shanxi Area, I believe anyone who has lived in rural areas will have a sense of familiarity, as if she is talking about one’s own village.

Xun Shou and early state governance of ancient China

Author:   XUAN LIU      

Xun Shou refers to the patrols dispatched by the emperor to inspect the land areas guarded by dukes or princes in ancient China. As an ancient imperial inspection activity outside the capital, it originated very early.