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2023-07-07

Affection is not abducted by "love" and "filial piety".

本刊记者 孙梦圆   共生,指的是两种不同生物之间所形成的紧密互利关系。在共生关系中,一方为另一方提供有利于生存的帮助,同时也获得对方的帮助。人作为高级动物,在进化的过程中繁衍出族群,组成根系庞大的家族;而在当…
2023-07-07

The Iron Promise of a Ming Dynasty Man

文|张嵚   明朝嘉靖二十六年(1548年),地处边地的陕西汉中城固军营,来了一家特殊的流放犯:一个满脸络腮胡子,横肉凶相的壮汉,推着小车,载着一个怀抱两个幼子的妇女匆匆而来,他们衣衫简朴,带着朝廷通用的流配文…
2023-07-07

Thanksgiving is the triumph of capitalism over collectivism

文 | 理查德·艾伯林 译 | 禅心云起 每逢一年的这个时候,无论这个年头,经济是起是落,今天,我们都要与家人和朋友团聚,一起享受感恩节的大餐。这个节日,是对早期清教徒祖先的纪念。他们从欧洲出发,跨越未知的海洋,在马萨诸…
2023-07-07

Tragedy of Submissive and Powerful Education

By Chen Xinghua, a reporter for this magazine. Don’t you remember being told all the time as a child, “Be a good kid and do as you’re told!”? Well-behaved children were rewarded with candy, and their parents felt proud when showing them off to others. Disobedient children, on the other hand, became “troublemakers“ that everyone tried to avoid at all costs. As a result, parents went to great lengths to reform their disobedient children…
2023-07-07

Chinese peasants who can't die and can't live

本刊记者 陈杏花   编者按:自2005年以来,中科院博导蒋高明带领学生进行生态农业实践过程中,发现山东省平邑县卞桥镇蒋家庄的农村污染严重,通过调查总结出农村环境的八大变化。本文参考《中科院博导调查报告:千疮百…
2023-07-07

I'm Not Pan Jinlian and the new eunuchs in the bureaucracy.

本刊记者 孙梦圆 老实说,《我不是潘金莲》并不是一部讨喜的电影,农村、村妇、官场、上访……这些土里土气的符号似乎已经过时,但毋庸置疑的是,它确确实实是一部好电影。以荒诞的手法展现官民矛盾和官场生态,细致入微,头头是道,冯…
2023-07-07

Crony Capitalism and "Group Corruption"

By Huang Jiahui, this magazine’s reporter: The shadowy empire of corruption built by Liu Zhijun, former Minister of Railways, and Shanxi tycoon Ding Shumiao in 2011 came crashing down, In 2013, Liu Zhijun was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on suspicion of “selling official positions” and accepting bribes totaling over 10,000 yuan. Also punished were his cronies, who, through years of “tribute-paying,” had secured positions within the railway system…
2023-07-07

When did we start being kidnapped by consumption

本刊记者 孙梦圆 消费可以改善生活品质,但并不能带来真正的幸福。幸福也不是存在于广告中,而是在于人的内心的平衡。陀思妥耶夫斯基在《死屋手记》里这样写道:“把所有经济上的满足都给予他,让他除了睡觉、吃蛋糕和为延长世界历史而…
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