| Volume 5, Number 2, April 2008 |
The Russian Culture of the Putin Era
by 刘文飞 Liu Wenfei |
Observations and Reflections on the
Real Right Law of China
by 刘刚仿 Liu Gangfang |
PUTIN, the former President of the Russian Federation who has been in power for just a few years, has now quickly become one of the most prominent figures of Russian history, and his seven or eight years in office have also constituted the "Putin Era" with distinct characteristics. So, can the "Putin Era" be a topic for discussion? The answer seems to be yes: first of all, relative to political, economic and social life, cultural development and change is rather slow and lags behind. After coming through the collapse of the USSR and the great turmoil of the “troubled times” of Boris Yeltsin, the Russian culture has finally gained a breathing period and a period of cushioning, and gradually generated certain new features and styles; secondly, with the international energy price surge, the Russian economy and even its entire national strength, Russia has made immense advancements, and the Putin government, with its great luck...
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WITH THE 2,799 high number of YES votes, the "Real Right Law of the People's Republic of China" (referred to as the "Real Right Law" hereinafter) was finally adopted at the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress on March 16th 2007. Since its initial drafting to official adoption, the Real Right Law has taken 13 years, undergone seven deliberations, and has set the highest record in terms of the number of deliberations for a single draft law in the legislative history of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China . The birth of the Real Right Law is another milestone in the legislative history of China, and also the necessary result of China's adoption of reform, policy of opening up and social economic development. In this article, the author will attempt to expound the basis, significance, charac-teristics and shortcomings of the birth of the Real Right Law...
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