简介:In1997,theeconomicprospectforSouthAsiaisexpectedtoberatherpromising,butthepoliticallandscapewillbecloudedbyuncertaintiesandthesecu-ritysituationwillleavenoroomforcomplacency.1.Theregion’seconomywillprobablygrowatamoderaterateandthepro-cessofregionaleconomiccooperationmaybeaccelerated.InSouthAsiatoday,theneedtopromoteeconomicgrowthisacknowledged
简介:InSouthAsia,mostcountriesareheavilydependentonenergyimportsasaresultofpoornaturalendowment,weakexplorationcapacityandfasteconomicdevelopment.However,beingcloseneighbortoChina,theSouthAsiaservesasthecorridorforChina'senergyimportsandthetransitregionforChina'soilandgaspipelines.ItisinChina'sstrategicintereststoconductenergycooperationwiththeSouthAsiancountries.
简介:TremendouschangesvisiteduponthesecurityenvironmentinAsiaPacificinthewakeoftheendofthecoldwar.Suchchangeshaveofferedtherationaleforadjustmentsinthesecuritystrategiesofallnationsintheregion.Andtheseadjust-mentshave,intheirturn,broughtaboutfurtherchangesintheregionalsecurityenvironment.ProceedingfromananalysisofthesecuritystrategiesofmajorAsia-PacificnationsandAsean,thispaperaddressesthesecuritytrendsinAsiaPacificsincebeginningofthesecondhalfofthe1990s.
简介:Thepresentpaperisdividedintoeightsections:introduction,theglobaldiffusionofEnglish,perceptionsofthenewvarieties,theissueofintelligibility,featuresthatcauseunintelligibility,needforabroaderpragmatics,andpedagogicalimpli-cations,andconclusion,followedbythereferences.Notsurprisingly,theglobalspreadofEnglishhasgeneratedvaryingperspec-tivesonthenatureandfunctionsofitsacculturatedvarieties.Broadlyspeaking,thedebatehasdividedscholarsintotwocampsholdingdiametricallyopposingviewsonthemultipleversionsofEnglish.Ontheonehand,somescholarsviewvariationsassymp-tomsoflinguisticdegenerationanddeterioration;ontheotherhand,somescholarslegitimizethemasinevitablemanifestationsne-cessitatedbythedemandsofthenewculturalcontexts.Thenormativeviewoftheformercampstems,atleastpartly,fromtheproblemsthenewformsofEnglishposeintermsofinternationalintelligibility.Itisinthiscontextthatthepaperexaminesthetraditional,one-sided,nativespeaker-centredideaofintelligibilityandtherecenttwo-sidedviewofintelligibilitythatplacestheonusonboththenativespeakerandthenon-nativespeaker.Theargumentofthelattercampisbasedonthepremisethatthenewvarietiesrequireabroaderpragmaticframework,becauseuniversalpragmaticsisinadequatetodescribethemsatisfactorily.Thus,thecampadvocatesaneedforalanguagespecificpragmatics,andacomparativepragmatics,inadditiontothetraditionaluniversalpragmatics.Logically,thedebateonphonological,lexical,grammatical,anddiscoursestructurevariations,andtheirle-gitimacyhaspromptedEnglishlanguageteachingspecialiststohaveafreshlookatthegoalsandobjectivesofteachingEnglishinthecountriesoftheouterandexpandingcircles,andaccordinglyprioritizetheteachingofnationalandregionalvarietiesoverthatoftheso-callednativevarieties.Thus,theparadigmsofindependenceandcentralityofthenewvarietiesarereplacingthe
简介:TheAsia-Pacificregionwitnessedsignificantchangesinthefirstyearofthenewcentury.WithGeorgeW.Bushassumingthepresidency,unilateralismcouldbestronglyfeltinthenewadministration’sforeignpolicy.Andtherehadbeenupsanddownsinbigpowers’relations,whilesecurityintheregionremainingunpredictableandchangeable.Economic
简介:ThetransitionzonebetweentheEastAsiaandCentralAsiacrustobodlesisnotonlyadiwaregion,butalsoagigantictectono-metallogenicbeltinAsia.IttrendsN-S,liesbetweenlong.100°-107°Eandlat.14°-62°N,hasalengthof4600kmandfurtherextendssouthwardandnorthward.Themainfeaturesofthebeltareasfollows:(1)Thebc1tcon8istsofotc
简介:可是像印尼或韩国等(亚洲国家),为什么在墨西哥危机中所采取的策略这次在亚洲却行不通,并认为亚洲无法持续长期的经济增长
简介:NortheastAsiahasallalongbeenaplaceofgreatimportanceformajorpowersintheFarEast.Becauseofitsspecialgeographicalposition,thesepowershavecompetedagainsteachotherforspheresofinfluenceintheregionsincetheverybeginningofthe20thcentury.Therefore,thepresentdetenteontheKoreanpeninsulawillinevitablyaffectsomebigpowers’interestsandexertafar-reachinginfluenceonAsia-Pacificandworldsecuritysituation.