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  • The Making of an Intellectual Hero: Chinese Narratives of Qian Xuesen

  • Ning Wang
  • Journal:
    The China Quarterly / Volume 206 / June 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    20 June 2011, pp. 352-371
    Print publication:
    June 2011

  • Between 1991 and 2001, Qian Xuesen, China's leading missile expert, was given an array of honourable titles by the state, followed by eulogistic narratives by the media and his biographers. This article analyses three forms of Chinese narratives about Qian: commendations from the state, stories told by his biographers, and Qian's self-presentation. It aims to show that although the CCP showered Qian with compliments seemingly because of his contributions to China's national defence and space programmes, the real reasons were Qian's political fidelity and the Party's aim to build a role model for intellectuals to emulate. The article demonstrates that Maoist practices of “hero construction” and using history for the present persist in the post-Mao period with some variations, and that the writings of “unofficial history” are heavily influenced by official history.

  • The Śāradātilakatantra on yoga: A new edition and translation of chapter 25

  • Gudrun Bühnemann
  • Journal:
    Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies / Volume 74 / Issue 2 / June 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    24 June 2011, pp. 205-235
    Print publication:
    June 2011

  • This article provides a new edition and translation of chapter 25 of the Śāradātilaka(tantra), a compendium on mantraśāstra composed, probably in the twelfth century, by Lakṣmaṇadeśika. The chapter itself presents a type of yoga that combines elements we normally associate with different yoga systems. In particular, we find elements associated with systems usually labelled as haṭhayoga, and elements of mantra practice as well. The chapter also contains references to the methodical knowledge of the rise or predominance of the gross elements (bhūtodaya, also known as svarodaya) and its connection with the six rites of magic. The significance of chapter 25 lies in the fact that it provides us insight into the teachings on yoga in a comparatively early text.

  • Self-Motivated versus Forced Disclosure of Environmental Information in China: A Comparative Case Study of the Pilot Disclosure Programmes*

  • Wanxin Li
  • Journal:
    The China Quarterly / Volume 206 / June 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    20 June 2011, pp. 331-351
    Print publication:
    June 2011

  • China promulgated the Open Government Information Decree and Measures of Environmental Information Disclosure (Trial) in 2007, but the Pollution Information Transparency Index revealed the poor implementation of disclosing environmental information in 113 cities in 2008. Adopting a comparative case study approach, this article uses a combination of the “cultural roots” and “webs of dialogue” analytical frameworks to analyse the pilot environmental information disclosure programmes in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, and Hohhot, Inner Mongolia from 1999 to 2000. It finds that when the programme was top-down, the commitment, perception and resources of leadership determined its success and nondisclosure did not receive any public attention. However, when environmental NGOs are actively engaged, pressure can be from the bottom up, webs of dialogue can be established, and the public can be empowered to seek and use environmental information actively in development decision-making and redressing pollution harms.

  • CQY volume 206 Cover and Back matter

  • Journal:
    The China Quarterly / Volume 206 / June 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    20 June 2011, pp. b1-b5
    Print publication:
    June 2011
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