m-Government in China: Observations and Reflections

Some Reflections on the One-China Principle

There is but one China in the world. Taiwan is a part of China and the Government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. This is the basic content of the one-China principle. As one of the world’s few time-honored countries, China has fine traditions and a brilliant civilization that can be traced back to ancient times. Such a civilizatio...

China's Development (The Role of the China’s Government in the Development Process)

The role and the place of the People's Republic of China among developing countries that become industrialized are absolutely especial. Today, this country reaches the level of ability that has the power of competition with the world's largest economies such as the U.S. The secret of this achievement should be examined in the unity of decision and absolute support of government in doing economi...

Reflections by Robert Phillipson on English in Post-Revolutionary Iran. From Indigenization to Internationalization, M. Borjian (2013) Multilingual Matters, ISBN 978-1847699091

The impact of environmental monitoring and inspection on firms’ pollution reduction in China: Evidence from the Regression Discontinuity Design

Environmental monitoring and inspection by government agency is leading factor for firms’ environmental behavior and their environmental performance. China is always criticized for weak enforcement of environmental laws and policies. During its 11 five-year plan (2006-2010), the Chinese central government launched a state-monitored key firm program to enhance environmental monitoring and inspec...

OPTICAL STUDIES OF COLORED CHEMICAL SPECIES

Evanescent wave spectroscopy using thin optically transparent electrodes and multiple reflections allows unique observations of the electrochemical interphase since the region of solution sampled is typically 100 nm from the electrode in the visible spectral region. This technique is found to be highly sensitive to the presence of absorbing adsorbed species