Author: GCA Admin

Along with China’s increasing influence on the world, it is important to understand how the Chinese government’s policies are reshaping and governing the global community, in addition to understanding Chinese social culture. In this regard, Chinese for Social Science might provide an useful aid for help. ‘Chinese for social sciences’ is in fact ‘Chinese language for Social Sciences’, a branch of ‘Chinese for Specific Purposes’ (CSP), like ‘Chinese for science and technology’ or ‘business Chinese’. In responding to demands from users of our bilingual websites Global China Academy is developing a supplementary course material based on our articles from the Journal of China in Comparative Perspective, material of Global China Dialogue and publications by Global Century Press in both English and Chinese. It aims at serving the purposes of providing better understanding on basic knowledge on China and improving students’ and scholars’ language skills in English or Chinese on social science issues.

Our current work is focused on the following areas:

I. Reading: Intermediate and advanced levels of reading material are derived from articles which will be published in Journal of China in Comparative Perspective.

Chinese for social science – Advanced level reading
Chinese for social science – Advanced level reading
II. English and Chinese bidirectional translation: the English and Chinese bidirectional translation work is for maintain and update our bilingual websites and blogs.

III. Chinese multimedia resources: we will add useful tools from time to time to this section.

IV. Creative English translations of Chinese vocabularies

We are committed to publish the best results of empirical studies of problem-oriented research, theoretical and methodological studies bilingually, in order to engage in-depth communication between Chinese and non-Chinese scholars. Global Century Press (GCP) is the first publisher focusing on bilingual publications of China, the Chinese and non-Chinese perspectives of China in a global context. It publishes the book series Globalization of Chinese Social Science. We are anticipated to introduce Chinese social scientists’ work globally in the framework of the globalization of knowledge, and through consultancy and public engagement to participate in shaping the global society. Global China Dialogue Series (GCDS) annual forum sometimes organices the Post-Dialogue workshop – Chinese for social science, in conjunction with it.

Organizers:

• Global China Academy, UK
• The Lau China Institute, King’s College London, UK
• The China Media Centre, University of Westminster, UK
• Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY), China.

Date: Saturday 2 December

Venue: S0.13, Strand Campus, King’s College London, Ground floor, next the entrance of Strand Campus, London WC2R 2LS

9:30:00-10:00 Registration

10:00-11:15

Chair: Dr Dongning Feng, Senior Lecturer, Former Director of Centre for Translation Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK

• Introduction to Chinese for social science (CSS), Professor Xiangqun Chang, President of Global China Academy, UK; Honorary Professor of UCL, UK
• Chinese for social science – Intermediate level reading, Ms Lik Suen, SOAS China Institute, University of London, UK
• Chinese for social science issues: Categories, Forms of presentation, Resources and suggestions, Dr Lianyi Song, Principal Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Languages and Cultures, SOAS, University of London, UK

Discussion, Q&A

11:15-11:40 Coffee/tea break

11:40-12:40

• Difficulties in English and Chinese bidirectional translations: based on the 4th Global China Dialogue brochure, Costanza Pernigotti, Assistant Translator and Editor Global China Institute
• Reconstructing the socio-political: translating political discourse , Dr Dongning Feng, Senior Lecturer, Former Director of Centre for Translation Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK

Discussion, Q&A

12:40-12:50 Closing remarks

12:50-14:30 Lunch and network

Contact:

Ms XIONG Yi info@gci-uk.org

This is a free event, click HERE to register

Also see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chinese-for-social-science-post-dialogue-workshop–tickets-39809522353 

Related info

•  The 4th Global China Dialogue webpage： https://globalchinaacademy.org/global-china-dialogue-4/
• Journal of Chinese for Social Science website：https://globalcenturypress.com/journal-chinese-for-social-science
• Journal of Chinese for Social Science website in Chinese：
• https://globalcenturypress.com/journal-chinese-for-social-science-cn

Photos：

Workshop

Speakers (From left to right in order of appearance)

Q & A and discussion 

Network

Conference organizers, speakers and some participants

• Click here to view Chinese page
• Click here to visit the GCA news & Blog section. 

随着跨学科意识的增强，诸如基于语料库的话语研究等语言学方法已经越来越多地被社会学、人类学、文化研究、心理学、认知科学等学科采纳。在过去的10多年中，中国社会科学界一直在寻找处理大规模文本以及分析的新方法。比如复旦大学当代中国社会生活数据研究中心有待开发的全国唯一的1949年以来关于当代中国社会生活的系列数据，其中包括三十万封家书，一千多本个人笔记和日记，大量的个人生活历史、采访笔记以及专著。荷兰博睿（Brill）出版公司己经与中国复旦大学签约出版其中30卷资料集。这些珍贵的资料无疑可作为语言佐证，成为相关学科研究的默认资料，有助于理解当代中国社会秩序的建构和人与人之间深层关系的结构。受兰卡斯特大学英国经济与社会科学基金会资助“语料库方法与社会科学”（CASS）项目的启发，全球中国比较研究会携同复旦大学当代中国社会生活资料研究中心和浙江传媒学院话语与传播研究中心一起发起了语料库方法与中国社会科学的探索研究。这个工作坊将推出相关的研究并为志趣相同者搭建一个探讨与交流的平台。

主题：语料库方法与中国社会科学科学(CACSS)工作坊

主办单位：

• 全球中国比较研究会（CPPN）
• 伦敦国王学院中国研究中心

协办单位：

• 兰卡斯特大学语料库与社会科学研究中心（CASS）
• 复旦大学当代社会生活数据研究中心（CCSLC）
• 浙江传媒学院话语与传播研究中心（RCDC）

主持：

• 凯瑞布朗(Kerry Brown)教授，伦敦国王学院中国研究院院长
• 钱毓芳教授，浙江传媒学院话语与传播研究中心主任

主旨发言：

• 托尼·麦肯勒里(Tony McEnery)教授，英国兰卡斯特大学语料库与社会科学研究中心主任，英国经济与社会科学研究委员会研究主任

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• 顾曰国，中国社会科学院-北京外国语大学多语种、多模态语料库与大数据中心主任

发言人（按姓氏拼音排序）：

• 曹青博士，英国杜伦大学现代语言与文化学院中文系主任，高级讲师
• 常向群教授，全球中国比较研究会会长，英国伦敦大学学院荣誉教授
• 罗教讲教授，中国武汉大学社会发展研究院院长，全球中国比较研究会秘书长
• 钱毓芳教授，中国浙江传媒学院话语与传播研究中心主任
• 迈克·斯科特(Mike Scott)博士，英国阿斯顿大学，WordSmith Tools作者
• 张乐天教授，中国复旦大学当代社会生活数据研究中心主任，全球中国比较研究会中方会长

注意：

• 这个工作坊是第三届全球中国对话：可持续发展与气候变化的全球治理（GCD III）的第四个论坛“基于语料库有关气候变化的话语研究”的延伸活动
• 此活动对所有与会参加其他论坛对此话题感兴趣的与会人员开放
• 此活动免费，但需事先报名。报名请点击此处
• 这些发言与讨论将以会议论文集的形式发表在《语料库与中国社科研究》系列中。

网页：http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/post-dialogue-workshop-chinese-social-science-gcd-highlight

相关信息

1. 全球中国对话网站（英汉双语） http://www.dialogue.global-china.org 

2. 第三届全球中国对话网页

• 英汉双语 http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/3rd-global-china-dialogue-sustainability-global-governance-climate-change
• 英语 http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/3rd-global-china-dialogue-sustainability-global-governance-climate-change-en
• 汉语 http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/3rd-global-china-dialogue-sustainability-global-governance-climate-change-cn

3. 第三届全球中国对话会后论坛网页

• 英汉双语 http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/post-gcd3-workshop-corpus-approaches-chinese-social-science
• 英语 http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/post-gcd3-workshop-corpus-approaches-chinese-social-science-en
• 汉语 http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/post-gcd3-workshop-corpus-approaches-chinese-social-science-cn

联系：events@ccpn-global.org

点击这里访问英文页面

With the enhancement of interdisciplinary awareness, linguistic methods, such as corpus based discourse studies, have been applied to sociology, ethnography, cultural studies, psychology, cognitive science and computer science, etc. In the past decade Chinese social scientists are seeking for new methods in analyzing large quantity of texts in addition to quantitative and qualitative analysis. For example, the Contemporary China Social Life Data and Research Centre (CCSLC), Fudan University of China has collected unique set of data on contemporary Chinese social life since 1949, consists of more than 300,000 personal correspondences, over 1,000 books of personal notes, diaries, huge information of the history of personal life, as well as large amount of interview notes, and monographs. The Brill Company has signed a contract with Fudan University Publishing House for publication of 30 volumes of them. This precious material is inevitably adopted as a default resource for the research which language matters. it will undoubtedly be very helpful for understanding the construction of contemporary China’s social order and deep structure of ordinary people’s relationships. Inspirited by the ESRC Centre of Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS) at Lancaster University, CCPN Global engages the CASS, Centre for Applied Linguistics (CAL) of UCL, the Contemporary China Social Life Data and Research Centre (CCSLC) of Fudan University and the RCDC (the Research Centre for Discourse and Communication, Zhejiang University of Media and Communication), together developing the programme of the CACSS. This workshop will introduce related work and engage further discussions with people who are interested in this initiative.　    　

Date: Saturday, 9:00-16:30 3rd December 2016

Venue: S-2.23, the Strand Building, King’s College London.

Theme: Corpus Approach to Chinese Social Science (CACSS) workshop

Organizers:

• CCPN Global (China in Comparative Perspective Network Global, Charity No.: 1154640; an affiliate member of the Academy of Social Sciences)
• Lau China Institute, Kings College London.

Co-organizers:

• ESRC Centre of Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS) at Lancaster University, UK
• Contemporary China Social Life Data and Research Center (CCSLC) of Fudan University, China
• Research Centre for Discourse and Communication (RCDC), Zhejiang University of Media and Communication, China

Chairs:

• Professor Kerry Brown, Director of Lau China Institute, King’s College London
• Professor Yufang Qian, Director of Research Centre for Discourse and Communications, Zhejiang University of Media and Communications, China

Keynote speakers:

• Professor Tony McEnery, Director of ESRC Centre for CASS, Lancaster University; ESRC Research Director, UK
• Professor Yueguo Gu, Director, China Multilingual & Multimodal Corpora & Big Data Research Centre, CASS and BFSU, China

 Other speakers (in alphabetical order):

• Dr Qing Cao, Senior Lecturer in Chinese, Director of Studies in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University, UK
• Professor Xiangqun Chang, Director of CCPN Global; Honorary Professor of UCL, UK
• Professor Jiaojiang Luo, Dean of Institute of Social Development, Wuhan University, China; General Secretory of CCPN Global
• Professor Yufang Qian, Director of Research Centre for Discourse and Communications, Zhejiang University of Media and Communications, China
• Dr. Mike Scott, Aston University; Founder of the Lexical Analysis Software, UK
• Professor Letian Zhang, Director of the Centre for CCSLC and Centre for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Fudan University, China; and Co-Director of the CCPN Global

Notes:

• This workshop is an extension of the Panel 4 Corpus-based discourse studies on climate change, and in conjunction with the 3rd Global China Dialogue: Sustainability and Global Governance for Climate Change (GCD III)
• It is also an open academic event, for both participants of the GCD III and others who are interested in this topic. 
• This is a free event, but registration is requested. Click HERE for registration 
• The presentations and discussions will be published as proceedings in Corpus Approaches to Chinese Social Sciences series

Website: see updated info at http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/post-dialogue-workshop-chinese-social-science-gcd-highlight

Related info

1. Global China Dialogue Website (English-Chinese) http://www.dialogue.global-china.org 

2. Global China Dialogue III Webpage

• English-Chinese http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/3rd-global-china-dialogue-sustainability-global-governance-climate-change
• English http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/3rd-global-china-dialogue-sustainability-global-governance-climate-change-en
• Chinese http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/3rd-global-china-dialogue-sustainability-global-governance-climate-change-cn

3. Post-Global China Dialogue IV event Webpage

• English-Chinese http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/post-gcd3-workshop-corpus-approaches-chinese-social-science
• English http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/post-gcd3-workshop-corpus-approaches-chinese-social-science-en
• Chinese http://www.dialogue.global-china.org/post-gcd3-workshop-corpus-approaches-chinese-social-science-cn

Contact: events@ccpn-global.org

Click HERE to the Chinese page

由于2015年是中英文化交流年，许多文化活动都在规划并实施中。2014年12月7日在上海召开的“中英文化交流：战略合作与实操”就是其中的一个。它同时也是创办”全球中国对话“系列论坛的筹备会议。本次活动邀请了各界人士讨论了相关议题。

日期：2014年12月7日(周日)
时间：2：30—5：30
地址：上海徐汇区百色路100号格兰云天大酒店会议室（近龙吴路）
主办单位：

• 全球中国比较研究会（英国）
• 全球青年企业家协会（英国）

协办单位：

• 复旦大学社会文化人类学研究中心
• 浙江传媒学院话语与传播研究中心

承办单位：上海觉尘文化传播有限公司（SENSO:组织策划及承办中外文化交流活动，为文化传播和对外文化交流提供服务）

赞助单位：上海全丰投资有限公司

组织者：赵梦女士（觉尘文化）

主持人：张乐天教授（复旦大学）

主讲人：常向群教授（全球中国比较研究会；伦敦大学亚非学院）

论题：

• 中国的“文化搭台，经贸唱戏”模式是否能在海外推广成功？
• “文化搭台，经贸唱戏”之间的关系如何？
• 为什么有观点认为“文化搭台，经贸唱戏”不是真正的文化交流，而是经济绑架文化的表演？
• 中国近代开始的现代化进程中的经验教训对世界各国现代化进程的意义如何？
• 中国经验如何帮助研究欧洲？
• 如何策划中英文化交流战略合作？
• 中英文化交流实际操作例举

流程：

14：30—14：45 签到、自由交流
14：45—14：50 主持人致辞介绍嘉宾
14：50—15：10 主讲人介绍中英文化交流及中国学术全球话等背景和具体问题
15：10—17：00 与会者每人3分钟对不同论题发表自己的看法
17：00—17：20 互动环节
17：20—17：30 小结

复旦大学社会发展与公共政策学院前副院长、复旦大学社会文化人类学研究中心主任、全球中国比较研究会共同会长张乐天教授（左）主持了这次上海预备会。他首先介绍了自己的三大研究领域：人民公社制度研究，引进社会工作课程，创办社会生活资料中心，认为这些都可以用来作比较研究。之后，全球中国比较研究会(英国) 会长、伦敦大学亚非学院中国研究中心研究员常向群教授作了主题发言，主要介绍中国比较与中国研究的区别，为什么把中国研究放在全球框架中来做，怎样把对中国社会研究的成果加入到人类的知识大厦，在做学问的同时如何从跨学科到跨行跨界的知识转化，不但服务学术社区，而且要参与型塑全球社会。

来自上海及杭州的20多名专家、学者及从业人士参加了这次会议，发言的与会嘉宾自然地形成了以下三个小组。

民进上海市人口资源环境委员会副主任、高级经济师施薔生先生（左一），也是这次上海预备会议的主要协调人，他在发言中概括了中英文化交流的五大特点及其意义，强调利用中国比较研究这一抓手，在学术外宣的凸现中国元素。上海全丰投资有限公司是这次上海预备会的主要赞助者，其董事长錢振华博士（左二）讲道，从商业文化的体验中，感受到人们在做生意或其他事情上所表现出来的自私、不守规矩等的做法，开始以为是文革遗毒，后来发现在民国、清朝、战国时期都有，因此作为中国文化和中华文明中的大问题来反思，其文化基因到底是什么？虽然他在北大读书期间聆听了许多大师的讲座，但是，对这个问题没有令人满意的解答。丁正伟先生（右二）是一位艺术评论家，他认为文化交流的过程不是抢话语权，影响或改变别人，而是要柔和地慢慢地渗透，通过问道求野的礼，达到上善若水、天人合一的境界。上海文艺出版社 副总编曹元勇先生（右一），提出要用故事来讲概念，如莫言的作品的特点是讲述底层人的故事以及他们如何思考问题的。还有如何把文化用文明讲，天下一体的全息概念、中庸思想，在与其它文明的交流中应该探讨合适的讲法。

华东理工大学商学院制度与战略研究中心主任、中国社会学会社会网专业委员会副会长郭毅教授（左一），也提出了一个中国概念输出的问题，如在管理研究与教学过程中有阴阳、关系等概念，如何综合大陆港台的思想行为的建构研究，解析中国的概念。浙江传媒学院话语与传播研究中心主任、中国话语分析研究协会常务理事钱毓芳教授（左二）是语料库专家，她提出可以通过建立社会科学语料库的方式，通过批判话语的方法，来帮助中国概念和输出和中华话语的建构。上海交通大学老子书院院长王干城教授（右二），在大学学了七年的西方哲学，转入中国传统文化的研究，从中挖掘出老子思想，认为其精华在于12个字：生而不有、为而不恃，长(掌)而不宰，认为这与林肯的民有、民治、民享的观点一一对应。后来成立老子书院，对企业家进行传统文化的培训。孙晓婧女士（右一）是罗滕发展协会的理事长和罗藤企业品牌管理有限公司总裁，她介绍自己在英国布里斯托大学留学期间，参与了全球中国比较研究会的工作，回国创办协会和企业的同时也自觉从事公益事业，开展活动帮助贫困孩子就学。

上海财经大学人文学院经济社会学系副主任陆绯云教授（左一）早在上个世纪90年代就参与了英国社会经济研究委员会资助的关于社会支持的项目，与常向群同是项目组成员。她认为如何向世界说明中国要对文化作分解：日常生活中的文化、费孝通提出的文化自觉、文化创意产业、中华文化话语等等。费孝通的“美美与共天下大同”的观念有助于文化交流。上海社会科学院商业研究中心主任朱连庆研究员（左二）最近刚从英国回来，他介绍说，我们把眼睛向外看的时候，要看深层的东西，如英国人在商业运营时平心静气、理智行事，最后大家各得其所，社会也稳定，要探讨这后面的民族精神和民族基因。复旦大学新闻学院信息与传播研究中心副主任殷晓蓉教授（中），曾经翻译过传播学史，从全球的社会变迁进程看传播问题，中国新闻走出去很难，国家有投入，还有互联网、新媒体、自媒体等等，研究如何使用不同的媒介，如少数民族的媒介，很重要。北京大学出版社副编审、上海圣大燕园文化传播公司总经理王业龙先生（右二）， 认为文化交流是双向的，但是我们实际情况是很不平衡的，出国留学的多，引进的版权多，输出的少。新文化运动100年了，正在编中英文化交流的书，希望能够走出去。最后，中国人民大学社会学理论与方法研究中心副研究员、郑杭生社会发展基金会副秘书长李战刚博士（右一），主要谈了两个问题，一是介绍郑杭生基金会对青年学人的赞助和“爱心基地”的建设，二是介绍郑杭生教授关于中国经验研究的方法与理论，如长波进程的时间和本土的两个维度，通过传统到现代的脉络来把握把全球化进程，等等。

会前，部分与会者翻阅全球中国比较研究会和环球世纪出版社彩单，左上图左二这位先生是做营销策划的，他代表上海外国语大学语言研究院的赵蓉晖教授、余华博士和沈骑博士参会，他们因会议时间冲突未能与会。右上图为全球中国比较研究会的两位会长（前排左右）及其中国首席代表、艾语·希捷集团 (研究|咨询|交流) 执行董事、高级顾问章简博士（后排中间）。会后，与会者们亲切交谈，下图为常向群与本次预备会议的组织者、上海觉尘文化传播有限公司策划人赵梦女士（左）合影。

以上是这次上海预备会议的主要组织和筹办者。

部分嘉宾和与会者合影留念，之后并继续聚叙。

以上由茱莉亚·余根据觉尘文化提供的照片和录音编辑整理。

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As 2015 is the year of China-UK cultural exchange, many cultural activities are being planned and implemented. The symposium on ‘China-UK Cultural Exchange: Strategic Cooperation and Practical Implementation’ held in Shanghai on December 7, 2014, is one such event. It also served as the preparatory meeting for the establishment of the ‘Global China Dialogue’ series of forums. This event invited people from various fields to discuss relevant topics.

Date: Sunday, December 6, 2014
Time: 2:30–5:30 pm
Address: Conference Room of the Grand Skylight Hotel, 100 Baise Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai

Organizers

• CCPN Global (UK)
• The Young Entrepreneur Society (YES Global)

Co-organizers

• Research Center for Socio-cultural Anthropology, Fudan University
• Research Center for Discourse and Communications, Zhejiang University of Media and Communications

Hosting organizer: Shanghai Juechen Cultural Communications Co., Ltd. (SENSO: plans and organizes Chinese-foreign cultural exchange activities, provides services for cultural promotion and cultural exchange outreach)

Sponsor: Shanghai Quan Feng Investment Co., Ltd.

Organizer: Ms ZHAO Meng (SENSO)

Chair: Professor ZHANG Letian (Fudan University)

Speaker: Professor Xiangqun Chang (CCPN Global; SOAS)

Topics

• Can China’s model of “Culture builds the stage; commerce performs the show” be successfully promoted abroad?
• What is the relationship between “culture building the stage” and “commerce performing the show”?
• Why do some perspectives view “Culture builds the stage; commerce performs in the show” not as true cultural exchange but as a display of economics hijacking culture?
• What is the significance of the experience and lessons of China’s recent modernization for the modernization processes of countries all over the world?
• How does the Chinese experience aid in the study of Europe?
• How should strategic cooperation for China-British cultural exchange be planned?
• Examples of practical implementation of China-British cultural exchange

Schedule

14:30—14:45 Registration, networking
14:45—14:50 Chair delivers address and introduces special guests
14:50—15:10 Speaker gives introduction to China-British cultural exchange and Chinese academic globalization
15:10—17:00 Conference participants have 3 minutes each to share their perspectives on different topics
17:00—17:20 Q & A
17:20—17:30 Wrap-up

Professor ZHANG Letian (above left) chaired the preparatory meeting in Shanghai. He is Former Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Social Development and Public Policy and Director of the Center for Social and Cultural Anthropology at Fudan University. He is also Co-Director of CCPN Global. Professor Zhang began by introducing his own three broad areas of work: research on the people’s commune system, introduction of social work courses and establishment of a social life data and research center. He thinks that these can all be useful for comparative research. Afterwards, 

Professor Xiangqun Chang (above right), CCPN Director and Research Associate of the SOAS China Institute (SCI) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK, spoke on the main theme of the meeting. She explained the difference between Chinese comparative studies and China studies, why it is necessary to place China studies within a global framework, and how to incorporate research on Chinese society into universal knowledge about humankind. She discussed how scholarly work can be accompanied by a transformation of interdisciplinary knowledge into knowledge that crosses professional and field-related boundaries, to not only serve the academic community, but also participate in shaping a global society.

Over 20 academics, experts, professionals and practitioners from Shanghai and Hangzhou participated in this meeting. Speaker-participants were divided into the following 3 groups.

Mr SHI Qiangsheng (first from left), senior economist, Deputy Director of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD), Association of Shanghai Population Resources and Environment Committee, also the Shanghai preparatory meeting’s main facilitator, summarized in his speech the five major characteristics of China-British cultural exchange and their significance. He emphasized the utility of Chinese comparative studies as a tool to give prominence to Chinese elements in the dissemination of scholarly knowledge outside of the academy.

Dr QIAN Zhenhua (second from left) is Board Chairman of Shanghai Quan Feng Investment Co., Ltd., main sponsor of the Shanghai preparatory meeting. He spoke about how his experience in business culture allowed him to witness the selfishness and disregard for rules and regulations that people display while conducting business or other activities. He initially viewed these methods as a legacy of the Cultural Revolution, but later discovered that they were present during the Republican Era, the Qing Dynasty, and the Warring States Period. This leads to a big question for reflection on Chinese culture and civilization: precisely what are its ‘cultural genes’? Although he diligently attended the lectures of many preeminent scholars while studying at Peking University, he never came across a satisfactory answer to this question.

Mr DING Zhengwei (second from right) is an art critic who believes that the process of cultural exchange is not a struggle for the right to speak, nor is it about influencing or changing others. Rather, it is a gentle and gradual process of osmosis. By asking the way and seeking the rites of the wild, one reaches a state of goodness as pure as water, the realm of unity between man and nature.

Mr CAO Yuanyong (first from right), Deputy Chief Editor, Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, raised the point that stories must be used to explain concepts, just as Mo Yan’s works typically narrate stories from people at the low levels of society to show how they reflect on problems. There is also the question of how to speak of culture in terms of civilization. While engaging in exchange with other civilizations, we must find adequate ways to speak about such concepts as the holistic notion of a unified ‘tianxia’ (heaven and world) or the Confucian ‘golden mean’.

Professor GUO Yi (first from left), Director of the Organization and Strategy Research Center at the School of Business of East China University of Science and Technology and Vice-President of the Professional Committee China Social Network Association, also raised a question about the exportation of Chinese concepts. If in the process of teaching and supervising research we come across notions like yin-yang or guanxi, how can we build an integrated approach to research from the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, to analyze Chinese concepts?

Professor QIAN Yufang (second from left), Director of the Research Center for Discourse and Communications at Zhejiang University of Media and Communications and Executive Manager of the Chinese Discourse Analysis Research Association, is an expert on corpus. She proposed construction of a social science data bank and critical analysis of discourse as means to aid in the export of Chinese corpus and the construction of Chinese discourse.

Professor WANG Gancheng (second from right) is Director of the Laozi Academy at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He studied Western philosophy for seven years at university, then shifted to research Chinese traditional culture, from there excavating the thought of Laozi. He believes the essence of Laozi lies in these few phrases: “It (the Dao) produces (all things) and does not claim them as its own; it does all, and yet does not boast of it; it presides over all, and yet does not control them.” This, he believes, has a one-to-one correspondence with Abraham Lincoln’s “of the people, for the people, by the people.” He later founded the Laozi Academy to provide entrepreneurs with training in traditional culture.

Ms Xiaojing Sun (first from right) is President of the Russel & Ivy Development Association, CEO of Russel & Ivy Corporate Brand Management Co., Ltd. She explained how during her time studying at Bristol University in England she participated in the work of CCPN Global. When she returned to China to set up her association and business, she also actively involved herself in public charity work, developing programs to assist impoverished children attend school.

Professor LU Feiyun (first from left) is Deputy Director of the College of Humanities Department of Economic Sociology, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. She participated in the Project on Social Support funded by the British Economic and Social Research Council in the 1990s when Xiangqun Chang also worked there. She believes that in order to explain China to the world, one must conduct a decomposition of culture, dividing it into the culture of daily life, the cultural consciousness described by Fei Xiaotong, creative cultural industry, the spoken language of Chinese culture, and so on. Fei Xiaotong’s concept of “appreciating the cultural values of others to make the world become a harmonious whole” is helpful for thinking about cultural exchange.

Professor ZHU Lianqing (second from left), Director and Research Fellow of the Business Research Center of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), recently returned from the UK. He explained that when we look toward the outside, we must look at things in depth, such as how the British engage in business operations with a calm demeanor and rational conduct. In the end, everyone has a role to play, and the society is stable there. We must inquire into these background forces here: the spirit and genes of people.

Professor YIN Xiaorong (center), Deputy Director of the Information and Communication Research Center of the School of Journalism at Fudan University, who translated the history of dissemination studies and examines dissemination issues from the perspective of global social change. It will be very difficult for Chinese news media to ‘go abroad’, despite the state’s investment. There is also the Internet, new media, ‘citizen journalism’, etc. It is very important to research how to use different media outlets, such as ethnic minority media outlets.

Mr WANG Yelong (second from right), Associate Professor of Editorship of Peking University Press and General Manager of Shanghai Shengda Yanyuan Cultural Promotion Company, noted that cultural exchange is a bi-directional process; however, our situation in reality is one of inequality. Many students go abroad to study; we introduce many copyrights from outside but export few. 2015 is the 100th anniversary of the New Culture Movement. He is currently putting together a book on China-British cultural exchange, and hopes it will be able to travel abroad.

Dr LI Zhangang (first from right), Associate Research Fellow of the Center for Studies of Sociological Theory and Method at Renmin University of China and Vice Secretary-General of the Zheng Hangsheng Social Development Foundation, spoke on two topics. First, he explained how the Zheng Hangsheng Social Development Foundation provides young scholars with support and construction of a ‘base of compassion’. Second, he introduced Professor Zheng Hangsheng’s method and theory for researching Chinese experience, which, just as one must consider the two dimensions of time and locality in a long wave process, emphasizes the sequence of ideas from tradition to modernity to fully understand globalization.

Before the meeting, the leaflets of CCPN Global and Global Century Press were given to the participants.  This gentleman (second from left in the photo on the upper left) was reading the material. He works at a company for marketing planning. He represents Professor ZHAO Ronghui, Dr YU Hua, and Dr SHEN Qi of the Language Research Institute at Shanghai University for International Studies. Due to time conflicts, they were unable to attend the meeting. In the upper right photo are CCPN Global’s two directors (front row from left to right) and Dr Jane Zhang (middle of back row). She is CCPN Global’s chief representative in China, CEO and Senior Consultant of IBC-Joint Group (Research-Consulting-Exchange). After the meeting, participants engaged in lively conversation. The bottom photo shows Xiangqun Chang with Ms ZHAO Meng (left) of SENSO Corporation Limited, the organizer of the Shanghai preparatory meeting.

Above are the Shanghai preparatory meeting’s main organizers and coordinators.

The Chinese page was compiled and edited by Julia Yu based on photos and recordings provided by Juechen Culture Communications Co., Ltd.

English page is translated by Cheryl M Schmitz

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Professor Xiangqun Chang, Director of CCPN Global, received a Mulan Award for her Contribution to Education by the Mulan Foundation Network on the 29^th October 2014. The first annual Mulan Awards Dinner was held at the Drapers Hall to honour and recognise the achievement Chinese women.  According to Mulan Foundation, it ‘aims to recognise and honour the achievements of Chinese women in the UK and elsewhere through Annual Awards and in the process build up a global network of top and successful Chinese women and young Chinese women on the way up, for networking, mentoring and to support and help each other as well as contribute to the wider community’.

I. Mulan Award Ceremony

Welcome and reception:

The guests were welcomed by Mei Sim Lai OBE DL, Chairman of Mulan Foundation Network; Dr Mee Ling Ng, OBE, the chair of the Awards’ judging panel; and Lady Katy Tse Blair MBE (from left to right at the top right picture).  At the bottom left picture Mr Neil Clarke, CCPN Global volunteer, with Ms Xinran Xue, author of 7 books published in over 37 languages. She also worked at BBC World Service as a journalist, translated several important literary works into Chinese (including Pinter’s entire theatrical bibliography) and founded a charity – The Mothers’ Bridge of Love.  At the bottom right shows Dr Thomas Clarke, Senior Teaching Fellow of Imperial College London, Trustee of CCPN Global, with Polly Yu, a Solicitor from Bloomsbury Law.

Dinner banquet: 

Nearly 200 guests attended the Mulan Awards Dinner 2014 for honouring the achievements of Chinese women at the Drapers Hall. Attendees also included Ms Qingling Guo, an International Trade Adviser UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in the bottom left picture); and Ms Elaine Pooke (bottom right), English Heritage’s Production Manager, who has over 25 years’ experience in the Printing and Publishing Industry, and helped in the design of CCPN Global’s new leaflet. She is also Managing Ambassador for the Mayor of London.  

Awards presentation: 

Dr Mee Ling OBE, Chair of judges of panel of the Mulan Awards announced that Dr Xiangqun Chang, Director of CCPN Global is the Winner for her contribution to education (top left), Professor Danny Quah of the London School of Economics and Political Science, presented the award to Professor Chang (top right and bottom left).  Coincidentally, Professor Quah was Chairman of the Management Committee of CCPN (China in Comparative Perspective Network) at LSE before CCPN Global was registered as an academic charity in 2013. The picture at bottom right is Xiangqun with Mei Sim Lai OBE DL, Chairman of Mulan Foundation Network.

Family, friends, and colleagues: 

Dr Xiangqun Chang with Mr William Franklin, Business Development Consultant, Sophis Approach Limited and Ms Ingrid Cranfield, formerly Councillor for Lower Edmonton ward, and Deputy Mayor of Enfield Council (Top left picture); Xiangqun with her supportive family on top right picture; from bottom right: Dr Chang and family with Prof. Quah and his wife.

II. A list of winners:

1.   Young Achiever of the Year

Winner:  Ms Yaoqian Shang, Birmingham Royal Ballet. Graduate of The Royal Ballet and winner of the Ninette de Valois award 2013.

2.  Contribution to Education

Winner:  Professor Xiangqun Chang, Director of CCPN Global, a UK-based academic society focusing on the study of China and the Chinese from a comparative perspective.  Research Associate, SOAS, University of London. Holder of several professorial and senior fellowships at Renmin, Peking, Fudan and Sun Yat-Sen Universities in China.

3. Contribution to Arts and Culture

Winner:  Ms Betty Yao MBE.  Director of Credential International Arts Management, UKIP and Projects Director at Asia House, London.

Winner:   Ms Di Xiao.   International pianist at Birmingham Conservatoire. Winner of first prize Brant International Piano Competition 2007.

4.    Contribution to Science and Technology

Winner:   Dr Sharon Heng.  Specialty Registrar, Addenbrookes Eye Unit, Cambridge University Hospital. Research into age related macular regeneration (AMD) and founder of CHEF (Chan Heng Eye Foundation), a charity providing rehabilitation support for the visually impaired members of the Chinese community in London.

5.   Contribution to Business and Enterprise

Winner:   Ms Carol Hui.  General Counsel for Heathrow Airport Holdings (formally BAA). Director of Heathrow Airport Limited. Previous roles include GC for Amey and Deputy GC for BG Group. Winner of the European General Counsel of the Year 2008.

Commendation:   Ms Teresa Li. Owner of The Jobwall, an online job board for job seekers and employers. Winner of an enterprise award from the Scottish Asian Women’s Association.

6.  Contribution to Charitable Causes and Philanthropy

Winner:  Ms Viola Wong.  Managing Director of Confiserie Benji Limited. Founder and benefactor of Benji’s Centre. The charity provides professional speech therapy to over 680 children with disabilities and from disadvantaged background.

7.   Contribution to Public Service and Community

Winner:   Ms Catherine Zeng.  Head of Financial Services, Trade and Investment, HM Treasury.  Previous roles include: Senior Policy Adviser, Financial Regulation and Markets, HM Treasury.

Commendation:   Ms Min Rose.  Promoting and connecting up UK-China business, enterprise and academic partnerships with the University of Nottingham and the wider Chinese community.

8.   Outstanding Contribution at the International level

Winner:  Ms Jiang Bing, Deputy Director of GBCC (Great Britain China Centre). Contribution to major UK-China collaborations in the field of the development of China’s legal and judicial system, by working with the Supreme People’s Court, the Chinese Ministry of Justice and legal scholars in academic institutions.

Commendation： Ms Huilin Proctor, Head of China Desk, DLA Piper UK LLP.  The development of Chinese Corporate Law and an arts and culture ambassador in facilitating exchange of cultural excellence between UK and China.

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On July 20, 2014, Professor LI Qiang (1950-2023), then Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University, traveled to the UK for a vacation with his wife, Zhang Hua [Note 1]. As a friend, I had arranged their 10-day itinerary in advance and accompanied them in London. Unfortunately, due to Mrs. Zhang catching a cold and developing a fever, they had to cut their vacation short and rescheduled their return flight on the afternoon of the 24th. This left many regrets but also provided me with unforgettable and wonderful memories. The following is a record of some of their visit.

On July 20th (Sunday), the Li couple arrived at London Heathrow Airport at 15:10 on flight BA38, then proceeded to check in at the Hilton London Hotel (located on Edgware Road but quite far from Edgware Station, which is near my home). A BBC Prom concert was arranged at 19:30 at the Royal Albert Hall, where the World Peace Orchestra, consisting of musicians from around the world, performed classical pieces by composers such as Beethoven and Mozart, as well as some music themed around world peace, expressing the harmonious coexistence of different cultures and nations through various famous pieces. Unfortunately, due to jet lag and fatigue, the Lis were unable to attend, so I and other friends appreciated it on their behalf.

On July 21st (Monday), we took a day trip to Wisley Gardens. On this day, the Li couple joined an activity that I had previously arranged with two friends. Wisley Gardens, part of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), is located 23 miles southwest of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in Surrey. It is one of the gardens owned and managed by the RHS and is considered one of the most influential horticultural gardens in the world. With its diverse plant collections, exquisite garden designs, and deep horticultural traditions, it has become a sanctuary for garden enthusiasts both in the UK and globally.

The first set of photos features some flowers I had never seen before (from left to right): Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus), a member of the thistle family originally from the Mediterranean region. The unopened flower buds are edible, and the open flowers are bright purple, valued for both their ornamental and economic qualities; Vanda, renowned for its large, colorful flowers, with this particular Vanda sporting purple spots, making it highly ornamental; Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae), known for its unique shape and vibrant colors, with this plant displaying a combination of red, yellow, and green, making it very eye-catching; Spider Orchid (Brassia), named for its unique flower shape, with long, spidery petals and sepals; Spiral Ginger (Alpinia zerumbet), noted for its unique spiral stems and decorative leaves, widely used for ornamental purposes.

The next set of photos (from left to right): We encountered a Chinese pavilion called the ‘Butterfly Lovers Pavilion’ in Wisley Gardens. It was built in 2005 through a collaboration between the Shanghai Botanical Garden in China and the RHS. Initially designed for the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show that year, where it won a silver medal, the pavilion was later donated to Wisley Gardens as a permanent feature. The pavilion’s design was inspired by the classic Chinese love story ‘The Butterfly Lovers’ (Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai). The design and construction were led by Professor LIU Tingfeng from the Landscape Design Department at Tianjin University, China. To commemorate the story, the pavilion’s six pillars are carved with butterfly motifs, symbolizing the transformation of the lovers into butterflies at the end of the legend. The construction materials were sourced from Zhejiang to ensure the pavilion’s authentic Chinese architectural style. The pavilion was built to celebrate Sino-British cooperation in horticulture and to introduce traditional Chinese garden art to Wisley Gardens, offering visitors a unique blend of Eastern and Western cultural experiences. The pavilion was designed and built by Chinese horticulturists and craftsmen who ensured that it seamlessly blended into Wisley Gardens’ natural environment.

As we were leaving Wisley Gardens, we took commemorative photos with my friends and Professor Li and his wife respectively.

On July 22nd (Tuesday), we spent a day touring central London.

We had arranged to meet Professor Martin Albrow, former president of the British Sociological Association, for lunch at 12:30, so our schedule was quite tight. Early in the morning, we took the Tube to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. Due to time constraints, we didn’t enter but toured the area before boarding a sightseeing boat along the Thames towards Westminster (see following photos).

At Westminster Pier, we walked along Downing Street (with No. 10 being the official residence of the British Prime Minister), passing by Horse Guards Parade, Horse Guards Arch, and other sites, where we witnessed the Changing of the Guard (see following photos).

Afterward, we arrived at Trafalgar Square. Professor Li was particularly interested in the four bronze lion statues at the base of Nelson’s Column, one of Trafalgar Square’s most iconic features. He asked me to take a photo of him and his wife with one of the lions as the background. The contrast between the massive lion and the ‘small’ figures of the Lis in the photo led me to reflect. The lion, a symbol of strength, courage, and dignity in many cultures, perhaps served as a confirmation of self-identity and pride.

We were also intrigued by the blue rooster sculpture on the Fourth Plinth in the square. The Fourth Plinth was originally designed for a statue of King William IV, but due to funding issues, the statue was never completed. In 1999, the Fourth Plinth Project was launched, turning it into a platform for displaying contemporary art, with a new piece being installed every few years. The sculpture, titled ‘Hahn/Cock,’ was created by German artist Katharina Fritsch. Its bold color and form sparked widespread discussion and interest. The blue rooster symbolizes male strength and courage, while also carrying a satirical tone that questions the solemnity of traditional monuments. Fritsch described it as a humorous satire, challenging the gravity of other traditional statues in the square, making it a prime example of contemporary art in public spaces (see following photos).

After leaving the square, Professor Li suggested visiting The British Academy. Founded in 1902, The British Academy is a national academic institution established to promote and support research in the humanities and social sciences. Its primary goal is to promote high standards of academic research, encourage scholarly debate, and support research that enhances understanding of human and social issues. The Academy is not open to the public, and one can only enter by attending an event or participating in a meeting. After taking a photo at the entrance, Professor Li suggested that we should organize events here in the future. [Note 2].

Our lunch with Martin Albrow was held at the Royal Automobile Club (RAC). This is one of Britain’s top private members’ clubs, offering dining, accommodation, fitness facilities, social events, and business meeting spaces. The RAC’s dining services are renowned for their high quality and exquisite cuisine, making it a key part of London’s high-end social life. Martin accompanied Professor Li and his wife on a tour of the club, where we exchanged ideas in the garden. After lunch, Martin presented Professor Li with his award-winning book, The Global Age (see following photos) [Note 3].

After lunch, we strolled through London and visited the London School of Economics, where we met with Dr. LIU Jiayan, a visiting fellow from Tsinghua University’s School of Architecture. She was conducting postdoctoral research under Professor Li’s supervision (see following photos). [Note 4]

We managed to be among the last visitors admitted to the British Museum before closing at 4 p.m. Professor Li asked me to take another photo of them in front of a large Assyrian lion relief. This famous Assyrian stone relief, likely from the ancient city of Nineveh, depicts scenes from the ‘Assyrian Lion Hunt,’ symbolizing the power and majesty of the Assyrian Empire. This photo again illustrates Professor Li’s identification with the symbolic attributes of the lion.

In the China Collection, we saw a large scroll painting (unfortunately, we did not photograph the exhibit label). The painting depicted landscapes, featuring mountains, rivers, and pine trees, intended to convey the artist’s reverence for nature and to express a sense of tranquility and harmony. In passing, I mentioned the idea of expanding the ‘China in Comparative Perspective’ approach at the London School of Economics to include a global perspective. This would not only involve comparing China with other countries and regions on a global scale but also conducting a comprehensive comparative study of China’s social transformations from past to present within a historical context. Methodologically speaking, the essential difference between the social science research conducted by Chinese scholars and that of their Western counterparts can be understood by grasping the essence of a Chinese scroll painting. [Note 5]

On July 23rd (Wednesday), the Li couple took a day trip to Windsor on their own, departing from Waterloo Station. They conducted a detailed tour of Windsor Castle. After their return to London, Mrs. Zhang developed a fever, and they decided to reschedule their flight to return to China early.

On July 24th (Thursday), the original plan was to go on a walk in the woods near my home and have an academic discussion, but due to their flight departing from Heathrow Airport at 16:45, we skipped the walk. Instead, we had a morning tea chat and lunch. The following photos were taken by Professor Li. At that time, taking photos and shared via WeChat was not very common, so we didn’t take a group photo, but there were individual photos of Mrs Zhang with my mother and me.

At around 2 pm., we met with LIU Jiayan and her son at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2. The child happily and proactively pushed the luggage cart, which everyone admired as a good educational approach. Before parting, we took a group photo in front of a colorful painting advertisement. Reflecting later, this photo carried profound and personal significance, symbolizing academic exchange, friendship, educational inheritance, and family bonds. It recorded an important moment in the scholars’ professional and personal lives, demonstrating their commitment to knowledge, nurturing students, and cherishing family.

Notes:

• [1] In July 2014, Li Qiang was elected President of the Chinese Sociological Association. He was the sixth president since the association’s founding in 1979, following Fei Xiaotong, YUAN Fang, LU Xueyi, ZHENG Hangsheng, and LI Peilin. This blog was updated after visits by Tsinghua University’s School of Social Sciences and other universities in Beijing and Shanghai to the UK in July-August 2024.
• [2] Starting in 2015, the second to the eighth Global China Dialogue series were all held at this location until 2023.
• [3] Li Qiang also served as the Honorary Chinese President of the Global China Institute (alongside Martin). After the institute was renamed the Global China Academy and restructured into a worldwide fellowship, Li Qiang served as the Chinese chair of the Academy’s Council, alongside Professor Tony McEnery, former Interim Chief Executive of the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which is equivalent to China’s National Philosophy and Social Sciences Foundation.
• [4] Professor Li, together with Mr. LI Tie, former Director of the China Center for Urban Development and Small Towns Reform, co-edited the ‘China Urbanization Studies Series,’ published by Global Century Press, with Dr. Liu serving as the Executive Editor.
• [5] Xiangqun Chang, Guanxi or Li shang wanglai? Reciprocity, Social Support Networks, & Social Creativity in a Chinese Village (Scholarly Publishing Business, Airiti Press Inc. 2010; Chinese editions 2009 and 2010): ‘In 2005 there was an exhibition of “China: Three Emperors (1662–1795)”. David Hockney, the Fellow of The Royal Academy of Arts, commented that the Chinese paintings deployed multiple perspective points in a single painting, which is different from the single perspective point in Western painting. For him, Western history of art has long neglected the beauty and sophistication of the Chinese scroll painting (A typical example is the Qingming Riverside Painting)’. From Hockney’s point of view, the scroll painting ‘bears close resemblance to cinema pictures by offering a sense of pleasure at being part of the painting. As the Chinese painting has no vanishing point, its viewer has to assume a participatory approach, rather than a static posture, through which to engage him or herself, including eyes, body and psyche into the story-telling and moving with the scroll part by part” (David Hockney, “A Difference of Perspective”, in “Three Emperors, 1662–1795”, RA Magazine, Winter, 2005). Chang believes that western social science is more focused on a detailed analysis of specific issues, while the Chinese way is to offer a combined approach to several issues together. Her ‘book is an attempt to present to its readers a huge scroll painting of the complicated relationships in the everyday life of a Chinese village. It is nonetheless not totally Chinese, just as sometimes in the West a few miniatures can be presented on one big wall. In this case they are embedded in the Chinese scroll. Hockney’s prescription of how to appreciate Chinese painting might be helpful for readers in their approach to this book’ (Chang, 2010, p42-43).

Xiangqun Chang, originally posted on July 30, 2014; updated on August 30, 2024.

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2014年7月20日，时任清华大学社会科学学院院长的李强教授（1950-2023）携夫人张华来英国度假【注释1】。我以朋友的身份提前安排了为期10天的行程，并在伦敦接待了他们。由于张老师感冒发烧，他们不得不中断假期，于24日下午提前改签机票回国，留下了许多遗憾，也给我留下了难忘和美好的回忆。以下记录了他们此次访问的部分内容.

7月20日（星期日），李强夫妇乘BA38航班于15:10抵达伦敦希思罗机场，随后前往Hilton London酒店入住（该酒店位于Edgware Road，但距离我家附近的Edgware Station较远）。预订了19:30在皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅（Royal Albert Hall）欣赏由世界和平乐团（World Peace Orchestra）的演奏会。这支乐团由来自世界各地的音乐家组成，演奏了贝多芬、莫扎特等作曲家的作品，以及一些具有世界和平主题的音乐作品，通过这些演奏表达了不同文化和民族的和谐共存。可惜，由于李老师夫妇有时差且较为疲劳，我和其他朋友代他们欣赏了音乐会。

7月21日（星期一），我们前往威斯利花园进行一日游。当天，李强夫妇加入了我和两位朋友之前安排好的活动。威斯利花园（Wisley Gardens, Royal Horticultural Society, RHS）位于距离皇家植物园邱园（Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Garden）西南23英里的萨里郡，是英国皇家园艺学会拥有和管理的花园之一，也是世界上最具影响力的园艺花园之一。该花园以其丰富多样的植物、精美的园艺设计和深厚的园艺传统，成为了英国乃至全球园艺爱好者的圣地。

以上这组照片展示的是我之前未曾见过的花卉（从左至右）：朝鲜蓟（Artichoke），一种属于菊科的植物，原产于地中海地区。未开花的花蕾可食用，开放的花朵呈鲜艳的紫色，具有观赏价值和经济价值；万代兰（Vanda），以其华丽的大花和多样的花色著称，这株万代兰的花朵上有紫色斑点，极具观赏价值；鹤望兰或天堂鸟花（Heliconia rostrata），以其独特的外形和鲜艳的颜色闻名，这株鹤望兰的花朵呈现红色、黄色和绿色的组合，非常具有观赏性；蜘蛛兰（Spider Orchid）或布拉索兰（Brassia），因其花朵形状奇特，长长的花瓣和唇瓣让人联想到蜘蛛的腿而得名；螺旋姜（Alpinia zerumbet），它的茎部有着独特的纹理和形状，呈现出螺旋状的结构，因其独特的外观和叶片而广泛用于观赏。

下组照片（从左至右）：在威斯利花园（Wisley Gardens）内看到一个中式亭子，上面写着“蝶恋亭”（Butterfly Lovers Pavilion）。这是2005年由中国上海植物园与英国皇家园艺学会（Royal Horticultural Society, RHS）合作建造的。该亭子最初为当年的汉普顿宫花卉展（Hampton Court Palace Flower Show）而设计，并获得了银奖。建成后，它被捐赠给威斯利花园，成为了该园内的一个永久景点。这座亭子的设计灵感源自中国经典爱情故事《梁山伯与祝英台》。亭子的设计和施工由中国天津大学景观设计教授刘庭风负责。为了纪念这一传说，亭子的六根柱子上都雕刻有蝴蝶图案，象征着这对传说中的恋人最终化蝶的爱情故事。蝶恋亭的建造和放置地点旨在突出中国园林设计的哲学理念，特别是在与自然环境的融合方面。亭子的材料均从浙江运来，以确保其传统中国建筑风格得以完美呈现。建造蝶恋亭的主要目的是庆祝中英两国在园艺领域的合作，并将中国传统园林艺术引入到威斯利花园，为游客提供一种东西方文化融合的独特体验。该亭子的设计和施工由来自中国的园艺师和工匠负责，他们根据中国古典园林的建筑风格和工艺，将亭子完美地融入了威斯利花园的自然环境中。

当我们要离开威斯利花园时，分别与我的朋友和李强老师夫妇合影留念。

7月22日（星期二），伦敦市内一日游

我们与英国社会学学会前会长马丁·阿尔布劳教授约好了12:30的午餐会，行程相当紧凑。我们一大早乘地铁前往伦敦塔和塔桥，由于时间关系，我们没有进去参观。在附近浏览后，我们在码头登上了一艘朝威斯敏斯特方向行驶的泰晤士河观光船（见以下组图）。

到了威斯敏斯特码头，我们沿着唐宁街（10号是英国首相官邸）行走，经过皇家马厩（Horse Guards Parade）、伦敦骑兵卫队拱门（Horse Guards Arch）等地，观赏了换马仪式（见以下组图）。

随后，我们来到了特拉法加广场（Trafalgar Square）。李老师对广场上纳尔逊纪念柱（Nelson’s Column）基座四周的四座青铜狮子雕像表现出了浓厚兴趣。这些狮子雕像是特拉法加广场的标志性景观之一，李老师特别选取其中一只狮子为背景合影。我对于这张照片中巨大的狮子和“渺小”的李老师夫妇形成的对比产生了联想。狮子在许多文化中被视为力量、勇气和尊严的象征，在此地拍照或许是对自我认同的一种肯定和自豪。

我们也都对广场上第四基座（Fourth Plinth）上的蓝色公鸡雕塑产生了兴趣。第四基座最初是为威廉四世国王的雕像而设计的，但由于资金问题，雕像从未完成。1999年，第四基座项目启动，成为展示当代艺术作品的平台，每隔一段时间更换一件新的艺术作品。这座名为《大公鸡》（Hahn/Cock）的雕塑由德国艺术家Katharina Fritsch创作。雕塑以其大胆的颜色和形象引发了广泛的讨论和关注。蓝色公鸡象征着男性的力量和勇气，同时也带有讽刺意味，质疑传统纪念碑的严肃性。艺术家Fritsch将其描述为一种幽默的讽刺，挑战了广场上其他传统雕像的沉重感，成为当代艺术在公共空间中的一个典型例子（见以下组图）。

离开广场后，李老师建议去参观英国国家学术院（The British Academy）。该学院成立于1902年，旨在促进和支持人文学科与社会科学研究，是英国国家级学术机构。其主要目的是促进学术研究的高标准，推动学术讨论，并支持通过研究来增进对人类和社会问题的理解。学术院不对外开放，只有参加内部活动或会议才能进入。李老师在门口留影，并建议说，以后我们要在这里举办活动。【注释2】。

我们与马丁·阿尔布劳的午餐会安排在皇家汽车俱乐部（Royal Automobile Club，简称RAC）。这是英国顶级私人会员俱乐部，提供餐饮、住宿、健身、社交活动和商务会议空间。RAC的餐饮服务以其高品质和精致的菜肴而闻名，是伦敦高端社交生活的一部分。马丁陪同李强夫妇参观了俱乐部，我们在花园里交流，午餐后，马丁赠予李强他的获奖著作《全球时代》（The Global Age）一书（见下组图）。【注释3】

午餐后，我们漫步于伦敦街区，来到了伦敦经济学院，在那里与正在做访问学者的清华大学建筑学院刘佳燕博士会面。她在李强的指导下从事博士后研究。（见下组图）【注释4】。

下午4点前，我们赶在大英博物馆（The British Museum）关门前最后一批进入参观。李老师又让我为他们在一尊大狮子的浮雕前拍照。这是著名的亚述石雕之一，可能来自亚述古城尼尼微（Nineveh）的遗址，表现了“亚述狮子狩猎”（Assyrian Lion Hunt）场景的一部分，是亚述帝国力量和威严的象征。这张照片再次表明了李老师与狮子这一象征的认同。

在中国馆，我们看到了一幅大型卷轴画（可惜没有拍下展品的标注）。这幅画描绘了山水题材，表现了山川、流水、松树等自然景观，意在表达画家对自然的崇敬，传达出一种宁静和谐的意境。我顺便谈及了在伦敦经济学院的“中国比较视野”的基础上加上全球视野，不仅是全球性地将中国与其他国家和地区作比较性研究，而且是历史性地对中国社会从过去到现在的转型作全方位的比较研究。从方法论上讲，中国学者的社会科学的研究与西方同行的研究的本质 区别可以通过理解一幅中国画卷来理解。【注释5】。

7月23日（星期三），李老师夫妇自行从滑铁卢火车站前往温莎小镇进行一日游，并对温莎城堡进行了详细参观。回到伦敦后，张老师开始发烧，于是他们决定改签机票，提前回国。

7月24日（星期四），原本安排的是在我家附近的林子里徒步并进行学术交流，但由于李老师夫妇的飞机将于下午16:45从希思罗机场起飞，我们取消了徒步活动。上午茶聊，随后享用了午餐。以下照片是李老师拍的，当时微信拍照还不太普及，所以没有留下我们的合影，但留下了张老师分别与我母亲和我的合影。

我们大概在下午2点前与刘佳燕和她的儿子在希思罗机场T2汇合，孩子主动并开心地推着行李车，大家都对这种教育方式表示赞赏。临别前，我们在一幅彩画广告前合影。后来回想，这张合影具有深刻和个人化的寓意，象征了学术交流、友谊、教育传承以及家庭纽带。它记录了学者们在职业和个人生活中的一个重要时刻，体现了他们对知识的追求、对学生的培养以及对家庭的珍视。

注释：

• [1] 李强于2014年7月当选为中国社会学会会长。这是自1979年学会成立以来的第六任会长，继费孝通、袁方、陆学艺、郑杭生和李培林之后。这篇博客是于2014年7月28日写的，并在10年后的2024年7-8月间，清华大学社会科学院等京沪四所高校访问英国后更新的。
• [2] 从2015年开始，第二届全球中国对话至2023年的第八届全球中国对话都在此处举办。
• [3] 李强曾兼任全球中国研究院中方荣誉院长（与马丁并列），全球中国研究院更名为全球中国学术院并改制为院士制机构后，李强担任学术院理事会中方会长，并与英国社会与经济研究委员会（ESRC，相当于中国哲学社会科学基金会）前代理总裁Tony McEnery教授并列。
• [4]李强与中国城市和小城镇改革发展中心前主任李铁共同主编了环球世纪出版社出版的“中国城镇化研究丛书”，刘佳燕担任该丛书的执行编辑。
• [5]常向群：《关系抑或礼尚往来？——江村互惠社会支持网和社会创造的研究》（简体字版，2009年；繁体字版，2010年；英文版，2010）中作过解释：英国皇家美术学院院士大卫·霍克尼（David Hockney）在评论《中国：三个皇帝（1662—1795）》展览中的中国画时指出，与西方的油画所提供的单视点（a single perspective point）不同，中国的绘画在一幅作品中通常同时表现等距的多视点（multiple perspective points）。他认为，西方艺术史一直忽视了美丽而精致的中国卷轴画(典型的此类画如“清明上河图”，中国比较研究网站选中此画作为首页的主题之一，有表现这种思维方式的寓意，见上面的标幅。 在霍克尼看来，”中国的卷轴画有点像电影，给观赏者一种参与绘画作品的快感。进而解释道，由于中国的绘画没有消失点（a vanishing point），与其说是站着不动地欣赏西方的油画，赏画者在欣赏中国画时则必须变成画中的这个消失点。因此，在欣赏中国画时要成为画的一部分，其眼睛、身体，甚至心理等都要参与到故事情节中去，并随着画面的滚动从一部分移动到另一个部分(David Hockney, A Difference of Perspective, in ‘Three Emperors, 1662—1795’, RA Magazine, Winter, 2005)。常向群认为，‘粗线条来看，“西方”的社会科学的研究比较注重于对某一个问题的深入细致地分析，而中国式的研究则比较注重于把几个问题综合在一起来概括和 描述。本书所提供给读者的是一幅用文字表达的反映江村村民生活极其复杂的关系的巨幅卷轴画。但它不完全是中式的做法，有点像西方的将若干小幅的油画挂在一 面墙上的展示法，不过在此不是挂在墙上，而是镶拼在中式的卷轴画里。借助于霍克尼建议的欣赏中国画的方法也许会有助于读者耐心地读完此书。’ （常：2009年，第15页；2010年，第39页）。

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中国、西方与未来全球资本主义还是其他社会形态？

据伦敦大学亚非学院最近的新闻报道， “全球经济体系的未来取决于西方同中国的关系。一百年前，马克斯∙韦伯，现代西方社会学与政治学的创始人，对文化因素阻碍了非西方背景的西式的资本主义兴 起的有着经典研究的著述。” 2013年9月5-6日，题为“韦伯与中国：文化，法律与资本主义”的国际大会成功地在伦敦大学亚非学院举行。近百名来自中国和世界各地的社会科学家重新 审视韦伯命题，探讨他开创的社会科学方法在多大程度上可以诠释当今纷繁复杂的经济发展状态。会后，我们收到一些与会者的来函，称赞本次大会是：

• “一个伟大 的胜利！”
• “一次具有重要意义的会议”！
• “一次激励智力及其丰产的会议！”
• “一次棒极了的会议”……

以下是韦伯与中国大会的图片新闻，它再现了会议特点并展示了一些初步的思考，希望你们喜欢。同时欢迎大家给我们提供素料和建议，便于随时更新此页。

在亚非学院召开的“韦伯与中国”全体大会的会场（G2：上图）和（v211：下图）。

伦敦大学亚非学院金融与经济管理系准教授薄宏博士（左图）主持了开幕式；伦敦大学亚非学院院长保罗•韦伯利Paul Webley教授（中图）致欢迎辞并介绍了亚非学院，这一在全球领先的研究亚洲、非洲和中东地区的教研机构。 英国社会学会荣誉副会长、德国波恩大学高研院院士马丁•阿尔布劳Martin Albrow教授（右图）指出，我们相聚一堂是因为对会议主题的共同学术兴趣，而非某个大团体或机构的特殊项目，并表达了他对主办这次大会的亚非学院、组委会成员以及参与者的感谢。

主题演讲

      
四场主题演讲分别安排在9月5-6日两天的上午和下午。

德国海德堡大学马克斯•韦伯社会学系荣休教授沃尔夫冈•施鲁赫特Wolfgang Schluchter做了题为“如何让思想在历史中富有成效：马克斯•韦伯对儒教及延伸之研究”的主题演讲。他对韦伯的儒家思想应用作了重要澄清，认为 “禁欲的新教的最明显的反例，从表面看似相似，但实质上完全不同。韦伯尝试用儒教开发一种社会学和宗教理性主义的类型学。儒家思想也被他用作背景去理解西 方发展的奇特性。”

他的这一演讲也是“首次《马克斯•韦伯研究》的年度讲座”。《马克斯•韦伯研究》主编、伦敦都市大学全球政策研究所文化与现代化项目主任山姆•威姆斯特教授主持了该演讲。

 
苏国勋教授（中图）因健康原因缺席会议，章晓英博士（左 图，中国北京外国语大学）代为宣读其演讲稿。苏国勋教授是中国社科院社会学所荣休研究员、哈尔滨工程大学社会学系教授，是中国最著名的韦伯研究专家。他指 出，由于一些错误的观念导致韦伯曲解中国文化的某些元素，他试图探究出更精细的方法来进行不同文明间的分析。听众对其观点提出许多重要的和感兴趣的问题。 全球中国比较研究会共同会长、伦敦大学亚非学院中国研究中心研究员、组委会联席主席常向群博士（右图）主持了这场演讲，她提议把所有的批评、评论及问题反馈给苏教授并寻求他的回应，希望在2014出版的《中国比较研究》特刊上发表一篇“一位中国学者与西方韦伯研究者的‘缺席’的对话”。

左边的照片是马丁•阿尔布劳教授(左图)主持大会的第三场嘉宾演讲，他拿着由斯蒂芬•凯尔伯格（右图）翻译并撰写前言的增补版《马克斯•韦伯：新教伦理与资本主义精神》。斯蒂芬•凯尔伯格Stephen Kalberg教授是美国波士顿大学社会学教授，他在其主题演讲中强调韦伯的系统方法和不同文明的比较分析的持续相关性，并对韦伯理论及其当代意义作了重要的重新评估，详见他的《马克斯•韦伯的历史比较社会学》（2012）一书。观众对此提出许多有趣的问题。
  
最后一位演讲人是美国华盛顿大学国际关系学院副院长、社会学系韩格理Gary Hamilton教授（左下图）。沃尔夫冈•施鲁赫特教授（右 下 图）主持了演讲。他承认从韩格理的韦伯研究中学到了两件事：第一，韩格理基于亚洲的资本主义的家庭研究让他认识到，韦伯坚持资本主义要求把家庭和公司分开 的观点不适用于亚洲。第二，他同意韩格理的观点，认为韦伯在基于“孝”和“父权”而进行的传统中国和古罗马社会的比较中出现了错误。施鲁赫特在提到这一点 时展示了去年出版的费孝通《乡土中国》中英对照版，英译本由韩格理和王政（下一组照片右二）翻译。中英文对照版《乡土中国》的编辑曾在2010年费孝通教 授百年诞辰纪念时主持了一个韩格理教授和常向群博士之间的对话，讨论费孝通对世界人类学和全球社会学的贡献。对话的缩节版发表在英国皇家人类学会会刊 Anthropology Today 的2011年第6期（左边第一、二张照片），对话完整版见2011年第1卷第2期《中国比较研究》。 韩格理在演讲中展示了池塘中的单一的纹波和多个波纹的图片来解说“差序格局”中的关系的不同模式，并指出每个人都是自己关系圈的中心。韩格理曾在一个更大 的 框架中用费孝通的“差序格局”和“团体格局”纠正了韦伯的“孝”和“父权”观点，这篇早期论文发表在《中国比较研究》（JCCP）的创刊号上（2011年 6月第1期）上。《中国比较研究》创刊号（右图）的主要文章都和费孝通的《乡土中国——中国社会的基础》相 关（副标题为费孝通和韩格理讨论英文版书名时一起加上去的）。这本书中文版发表于1947年，英文版1992年。但它至今仍然有价值，因为后来的中国学者 许多重要著作都是建立在此基础上的；而且甚至连本书的译者韩格理本人，都忽略或没有充分理解费孝通在这本书中提出的许多重要观点（常向 群，2011,1(1):32，JCCP）。费孝通《乡土中国》发表15年后，王斯福(Stephan Feuchtwang)才认真地阅读了此书，写了“社会的利己主义和个人主义：一位西方汉学人类学家的惊喜和问题——阅读费孝通教授的中西对比 ”一文，这篇对“差序格局”较为深入研究的论文的中英文版，同时再现于《中国比较研究》2011年第1卷第2期。（注意：该期刊封底的网址和邮箱地址分别 从2013年3月和7月停用。目前电子邮件是：journal@ccpn-global.org；网站：www.journal.ccpn-global.org).

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会议结束后，韩格理说，本次大会使我意识到，要建立一个中国比较研究的框架还有很多事要做。

全体会议

      本次大会还安排了三次全体会议。英国雷丁大学欧洲研究中心联席主任Athena Leoussi博士主持第一次全体大会。英国伦敦经济学院亚洲中心主任阿塔•侯赛因(Athar Hussain)教授, 发表了关于中国人才选拔方面的演讲，认为中国学校的考试排名选拔制度对那些有钱让孩子参加课外辅导班的家庭有利，但对穷人家的孩子却不公平。随后，《马克斯∙韦伯研究》主编山姆•威姆斯特教授做 了题为“韦伯社会经济分析”的演讲，他认为韦伯的类型学不应束之高阁，要用于案例研究，韦伯在1906年把类型学应用于俄国，如今我们得应用于中国。他建 议，韦伯的关键概念，如经济能力、配置分配合法力、占有或挪用(appropriation)、劳动分工的形式、组织形式、国家与政权、社会化，可直接用 于分析过去几十年中国经济的发展 ，而不需要用正确的资本主义的标准模式来判断。
    
第二次全体会议主持人是彼得∙福鲁格尔博士（Peter Flügel）（中图），他是伦敦大学亚非学院宗教研究系高级讲师。美国俄勒冈亚洲研究中心主任、历史学教授顾德曼Bryna Goodman（右图）发表了一篇题为“伦理文化不是俱乐部：早期中国证券交易体系中的政治、法律和资本”的演讲。 她把1921年上海股市泡沫作为一个案例研究，以个体商人和上海商会公开辩论的形式，探究经济发展、自由与国家主权等引起公众争议的问题。这里反映出的问 题，韦伯在自我防御19世纪90年代Kaiserreich证券交易已经提出过。接着，美国和理大学历史系主任、哈佛大学法学院研究员高鸿钧Karen Turner教授（左 图）发表了“为国家服务的宗教：重新审视韦伯的中国传统观”的演讲。她分析道，根据出土文献与传播文本的修正后观点，在帝国形成时期，高度的理性塑造了中 国的官僚机构，并论证了中国比西方要早得多就通过礼法典籍发展了一种有效的制度，用于管理经济、服务国家。她指出，儒家的官员大多是自私和不准备为根本的 改变做出牺牲的。
   
第三次全体会议是由英国社会学会韦伯分会主席、 英国索尔德福大学社会学系高级讲师卡洛斯•弗雷德Carlos Frade博士（左图）主持。这次会议的两场演讲均由两人联席演示。上半场由美国芝加哥大学人类学系冯珠娣Judith Farquhar教授（右图）和中国北京大学医学部人文研究院高级讲师赖立里博士（中 图）联席，她们合著的论文题为，“中国国药（National Medicines）：制度理性和‘愈合的魅力(charisma)”。她们从实证研究中发现，任何社会的政权都不是纯粹的“理性”，因为医疗信息的理性 系统最终只是医学美术或“愈合魅力”的表层。她们试图表明，无论是理论上还是在中国历史实践中，理性和非理性都有共构关系。大家对此观点提出了许多问题， 例如，施鲁赫特认为“人格魅力” 是一个政治概念，是领导者与追随者的个人关系的先决条件。但两位作者引证了“神奇的魅力”的实践中的用法（见：王斯福和王铭铭合著的《基层卡理斯玛： 中国的四种地方领袖》(2001年)。这两种情况都说明了，韦伯的“魅力”可以用于“富有想象力的”实证研究方式。这里似乎有两种观点：一种是会议上提出 的严格地将“魅力”一词用于中国社会语境的观点；另一种提出如何将韦伯的概念在中国语境的实证研究“富有想象力”地应用？
      
第三次全体会议下半场演讲是英国社会学会荣誉副会长、德国波恩大学高研院院士马丁•阿尔布劳Martin Albrow教授（右图）和北京外国语大学英语学院副院长、新闻系系主任章晓英博士(左图)联席演示的。

标 题为“世界之外的世界：韦伯、中国及公正的旁观者”。这场演讲类似一场对话：阿尔布劳解释说，“世界”这一概念是韦伯的比较宗教研究的 中心。章博士介绍了中国人对世界的理解（世界和天下）。马丁还介绍了曾在中国生活和教书的约翰•杜威John Dewey和贝特朗•罗素Bertrand Russell等思想家对世界的理解，欣赏那个与西方不同的世界。

两位演讲者提出了“共享的不同世界”以取代“大同世界”的观点。作为《全球时代》的作 者，阿尔布劳把话题转向了“世界”，这从《新的世界秩序中的中国思想》系列丛书可见一斑，此系列丛书由阿尔布劳提议、中国社会科学文献出版社资助。章博士在演讲中提及的赵汀阳著的《全球系统》一书被列入此系列，书中提出了一个中国视野的世界观体系。 

小组会议

本 次会议共收到近50篇提交的论文含合著的论文。除了专题演讲和缺席者的论文之外，其余30篇论文被分为10小组。它们是：重读韦伯，韦伯的合理化研究，儒 家思想和工作伦理，中国法律，比较视野中的中国法律，现代性与中国崛起，比照现代中国经济重温韦伯，中国政府和市场社会主义，中国企业，中国的投资。上面 照片是从小组会议中任意选取的。最上面的照片是伦敦经济学院经济史系准教授邓钢博士在主持小组会议。

上面的照片展现不同小组的成员在宣讲他们的论文。中国全球共生研究院院长钱宏教授做 了题为“韦伯的资本主义精神与共生价值观”的有趣演讲。钱教授把卡尔•马克思和马克斯•韦伯进行了比较，认为马克思用“批判的武器”来审视资本主义，而韦 伯却发现了新教伦理与资本主义精神之间的内在关系。然后他把资本主义社会和社会主义社会进行了一个简单的比较，指出，“资本主义遇到了自身发展的局限，对 抗和负面性。结果，在处理人与自然、人与人、人与自身的关系时，新教伦理与韦伯资本主义精神遭遇到极大的困境，而中国的社会主义却成为一个“国家资本主 义”。他的结论是，无论是社会化的资本主义还是资本化的社会主义都困境重重。基于他的研究和经验，在整合古老的东方智慧与当代生物学“共生起源”发现的基 础上，钱教授提出了全球生态语境下的中国哲学——“共生价值观”，简单地表达为“自己活也让别人活”。这一思想已经得到中国新一代领导人认可。他建议， “共生价值观”可作为一个原则用，来处理世界上的三大关系：人与自然、人与人、人与自身。为了践行“共生价值观”，钱教授用333个汉字提出“共生十 诫”。底部的照片是钱教授演讲后把“共生十诫”作为礼物赠送给小组主持人马丁•阿尔布劳教授。

问答环节

每次大会或小组演讲后都有问答环节，它们也同等重要。随意选取的照片展现了热情的观众参与大会的始终。正是观众和演讲者的共同努力让大会充满智慧的光芒。

闭幕大会

闭幕大会由两部分组成。闭幕大会是以“资本主义的未来”这一主题讨论开场的，这场主题活动是由《马克斯∙韦伯研究》主编山姆•威姆斯特教授组织和主持的。斯科特•拉什Scott Lash（上图左一）是英国伦敦大学哥德斯密学院文化研究中心主任及社会学教授。他是《构建中国的资本主义：经济生活和城市变化》一 书的合著者，此书在大会开幕前两天由罗特里奇出版公司出版。他认为，中国要不被视为在财产法和合同法方面落后于西方企业标准，或者被看作是执意实行新版本 自由主义。相反，新自由主义经济生活是个性化的和剥离脱嵌的，而中国模式是相互联系和紧密结合的。同时，其庞大的城市变化已被视为一种新形式的“本土国家 资本主义”。韦伯的工具理性已经被重新定义为一种新的实质理性，延伸到伦理争论。这时主持人提出“中国模式是否是资本主义模式的分支”的问题，几位著名公 共知识分子回应了这个问题。底排照片从左到右依次为：大英帝国勋章荣膺者斯蒂芬•陈教授（左图），英国伦敦大学亚非学院法律与社会科学院院长、前国际关系学院院长，《中国道德在非洲：中世纪王国与黑暗大陆》主编。他认为，中国注重全球秩序的基本特征：表现在对威斯特伐利亚国家主权的概念和成为WTO成员。在与非洲的贸易问题上，中国官员对其目标进行了非常冷静的成本效益分析。李淯（中图），畅销书《美国能向中国学什么》一书的作者，美国纽约大学金融和经济学客座教授，中国西亚斯国际大学教授，她持更为温和的观点，指出中国正在进行蓬勃的新举措，并没有受到美国现在功能失调的影响。右图是马丁•雅克，全球畅销书《当中国统治世界：西方世界的终结和全球新秩序的诞生》(2009，2012） 的作者, 伦敦经济学院高级客座研究员、中国清华大学的客座教授。马丁认为，从目前的趋势来看，中国将很快掌握全球主导权；例如，我们预期美元的国际优势能持续多 久？然后幻想性地假设中国将遵守一个西方建立的模型和规则。还有最近还没得到解决的金融危机，凸显了西方的弱点和急需新的生命力。正如马丁•阿尔布劳所说 的：我们不是进入了信息普及的时代？接下来的广博而生动的问答回归到韦伯自己的定律，理性结构要求一个成功的现代性，资本主义的动力是以内在的紧张和危险 为特征。

最后，伦敦大学亚非学院中国法律讲师、大会组委会联席主席康佩理Ernest Caldwell(左图)主持大会闭幕致辞。斯蒂芬•陈教授(中图)代表亚非学院感谢大家的参与，正是大家的积极参与会议才取得圆满的成功。这让他想起1973年他第一次阅读韦伯作品，过去的40年他对韦伯思想有了更深的理解，并且有助于他的研究。全球中国比较研究会共同会长、英国伦敦大学亚非学院中国研究中心研究员常向群博士(右图)，对所有直接或间接、体力上、精神上、情感上、智力上、经济上等等帮助会议成功举办的人表达由衷的感谢！她引用中国古话“吃水不忘挖井人”依次对以下个人与团体表达诚挚的谢意：

• 感谢伦敦经济学院中国比较研究网创办主任和《中国比较研究》创刊主编王斯福教授，使“全球中国比较研究会”和《中国比较研究》期刊得以组织和赞助“韦伯与中国”大会；
• 感谢Elisabeth Croll教授于2006年安排常向群博士在亚非学院中国研究中心做研究员，没有这个缘起，我们也不可能在亚非学院召开这次大会。
• 感谢马丁•阿尔布劳教授提议伦敦经济学院中国比较研究网与其他单位共同主办“韦伯与中国”大会，并领导组委会成功地举办了这次会议。
• 感 谢亚非学院同事们：中国研究中心主任陈靝沅(Tian Yuan Tan)博士、亚非学院新近成立的中国研究所创始主任Michel Hockx教授、朱莉教授、薄宏博士、康佩理先生、 保罗•韦伯利教授、斯蒂芬陈教授、Andrea Janku博士、 Peter Flügel博士、 Carol Tan博士以及亚非学院中心和项目办公室经理Jane Savory女士， 感谢他们会议自始至终提供的各种形式的帮助。
• 感 谢组委会其他成员：伦敦经济学院John Breuilly 教授和伦敦经济学院邓钢博士，《马克斯•韦伯研究》主编山姆•威姆斯特教授, 英国社会学会韦伯分会主席卡洛斯•弗雷德博士, 英国雷丁大学欧洲研究中心联席主任Athena Leoussi博士，感谢他们的智慧投入和情感支持！
• 感谢其他组织者和赞助者：全球中国研究会联席会长、中国复旦大学张乐天教授, 《中国比较研究》杂志客座主编、中国中山大学周大鸣教授，Arthur Probsthain东方书店的Michael Sheringham先生, 感谢他们支持并赞助大会。
• 感 谢所有的志愿者：来自亚非学院的 Mimi Ajibade, Anlan Chen, Weiwei Chen, Mieke Houvenaghel, Farwa Sial, Ghayda Nawres 和来自布里斯托大学的孙晓婧，感谢他们会议期间的事无巨细和卓有成效的工作。
• 最后，常向群博士用“众人拾柴火焰高”这一中国俗语表达了她对会议所有参与者包括主讲嘉宾、闭幕讨论的专家、全体大会和小组演讲者，以及所有与会者的深深的谢意，正是他们的热情参与才让此次会议获得丰富的学术成果！ 

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