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The article examines the renminbi progresses despite exchange rate fluctuations in China. Information about the decline on the international payment value for yuan as of October 2018, is highlighted. Also emphasized is the impacts from the convergence of multiple elements such as economics, political science and social sciences.

Several photographs highlighting social and political issues in China as of August 2013 are presented including Uygur children playing in the square in Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, Xinjiang, worshippers at the gate of the Id Kah Mosque in Kashi, south Xinjiang, and the flooding roads in downtown Wuhan, Hubei Province due to heavy rains.

The article presents an outlook for the most important social trends in the future. Forecasting the social trends for the next 20 years takes place with the proper understanding of the demographic and economic trends. Some of these trends include the continued growth of China which will give them the largest economic power in the world, the shortage of energy and water which will affect all the consumers, the decline of education standards due to the less-skilled leaders and the high-demand of video media.

The article focuses on the Han Dynasty. The dynasty arose 2,200 years ago and lasted more than four Centuries. Today, ethnic Chinese still call themselves Han - an echo of a golden age in art, politics, and technology, when China rivaled the roman empire in power and prestige. Historians say that the Han era ended 18 centuries ago. Among the longest of China's major dynasties, it survived, with minor interruption, for more than four centuries. From its founding in 206 B.C., the Han state was as powerful and prestigious in East Asia as the Roman Empire. Like Rome, it expanded into 'barbarian' territory on its flanks. Like Rome, the dynasty spawned its share of weak rulers and sloughed into turmoil before collapsing, in A.D. 220.

The article discusses the emergence of responsible individualism in China and provides information on the Mao Yushi Phenomenon. Mao urged Chinese society to reevaluate the way it sees the cultural revolution. It is said that the Chinese believe that partaking in globalization is a great opportunity to continue the country's rejuvenation. It is also mentioned that the most significant change in the country has been the development of an open society.

The article reports on the influence of Charles Darwin on China. It is noted that Darwin, though he never set foot in the country, has an impact on various fields in China, which include social sciences, politics and philosophy of life. Well-known Chinese thinker Yan Fu was the first person to discusses the theories of Darwin in the country after translating the book "Evolution and Ethics," by Thomas Huxley. It is also asserted that Darwin has become a model when it comes to research because of his careful observations.

The article discusses the invisible wall of mistrust, ignorance and fear which separates the West and China. It states that the Great Invisible Wall could refer to the inability of the West to appreciate the extent of the transformation of China and how it is rearranging the distribution of power in the 21st century. It mentions that China's communication with the rest of the world is a major factor in bridging the understanding gap.

Focuses on Yi medicine in China. Essence of traditional Chinese medicine; Development of culture and economy.

The article offers an overview of the report "The (2015) Assessment Report on China's Perimeter Security Situation--One Belt and One Road (OBAOR) and the Perimeter Security Strategy," issued by the Center for Regional Security Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the Social Sciences Documentation Publishing House. A number of characteristics of the relations between major powers that affected China's perimeter security are summarized in the report.

The article presents the text of a speech by Li Yang, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences during a forum on social sciences held last October 2010 in Beijing, China. The global economic crisis is the result of an imbalance that many countries now try to address to prevent a recurrence. The U.S. has accumulated debt because of its trade deficit, while developing countries have surpluses. A proposal is made to increase the interest rates, restrict the over expansion of the financial industry and deleverage it.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including commentary and issues in China.

The article focuses on a blue paper released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on the country's social development which revealed that of the 5 million college graduates in 2007, 1 million failed to find employment. A major concern is the increasingly tight job market for college students. College students of today must admit that they are no longer "children of fortune" as their peers 20 years ago.

The article focuses on a report on China's public cultural development issued by the Research Center for Humanities of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The report revealed that increased government allocations in cultural undertakings have failed to reverse the downtrend of public cultural service organizations. According to the report, the absence of cultural services at the grassroots level is deteriorating the rural population's quality.

Reports on the effects of economic development and economic reform of China on its cultural heritage. Need for harmony between economic growth and heritage protection.

Reports on the blue paper released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences which shows that nearly 80 percent of Chinese people feel happy. Report's claim that rural dwellers are happier than urban residents; Income gap between rural and urban dwellers; Cultural life of people in rural areas.

By 2010, China, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria and Russia will be home to 40 percent of the world's people. Those nations will also soon have the dubious distinction of having more HIV/AIDS infections than any other five nations, according to the Central Intelligence Agency. The disease could harm the economic, social and political climate in those nations as the number of HIV/AIDS patients climb from today's 14 to 23 million people to 50 to 75 million people by 2010.

Reports on the finance of the Academy of Social Sciences in China. Indication that the academy received 177 million yuan in 1997; Details on the increase in social science research; Information on the academy's decrease in funding.

Reports that China has ordered a new magazine titled `Collected Writings on Social Science in China,' allied to the Academy of Social Sciences, to cease publishing. Grey area of definition between what qualifies in China as a `book' and what counts as a `magazine'; Transgressing of unwritten rules regarding censorship of socially sensitive material.

Features winners of awards given by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Criteria selection; `My Humble Opinions,' by Qian Zhongshu; `Study on Modes of China's Economic Restructuring,' by Liu Guoguang; `Trial Exposition of Socialist Market Economy,' by Yu Zurao; `A History of the Development of Chinese Capitalism'; `China's World Position in Social Development'; More.

Focuses on the enjoining of a resumption of governmental communications with China. Entailing of a decent republican restraint; Scowcroft-Eagleburger mission to Beijing, China; Questions raised by Realpolitik; Release of Fang Lizhi and his wife.