issue 212,no.8(August 2013)

• The Japanese Satsuma Invasion of Ryukyu and the Changes in East Asian Geopolitics
• Historical Changes in the Image of Volcanic Eruptions in Europe: An Encyclopedia-based Survey
• Presence and Absence of the “Language-Image” Narrative
• An Overview of Yuefu Theory of the Tang Dynasty
• China’s Household System Tradition and Rural Development Road: With Reference to Village Commune Tradition in Russia and India
• The Emergence of Chinese Agricultural Product Markets under the Circumstance of Capital Loss: With the Example of a Township Agricultural Market
• Different Effective Tax Rates of VAT and Efficiency Loss: With Some Implications for “Replacing the Business Tax with a Value-added Tax”
• The Effects of the Age Structure of Population and the Old-age Insurance System Transition on Residents’ Savings Rates
• The Political Logic of the Construction of Modern National Identity
• The Individual Principle and the Social Principle in the Marxist Political Philosophy