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活动现场,严复侄孙、福建省委党校原科技教研部主任、教授严以振宣读了严复曾孙严正的书面致辞,纪念缅怀严复救亡图存、变法维新的历史功绩,弘扬严复的家国情怀与文化求索,并期望严复精神的传播力与影响力能持续提升,让严复的思想能在未来闪现更加耀眼的光芒。
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福州市鼓楼区委书记黄建新在致辞中表示,严复的科学与爱国精神是鼓楼城市精神的重要组成部分,鼓楼将继续深入挖掘严复文化内涵,将严复文化与弘扬闽都文化、推进两岸文化交流、加强文化遗产保护、增强文化自信结合起来,多形式宣传推介严复思想,助力福州打响闽都文化国际品牌,全力打造现代化国际城市“最美窗口”。
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在《籀古绎新——严复的书法世界》新书研讨会上,福州市三坊七巷历史文化研究会副会长杨凡,著名艺术评论家、古代书画研究专家何光锐,福建师范大学美术学院教授、博士生导师徐东树,福州市严复翰墨馆馆长郑志宇等专家学者共同从严复临古书帖中,探讨严复对传统文化的回望与坚持;从严复条屏、对联、扇面、信札、译著等作品中,探讨严复对中华文化的坚守与创新。专家学者们一致认为,应加强严复文化的保护、研究、宣传与推广,不断挖掘福州城市文化内涵,推动提升闽都文化影响力。
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福州市严复翰墨馆馆长郑志宇介绍,历经十多年时间,搜集了三百多篇严复的真迹,内容包含对联、中堂、英文信件等等。“严复非常重视对中国优秀传统文化的研究,他临的这些帖子书法基础是非常扎实的,所以我们想借此新书的发布,最主要是致敬严复、肯定严复、重温严复,汲取他的精神力量,更是一种文化自信的展示。”郑志宇表示,下一步,严复翰墨馆将走进海峡两岸百所高校,开展相关展览、讲座、论坛等多种形式的宣传,更好的传播严复思想。
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本次活动由中共福州市委宣传部、福州市三坊七巷历史文化研究会指导,福建新华发行集团、中共福州市鼓楼区委宣传部共同主办,福建省出版对外贸易有限责任公司、福州市三坊七巷保护开发运营有限公司、福州市鼓楼区社会科学界联合会、福州市严复翰墨馆承办,中共福州市鼓楼区委台港澳工作办公室协办。
中新网评:美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后,美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕,众议院共和党领袖凯文•麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录,将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀 摄由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
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