Civil society groups report the arrests of opposition electoral candidates, the manipulation of food supplies for political purposes, and violent incidents of voter intimidation.

民间社会团体报告说有反对派的候选人被拘捕、为了政治目的而控制食品的供应以及对威胁选民的暴力事件比比皆是。

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Fifteen years ago in my book The End of History and the Last Man I argued that, if a society wanted to be modern, there was no alternative to a market economy and a democratic political system.

十五年前我在<<历史的终结和最后一个人>>一书中论述到，如果社会想要现代化，除了市场经济和民主政治体制之外就别无选择。

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In a society with weakened immunity to extremism - and with an utterly dysfunctional government - the authorities are, perhaps literally, playing with fire.

一个对极端主义日渐缺乏免疫力的社会中——再加上一个完全失效的政府——当局实际上是在引火烧身。

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Satarov, Georg

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Satarov, Georg

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The 400 fathers of the enslaved children, of course, are left to wonder where, precisely, respect for life is in President Hu Jintao’s so-called “harmonious society."

这四百名父亲发出了绝唱：这个胡锦涛所称的所谓“和谐社会”对生命的尊重又体现在哪里？

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Perhaps more importantly, it is hard to fight corruption without political reform, media freedom, and a vibrant civil society.

也许更为重要的是，不进行政治改革，不实现媒体自由和生机勃勃的公民社会就很难战胜腐败。

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From a model applicable to the minority of the world’s population, “Western consumer society” is becoming the dominant economic model of the world, one to which there is increasingly no alternative.

“西方消费社会”已经从对世界人口少数人适用的一种模式转变为独霸全球的经济模 式。而且，这一模式越发没有可以替代的其他模式了。

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The estate of a deceased member shall not be liable for the debts of the society as they existed on the date of his decease for a period of more than two years reckoned from the date of his decease.

已故社员的遗产对于该合作社在该社员去世之日已存在的债项，须承担法担责任的期间，自该社员去世之日起计为期不超过两年。

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 24.06.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 24.06.2011

The distribution of the total amount of the fishing quota shall embody the principle of fairness and justness. The distribution methods and distribution results must be open to the society and be supervised.

捕捞限额总量的分配应当体现公平、公正的原则，分配办法和分配结果必须向社会公 开，并接受监督。

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Macao's previous system of employment, discipline, advanced and regular promotion may basically remain unchanged, but may be improved along with the development of the Macao society.

澳门原有关于公务人员的录用、纪律、提升和正常晋级制度基本不变，但得根据澳门社会的发展加以改进。

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Has an officer of or any person involved in the administration of the club or society ever been convicted of an offence?

会社或社团的高级人员或参与会社或社团行政的人曾否因任何罪行被定罪?

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 10/10/2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 10/10/2011

The international community must make clear that China’s interests would be protected during a transition to a more open society in Burma, and that some version of the oil pipeline project will be supported by any new regime.

国际社会必须清楚地表明中国的利益会在缅甸向更开放的社会转型的过程中得到保护，并且任何一个新政权都会支持某种形式的输油管道项目。

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After all, a clear message by the European Council would have a much stronger effect if it expressed not only the wishes of heads of governments, but also broad acceptance at all levels of society.

不管怎样，如果欧洲理事会能发出一个既表达了政府领导人的愿望，同时也为社会各个阶层所广泛接受的清晰的信息，那么它所产生的效果将会强得多。

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Both disregard the fact that rationality depends as much on individuals’ imperfect understandings of history and society as on their motivation.

两者都不考虑到这一事实，即理性既取决于个人对于历史和社会不完善的理解，也取决于他们的动机。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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On March 18th five years ago, Castro’s government cracked down on the Varela Project and other civil society initiatives rather than risk allowing a spark of democratic reform to spread across Cuba as it had in the former Soviet bloc.

5年之前的3月18日，卡斯特罗政府宁肯镇压瓦瑞拉方案（Varela Project）和其他公民团体计划，也不愿冒着让民主改革的星星之火像在前苏联阵营那样燃遍古巴的危险。

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"member" (社员) includes a person or registered society joining in the application for the registration of a society, and a person or registered society admitted to membership after registration in accordance with the by-laws;

“社员” (member)包括参加申请注册为合作社的人或注册合作社，以及注册后按照章程获收纳为社员的人或注册合作社；

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 24.06.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 24.06.2011