Social Sciences in China, No. 5, 2025

The Historical Materialist Interpretation of “Historical Cycle of Rise and Fall”

Wu Fulai • 4 •

Chinese Modernization Transcends Modernity

Li Baogeng • 17 •

From Identity to Act: The Transformation of Normative Structure in Labor Law

Wang Tianyu • 36 •

The Theoretical Framework and Implementation Pathway for the Equalization of Basic Public Services in China

Weng Lie’en • 54 •

Should Fiscal Subsidies Target Households or Firms? A Systematic Evaluation Based on the Stock-Flow Consistent Model 

Yao Dongmin, Dong Hongru and Xu Aohan • 72 •

From the Empirical World to the Objective World: A Philosophical Exploration beyond Subjectivism

Yang Lihua • 92 •

On the Rules of Rule of Law Thinking

Chen Jinzhao and Li Deiu • 111 •

The Vitality of the Subject: Rethinking the Relationship between Consciousness and Life

Wang Jiaxin • 128 •

Writing and the Inheritance-Innovation of the Chinese Spirit in New Poetry

Fang Chang’an • 146 •

From Construction of miṣr to the “Mediterranean miṣr Chain”: The Historical Origins of the WANA City Belt

Han Zhibin and Ma Zhengrong • 164 •

Monetary Creation and the Divergence of Monetary Systems between China and the West 

Yan Hongzhong and Zhuang Yan • 185 •