Current Rural Medical Service in China

In contrast to the great changes that have taken place in the Chinese economy, China is confronting with a rural health crisis. Statistics shows that about 40-60% of the people in rural areas fail to see a doctor when they get sick simply because they cannot afford it and 70% of the people impoverished due to diseases. In the western part of the country, 60-80% of the patient farmers have to die at home. Part of the Chinese farmers has     

Judicial Reform in Interest of Human Rights

In performing its duties, the Chinese Government has always followed the principle of "governing the country in the interest of the people," and attached importance to respect for and protection of human rights to which the Chinese people are entitled. Social and economic conditions for protecting human rights have kept improving over the past two decades, in step with the constant growth of the national strength under the state policy of reform and opening up to the outside world. Moreover, the 15th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party established "rule of law" as the fundamental principle for governance of the country and called for a judicial reform to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese people. Judicial organs across the country have yielded positive results in implementing the principle and the reform.     

The Attitude towards Life and Death

TO be, or not to be, that is the question ..." to Hamlet and to the majority of people, who generally treasure life and fear death. In many cultures it is taboo to raise the topic of death in everyday discourse, but this is not the case with the Chinese people. To them life and death are a common conversational topic. Their matter of fact approach is illustrated in the sayings: "Human life is nothing but a stage over which the sun and the moon     

From Poverty To a Well-Off Life——Chinese people enjoy full rights to subsistence and development

Ⅰ The Chinese government has always attached much importance to human rights and placed the rights to subsistence and development of the more than one billion people above everything else. In the fundamental interests of the broadest possible masses of people, it has adopted a series of major policy measures toward this end, thus winning the support and love of the people. 1. No wavering in making economic development its central task and a matter of the first and foremost importance in invigorating the nation and concentrating every     

From Poverty To a Well-Off Life——Chinese people enjoy full rights to subsistence and development

Ⅰ The Chinese government has always attached much importance to human rights and placed the rights to subsistence and development of the more than one billion people above everything else. In the fundamental interests of the broadest possible masses of people, it has adopted a series of major policy measures toward this end, thus winning the support and love of the people. 1. No wavering in making economic development its central task and a matter of the first and foremost importance in invigo-     

Chinese Gays Emerge from the Shadows

The 10th Asia-Oceania Conference on sexology concluded in mid-October 2008 in beijing. Although homosexuality was not the main topic of the conference, it is a topic of great interest to society in general. In contrast to just a few years ago, an increasing number of ordinary Chinese are now able to better understand and accept gay people.     

Why All the Hard Work?

<正>The stereotype of the hard working Chinese has been around for a long time in the West. As early a 1894, Arthur Smith, a missionary who spent 54 years in China, wrote book introducing the hard-working Chinese people to Americans. In his book Chinese Characteristics, Smith wrote about the dili     

Student Delegation from Luxembourg Visits China

At the invitation of the CPAFFC, a delegation of students from Luxembourg, headed by Mrs. Catherine Herr, paid a goodwill visit to China from October 26 to November 3, 2002.Mrs. Catherine Herr is a friend of the Chinese people. In 2000, at the invitation of the CPAFFC, she led a wind quintet from Luxembourg on a performing tour in China. In early 2002,     

China on Wheels——The Volkswagen Success Story

“When are you going to buy car?“is a question frequently heard these days. Over the past few years,automobiles have become a feature of Chinese households.China‘s first automobile manufacturing base was 50 years ago in Changchun, Jilin Provice. For three decades, produciton was limited to old-style lorries, and a limited number of Red-flag brand carrs for government use. Technology as outdated and output capacity low. The few family cars on Chinese roads were imported.In the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping,pioneer of China‘s reform and opening policy, decided to develop China‘s national automobile industry in order that the Chinese people might drive Chinesemade rathe than foreign cars.In the following two decades,with the estabishment of joint ventures,the Chinese automobile industry boomed.By 1998 China had become one of the top the automobile manufacturing countries in the world. Now,in 2003,with an estimated annual production volume of 4 million vehicles,China ranks fourth in the world. The developement of the automobile industry has brought an enormous change to he Chinese people. The development of the automobile industry has brought an enormous change to the Chinese people. The increasing number of family cars enriches their lives, stimulates the tourism industry, and keeps business at car repair firms and driving schools brisk. Since China put it self on wheels, an increasing number of leading world automobile companies have focused on its market.     

Ten Years after China＇s Accession to the WTO： Dancing with the World

In the run up to and the period after China’s accession to the WTO in 2001, "the wolf is coming" became a catchphrase among business and academic circles, re? ecting people’s fear of the coming global competition. In response to the new market landscape in the mak- ing, Chinese government and enterprises began to study WTO regulations and laws. China’s top leaders including President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji gave lectures to provincial governors on WTO-related topics.     

High Scores-Low Ability

ACROSS the globe in more than 100 countries, some 30 million people are learning Chinese as a second language, and 2,300 colleges have introduced Chinese courses into their curricula. At the same time, millions of Chinese people devote themselves to studying English. As the 2008 Olympic Games approach, increasing numbers of Chinese are picking up their books and flocking to the classroom to take part in a language-learning frenzy of growing proportions.     

Suzhou:City of Gardens

AS the Chinese saying goes, "In heaven there is paradise; on earth are Suzhou and Hangzhou." Chinese people and foreigners alike first hear of Suzhou from this maxim. In ancient times, Suzhou was a center of economic prosperity and cultural abundance. Even after the passage of time, and the dramatic changes that have taken place in the world, people still speak of and remember Suzhou in all its timeless charm.     

Focus

"Chinese Toefl" Fever Known as the Chinese Toeft,HSK (Chinese abbreviation forChinese Proficiency Test)isattracting more and more over-seas Chinese—language learners.In 2002,the first year of China'saccession to the WTO.the num—ber of people taking the test fromaround the world hit a recordhigh.     

China’s Human Rights Construction Centers on People’s Livelihood

<正>I.Concept of People’s Livelihood in Traditional Chinese Culture The concept of human rights was borrowed from the West.In order to have it become rooted in China,people needed to i nd traces in Chinese culture on which the human rights theoretical system could be based and the Chinese human rights idea could be realized.Only if the idea of human rights is grounded in Chinese culture can the concept of human rights be understood by the people and human     

China''''s Wakening Up

It was on a dark evening in late autumn of the year of the dragon 1976 when I first arrivedin Beijing. The atmosphere was depressed:Chairman Mao had died shortly before. In thefollowing days I realized that even ordinary Chi-nese were mourning the death of the Greathelmsman to an extent, which went much be-yond, I was used to see in the west. In a way itmade Chinese people feel confronted with avacuum and tor a while quite a few seem tohave lost orientation. But life had to go on, and at the university     

OFF THE CHINESE PRESS

The Nation's Environment NeedsProtectionChina's recent ecological crises are theresult of underdevelopment in some areas combined with accelerated development of thenational economy as a whole.In certain poor areas, exhaustion of naturalresources and environmental deterioration havebecome the norm as local people are pressed toexploit limited resources in order to survive.In the meantime, the expanding nationaleconomy and rising living standards havecaused most Chinese citizens to consume mo…     

Peace and Development

The UN summit conference to be held this month is another effort made by variouscountries for world peace and development .Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan wrote an article especially for this issue of China Today to expound the Chinese government'sstand on safeguarding world peace and promoting the development of mankind.Development is a target pursued by the Chinese people .In this issue we introduce the developmtent of Ningbo ,a port city in eastern China's Zhejiang Province .The…     

Helen Snow Wins Special Honour

THIS morning in the quiet Fowler's NursingHome in Madison, Connecticut, a nearly 90-year-old woman was given special honour by the1.2 billion Chinese people. Mei Ping, Chinese Con-sul General in New York, came here specially topresent the medal and certificate of "Friendship Am-bassador" to Helen Snow, an old friend of the Chi-nese people, in recognition of her outstanding con-tribution to strengthening friendship between thepeoples of China and the United States. The title of "Friendship Ambassador" is thehighest honour the Chinese People's Association forFriendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) givesto foreign friends. Up till now, it has conferred this     

Not Only for the Sake of Charity——A Chinese facility for protection of street urchins

In whatever country and for whatever period of human history, it is those lofty aspirations cherished by the human race that have motivated people to go in for charity. The Chinese culture that dates back to thousands of years ago has always called for charity. Numerous ancient maxims testify to this established fact—"extending the same care you give your own elders and children to others' elders and children," "helping a needy person on hand is worthier than worshipping a god in a faraway land,"     

The Happy Farm

正FOR several years,a computer game about farming has been on the minds and lips of millions of Chinese people,young and old alike.In"The Happy Farm"players tend crops and steal vegetables from their neighbors to win points.It is so popular that some players wake up in the middle of the night just to play the game and steal from other players while they sleep.Today,many