A Close Look at the Chang An Club

MONEY and a career are two means to a better life; money secures the approval of one's peers, and as a result, one becomes part of the elite. Making the acquaintance of and working together with such people is an exchange of intelligence, and also an inte…     

问玉昆仑(英文)

<正>If there is a deity in a mountain,the ancients believed,jade is to be found there as well.The ideal location for this semiprecious stone will include the embrace of nearby fast-flowing rivers,for jade requires an environment of both rock and water as well as and the hastiness of people making their homes close by.All these are     

Boosting Culture

<正>Culture makes up an indispensable part of our lives, just like material comfort. It is thought of as an important source of a nation’s vitality and creativity, and constitutes a key factor uniting the nation,while making it distinctive from other countries. It is also said culture is a productiv     

Human Rights of Women and A Harmonious World

Human rights of women are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights, as well as a major reflection of social civilization and social harmony. Human society is a whole consisting of men and women. The world will inevitably be a disharmonious one if women, who make up half of the total population, cannot enjoy equal human rights. Therefore, gender equality is an essential part of a harmonious society. Strengthening protection of human rights of women is absolutely necessary for building a harmonious world and the development of human rights of women will inevitably promote the building of a harmonious world.     

Legal Aid in China——History,current conditions and future

Legal aid,also known as legal relief,is commonly adopted in many countries.In fact,it is an indispensable part of the legal system in a modern society ruled by law.It is an important guarantee for the fairness in the adminis- tration of justice and human fights relief. It is also an important mark of political civilization and social progress in a coun- try.     

学生对大学英语课堂语码转换的期望调查研究(英文)

Code-switching in the English as a foreign language(EFL) classroom is a disputable subject in the academic area. There are two main schools of thought toward English-Chinese code-switching. One holds an opinion that the code switching as a barrier for the first language may produce interference and negative transfer, while another argues code-switching as a facilitator for the first language may provide the most effective meanings of learning. The focus of the argument is to use or not use the mother tongue. In this paper, an attempt has been made to investigate whether it is necessary to use code-switching in the college English class from the perspective of English learners. By doing so, a questionnaire has been made to reveal the expectations of students with different English proficiency toward code-switching. And then the paper has provided suggestions on the way of using appropriate code-switching strategies in class to facilitate EFL learning.     

Glory of Gilt

正Chaozhou,a city in Guangdong Province,south China,is known as one of the birthplaces of the Chinese tea ceremony.Itis famed for an ancient art as well.Its delicate woodcarving,which originated in the Tang Dynasty (618-907),is a masterly skill that was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.     

The City of Tomorrow Urban Best Practices Area a Peek into the Future

TEXT and the city - a lot is being said about Shanghai 2010, so let＇s not forget this is the first time in the past century and a half that a city has ＂attended＂ the World Expo as an independent participant. The Urban Best Practices Area on the south- em bank of the Huangpu River is certainly making the most of that spotlight and is expected to be the highlight of the World Expo 2010. For an exhibition of 15.08 hectares （only 3 percent of the entire Expo space） this may seem ambitious,     

The Divine Celebration of Fire

FIRE was as crucial to the development of ancient civilizations as electricity has been to modern times, and the ancient peoples of both Eastern and Western cultures wor-shipped those who brought fire as heroes. In China, many ethnic groups still mark the day on which their god of fire lit up their lives; the Axi is one of them. The Axi ethnic minority group is an offshoot of the Yi people that live mainly in Yunnan's Mile County, 143 kilometers from the provincial capital of Kunming. On a recent trip to Yunnan, I heard an ancient Axi legend about the origin of man-made fire.     

From Noblemen''''s PreservesTo People''''s Real Estate——A Visit to the Potala Palace and Norbulingka

In late July we had a long-expected tour of Lhasa, capital of Tibet. The first place to visit was of course the PotalaPalace, the symbol of the city. The Potala, at an elevation of 3,763 meters above sea level, is the biggest extant cluster of buildings in Lhasa. With a his- tory of more than 1,300 years, it is an amalgamation of the essence of Tibetan architecture, painting and religious art. In 1994 UNESCO listed the palace as a World Cultural Her- itage site. The Potala is located o…     

DOCTOR, DOCTOR

H ARDLY a tourist to Beijing ever leaves the city without f irst having contracted some sort of traveler’s disease – the prettifi ed term for an intestinal disorder. You may think you are immune to the side effects of exotic foods as you bolt down those hotpot-drenched slices of beef, but you will likely reconsider in the morning. For most, the treatment is a few hours spent on the ceramic chair with a couple of is- sues of China Today at hand. But if the bug is as violent as a Sichuan c…     

Rebirth of Old Industrial Bases in Northeast China

ON a world map we can see the outline of China like a rooster crowing at dawn; and Northeast China refers to the rooster’s head. Covering an area of about 810,000 square kilometers, it is slightly larger than Chile and twice size of Paraguay. The region’s population exceeds 100 million, almost equal to that of Mexico, a country that ranks 11th in the world by population.Traveling about 300 kilometers towards northeast from Beijing we arrive at the Shanhaiguan Pass, which is commonly recognized as the eastern end of the Great Wall, as well as the strategic passage between North China and Northeast China.     

Visiting an Ancient Town and Catching Magical Fish

NESTLED in the southwestern corner of Simao City, Yunnan Province, Menglian, as the Dai language suggests, is "as good a place as you can find." This picturesque county is home to Dai, Lahu and Va ethnic groups. The Ancient Town of Nayun Located at the center of Nayun, the Tusi Palace was once the local administrative center. Tusi was a hereditary leader of an ethnic minority area em-     

WEEKLY WATCH

OPINION One-Sided Rise With regards to the hot-button topic of China's rise, there are basically two views in the international community: It is either hailed as an opportunity or rejected as a threat. No matter what others think, China should have a reasonable perception of its own development. China's rise is not an all-round one, and is most evident in the economic field. However, booming economic indicators are not to be     

论“文化兴国”——对一个时代命题的考察与思辩

Social progress is accomplished by human beings while human abilities and creativities are derived from culture. Culture gives rise to a nation,ethnicities, a society and an epoch.“Rejuvenate the nation through Culture” means nothing more than the raising of people‘s cultural cognition——respecting culture,abiding by rules of behavior and moral standards established through culture while consciously regarding culture as an integral component of the overall strength of a nation and the quintessence of an age.“Rejuvenate the Nation through Culture” is to accurately pinpoint the coordinates of national technology and the orientation of social development in the advancement of a modern culture; to drive the economy and uplift the spirit; and to make steady progress from advanced culture to advanced civilization.     

China Ushers in the Era of Green Buildings

MARCH 22 saw com- pletion of China's first super energy-efficient building in Beijing's Tsinghua University, one of the nation's top academic institutes. It is the first "green building" in China, and serves as an ex- periment, a demonstration and an exhi- bition. The building offers a display of 100 of the country's most advanced ar- chitectural energy-saving technologies and products. Conventional buildings consume a great deal of power as heat escapes through the building envelope (the …     

Mark Levine＇s Songs of China

HIS trademark cowboy hat and distinctive bushy white beard make Mark Levine an unforgettable figurefor anyone who has ever encountered him. Mark holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the United States; now, he is an English teacher, songwriter, singer, author of many articles and the book Stories from My Chinese Journey as well as a lecturer on a variety of top- ics. These multiple identities smoothly converge in this one person who dedicates himself to conveying an un- derstanding of Chinese culture to the outside world.     

闪光的足迹──记山西肝胆胰学科带头人冯变喜教授

Prof. Feng Bianxi, a leader in Shanxi of hepatobiliary and pancreatic researches, is the Director of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Section of Shanxi People's Hospital. Mr. Feng graduated in 1970 from the Medical Department of Shanxi Medical University; in 1979 enrolled as a graduate student for master degree by Tianjin Medical University under the tutelage of Prof. Wu Xianzhong, an academician of China Engineering Academy; and in 1987 as a visiting scholar studied in the world famous …     

SUMMER PALACE,A Combination of Art and History

Yiheyuan, or the Sumrner Palace, is the best-kept existing royal garden in Beijing. With a concentration of the best of ancient buildings as well as styles of gardening, it is a virtual museum of traditional Chinese gardening. It is the largest ancient preserved garden in China and a former summer retreat for Emperors and the chosen few! The site includes more than 100 ancient style pavilions, mansions, towers, halls, temples, bridges and an