Another hit by Japan''''s Walt Disney-Hayao Miyazaki

Howl's Moving Castle proves once again that Japan's animation king of Hayao Miyazaki has a great fascination with flying, one of the basic elements heavily relied upon in his films to develop his plots. Miyazaki has endowed the power of flight to Princess Nausica in Nausica of the Valley of the Winds, the airboat in Laputa: The Castle in the Sky, Totoro in My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki in Kiki's Delivery Service, the aeroplane in Porco Rosso, as well as the moving castle in his latest hit, Howl's Moving Castle. Howl's Moving Castle is a combination of lots of successful elements of Miyazaki's works, including Kiki's Delivery Service's European flavour, Laputa: The Castle in the Sky's moving castle and Spirited Away's crone. Choosing Takuya Kimura as the dubbing actor for Howl, the animation king adds more attractiveness to the film.     

Paul Robeson： A Voice That Inspired China

PAUL Robeson, one of the great personalities of the 20th century, marks his 110th anniversary this year. In cornmemorative events held in Beijing to celebrate the great freedom fighter＇s memory, people have been paying tribute not only to the extraordinary singer, actor and human rights campaigner, but also to a man who early on expressed his solidarity with the struggles of the Chinese people. It is a testament to the power of Robeson＇s personal charisma, as much as to his voice, that one of the most popular songs in China has for many years been Ol＇Man River.     

Core Interests Prevail

<正>British Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to China has drawn wide public attention owing to his extra-large entourage of business executives,as well as his statement made prior to the visit that Britain will"act as China’s strongest advocate in the West."Sino-UK relations have seen ups and downs over the past few years.On the one hand,     

扎根基层书写公正的人民法官邓兴

On the bank of the Nujiang River,a Communist Party member has been working as a judge for over a decade.His painstaking effort has added gleam to the image of the Party and the authority of law.He is Deng Xing,vicepresident of Fugong People’s Court.On the first day Deng Xing began to work in the court back in April 1999,he was determined to be a good judge in a down-to-earth way.In his years＂on the bench,＂     

China - World＇s Largest Direct Sales Market

WHEN intro-verted schoolteacher Zhang Jian suddenlyshot out of his shell, his colleagues were nonplussed as to what had brought about such a u-turn in his personality. The reason, they soon discovered, was Zhang‘s foray into the world of direct selling.     

Jiwu Wuqie：Inheritor of the Yi Ethnic Minority Lacquerware Xiu Craft

Jiwu Wuqie was born to a family of lacquerware craftsmen in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province. The Yi lacquerware craft, which Jiwu learned as an apprentice to his lather, has been handed down for 16 generations oi his clan. He has since created 30 variations of its original forms. Jiwu bears the title of craft master of Sichuan Province. His works are sought after in the United States, Japan, Europe and Southeast Asian countries. Jiwu＇s name was added to the list of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritors in 2009.     

Partners,Not Foes

<正>Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrapped up his official visit to China in late October,following a visit to India by his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang in May,the first stop of his maiden voyage abroad as China’s new premier.The past decade has seen fruitful exchanges through a series of encounters between leaders of both countries.     

Rediscovering Africa

The 1960s and 1970s were decades in which China and Africa began a friendship that was built around Beijing's political backing and developmental aid to a crop of emerging indepen- dent African nations.In the 1980s and 1990s,China shifted its focus by devoting more efforts to establishing a rapport with big powers and neighboring countries to create a sound environment for self-development.Since the turn of the cen- tury,however,the African continent has been rediscovered by China as a strategic partner in many areas.As the Chinese market has flourished,so too has the African economy,which maintained a growth momentum in recent years and has achieved a modest prosperity rarely seen in its history. He Fan,Deputy Director of the Research Center on International Finance affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shared his comments about this partnership on blog on the eve of the New Year.     

Chairman Mao＇s Cigar Man

FAN Guorong, aged 84,is known in his hometown as “the Old CigarMan.” The moniker isa fitting one as he has spent most of his life making cigars. In his early teens, Fan served a three-year apprenticeship and became the youngest cigar maker of his time when he started his career in the late 1940s.     

Japan Bids Farewell to Pacifism

正ON July 1,2014,Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration adopted a cabinet resolution to"reinterpret"the constitution and so allow the country to exercise collective self-defense.Since Abe took office in December 2012,his administration has consistently sought to break with the restrictions of Article 9 of Japan’s pacifist constitution,which renounces"the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes."The resolution in effect reflects Abe’s ultimate aim.Although the Abe administration has issued specific restrictions on the right to collective self-defense,and there are constraints on Japan’s use of military force,this reinterpretation nonetheless marks a turning point in Japan’s histori-     

Zhou Jianhua——Faithful Recorder of Miao Customs

Zhou Jianhua is quite a celebrity in Huayuan County, Hunan Province. That fame comes mainly from his photography, a path he started out on very early. As tar back in the 1980s when he worked in the educational field. Zhou used to carry a film camera to different schools to photograph various activities, as well as graduating students together with their teachers. Zhou does not grudge what he spends on his passion, so, after retiring he bought a full kit of Nikon＇s top digital camera equipment. Every time he came home from a shoot, he would select several images, have them enlarged, and give them to his subjects for free. What was once a pleasurable pastime has made him something of a name. For the last few years, he has devoted himself to photographing Miao folkways in western Hunan. Having amassed a large portfolio of such material, one top-notch photograph has followed another, and national magazines have used his shots in features on ethnic customs, many of those pictures winning awards at photographic exhibitions. Zhou Jianhua is not only a faithful recorder of Miao customs in western Hunan, but a leading photographer in Huayuan County.     

Watchers on the Wall

<正>A British researcher’s dedication to protecting and studying the Great Wall "I pledge my life and honor to the Night’s I Watch,for this night and all nights to come,"members of the Night’s Watch in George R.R.Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire,vowed as they dedicated their lives to defending the wall in the novels.Like them,British Beijing resident William Lindesay has devoted his life to the defense of a great northern wall of epic proportions.However,     

Chairman Mao''''s Cigar Man

FAN Guorong, aged 84, is known in his hometown as "the Old Cigar Man." The moniker is a fitting one as he has spent most of his life making cigars. In his early teens, Fan served a three-year apprenticeship and became the youngest cigar maker of his time when he started his career in the late 1940s.     

Five Years of Breakthrough in China＇s Human Rights Cause

In his report to the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Hu Jintao noted that the five years since the previous CPC National Congress havewitnessed important progresses in China＇s reform and opening-up undertakings and in the national endeavor to build a society of relative prosperity in all respects. These five years, he said, has also seen a ＂sound development of （China＇s） human rights cause.＂ For the first time in its history, the CPC reviewed the development of the human rights cause as an important part of national development.     

Strategic Convergence Or Just Optics?

U.S.President Donald Trump’s maiden visit to India on the last leg of his presidency has been a momentous event for both sides.This showcasing of his popularity in a country with the second largest population and fi fth largest economy could improve his popularity in the presidential election with a large number of Americans being of Indian origin.It is certainly going to bring some excitement to India’s economic slowdown in recent times.     

Voices

Zhou Xiaochuan:China a Greenhorn in Spurring Domestic DemandZhou Xiaochuan, governor of thPeople’s Bank of China, said in his closing speech at the 2009 Caijing Annual Conference that as China has focused for so many years on expanding production, it lacks experience in stimulating domesticdemand. When talking about the lessons to be learned from the     

The Story of a College Graduate Village Official

IN July 2007, Hu Jiandang packed a small suitcase and headed for the town of Panggezhuang in Daxing District on the southern outskirts of Beijing - a decision that, as it turned out, may affect his prosperity for the rest of his life. Shortly after graduating from Beijing Sport University he was hired as as-sistant to the Party secretary of Wangchang Village. Expecting to serve as a college graduate village official, he has in fact given shape to an entire career.     

Xie Qingliang——Inheritor of Liu Sanjie’s Ballads

Xie Qingliang lives in Dongping Village,Qingyuan Town,Yizhou City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.In2012,he was included in China’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritor List as a champion of folk singing.Now in his 60s,Xie recalls his love of singing folk songs that stems from his childhood.Over the decades,he has garnered a bunch of honors as a folk singer.In 1989,Xie won a local folk song competition,thus earning the title of     

Land of Sweetness

正The town of Pangezhuang in suburban Beijing, also known as the land of watermelons, has been hosting a watermelon festival for 32 years to celebrate its green prowess. And among the watermelon growers in the town, Song Shaotang is one of the most famous ones, a second-generation entrant who learned the skills from his father, a melon grower since the 1980s.     

Extraordinary Acts by Ordinary People

SONG Zhixian sits calmly on his bed smoking, his lined face often breaking into a smile as he speaks. Just a month earlier, while others were enjoying the Chinese New Year, the 48- year-old was laboring 10 to 16 hours a day on a mountainside in snow-ravaged Hunan. Song Zhixian and a group of fellow farmers joumeyed from their small village in Hebei Province to voluntarily assist with relief efforts in China＇s snow-bound south. Their story has become an inspiration to people across the nation.