Unity in Diversity——Interview with Pakistan’s Ambassador Masood Khan

Pakistan is rich in culture and historic heritages.In this increasingly globalized and modern world,what measures does it take to preserve traditional culture？ As a multi-ethnic country,what ethnic policies does Pakistan adopt？ To answer these questions,China＇s Ethnic Groups magazine spoke with Masood Khan,Pakistan＇s Ambassador to China.     

Ordinary Times in an Extraordinary Life

Every time I go back to Italy people ask me: "How does it feel living in China?" I know what they want to hear: Pollution is bad, the food is bad, the people are bad, but the pay is good. Instead I answer simply, "It’s normal." It really does feel normal. And it’s not     

Why Did You Come to China?

正As a foreigner who’s been in this country for six years, I’m familiar with the questions that local people ask, one of which is the ubiquitous "why did you come to China?"I hope to answer this question for you.     

BBC on Xinjiang: Violating the In-House Rules

正Imagine a journalist is followed by strangers and gets denied entrance by security guards as he is trying to gain access-and answers.What message would that convey?Usual answer:There must be a secret hiding behind those closed doors.As for what this secret might be,it doesn't really matter.     

The Secret of China’s Development

China is undergoing the fastest development in history–one that has invigorated the country and changed the world. China therefore stands out in the international community.Many people wonder what the secret of this astonishing development is. But if you were to ask a thousand people what they thought, you would get a thousand and one     

Let Basic Medical Insurance Reach Every Citizen——A showcase city in east China

On July 24,2007,Premier Wen Jiabao announced at a meeting in Beijing that China is working hard to build a comprehensive, government-financed system of medical insurance that covers all citizens in cities.What does this mean for the average Chinese?What is being done to build this projected system? We hope that the report printed here may answer these questions.     

More Damage to Japan＇s Image

正MY daughter,who is studying a master’s degree at Japan’s Waseda University,always asks me:Most people I meet in Japan are quite amiable,and Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is popular among the Japanese people,so why does China accuse Japan of deviating to the right?Shigeru Ishiba,secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan,formerly Japan’s defense minister,also asked me during a China-Japan thinktank forum:Japan has kept to a peaceful road for decades since WWII,so why does China insist that Japan’s militarism is undergoing a     

LETTERS

The article titled "High Score-Low Ability" in the April issue of 2007 made a deep impression on me. And I'll be the first to admit that I'm a "dumb" English speaker, even after studying the language for ten years. There are many people who have achieved a TEM 8 certificate, but they still cannot speak English fluently. But why does this phenomenon exist? It is a matter that deserves deep consideration.Furthermore, what about our own language? These days, students start to study English in kindergarten. We pay more attention to English than we do our own language. I suggest that people start to put the same amount of effort into studying Chinese as they do into their English classes.     

Nouvelle Canteen Cuisine--China’s nutrition improvement plan benefits students

What does 3 to 5 yuan($0.47-0.78) buy you in a Chinese metropolis? The answer: one small bottle of water or a cup of instant coffee. Across the vast rural area, however, this small sum can buy a student better health.Tie Jiaxin is a pupil at Daping Primary School in Xiji County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.     

Beichuan: Three Years After the Quake

"You will see grief within ten paces,see sorrow at a dinner table," someone described Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County like this after the devastating earthquake on May 12,2008. The county is also depicted in stark statistics: 20,000 people dead or missing,27,000 injured or disabled and 142,000 homeless with direct losses estimated at RMB 60 billion. Three years have passed and the question we sought to answer was whether Beichuan people still walk in grief and eat in sorrow. What is their life like now? "My wife and son died. I won’t forget them until the day I die myself," said Lei Shunyong,"but we survivors have to live our lives,come to terms with what happened,and move on."     

The Many Faces Of Suzhou

Life in a Chinese city renowned for its history and beauty,but coping with modernity Famous for its waterways, Suzhou is known as "oriental water city." But besides this, what else is the city? Three residents talk about what Suzhou means to them.     

Magic Numbers

THE last digit of my home phone number in Beijing is 4. "So what?" European readers might ask. This was my attitude when I first lived in China; I couldn't under stand why Chinese friends were so shocked at my indifference to the number 4. But China brings new discoveries every day, and I have since seen the light. I know now     

China's 14th Five-Year Plan: Global Game Changer

The China skeptics are hard to please and anything the Chinese Government does will be viewed by them in a negative light. According to them, China’s rise should be feared, while forecasting China’s doom is smart thinking. But what is the real China and how to understand the nation from a more neutral perspective?     

My Experience at Peking University

The Life of a human being is guided by his destiny, where "dreams" constitute the long and unforeseeable road for his day-today accomplishments. The tremendous secret in following this "road" is that we know what we did before, we discover what we will do today, but we have no idea what we will be harvesting tomorrow from what we have done and are doing.Peking University (PKU) is a part of my "road" in life. It allowed     

A Nation of Consumers?

What is the true potential of Chinese consumers? This is a longstanding and difficult question to answer. It is not a lack of statistics that makes this question unanswerable, but there is a paradox in China's consumer market-while the rate of household consumption is falling, total retail sales of consumer goods are rising.     

Nouvelle Canteen Cuisine

<正>China’s nutrition improvement plan benefits students What does 3 to 5 yuan($0.47-0.78) buy you in a Chinese metropolis? The answer: one small bottle of water or a cup of instant coffee. Across the vast rural area, however, this small sum can buy a student better health.Tie Jiaxin is a pupil at Daping Primary School in Xiji County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.     

Do What Is Possible

If a question were asked of what China's most important foreign relations are,most Chinese would name Sino-American ties among their sure answers.Indeed,this relation ship is of crucial importance to both nations,     

A Perfect Day

THERE are days where There's not a glitch. Everythng you expect happens,and then more comes along,not because you ask,but because it just does.It's the way Iife is supposed to be when life is     

Adriano Madaro and CHINA

I always say to friends who ask me about China, "It is better to see it once than hear about it a hundred times," reminding them that it has been many years since I chose this, out of all Chinese proverbs, as my reply, and added my own: China is a place t…     

For a Safer And Better World

<正>What does an ideal world look like?For many around the globe,the answer is quite simple:A much more friendly,helping environment compared to today’s society.Ever the peaceloving civilization,the Chinese concur.About 2,500 years ago,amid the chaos stemming from successive wars between vassal states,the philosopher and politician Confucius (551-479 B.C.) proposed a type of"great harmony"in which people live in peace and help each other grow,