Origin of the ＂Easl Turkistan＂ Issue

The term ＂Turkistan＂ appeared in Arabic geographical works in the Middle Ages. It meant ＂the region of the Turks＂ and referred to the areas north of the Sir River in Central Asia and the adjoining areas to the east of the river. With the evolution of history, the modem ethnic groups in Central Asia were established one after another. By the 18th century, the geographical concept of ＂Turkistan＂ was already very vague,     

＂Ping-Pong Diplomacy＂

The scene was the 31st World Table Tennis Championships held in Nagoya.Japan from March 28 to April 7,1971.On the afternon following the lounch of the competition,American player Glenn Cowan missed his team＇s bus after practice,and stood at a loss in the training area.At that moment the Chinese team offered his a litt to the competition venue.During this shuttle bus run,Chinese player Zhuang Zedong greeted his,presenting him with a small giff.This friendly gesture won the attention of the international media.     

＂Just Peachy＂ in Pingu

THE winter of 2010 was the cold-est for 50 years in Beijing, and the unyielding chill delayed the flowering of peaches in Pinggu District by one or two weeks. But the peach farmers still managed to achieve an unprecedented bumper harvest, with output of 280 million kilograms and sales revenues of RMB 944.7 million, an admirable year-on-year increase of 2.84 percent and 26.56 percent respectively.For three decades now Pinggu, in the     

The NBA＇s ＂China Derby＂

IF the sheer number of deals the American National Basketball Association （NBA） has with Chinese television stations around the country is anything to go by, basketball is big business in China these days. In addition to arrangements with 51 local and regional broadcasters in China, the NBA has concluded marketing contracts with 20 major Chinese companies. Millions of Chinese watch NBA games, and 30 percent of the traffic to NBA.com originates in China.     

Shenzhen： Two Generations of ＂New Citizens＂

AUGUST 26, 2010 was a special day for Shenzhen. Thirty years ago the Standing Committee of the National People＇s Congress designated a 327.5-square-kilometer area of Shen- zhen as a Special Economic Zone （SEZ） on a trial basis, the first such zone in the reform and opening-up process. It put in train the transformation of this former fishing village into one of the most modern metropolises in China.     

The Future of ＂Made in China＂

SINCE its emergence in Guangdong Province in 1978, the processing trade in China has developed rapidly. The processing trade refers to the process by which raw and auxiliary materials, parts and components, accessories and packaging materials are imported from abroad and used to produce a finished product which are then re-exported. In 1996, the processing trade became the principal form of international     

Tuvans：＂Living Fossils＂

<正>A panorama of Hemu village,Located in the north of Buerjin county the village has the largest Tuvan population and the most intact traditional Tuvan lifestyl...     

Just Call Me ＂Three F Li＂

THEY used to call me Private Enterprise Li （Li Minying）, but I would rather be known as ＂Three F Li＂ （Li Sannong）. It was by accident that I became an economist. At the very beginning of China＇s economic reform, I presented the concept of transforming China＇s economy through shareholding, and suggested that the private sector and the state-owned sector enjoy equal status in the economy. As a participant in economic policymaking in China I have witnessed a lot of changes to the People＇s Republic.     

A Country Defined by ＂China＂

Chinese Ceramics: From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty 608 pages US $85 (English version, hardcover) Published in US by Yale University Press and in China by Foreign Languages Press     

China＇s ＂Green Rush＂

IN a 2005 New York Tunes report titled: "China Is Bright Spot in Dark Report on the World's Diminishing Forests," Ms. Mette L. Wilkie, forest officer of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), was quoted as saying: "Asia lost about 3,000 square miles of forest a year in the 90s, but gained nearly 4,000 annually since 2000. Almost all of that change has occurred because of China's new forest policy." The article concluded that widespread tree planting in China has slowed the rate at which the earth's forested land is dwindling. So what's been happening on the ground?     

Creating an Animation＂Dream＂Factory

HAPPY Little submarines, an American-style animation entirely produced by a Chinese studio, was shown in late May at more than 200 digital cinemas around the country. It is one of the few feature-length animated films made and successfully released in China in the past 20 years. ＂This is the first time we have recouped our investment before the distribution of the film through foreign copyrights,＂ said Jin Guoping, chairman of the Institute of Media Technology （shenzhen） Ltd., affiliated with Global Digital Creations （GDC）.
The film tells of two small submarines, ＂Ali＂ and ＂Beibei,＂ who after undergoing countless hardships at sea, finally realize their dream of becoming official scientific research submarines. It is targeted at young children and cost RMB 10 million, but beyond breaking even, Jin said he did not expect too much in box office receipts. ＂The box office of films for young children is limited, especially in China. The animation consuming market is by no means mature,＂ he said.     

Salt Well Town on the ＂Roof of the World＂

EVER since I heard of Yan-jing (salt well in Chinese) in Tibet as a child, the place has held fascination for me. A recent work trip gave me the chance to see Yanjing and all of Tibet's breathtaking landscape first hand. Yanjing is in a valley in Markam County, on the border of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. The Jingsha, Nu and Lancang rivers converge in the region,     

Xinjiang Achieves the ＂Two Basic Universals＂

The Xishuangbanna Dai-Language News Website, the first ever website in the Dai language has gone online in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Communities of Dai, one of the 15 ethnic groups unique to Yunnan are concentrated mainly in places such as Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, and Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture. They are also distributed around most of Yunnan.     

＂Everything Is Different in China＂

正STUDYING in China isn't just studying abroad.Everything is different here;it's another world," says Jade Li,18,from Hamburg,Germany. Jade has been in Beijing since September last year and recently passed the challenging entrance exam for the Beijing Film Academy,one of the oldest and most fa-     

Sentimental Journey： Recreation of a ＂Rust Belt＂

SEVERAL years ago, few travel books ever mentioned Yangpu District in the context of exploring glitzy Shanghai. That＇s understandable considering the fact that this cradle of Shanghai＇s modem industry wore down into a ＂rust belt＂ when it fell through the cracks of economic and industrial activity begun in the 1980s. Old legacies and new endeavors are legitimizing its new claim to an old economic birthright, and it＇s doing it all in style - again - in a transformed, knowledge economy.     

Chinese Company Doubles as ＂Mother＂ of Orphans

The story goes back to the end of 2007, when Yang Min, Party secretary andd eputy chief manager of the Nantong Times Clothing Co., Ltd. in Rugao, Jiangsu Province, heard what had happened to an orphan in the city.     

China in Face of the West＇s ＂Great Stagnation＂

IN face of the West’s "Great Stagnation," developing economies will foster greater integration with China, thus lifting China’s overall influence in the world. As G20 leaders met in Cannes, they faced an economic situation in the developed economies best summed up by Goldman Sachs, the company that coined the term "BRIC," as the "Great Stagnation." Until recently developments following     

Manmade ＂Chameleons＂

FINDING chameleons is no easy task. As most school children could tell you,they have a peculiar knack for changing color.This unique ability is the product of specialized chromatophore cells-pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells found in many classes of animals,but not mammals.The crafty chameleon boasts chromatophore cells in three overlapping layers beneath a transparent outer skin.The location and movement of pigment within these layers,controlled by impulses from the brain,dictates color at     

＂Company Night Owls＂

W HEN Zhang Tian saw the term “com- pany night owl” on the Internet it struck him as a f itting epi- thet for him and his work colleagues. Zhang Tian works for a private adver- tising company in Guangzhou specializ- ing in computer graphic design. His boss angles for advertisement design orders and passes them on to his staff of six, of whom Zhang Tian is one. Zhang and his colleagues work all hours in order to keep ahead of a continuous stream of work.“I created a record by not leaving…     

Seeking ＂Harmony in Diversity＂

The new Chinese leadership is fully aware of the importance of a stable and peaceful international environment for the country’s development.Last year was important to both China and the world at large.Overshadowed by a lingering globaeconomic slump,the chills of the European debt crisis were still broadly felt,putting a damper on growth in economies around the world.Despite