Chinese Education＇s＂No Child Left Behind＂

STARTING this fall semester, primary and middle school students in Beijing can take classes given by the city’s best teachers, all without having to leave their homes. By registering their student ID numbers on the website www.bdschool.cn or on the BGCTV digital cable TV network,     

FIRING UP THE GROWTH ENGINES

Beijing Review,“We need to deliver the products in time as well as explore new markets.”That same day,in the capital of Beijing,Du Peifan,founder of ZhiqingFin,an artificial intelligence(AI)company focusing on smart speech services,is doing his routine work taking his employees through a checklist in service of their bank clients.     

Medical Mentoring

Xinjiang focuses on training to make up the shortfallin healthcare personnel The first time An Ayue,a renowned Beijing-based surgeon,went to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,northwest China,was in 1985,on a joint training program.Organized by the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS) and the regional government,the program brought medical experts to the region to improve the capacity of the local hospitals and doctors.     

The Battle Against the Novel Coronavirus Requires All Layers of Society

The outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus(2019-nCoV)came at a special time of the year in China,during the Spring Festival,the most important traditional holiday for Chinese.In order to curb the spread of the virus,the Chinese Government and all of Chinese society have mobilized,with the government making overall arrangements for staff and resource distribution,doctors and nurses fighting the outbreak round the clock,and the public being cooperative and helpful.In the time since the outbreak was made public,many people have expressed their views and hopes from different perspectives.     

Resilience Amid Challenges

The growth,scale and scope of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China has be-come one of the most talked about global subjects.The virus is first and foremost a domes-tic health issue for China,with an increasing international potential.President Xi Jinping is leading a national effort to contain the outbreak while scientists and doctors in China and around the world are working to find a vaccine and/or cure.     

PRINTING LIFE

Imagineforasecond:during intricate brain surgery,doctors attach a patch of meninges produced by a 3D printer to repair the damaged part of the brain.The stuff ofdreams,somehow,wasturned into a reality by a Guangdong-based company.     

Enhancing Vocational Skills

Diarra Boubacar is the first non-Chinese postdoctoral fellow in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).The Malian was bom into a family of doctors in 1964.With his passion for the complex and intriguing field of traditional medicine,Boubacar pursued his master's degree at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine,in Guangdong Province,south China,and doctoral degree in Chengdu University of TCM in Sichuan Province in southwest China,where he learned from masters.     

A Positive Domino Effect Economies must pull together to stabilize the global supply chain

As the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19) spreads around the world,the global supply chain is undergoing severe disruption with far-reaching effects.For example,when Chinese manufacturers temporarily stopped making auto parts,it affected the automobile industries in Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK).     

One Couple, No Child: The Non-Nuclear Family in China

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China＇s Railroad Through No Man＇s Land

THE last sleeper was laid at Lhasa Railway Station on October 15, 2005. sig naling completion of the world's highest railway.According to a project spokesman, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway's trial operation is set for July 1, 2006, and its formal in- auguration is scheduled to take place a year later, on July 1, 2007. Tibetan peo- ple living on the "roof of the world" will then have access to railway transporta- tion for the first time ever. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway stretch- es 1.956 kilome…     

Fair Play

Some analysts question whether rural spending on consumer goods will continue to grow faster than in urban areas Amyriad of policies that the Chinese Government introduced to boost rural spending have     

Play Fair

<正>When two people quarrel over an old feud, how is a close friend of one of the parties involved likely to react? He may take the side of his friend,     

Play for Power

Musharraf steps down under pressure, but Pakistan's political battles are far from over Recently, Pakistan had a political earthquake. On August 18, President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation in a nationally televised speech. After the Pakistani Parliament accepted his resignation, the 57-year-old Speaker of the Pakistan Senate, Muhammadmian Soomro, became acting president in accordance with Pakistan's Constitution. Lawmakers must select a new president within 30 days.     

Financial Fair Play

正China equalizes World Cup absence with financial contribution to the planet’s biggest football event ‘Except for the national football team,almost every other Chinese has gone to the 2018 FIFA World Cup."Bai Yansong,a well-known anchor on state broadcaster China Central Television(CCTV),     

Play on!

RECENTLY,I found myself in Seoul,at the invitation of Arts Council Korea. During the course of my stay,I enjoyed one of the most moving artistic experiences I have had in many years. It was my first     

Trump's Double Play

<正>Tax reform and a likely interest rate hike can revitalize the U.S.economy but are arousing concern elsewhereThe world’s largest economy and preeminent superpower,the United States,has this month seen the Senate and the House of Representatives vote through the implementation of major tax reform.Not only will this result have a profound impact on the domestic economy of the U.S.,but it also looks inevitable that effects will spread to the rest of the world as well.In combination with the continuation of contractionary monetary policy by the Federal Reserve(Fed),the spillover effect generated by the changes to U.S.macroeconomic policy could be even greater.Trump is a president renowned for his     

Fair Market Play

Chinese authorities call for the healthy development of platform economy The other shoe has dropped for e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.The State Administration for Market Regulation(SAMR)imposed an administrative penalty on April 10 for its monopolistic conduct of implementing anexclusive dealing agreement.     

Play Ball!

Major league baseball revives a century-old sport in China On the weekend of March 15,two American major league baseball teams met in Beijing for two ex- hibition games to show Chinese crowds just how exciting America's favorite pastime can be.The San Diego Padres faced the Los Angeles Dodgers,in front of a near sellout crowd of 12,224 at the new Olympic venue.Vendors plied the crowd with hot     

The State of Play

正Startups continue to crop up but the market may be overrun with funding By Jordyn DahlResearchers at the Guangzhou Medical University in Guangzhou,south China’s Guangdong Province,made headlines in early April when they published news in a scientific journal that they had edited the genes of human embryos in an attempt to make them