In Memory of Jordan M. Phillips——China’s Bethune from the U.S.

In the vocabularies used by the Chinese today, "Bethune" is the ultimate synonym for the noble figure. It came from the period of anti-Japanese war when a Canadian physician Norman Bethune came to the frontiers of heavy gun fire to treat the great many Chinese wounded soldiers and eventually died in the anti-fascist battlefield himself due to exhaustion and surgical contraction. "What kind of spirit is this",     

＂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.     

Yu Shufan and Her ＂Children＂

CHANG Weiguang is a postgraduate majoring in electronic engineering at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. When he received an admission letter for a doctor＇s degree from Canada＇s McGill University, the first thing he thought of was telling Yu Shufan. Like many others, Chang owes his education to Yu＇s philanthropic efforts.     

THE LAST RESTING PLACE OF KATHLEEN HALL

THE name of the great Canadian surgeon, Dr. Norman Bethune is a household word in China for his heroic work with the Eighth Route Army during the Anti-Japanese War. Little is known, however of the exploits of a New Zealand missionary nurse, Kathleen Hall, who worked closely alongside him. She was referred to in the well-known Bethune biography, "The Scalpel, The Sword." by Ted Allan and Sydney Gordon, which gives the folowing extract from Bethune's diary.     

Bringing Windmills to China

＂NO! This type of screw should never be used!＂ says Thomas R. Conlon to a worker. Strict and zealous, this American professor （Chinese name Kang Deming） is in China to help bring windmill technology to rural residents. ＂Though this kind of screw won＇t harm the machine, we haven＇t tested it,＂ Thomas explains to the worker in broken Chinese. ＂It would be irresponsible to our customers if problems emerge in the future.＂ The incident is indicative of Conlon＇s high standards and dedication.     

Can You Talk between the Lines？

EVERY Chinese is proud of their country＇s 5,000 years of cultural his tory. However, if people from the Western world were to interpret this culture in the wrong way, it would be quite difficult to communicate. Bearing in mind the cultural differences, many expats will have encountered conversational awkwardness with Chinese employees or colleagues.     

Call to Oversee Cyber Spree

AS a result of the disclosure of his illegal activities on the Intemet, Zhou Jiugeng, former director of the Jiangning District Housing Administrative Bureau in Jiang-su＇s Nanjing City, was removed from his office in late 2008. The dismissal was the result of ＂renrou sousuo,＂ or ＂human flesh search,＂ a cyber search conducted by thousands of passionate netizens. However, the cyber allegation that ＂Zhou Jiugeng conspired with the developer＇s brother＂ oroved groundless.     

Chinese Scientists Develop Nanometer ＂Ordered Fiber＂

China＇s independently developed moon rover, which will be used during the second phase of the Chang＇e lunar probe program, is a genuine feat of engineering, capable of overcoming virtually any obstacle it is likely to encounter on its upcoming mission to explore the lunar surface. ＂The rover will unfold and stand on its wheels automatically before proceeding with its exploration tasks once it gets out of the spacecraft,＂ said Mao Ming, head of the China North Vehicle Research Institute, which is in char.cle of the rover＇s development.     

Deja vu： Earthquake in Haiti Echoes in Chinese Hearts

EVERY street we walked down, the locals would greet us by chanting ＂China, China＂ in the Creole dialect,＂ wrote Zhong Jianqin in his diary. ＂We are here to help, but also helping to deepen the Haitian people＇s understanding of the Chinese. This was the second time that the 35-year-old police officer had served in Haitian peacekeeping missions since December 2007.     

The World as Classroom

IT was 11 years ago when Chen Bei, then a high school student in Henan, stood at one of life＇s first crossroads. She, like several million other Chinese students, faced the annual ＂Gaokao,＂ China＇s college entrance exam. Although it is equivalent to the SAT in the U.S. or the ＂A＂ levels in the U.K., it is considerably longer and more intimidating.     

The Zhuang——Within the Na Cultural Circle

Professor Tadayo Watabe is a Japanese expert on the origin and development of rice culture. In his book The Rice Road, Professor Watabe argued that an arc-like area extending from South China to the Assam plain in India is likely to be thestarting point of ＂The Rice Road,＂ and the source of the world＇s rice civilizations. The area identified by Professor Watabe basically overlaps with a belt plotting the distribution of places having the word Na in their name. Wenshan, the home of more than one million Zhuang population in Yunnan Province also lies within this arc.     

The World Bank＇s New Chief Economist Takes on Poverty

PROFESSOR Justin Lin Yifu is nothing if not a patriot. ＂The main reason I returned to China was because I wanted to make a contribution to the economic development and economic transition of China,＂ the World Bank＇s new chief economist once famously said while delivering a talk at the Marshall Lectures at Cambridge University in 2007. Lin was trying to explain why he left Yale in the late 1980s after spending time there as a senior research fellow, and the implication was that he could well have chosen to stay on in the West, as so many of his fellow Chinese graduate students were then doing,     

IVlao＇s Hometowr to Embrace More＂Red＂ Tourists

THE 116th anniversary commemoration of Mao Zedong＇s birth, held on November 15, 2009 at Beijing＇s Great Hall of the People, had an unusual twist. This year＇s ceremony included a seminar on how to promote Mao＇s philosophy and the ＂red culture＂ that his charisma has inspired, reflected in the construction of a 12-hectare theme park.     

New Silk Road Economic Belt- Spearhead of China＇s Westward Strategy

THE new Chinese leadership＇s revitalization of China＇s foreign policies became evident during President Xi Jinping＇s recent state visits. President Xi revealed China＇s new concepts of international relations in response to an increasingly complex global environment throughout trips to four Central Asian countries from September 3 to 14 and his participation in the 2013 Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.     

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.     

China By Design Amy Gendler

EMPATHY,＂ Amy Gendler said to her mostly American companions in a social group one Sunday this spring, ＂represents one of the most significant developmental challenges my Chinese design students face. Being able to put yourself in another person＇s shoes is key to being a good designer.＂ Of the social import of the students＇ success, she is also clear, ＂It is imperative that China thinks about design in a new way.＂ By that she means embrace strategic, research-based, problem-solving approaches, because ＂Design is not about making beautiful things; it may not even be about things. It＇s about strategic solutions for sustainability. China needs to think of it this way, and this way now.＂     

Jean Augustin Bussiere, “Bethune from France”——In Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Victory over Fascism

"We will never forget the important contribution made by numerous French friends to the cause of China’s development:Jean Augustin Bussiere,a French doctor,risked his life to transport much needed medicine on his bike to base area of anti-Japanese aggression in China,"said President Xi Jinping at the meeting commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of ChinaFrance diplomatic relations in Paris on March 27,2014."Comrade Norman Bethune,a member of the Com-     

Growing Strong in the Practice of ＂Going Global＂--An Interview with Ren Xiaojian,CEO of the Creat Group

REN Xiaojian, CEO and director of the board of the Creat Group, concluded after analyzing the challenges and opportunities for Chinese private enterprises in the global financial crisis, ＂The capital support represented by the RMB 4 trillion government stimulus package is basically a feast for large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises. The government＇s resource allocation policy is basically inclined towards state-owned enterprises, and the enterprises in monopolistic industries are basically all state-owned. In contrast, most private enterprises are engaged in highly competitive industries. Seen from this perspective, as the global financial crisis spreads from the virtual to real economy, the private economy has been most vulnerable to damage.＂     

Chinese Characters No Double Dutch

So cute! Your handwriting is the equivalent of babytalk,＂ was the reception I got when I proudly showed my Chinese friends theChinese characters I had painstakingly brushed, At that time, I had just started life as a college student majoring in Asian Science, early in the game to come to the realization that I was merely imitating - the ＂double Dutch＂ phase of children＇s language learning, and successful Chinese ＂immersion＂ would be a long haul.     

Messages Encoded in Bird-and-Flower Paintings （Part I）

THE free-hand painting Liu Zhongxin （1948-） did to celebrate the beginning of a new business has encoded in it best wishes for the proprietor＇s success in the years to come. A litchi branch loaded with crimson red fruit signifies a prosperous business, for the branch conveys an image that stands for a ＂line＂ of business, while the fruit is a play on the word ＂profit,＂ which in Chinese is a homonym for ＂litchi.＂ ff a rooster is added under the tree, the artist said,