INTRODUCING THE "REAL" TIBET

The recently opened Qinghai-Tibet Railway is bringing not only crowds of tourists but also information to Tibet, which previously was virtually shut off from the outside world. Liu Xuan, Deputy Director of the Information Office of the Tibet regional government, discusses how the local government regards this issue and how it will respond to the new openness in an interview with Beijing Review reporter Feng Jianhua.     

Q&A of Valentine's Day

"My sweetheart, I love you as a mouse loves rice, I miss you, 1 fell in love with you at first sight, and 1 will not give up until you are mine forever!"Baby baby, you are like the phoenix flying in the sky, and I am the jackal chasing you on the earth, I will neither beat nor scold you,I just want to torture you with my love."Fish says to water: I can't see your tears, because I am in water. Water replies: I can feel your tears, for you are in my heart."     

etworking or otworking vents？

FROM the very day you land in Beijing, either to become a fixed-term＂Jinger＂ or to make Beijing or some other city your medium- to long-term home （as with many of us）, all you need to become involved in the non- stop networking events put on for us in China is an email ad- dress. You will soon find that with a modicum of effort you are subscribed to tens if not hundreds of networking event mailing lists. In this article I＇d like to offer a perspective on these gatherings, accord- ing to my time in China （nine years and counting）, and some suggestions on how to get the most out of them.     

Women＇s World Without Freedom——A glimpse of novel management of the Beijing Women＇s Prison

May 8 Women's Day "I will never sink with the waves. For the sake of the most beloved ones, I must be strong, no matter how hard it is; the dream is there, with the heart; there is true love between heaven and the earth; there are successes and failures in life; it is nothing but to start anew......"     

A Glimpse of Aksu

The poet Guo Xiaochuan once advised, ＂A tour of Mountain Tianshan will tell you how strong men and horses are, a trip to southern Xinjiang tells you how high the sky is and how vast the land is.＂     

The Level Best

<正>Local Two Sessions outline regional development roadmaps’Where there are lights,you will find merchants from China’s Zhejiang Province;where there are no lights,you will still find Zhejiang merchants."This is how the province’s residents describe its entrepreneurial soul."I was born into a merchant family in Zhejiang.My parents became first-generation Zhejiang entrepreneurs after the launch of reform and opening up in 1978 and I am the second generation.The diligent and initiative spiri...     

Speech by Jose Luis Schafer,UNALE President of Brazil,at 2014 China International Friendship Cities Conference

I will start my speech greeting the event organizers for the opportunity to meet you in this so prosperous city and an example of development and industrialization to the world.I believe that everyone who is here for the first time is impressed with the development of the region and the selected audience that is present.I am a Brazilian parliamentarian from the State of Acre,in the region of the Brazilian Amazon,and I chair UNALE—National Union of Brazilian State Legislators and Legis-     

The Lyric of Colors——Pang Chun, a Chinese Artist in Japan

I was quite surprised when I was presented before Pang Chun's paintings!First, I was in surprise with the colors of his paintings: strong, bright and shining. The colors mingle in one picture harmoniously with a brilliant contrast. I never saw an artist who could take advantage of colors so audaciously. The more surprising is that his domination and exercise of colors doesn't make you feel uneasy, on the contrary, you will find them very harmoniously pleavsant to eyes such as his paintings: "Halo", "the King of Trees" and " First Sun Rays".     

A Bridge for Ethnic Unity

Dadam Tuerdi would not pass a day without reading some lines of Kutadoiu Bilik—Blessings and Wisdom—a Uygur classic literary masterpiece on the philosophy of life and how to administer a country written by famous poet Yusuf Hass Hajib in 1070. "To us Uygurs, Kutadoiu Bilik is like what Bible means to the Christians. So you can imagine how I enjoy reading the original lines instead of listening to their oral version from my parents," says Dadam, a     

Beijing Bumpkin

正I live in Beijing,a city of 20 million people,the capital of the Earth's most populous country and a center of massive cultural,political and economic influence.I've also lived in Shanghai,the financial center of China.So why was I so shocked to discover a clean,sit-down toilet with toilet paper in a     

A Fragile Foursome

正The Ukrainian crisis will persist,but a recent four-way agreement may not By Ding Ying Most ceasefire treaties are made to be broken—the only question is when.A four-way agreement reached by parties most closely involved with the Ukrainian crisis falls short of a treaty,suggesting a serious weakness.While the agreement may be short-lived,the crisis and related fallout are likely to last for years.     

overhauling The Budget system

正A revised budget law aims to address the most worrying loopholesin China’s public fund managemenChina’s top legislature has adopted a long-awaited amendment to the Budget Lawwhich will put more stringent legal con-straints on government income and spendingThe move,according to fiscal scholars,is set to     

International Involvemen in Early Childhood Development in China

正EARLY childhood is a significant period of life and of particular social importance,"United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund(UNICEF)China’s early childhood development specialist Dr.Chen Xuefeng recently observed."It is vital that parents and teachers monitor children’s growth,listen to what they have to say and respect their ideas."     

Change： Development Opportunities amid Crisis

正AFTER marathon negotiations in the final 48 hours,the 12-day Warsaw Climate Change Conference decided on the evening of November 23,2013,to push forward the Durban Platform and institute the International Mechanism for Loss and Damage to compensate developing countries for greenhouse gases that the industrialization of developed nations has caused.Developed countries such as Japan and     

Is the Dearth of Young Rural Labor Worrisome?

正Dear Readers,Forum is a column that provides a space for varying perspectives on contemporary Chinese society.We invite you to submit personal viewpoints on past and current topics(in either English or Chinese).yanwei@bjreview.com Please provide your name and address along with your comments Recently,a study by the Beijing-based Economic Information Daily found that in many Chinese provinces—such as Jiangxi,Anhui,Sichuan and Hubei—there are few young people to be seen in rural areas.     

Experience a 'Buon Natale' At Daccapo Italian Restaurant

正The newly decorated Deccapo at Regent Beijing adheres to the Italian tradition of elegance.The restaurant’s fresh vibrant colors and the natural wood grain add to its modern yet traditional feel.Our eatery’s combination of old and new in menu design and ambience allow diners to vicariously experience the whole gamut of rich Italian culture from the modernism of     

Reflections on the Two World Wars

正Editor's Note:In the 200 years since German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote his famous essay,To Perpetual Peace:A Philosophical Sketch,the world has seen something closer to perpetual warfare:Countless wars,ranging from small-scale battles to the two devastating world wars of the 20th century,have caused untold misery and suffering.Even today,the world is far from being a tranquil and peaceful place.To mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I(WWI)and the 75th anniversary of the World     

A Space Partnership?

正Current u.s.laws that forbid partnering with China on galacticexploration seem outdatedAstronauts from China and the United States met in Beijing from September 10to 15 to discuss international planetary friendship and cooperation along with space travelers from 16 other countries.Among the     

MGM Grand Sanya

正From July 1 to August 31,the entertaining and creative"MGM Happy Family Package"of the MGM Grand Sanya once again leads the i eld in children’s summer vacation programs.This year there are even more activities on of er,including a free barbecue dinner,a magical family bubble show,and a daily children’s summer camp.The popular Kid’s Club