For Children—Charity Performance for Rebuilding Schools in Sichuan Disaster Areas Held in Malaysia

On July 28, the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, was thronged with people."For Children-Charity Performance for Rebuilding Schools in China’s Sichuan Disaster Areas" presenting 25 excellent items selected from the 2008 Second Chinese-Malaysian Youth Dance Competition was held in the Thean Hou Hall of the temple. On the big screens at both sides of the stage was shown the videoed live telecast of the Chinese people’s courageous rescue and relief efforts in the earthquake areas. The atmosphere in the hall was both solemn and enthusiastic.     

Mourning Hugh Deane——A Good Old Friend

HUGH Deane, who diedin New York in June thisyear at the age of 84,was a friend of China forover 60 years - also the dura-tion of our personal amity.We first met in 1940, duringChina's war of resistance againstJapanese aggression. I was trav-eling to Chongqing, wartimeprovisional capital of her thencentral government, from HongKong, where I had been workingwith the China Defense Leagueunder Soong Ching Ling (Mme.Sun Yat-sen). During the jour-ney along what was at that timea fatiguing a…     

Chengde City——A Pearl in North China

Chengde Mountain Resort was the summer residence of emperors dur- ing the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Construction of the resort started in 1703, and lasted for 87 years. Chengde City in Hebei     

National Model Procurator——Bai Jie

On July 8, 2008, a forum on how to implement the spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China（CPC） in improving procuratorate work was going on at the auditorium of the Supreme People＇s Procuratorate. Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Central Committee of Law was listening attentively to the speakers：     

Watering Sino-African Friendship Flower——CPAFFC Delegation''''s Tour of Northern Africa

From October 27 to November 7, 2006, around the end of autumn and early winter when dry leaves were rustling in the chilly wind in Beijing on the west shore of the Pacific Ocean, it was sum- mer in the northern African countries: Morocco, Tunisia and Alge…     

Right to Resignation——Thoughts of a lawyer

One day in March 2000, a young man came to the Qiankun Lawyer's Office, asking for help in a labor dispute. He is Tong Li, 25. He signed a "life-long" labor contract with the Beijing Fenghua Engineering Co. Ltd. in June 1999. On January 5 of the following year, however, he demanded termination of the contract on account that he was far from home and he had to take care of his ailing mother. But he was refused. Later on, the workers' congress of the company issued the rules on the management of labor contract and its detailed implementation rules.     

Rewi Alley:Great New Zealander in China——Random Notes on His Autobiography

By way of commemorating the centenary ofthe birth of Rewi Alley, our great New Zea-land friend, the Chinese People's Association forFriendship with Foreign Countries, the Rewi Al-ley Memorial Cooperative Foundation and theChina Friendship Peace and Development Foun-dation recently sponsored the publication of a re-vised edition of Rewi's autobiography in both Eng-lish and Chinese languages. This important andconclusive book completed by the author in hislast years was published in 1986. The original booktitle of its English version was At 90: Memoirs of     

China and the U.S. Should Pull Together, Not Rock the Boat——An Interview with Jia Xiudong, Invited Research Fellow of the China Institute of International Studies

Equal treatment for Chinese enterprises in the U.S. was an agenda item in the second round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED). By the end of 2010, American investment in China exceeded US $60 billion, while China’s investment in the U.S. was only one-f ifteenth of that, around US $4 billion.     

Faith· Love· Hope——Italy Faith Love Hope Fund’s 2011 Charity Event

The "Music of the Heart-2011" charity event, jointly sponsored by the Qingdao People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Italian Embassy in China, the Qingdao General Charity Institute and the Italy Faith Love Hope Fund, was held in the seaside resort from August 26 to 28. The 800,000 RMB raised through Italian classical music concerts and the auctioning of handiworks made by children in the Qingdao Children Welfare Institution was donated to the facility. All the participants were deeply moved by the charity activities and experienced the profound love from a foreign country.     

A Special China Tour——A FFCA Delegation's Visit to China

At the invitation of theCPAFFC, a ten-member del-egation of the Federation ofFrench-Chinese Associations(FFCA) paid a working visit toChina in October 1998. The aimof the visit was to study the tra-ditional Chinese folk art and ex-plore the possibility of coopera-tion with the CPAFFC in thisfield. Through the ten-day visit     

Revised Budget Law——A Reflection of Transformation

THE revisions last August to China’s Budget Law were the first since it took effect in 1995.It has thus taken more than a decade to revise a law so important it has been dubbed the"Economic Constitution."Response to the Demand for Change China’s Budget Law was promulgated in 1994 and took effect in 1995.Over the ensuing two decades Chinese society has witnessed dramatic changes–in economic development,state governance,and also public opinion and understanding of the budget.Social progress     

Visiting Japan When Plum Trees in Full Blossom——Random Notes on CJFA delegation's Visit to Japan

In January, plum flowers could be seen every-where in Tokyo. Spring was very much in the airdespite the coldness of the late winter. At the invi-tation of the Japan-China Friendship Association(JCFA), a delegation of the China-Japan Friend-     

Kunming——Blooming and Booming

KUNMING in central Yunnan Province is he largest city in Chi-na's extended south-vestern frontier. Two housand years ago, it was a hub on the Southern Silk Road that connected inland China with Southeast Asia and a converging point on the Sichuan-Yunnan-Vietnam passageway. Today, as the capital city of Yunnan, it is home to 26 ethnic groups and a popular destination for tourists and business travelers from around the world.     

BY OUR STAFF REPORTER——UNHRC Holds First Session

The second human rights knowledge training class was held May 29-June 3 in Xiamen. More than 60 cadres in charge of international communication from the central government agencies and information offices of various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities received training at the class sponsored by the Information Office of the State Council. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony were Wang Jinjun from the     

Scientific research requires patience——An interview with Charles Hard Townes,Nobel laureate

Charles Hard Townes was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on July 28, 1915. the son of Henry Keith Townes, an attorney, and Ellen (Hard) Townes. He attended the Greenville public schools and then Furman University in Greenville, where he completed the requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in physics and the Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages, graduating summa cum laude in 1935, at the age of 19. Physics had fascinated him since his first course in the     

Highway and railway to Tibet——Bruce Connolly travels by bus and traint hough one of the emptiest areas in China

One of the most fascinating journeys I have had in a life of travel was a recentbus ride from Gansu Province to Qinghai Province. A journey that took mefrom the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang up to the remote town of Germu in thestunningly beautiful lands bordering the Tibet Plateau.Leaving Dunhuang shortly after 7.30 am just as the sun was rising, the bus passeda fort looking as though it had defended the area for hundreds of years. It was actu-ally built recently for movie productions. Ver…     

Nuclear Energy——Proceed with Caution

AT the National Energy Work Conference in January 2011,the Chinese government doubled its 2020 target for installed nuclear energy capacity which was set four years ago,to 86 million kW.The country’s current energy shortage partly drives the decision as does its ongoing commitment to the international community for energy conservation and emission reduction.According to up-to-date statistics from the Nuclear Energy Institute of the U.S.that were made available at the conference,the number of nuclear power plants under construction in China accounts for more than 40 percent of the global total,ranking China first in the world for number of plants under construction.     

A Pearl Embedded in the New Silk Road——An Exclusive Interview with Mayor of Kaifeng Ji Bing

正KAIFENG,located in the heart of China,was the world’s biggest and busiest city during the 11th and 12th centuries.As the intersection of the land and maritime Silk Roads,it was a place from where goods were dispatched and traders from the East and West met.Today,it is a major city in the central China economic region due to its integrated development with Zhengzhou,capital of Henan Province.     

Envoy of Friendship Between the Chinese and Israeli Peoples——Mr.Teddy Kaufman,President of Israel-China Friendship Society

It was on the third day after Iarrived in Israel at the recep-tion in celebration of the found-ing of the Chinese People's Lib-eration Army in the Chinese Em-bassy that I first met Mr. TeddyKaufman. Ambassador Lin Zhenintroduced me to him. After ex-     

Sound of the Dragon——Chinese Cultural Relics and Bell Art Exhibition

Sound of the Dragon-Chinese Cultural Rel- ics and Bell Art Exhibition coordinated by theCPAFFC and jointly sponsored by the Paris Mu-sic City and the Institute of European Bell Artwith the participation of the Beijing Great BellTemple Ancient Bell Museum and the Hubei Pro-vincial Museum was held in the Music City in Paris