SPOTLIGHTS

China Issues Judicial Rules to Boost Government Transparency China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued a judicial explanation to regulate and standardize trial procedures for the country’s increasing number of government information disclosure cases in a bid to promote governmental transparency. The explanation, which was issued on aug. 12, 2011 and published in next day’s edition of the People’s Court Daily, a newspaper run by the SPC,     

Huizhou The Land That Time Forgot

Huangshan City’s Huizhou culture is a national treasure, and rightly recognized alongside China’s Dunhuang Culture and Tibetan Culture as occupying a special place in the nation’s cultural legacy.     

SOWING THE SEEDS OF LAW

Staff members of the People’s Court of Yunyang County,southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality,distribute a printed version of the Constitution to students of a local primary school on December 2,two days ahead of China’s inaugural Constitution Day.     

Building A Reasonable Power

正China’s military spending is growing moderatelyChina’s defense spending, despite rapid increases, matches the legitimate nationa defense needs of a large country.Chinese President Xi Jinping made these remarks in response to a question on China’s rising defense budget after a speech sponsored by the Koerber Foundation in Berlin on March28 during his two-day state visit to Germany.In early March, the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, passed the     

An Eye for Sci-Fi

正Science fiction in search of a Chinese audience China’s fast-growing cityscapes often resemble the setting of a futuristic science fiction novel. But as a genre,science fiction itself has yet to catch on among the country’s mainstream readers.Recently, People’s Literature published     

Hitting The Right Notes One American singer explores China's entertainment industry

Annie Kathryn Lowdermilk,an American singer and actress living in Beijing,has a beautiful face yet a very masculine Chinese name——Tang Bohu,named after a Casanova poet and painter who lived during China’s Ming Dynasty(1368-1644)."He’s a crazy genius and I like a little bit of crazy,I think that’s important in art,"Lowdermilk told Beijing Review.     

ECONOMY

<正>Economy Unaffected The recent stock market turbulence will not have a major spillover effect on China’s real economy,global rating agency Moody’s said on July 16.The equity market turmoil does not warrant a change in the agency’s forecast that China’s real economic growth will reach 6.5 to 7.5 percent this year and 6 to 7 percent in 2016,Moody’s Investors Service said in a report.China’s stock market has been on a roller coaster ride for the past few weeks.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slumped more than 30 percent at its lowest point from the peak in June.     

A MATURING MARKET

China’s stock market is getting older and wiser, but by international standards it has a long way to go China’s stock market is still a teenager, but it’s a healthy one with dreams of becoming more like the grown-up markets internationally.Especially for China’s stock market, 1998 was a long time ago.That was the year Shenzhen Development Bank issued public stock—the first such kind approved by the Chinese Government.     

Crime and Punishment

<正>An anti-graft TV drama becomes a phenomenonIn Zhuo Minliu’s home,there’s now one bond that has skillfully narrowed the generation gap between her in-laws,husband and10-year-old son,becoming a topic of animated conversation for the entire family.It’s a TV soap,and a political drama at that.     

A Virtue or an Obligation?

It was reported that in Hangzhou,east China’s Zhejiang Province,a youth was recently slapped in the face repeatedly when he refused to give up his seat for a young couple holding a baby. And in Ji’nan,east China’s Shandong Province,a mother slapped a man on     

Maintaining Confidence in China’s Economy

正China’s economy has undergone a profound restructuring since 2011,and its double-digit growth speed has gradually slowed down to 7percent or so.Such a shift in gears has stoked rumors that the country is headed toward a hard landing or even that the world’s largest developing economy is about to collapse. In fact,misunderstandings,doubts and even curses against China’s economy have been unceasing ever since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949,especially in tough     

A Journey of Love

AFAMILY walk after din-ner, mom’s praise for doing well in an exam, a shopping trip to town on the back of dad’s bike...These basic but essential parts of a child’s life are luxuries to Mai Yao, a 12-year-old girl from Matu Village in Hengshui Town, Chongyi County, Jiangxi Province in southeast China.     

Gates Wide Open

<正>China vows to further open up its market to spur international and domestic economic development China’s entry into the WTO 10 years a go was a major step in the country’s reform and opening up. It indicated the "beginning of a new historic stage"in the country’s interaction with the rest of the world, said Chinese President Hu Jintao, at a high-level forum marking the 10th anniversary of China’s accession to the     

Home, Sweet Home

THE Englishman’s home is his castle, or so they say. It’s a safe haven, a place where strangers may enter only if invited. It’s a private place where each of us can have a different persona from the one that we portray in our hours at work. Instead of being smart, cultured, controlled, authoritative, we are allowed to be untidy and lazy.     

Labor of Love Embracing the Volunteer Spirit in Education

FEELING her way carefully down the long, dark pathway of a bicycle shed in Shijingshan District’s Laoshan Community, 72-year-old Yu Shuhua reaches a small room It’s a chilly winter’s day in Beijing, and at 4 p.m. the afternoon light is dwindling. Luo Meiqi, the 12-year-old daughter of a migrant worker who runs the shed and also calls it home, is waiting inside. Yu, a retired college teacher-come-volunteer, tutors little Luo every day after school. "I first met Luo’s children on a summer day in 2008 when they were doing their homework in front of the shed.     

More Damage to Japan＇s Image

正MY daughter,who is studying a master’s degree at Japan’s Waseda University,always asks me:Most people I meet in Japan are quite amiable,and Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is popular among the Japanese people,so why does China accuse Japan of deviating to the right?Shigeru Ishiba,secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan,formerly Japan’s defense minister,also asked me during a China-Japan thinktank forum:Japan has kept to a peaceful road for decades since WWII,so why does China insist that Japan’s militarism is undergoing a     

CHINA’S DIPLOMACY IN TRANSITION

正The new Chinese leadership aims to create a favorable international environment for the country's developmentChina’s diplomacy in 2013 was eye-catch ing due to the leadership change in the country and the reinvigoration of reform The spirit of reform and a world vision,which China’s new leadership inherits from their pre decessors,are the soul of Chinese diplomacy today.Today’s world The current situation is quite different from when China’s reform and opening up started in the late 1970s.China’s national strength has grown exponentially since then.As a result,the     

Moving Toward The West

<正>Ukraine’s parliament has repealed its neutrality billin a move to join NATO At a time of civil war,Ukraine has taken a major step in pivoting toward the West.In a move that may intensify the conflict in the country’s east,Ukraine’s parliament voted with overwhelming approval to repeal a law of"nonalignment"on December 23,2014.The nonaligned status,which Ukraine adopted in 2010 under former President viktor     

VALUE-ADDED RURAL VISION

正New era for China’s countryside aims to empower farmers,diversify agriculture and promote a green lifestyleWen Tiejun,67,sees himself as a typical middle class Chinese male.Five years ago,very much a wealthy urbanite,he made a decision which shocked those around him by selling the family’s multi-million-yuan property in downtown Beijing and relocating to a village in southeast China’s Fujian Province.     

Staying or Leaving

Retirement looms as a difficult choice for China’s leading curling athlete From six wins and five losses, China’s Women’s Curling Team placed