A Day For Love

After Gu Lidan,a woman from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,met and fell in love with Bill Moore,an American engineer,30-year-old Gu said she would never again be surprised by anything in her life.     

TheJoy of Work

<正>A Kazak woman provides more than 100 jobs for local women When Saliye Hobay,a Kazak ethnic woman born in Altay Prefecture in the north of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,was laid off in 2002 after the clothing factory in which she had worked for six years went bankrupt,she fell into momentary depression.But her optimism gave her renewed     

LETTERS

There were several Xinjiang students in my department when I was in college 15 years ago, some Han, some Uygur. Although they were close with each other, they also fit on well with students from other parts of the nation. There was even a young Uygur girl that fell in love with a boy from southern China, and the two were together for much of the four years we were in college. But she hid the relationship from her parents,     

An Eager Beaver

<正>Gen-Z conservationist protects wild animal habitats in Xinjiang Chu Wenwen was only 2 when she started accompanying her father,a conservationist,on his field research tracking wild animals unique to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,like the Mongolian wild ass and the black-tailed gazelle.Now 28,Chu considers these beautiful creatures part of her family.     

ONE-WAY TICKET TO PROSPERITY

<正>Transitions from farm to factory help to reduce poverty in south Xinjiang Uygur women in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,northwest China,are well known across the nation for their long braided hair and dancing talent.Raziya Kadir,though,deviates from the stereotype by virtue of her short hair,and her appearance often gives people the impression that she has a somewhat selfwilled disposition.So,the major life change     

Wang Yujing-A Little Singer and Little Diplomat

Growing up in Shenzhen, one of the most modern cities in China, Wang Yujing has a particular passion for Qiang music. Though she has been part of the Qiang Children＇s Choir for no more than a year, this little eight-year-old has learned a great deal about Qiang music, at the same time showing off her talent in many singing, dancing and painting competitions. As Yujing says, “I love Qiang songs, and I wanna share the very best of it with everyone in the world.”     

My Miss Right

My girlfriend is called Mizokami Keiko. You may guess by her name that she must be Japanese. You are right. Keiko and her family live in Osaka, and I got to know her in Beijing ten days before the Spring Festival of 2001. Regardless of the fact that our love affair should be purely a matter between the two of us, quite a few friends of mine ask: How did the two of you get together?     

The Kindness of a Chinese Immigrant

ON September 10, 2002 Mary He was thirty thousand meters above the Pacific Ocean, en route from Vancouver to Beijing. But the Chinese capital was not her final destination. Chinese-born Mary He, who now lives in Canada, took a 4-hour connecting flight to Urumqi, and then another 2-hour flight to Kashi in western China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. She spent the third day of her journey on a coach, traveling for more than 10 hours across the Gobi desert to Hotan. There, she continued her 30-year search for a Uygur boy named Ircken.     

When Virtual Faces Reality

At the end of last year,Cui Xiaopan won the outstanding employee award for her performance at China’s leading real estate developer China Vanke.Since joining the Finance Department of Vanke in February 2021,she has quickly learned how to spot problems in processing data.In the eyes of her superiors,Cui is a fast learner and can work thousands of times more efficiently than her colleagues;what's impressive is that she is able to work year-round without taking a day off-or getting paid.     

Local Legislation Giving Single Women Birth Right Caught in Debate

Chen Yifan, who is resolved to be single for life, has never expected that at 45, she can realize her dream of producing a baby for herself without having to get married—and legally. The woman is quite successful in her career as manager of a private company in Changchun City, Jilin Province, northeast China. Her personal life, however, is not. She fell in love with a classmate back in the early 1980s, and was heart-broken when the young man left her. Since then, the woman has found that no man in this world is good enough to be her husband. Though single, she wants to have a child of her own. "I'll be burning with envy whenever I see a     

Rural Roots,City Shoots

China's vast army of rural migrant laborers is gradually finding a more permanent place in the cities Just months ago,Zhu Xueqin,a 31-year-old migrant worker in Shanghai,couldn't imagine that she would be in the center of the media limelight as one of three migrant worker deputies of the 11th National People's Congress(NPC)held in March. When she came to Shanghai from the countryside 12 years ago,she had only a middle school diploma.But her diligence and intelligence have helped her to work her way     

Drive Like a Girl

正How one tiny woman stands tall as a truck driver Zhang Lin,25,is from a village in the mountainous province of Yunnan,southwest China. She escaped from her first marriage,which she was forced into by her parents,due to domestic violence. Later on,she got married once again,this time for love; nevertheless,she had to leave this marriage,too,because her second husband could not accept her son from her first marriage.     

A New Frame of Mind

Psychological health is gaining more attention, especially among China’s urban population A couple of months ago, Wu Miao found herself trapped in a bout of depression whilst on maternity leave. On the one hand, she and her husband were strapped for cash as raising a baby turned out to cost a lot more than they had initially expected, and she was earning much less during the leave. On the other hand, her mother-inlaw was temporarily staying with them to help take care of the baby, but this resulted in the occasional bickering over household trivialities.     

大爱无疆的草原额吉——记“人民楷模”国家荣誉称号获得者都贵玛（英文）

正Duguima, a Party member and a herder from Inner Mongolia autonomous region, was a teenager when she was given the task of raising 28 orphans from Shanghai. Born in a Mongolian family in 1942, she was honored as a People's Role Model for her selfless contributions to ethnic unity and progress. In the 1970 s, Duguima's self-taught medical and obstetric knowledge allowed her to save more than 40 young mothers who lived on the prairie.     

Borderless,Not Lawless

<正>Targeted measures underway to clean up the digital stratosphere It was a movie-worthy drama that played out in real life. On the night of March 15, online celebrity Wuwu made her usual appearance on Douyin, China’s version of Tik Tok. As a livestreamer with a loyal following, she was singing and chatting with her followers, mostly men, to get more “tips,” as she did almost every day.     

The Chinese Language - a New Craze

MARIE is a tour guid from France's Cote d'Azure. She didn' waste a minute of her 20-day tour ofChina. In addition to the usual sight- seeing and eating out in restaurants, she and her companions also attended an intensive Chinese training course. Marie wants to be a Chinese tour guide in her native land. She reckons that as France attracts more and more Chinese students, knowing the language will get her a better job. The current "Chinese language craze" was not inspired simply by the co…     

Part of the Family

Zheng Yu is in love with cats. Her child-hood dream to own one was finally realized last year when she started work-ing and got her own apartment. However, over the course of several months, Zheng's assumptions on keeping a cat have completely changed. She never knew that domesticated cats had spawned an entire industry with a range of products and services that beggars be-lief. Toys, nail clippers, fur care powder, pooper scoopers, hygiene products and furniture are but a few. "It's totaly beyond my imagination," she toldBeijing Review.     

PROMISE AND DEVOTION

<正>Efforts of a young official to develop a remote county in Xinjiang When Yao Ning’s daughter was born last June,she gave Yao one more reason to devote himself as a county leader of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.     

THE LINGUISTIC LEAP

<正>Maori language and culture help to boost China-New Zealand tiesMatilda Gaby knows she was born near Nanchang,the capital of Jiangxi,a province in central China,but she has no other recollection of her life there or her Chinese biological family.She was adopted by a New Zealand couple when she was9 months old and spent her early years in     

What Is Life Really Like？

AFTER starring in Zhang Yimou's Lifetimes ten years ago, famous Chinese movie tars Ge You and Gong Li again each play leading roles in two movies about life.Zhou Yu's Train tells of a woman's idealized love object, for which she is willing to sacrifice her individuality. Zhou Yu (Gong Li) meets poet Chen Qing at a ball. He inflames her passion with his lyricism.