Making Bianxia

Bianxian are handmade decorative edgings on Miao clothes. Special tools are used to create this edging. The implements used are as follows： a bamboo basket of about 1.2 meters high to support the other components （some baskets are real examples of Miao handicraft art）; a round wooden lid with a ridge across its diameter and a small groove in the middle of the ridge to help keep the silk threads from moving about; balls of silk thread; a pressing-plate with a small hole in the center to press the balls and help keep the threads taut; a wooden finishing-board onto which the braided silk threads are wound. The board is weighted down so that both the threads to be woven and the finished edging can stay taut and the patterns remain crisp.     

Paradise Regained

<正>Clear blue skies,emerald-green woods and refreshing creeks and rivers.From a wasteland to an eco-progress exemplar,Saihanba has been resurrected,providing a green lung for north China.The largest man-made forest in the world is also a testimony to the planners and planters who toiled for more than five decades to achieve the feat.The goal is to leave a bluer sky,greener mountains and clearer water for the future world.     

Positivity on the Peninsula

<正>Despite a U.S.-driven Cold War mentality on the Korean Peninsula,Beijing-Seoul relations point to a more positive patternthe state of affairs on the Korean Peninsula is frozen in a stalemate,and the only thing all parties seem to have in common amid the confusion and frustration is a shared inability to break     

论“文化兴国”——对一个时代命题的考察与思辩

Social progress is accomplished by human beings while human abilities and creativities are derived from culture. Culture gives rise to a nation,ethnicities, a society and an epoch.“Rejuvenate the nation through Culture” means nothing more than the raising of people‘s cultural cognition——respecting culture,abiding by rules of behavior and moral standards established through culture while consciously regarding culture as an integral component of the overall strength of a nation and the quintessence of an age.“Rejuvenate the Nation through Culture” is to accurately pinpoint the coordinates of national technology and the orientation of social development in the advancement of a modern culture; to drive the economy and uplift the spirit; and to make steady progress from advanced culture to advanced civilization.     

The Rights of Persons Charged with Penal Offences to Access to Lawyers——A comparison between international and domestic laws

Ⅰ. Getting help from lawyers and its realization according to international standards The right to defense for a person involving in a law suit is a universal human right. Article 11 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides: "Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence." This means (1) the right to defence is a basic human right due to all persons charged with a penal offence; (2) it is a basic requirement for the principle of presumption of innocence and fair trial; and (3) the realization of the right needs practical and effective guarantees.     

Nuptials That Can Last Three Years

The Qiang are a monogamous people. Before a couple become husband and wife, they go through a good many rites such as engagement and wedding ceremonies. When a young man takes a fancy to a young woman, he sends a matchmaker to sound out her family. After getting approval from the head of the family, the husband-to-be goes to his fiancé＇s home to organize an engagement banquet and consults to fix the date of the wedding. At the appointed time he entertains his fiancé＇s relatives and friends at her home, and prepares the betrothal gifts. During the whole engagement process, the bride-to-be is supposed to keep out of public view, hiding away in her room or at the home of a relative.     

Land of Blessings

<正>Fuzhou is currently reaching back into its long history to re-establish its links to the maritime Silk Road,placing a special emphasis on tourism.The abundance of blue skies,clean air,clear waters and green mountains give the city and its environs a great deal to experience.With the theme of"Refreshing Fujian,"and a city name that means"Land of Blessings,"the area has much to offer visitors.Most international tourists have a familiar itinerary when they come to China     

HOTEL INFORMATION

Minzu Hotel's Free Gym for Guests Going to the gym helps people escape the madness of the metropolis and find a quiet place to develop a healthy lifestyle.Minzu Hotel opened its gym- nasium in a grand ceremony this spring,offering urbanites a place to relieve the pressures of modern life and pursue relaxation of the mind.The gym is located on the second floor in a quiet and elegant environment.Going to the gym regularly can help a person reduce fat and mold the perfect body.Minzu Hotel's gym will give you a new outlook on life and put a spring in your step.     

Green Beijing

Beijingers are attaching more and more importance to the environment of their city. From assorted garbage to daily environment forecasts, and from restricting the emission of auto exhaust to the planting of trees and grass; all this has shown the longing Beijing residents have for a green environment. One of the major topics in the bid for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games is that of a "Green Olympics." The bid provides added incentive in the common aim to create a green city. This is our origi…     

Land of Abundance

<正>Sichuan taps Belt and Road for overseas partnerships It has the sixth highest GDP in China,the largest potential for hydropower generation and is the gateway not only to China’s west,but also to Southeast Asia’s developing markets.It’s also home to pandas.But it’s not enough,and Sichuan,a southwestern province of China,is on a mission to climb the GDP and development indicator rankings in the country,using the Belt and Road Initiative.     

A Suitable Choice

<正>Community governance is a key area in social governance in every country because it is a way for the state government to manage affairs closely related to the most direct participants of social activities,solving social contradictions and safeguarding social structure and order.China,thanks to constant innovation in community governance,has kept up with the times and played a positive role in promoting economic development and social harmony and progress.     

Fantasy and Reality

"When it comes to China,you can never know enough."These were the words inscribed on the first page of the booK Law and Society in Traditional China,given to me by a fellow student Tan Bo-Chen,on day one of my year at Peking University back in September 2016.Over the past few years,I have slowly come to understand the depth of meaning in this phrase about such a culturally unique and historically great civilization.The more time I spend in China,and indeed the more I know about China,the less I seem to comprehend it This country is absolutely fascinating:There is a mismatch between past and present;tradition and modernity;fast pace and slow pace;cities and mountains.     

Shaanxi:Bridgehead of Western China Development

Brief introduction to Shaanxi provincial conditionsLocated in the hinterland area of the Shaanxi province borders Inner Mongolia to the north, Sichuan and Hubei to the south, Gansu and Ningxia to the west, and Shanxi and Henan to the east. It is a door to enter the vast northwest China area, occupying a key posi-     

"Job Fair" Inside High Walls

It is the first time ever in China to see a job fair held in a prison aimed at offering an opportunity for offenders to return to the society; and it was held at a time when the employment situa- tion in the whole country is grave. But the Xingcheng Prison in Chang- sha, capital of Central China’s Hunan Province, insisted on holding the fair as a way to introduce inmates to programs and tools that can help them reintegrate into the community after their release. It turned out to be a succe…     

Curing ‘Urban Diseases’

<正>Authorities in Beijing decide to build a subsidiary administrative center in the east of the city Beijing will move some local industries and functions unrelated to its role as the country’s capital to the suburbs and neighboring Hebei Province and Tianjin.The announcement was made at a meeting of the Beijing Municipal Committee of     

Accelerating the Pace of CPC Transformation——An Interview with Wang Changjiang,Director of the Party Building Teaching and Research Department,the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC

The Communist Party of China was founded in 1921 and came to power in 1949.It steered the country through a planned economy operating under trade blockades from 1949 to 1978,and ushered in a market economy under the reform and opening-up policy that took effect immediately afterwards.During this entire period,the CPC also transformed itself from a revolutionary party to a ruling party.Now civic awareness is growing among the Chinese people,and the market economy phase has nurtured an independent and autonomous spirit,which requires the Chinese leadership to promote political restructuring and the building of democratic institutions.     

Cultures in Concert

<正>How a renowned composer and three of his protégés have sought to build a musical bridge between China and the United StatesWhat value can be ascribed to a once-ina-lifetime opportunity?The opportunity of a teacher who fosters a talented student that touches the entire world with his gift of music.This is the story of Chinese American composer Chou Wen-Chung and the opportunity he gave to three young Chinese     

Upgrading China and Africa's Partnership

<正>At the recent Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC),leaders agreed to elevate the China-Africa relationship to a comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership,ushering in a new era in their cooperation.Why does this matter?As the largest developing country and the continent with the greatest number of developing countries,China and Africa have the responsibility and ability to pool the wisdom     

Breakthroughs in Judicial Reform

IN 2013,China launched a series of impressive reforms in its judicial field.These included:deepening judicial publicity to guarantee people’s rights to information and develop transparency;improving the judicial accountability system to ensure the independent exercise of jurisdiction and procuratorial power,letting the inquisitor judge and the adjudicator take charge;and abolishing the system of re-education through labor as well as improving laws on punishment and correction of crimes and delinquencies,thereby manifesting the judicial assurance of human rights.By means of these reforms,China’s judicial system has realized new breakthroughs,providing strong support for the country to build a fair,efficient and authoritative socialist judiciary.     

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