Saving Samaritans

正Efforts to build public trust are needed to ensure strangers will help one another ‘If I fall on the ground,please help me!"This was the slogan held on the placards of 10 seniors,all over 70,who participated in a performance art event in a bustling downtown area of Zhengzhou,central China’s Henan Province,on December 25,2013.     

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     

China's Soft Power

正"Soft Power" is a concept developed by a Harvard University professor Joseph Nye in a 1990 book Bound to Lead:The Changing Nature of American Power to describe the ability to attract and co-opt rather than coerce,get others to want the outcomes you want.     

LETTERS

正Employment,or unemployment,will remain a big issue for Chinese leaders in the new year.But it is primarily something that the individuals concerned,rather than policymakers,must deal with.Jobs give people dignity and the means to a living.Finding good jobs in such a populous country is not easy,but where there’s a will there’s a way.There are those     

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.     

M. Noyan Rona＇s Chinese Dream

正I have been pursuing my Chinese dream for 30 years,"declared M.Noyan Rona at the International Dialogue on the Chinese Dream,held last December in Shanghai.In fluent Chinese,Rona,chief representative of the Turkish Garanti Bank’s Shanghai office,at the forum related his 30-year-long tryst with China.