Sports and Games of Old China

Football Football, or to be more exact, soccer, was first played in China in the Han Dynasty (206 BC -AD 220). Then, as now, the actual ball was made of leather, but inflated with hair and other soft fillings rather than air. That the so-called beautiful game has such a long history in the celestial kingdom may come as a sur-     

Paper-Cuts： Among China＇s Ethnic Groups

People believe that paper-cuts can bring good fortune and exorcise ghosts, can exhort for good and warn against punishment. The creative approaches include abstraction,exaggeration, repetition, symbolism, and decoration. As regards colors, they go in for red, yellow, orange, blue, and purple, red being a particular favorite. There is great stylistic variety in paper-cuts among China＇s ethnic groups.     

China＇s Ethnic Sports vs. Globalization - Chinese Scholars＇ Views on Ethnic Sports in the Process of Globalization

Examining sports from a cultural perspective rather than their technical aspect, we will see that hidden in the process of globalization is a need to discuss the special values of ethnic or traditional sports. Covered up by the socalled ＂universality＂ of sports in general, these special values determine the cultural uniqueness of China＇s ethnic sports, which is often reduced to oblivion as sports, taken as a whole,     

China＇s Ethnic Films Visualizing Diverse Cultures

<正>The First Beijing International Film Festival will presen China’s Ethnic Films Festival,including a series of activitiessuch as Beijing Ethnic Film Salon,Chi...     

Three Possibilities for Modernization of Traditional Ethnic Sports

Cultural Changes
Changes in China＇s traditional ethnic sports culture refer to a changes in the structure, pattern and style of traditional ethnic sports as a cultural system. The changes are due to an increase or decrease in the system＇s cultural content.     

China＇s Ethnic Minorities and Their Own Languages

China has56ethnic groups,who speak a total of120lan-guages.Chinese,China'sofficial language,is spokenby the Han,Hui and Manethnic groups,and all the other ethnicgroups have their own languages.About15million people speak the Zhuang lan-guage,outnumbering …     

China＇s Wellness Revolution

SEVERAL years after its publication, the Wellness Revolution remains a cult best-selling book. Its writer, businessman and motivational speaker Paul Zane Pilzer, advised investors and ama-teur stock market players that “wellness“ would be the next tril-     

China＇s Valentine＇s Day Love Affair

LIFE in China has become ever more diversified in recent years,allowing more space for Western fashion and convention. Today Valentine‘s Day and Christmas are widely celebrated, particularly among the young, who jump at every chance to party,revel and romance.     

A Traditional Chinese Wedding

DAVID is a British man who came to work as a teacher in Beijing.There he met a girl called Miss Wang, and romance soon blos-somed between the two. They decided to get married, so they firstwent through the marriage registration procedures required by Chi-nese law. That was the easy part. When it came to the ceremonyitself, the young Briton found that he had much to learn about the Chinese way,as each detail of a traditional Chinese wedding symbolizes some cultural or philo-sophical elemen…     

China’s Human Rights Cause Based on Traditional Chinese Culture

SOME Americans regard human rights as a critical issue in China-U.S. relations. Considering the different national conditions, history, cultures, social systems and developmental stages of China and the U.S., it’s quite normal that divergence or even friction about human rights arises between them. China welcomes well-intentioned advice, but resolutely opposes countries trying to interfere with her internal affairs under the pretext of protecting human rights     

Confucius： A Calling Card for China＇s Peaceful Rise

<正>on January 11,2011,a bronze statue of Confucius,nearly eight meters high,was unveiled in the northern square of China’s National Museum,which stands on the e...     

New Prospects for China＇s Economy

In recent years china has intentionally slowed down its economic growth to tacilitate sustainable growth and protect the environment.     

Tiexi Mirror： A Reflection of China＇s Rise

MANY old-generation Chinese regard Tiexi District of Shenyang City,Liaoning Province as China’s earliest industrial city,one that carried the ideals of an era.It was known as the "Ruhrg(an industrial district of Germany) of China."Tiexi District has evolved into a showcase district proudly demonstrating how China has upgraded and transformed its old industrial bases and equipment manufacturing sectors.     

China＇s West： Generating Change

OVER a century after droves of Americans were heading to the western states to seek out new opportunities, the Chinese government launched its own campaign to put Western China onto a fast development track. By 2010, thanks to the Western Development Program, the pace of economic growth there overtook that of the eastern coastal region to become a new economic engine in China.     

China＇s Year of Russia

THE year 2006 in China is dedicated to Russia, and 2007 will be Russia's Year of China. Both countries are to host a wide range of cultural activities aimed at promoting mutual understanding between the Chinese and Russian peoples. Gap in Cultural Communications Li Qiang, a 22-year-old English ma-     

A Young Arab＇s Dream：Prosperity in China

正AT the opening ceremony of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum last June,President Xi Jinping mentioned a Jordanian businessman who settled in Yiwu,a coastal city in Zhejiang Province."The rapid development of relations between China and Arab countries drew their peoples together,"Xi remarked."There is a Jordanian,Muhannad,in Yiwu where Arabic businesspeople congregate.He set up an Arabic restaurant,and prospered along with the city.He has since married a Chinese woman and settled in China.An ordinary young Arab,weav-