Restoring Faith

Life in Lhasa returns to normal after violent riots It was 7:30 p.m.on March 26.Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region and a world-famous tourist attraction,was unnaturally quiet.Many stores and res- taurants had alreadv locked their doors. There was little traffic and few pedestrians on the streets.From time to time a police car cruised by on patrol."I was so afraid when I saw the bad     

Kiss and Tell

The leak of video footage from a subway monitoring system onto the Internet has caused concern about the use of public surveillance systems Accidents happen on the Internet from time to time.This time the trigger was a video.A Chinese couple,vid- eotaped hugging and kissing on a     

A private translation Company Contracted for the Beijing Olympics

AS a former official of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, Jiang Xiaolin knew everything there was to know about state-owned enterprises and real estate operations. But after a career spent in public service, he decided the time was right to strike out on his own. ＂We all feel sometimes that we can do a job better ourselves, that we can turn a lawn into a garden on our own,＂ Jiang said. So in 2005 he seized on the greatest opportunity of his career.     

Diverse Charms of Movie Icons over Time

POPULAR opinion on ideal feminine beauty and masculine good looks was a deciding factor for decades on which actors/actresses were most successful. The looks and roles of these movie icons reflected the prevailing values and attitudes of the time towards love and romance. Today, a broader appreciation of beauty has engendered a constellation of film celebrities, each attractive in their distinct way.     

Willing and Able

正E-commerce unveils business opportunities for people with disabilities There was a time when Gao Mengwen felt her life was a cruel twist of fate.The26-year-old native of Hangzhou,in east China’s Zhejiang Province,has had cerebral palsy since birth and can move around only in a wheelchair.One of her biggest fears for several years was how she could earn a living and not be a financial burden on others.It was technol-     

The Garden of Festival of Pure Brightness on the River-The ancient Disneyland in China

The annual chrysanthemum festival was held as scheduled in Kaifeng on October 28th, 1998. There was all in bloom and was full of tourists in this city that day.It was also the time to open the Garden of Festival of Pure Brightness on the River. Huge crowd of tourists seemed to be driven by a sort of great charm and moved into this fascinating place. All of them wanted to get the wonderful feeling that once they enter into this garden place, the place will take them back thousands of years in time.     

A Day of Remembrance Ritual for ancestors becomes national mourning for lives lost to the novel coronavirus outbreak

Zhang Yupeng was standing on his balcony in Nanjing,Jiangsu Province in east China,waiting for the clock to strike 10 on April 4.It was the day of Qingming Festival,the traditional time to remember one's ancestors and other departed souls and pay respects to them.Sharp at10 a.m.,air raid sirens started wailing while the traffic on the road below him came to a standstill,with the drivers sounding their horns.     

Welcome to China By Joseph Halvorson

Iarrived in Beijing late on a Friday night.After rough weather cancelled my connecting flight in the United States,I was given a non-stop ticket to Tokyo.My seat was upgraded on both planes,totaling a smooth 21 hours of travel time.I went through customs with no difficulty and my luggage arrived safely. Something wasn't right.Traveling is never this easy.     

Underground experience

The very first time I attempted to negotiate a fulu(service road),I feared for my life. And that was just trying to cross the thing. Having slept off my jetlag, I staggered out of a Beijing hotel and onto the road. It was dark. Unlit bikes flew past in the shadows. A car shot up the fulu in the wrong direction. There were a hundred people marching up the road, and a hundred more scurrying down. It was chaos on the boulevards, and it was scary. My head twisted from left to right and back ag…     

Milking It

How franchisers like Dairy Queen and KFC are sweetening their way into the hearts of China's consumers. MINNESOTA Governor Timothy Pawlenty was reminded of the lush meadows and dairy farms of home on a recent visit to downtown Beijing. The jowly governor of one of America's farming centers was taking down time from his China trade mission on a dusky November Sunday afternoon at the Oriental Plaza Dairy Queen, a stone's throw from Tian'anmen Square. Dairy Queen. which is headquartered in Minneapolis, capital of the governor's home state of Minnesota, had just announced a string of deals across China and the governor was toasting his subjects' success with, what else, a milkshake.