More Development for Wuhan

I am from the city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq but for the last 17 years,Wuhan has been my home.That’s more than the age of my daughter,Hu Yang Abu,8,who was born in the city in Hubei Province,central China.I came to Wuhan as a PhD student on a scholarship.After getting my degree in electrical engineering at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology,I stayed on and today,I teach graduate,postgraduate and Ph D students at Wuhan University.My wife Hu Changli is a Wuhan girl,so you see the city has given me love,happiness as well as my livelihood.     

In Love with Africa

正IN 2013,Chinese President Xi Jinping recounted a story about a Chinese couple’s fondness for Tanzania in East Africa:"There was once a Chinese couple who,fascinated by images of Africa they had seen on the television,chose to go to Tanzania for their honeymoon.They were enchanted by local customs and extraordinary scenery of the wild Serengeti Plains and fell in love with the country.Back home,the young couple posted a record of their journeys on a blog,which received tens of thousands of hits and hundreds of comments.They said,‘We have fallen in love with Africa and our hearts shall never leave this wonderland."This was Li Ling’s story."I have     

RIDING THE CLOUD

<正>China embarks on big data’s journey to the west Twenty km south of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region’s capital,Hohhot,the grassland is surging with computer power.Located out here on the open steppe is the Big Data and Cloud Computing Information Park,home to 10,000Internet data center (IDC) racks that operate around the clock.     

Weaving Bamboo Dreams

On the eve of heading to Beijing for this year’s National People’s Congress(NPC),Yang Changqin,an NPC deputy born in 1990,together with her staff was racing against the clock to fill their first 2022 order.An inheritor of the intangible Chishui bamboo weaving cultural heritage,Yang managed to combine tradition with rural revitalization,making it possible for this ancient handicraft to leave the mountains of Guizhou Province and venture into the world.At her weaving base,thousands of local villagers can increase their household incomes by working from home.     

Filial Piety and Confucius

<正>"I ’ve noticed that Chinese children are very respectful to their par-ents,"I said to my friend Mr.Yang."That’s because we have a strong cultural tradition supporting filial piety.One of the most important children’s books is an ancient one-which came out of our Confucian tradition,"said Mr.Yang.     

I Witnessed Its Progress

<正>I first arrived in China in 1990 and instantly fell in love with the country.It was not as dynamic in the early 1990s as it is today.But I likened the country,its people and people’s enthusiasm to the     

My Pantheon of Chinese Teachers

正On my Chinese language learning journey,I have encountered several invaluable teachers. When I first started learning Mandarin in my native United States, I took classes at an international language center near my home.My first teacher was Fiona, an immigrant from China’s Taiwan. Fiona made it her mission to fine-tune our ears to the phonetic pitfalls of Chinese. She had a beautiful soprano voice and taught us the Chinese phonetic alphabet song.The sheet music to the song had a cartoon of a little horse clutching a microphone and singing karaoke.     

Celebrating a Shared China-Lanka History In Colombo

I was most fortunate to witness the December 15th grand opening of Sri Lanka’s new performing arts center gifted by the People’s Republic of China. The Nelum Pokuna     

Memorable Times

Spending time with my friends in their home village of Mabao, Shanxi Province, has meant that I’ve been able to directly experience the significant benefits of two important aspects of Chinese thought. One aspect is the concept of ecological civilization, enshrined in China’s Constitution, and the other is the nation’s whole-process people’s democracy.     

Medical Aid to Underdeveloped Regions

BIJIE City in Guizhou Province is one of the least developed regions in China. It is home to two dozen ethnic groups including the Yi, Miao, Bai and Gelao.I started my first job in August 1983 as a medication dispenser at the Dafang County People’s Hospital in Bijie. I have since worked in the county’s public health sector, and am     

One Project Cannot Tell All

正India’s first high-speed railway will be built in 2017using Japanese Shinkansen technology,an agreement finalized during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to India in December 2015.This 505-km route,with a total investment from Japan worth 980 billion rupees($14.68 billion),will link the Indian financial hub of Mumbai with Ahmedabad,the commercial center of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state,     

THIS WEEK

<正>SURVIVAL AT SEA Yang Liwei(center),China’s fi rst man in space who orbited the earth in 2003,undergoes sea survival training in waters off the coast of Yantai in east China’s Shandong Province on August 17.A group of astronauts comprising 16 Chinese and two Europeans—German Matthias Josef Maurer and Italian Samantha Cristoforetti—completed the training in a 17-day joint program     

The Spirit of Making Do

Ireally wanted to go home for Christmas in December. Even though I’ve lived abroad before, I’ve always managed to make it back to the United States in time for the holidays. This year, when my parents generously booked me a ticket just in time for New Year’s, I was grateful to be able to go back to the States at all.     

金竹乐队:藏在深山里的音符（英文）

正Jinzhu band is the first Miao music band and one of the China’s strongest and most valuable minority bands.Miao musician Yang Shengwen,a composer and Lusheng player,is proficient in Miao languagewhich helps to make his music creations and performances renowned at home and abroad.He has performed on various stages,given lectures on the University platform,collects folk songs in     

A Very Chinese New Year Celebration

正After living in China’s capital for close to three years,I’d like to think I’ve become fairly familiar with Beijing’s Spring Festival routine.The subways and streets become deserted as millions of out-of-towners leave for home and locals stay in to gather with friends and relatives,eat dumplings and watch the CCTV New Year’s Gala.There are hongbao envelopes and there are firecrackers.     

Come Home, My Children

<正>Xinjiang takes new initiatives to bring its children wandering in other provinces home A train from Beijing arrived at the railway station in Urumqi,capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China,on May 2. Arkbel Usuf walked off,accompanied by staff from the region’s relief management center.     

To the Roof of the World

ack home in Scotland I was a 'weekend mountaineer' -most weekends were spent climbing mountains and experiencing the great outdoors. Compared to China Scotland's mountains are small (mostly under 1000 metres high). Many times I thought I would love to see the highest in the World - the Himalayas. Recently that dream came true when I flew south from Beijing to Lhasa.     

Everything Is Collectable!

DOES the French word"chiner"(antiquing)come from the Chinese love for flea markets and antiques?Perhaps not.But it is certain that the Chinese are serious collectors and this love didn’t come from nowhere!It isn’t diffi cult to see that collecting is fashionable among Chinese,not only at home but also in America and Europe.More and more Chinese con-     

Preserving Hutong Life

While living in Beijing I had the great privilege of living in one of the city’s most beautiful hutong neighborhoods. It was the house my ex-boyfriend grew up in, and his parents were glad to rent it to me during my stay. I loved my home. I loved the sounds of the various hawkers who would roam the narrow streets in the     

In the Red

"Mr. Yang,over the week- long Chinese holiday I went to the bank to change money and then to wire some of it home,but all the offices were closed for an entire week!