Taipingnanlu street -the old business street in Nanjing

The old commercial street of Taiping Southern Road has a length of 2,040 meters. Its original name is Taiping Road and has been a very famous commercial street in the ancient city of Nanjing. As one of the most famous old commercial streets in Nanjing, its business advantages are at the top of the trade because its geographical superiority is better than any others. It is adjacent to the Daxing Palace in its north, the Fuzi Temple is in its south, and the     

So Kashgar

The discrete charms of a Silk Road city’s old district Called "the best-preserved example of a traditional Islamic city to be found anywhere in central Asia"by American architect and historian George Michell, the old city of Kashgar is a vital cultural intersection on     

LET IT ALL HANG OUT

正Xiamen offers plentiful opportunities to foreigners eager to start anew Shapowei is a hidden gem nestling off the old harbor and the sheltered dock next to Xiamen University.Once strewn with decrepit buildings and disused factories, the heart of old Xiamen would have become a shadow of its former self had it not been rediscovered. Shapowei’s heart is now pulsing vigorously, thanks to a new generation     

Leading the Way for Minorities

TIANDONG County is an old town in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It has a territory of 2,816 sq km, a population of 397,000, and is situated in the Youjiang River Valley in the western part of the autonomous region.     

Grand Hotel Beijing Fulfill your fantasy - live like a Chinese emperor at the Grand Hotel Beijing

EEST of the ForbiddenCity, the Grand HotelBeijing is walking dis-tance from the PalaceMuseum, Tian' anmen Squareand Wangfujing shoppingprecinct. There is a magnificentview of old imperial Beijingfrom its roof garden. One of the world's tophotels, the Grand Hotel Beijingis a joint venture between theBeijing Tourism Group and Dr.     

One Man＇s Junk Viewing garbage as a misplaced resource and a business opportunity

Anarrow path skirts the green belt along the Jingmi Canal and ends in a big courtyard one kilometer from the Summer Palace, a famous tourist attraction in Beijing. It seems to be a different world from what we find in other parts of the urban district. This courtyard is a junkyard. Various types of scrap are piled in rows scores of meters long： old fumiture, old garments, old electric appliances, scrap paper, scrap metals,     

Home,not Asylum

Respecting the old and cherishing the young is one of the Chinese traditional virtues, and China has worked hard to build a large number of homes for the elderly. In some areas, however, the old people are reluctant to move into local gerocomium because they think that these places are like an asylum, or even a prison for the aged, and they feel nothing home there. However, the home for the elderly we visited in August 2010, was a totally different story.     

Special Stamps:Ceramics

On June 12, 2001 the Chinese and Belgian Post Offices jointly issued a special set of two stamps on the theme of ceramics, comprising a picture of a painted pottery vase and afamille-rose pot.The painted salamander patterned pottery vase, over 5,on years old. is part of theGansu Provincial Museum collection .Its shape, color,and pattern are representative of Neolithic Age aesthetics. The famille-rose pot was produced in Jingdezhen in the QingDynasty and is an example of the zenith of Chi…     

Grand Hotel Beijing

EEST of the Forbidden City, the Grand Hotel Beijing is walking distance from the Palace Museum, Tian‘anmen Square and Wangfujing shopping precinct. There is a magnificent wiew of old imperial Beijing from its roof garden.     

Striking a Chord in China

CHINESE music is as old as Chinese civilization. Traditional music is based on the pentatonic scale, and is melodic instead of harmonic. Despite the sheer dominance of Han culture, it is in fact a synthesis of the music of other nations that reveals the intricacies of influence by different ethnic groups. This explains the smooth transparency of violin music in China.     

Strutting Her Stuff

Hip-hop granny rolls back the years to prove that with passion,anything is possible Who says hip hop belongs to the teenagers? In China,more and more seniors are choosing this trendy dance style as a way to keep fit,rather than the more serene move- ments of taiji or ballroom dancing in the parks. Wu Ying is one of them.The 71-year- old Wu is the founder of a granny hip-hop dance team in Beijing,whose participants are in their 60s.Wu is the oldest in the team.In their loose modern outfits and hair wrapped in bandanas,these old ladies are     

A Tour of the Mountain and Folk Music

Every spring and summer, farmers and herders, the old and young in Gansu, Qinghai, and other provinces in northwest China look forward to their grand folk music fair. In those areas, taking a tour of the mountain is called langshan and singing traditional folk songs is called man huar. Touring the mountain to the music fair is ＂a must see＂ for all the local people!     

Speech at the Symposium on Sino-Japanese Relations

Today, we are very happy to behere at the Symposium onSino-Japanese Relations with ourJapanese friends headed by YasueKatori, old friend of the Chinesepeople and adviser to the JapanFoundation. We have a commonaim, that is together to build last-ing and stable Sino-Japanese rela-tions of friendship and coopera-tion and to usher in a peaceful and     

An ancient street in Gaochun

In the southwest corner of East China's Jiangsu Province, Gaochun County lies in the southern out skirts of the provincial capital Nanjing, just a one and a half hour ride to downtown Nanjing.The county is famous for its "old street" or "No 1 ancient street in Jinling", which is located to the west of Gucheng Lake and to the south of the Guanxi River.Gaochun is a commercial centre dating back to the fifth century AD, with Chunxi Town being the local government seat of the county.     

The Primacy of Food

China has an old saying ＂food is heaven,＂ meaning food is the most primal need of mankind. It is not difficult to understand that keeping people sufficiently well fed has direct relevance to lasting peace and order in a nation, thereby making it the top priority of any administration. This is particularly true in the case of China, which is a traditionally agrarian country with a massive population.     

Seeds of Change

正New plan lays down targets for modernizing agriculture and upgrading rural industries As a child, Qin Jing used to watch his father and other family elders grow mushrooms to make a living in the 1990 s. Now 37 years old, he is the general manager of a mushroom processing and sales company in Suixian, a county under the city of Suizhou in Hubei Province, central China.Suizhou is one of the leading mushroom-growing regions. Qin has witnessed     

SPINNING THE WHEELS

<正>An old Chinese icon,the bicycle,has made a top-gear comeback on the wings of hi-tech About three decades ago,the bicycle was a national icon of China,and China was dubbed the"bicycle kingdom."Now the contraption is back on the streets but in a chic and smart way.     

Tianjing Hi-tech Industrial Park

TIANJIN is North China‘s biggest industrial and commercial city,and is economic center of the Bohai Bay area.It is also a comprehensive trade port,encompassing the laregest container wharf in North China.An old industrial base,the city has convenient transportation,the latest technology and ample human resources.     

HOTEL INFORMATION

The Legendale Hotel Beijing The Legendale Hotel Beijing has of-ficially opened its doors.Set to become an instant sensation, the platinum five-star hotel is the epitome of European elegance and luxury.Occupying a prime position in the heartof town, the 390-room hotel is ideally locat-ed to make the most of both old and new     

A Model Plan Unites Young and Old

HUGGING the western shore of Honghu Lake, Wangyuan is a village that appears to be preoccupied with aquaculture.It is also preoccupied with aging. Technology has transformed traditional fishing into aquatic farming, and likewise, social transformation is changing the habit of saving for old age. Residents are replacing the household hiding place with the publicly managed pension fund, and the bank with a type of community credit union. They did so via some pretty clever problem-solving with respect to regulations governing private and public loans.