Sustaining Spending

正Increased income has inspired a consumption boom Huang Mei,a migrant worker from Sichuan Province now living in Beijing,is satisfied with her income. She earns 3,000 yuan($473) per month as a cleaner in a department and an additional 2,000 yuan($316) from household cleaning. "Although I have to work long hours,I am happy to earn 5,000 yuan($790) a month. As far as I know my income was even higher     

Power and Pomp

An exhibit!on of 260 invaluable jade objects collected from 17 museums and institutions across M China opened at the Palace Museum in Beijing on July 16, celebrating UNESCCXs tribute to a 5,000-year-old Chinese culture. Liangzhu and Ancient China: The 5,000-Year Civilization Demonstrated byJade exhibits jadwares from Liangzhu, an ancient city that flourished 5,000 years ago near what is today Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, in east China.     

Chinese Civilization Goes Beyond 10,000 Years

CHINAisanancientcountrywithasplendidcivilizationandahistoryof5,000years.AllthepeopleoftheChinesenationaredescendantsofthelegendaryYellowEmperorAlmostallChinesehistorybookspublishedsofarindicatetheaboveview.However,someChinesescholarshavediscoveredthatthisviewpointdoesnottallywithhistoricalfacts.InDecember1998,historiansfrombothsidesoftheTaiwanStraitsinitiatedaproposalofrewritingancientChinesehistory.Morethan100scholarssignedtheProposal,includingJiXianlin,ShiShiandMaYaofromtheChinesema…     

Ningxia: Challenge, Dream and Accomplishment

NingxiaHuiAutonomousRegion,amosaicofhistoryandlandscapes,isinhabitedbyseveralethnicgroups.ApartofChina'spoorwest,theregionisnowstrivingandcooperatingwiththewell-developedeasttomakeits.visionofparadiseareality.Themorethan2millionHuipeoplewholiveinNingxiaattendregularservicesatthe3,000mosquesscatteredacrosstheregion.People,NatureandHistoryAsometimesharshrealilyspurshumancreativityTHEHuipeopleareoneofthetenminoritiesinChinawhoarefollowersofIslam,andNingxiahasthelargestHuipopulationinthecou…     

The Origin of a City

正Testament to 3,000 years of Beijing triggers further exploration of the city's civilization Beijing has long been hailed as one of the oldest cities in the world—up to 3,000 years old. Controversies have lingered regarding the origins of this capital city. However, once people see the archaeological evidence in Liulihe with their own eyes, they will never have another doubt about this long history.     

Xiamen,a Beautiful Port City

XIAMEN is a beautiful coastalcity in the southeast Chineseprovince of Fujian. It features mild climate, beautiful natural scenery and pleasant environment. Thus Xiamen is well knownas a tourist city.Archaeological discoveriesprove that there were humanactivities in Xiamen more than3,000 years ago, and writtenTang Dynasty (618-907). Afterthe Opium War (1840-1842) inthe Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 ),Xiamen and four other cities(Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Ningboand Shanghai) were opened upas treaty p…     

Macao: A Bridge Between East and West

JIXIANLIN,awell-establishedscholarwithBeijingUniversity,oncecommentedinanarticlethat"Chinain5,000yearshasexperiencedseveralhightidesinculturalexchange,thelastandmostimportantofwhichwastheintroductionofWesternculturethroughMacaoattheendofthedingandthebeginingoftheQingDynasty."ThefirstdisselninatorsofWesterncultureattheendofthedingDynastywerethePortugUesewhohadsettledinMacao.Thisobservation,puttingMacaoinapositionofpre-eminenceincultUralexchangebetweenEastandWest,wasrepeatedlyverifieddu…     

Archeological Wonder

正On March 19,archeologists of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) announced in Beijing that they had discovered nearly 3,000 Buddha statues dating back to the Eastern Wei Dynasty (534-550) and the Northern Qi Dynasty(550577) at the Yecheng Relics Site.Yecheng is a     

2002平遥国际摄影大展印象

Twoorthreedecadesago,noonecouldrememberthisplace,butwhichisnowabignamebothathomeandabroadforitsdown-homefolkways,itsunso-phisticatedcustoms,itssimpleMing-stylearchitectures.ItisnoneotherthanPingyao,anancientcityinShanxi.NinetykilometerssouthofTaiyuan,theancientcityofPingyao,alongwiththeancientcityofLijianginYunnan,istreasuredasthemostperfectlypreservedoldcityinChina.AnditwasdesignatedbytheUnitedNationsasaworldculturalheritage.LastSeptember,Pingyaowasoveranightpackedwith5,000pro-fessionala…     

A Recollection of the Splendor of the Tang Dynasty

THE Tang Dynasty (618-907), covering a period of289 years, was not a longone in relation to China's5,000-year civilization. It isnonetheless considered to be thegreatest dynasty of ancient China.During its zenith of 140 years(618-765), the Tang Dyussty notonly ushered China into a periodof unprecedented developmentand prosperity, but also con-tributed to the development andprogress of humankind as awhole.The Chinese people are particularly proud of their two mostresplendent dynastic period…     

NEWS BRIEFS

BeijingCapitalAirportExpansionGoesSmoothlyThe9.2-billion-yuanexpansionoftheBeijingCapitalAirportiswellunderwayMajorstructuresconnectedtotheexistingterminalhavebeenfinishedatthenewH-shapedairport.Theterminalneedsmorethan230metersofbridgesandnearly2,300metersofroadstobecomplete.TheenlargedairportwillbeoperationalbyOctober1,1999.Theexpansionincludesanewterminalbuildingwithafloorspaceof268,000squaremeters,aparkinggarageformorethan5,000cars,a22,000-square-metercargoarea,and480,000squaremeterso…     

Century Dialogue:New vs. Old, China vs. the West

CHINA,acountrywithacivilizationof5,000years,hasaccumulatedawealthofheritage,comprisingbothessenceanddross.Atdifferenttimesandinthecontextofvarioussocial,economicandpoliticalsituations,essencehasbeenregardedasdross,anddrossasessence.Historyadvancesgraduallywithinthesecycles.Humanity,withitsmanyracesandnations,iscomposedofnumeroussocialandculturalforms,bothprogressiveandbackward.Theculturalconceptsofvariousnationsandracessometimesclashandsometimesblend,butultimatelypromotehumancommunicationand…     

Promoting China-Africa Cultural Exchanges in the 21 st Century

CHINA'S5,000yearsofbrilliantcultureisfamoustheworldoverforitsprofoundorientalessence,longandeventfulhistory,anduniquestyle.TheAfricancontinent,too,isproudofitsrichandcolorfulheritage,andtimehonoredculturaltraditions.TheAfricanpeoplehavedevelopedtheirsplendidcultureandartthroughoutthehistoryoftheirhugecontinent,settingforththedistinctivefeaturesandbeautyoftheAfricancivilization.FromOctober24to25,2000,theSymposiumonChina-AfricaCulturalExchangesintheNewCentury,sponsoredbyChina'sMinistryof…     

Tourist Attraction

Ametropolissurroundedbyscenicwonders.THEculturalheritageofChongqingsinksitsrootsintherichsoilof3,000yearsofhistoryRemainsfoundatLonggupoonMquntWushowthathumanpresenceintheareagoesbackatleast2ndllionyears.TherepresentativepaleolithicandneolithicculturesweretheDaxi(totheeast)andTongliang(tothewest).TheBayuculturedevelopedatthesiteofpresent-dayChongqingandtheBaPeoplearetheancestorsoftoday'sChongqingnese.Chongqingishometo4nationalscenicandhistoricareas,7majorhistoricalsitesunderstateprotec-t…     

Out with the Old？

Some threads of an intricate cultural web spun by 5,000 years of love, family, and marriage hold strong today. Others are starting to weaken.     

For a World Without Leprosy

INthe21stcentury,leprosywillbeelindnated—sodeclaredthelatestgatheringoftheworld'stopexpertsonthisdevastatingdiseaseontheoccasionofthe15thInternationalLeprosyConferenceheldinBeijinginthesummerof1998.ThefirstsuchconferencewasheldinBerlinin1897andeversinceefforts"tocreateaworldwithoutleprosy"havecontinuedunabated.LeprosyisoneoftheoldestinfectiousdiseasesafflictingmankindandinChinarecordedcasesgoback3,000years.Thesufferingitcausedwasimmenseandforagesleprosybasicallywentuntreated,leadingtoperma…     

Stories Related to Project Hope

EDUCATIONandchildrenarealwaysafocusofconcern.Sinceitwasputintopractice,ProjectHopehasreceivedapositiveresponsefrompeopleofallwalksoflifeathomeandabroad.Therearemanymovingstories.Herewehavechosenseveralforourreaders.DengXiaoping,HisFamilyMembersandProjectHopeOnJune10,1992acarstoppedatthefrontgateoftheChinaYouthDevelopmentFoundation(CYDF)inHouyuanensiLane,Beijing.Twomencameoutofthecar,donated3,000yuananddidnotwanttowritedowntheirnames.Whenstaffworkersinsistedthattheysaywhotheywere,t…     

Reconnecting a House Divided

China's 5,000-year-old civilization has left a huge cultural legacy.The Beijing-based Palace Museum,which was estab-lished in 1925,     

JOB INFORMATION

Teaching Vacancies: Lanzhou Jiaotong University in Gansu Province is seeking English teachers, French teachers, business teachers and finance and economics teachers. They offer 4,000-5,000 yuan as monthly salary for teaching 14 to 16 periods per week. A travel allowance of 1,400 yuan, paid vacation, round airfare and free accommodation are offered. The contract is from September 1,2006, to July 20, 2007. Please contact us by email at shunli@mail.lzjtu.cn, or     

A Dragon Soaring into the Sky

LOCATEDintheutmostnortheastofChina,HeilongjiangProvinceisbestknownasaworldoficeandsnow.Itsnamemightalsoevokeimagesofadustyoldindustrialbase,orlargestretchesofdesolateland,butafterourinterviewwithSongFatang,governorofHeilongjiangProvince,andourlatertouraroundtheprovince,wefoundaHeilongjiangtotallyremovedfromsuchassumptions.Theprovincegetsitsnamefromthebiggestriverinitsterritory,theHeilongRiver(BlackDragonRiver).Sharingaboundarylineofover3,000kilometerswithRussiainthenorthandeast,Heilong…