Shining a Light on Depression

正As recently as a few decades ago,few Chinese had so much as heard of the mental disorder,depression.Many who suffer from the condition,along with their families and their communities,are still not well informed about it;as a result,few of those afflicted visit hospitals to address their sadness or dour moods.Today,recognition of this psychological disorder is spreading across China.Depression is now considered a major     

China through the Movies: A Montage of Cinematic Images—The 17th Beijing Student Film Festival

<正>In 1895,when the Lumiere brothers unveiled their short movie of a train arriving at a station,audiences were practically scared out of their seats by its veracity.Since that time,the moving picture developed by the brothers has been regarded as an epoch-making event in man's documentary history,and the scene of the train pulling into the station as marking the origin of the cinema technology.     

Daur Houses in Daxinganling Prefecture

The Daur ethnic group were early settlers in the Daxing＇anling area, and developed their own style of domestic architecture based on the natural environment and their life experience. Daur villages are quite spread out, with as few as a dozen and as many as a hundred households in each. In a typical Daur village, the houses stand in lines, kitchen gardens lie next to crop fields, and its streets are well ordered.     

How to Adopt a Child from China

Foreigners who want to adopt a child from China should present the documents listed below, through their government or an adoption organization entrusted by their government, to a Chinese government empowered adoption organization. These documents should be notarized by the foreign affairs office of their country, or an organization it so empowers, as well as by the Chinese embassy or consulate in their country. These documents include:     

问玉昆仑(英文)

<正>If there is a deity in a mountain,the ancients believed,jade is to be found there as well.The ideal location for this semiprecious stone will include the embrace of nearby fast-flowing rivers,for jade requires an environment of both rock and water as well as and the hastiness of people making their homes close by.All these are     

Election Aftermath

In the U.S.midterm elections on November 2,Republicans obtained a majonty in the House of Representatives and the ruling Democrats barely retained their majortity in the Senate.The result created a Congress with more restraints,as well as a weakened president,and means a bigger challenge for future US.diplomacy.     

CHINA＇ S POLICY TOWARD ETHNIC GROUPS AND THEIR COMMON PROSPERITY（Part Five）

Ⅶ. Fostering Cadres and Talented People of Ethnic Minorities
Cadres and talented people of ethnic minorities are their outstanding elements. These people are well acquainted with their ethnic languages, histories, traditions and customs as well as their local political, economic and cultural characteristics. They serve as a bridge between the government and ethnic minorities. The situation of minority cadres and talented people indicates the development level of ethnic minorities. For a long period of time,     

从雅安到拉萨 茶叶天路之旅（英文）

<正>Though colonial sea trade popularized tea all over the world,the Tibetans have been drinking it much longer than most.In fact,the beginnings of tea as a necessity of their daily life is one of the tepic of their legends.One legend has it that the king of Tibet was afflicted with a strange disease that could not be cured,though several methods were tried.One day,when the king     

Witnesses to Reform and Opening-up

Humble Beginnings When Lin Mingyue and Fan Zeng- sheng made the decision to leave the U.S. for China's mainland 26 years ago their friends were at a loss as to why they should choose to exchange their large house and family car for a poky apartment, a push bicycle and a public transportation in as yet underdeveloped Shanghai. Many of these incredulous friends, however, have since followed the couple's example and also settled in Shanghai. Lin made her first visit to the munici- pality in 1…     

西海固的梦想

<正>In 2005,I,with eight schoolmates from Xiamen University,went to Xihaigu in Ningxia to be a supporting teacher for a year..This is intended to tell a western China what I have seen and experienced as well as authentic stories about the children in bitter pursuit of their ideals on the plateau.     

黑水城:大漠中的传奇（英文）

<正>Once upon a time,travelers made a stop at Ejin near the oasis on their way to the Silk Road.Also known as Ejina,or as"Yijinai"in Mongolian,the banner Ejin was close to Juyan Lake.The words of Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei,well-known to most Chinese,relate the area's mystique,recounting smoke rising into the Great Desert's evening sky.     

Off the Chinese Press

Stat Assets Protection stressedDuring the restructuring of the state sector inrecent years, some enterprises distributed stateassets freely to their staff as an incentive.The central government is concerned thatsuch a practice will endanger attempts to reformstate-owned enterprises and build accountableand transparent business structures.Enterprises give out state assets in a varietyof ways. Some companies distribute state assetsto their staff as complimentary shares or sellshares to their st…     

WEEKLY WATCH

OPINION Costly Education As a rule, the more families spend on education, the more developed a society is. In developed countries, families usually spend less than 10 percent of their incomes on children's education, but this can be as high as 32.6 percent for rural Chinese families, according to a recent survey. Parents' traditional high expectations of their children are partly responsible for this. Despite the staggering costs of education, par-     

A New Chapter

Bookstores turn the page online to survive Previously known as One-Way Street,OWSpace is a bookstore chain whose sprawling stores in Beijing are among the city’s cultural hubs.To celebrate World Book Day,April 23,it started a novel 360-hour live-streaming program on April 14 on four platforms,including Douyin,the popular videosharing app known as TikTok overseas.Through the program,viewers can learn about the bookstores,their products and activities on offer while writers can introduce their new books and tell their personal stories.     

THE SINO-FRENCH ONNECTION

正Reflections on a half-century of diplomatic relations between China and France The year 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of official Sino-French relations.On January 27,1964,Beijing and Paris announced the start of their diplomatic relationship.Described by some as a"diplomatic nuclear explosion,"the event came as a shock to the     

WORLD

<正>SYRIA A man waves a Syrian national flag as a convoy of opposition fighters left the city of Aleppo during an evacuation operation on December 22,2016.Government forces took full control of the city after the evacuation NEPAL Elephants enjoy their favorite food during the 13th Elephant Festival in Sauraha,a     

From Lullaby to Requiem

The Kirghiz love folk songs. As infants, they listen to their mothers singing lullabies and learn to sing folk songs as they themselves get a little older. They use songs to express their feelings to their sweethearts, to sing their joys and sorrows, their loves and hates, to say goodbye to the living and a final farewell to the dead. When someone dies,     

NATO War Machine Destabilizes the World

<正>Within the global context,rather than within a narrow European one,the war in Ukraine is a geopolitical proxy war between the U.S.and Russia.Since their coup and regime change operation in Ukraine in 2014,the U.S.and its NATO allies have built up Ukraine’s military capability.This build-up included weapons as well as training so that Ukraine essentially became integrated into the NATO system without being an official member of the alliance.     

Abusing National Privilege

As U.S. mortgage finance giants-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-try to sell their huge backlog of foreclosed homes, they face foreclosures themselves as the U.S. Government contemplates cutting their government-backed support as indicated by a white paper issued by the Obama administration in February. Zhang Monan, an associate research fellow with the State Information Center, said the downfall of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is the result of abuses of privileges the two companies have enjoyed since their inception.     

Wrestling With the Press

<正>U.S.President Trump’s adversarial media relations look set to continueU.S.presidents have vented their frustration at the media for just about as long as the nation has existed."Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper,"Thomas Jefferson,the third president and chief author of the U.S.Declaration of Independence,wrote in a letter to an editor in 1807.President