TIME KEEPER

At the age of 87,Chen Zonglie,a retired photographer of Beijing Review,still has a vivid memory of the feudal past in Tibet in southwest China where people lived in inhuman conditions.He remembers the dirty bullpens where the serfs were herded for rest only at midnight and the scenes where children fought with wild dogs for scraps of food.     

Mysterious Tibet

At the center of the earth lies Tibet, where rivers originate from towering snow mountains, where soil is clean and unsullied, where people are brave and kind-hearted... - Quoted from ancient documents found in Dunhuang Grottoes     

Nanxiong,Autumn Fairy Tale of the South

NANXIONG,a county-level city in northeastern Guangdong Province,is where I was born.In my dreams,I often return to this town of my childhood,where there is no hustle and bustle of the city life,but tranquil streets,murmuring rivers and lush grasslands,all bathed in sunshine.I have had the impulse to go back many times.But on starting to pack,fear of urbanization and the changes it would make to the hometown of my dreams and memory have stopped me.     

Tunnel Vision Begone

正Through expert eyes: why and how the CPC works in China The city of Shanghai is where the Communist Party of China(CPC) first embarked on its 100-year-long voyage. The Memorial for the Site of the First National Congress of the CPC in Shanghai, and the replica of the red boat, where the meeting announcing the founding of the CPC was concluded on Nanhu Lake of Zhejiang Province,     

On the PRC＇s 60^th Anniversary

On October 1,2009, the People＇s Republic of China celebrated its 60th birthday with a grand military parade and an extravagant civilian pageant in Tian＇anmen Square. Birthdays are a time to look back on your journey, at where you stand today, and where you are going. It was an occasion of justified joy and pride in our nation.     

Turning Deserts to Oases

Miracles are occurring in northwest China where stretches of deserts are turning green with thriving trees and luxurious grass. Decades of efforts have resulted in triumph in the battle against desertification and China has not only achieved the UN sustainable development goal of zero net land degradation by 2030 well ahead of schedule, but also reversed the trend of desertification and sandification.     

Paintings in Seclusion

THE modern metropolis is full of noise, and hustling bustling people who know neither where they come from nor where they are going, Blinkeredness may be a suitable way of describing the lives of urban residents. Even the city sky has a depressive color. But the colors in a painting can in some way bring an element of vitality to the monotony of urban life. Zhang Li creates his tranquil, and secluded world from amidst the noisy urban life,     

A Proper Solution to Capital Outflows

<正>The recently issued guideline on further regulating outbound direct investment specifies sectors where outbound direct investment is encouraged and also tightens control of investment in the sectors of real estate,hotels,entertainment,sports and casinos.The sectors where outbound investment is tightened or banned are hot spots pursued by Chinese capital in recent years.Some Chinese     

Wang Guangmei＇s Personal Photo Album （Ⅱ）— The Family Life of the First Lady

WANG Guangmei and Liu Shaoqi married in a small village called Xibaipo in Hebei Province, where the Central Commit- tee of the Communist Party of China made its headquarters. The wedding was very simple. The bridal chamber consisted of two simple adobe rooms - Liu Shaoqi＇s office and bedroom - and was furnished with a wooden bed,     

Chongqing Reviving

Chongqing's economy has withstood the global financial chill and looks to growth Thousands of cargo ships are busy loading and unloading goods in front of Chaotianmen Square Dock,where the Yangtze and Jialingjiang rivers meet.     

Zhabei District of Shanghai——A Dream of Its Own

SHANGHAI owes its birth and prosperity to the mighty Yangtze River that enters the sea where the city perches on China’s east coast;the emergence and ascendance of its Zhabei District is also bound into river legends and became part of an historic epoch in national industry.Located in the northern part of the city,Zhabei is home to a growing number of iconic landmarks,buildings and neighborhoods.     

Enhancing Vocational Skills

Diarra Boubacar is the first non-Chinese postdoctoral fellow in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).The Malian was bom into a family of doctors in 1964.With his passion for the complex and intriguing field of traditional medicine,Boubacar pursued his master's degree at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine,in Guangdong Province,south China,and doctoral degree in Chengdu University of TCM in Sichuan Province in southwest China,where he learned from masters.     

Drive to Make the Consumer King

正Protection of consumers'rights improves with amended laws and technology By Li XiaoyangBurger King China was recently in hot water in Nanchang,Jiangxi Province in east China,where some of its stores were accused of using expired ingredients,according to an annual consumer rights program broadcast by China Central Television on July 16.Initiated in 1991 to expose problems and malpractices in the domestic market,the     

Keeping the Legend of the Fish Skin Tribe Alive

BEFORE synthetic fibers were invented and their prices were brought down within the reach of the populace, people clothed themselves with the natural materials available in the surroundings where they lived and worked everyday. These vary from bark of trees to hide of animals. In the case of the Hezhens, an ethnic group in northeastern China, it is fish dermis. The Hezhens live in the plains along the Heilong, Songhua and Wusuli rivers in northeastern China. With a popula-     

Does Government's Waiving of Court Fees Interfere in the Judicial Process?

It isn’t often that officialdom helps fi-nance a businessperson’s court fees in a lawsuit where it is the accused.But that is exactly what happened in Chenghua District Chengdu,capital of Sichuan Province,where the local government recently took the sur-prising action of assisting plaintiff and auto parts manufacturer Gu Kui in fighting a court battle to sue itself.     

Innovation ina New Era

正As has been the case in recent years,innovation will be both a major theme and preoccupation for China in 2018,given even more importance after pronouncements by Xi Jinping,General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC),in his report at the19th National Congress of the CPC in October 2017,where he spoke of the shape of the new era and the     

Scientific research requires patience——An interview with Charles Hard Townes,Nobel laureate

Charles Hard Townes was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on July 28, 1915. the son of Henry Keith Townes, an attorney, and Ellen (Hard) Townes. He attended the Greenville public schools and then Furman University in Greenville, where he completed the requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in physics and the Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages, graduating summa cum laude in 1935, at the age of 19. Physics had fascinated him since his first course in the     

Fossil Fanatic

THE western part of China's Liaoning Province. known in former times as Rehe, is the birthplace of Neolithic Hongshan Culture. About 100 million years ago, it was a vast forest and wildlife habitat where repeated volcanic eruptions buried swaths of flora and fauna over millennia. The resultant fossils constitute a record of the region's pre-history. Li Yuezhuo, born and bred in the     

Human Rights Research Methods in Social Science

<正>Introduction and Motivation Legal science and philosophy are two of the most important disciplines in the i eld of human rights research,both of them assuming different roles and functions in human rights analysis.Scholars can discuss or debate from a philosophical perspective such as where the ideology of human rights comes from,what the ontology of human rights is and whether people could legitimate human rights claims on the basis of     

Xuzhou—the "Athens of the Orient"

正LOCATED at the junction where north meets south and between Beijing and Shanghai,Xuzhou City boasts a long history,rich culture and gorgeous landscape.Its reputation as a famous Chinese historical and cultural city attracts tourists from far and wide.Wondrous Culture of the Chu and Han Dynasties Xuzhou has a history of over 6,000 years and was established as a city about 2,600 years ago.It is the hometown of Peng Zu,legendary figure in Chinese history,the place where Liu Bang,first emperor of the Han Dynasty,was born and the former