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Hu Jintao congratulates Xi Jinping (right) at the fourth plenary meeting of the rst session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, March 14, 2013. Xi was elected president of the People’s Republic of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC at the NPC session on March 14, 2013. Xinhua     

The Sports Gala

As the Olympic flag was taken over by Rio de Janeiro at the closing ceremony on the night of August 12,the London 2012 Olympic Games wrapped up with a lively carnival party.Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee(IOC),said in his address at the closing ceremony that the 30th Olympic Games were "happy and glorious."     

The Piano in a Factory: A People’s Film Pick

FOR a whole year one Chinese film has stood out in the minds of the media and critics. The Piano in a Factory won leading actor Wang Qianyuan the Best Actor award at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2010; in June 2011, it won a series of awards at the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival, and in September 2011 it also won the Huabiao Film Award. What astonishes everyone is that the total production cost was only RMB 6 million, a triumph that hints at what a nightmare the shooting was. At one point, director Zhang Meng had only RMB 47 in his pocket. He called on friends backstage to loan him money and walked out a minute later shouting "Ready, start!" as if everything was OK.     

No Child’s Play

All-out efforts needed to shield minors from gaming disorder As a doctor in a psychiatric hospital in north Beijing,Liu Huaqing has witnessed how Internet addiction shatters the life of children and their families.One of his patients at the Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital was a 12-year-old boy who had not been to school since November 2020.Instead,he stayed at home,glued to his smartphone for more than15 hours a day,playing games and watching short videos.He often went to bed at 3 or 4 a.m.and stopped following the most basic daily hygiene routine such as brushing his teeth or taking a shower.     

The Premier's Concerns

As an annual routine,the Chinese premier meets the press after the closing ceremony of each year's session of the National People's Congress (NPC).Wen Jiabao, who was appointed to a second five-year term as premier at the First Session of the 11th NPC, answered questions from domestic and foreign journalists on March 18. Premier Wen's main points follow.     

Beijing Ox Street in the Eyes of Muslims

Around a 1,000-year-old mosque in Niu Jie (Ox Street) in the Xuanwu District in southern Beijing, there live some 12,000 Muslims, generation after generation. They are the witnesses to the vicissitudes of life in this age-old street. At five o'clock in the morning, 77-year-old man, Wang Changhe, is already up and on his way to the Ox Street Mosque some hundred meters from his home. It was very quiet at this time of day at this gray-walled and green-tiled mosque, as few people showed up. Minutes later, people began to stream in for the six-o'clock service. It is said that more than 200 people show up at the daily service and more at al-Djuma on Friday.     

Sino-Indian People’s Ambassador WEI FENGJIANG

I was revising an article on the evening of March 9, 2004 when the telephone rang. I picked up the receiver and heard a wom- an’s sob from the other end. Who was it weeping so grievously late in the evening? “It’s me, Wei Chaoyun, Mr. Xu. My father Wei Fengjiang passed away on March 5 ...” My heart tightened. Holding the receiver in one hand, I could not utter a word for quite a while. Then, all of a sudden, tears gushed from my eyes, wetting the front of my jacket. I. Establishing a…     

Patient’s Diary Records Hospital Change

On January 27,2012,So Chung,a Tibetan journalist with Lhasa-based Tibet.cn was sent to the hospital due to a hypokalemia attack on his way to take photos in the countryside during the Spring Festival. The hospital he was taken to was the People’s Hospital of northwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, where he received effective treatment and careful nursing.     

CAPTURINGTHE MOMENT

正On March 16,the closing event of the Fourth Session of the 12th National People’s Congress(NPC)was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Following Premier Li Keqiang’s meeting with journalists at his press conference,this year’s full sessions of the 12th NPC and the12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC)in Beijing officially ended.Wei Yao,a photographer from Beijing Review,recorded memorable moments through a panoramic lens.     

试论电影《弱点》中的种族歧视(英文)

The Blindside comes from a figure in true life.Michael Oher,a football player of National Football League(NFL)from Memphis,grows up in the ghetto full of violence and robbery.The film follows his impoverished upbringing,goes through his years at Wingate Christian School and finally adopted by a white family-the Touhy’s.The Blind Side is certainly a touching story,but it also displays the issue of racial discrimination in various aspects in modern America.Social and educational discrimination are two major factors that result in all.To break the vicious circle of racial discrimination needs people’s joint efforts.At the same time,helping benefits both the helped and the helper.Leigh Anne Touhy’s family also feel the change and enjoy more meaningful and valuable life.     

Cao Cao＇s Tomb Comes to Light

THE ghost of Cao Cao, a figure from the Three Kingdoms Period （220-265）,reaches from his grave of 1,800 years to stir up the controversy that has surrounded him for centuries. The discovery of his tomb in Anyang City, Henan Province created quite a national sensation when it was announced in Beijing on December 27, 2009 by the Henan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau. Ancient officialdom split with the people at large on the issue of what kind of ruler Cao Cao was： recorded history in the following dynasties was mostly laudatory, while folk literature largely derogatory.     

PEOPLE/POINTS

Transfer of Mayors Huang Qifan (left) was appointed as acting mayor of Chongqing, southwest China's largest city and a rapidly growing business center. The Standing Committee of the Third Municipal People's Congress of Chongqing made the appointment at its 14th session on December 3 when former Mayor Wang Hongju submitted his resignation.     

Sky’s Limits

Modern Sky’s Jinhui Meng talks about pop, poverty and nding the next big thing on China’s indie scene.YOU find him down at the pit every week- end. He shu es from foot to foot during the opening acts. And then he bobs up and down, face lighting up with the house lights when theygo on.They are his band, his and, and they’re going to be big. A diminutive, intense gure in denim, Jinhui Meng is a kind of Colonel Parker for China’s struggling rock musicians. One of the most talked-about n…     

A Promise to the People

With a solid plan for the next five years and a new lineup of state and government leaders,China works to cover all its bases and charts a clear course ahead They came from all comers of the coun- try to deliberate,discuss and determine the future of China for the next five years and look at lessons learned in the past five-year period of governance.A large turnout of approximately 3,000 deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) and more     

Future of Herbs

This was the seventh year Hu Jiqiang, President of Zhejiang Conba Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., attended the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing. As a deputy for two terms of the NPC, China's top legislature, he has submitted suggestions related to the development of traditional Chinese medicine CTCM) each year.     

People＇s Communes

CHINA＇s individual agricultural economy based on private ownership was transformed into cooperative economy based on public ownership between 1949 and ＇ 1956. During this time span the ＂communistic commune;＂ the ＂col ective farm＂and the ＂people＇s commune＂ successively appeared in rural areas. In 1958, shortly after Chairman Mao Zedong said, ＂It is good to establish people＇s communes,＂ the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China established people＇s communes throughout the country. Documents at that time stated： ＂The realization of communism in our country is not a thing of remote future. We must actively establish people＇s communes and explore a concrete way to communism.＂ By the end of October 1958, more than 26,000 people,s communes housing 120 million rural households -- 99 percent of all rural households in China - had been set up.     

Huang Zhou’s Octavo Figures Album

Figures Album , a collection of eight paintings by the late Chinese master Huang Zhou (1925-1997), broke the record for the highest price paid for a Chinese painting or work of calligraphy when it sold for RMB 7.245 million at the 2012 China Guardian Quarterly Auction. Huang was not only a master of traditional Chinese painting, but also famous for his extensive art collection. He combined West- ern sketching skills with traditional Chinese painting to capture the movements of people and animals. The album was a long-term project, taking him five years to complete. The paintings depict a shepherd boy, a woman horse trainer, an elegant Korean dancer, and two other gures.     

The Governor and His Foreign Consultants

GUANGDONG governor, LuRuihua, was a postgraduate student at the PhysicsDepartment of ZhongshanUniversity. A good education hasbecome an admission ticket forChinese senior officials sinceopening up and reform, yet it ishard to say whether Lu's openmindedness, acumen and readinessto accept the unknown are attributable to his education background,or to the pioneering ambience of Guangdong, or both. Lu has taken many measures unprecedented in China since he took office, possibly the most av…     

Comprehensively Implementing the Rule of Law Solidly Pushing Forward Human Rights Development——Interview with President Luo Haocai of the China Society for Human Rights Studies(CSHRS)

<正>The Fourth Plenary Session of the 18 th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)reviewed and a pproved the Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Certain Key Issues Concerning Comprehensively Pushing Forward the Rule of Law(hereafter,"Decision").The plenary session was convened at a pivotal stage in comprehensively building a well-off society and comprehensively deepening reform.It was the first of its kind with the theme of     

Dawn of a Civil Code Era

正One of the top priorities on the agenda of the annual session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), the national legislature,was set much before the novel coronavirus pandemic or other recent issues.It was to vote on the draft civil code,a milestone in develo ping a socialist legal