The Kindness of a Chinese Immigrant

ON September 10, 2002 Mary He was thirty thousand meters above the Pacific Ocean, en route from Vancouver to Beijing. But the Chinese capital was not her final destination. Chinese-born Mary He, who now lives in Canada, took a 4-hour connecting flight to Urumqi, and then another 2-hour flight to Kashi in western China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. She spent the third day of her journey on a coach, traveling for more than 10 hours across the Gobi desert to Hotan. There, she continued her 30-year search for a Uygur boy named Ircken.     

The Making of the“Tibet lssue”

TIBET has been an integral part of China since the 13th century, when the Mongols unified the country and established the Yuan Dynasty （1271- 1368）. The central government placed the Tibetan region under its direct jurisdiction and set up three Offices of the Pacification Commission and the Chief Military Command to exercise control over Tibetan-inhabited regions.     

Suifenhe：A Berder City with a Friend

THE scenic mountain city of Suifenhe in Heilongjiang Province is known within China for its abundance of snow. Shrouded in white five months out of theyear, the city boasts the Suifenhe National Forest Park Ski Area, a summer skiing and tourist destination. But situated only 210 kilometers away isVladivostok; growing cultural and economic ties     

The Making of China’s Public Policy

Editor’s note: Last April 17 U.S. o cials came to the Center for U.S.-ChinaRelations at Tsinghua University to attend a seminar on such topics as China’spolitical system, foreign policy, trade policy, military modernization and media.As contacts between China and the U.S. are growing closer, mutual communication and trust become     

The Making of an Information-Based Society

IT is only in the past few decades that the stereotype image of pigtailed Chinese men and women with bound feet, forged by 19th-century Western missionaries, has finally been shattered. This is largely     

The Centennial of Chinese Cinema

It was in 1905, ten years after the birth of motion pictures, that China made its first film. In the century since, more than 7,000 movies have followed. Many Chinese people consider themselves fortu- nate to live in this cinematic era whose im- ages are taken from daily life everywhere. The history of the Chinese film indus-try would itself make an interesting film, as its thrills, spills and twisting plots relate closely to the nation's joys and sorrows. Despite the many changes the Chi- n…     

The Colorful History of Chinese Stamps

IN August 1982, the First Congress of the All-China Philatelic Federation convened in beijing, and the Chinese ministry of Post and Telecommunications issued a stamp sheetlet in commemoration. The stamp motif depicts an ancient courier galloping on horseback, while in the background wild geese fly in graceful formation. Wild geese are migratory birds, and every au- tumn they can be counted on to set off on their thousand-kilometer migration southward to warmer climes.     

The Inscrutable Charm of Chinese Bosses

THERE are currently more than 100,000 foreigners working in China, and their numbers continue to rise. They comprise lan- guage teachers and technical experts employed by the government, and executives and other white-collar workers at companies that have been taken over by Chinese enterprises - an ongo-     

Global Presence of Chinese Enterprises：Opportunities and Risks

ON December 8,2004, Chinese computer giant Lenovo made the international and domestic headlines when it announced that it would buy IBM's PC business, worth US $1.25 billion. The move represented a huge step on Lenovo's road     

The Ding ,a Symbol of Chinese Civilization

IN the northern garden ofthe U N headquartersstands a huge Chinese tripod, a gift from China inOctober 1995 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. Thebase measures 0.5 meters inheight, and the round tripod is 2.1meters tall, respectively representing the 50th anniversary of the UNand the 21 st century. The surfaceof the tripod is carved with animalfaces in bas-relief against a background of clouds, a pattern modeled after that of the Shang andZhou dynasties (16th ce…     

The Chinese Puzzle of Low Profit Tea

There are too many tea varieties, factories, and styles of packaging and too few registered trademarks and known domestic and international brands. No brand name means no market, let alone reputation or consumer loyalty. Beneath the superficially prosperous Chinese tea industry there lurks a nagging insecurity over its dearth of brand names.     

The five Elements of the Chinese Universe

THE Chinese principle bestknown to Westerners isthat of yin and yang, aconcept applicable to lifethroughout the universe.Linguistically, yin and yang respectivelymean shady and sunny mountain slopes.In a philosophical sense they constitutethe dynamic between a wide range ofopposing pairs, for example, dark andlight, wet and dry, male and female, weakand strong, dead and alive.By the 3rd century BC the ethos ofyinlyang was perceived as extending toall aspects of being, and as propagatingthe c…     

Zaoqiang The Home of Chinese Date Trees

ZAOQIANG County was established during the early Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 23 AD), and named for its abundance of Chinese date trees. Its rich historical and cultural resources apart, Zaoqiang County is also a major base for farming, animal husbandry, and industry in Hebei Province.     

峰会篇：畅论“18亿人口的大市场”

在第二届中国—东盟博览会举办期间,由中国国际贸易促进委员会和东盟10国商会共同主办的第二届中国—东盟商务与投资峰会10月19日下午在南宁开幕。来自中国、东盟10国及其他国家的900多名政府官员、商会组织和企业代表参加了峰会。峰会是中国推动“中国—东盟自由贸易区”建设的一项实际行动,是中国与东盟各国商务和投资界最高级別的盛会。会上,各国政要围绕着“中国+东盟,18亿人口的大市场”、“加速中国—东盟自由贸易区建设     

The First Publication of the Chinese Version of“The Life of Jakob Rosenfeld”

To commemorate the 50th an-niversary of the victory of the Chi-nese People's War of ResistanceAgainst Japan and the world peo-ple's War Against Fascism, the     

The Chinese Banquet

Traveling to Beijing for the first time? Don't get caught in, out, or up by culture shocks. Know how things should - and shouldn't-be done to ensure your trip is a memorable one for all the right reasons.     

The Pan-Pearl River Delta： A Breakthroughin Regional Cooperation

Regional cooperative development apart,the Pan-Pearl River Delta also aims at the international market.