Winter,Woods and Reindeer Herders

<正>Life of an Evenki mother and son in the vast woods in the far north of China Three layers of cotton quilts and a large pile of firewood lay inside a conical tent in the middle of a vast wood on the night of February 7.The outdoor temperature was expected to drop to minus 40 degrees Celsius by midnight.     

Turfan-the Lowest Place in China

Travelling by rail, road or air across the vast western region of Xinjiang, the impression is of a lifeless desert of grey sand and gravel. In this, one of the world's driest places and the farthest point on the planet from any ocean, occasional patches of green show that life is possible. Desert settlements are called oases. Their survival depends on a secure supply of water. Recently I visited the Turfan (Tulufan) Oasis, 185 kilometres south east of Urumqi, the regional capital. Not only is this hottest place in China (summer + 40 degrees), it is also the second lowest place in the World - nearby Moon Lake is 154 metres below sea level. Rainfall is practically nil.     

Harmony and Civil Mediation among Ethnic Tibetans＇

The 2000 census estimated the ethnic Tibetan population of China at 5,41 million, inhabiting a vast area encompassing Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai,Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other neighboring provinces. The ethnic Tibetans live on the ＂roof of the world.＂ at an average altitude of 3000m. Such ＂a land of snows＂ and the long history of their religious and cultural life have committed them to a unique concept of harmony and a dispute-mediating tradition, which, among other things, are worthy of our attention.     

River and Human Rights

Nothing is like a river. It seems coming from nowhere, far back into antiquity. It is originated from drops of water and converged into a long stream that flows ceaselessly. It benefits the vast expanse of land and nourishes all the living on it.     

Ecological Liaocheng by the Grand Canal

MULTIPLE ancient cultures met on the vast Luxi （western Shandong） Plain： agricultural culture, Yellow River culture, and the commercial culture out of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, to name just a few. No wonder people describe Liaocheng, a vibrantcity lying on this plain, as ＂energetic, ancient and modem.＂     

Why Mexico Matters for a Climate Dea

BY anyone＇s standards 2010 has been an appalling year for weather-related disasters. While the people of Pakistan have borne the brunt of these disasters, China too has been impacted on a vast scale by a seemingly endless sequence of droughts, floods, crop failures and deadly mudslides.     

A Milestone in China's Rural Reform

Scholars weigh in on the government's decision to undertake further rural reform china's vast countryside will bearwitness to a new round of de-velopment after three decades of opening up and development.     

New Life in a New Town

Standing on the highest point of the Three Gorges worksite, a vast expanse of white building structures comes into view, a new town nestling deep in the green hills and blue water like a mini-landscape pot decorating the huge Three Gorges Dam just one kilometer away. This is the youngest county town in the present-day China. Living in it are 45,000 people displaced by the mammoth Three Gorges Water Project on China's longest river of the Yangtze. One could see no overhead lines in the town or chimneys on top of the roofs or walls on the four sides. Rainwater and sewage water go down into separate pipelines, with rainwater discharged directly into the Yangtze     

Chinese Communication Styles

正China has become an economic superpower,but that success is not contingent on Chinese businessmen,government officials,and other elites on having assimilated into a Western style of communication.There are still vast differences in the ways in which Chinese interact with Western people,and with the world at large.Significantly,the primary function of Chinese communication strategy     

LETTERS

Iam writing with reference to ＂Sustainable Development,＂ by Zhang Shifu and others.
In 2011, nay wife and I spent a month visiting Shanghai, Beijing and other cities of China. It was a rewarding experienee to see a vast country on the march.     

Happiness on Horseback

正Kazaks find a better life as tourism booms in Kanas When people travel to the Kanas tourist area in the summer time- the most bustling tourism season for the Altay Mountains in the north of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region-they will often find herds of cows and sheep idly grazing on the vast prairie along the road. Not far from the herds, Kazaks gallop on horseback and yell excitedly. Kazaks in Altay     

Desert County of Cotton

C OTTON farmer Ab- dula Amuti of Yuli County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region regards the vast expanse of white cotton about him with justifiable pride. The output of seed cotton on his four hectares of cotton fields this year is 16.8 tons - 600 kilograms up on last year. Yuli County is in central Xinjiang, 502 kilometers from the capital Urumqi and 50 kilometers from the region's sec- ond largest city, Korla, on the borders of the vast Taklimakan Desert. As its high temperatures and …     

Sino-U.S. Economic and Trade Relations

China has a quarter of the world's population—a vast pool of poten tial consumers for U.S. products and services—and market-oriented reforms have recently helped generate very rapid economic growth. The World Bank has has estimated that China's economic output will reach $10 trillion by the middle of the new century.China-U.S. economic and trade relations have witnessed rapid progress since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1979. In the same year, the two governments signed the bilateral Agreement on Trade Relations, in which most-favorednation trade status was extended to each other on a mutually beneficial basis. In early 1980s, a series of industrial cooperation     

Madagascan Businessmen in Chongming Island

Located on the Indian Ocean to the east of the African continent, Madagascar with an area of 587,000 square kilometers and picturesque scenery is the fourth largest island in the world.Lying at the mouth of the Changjiang River and facing the vast East Sea, the Chongming Island shaped like a silkworm with an area of 1,200 square kilometers is China's third largest island next to Taiwan and Hainan Island, boasting clean environment and rich resources.     

Sorcerer＇s Dance in Huiyuan Monastery

RESIDENTS of Xiede Township, Dawu County. Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture tell a centuries-old legend of how the region was created by the gods. The area was a vast ocean before the God of Yala Snow Mountain dropped a lotus into its waters, which transformed into lotus-shaped land. The mountains that surround the area are its petals, while the Tibetan Buddhist temple of Huiyuan in the center is its stamen.     

Sea Silk Road

The salvaging of an 800-year-old sunken merchant ship could be evidence of an ancient ocean trade route between China and Europe You may know the Silk Road, a trade route from west China to the continents of Europe and Africa since China's Han Dynasty(206 B.C.-220)that got its name from the export of China's silk. But have you ever heard of a silk road on the     

New Age Cartoons

Shark Tales and Team America: World Police have already hit the big screen and The Incredibles and Robots are on their way. These four new films provide a vast range of cartoon appeal.From Shark Tales to Team America, cartoons are reaching beyond young view-ers and focusing on humorous, and often pointedly adult issues. This is most definitely true of Team America, written and directed by Trey Parker and featuring the voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller and Daran Norris…     

LETTERS

Last May,my wife and I returned from a month-long visit to Shanghai,Beijing and a number of other cities in China. It was a rewarding experience to see this vast country on its forward march. China recently overtook the United States as the world’s largest market for car manufacturers,and indeed it seemed to me that the country’s highways were packed with the latest models.     

The Dragon Bone Collectors

Finding of a dinosaur fossil skeleton sparks excitement among paleontologists and locals in a poor Henan village Avillager's accidental discovery four years ago has made known to the world a rich mine of dinosaur fossils in Ruyang County,central China's Henan Province.At the same time,the fate of the small village has been changed. Li Chui,a farmer in Shaping Village, thought he had found bones of a"dragon"when he dug up stones for his new house on an April morning in 2005.     

Great Expectations A feast of UK technology and design

From 10-19 October the British De sign Council's international touring exhibition Great Expectations will visit Oriental Plaza in Beijing. Great Expectations showcases over 100 examples of world-leading technology and design from the UK.The concept of the exhibition echoes the innovation it projects. Great Expectations has been designed around the idea of a feast, where icons of innovation are set out on a vast glowing table around which guests can wander or take a seat.