Losses and Gains

Living as an expatriate in China,one becomes a connoisseur of cultural differences.My Chinese friends are anxious to educate me in the subtleties of "face," in China’s "years of hu-miliation," and in the fact     

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…     

Rocking ’N’ Rolling

正Since the first public performance of Nothing to My Name by Cui Jian in 1986,China’s rock’n’ rol scene has come a long way.Not long after China began its reform and opening up in the late 1970s,people in China,who had lived in a society largely cut off from the West, became increasingly exposed to Western popular culture.The then totally exotic rock music enabled people to look inward, explore their dreams, and showcase their personalities.With the social     

Walking With the Honor Guards

<正>PLA’s ceremonial detachments take part in Open Day "I am so honored to be a member of this team.My experience here will be a valuable asset during my whole life,"the tanned young soldier told the reporters on the training ground in the bright sunshine.     

One Wedding,Many Cultures

My friend Liz was getting married.To Dima,another friend.I got the news from the couple in person one day when they came for dinner at my apartment in east Beijing.Dima lives in Tianjin,a short train-ride from the capital.Liz,a Torontite,had flown over for a new-year visit They’d been doing long distance for a year. I heard all about the proposal.Dima had dragged Liz from a bar mere minutes before the 2012 New Year countdown got underway,promising to show her his ’magic trick’ He barreled her up     

On the Scene

My wife and I attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, in Beijing on February 4.The first thing that struck me on arrival was how spectacular the Olympic Park was looking.     

Stay Positive,Test Negative

<正>A diary of the life in a Beijing community just out of a lockdown It’s May 18.My community in east downtown Beijing is buzzing,livelier than ever before.It’s the first day after a23-day lockdown of the community was lifted.Residents with a temporary pass now can exit and enter the community freely.I volunteered to make and deliver temporary passes for residents.When I handed the tiny cards to them,I could see the excitement sparkling in their eyes.     

Filling the Bellies of the Billions

MY friend Wu Wei is understandably concerned about the safety aspects of intensified food production. My own particular interest is in how we are going to cope with the ever-increasing demands for food from a global population that threatens to overwhelm the resources of the world’s land mass.     

Award ceremony and seminar for global short video contest China in My Eyes:Beautiful Countryside held successfully

<正>On Dec15, the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries held a ceremony to honor the winners of the global short video contest China in My Eyes: Beautiful Countryside, which it organized to encourage expats to learn more about China’s rural areas. A seminar was simultaneously held.     

HowW ill China Inl uence the World?

正I can easily feel the increasing attention the world now pays to China at recent international meetings I have attended.My foreign peers all show an interest in China’s blueprint for the comprehensively deepened reforms laid out at the Third Plenary Session of the18th CPC Central Committee,eager to know what will happen in China and what will it bring to the rest of the world.A question frequently asked is:"How will China influence the world?"This question arises in the context of China’s rapid growth.China is now the     

Shangri-La Launches Photography Competition

<正>Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, one of the world’s premier luxury hotel groups, in partnership with Sina.com and National Geographic Traveler China, Photographers’Companion and New Weekly magazines, announced its second "My Shangri-La" photography competition in Beijing on August 31.     

ROCKING CHINA

正In Chinese rock music’s post-glory days,artists look for ways to takethe genre forwardOn May 9,1986,then 25-year-old Cui Jian belted out his now famous song Nothing to My Name on stage at the Beijing Workers’ Gymnasium. The song shocked the audience with its heart-shaking energy and later became widely-regarded as the first landmark in the history of China’s     

The Level Best

<正>Local Two Sessions outline regional development roadmaps’Where there are lights,you will find merchants from China’s Zhejiang Province;where there are no lights,you will still find Zhejiang merchants."This is how the province’s residents describe its entrepreneurial soul."I was born into a merchant family in Zhejiang.My parents became first-generation Zhejiang entrepreneurs after the launch of reform and opening up in 1978 and I am the second generation.The diligent and initiative spiri...     

Portraits of A Modern Era

’My roots lie in rural areas,even though I have spent quite some time away from the traditional lifestyle of my hometown.I have a natural bond with country folk,so does my art," painter Xin Dongwang told Beijing Review during his solo exhibition at the Gallery of Tsinghua University in Beijing on May 17.     

Love Makes a Delinquent a "Cartoonist"

Iwas born in a family of ordinaryworkers in Kaifeng, HenanProvince. My father loved paintingfrom a very early age. Although theCultural Revolution (1966-76) pre-vented him from going further, he persistedin painting in the off-work hours. Influ-enced by him, I also took to loving painting,showing the natural endowment when achild. My neighbors were full of praises.My father devoted all his energy to teachingme in the hope that I would become afamous painter. At the age of six, my fatherinv…     

Bifocal Perspective

It’s a typical Friday:I leave work,get on the subway and check WeChat to figure out where to meet my friends for dinner.My friend’s not in the mood to type,though,so I get a phone call a couple minutes later."Hello?"I answer,trying to make myself heard over the background noise,a     

Of Skis and Skates

China’s winter sports economy becomes swish biz At least once a week,Xiao Lei takes his 7-year-old twins to ice hockey training in Haidian District in Beijing,host of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games."My boys have a lot of energy so this sport suits them," the father told Beijing Review,adding the kids have been playing for half a year.     

Voices

正"My current visit to Egypt,on the instructions of President Xi Jinping,is to show China’s i rm support for the Egyptian government and people,and to express China’s sincere desire to deepen mutually benei cial cooperation between China and Egypt,"said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a meeting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on August 3.Before the talk he conveyed President Xi’s message to President Sisi.Wang Yi added that     

LETTERS

正Now in my 60s,I am starting to think seriously about where I’m going to spend my later years.I do not personally oppose living in a nursing home when I’m too old to take care of myself.My children treat me very well and I enjoy the time we spend together.But they have lives of their own,while I have a life of my own.I don’t have the heart to expect them to look after me,as they are already occupied with     

PRIDE AND PLEDGE

The nation celebrates the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China‘My country and I are so intertwined that we can’t be separated for a moment."This was a line from the song My Motherland and Me heard often during the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), expressing the prevailing national mood of pride and joy.