Two Reporters,One Destination

<正>This March 28 marked the 63rd anniversary of the emancipation of serfs in Tibet.Chen Zonglie,born in 1932,was a photojournalist who worked for Tibet Daily from 1956 to 1980,then Beijing Review from 1981 to 1996.He witnessed and recorded the changes in local people’s lives before and after the 1959 democratic reform in the region.Li Nan,born in 1982,is a reporter with Beijing Review.She visited Tibet Autonomous Region every year from 2017 to 2020.     

One Territory,Two Administrations

The conflicts between Fatah and Hamas have split the Palestinian territory.Now the future of peaceful negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian is dim The violent conflicts between Palestine's two main mili-tary parties, the Palestine National Liberation Movement (Fatah) and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), have quickly expandedsince June.     

Two Kingdoms,One Mission

While the terracotta warriors from ancient China are still on display in London,receiving the admiration of millions of British visitors, the prime minister of the UK touched down in Beijing and then Shanghai to be greeted by leaders,entrepreneurs and citizens in the Middle Kingdom. Gordon Brown's trip to China in mid-January was the first to the country since he took office and the first for a European state leader     

One Country,Two Systems

<正>When the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949,the Kuomintang regime,defeated in the War of Liberation,retreated from the mainland to the island of Taiwan,creating the division between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits.The Democratic Progressive Party,     

One Bank,Two Markets

The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC),the only non-listed bank among China's"big four"state-owned commercial banks,is currently un- der the glare of the reform spotlight.This follows on the heals of Premier Wen Jiabao's announcement during his government work report in March, that a shareholding system will be introduced in the bank and its role in serving agriculture,farmers and rural areas will remain unchanged.     

One Family Under Two Systems

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‘Two Bodies With One Spirit'

<正>Beijing Review recently interviewed Ashok K.Kantha,Indian Ambassador to China,eliciting his views on issues relevant to ChinaIndia relations:from managing cross-border disputes and addressing trade imbalances and infrastructure challenges to encouraging people-to-people exchanges and adapting to a new global economic environment.His responses touch upon the many important tasks     

China＇s Valentine＇s Day Love Affair

LIFE in China has become ever more diversified in recent years,allowing more space for Western fashion and convention. Today Valentine‘s Day and Christmas are widely celebrated, particularly among the young, who jump at every chance to party,revel and romance.     

Nanjing:Two Pasts,One Future

On a hill overlooking the Yangtze River stands Yuejiang Tower.Though it could be eas- ily mistaken as hundreds of years old,it was in fact completed in 2001, more than 600 years after the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor,Zhu Yuanzhang,had first envisioned building a tower here that would embody the dynasty's grandeur and aspirations. The city of Nanjing,capital of east China's Jiangsu Province,accomplished     

China＇s Railroad Through No Man＇s Land

THE last sleeper was laid at Lhasa Railway Station on October 15, 2005. sig naling completion of the world's highest railway.According to a project spokesman, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway's trial operation is set for July 1, 2006, and its formal in- auguration is scheduled to take place a year later, on July 1, 2007. Tibetan peo- ple living on the "roof of the world" will then have access to railway transporta- tion for the first time ever. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway stretch- es 1.956 kilome…     

Celebrating One’s Birthday

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Bird＇s Nest

The “Bird‘s Nest” was jointly designed by Herzog and De Meuron and the China Architecture Design Institute. It has been both acclaimed and decried.     

Shandong＇s Agricultural Exports Win the World＇s Trust

正FOOD is the most important human necessity and a top priority for policymakers.Recent food safety scandals have severely challenged China’s agricultural exports.Quality and safety,therefore,have become hinge issues in Chinese agriculture.In the face of international competition and cooperation,the local government of Shandong Province is improving     

Shanghai＇s Celebrities

One of the key factors that lead to Shanghai＇s rapid development is the city＇s prominent social environment where the economic prosperity and tolerance of cultural diversity brings out the best in each other. Such an atmosphere has attracted and produced many influential figures in fields of politics, economy, culture, art, science and sports, whose stories continue to define history. They include founder of the Communist Party of China（CPC） Chen Duxiu, the great Peking Opera artist Mei Lanfang, the Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Tsung-Dao Lee, former Chinese state leaders Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji, the basketball player Yao Ming, and the best-selling author Han Han.     

Changing Lives One Community at a Time：The Yunnan Institute of Development Tackles One of China＇s Poorest Provinces

BEN Nixon has a decade of experience working with NGOs in developing countries, but the year spent working with the Yunnan Institute of Development (YID) has been his most rewarding experience to date.     

One Man＇s Junk Viewing garbage as a misplaced resource and a business opportunity

Anarrow path skirts the green belt along the Jingmi Canal and ends in a big courtyard one kilometer from the Summer Palace, a famous tourist attraction in Beijing. It seems to be a different world from what we find in other parts of the urban district. This courtyard is a junkyard. Various types of scrap are piled in rows scores of meters long： old fumiture, old garments, old electric appliances, scrap paper, scrap metals,     

Stock＇s Rising

Chinese stocks are popular on overseas boards. At home however markets are stagnant.     

Muma＇s World

Written o for dead, art rockers Muma have a new album in the works.In spring time Teachers are all dead Muma arrives in revelry Smilingly In darkness Continuous dancing steps Give out decadent looks In the whole festival The subsequent thing is up to you …     

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.