Make a Digital Difference

Big cities in China strive to deliver wireless Internet access to people on the move The Summer Olympics gave the world myriad surprises with a daz- zling opening ceremony, legendary sports record-breakers and smiling volunteers. Another surprise less known to the world was the fact that Beijing was the first Olympics host city to provide citizens and visitors with free Internet access in urban areas via a wireless network.     

Houses Make a Difference

<正>With financial support from the government,more people in Tibet are moving into new residences To Ahsang,who lives in a two-story     

Smart Decisions Make A Difference

High time for India and China to work cooperatively to realize Asian century No one could have put a simple proposition better than Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi did in early March on the mending of the India-China relationship.Bilateral ties have been uneasy following the conflict between the two armies along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the western sector of China-India border areas last year.     

Changchun Municipal Government Contributes to Japan's Earthquake Relief Efforts

A 9.0-magnitude earthquake occurred off the east coast of Honshu,Japan on March 11,inducing a tsunami.Sendai,a twinned friendship city of Changchun,was seriously affected,so the Municipal Government of Changchun made a speedy decision to provide assistance.     

从抗震救灾看非战争军事行动中政治工作的着力点

非战争军事行动拓展了军队军事实践的领域,也丰富延伸了军队政治工作内容.做好非战争军事行动中政治工作必须结合非战争军事行动的特点和完成多样化军事任务要求,着力在统一官兵思想、搞好舆论引导、创新工作方法、构建联合指挥体系、提高核心军事能力上下功夫.     

Volunteers in Action

MANY people thinkthat volunteeringat sports eventsis trendy and fun.but it's also a seri-ous responsibility," says Ren Yanling,who was a volunteer at the 2004 Ath-ens Olympics, and is due to help outat the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.Italy. "We don't get paid, we providevital help, and we have little time tothink about enjoyment." She's got apoint - the term "volunteer" umbrellasa range of boring and sometimes menialtasks. "When I worked in Athens, therewas no contract between volunteer…     

ChineseVolunteers in Myanmar

This January 15,a team of fifteen young Chinese people headed for myanmar to work as volunteers in the sectors of agricultural technology,agricultural equipment manufacture,agricultural software devel- opment and rice quality analysis,also to teach swim- ming.Having lived in this beautiful,unspoilt country for six months,they have many stories to tell.     

社区里的银发志愿者——法律援助志愿者在潘家园南里社区

从赡养老人、抚养孩子,到债务偿还、劳资纠纷,有道是“家家有本难念的经”,生活中许多人都会遇上这类问题。有了问题该如何解决?不少人想去律师事务所咨询又缺乏经济能力。有人竟为此付出了不应有的代价。2003年“三八”妇女节前的一次社区宣传活动中,北京市第一中级人民法院原院长杨庭春和市第二中级人民法院原副院长韩文中等几位退休的法律工作者决定在潘家园南里社区成立一支志愿者队伍,为群众做义务普法宣传、为有需求的人免费进行法律咨询。这支志愿者队伍最大的特点就是由银发老人组成。其中70岁以上的4人,年龄最大的76岁,最“年轻”…     

Make a Wish in Huarun Ole Supermarket

Valentine's Day has always been a romantic and refreshing day for people in love.Come to Huarun Ole Supermarket to make a wish     

Making a Difference

An all-out operation announced by the Pakistani army in mid-April against the Taliban and other extremist groups has putt he country in the spotlight of the global war on terrorism.Neighboring the battle-scarred Northwest Frontier Province( NWFP)to the west,Punjab Province,the country’s most populousp rovince,plays a vital role in both political and economic spheres.Salmaan Taseer,Governor of Punjab Province,sat down with visiting Beijing Review President and Editor in Chief Wang Gangyi and talked about ant...     

Time to Make a Choice

How should the international community overcome the current stalemate in the North Korean nuclear crisis? North Korea conducted its second underground nuclear test on May 25, sparking a strong reaction from the international community. This was in sharp contrast to less than a year ago when the world     

Daughter-in-Law with a Difference

THREE decades earlier most Chinese people would have regarded a romantic relationship with a foreigner as something beyond their imaginations, even actively seeking to avoid such a taboo scenario. However, as the opening-up and reforms nudged China into interacting with the outside world, societyhas begun to view this as a normal occurrence. Expats are no longer exotic and mysterious to ordinary Chinese people, and interracial couples have risen out of China＇s increasingly intemationalized society.     

The Wrong Way to Make a Map

<正>China intensifies crackdowns on illegal surveying and mapping activities On May 10,the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping(SBSM) announced 10 major cases of illegal surveying and mapping     

Pool the People''''s Wisdom and Make a Concerted Effort

THE First Session of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) came to a successful conclusion on March 14, 2003. As he left the Great Hall of the People, CPPCC member Li Junru told this reporter, "CPPCC members come from different parties, organizations, ethnic groups and     

Stories of Disaster Relief Told in Images

DURING a break between meetings on the train from Hunan＇s Changsha to Chenzhou on February 2, 2008, Xinhua News photographer Yao Dawei took the opportunity to photograph Premier Wen Jiabao, who was touring snow-hit southern China earlier this year. ＂I saw the Premier sitting motionless by the window, a cup of tea on the table in front of him,＂ recalls Yao. ＂The train was speeding across a territory of ice and snow, trees laden with thick snow and ice cones, and now and then devastated iron transmission towers in the distance jumped into view.     

抗震救灾中警察临战若干问题的思考

地震中的抢险救灾对警察而言,不仅是道义上的责任,更是法律上的义务。《人民警察法》要求人民警察“应当积极参加”抢险救灾活动。警察参与抗震救灾等活动不仅仅是我国法律的规定,很多西方国家也有类似的要求。抗震救灾中的直接警察临战主体,除了灾区地方警察外,主要是武警部队和一些特殊警种。地方警察在抗震救灾中的间接警务临战处置行为包括对趁火打劫行为的处置、对诈骗行为的处置和对传播谣言和虚假信息的处置。     

关于西部地区农村贫困与反贫困问题的思考

中国贫困人口越来越集中于西北部地区的趋势有其深层次的原因,包括西部地区经济发展相对缓慢,农民能在改革时期从农业增长中获得的利益有限,并且这些地区现有的贫困人口大部分居住在边远的乡镇和农村,特别是山区。该文从当前中国西部农村贫困地区的地域特征、资源秉赋条件等现实出发,提出有利于西部农村贫困人口持续脱贫的若干建议和思考。     

以平衡论为视角看我们需要什么样的政府信息公开制度

从行政法的平衡论来看,政府信息公开制度在整个行政法律制度体系中具有改变行政机关与公众之间信息不对称状况,加强了公民权与行政权对等的地位,并为其他行政程序制度平衡功能发挥提供基础的法律功能.这一平衡功能能否充分发挥取决于政府信息公开制度是否具有公开主体多元性、公开内容广泛性尤其是公开主体、公开内容以及公开程序的法定性.     

高校行政违法之救济

高校行政违法救济应遵循校内途径首先救济、教育行政机关救济优先、司法机关最终救济、合法和公开公正等五项基本原则。我国应加快完善高校行政违法救济制度体系,建立校内申诉制度、行政申诉制度、信访制度、行政仲裁制度、行政复议制度和行政诉讼制度,使行政救济权在高校得到充分有效的实现。     

Qinghai Red Cross Society Active in Disaster Relief

SINCE itsfounding over100 years ago,the Red Crosshas given essentialhelp to victims of disaster worldwide, Itprovides human lifewith the protectionand respect it deserves.The Red Cross Society ofChina emerged in 1904. Sincethen, its symbol - a red crosson a white background - hasspread to many places in China,even to frigid Qinghai Province,located high on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the"Roof of the World."The natural conditions inQinghai are harsh, and its medicine and hygiene…