Tackling an Identity Crisis

<正>To penetrate global markets,Chinese enterprises may first have to ask themselves a question:"Who am I?"In contrast to panel discussions held elsewhere in the Dalian International Conference Center on September 10,the mood surrounding the event"The Global Rise of China’s Entrepreneurs"held in the building’s studio was decidedly more festive.Instead of a single moderator addressing questions to guests in a solemn fashion,this gathering featured two photogenic TV reporters—one male and one female—who flitted from guest to guest,poking gentle fun at each     

The Adventure Of Finding an Apartment

正German intern looking for an apartment in Xicheng District,or next to subway line 2.Budget:2000 yuan ($316). That was how my ad appeared in the online magazine The Beijinger.Short,crisp,with a nice photo of myself.However,the photo perhaps was a little too nice given that I only received responses from some Chinese girls who were interested in making friends with me.Thus I stayed in a hostel.     

Yang Lizhou: Finding an Art World among Folk Lives

IN the 1980s, Yang Lizhou and his wife Wang Yingchun made their names among Chinese art circles by winning top prize at the China Fine Arts Exhibition with their co-production, The Iron Wall of the Taihang Mountains and The Roaring Yellow River.Yang Lizhou and Wang Yingchun have many coincidental similarities in their lives. They were born in the same month, of the same year (1942), and in the same province (Shanxi). They went to the same schools: the middle school attached to the Xi…     

Finding Happiness

正Young and old, experts and average people, join in the search for happiness in a rapidly changing China In February, Niu Weiwei, a 19-year-old Chinese woman, was     

Finding Friends

An expatriate life has a certain thrill to it-a new country, a new culture, the exploits and escapades-but it is the interaction with the people that we carry with us on our last flight back home.My China sojourn began in the summer of 1999-September 20 to be exact. It was supposed to last a couple of months, and as it happens to many of us,I ended up staying longer than I had planned to.     

Finding Family

Discovering her birth parents was an exciting adventure for a 15-year-old girl It took 14 years-and just two minutes-for an adopted Chinese girl to find her biological family.July 21 this year marked the first     

Finding Shangri-la

<正>Iwas standing in paradise, or at least that’s what the guidebook I had so blindly followed said. As I scanned my surround- ings, I felt duped. How could this be Shangri-la, that ancient utopia of perfection and youth?     

Finding True North

China is poised to play a role in the evolution of the Arctic Council In recent years, the Arctic Council has continued accelerating institutional development to cope with a host of challenges posed by hastening climate change. It is in     

Finding Root Solutions

Cutting-edge science and technology controls crop diseases and ensures food security In a flowerpot at Kang Zhensheng’s laboratory grows a cluster of wheat, a crop to which the agricultural scientist at Northwest A&F University has dedicated decades of work.In the university, located in Yangling, Shaanxi Province in northwest China, Kang has been leading a group researching wheat diseases such as stripe rust and scab, two major infections that may reduce yield by one third or even more.     

Finding Their Place

College graduates are choosing to work in rural areas as the job market tightens Lu Chengtian moved to Wali, a village in Mafang Town, Beijing's Pinggu District, in 2006 to take up la post as the assistant to the village Party secretary. Villagers held a small wel- coming ceremony upon his arrival. Lu, fresh     

Finding the Forgotten

Government-run sports schools groom future athletes despite a shrinking talent pool Twelve-year-old Yang Chen puts on a shy smile whenever answering a question, concealing the fact that one day soon she may be a world champion.     

Finding Role Models

<正>As a university educator, I employ literature as a guide for young womento navigate the field of choices. Theeducational gap by sex in China waswide in the late 1980s but has     

Finding Kung Fu

<正>I travelled to Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on a quest for cultural exchange in 2008. Along the way, I thought I might as well give martial arts a try. Traditional     

Finding Their Anchors

Revived contest shows TV hosts how to go beyond studio glitz and glam When Li Qiyue,a TV anchor,participated in a competition for anchors in 2011,she invited postman Cao Zhengfu to the studio for a fi ve-minute interview as part of the competition event.     

Finding a Cure

<正>Antibody drug brings new hope for pandemic control Though China’s COVID-19 vaccination rate has surpassed 80 percent, those who had been vaccinated were not spared during the country’s most recent epidemic upsurges. In Shaanxi Province’s most recent outbreak, 831 cases were reported between December 9 and 27, mostly in the provincial capital of Xi’an.     

Identity Confusion

When I was in high school, I went on a family vacation to Ocho Rios, Jamaica. I was getting lunch at a grilled chicken stand, when the cook asked me, "Miss Chin, where are you from?" (Jamaicans use Miss Chin as an affectionate nickname for all Chinese women.) I answered, "I’m from New Jersey, but I’m Korean." He practically dropped his spatula. "Whaaaat? I never met Korean Japanese Miss Chin fromNewJersey!"heshouted.Thatwas the only time I’ve had someone