Changed?Childhood in Chinese Cities

正China’s remarkable economic and social development over the past years has made Chinese childhood today different by far from what older generations experienced.Most urban offspring are the sole child in their families,doted upon and lavished with material comforts.But the pressure on children today to achieve academic excellence,so encroaching on their play and freedom,is something     

Finding a New Friend

For seniors undergoing new changes due to age, the Internet can be just what the doctor ordered As a financial director in a private company in Shanghai, Gao Shengyi had a busy career. Now, after retiring, life is busier still.The 68-year-old volunteers to teach other retirees how to crack the mystery of smartphones and apps and when she is not teachi ng or volunteering she is traveling. She has been to 50 countries, sharing photos and posts on her travels on social media. In short, Gao exemplifies how the older generations too are embracing the Internet and new technology to get more out of life.     

Turning Over A New Leaf

Novel coronavirus outbreak changes people’s everyday habits and rituals As a senior manager at a training institution in north China, Chang Qing used to have a hectic schedule, which left her no time for cooking. But since the novel coronavirusoutbreak,whichhasforced people to stay indoor till it is brought under complete control,she has transformed into a chef.She cooks regularly at home now and often posts photos of the dishes on social networking platforms.     

CUB MESSENGERS

正Giant panda cubs,male Jia Panpan(right)—meaning Canadian Hope—and female Jia Yueyue—meaning Canadian Joy—pose for photos at the Toronto Zoo in Canada on March 7.The zoo officially revealed the names of the first Canadian-born twin panda cubs that day.The twins were born on October 13 last year to female panda Er Shun,who was loaned from China along with a male giant panda in     

Can Water Bottle Ads Help Find Missing Children?

正A company in Qingdao,east China’s Shandong Province,is marketing bottled water in packaging displaying the photos and personal information of missing children.The water company has launched the campaign together with Baobeihuijia.com,China’s best-known online platform devoted to the search for kids who have gone missing.The website has helped more than 1,700 children find their parents,while over 31,000 families with missing     

Economy

HD Photos from Earth Observation Satellite Publicized China on June 6 publicized the first batch of photos captured by Gaofen-1, its recently launched high-definition Earth observation satellite. Released by the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND), the 13 photos     

To Go or Not to Go

正A TV series reflects Chinese parents’hesitation over whether to send their children to study abroad at a young ageThree couples from different social strata,whose children vary in terms of academic performance,are wrangling over the same question:Whether to send their children     

War Against Air Pollution

正Beijing’s air quality gets better,and further improvements lie ahead Blue skies over Beijing in winter,which have been regarded as quite a luxury during the past several years,are less rare these days and no longer so remarkable as to cause photos of the pleasant conditions to inundate social media.     

Snapshots From Afar

The satellite accompanying Shenzhou 7 sends back more than 1,000 photos The BX-1 satellite that accompanied Shenzhou 7 on its historic mission last month has taken and sent back 1,000 photos of the third Chinese manned     

Education for Migrant Children To Be Guaranteed

Urged by media and advocates, Beijing and many other Chinese cities have issued regulations to provide and guarantee basic education for migrant laborers' children. The municipal govemment of Beijing has decided that beginning in September, public schools in the Chinese capital should become more open to eligible migrant children by lowering the charges, and qualified social organizations and individuals will be allowed to run schools for migrant children in migrant population communities in light of the standard of average local public schools.     

SOCIETY

正Hand in Hand Attendants of the First Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders’Meeting—Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh,Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong,Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha,Chinese Premier Li Keqiang,Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Vice President of Myanmar Sai Mauk Kham(left to right)—pose for photos in Sanya,south China’s Hainan Province,on March 22.The meeting was held on March 23 with the theme"Shared River,Shared Future."     

Safeguarding Farmer Workers' Rights and Interests——An interview with Ye Jingyi, professor of Beijing University Law School

Farmer workers are a new powerful workforce that has sprung up amid China's reform and door opening and in the process of the country's industrialization and urbanization. They have made great contributions to urban prosperity, rural development and their country's modernization. At present, however, fanner workers face numerous difficulties and problems in income, work safety, social security, vocational training, the schooling of their children and living conditions. To safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of farmer workers, the State Council in March 2006 issued Ideas of the State Council on Solving Farmer Workers-related Problems. In the document, the State Council promises to     

Benefiting All

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress(NPC),China's top legislature,voted to adopt a social insurance law on October 28 that prevents the improper use of social security funds,after reading it four times and receiving feedback on the draft from the general public.     

The Pass By Bar,a Home away from Home

There is a story behind every tiny detail of the Pass By Bar:the antique wooden plaques,the sunlit courtyard,the bookshelf-lined wall filled with volumes of the Lonely Planet series,and the photos its owner has taken on his travels.     

THIS WEEK

正Showcasing Sino-African Ties Residents of Abidjan, capital of Ivory Coast, look at photos displayed at the Xinhua Photo Gallery, a photography exhibition during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).     

LIFTING UP THE PEOPLE

A white paper on democratic reform and the development leap that has taken place in southwest China's Tibet as a result was issued by China's State Council Information Office on March 27,marking the 60th anniversary of the campaign in Tibet.Titled Democratic Reform in Tibet—Sixty Years On,the white paper lauded the drive as "the greatest and most profound social transformation in the history of Tibet.""By abolishing serfdom,a grim and backward feudal system,Tibet was able to establish a new social system that liberated the people and made them the masters of the nation and society,thus ensuring their rights in all matters," the document stated.     

WECHAT CHANGES LIVES

<正>A Chinese app is changing the way that people,government agencies and businesses interact By Tang YuankaiFang Cheng,an office worker in Beijing is a self-confessed addict of WeChat,a social media platform for smartphones.Today,she not only depends on it to chat with friends,but also to discuss work and make payments.WeChat was launched for free to users on January 21,2011,by Tencent Inc.,the founder of QQ.com,one of China's largest Internet portals.Through WeChat,users can send text,graphics,voice messages and videos without any cost;beyond that,their service provider charges for data.In the beginning,WeChat was merely a tool to send and receive messages and share photos,yet over the years it has continued to add more and more functions."Shake,""Look Around"and"Drift Bottle"     

The “Extraordinary” Life of a Pregnant Woman

Chinese children,especially those born in cities,get off to a good start from the moment they are conceived,as regards standards of nutrition and social care.But this makes the daily life of a wife even busier once she falls pregnant.     

All Pakistan-China Friendship Association Celebrates the 45th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China

At 5 o' clock on the afternoon, of September 29,the brightly lit-up conference hall of the ShalimaHotel in Rawalpindi was permeated with a lively at-mosphere.In the hall were placed six boards dis-playing about sixty photos, showing the tremendous     

A FROZEN WORLD

正Tourists take photos of rime-covered trees after snowfall on Longquan Mountain in Danzhai County,southwest China’s Guizhou Province,on January 8.Intense icy weather brought snow that swept vast areas of central and south China in the first week of the year.