China’s Ancient Towers

WHAT the Chinese generalize as ＂ta.＂ or ＂tower＂ for the convenience of cross-cultural communication, has its origins in the Indian ＂stupa,＂ which means ＂tomb mound＂ in Sanskrit. Nowadays, a ＂ta＂ can refer to a tower, a pagoda, a stupa, or anything like them. The iconic Buddhist brick-and-mortar architecture of the ta was adopted by China in the first century when Buddhism crossed the border from India.     

China’s Human Rights Construction Centers on People’s Livelihood

<正>I.Concept of People’s Livelihood in Traditional Chinese Culture The concept of human rights was borrowed from the West.In order to have it become rooted in China,people needed to i nd traces in Chinese culture on which the human rights theoretical system could be based and the Chinese human rights idea could be realized.Only if the idea of human rights is grounded in Chinese culture can the concept of human rights be understood by the people and human     

Huang Hua and Henry Kissinger：Witnesses to History Meet Again

In 1971, as u.s. President richard Nixon’s special envoy,then-National security Adviser Henry Kissinger made a secret trip to China. What greeted him were slogans painted on walls along the road from beijing’s Nanyuan Airport to the Diaoyutai state Guesthouse, and their gist was： ＂Down with the American imperialists and all reactionaries.＂ It was unimagi- nable then that Kissinger, at the age of 85, would visit beijing 37 years later, this time with his family as spectators at the beijing Olympic Games. In between sporting events, he took his family to visit his old friend, 96-year-old Huang Hua, who was the ne- gotiator and host of his 1971 visit.     

China and the EU’s Economic Compatibilities

AFTER Chinese New Year’s celebrations died down, the first few weeks of the Year of the Dragon saw a busy schedule of meetings between Chinese and European leaders. On February 2, China welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her fifth visit in six years. A couple of weeks later, on February 14, President of European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for the 14th ChinaEU leaders’ summit in Beijing. The next day they met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, and four days later Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Ireland and met with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.     

On Target for Posterity Yang Fuxi Upholds China’s Bow and Arrow-making Legacy

THE bow and arrow craftsmanship of the Ju Yuan Hao workshop in Beijing was recognized as one of China’s National Intangible Cultural Heritages in 2006.It was among the first cultural traditions to be given the title.At the time,48-year-old Yang Fuxi was one of the few master craftsmen remaining adept at traditional Chinese bow and arrow construction.Yang’s workshop,called Ju Yuan Hao for generations,produces some of the more complex bow and arrow designs of ancient China.Creating them today still requires many hours of     

On China’s Protection of Delinquent Minors’Rights

At the end of June2011,Chinahad 29 reformatories fordelinquent minors,where 17,149 convicts aged 18 oryounger were serving their terms.Thesefacilities have persistently followed thepolicy ofcombining punishment with redemption,     

China’s Peaceful Development

ON September 6, the Information Office of the State Council, China’s cabinet, released a white paper on China’s peaceful development, elaborating on the motivations, policies and goals behind the strategy.     

Enabling China’s Disabled

I love the vocational rehabilitation center. I love the disabled persons’ home. It’s my second home. These were the first words written by Yang Jia, 32, at the vocational rehabilitation center of Heyi Subdistrict Disabled People’s Home in Beijing. Yang suffers from amentia. For her, writing is hard,     

China＇s ASEAN Overtures

CHINA＇s No. 1 and No. 2 leaders both visited ASEAN countries in October. From October 2 to 5, 2013 President Xi Jinping visited Indonesia and Malaysia, and then attended the 21st economic leaders＇ meeting at the APEC forum in Bali. Hot on his heels, on October 9, Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Brunei, where he attended the 16th ASEAN-China （10＋1） Summit, the 16th ASEAN Plus Three （10＋3） Summit, and the 8th East Asia Summit. From there Li then headed to Thailand and Vietnam.     

China’s Human Rights Cause Based on Traditional Chinese Culture

SOME Americans regard human rights as a critical issue in China-U.S. relations. Considering the different national conditions, history, cultures, social systems and developmental stages of China and the U.S., it’s quite normal that divergence or even friction about human rights arises between them. China welcomes well-intentioned advice, but resolutely opposes countries trying to interfere with her internal affairs under the pretext of protecting human rights     

The Secret of China’s Development

China is undergoing the fastest development in history–one that has invigorated the country and changed the world. China therefore stands out in the international community.Many people wonder what the secret of this astonishing development is. But if you were to ask a thousand people what they thought, you would get a thousand and one     

China＇s World Heritage List Gets Longer

AT the 34th World Heritage Committee annual meeting held in Brasilia, two more places in China were added to UNESCO＇s World Heritage List - the Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in the ＂Center of Heaven and Earth＂ in the cultural category and China＇s Danxia Landform in the natural category. This decision brought the tally of world heritage sites in China to 40, including 28 cultural heritage sites,     

Hard Bases of China’s Soft Power

THERE is currently much discussion in China about soft power, and I follow this discussion with great interest as a marketing professional and a lay observer. Here I would like to express my opinion in a professional sense. I was in charge of marketing and branding London for eight years, from 2000 to 2008. During that period the success of our work was recognized by international surveys that fre- quently ranked London as the world’s number one city.     

Chinese Dream and China＇s Governance

正WHILE many specifics remain unclear at this point,the new Chinese leadership has provided some broad guidelines to major components of the Chinese Dream.A partial list of these includes:Fairer distribution of the benef its of     

China’s FDI on the Go

CHINA has been a recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI)for some time, starting when the country embarked on reforms and opened-up in the late 1970s.Inflows of FDI were US $1.956 billion in 1985 and by last year had risen to a staggering US $111.716 billion, with an annual increase of 15.54 percent. During     

China’s Economy over the Last Ten

CHINA is approaching its once-in-adecade change in president and gov- ernment. It’s a good time to pause and reflect on the last 10 years of China’s economic performance. The data for 2012 is stil being produced, so our decade has to be 2001- 2011. This doesn’t give us a precise overlap with the country’s politics - 2001 was the final year of the previous administration,     

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.     

China’s Path to Socialist Democracy

AT a clandestine meeting on July 29, 2006, 25 workers in Quanzhou City formed the world’s first Wal-Mart tradeunion committee. The mood was, by all accounts