The Essence of Chinese Experience

<正>Why China can achieve successful development in the face of challenges?He Wenping,a senior researcher at the Charhar Institute and a research fellow at the Institute of West Asian and African Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,made a comprehensive analysis on China’s governance experience,indicating the reasons.The article was originally published on the November issue of China Today magazine.Edited excerpts follow:     

Deepening Reform,Enhancing Human Rights Development——Summary of the Symposium on Human Rights Construction and Reform

<正>At the end of 2013,theGraduate School of theC h i n a U n i v e r s i t y o fPolitical Science and Laworganized a symposium on HumanRights Construction and Reform andactivities at the university in com-memoration of the 65th anniversaryof the adoption of the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights.LuoHaocai,who was vice chairmanof the 10th National Committeeof the Chinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference and presi-dent of the China Society for HumanRights Studies(CSHRS),PresidentHuang Jin of the China Universityof Political Science and Law,andnearly 50 scholars from the Civil andCommercial Law School,China-EUSchool of Law and the InternationalInstitute of Confucianism also at-     

The Focus on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20th Rights Development” CPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human

on November 8, 2022, the China Society for Human Rights Studies held a seminar in Beijing on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human Rights Development”. Padma Choling, vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and president of the China Society for Human Rights Studies, addressed the event. The participating experts and scholars focused on studying and implementing the spirit of t...     

Ross Terrill’s China Story

HE met China’Premier Zhou Enlai,chatted with prestigious Chinese writer Guo Moruo and sat in Beijing with Norodom Sihanouk,the late king of Cambodia.He witnessed the re-establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the United States and between China and Australia.He studied with Henry Kissinger and John King Fairbank and is committed to studying the stability and harmony of East and West.He was a research associate at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and taught government and international affairs at Harvard.However,he is most well-known for     

Zheng He's Westward Voyages and the“Porcelain Route”——In Commemoration of the 600th Anniversary of Zheng He’s Westward Voyage

P eople in Southeast Asian, Arabian and Afri- can countries are quite fond of Chinese por-celain, especially those made in Jingdezhen. Forinstance, among the porcelain imported by Egyptin 2002, 96% were from China. The one whoestablished this close connection between Chi-nese porcelain and people in these areas is ZhengHe, who lived 600 years ago. This year marks the 600th anniversary ofZheng He’s westward voyage. He was a greatnavigator and diplomat of China in the Ming Dy-nas…     

The Color of Life

WANG Changkai, a student of Wu Guanzhong, graduated from the Beijing Academy of Art in the late 1950s. He spent the next few decades creating his own unique style of Chinese oils, and finally made the breakthrough in the late 1980s.     

The Scattering Ceremony of Helen Rosen's Ashes in Beijing

Recently, Huang Hua, presi-dent of the China Society forPeople's Friendship Studies, re-ceived a letter from John Rosen,son of the Chinese people's oldfriends Sam and Helen Rosen, inwhich he expressed his thanks toHuang for arranging the ash-scat-tering ceremony for his mother.Sam Rosen was an Americandoctor. He and his wife Helen hadforged profound friendship withthe Chinese people since 1937when they first came into contact     

A Matter of Public Interest

A traditional Chinese saying goes, “Married daughters are the water splashed out,” meaning in a patriar- chal system, a married woman is the property of her husband’s family and has nothing to do with her parents’ family. Old biases die hard. The same…     

Sinicization of Marxism （Part Ⅱ）--Creative Application and Development of Marxism by the Communist Party of China

THE Chinese revolution, which led to the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949, began with the victory over the Japanese aggressors in World War II, a victory which cost 35 million Chinese lives. It was followed by the civil war against Chiang Kai-shek’s dictatorship, in which many Chinese people also lost their lives. The victory of the revolution of the Chinese people was a turning point in Chinese history and also the most important historical event     

PEOPLE & POINTS

<正>NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE He Rong has been appointed Minister of Justice,replacing Tang Yijun,who was elected as chairperson of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference,in January.He has worked within China’s judicial system for more than 30 years.Before her new appointment the 60-year-old from Shandong Province had served as vice president of the Supreme People’s Court,China’s top court,since April 2020.     

China and the Muslim World

<正>Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent participation in an Organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC) conference in Islamabad,Pakistan,is historic.For the first time,the top diplomat of the People’s Republic of China(PRC) was invited to address a mega gathering of his counterparts from nations of the 57-member body representing 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide.     

That Kind Gentleman from China And His US Hosts

A Chinese young man in Iowa"He’s always kind to everyone,always like this,"Eleanor Dvorchak murmurs,looking out of the car window at paddy fi elds in Hebei.The vast green farmland sent her mind wandering back to Iowa 30 years before.In 1985,the Dvorchak family received a call from Mrs.Sarah Lande,a member of the Iowa Sister States,a     

Too Well Educated

Having long suffered from low education,Chinese job seekers now face a problem of an opposite nature Wang Lina,who holds a master’s degree from Wuhan University in central China’s Hubei Province,once firmly believed that the qualification would land her a stable and highly-paid job.Yet after failing to nail down a job after attending more than 40 job fairs since graduating last summer,her confidence is waning.     

PEOPLE POWER

<正>Africa’s diaspora is its most influential cultural envoy,building bridges between the continent and China Dr.Adams Bodomo dislikes the phrase"Sino-African.""It’s a question of symmetry and focus,"the professor of African Studies at the University of Vienna explained carefuly from his office in Austria."I accept the Chinese saying that because it is natural for     

The Kindness of a Chinese Immigrant

ON September 10, 2002 Mary He was thirty thousand meters above the Pacific Ocean, en route from Vancouver to Beijing. But the Chinese capital was not her final destination. Chinese-born Mary He, who now lives in Canada, took a 4-hour connecting flight to Urumqi, and then another 2-hour flight to Kashi in western China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. She spent the third day of her journey on a coach, traveling for more than 10 hours across the Gobi desert to Hotan. There, she continued her 30-year search for a Uygur boy named Ircken.     

＂The World Is Ill-prepared for the Rise of China＂ - An Interview with Zhao Qizheng,spokesman of the National Committee of the Chinese People＇s Political Consultative Conference

ZHAO Qizheng,former deputy mayor of Shanghai andminister of the State Council Information Office,is a member of the Standing Committee of China’s top political consultative body,the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He serves as chairman of the Foreign     

Rewi Alley Concerns About China’s Ceramic Technology

Rewi Alley was a well-known New Zealandwriter, social activist and re-searcher of ancient ceramics.He was also a sincere friend ofthe Chinese people. He sup-ported the Chinese People’sWar of Resistance AgainstJapanese Aggression and theWar of Liberation, and lovedworld peace. He was highlypraised by the people of Chinaand the world.Studying ancient Chinesepottery and porcelain, their pro-duction techniques and orna-mental and artistic ceramicswas Rewi Alley’s hobby, and hehad achieved…     

Should Children Be Encouraged to Go to College at an Early Age?

<正>Ten-year-old Zhang Yiwen from Shangqiu in central China’s Henan Province has stirred up debate for passing this year’s college entrance examination(Gaokao)and enrolling at the Shangqiu Institute of Technology.She is expected to receive a junior college degree in electronic information and engineering in three years’ time,which is different from a regular four-year degree.Normally,Chinese students graduate from high school at 18.Unlike her peers in primary school,Zhang was home-schooled from kindergarten through high school by her parents.     

China and the U.S.:It’s Complicated!

<正>Editor’s Note:Exploring how China and the United States might best coexist has long been an important focus of attention in both countries.Fu Ying,Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress,while attending the release ceremony for the American Research Report 2015 at the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on June 4,delivered a keynote speech on Sino-U.S.relations.Beijing Review has been authorized to translate her speech,which follows:     

International Human Rights Conventions in China——An interview with Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

On the advent of the ＂International Human Rights Day＂ on Dec. 10, 2007, our staff reporter Interviewed Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on how the international human rights conventions are implemented in China.
Born in May 1965, Mo Jihong is a native of Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province. He is a research fellow at the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social sciences and a tutor for Ph.D candidates in the International Human Rights Law. He also serves as an executive member of the Society for International Constitution Studies and vice-president of the Constitution Chapter of the China Society of Law. He was a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Institute of Norway, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. His principal works include International Human Rights Convention and China （2005）, Principles of Constitutional Sciences in Practice （2007） and In Defense of Legislation （2007）. He was elected as one of the ten most outstanding young jurists in China.
The following is the full text of the interview：