Breaking Down Barriers

正Laws, regulations and legal assistance safeguard the rights of people with disabilities As a public interest lawyer serving the community, Ouyang Jihua, Executive Director of the Zhongtong Law Firm in Beijing,provides legal advice at local communities once a week. Recently, a man came to see him about his unfair termination at work. The man, who was not named, had had an accident at work and was left disabled, according to Beijing-based Legal Daily.     

Breaking Down Barriers

Twenty years—that's how long it took Beijing to evolve into a city for all. In September, when Paralympians from around the world gather in Beijing for their Olympics,     

Breaking Down the Military Ban

<正>Japan’s decision to allow aid to support foreign military raises security concerns in East Asia Japan’s cabinet on February 10 adopted a foreign aid charter stating for the first time that its official development assistance(ODA)program can be used to support foreign armed forces.The newly enforced Development Cooperation Charter,previously known as the ODA Charter,said military aid is al owed to be used in non-combat operations     

Breaking Down the Syrian Crisis

<正>Beijing Review interviewed Lakhdar Brahimi,the former UN and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria,in Beijing on November 5 to get his insights on the Syrian crisis and how to solve it.A former Algerian foreign minister and creator of the world-renowned Brahimi Report,he has devoted his career to resolving conflicts and building peace in some of the world’s most troubled regions.An excerpt of the interview follows:     

Breaking Through

Chinese athletes wrote a new chapter in Paralympic history at Beijing 2022 When Liu Zixu put down his bow and took up the rifle,he wasn’t expecting to land the top spot in athletics.Liu finished first in the Para biathlon men’s sprint sitting on March 5,earning China its first gold medal at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.     

Breaking Barricades

正The current state of Sino-Japanese relations is strikingly worrisome.Particularly in the past year,conflicts have deepened between the two on issues concerning historical perception,territorial sovereignty and security.In a speech at a meeting of the 21st Century Committee for China-Japan Friendship,recently held in Nagasaki,Japan,Zhou Mingwei,a committee member,shared his thoughts on current Sino-Japanese relations.Excerpts as follows     

Doubling Down

Wang Shun,a world swimming cham-pion,has reached the pinnacle of his sport,yet he continues to push him-self every day,striving to shave off mere tenths of a second from his times.He is also a\"big kid\"who loves superheroes and can build Lego at\"world-champion\"speeds—once completing a 4,210-piece model of Batman:The Animated Series Gotham City in just six hours.     

Breaking the Silence

<正>Two decades after it was proposed,China’s anti-domestic violence law set to become a reality In the eyes of her friends and neighbors,Li Fang(her real name has been withheld to protect her identity)had been living a perfect life of domestic bliss.So when she filed for divorce in early September,it took them by surprise as few had known about the dark     

Breaking Imperial Designs

Recently, historical disputes between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan have spilled over into the technology and trade areas. Japan tightened restrictions on the export of three materials used in hi-tech equipment to the ROK, which inflicted great damage on the countiys enterprises.     

Torn Down

正Biking toward the village, where I should have seen nothing but rare Beijing darkness, I saw a gleaming new Holiday Inn-complete with valet park- ing and big, gaudy columns. It is a route I took every day in August 2008, to get to the Olympic wrestling     

Breaking Fresh Ground

ABSTRACT

In the present paper, the author introduces her roles and duties at her current job. The author then describes how she got into community psychology and primary prevention and how her graduate school and previous work experiences have influenced her current work. Focusing on primary prevention, the author delineates how the two community psychology concepts -primary prevention and action research -can be applied to the promotion of adolescent mental health in the Korean society. The author then adds advice for foreign students who are considering studying community psychology in the U.S.     

Slowing Down

<正>A slower pace of life has become fashionable to more urbanites Life was almost all work and no play for Shi Ming,a 40-something worker at a research institute in Beijing,before a heart attack two years ago.     

Breaking New Ground

<正>The first Sino-Egyptian joint archaeological dig marks a milestone in Chinese archaeology’s overseas cooperation For Gao Wei,breaking ground is nothing new.As a Chinese archaeologist,he has taken part in countless digs throughout the country.But when the f irst Chinese shovel hits the dirt in Egypt,as expected in October this year,it takes on special     

Breaking the Stigma

Documentary about orphaned Chinese children with AIDS aims to tackle discrimination C hinese American filmmaker Ruby Yang described to China's Xinhua News Agency the making of the film The Blood of Yingzhou District-a film about Chinese orphans of AIDS victims-as "a very emo-tionaljourney"after she and Thomas Lennon won an Oscar for best documentary short film on February 25.     

Breaking the Ice

Relations between the United States and Latin American countries are warming up,but controversies remain Tensions between the United States and its long-term     

Breaking the Ice

<正>Since Beijing and Zhangjiakou in neighboring Hebei Province won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics,the entire country has become increasingly enthusiastic about winter sports.Skiing and skating are popular winter activities while lesser-known games such as curling and ice hockey have also become familiar to sports lovers.There are some of the ways that Chinese people are adapting to winter sports     

Breaking New Ground

<正>Building on four decades of sustained relations,China and the EU are ready to further their partnership.At the 17th China-EU Summit in Brussels on June 29,Premier Li Keqiang and EU leaders vowed to promote col aboration in a host of new areas.At present,Sino-EU economic relations are at their best in history.The EU has been China’s largest trading partner for 11 consecutive years while China