A HAPPY MEAL

This year,Sun Fu,a deliveryman with Meituan Waimai,a leading food delivery service platform,will have his Spring Festival Eve dinner at work in Beijing.Understanding the concern that the travel rush during the Chinese New Year might trigger a resurgence of the novel coronavirus disease.     

Diyag People Know Where to Call Home

DIYAG Village of Ngari Prefecture is located in the westernmost part of Tibet Autonomous Region.The Xiangquan River has created a canyon and oasis here and then continued to flow into India through the Himalaya Mountains. Hidden among rugged steep mountains,in the past,it was sealed off from the rest of the world by the heavy snow fall every year until spring came the following year.It seemed impossible to get out and travel beyond their local mountains to the closest Zanda County,which is about 200 kilometers away.Today though,asphalt roads have been paved to Diyag,connecting it with the outside world.     

THE GENETICS OF GENEROSITY

Though he only makes a meager salary, that hasn't stopped Zhao Yongjiu, a cleaner in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, from contributing to char-ity. He has donated a third of his salary to charity over the past 30 years and the total amount he has handed out exceeds 180,000 yuan ($27,972). The seeds of charity were sown in Zhao's heart when he was just a teenager. His father died in a work accident and his mother had to raise Zhao and his younger brother all by herself. Later, his mother fell ill, making life more difficult for the family. "At that time, the factory my father had worked in helped us out by providing us with coal for heating in winter. Additionally, our neighbors gave us food," Zhao told Liaoshen Evening News.     

A Blessing in Disguise？

HUANG An finally set footin Hainan, the onlyChinese province he hasnever been to, at the end ofJune. If he had gone in May theprice of his ticket would have been50 percent less. But the awarenessat that time that visitors fromBejing, the area worst stricken bySARS, were not welcome in otherparts of China made him wait.     

Living the Dream

An American aspires to build a cultural bridge across the Pacific through art James Holt realized both his own and his grandmother’s long-cherished visions the day he got his visa stamp to come to China seven years ago. Holt’s grandma, Kay Engel, was a medic who wanted to go to China to help injured soldiers and civilians during World War Ⅱ.     

试论刘铭传的台湾建省方案

1885年,清政府下令台湾建省。可是,被清政府任命为台湾第一任巡抚的刘铭 传却认为“台湾暂难改省”,提出了他自己的台湾建省主张。意见被清廷驳回之后,他随后提 出的台湾建省方案,仍然秉持了一贯的务实思想,强调像抚“番”、清赋、设防这些基础性的 建设必须优先,而像城垣、衙署的建设可以稍缓。在这一方案的主导下,台湾建省工作稳步进 行,使一个新建的省份在不长的时间里成为全国比较先进的省。     

Toys Turn Into Treasures

Thirty-nine-year-old Bao Yongliang is the head of the Department of Digital Animation at the Jilin University of Arts in northeast China.However,the birth of his daughter in 2013 not only fulfilled Bao's dream of becoming a father,but also inspired a creative passion that has seen him launch his own art toy company.     

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.     

Break the Babel Barrier

正Speaking Standard Chinese is a skill that helps people out of poverty For the first few years after Abudullah Urashim left his hometown in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, "2 yuan for 50 grams" was the most fluent Standard Chinese sentence that he could say. He left Xinjiang to sell raisins in east China and used this phrase to answer all questions posed by his customers.     

Creating an Ecological Field of Hope

JIANG Yijia has an ambitious goal in life.The successful entrepre-neur wants to bring hope to his fellow villagers by improving their life quality and beautifying their countryside. Jiang,who won a national award for his contribution to poverty allevia-tion,is the Party secretary of Gongshi Joint Village (consisting of Gongshi and five other neighboring villages) in Sui-ning City,Sichuan Province.Under his leadership,the village that had no road access and whose farmland was largely abandoned is now full of fruit trees on the mountain slopes,while the fields located at the foot of the mountain are fertile and lush.Most villagers now live in storied houses,drive their own cars,and have tap water and natural gas in their homes.In their spare time,villag-ers go to the village cultural and sports activity center to exercise,read books,and play chess.     

Creating an Ecological Field of Hope

JIANG Yijia has an ambitious goal in life.The successful entrepre-neur wants to bring hope to his fellow villagers by improving their life quality and beautifying their countryside. Jiang,who won a national award for his contribution to poverty allevia-tion,is the Party secretary of Gongshi Joint Village (consisting of Gongshi and five other neighboring villages) in Sui-ning City,Sichuan Province.Under his leadership,the village that had no road access and whose farmland was largely abandoned is now full of fruit trees on the mountain slopes,while the fields located at the foot of the mountain are fertile and lush.Most villagers now live in storied houses,drive their own cars,and have tap water and natural gas in their homes.In their spare time,villag-ers go to the village cultural and sports activity center to exercise,read books,and play chess.     

The Strength Of Grass

Policies to protect grassland lead to a complete industrial chain Dorjee,a 45-year-old herder in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province,northwest China,is relieved to see the pasture in the region,where he grazes his herd,is once again covered with grass as high as his knees.More than a decade ago.     

SERVICE BEFORE CELEBRATION

Guo Wei's wish for the New Year of the Ox is stunningly simple. And probably universal. "I wish life would return to normal," he said simply as he sat in front of a screen monitoring heart beats. "I wish people can go about their normal activities once more and production and other economic activities resume. Not only in China but worldwide."     

How Will Knowledge Change Fate?

正Very recently, the acknowledgement section in a doctoral dissertation managed to stir up an online sensation. Huang Guoping, a Ph.D graduating from the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS) in 2017, wrote in this part that he had toiled away for 22 years before he was finally able to hand in his doctoral dissertation. He further acknowledged the countless difficulties he’d encountered along the 22-year-long path of receiving education from primary school, across the mountains surrounding his village all the way to the CAS.     

田野工作的情感--兼论毛泽东早期调查的田野价值

田野的真实与客观只是基本功 ,在田野工作的基础上给人类营造一种和谐、完美、自然、纯净的意境 ,才是人类学学科追求的最高境界。人类学的田野工作者不仅是照相机和笔记本 ,而且更应是人类社会未来的设计者和创造者 ;不仅不能排斥情感 ,而且必须正视情感 ,融情感于田野之中 ,去除田野调查者对调查对象的漠不关心的态度 ,或单纯的文本解读、理论验证 ,以使田野由单纯的科学调查升华到对人性的关注与社会的责任。     

简论隋文帝的治边思想与治边措施

文章认为,隋文帝在其执政的短短20多年间,就能一统南北,把隋朝建设成一个颇为强盛的封建王朝,除了与隋文帝所进行的内政改革致为密切外,与其所推行的“无隔华夷”、“文轨攸同”的治边思想、“远交近攻”、“离强合弱”的治边方略和“严防边塞”、“清边制胜”的治边措施亦不无关系。     

Consumption Loves Man

When a man enters the Hanguang store in Beijing's Xidan shopping district, or many of its equivalents, he might question a man's right to fashion or beauty as he only has the sixth floor to find what he is looking for—compared to the three floors his female counterparts get to enjoy.     

Glamping It Up

When he is not at work, he is busy with his camping business. Yu Sanshui, a 31-year-old digital product engineer in Beijing, spends over 70 percent of his spare time on camping-related activities. He rented a 12-square-meter warehouse space in northwestern suburban Beijing as his "base" and goes there al-most every day. The engineer slash vlogger slash camper originally rented the space to store his extensive camping equipment, which simply cannot fit into his apartment. Since his first camping experi-ence back in 2018, he has spent a total of roughly 150,000 yuan ($23,190) on gear. Every time he goes out camping, he picks up differently com-posed kits from his base.     

Wolfman

Ever since a childhood encounter with a family of foxes, Shaun Ellis has had an affinity with animals. But one in par-ticular has come to dominate his life, resulting in some rather strange behaviour. Here he talks about his work to make life better for wolves held in captivity.     

Delivering a Shining Example

Tang Zhenya has worked as a postman of the China Post Laozishan Township Branch for over 20 years. What sets him apart from many of his peers is that he does not only deliver parcels on land, but also on water.