For a Safer And Better World

<正>What does an ideal world look like?For many around the globe,the answer is quite simple:A much more friendly,helping environment compared to today’s society.Ever the peaceloving civilization,the Chinese concur.About 2,500 years ago,amid the chaos stemming from successive wars between vassal states,the philosopher and politician Confucius (551-479 B.C.) proposed a type ofgreat harmonyin which people live in peace and help each other grow,     

For a Culturally Diversified World - Ethnic Minority Games Flourish in China

Have you ever seen any sport more thrilling and breathtaking than this one？ Above a flat field some 20 meters long and 8 meters wide, there stand a swing hanging from a beam 12 meters above the ground. Here she is, a young women wearing an ethnic Korean long skirt. She briskly jumps onto the swing board and holding the ropes tight, begins swaying back and forth rhythmically.     

Richard N.Cooper:For an Interdependent World

AT their virtual meeting on Feb-ruary 19,leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) pledged in a joint statement to make 2021 a turning point for multilateralism.Amid global volatility,multilateral coopera-tion is facing a range of new challenges that need the guidance of innovation and inspiration of a practical trailblaz-ing approach.Nonetheless,despite such uncertainty across the world,the pledge from the G7 sent a positive sign.The stance of supporting and encouraging international cooperation taken by the G7 since its founding in 1975 is reminis-cent of the study of the world renowned economist Richard N.Cooper,widely recognized as the founder of study on international cooperation in econom-ics.Cooper helped lay the theoretical ground for the founding of G7.The Maurits C.Boas Professor of Interna-tional Economics at Harvard University died of cancer on December 23,2020,at the age of 86.     

Without Skipping a Stitch

<正>NPC deputy brings ethnic craftsmanship from southwest China to a larger stage The revered 20th century painter and art educator Liu Haisu once said:“As beautiful as the moon stitched with threads of clouds,Miao embroidery outshines the needlework of nature.”     

Staying Fit Without a Gym

正As new technologies continue to revolutionize the world of sports,e-fitness emerges as a trendy lifestyle Without having to physically join the run, Huang Lixing made it across the finish line of the Xiamen marathon last October. The 45-year-old sport enthusiast from Zhangzhou, Fujian Province,     

Toward a Future Without Want

正Poverty reduction drive upgraded to spread the fruits of development China has dramatically lifted its official poverty line to an annual per-capita income of 2,300 yuan ($359.4) in rural areas as part of the govern-ment's efforts to distribute the fruits of the country's economic growth to a wider section of its population.The decision by central authorities to raise the poverty threshold by over 90 per-     

For a Practical Peace

<正>Pragmatism marks China’s proposal to bring Palestine and Israel together for talks When Chinese President Xi Jinping met his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing on July 18,Xi proposed a new,trilateral dialogue mechanism for resolving the Palestinian-Israeli confl ict.The proposal came just days before weeks of violence and turmoil in the Middle East region,the worst so far this year.After an attack at the holy site of Haram     

没有围墙的养老院——什刹海地区的"居家养老配餐服务中心"

“做梦也想不到会这么好啊,现在街道每天给我送饭来,瞧,还热乎呢,一荤一素一汤,又是米饭又是花卷儿,     

In For a Bumpy Ride

正The IMF anticipates a number of opportunities and risks facing the Chinese economy China’s economy is slowing,but remains a bright spot in an unpredictable global economy,said the International Monetary Fund(IMF)in its latest China Economic Outlook.The IMF expects China’s GDP to grow 8.25     

Smart Security For a SmartAge

正security concerns related to iphones prompt Chinese smartphone users to go domesticThe release of the iPhone 6 on September 10 triggered a new round of Apple-maniafor smart phone users around the worldHowever,while many are thrilled with the larger     

The Extraordinary Ordinary Making a Difference--Care Without Borders

Around us there are ordinary people, some of whom are living extraordinary lives. What makes them special and influential are their selfless contributions to different areas of society.     

On a World Stage

Colorful performances breathe vitality into the World Expo in Shanghai HELLO FROM UNCLE SAM:An American actor dresses as a clown in a show at the World Expo on July 18     

Riding a Train For 38 Hours

Irecently had some free time in between studying and starting a new job, and decided to go traveling. For some reasons the things I usually found charmingly strange about Beijing had just annoyed me during those last days of the semester,     

For a Cleaner and Sustainable Future

<正>China-U.S.cooperation on clean energy and environmental protection inaugurates a concerted model for addressing global climate changeLP Amina is a North Carolina-based environmental engineering firm that provides proprietary solutions for emission reductions in coal-and gas-fired power plants.It developed a technology that prevents larger coal-dust particles from entering boilers,and so reduces the discharge of nitrogen oxides by15 percent, thereby significantly mitigating pol-     

Embracing a New World

As Europe readies for deep financial cuts,the international community must also prepare People have been talking in Europe of an age of austerity since the end of 2008.The expectation of large cuts to government spending has been wide-spread. The question was just when the cuts would     

Education Without Borders

Mei Lixia's first acquaintance with a MOOC—massive open online course—occurred in 2013 when she registered for courses on Coursera, the California-based course provider regarded as one of the biggest of its kind in the world. The associate professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan City in central China enrolled for several courses and found Taiwan-based history professor Lu Shih-Hao's lectures on Qin Shihuang (259-210 B.C.),the first emperor of a unified China, and The Records of the Grand Historian, an encyclopedic history of ancient China completed around 94 B.C., the most impressive.