Review of History-＂Light on China＂ Series

"Light on China" is a series jointly published by the Foreign Languages Press and the China Society for People's Friendship Studies.The 53 books in this series contain writings of international friends, China-watchers and journalists. They encompass historical works, biographies, diaries and col-     

Looking at the Big Picture

Xiong Guangkai’s International Situation and Security Strategy was published in Chinese by the Junshi Yiwen Press and in English by the Foreign Languages Press in March catching the attention of researchers on international strategic studies and military affairs at home and abroad Xiong, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), currently heads the China Institute for International Strategic Studies. The book's English editionwas edited by Lin Wusun, former President of...     

Captives Abuse Scandal Not Accidental

After the abuse of POWs and prisoners by US army in Iraq was brought to the day light in May, the worldwide denunciation silenced what the US was bragging about its support for human rights. The inhumane and brutal means used by the US army to torture Iraqi POWs and prisoners have gone to an alarming proportion. Photographs published show American soldiers—men and women—smiling, laughing or giving thumbs-up signs alongside naked Iraqi prisoners, exposing the sadistic and brutal methods employed by American forces and providing more evi-     

China''''s Foreign Trade Under a Stronger Yuan

CHINA'S trade surplus isheading for an all-timehigh in 2005, for the 11thyear running. A recent re-port issued by the StateInformation Center's Macro-economyMonitoring and Pre-warning ResearchGroup says that China's imports and ex-ports will see respective growths of 18and 22 percent in the second half of thisyear, creating a trade surplus of morethan US $30 billion. That, combinedwith the US $39.6 billion in the first halfof the year, will bring the year's tradesurplus to US $70 billi…     

Traditional Chinese Medicine ＂Making Housecalls＂ Abroad

TONGRENTANG （TRT）, the leading brand of traditional Chinese medicine, realized sales revenues of RMB10 billion in 2009. The export volume reached US $25.44 million, with a year-on-year growth of over 10 percent, allowing the company to continue to hold the title of largest exporter of Chinese patent drugs.     

From Factory Floor to Design Headquarters

AN iPhone made by a Chinese OEM (original equipment manufacturer) sells for US$499 in the US market, while the commissioned Chinese manufacturer of the phone gets a recompense of only US $4.     

MONTHLY REVIEW

Largest vesselA 200,000-dwt floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, the largest of its kind in China, was launched in Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning Province.The vessel was built by the Dalian New Ship-Building Heavy Industry Company for use by the US petroleum giant Conoco in its development of the Belanak oilfield in Indonesia.     

Ancient Printing

An exhibition of indigo printing and dyeing craftwork was held in Beijing on August 12,2010.Jointly hosted by the National Center for the Performing Arts and the Academy Press,the exhibition will     

GIVING CHINA DUE CREDIT

The Man Who Loved China By Simon Winchester 352 pages US $15.99 (paperback) Published in US by Harper Perennial THINK in oceans. It was a piece of childhood advice that the British scientist Joseph Needham     

Book on CPC Published

<正>A book that answers 13 questions about how the Communist Party of China(CPC) works in China and why the Party has made great achievements in the past decades has been recently published by the Beijing-based New World Press.