Gities of Reconciliation and Revolution：Eco-House in Shanghai

Haft of the world＇s population already lives in cities and more are on their way to becoming urbanites. Rapid urbanization is exerting unrelenting pressure on the environment, transportation, energy and employment, pushing countries around the world to work out solutions. China has approached these problems according to its own situation, and historic and cultural foundations. After years of exploration and experimentation some cities are customizing and piloting their own solutions. The import of this goes deeper than ＂nice and dean＂; some say it is publicly and privately revolutionary.     

ABite of Food Culture

<正>Chinese food seeks to add flavor to UNESCO’s cultural palette Since ancient times China has enjoyed a rich food culture,with many dishes becoming famous and part of the nation’s intangible cultural heritage.The longing for those lip-smacking delicacies was stoked anew in the past years,both at home and abroad,by A Bite of China,a popular Chinese teleseries on China’s varied food culture.     

Nanjing Software： The New Brilliance of an Ancient City

TOGETHER with Dalian and ＇Chengdu, the city of Nanjing is a major producer of computer software in China.People may wonder what in the world has made Nanjing, a city known for its cultural and historical heritage, a leader in China＇s software industry. And how did this seem to happen overnight？ In spite of its relatively low profile, Nanjing has a few tricks up its sleeve the other cities don＇t.     

China Beckoning to International Experts

Like taikonaut, the Chinese word rencai, talented people, has been increasingly familiar among international academic circles, for it is the mantra in China’s plan for its long-term development. With an aging population and increasing integration with the outside world, China needs highly capable workers with international vision to man its sustainable growth. And the principal task in this regard is to reverse the brain drain, and transform China from the world’s workshop into a center of innovation. Recent measures, in particular the Recruitment Program of Global Experts, have shown encouraging results.     

Western Holiday Warms Country Hearts

TOUGH Valentine＇s Day was first embraced by college students and the middle class in China, it is now finding its way into rural areas. Country dwellers have become better connected with the outside world through the televisions and computers that are increasingly common in their homes, or more directly through their working experience in cities. The holiday calls for the blatant celebration of love, a custom not found in traditional Chinese culture, and this gives the generally shy and conservative Chinese farmers the chance to express affection in public for the people they privately adore.     

Hefei’s Low-carbon Development

ALTHOUGH adjacent to the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone,Hefei belongs to Central China and its economic development lags behind eastern coastal cities.Traditionally an agricultural area,with per capita arable land of just 0.1 hectare,it is impossible for the millions of farmers that make up most of the city’s population to get rich.A solution to this is industrialization and urbanization,a course that Hefei has been pursuing for the past few years.All around the city,new apartment buildings are springing up to accommodate the rural laborers that are flowing into the city.These laborers find jobs at the newly built factories scattered in the development zones in Hefei’s suburbs.Many     

Say No to Obsessive Banking Expansion

正The UK’s The Banker magazine recently unveiled its 2016 Top 1,000 World Banks rankings,among which 119 are Chinese banks,with 17 making it to the top 100.Sorted by the size of their Tier 1 capital—the core measure of a bank’s financial strength from a regulator’s point of view—four Chinese banks are ranked among the world’s top 10 this year,with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China topping the list for the fourth time in a     

MARKET WATCH

House prices continue heading north in most Chinese cities,defying government efforts to curb the property market fever. Chinese companies press ahead with outbound mergers and acquisitions, as they expand their footprint beyond China’s borders. China has boosted its holdings of the U.S. Treasury Securities for two consecutive months after previously shedding these assets. State-owned enterprises continue along a profitable path, with profits soaring in the first half of this year. China remains the world’s hottest initial public offering (IPO) market, despite a decrease in IPO cases in the first half.     

Birthplace of the Chinese Circus

ACROBATIC arts have a very long history in China and they are also the root of the Chinese circus tradition which counts as a precious cultural heritage. Several places in China are renowned for acrobatics, and among them are Liaocheng of Shandong Province, Yancheng of Jiangsu Province, and Tianmen of Hubei Province. In Wuqiao County in Hebei Province however, it looks like acrobatics may be the only game in this town of 280,000. Fully 10 percent of its small population is engaged in acrobatic-related work.