Painting China’s Soul——the Flower of Winter

THE plum blossom, flower of the Prunus mume, is a prominenticon of traditional Chinese culture and one of the most loved subjects in Chinese     

Experience the Charm of China’s West

The Aba Teachers’Collegein Sichuan Province succes-sively had three foreign volun-teers teaching English conversa-tion in 2003.They were retired Canadian government of ficial Martin Padgett,German teacher Ms.Schickedanz Petra and Aus-tralian teacher Peter Hogan.An-other German woman teacherInge Dahm taught at Guangya School in Dujiangyan.The ycame from afar to teach at anunfamiliar place,passed on their knowledge and skills to the young students of China and returnedhome after comple…     

Yuxi——Home of Humanity’s Ancestor and China’s Heroes

IF Vienna is the spiritual home to the masters of classical music,then Yuxi might enjoy the same accolade for modern musicians.This is because it is the birthplace of Nie Er(1912-1935),composer of the national anthem of the People’s Republic of China.     

Vying for the Cream of China’s Academic Crop

I T was not until 1998 that main- land high school students had the opportunity to study at Hong Kong universities, in restricted numbers. This year, eight Hong Kong universities became authorized to recruit undergraduates from more than 20 mainland provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. This has led to a situation where mainland and Hong Kong universities are now vying for students and going all out to attract the cream of the academic crop. In 2006, 151 out of a total of 6,342 …     

China’s FDI on the Go

CHINA has been a recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI)for some time, starting when the country embarked on reforms and opened-up in the late 1970s.Inflows of FDI were US $1.956 billion in 1985 and by last year had risen to a staggering US $111.716 billion, with an annual increase of 15.54 percent. During     

The Secret of China’s Development

China is undergoing the fastest development in history–one that has invigorated the country and changed the world. China therefore stands out in the international community.Many people wonder what the secret of this astonishing development is. But if you were to ask a thousand people what they thought, you would get a thousand and one     

China’s New Leadership and the World

China’s foreign relationship in the Xi era will inevitably be tinged with the Xi style,which features a strong will and a personality that has both a soft and a tough side.How will this easy-going,smiling leader perceive and handle China’s relationship with the world?We have good reason to believe that he will bring more smiles and greater ease to this relationship.Xi Jinping heralds a diplomatic revolution in China.     

China and the EU’s Economic Compatibilities

AFTER Chinese New Year’s celebrations died down, the first few weeks of the Year of the Dragon saw a busy schedule of meetings between Chinese and European leaders. On February 2, China welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her fifth visit in six years. A couple of weeks later, on February 14, President of European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for the 14th ChinaEU leaders’ summit in Beijing. The next day they met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, and four days later Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Ireland and met with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.     

Worldwide Remembrance of China’s Theater of War

正ON February 27,the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed a decision on ratifying two memorial days–September 3 to commemorate the victory of Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression,and December 13 to honor victims of the Nanjing Massacre.Japan’s response was predictable.Although it didn’t brazenly slander China,it described adding these events to the calendar as"suspicious."     

Introduction to the American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China

AmCham-China is a nonpartisan, nonprof it commercial organization dedicated to supporting and promoting its members’ business interests. AmCham-China is the     

China’s Economy over the Last Ten

CHINA is approaching its once-in-adecade change in president and gov- ernment. It’s a good time to pause and reflect on the last 10 years of China’s economic performance. The data for 2012 is stil being produced, so our decade has to be 2001- 2011. This doesn’t give us a precise overlap with the country’s politics - 2001 was the final year of the previous administration,     

Shanghai——China’s Most Internationalized Metropolis

SHANGHAI was a humble fishing village in the 11th century during the Northern song Dynasty. The area expanded into an agricultural hinterland and cotton and silk industry center during the Ming Dynasty     

The Making of China’s Public Policy

Editor’s note: Last April 17 U.S. o cials came to the Center for U.S.-ChinaRelations at Tsinghua University to attend a seminar on such topics as China’spolitical system, foreign policy, trade policy, military modernization and media.As contacts between China and the U.S. are growing closer, mutual communication and trust become     

Hard Bases of China’s Soft Power

THERE is currently much discussion in China about soft power, and I follow this discussion with great interest as a marketing professional and a lay observer. Here I would like to express my opinion in a professional sense. I was in charge of marketing and branding London for eight years, from 2000 to 2008. During that period the success of our work was recognized by international surveys that fre- quently ranked London as the world’s number one city.     

The CPC as the Core of Leadership Guiding the Development of China’s Human Rights Cause

Full enjoyment of human rights, a lofty ideal pursued by the human race for a long time, is what the people of contemporary China have spared no efforts to attain. The Chinese people were virtually denied human rights when the three large mountains-imperialism, feudalism and the bureaucratic bour-geoisie-oppressed them. To achieve national liberation, independence, democracy, freedom and human rights, the unyielding Chinese people fought protracted struggles for which they made huge sacrifices.     

Religious Believers Share the Fruit of China’s Reforms——The story of a rural district in Shanxi Province

At Jiancaoping District,a rural part of Taiyuan,the capital city of Shanxi Province,north China,more than 8% of the residents are religious     

In Memory of Jordan M. Phillips——China’s Bethune from the U.S.

In the vocabularies used by the Chinese today, "Bethune" is the ultimate synonym for the noble figure. It came from the period of anti-Japanese war when a Canadian physician Norman Bethune came to the frontiers of heavy gun fire to treat the great many Chinese wounded soldiers and eventually died in the anti-fascist battlefield himself due to exhaustion and surgical contraction. "What kind of spirit is this",     

Speaking up for the People Deputies to China’s Legislature: the People’s Voice

LEI Chuang, a postgraduate student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was very excited to learn that aproposal of his was being taken up at the annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) byXie Zilong, an NPC deputy and president of LBX Pharmacy.Lei is a vocal advocate of reducing discrimination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers. Lastyear, his proposal on HBV-related discrimination was also taken up at the NPC session by Xie. More recently,     

China’s Ancient Towers

WHAT the Chinese generalize as ＂ta.＂ or ＂tower＂ for the convenience of cross-cultural communication, has its origins in the Indian ＂stupa,＂ which means ＂tomb mound＂ in Sanskrit. Nowadays, a ＂ta＂ can refer to a tower, a pagoda, a stupa, or anything like them. The iconic Buddhist brick-and-mortar architecture of the ta was adopted by China in the first century when Buddhism crossed the border from India.