Better Than Expected

The first-quarter economic indicators, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in mid-April, have revealed some "better-than-expected" developments in the nation's economy, and considerably cleared up initial concerns that China may be sailing further into the doldrums as a result of the ongoing global economic crisis.     

Better Late Than Never

China has started a long-anticipated overhaul of its oil pricing and taxation system After years of waiting and debating, the government has finally decided to shake up the country's oil pric- ing and taxation system, combin-     

Better Late Than Never

正Mitsubishi apologizes for subjecting Chinese to forced labor during WWII World War II(WWII)finally ended when Japan announced its unconditional surrender on August 15,1945.But the battle waged by Chinese victims for compensation and apologies from the Japanese     

Prevention Better Than Cure

正A border region’s initiative to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS through sex education,beginning in first grade,is changing mindsets While most schoolgirls have secrets Xiao Ping’s is a little different.Every day,without fail,she finds a quiet corner to take a dose of medication, hiding her actions away from others, because she doesn’t want to be asked questions.She is     

Prevention Better Than Cure

Try as it may, China has failed to remain immune to the sprawling A/H1N1 flu that has swept the globe. By 6:00 p.m. on June 11, there had been 125 confirmed cases of the virus on the Chinese mainland, while 60 of the affected had returned to normal health. Serious as the flu is, since     

Cybersecurity: Dialogue Is Better Than Confrontation

<正>A delegation led by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy Meng Jianzhu,and comprising leaders from public security,judicial,and cyberspace industries,among others,recently visited the United States.The two sides exchanged views on issues such as mounting a joint effort to crack down on cybercrime.The Chinese side attaches great importance to cybersecurity,which is becoming an increasingly important facet of China-U.S.ties.Compared to topics the two sides have continuously remained at odds over,such as economic and trade     

Tibet Is a Better Place Than It Used to Be

I am away on a short vacation in China.I spent several days in Shanxi Province in north China,a province perhaps best known for coal production.However,one should not visit Shanxi without going to the Wutai Mountain,and my trip was no exception.The Wutai Mountain is one of the four Buddhist holy n-ountains in Chira For 2,000years this area has been prominent in the history and culture of Buddhism in China.In the Wutai Mountain,I saw both temples and lamaseries.Han Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism have grown side by side here for centuries.It is a superb example of religious diversity and tolerance.     

Better and Better

<正>For Muslim Chinese,"minority"means enrichment,not division Aboard showing pictures of 28 senior residents who have performed the haj pilgrimage stands at a park at the village gate.Sixty-eight families comprising 620 people from the Hui ethnic group live in the village,which in 2013 was renovated under a government program devoted to the minority group.     

Better Village,Better Life

A special post office is gaining a positive reputation for sending slow mail The image of a smiling panda suspended from a pole greets visitors along the Second Middle Street in the 798 Art Zone,a once industrial area that has been reclaimed as a gathering place for Beijing's innovative artists.     

Better Rails, Better Life

The China Railway Pavilion showcases the development and future of China’s impressive railway network At the ongoing World Expo in Shanghai, the China Railway Pavilion is one of the technological masterpieces stunning the visitors.     

Better Today,Better Tomorrow

LIKE her fellow Tibetans in Yamda Village,Doilungdêqên,Drakse knows first-hand how much local lives have improved.She is now 52,and when a little girl in the 1960s,her family of five toiled on a plot of less than a half-hectare,with the assistance of a horse,goat or donkey.After she spent two years in the classroom her parents sadly couldn’t afford any more education for her,and they needed her help on the farm in any case.At age 16 Drakse joined her father on the road building team,earning RMB 5 a day.They had roasted barley flour for all three daily meals in those years,an unthinkable privation for Tibet’s youth today.     

Better Environment,Better Games

No one would believe that Donghaochong Stream,now a leisure site for Guangzhou's residents,used to be a smelly,stagnant waterway of filth; it was a stain on the city's image in the run-up to the Guangzhou 2010Asian Games.After a year of intensive water purification work,the 3-km stream has been transformed into the Seine of south China-the water is cleaner and businesses,including Starbucks and other cafés,have sprung up on its banks for tourists and citizens to enjoy.     

Better Beans,Better Supplies

Life in the fields has made Wang Qiuling look older than her age.Her face has been wrinkled from long days spent in the sun inspecting soybeans as an agricultural expert.Wang,who works for the Heze Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Heze,Shandong Province,has been breeding better varieties of soybeans for the past three decades.     

Higher Than Expected

<正>After failing to keep the CPI under 3 percent last year, China looks to new measures to curb inflation China’s CPI grew 3.3 percent in 2010, higher than the security line of 3 percent set at the outset of 2010, said the     

More Than Energy

正Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's trip to the Gulf region enhances all-round cooperation with the Arab world Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, and participated in the Fifth World Future Energy Summit (WFES) from January 14 to 19. The Chinese premier stated China's stance on world energy supply at     

More Than Sightseeing

The World Expo in Shanghai is being held just two years after China hosted the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.Japan had a similar experience about 40 years ago.After Tokyo hosted the Olympic Games in 1964,another Japanese city,Osaka,hosted the World Expo.     

More Than Luck

A returned professional looks to a bright future for his insurance services company Xu Huifeng knows he is a lucky guy.After moving back to China seven years ago, the insurance service busi-     

One Year Later

It has now been one year since the catastrophic 8.0-magnitude earthquake slammed Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008. At 2:28 p.m. on that terrible day, the most destructive calamity to hit China in 60 years struck     

Lonelier Than Ever

Parents face the challenge of making a generation of only kids socially active Compared with children she taught a decade ago, or even a few years ago, Zhang Jing, a kindergarten teacher of nearly 20 years in southwest China’s Chongqing, says kids nowadays are less independent and poorer