The Medicine War

While the rest of the wor ld is embracing trad i t i o n a l Chinese medicine (TCM), in its birthplace it is facing a li f e- o r -d e a th situati o n .An Internet petition to rem o ve traditional medicine from Ch i n a ’ s healthcare system has brought the predicament into the spotlight. Its vanishing legac y, the prob le m a tic situation of both TCM practices and the medicine market, and its res t r ic t e d de velopment due to the prevalence of Wes t e r n medicine remind us that TC…     

Great Expectations The EU wants China to shoulder heavier international responsibilities. Is that too much of a burden for a developing country?

Fairness and mutual responsibility are likely to become key notions in China - European Union (EU) rel a - tions, exp e r ts say. In a rec e n t l y released policy paper on China, thesixth the European Commission has adopt- ed since 1995, “fair” and “res p o n s i b i l i t y ” ar e the wor ds that claimed the most att e n - tion from Chinese analysts. Ac c o r ding to Feng Zhongping, Direc t o r of the Institute of European Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporar y Interna …     

Another Jiawu Year

正THE year 2014 is a Jiawu Year a c c o r d i n g t o t h e C h i n e s e sexagenary cycle.This tradi tional method of numbering days and years adopted by many Asian countries through history no longer has any significance in modern calen drical matters.But it is still relevan in Chinese contemporary astrology and fortune telling.It was during the Jiawu Year 120 years ago that the Sino-Japanese War broke out.Known in China as the Jiawu War,it com pletely reversed the national status o China and Japan,and led to a long term state of war between the two countries.Nowadays,we see constan disputes and friction between China     

The Arabic Dream Learns from the Chinese Dream

正Speech Extracts from the International Dialogue on the Chinese Dream ForumFOR countries in transition,a national dream is a national project.In China,the Chinese Dream m e a n s n a t i o n a l r e j u v e n a t i o n,a project driven by Chinese leadership.Thus the Chinese Dream is a growing and developing vision or a goal for the future.These visions are normally far removed from reality,and difficult to     

MEETHAMLET NEAR YOUR HOME

正Benedict Cumberbatch and NT Live productions tour ChinaWhen Zhang Yifan enrolled in the C e n t r a l A c a d e m y o f D r a m a i n Beijing to start his master’s degree,he was given a set of textbooks containing a number of the world’s classic dramas.There were four plays by William Shakespeare among them—Hamlet,King Lear,Macbeth and Twelfth Night.     

Nation Rises after 65 Years of Development

正ONE needs look no further t h a n C h i n a’s r a i l w a y s t o observe the country’s enormous development since its foundation on October 1,1949.On the 65th anniversary of that formative moment,every Chinese citizen had access to a modern train service.In1949,the nation had only 22,000 km of railways,and half of the track was in poor condition.By 2013,however,this had expanded to 100,000 km.More than 10,000 km was high-speed infrastructure,with12,000 km under construction.     

Will Confucianism Help to Rehabilitate Criminals?

As the most significant part of its traditional culture,Confucianism has had a largenumber of fol lowers in China over the past 2,000 years because of its leading role in ancient moral values.In recent yea r s,however,the rej u-ven a tion of Chinese culture has drawn more people back to the wisdom ofConfucian philosophy and the res e a r ch ofits classics.Courses aimed at prom o t i n g Confucian thought have been opened insome academic institutions and social orga-ni z a tions in the hopes …     

China,Strong Advocate of Global Economic Governance Reforms

AS globalization deepens,inter-state interconnections and interdependence draw c l o s e r t o g e t h e r.N o s i n g l e country can prosper in isolation.There is consequently global consensus on the need to enhance cooperation on global economic governance,and to deal with the problems of insufficient representation of developing countries,imbalanced governing organizations,and low efficiency.Humankind must now address the critical issues that affect everyone.They     

Cityscape China To be Launched in May 2007,Shanghai

Following the extraordinary success of Cityscape Dubai, the world ’ s largest interna tional B2B real estate event for inves t o r s and de vel o p e r s, IIR Middle East, the organ i z er of Cityscape , pres e n t e d the Cityscape brand concept to a gath e r ing of top real estate indus- tr y prof essionals here in Beijing to for ma l l y launch the even t ’ s lat- est oriental exp o r t, Cityscape China.Neil Hickman, Exhibition Director of Cityscape China, said, “T his is the fir …     

CPAFFC Folk Art Performing Group in Austria

At the invitation of the Aus- trian Association for Pro- A motion of Friendship and Cultural R e l a t i o n s w i t h C h i n a (AAPFCRC), a ten-member Chi- nese Folk Art Performing Group, in the name of the CPAFFC del- egation, participated in the activi- ties of the Year of China in Aus- tria from February 20 to March 2 and gave performances in Vi- enna, Baden, Graz and Linz. 2006 marks the 35th anniver- sary of the establishment of dip- lomatic relations between China and Aus…     

云南白族木雕艺术（英文）

<正>Jianchuan County is honored as the hometown of wood carving,and the wood carving of the Bai nationality that live here is renowned all over China for its creative elegance.The fame is over a thousand years old and the tradition still continues.T h e w o r k o f p a s t B a i c a r v e r s i s a p a r t o f t h e     

Deepening Reform,Enhancing Human Rights Development——Summary of the Symposium on Human Rights Construction and Reform

<正>At the end of 2013,theGraduate School of theC h i n a U n i v e r s i t y o fPolitical Science and Laworganized a symposium on HumanRights Construction and Reform andactivities at the university in com-memoration of the 65th anniversaryof the adoption of the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights.LuoHaocai,who was vice chairmanof the 10th National Committeeof the Chinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference and presi-dent of the China Society for HumanRights Studies(CSHRS),PresidentHuang Jin of the China Universityof Political Science and Law,andnearly 50 scholars from the Civil andCommercial Law School,China-EUSchool of Law and the InternationalInstitute of Confucianism also at-     

ASEAN Good for Globalization

Beijing Review: You began serv- ing as secretary general of ASEAN in 1998 when Asia was suffer ing a painful financial crisis. Wha t did ASEAN mem- be r s do collectivel y to ride out that fin a n - cial storm and wha t did they learn from it? How do you see today’ s economic de velopment of the regio n ? Ro d o l f o Sever ino: The financial cris i s had three dimensions—domestic, interna - tional and regional. Domestically, the ASEAN countries, each in their own way, un d e r took …     

Retailers Reshuffle Retail industry competition is white hot,with acquisitions being the ultimatetrump cards

On October 29, a Satrda y, when employees of many companies were off enjoying one of Beijing’s fine autumn days, Trus t - M a r tem p l o yee Li Xiaomei was fee l i n g exhausted and insecure. “W e know that Trus t - M a r t has been ac q u i r ed by Wal - M a r t, but our boss has not told us yet , ” said Li. Wal - M a r t, by acquiring Trus t - M a r t for about $1 billion (the agreement was rea c he d be t w een the two companies and it may take a while for the agreement to take ef…     

Garden Architecture

T he most distin- guishing feature of ancient Chi- nese gardens is their . natural style embodying both mountains and water. Within a limited area, the beauty of natu- ral mountains and water courses can be re-cre- ated by using variations of space, imitating real m o u n t a i n s and waterflows, and con- structing exquisite min- iature structures. Over the ages, Chinese arti- sans built up a rich body of theory relating to gar- den construction, andbequeathed to posterity a large number of d…     

French Photo Exhibition Great Footprints Opens

The opening ceremony othe photo exhibition GreaFootprints—China Chapter inthe Annals of Montargoisejointly sponsored by theCPAFFC, the Montargoise Ag-g l o me r a t i o n a n d t h eMontargoise France-ChinaFriendship Association washeld in the Friendship Mu-seum of the CPAFFC onMarch 1, 2006. CPAFFCPresident Chen Haosu and VicePresident Liu Zhiming, formerChinese Ambassador toFrance Cai Fangbo, President ofthe Montargoise Agglomerationand member of the French Na-tional Ass…     

Human Rights and a Harmonious World

Jiang Zhenghua (Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China): It has been an important component of tra di - tional Chinese culture to pursue interpe r so n - al harmo n y, individual mental and phys i ca l ha r mo n y and harm on y between man and na tu re. This could also be a social ideal com- mo n ly aspired to by people of differ ent eth- nic groups throughout the wor ld . It is in this sp i rit that China has advoc ated for and endeavor ed to saf…     

State of the Market

Foreign Trade China ’ s for eign trade volume is exp e c t - ed to hit $1.7 trillion in 2006, a yea r -o n - year increase of more than 20 percent, said Fu Ziying, Assistant Minister of Co m m e r ce Ac c o r ding to Fu, the country’ s for ei g n tr ade volume has risen from sixth to third in the wor ld during the past five yea r s, with im p o r t and exp o r t volume growing at an aver age annual rate of 24.6 percent. China has set the goal to kee p for ei g n tr ade volume at $2.3 tril…     

State of the Market

PPI In September , the producer price index (PPI) for manuf actured goods increased 3.5 percent over the yea r -e a r lier perio d , ac c o r ding to the National Bureau of St a tistics (NBS). Of the total, purcha s i n g pr ices of raw mate r ials, fuels…     

Deqen：Shangri-la on Earth

MORE than 60years ago, B r i t i s h writer James H i l t o n ' s novel LostHorizon described Shangri-la as a dream-like Utopia, Hollywood adapted the novel into a film, and ever since the name Shangri-la has been famous worldwide. Many people come to China, Nepal, India and related areas looking for this paradise.Deqen is Tibetan for "auspicious place." It is the only Tibetan