Are Internships Necessary?

正Huang Guitian, Assistant President of Peking University, denounced the necessity of internships for college students and called on a ban on student internships at a forum in May, saying that internships would negatively influence students. In his view, in the     

Are Younger Generations Really Encountering Midlife Crisis?

<正>Many youngsters born in the 1990s have recently begun to ridicule themselves as"middle-aged"people.An article widely circulated online redefines youth as those between the ages of 15 and 24,based on the sense of wellbeing.In this sense,those who are at or above the age of 25 are middle-aged     

Is Real-Name Registration Necessary for Micro-Blogs?

正On December 16, 2011, multiple government organizations in Beijing issued a regulation to strengthen the management of twitter-like micro-blogging. The new regulation requires Internet compa- nies registered in the city and offering micro- blogging services to have their users register     

Is Professional Accreditation Necessary for Farmers?

<正>A total of 182 well-educated farmers in west China’s Shaanxi Province recently received senior professional certificates.Farmers who want to become senior professionals must undergo mandatory government training and possess knowledge of modern agricultural techniques and management skills.Their income must also be 20 times higher     

A Harmonious Environment for the Younger Generation

Social competition grows ever fiercer in China as the economic boom of recent years continues. Chinese citizens of school age feel it in the pressure emanating from parents, teachers, and the education system in general. The uncertainties of adolescence are thus intensified, and the consumption of high-tech toys and designer clothes that offsets it exerts     

Are Chinese Banks Ready for Foreigners?

Banking reform is crucial to China, as banks dominate the country's financial system. The banking sector is dominated by four state-owned commercial banks-the ICBC, the CCB, the BOC, and the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC). The listing of the Bank of Communications (BOCOM), China's fifth     

Is Girls' School Necessary?

<正>In March,the Zhuhai Girls’Middle School,the only girls’middle school in south China’s Guangdong Province,began its first enrollments.Although tuition fees for the establishment are high,it was seen by many parents as a choice for their daughters.The school was invested in by Zhuhai Henglong Group     

Are Farmers Ready for the Stock Market?

Recently, the China Securities Regulatory Commission conducted a survey on rural residents’ demand for investment through securities companies. Items covered by the survey are the depth of the farmers’ desire     

Are Good Deeds Compulsory for Young Bus Riders?

A recent popular post on the Internet concerns friction on a bus in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province. A young female passenger surnamed Wu refused to give herseat to a 77-year-old woman when she wasasked to do so by an elderly man surnamed     

A Pioneering Place for Overseas Students

THE Hefei New and Hightech Industrial Zone features a perfect investment environment and complete services for overseas students. A great number of overseas students are attracted to pioneer new enterprises in the zone. Established in 1990, the zone, or the Science and Technology Industrial Park, was approved by the State Council to be specially opened for APEC and EU members in September 1997. After nearly ten years of development, 600 enterprises with a total investment of US $900 m…     

Should Universities Use Family Background As a Standard for Recruiting Students?

<正>Renmin University of China (RUC) has launched a project to help students from rural areas realize their dreams of going to college. This was part of the university’s 2012 recruitment policy. The project aims at giving an opportunity to rural students     

Are Mo yan’s Works Suitable for Textbooks?

Since Mo Yan became the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature,debates on whether his masterpieces should be included in primary and middle school textbooks have been widespread. While Language and Culture Press has already included Mo’s     

Are Profits Good Reason for Rebuilding a Long-lost Kingdom?

An ancient Chinese kingdom largely lost over time may come alive again if the plans of a less developed county in Hunan Province are realized.Xinhuang County announced on October 16to     

Top Five Vocations for Returned Overseas Students

Telecom Chinese telecom companies make consistently high profits,particularly those working with the latest technol- ogy such as NGN,3G and IPTV.This is one area that offers broad development space to retumed students with knowledge of the latest overseas telecom trends.     

College Education for Students From Needy Families

Thousands of youngsters in China feel overjoyed when admitted to an institution of higher learning, after years of painstaking studies and highly competitive entrance examinations. But Lin Xue from Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Province wept for days upon admission from the China Medical University in Shenyang, the provincial capital, in 2000. Although she longed to enter the university renowned in the field of medical science education, Lin decided, painfully, to hide the admission letter from her parents and give up the rare opportunity to change her destiny. "I was fully aware that my parents could by no means afford my tuition and living expenses in college," Lin recalls. Both of her farmer parents were in poor health: her