The Price of a Better Life

Life in China,the world's most populous nation,is generally more afflu- ent than ever before.But since the onset of opening up and reform some 30 years ago,its citizens are also subject to greater strain.A more meritocratic approach enables Chinese people fully to exert their talents and achieve personal dreams.Growing marketization has remarkably boosted produc-     

The Swings and Roundabouts of a Better Life

The Chinese people are rapidly discovering the cost to their mental wellbeing of China's phenomenal economic development.The halcyon days of the simple life that followed liberation in 1949 irrevocaby over,     

The Color of Life

WANG Changkai, a student of Wu Guanzhong, graduated from the Beijing Academy of Art in the late 1950s. He spent the next few decades creating his own unique style of Chinese oils, and finally made the breakthrough in the late 1980s.     

The Soundtrack to a Life

<正>Colombian artist considers music the language of the universal spirit Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) once described music as “the international language that expresses feelings we all understand.” For anyone who has found themselves enveloped by a compelling concerto or an energetic folk song, this sentiment rings true.     

The “Extraordinary” Life of a Pregnant Woman

Chinese children,especially those born in cities,get off to a good start from the moment they are conceived,as regards standards of nutrition and social care.But this makes the daily life of a wife even busier once she falls pregnant.     

＂In a Previous Life, I Was Chinese＂

MERICAN psychologist Julian R. Taplin rst moved to China in 1998 at the age of 61. Having been diagnosed with chronic leukemia two years earlier,he     

The Seeds of A Life

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The Private Life of Deng Xiaoping

AUGUST 22 marked the centenary of Deng Xiaoping's birth. During his lifetime, Deng Xiaoping was punctilious about keeping his political and family lives separate. Seven years after his death, one hundred books extol-     

＂1 Was a ‘VIP＇ in a Child＇s Life＂

THE Prince of Peace Children‘s Home represents the dreams of Kenneth Yeung that have become a concrete reality in Tianjin‘s Wuqing District.This modern orphanage and reha-bilitation center started trial opera-tion late last year and will celebrate its formal inauguration this July.     

The Happy Life of Uncle Kang

Here is a rural village by the Yellow River, which snakes all the way from China's northwest, through the cen- tral China province ofHenan of which the village is a part. At a first glance, it bears no difference from any other villages in this part of rural China - a vast expanse of land lush green with crops, rows upon rows of courtyards where fami- lies have lived for generations and, far beyond, highways and electric pylons that give a touch of modernity to the scene of traditional tranq…     

The Thin Air of Tibet Saved My Life The SARS Experience of a Cadre Aiding Tibet

Some people said Huang's experiences of entering Tibet several dozen times helped him escape danger while others said his extraordinary yearning for life created a miracle. When the interview was conducted for this reportage, Huang Jing, a cadre and aid worker in Tibet, was still at the Beijing China-Japan Friendship Hospital, but about to be discharged three or five days later. The interview, which lasted for more than an hour, was made over the phone (so we didn't get his photos) with this reporter in his office at the editorial department and Huang Jing in his hospital ward. Huang Jing declared:     

The story of the ＂stilt horse＂

How did a traditional folk game of an ethnic minority group in China evolve into a modern sports event adopted at the national-level games？ The story of the ＂stilt horse＂ will give you an answer.     

The Emergence of the ＂Peacock＂ Economy

Good grooming has replaced the macho look, to the delight of cosmetic manufacturers and salon owners.CHOCK full of lotions, cosmetics and perfumes, the bathroom shelves are traditionally the domain of the ladies of the Chinese household.     

The Future of ＂Made in China＂

SINCE its emergence in Guangdong Province in 1978, the processing trade in China has developed rapidly. The processing trade refers to the process by which raw and auxiliary materials, parts and components, accessories and packaging materials are imported from abroad and used to produce a finished product which are then re-exported. In 1996, the processing trade became the principal form of international     

The Single Life

Looking back five or ten years into China's past, such a phenomenon is unimaginable.But in today's Chinese metropolitan areas like Beijing and Shanghai, a large number of well-educated and well-paid white-collar female workers are enjoying a comfortable single life.     

Life of Plenty in a Century-old House

BINADA lives in a 100-year-old house in Jiantang, a Tibetan settlement in Yunnan Province. Binada married and moved to Jiantang 40 years ago and this century-old house bears witness to the vicissitudes of her life. The Tibetan wooden structure is simple, tall and spacious, and though it has stood there for     

The Return of China＇s ＂Sea-turtles＂

Known as “sea-turtles“ for their foreign experience, overseas Chinese students now find their career arena at home.     

＂798＂. A Romance of Art and Life

NOT long ago, the American Newsweek magazine selected Beijing as one of the top 12 cities in the world, and the humanity and spirit reflected by 798 Art Zone with all the innovative potential it unleashes     

The First Publication of the Chinese Version of“The Life of Jakob Rosenfeld”

To commemorate the 50th an-niversary of the victory of the Chi-nese People's War of ResistanceAgainst Japan and the world peo-ple's War Against Fascism, the     

Protecting the Environment as a Way of Life

LAQIAO is a tiny village in the karstic mountains of Libo. Its 96 Shui residents in their community of 20 households decided,