Inspirational Role Models

Winners of the annual Touching China Award recognized for their good deeds She carries the medical kit on her back,and her husband carries her on his.For 20 years,the couple has crossed over towering mountains and winding rivers,in sunshine or moonlight,to deliver medical services to people inthe village.It’s just another day in the life of Zhou Yuehua,a     

Beijing Residents Share Benefits from Economic Growth

Residents in the Chinese capital received one more boon as winter sets in free inoculations of a vaccine against influenza for people at 60 or older the day the ruling Communist Party of China opened its 17th Congress. From October 15 to November 15, 2007, according to the Beijing Municipal Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, any person born before October 1, 1947 and registered as a permanent resident in the city may visit any hospital or clinic near his or her home for the inoculation free of charge.     

Economy in Sound Shape

No economic crisis in China in the near future, a possibility of a hard landing for China's economy, and non-performing assets in Chinese banks will continue to rise. These are the predictions of Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, as reported by Reuters on September 2. Whether his predictions are accurate or not remains to be seen. It is beneficial, however, to analyze the reasons why Bernanke made these remarks and examine the facts. Zuo Xiaolei, Chief Economist of China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., shares her views.     

Respect for Human Rights： a Fundamental Foundation for a World of Peace, Security and Harmony

Peace, security, harmonious development and human rights are closely related. Firstly, peace and security are premise and precondition for the insur-ance of human rights. It is obvious that when human beings continue to be threat-ening by wars, conflicts and chaos, their right to life is faint and insecure, and other human rights would not be fully respected or protected. On the other hand, peace and security are foundation for everyone to pursue his or her own objectives. In other words, in a society where peace and secu-rity are maitained, people will have oppor-tunity to enjoy their human rights and to affirm their own ego.     

The Story of Xuer

Xuer, or "snow," lived in the world for six years. She was daughter of my wife and my best friend. Her father died of lymphoma six monthsbefore she was born, and I became her stepfather a month after her birth. We so named her because she was bom on a day when a sudden heavy snow hit Beijing. I promised my friend before his death to take good care of his wife, whom I loved secretly since I was in high school, and their unborn baby. But the happy days of the three of us lasted less than a yea…     

Gaokao Looks to Entrepreneurs

It was recently reported that Ningbo Polytechnic, a vocational college in east China’s Zhejiang Province, released an independent recruitment policy stating that any applicant who has a credit of five diamonds or above by owning an online store at Taobao. com, will get up to 50 extra points added onto the original score of his or her gaokao, or college entrance examination. By doing so, the school hopes to attract more innovative and hard-working     

TheMany Sounds of Civilization

<正>British-American historian Bernard Lewis famously condemned Arab and Islamic civilization for not having a polyphonic sense of music,even accusing them of accepting totalitarian ideologies and regimes because of their taste for"monophonic"music.That is,having one single singer with all the music following the ups and downs of his or her voice.Polyphonic music,by contrast,is when a piece of music has two or more independent melodies in it.As for the related notion of counterpoint,this is from many voices present in the chorus of a classical Greek drama and a reference to the coordination evident in choir singing.     

Red Gate Gallery

A new group exhibition "Mask Vs Face"created by Zhang Zhaohui will be held at RedGate Gallery from June 22 to July 14. A person's face is a living ID cardreadout of the content of his or her life.The face directly expresses a person'sexperience, education, depth, and style, aswell as psychological and materialconditions. We remember or recognise aperson primarily because of the impressionmade on us by his or her individual look.     

On the Guarantee of Human Rights in Tibet

According to Companion The Oxford to Law, human rights （or known as Fundamental Freedom） are the rights which require to be maintained or sometimes to be set forth that should be recognized and protected from the perspective of law, so that every individual achieves his or her fullest and freest development in terms of individuality, spirituality,     

Nuptials That Can Last Three Years

The Qiang are a monogamous people. Before a couple become husband and wife, they go through a good many rites such as engagement and wedding ceremonies. When a young man takes a fancy to a young woman, he sends a matchmaker to sound out her family. After getting approval from the head of the family, the husband-to-be goes to his fiancé＇s home to organize an engagement banquet and consults to fix the date of the wedding. At the appointed time he entertains his fiancé＇s relatives and friends at her home, and prepares the betrothal gifts. During the whole engagement process, the bride-to-be is supposed to keep out of public view, hiding away in her room or at the home of a relative.     

Lady Gallants of Old

THE standard scenario in films and literary works about ancient China is that of an honest man being attacked and robbed by bandits, or a beautiful woman about to lose her virtue to a gang of ruffians. Just when it appears nothing can save them, a knight errant and master of martial arts, rather than officer of the law, comes to his/her rescue in the nick of time. The knight errant makes mincemeat of the villains and they flee, limping and bleeding,     

Prison Term Reduction and Release on Parole in Wuxi

In China, there is a system known as ＂legal award,＂ which is applied to people serving prison terms. A prisoner who gets such award may have his or her prison terms reduced or even have himself or herself released on parole. The legal award has to be passed by the people＇s court according to a strict judicial procedure after receiving the application from penalty execution organ or the prison authority. The principle for such award is that there must be good performance in repent and there is no longer threat to the society.     

Local Legislation Giving Single Women Birth Right Caught in Debate

Chen Yifan, who is resolved to be single for life, has never expected that at 45, she can realize her dream of producing a baby for herself without having to get married—and legally. The woman is quite successful in her career as manager of a private company in Changchun City, Jilin Province, northeast China. Her personal life, however, is not. She fell in love with a classmate back in the early 1980s, and was heart-broken when the young man left her. Since then, the woman has found that no man in this world is good enough to be her husband. Though single, she wants to have a child of her own. "I'll be burning with envy whenever I see a     

Tracing back to the Origin of Chinese Family Name

In China everyone has his/her own family name or surname. There were 521 family names in China according to a traditional pamphlet entitled 100-Family Names published in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). 462 family names were of one-syllable Chinese square-character, and 59 of them, the two-syllable ones. How to begin with the Chinese family name? It is an interesting try for us to trace back to the origin of our family name for we could review a series of wonderful stories during our 5000-year long     

Who Takes Care of Gandmas and Gandpas?

WEI Shouren, a 69-year-old widow liv-ing in Shanghai’s Jing’an District, has recently suffered a re-lapse into her old complaint of constant cramping of her leg muscles. The mas-sages her late husband used to give her considerably eased her pain; now that he’s gone, she must go alone to a mas-seur. Ms. Wei has a son who has been living in the US for five years. She has, upon his insistence, tried twice to live with him and his family there, but has never felt at home in the US.     

Implementing a More Positive Employment Policy and Promoting the Development of the Chinese Human Rights Cause

##正##Human rights refer to the basic rights to which every person is entitled based on his or her nature and dignity under certain social and historical circumstances.Simply put,the term means that everyone has the right to live and develop in a free and equal manner.Article 42 of the Chinese Constitution stipulates that Chinese citizens have both the right and obligation to work.The right to employment is a basic right for our citizens.The National Human Rights Action Plan of China(2012-2015)     

Shanhaiguan-Where the Great Wall reaches the sea

The Great Wall was constructed, modified and strengthened over a long period of time to protect Ancient China from northerly invasions. In places such as valley bottoms there were potentially weak points where passes or gaps existed through the wall for trade routes. These points had to be particularly well protected. Some of the great forts still existing today were built for that purpose. Two of the most famous passes are Jiayuguan Fort in     

Poverty Eradication:A Basic Human Right

Poverty generally refers to material destitution, namely, conditions under which a person＇s or a family＇s life is not up to the lowest socially acceptable standard. Lacking some necessary means of livelihood and services, they live in great difficulty. Poverty deprives a person of his or her naturally endowed value and of life＇s basic necessities. Poverty is a deprivation of the most basic human right and an insult to human dignity.     

Spring Festival Travel Peak ——Journey of Love and Care

Wearing a heavy overcoat, Tang Jincheng, a man always busy as director of a coach station in Hangzhou City, east China, was even busier during the Spring Festival when migrant workers and students left for family reunions. For 2009, the annual ＂peak of Spring Festival travels＂ began on January 11, two weeks before the Festival that fell on January 26. And Director Tang and his colleagues were to be busy for 40 long days, with work to ensure the waiting lounge would be warm enough, passengers on the square outside would be sheltered in rain or snow, and there would be enough mobile toilets.