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 …     

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…     

Stabilizing China''''s Finances A stabilized Chinese financial industry not only will be conducive to domestic development, but will also contribute to the world economy

On October 30, the Peopl e ’ s Bank of China — China ’ s central bank— issued the Repo r t on Chinese Financial Stability 2006. The repo r tco n c luded that China’s fin a n c i a l ref or m has undergone tremendous brea k - th r oughs, financial risks have been handled pr op e r ly, and that the Chinese fin a n c i a l in d u s t r y is gen e r al l y stable . “A stabi l i z ed Chinese financial sector is good news for the wor ld economy,” noted Liu Fuxiang, prof essor with Unive…     

WEEKLY WATCH

OPINION Free Education Could Restore Teachers’ StandingIt was rec e n t l y disclosed by Tan Songhua, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Society of Education, that the Chinese Gover nment is planning to offer free education to students in six normal univer si - ties direc t l y under the Ministry of Education. The news is ext r em e l y wel c o m e , given the increasing blame on ed u c a tion in recent yea r s. Sever al yea r s of commerci a l i z a tion of the education sector have erode…     

WEEKLY WATCH

OPINION Foreign companies setting poor example Several transnational corporations in China have rec e n t l y been pl a gued by negati ve repo r ts, such as the questionable su s h i qu a l i t y incident in Carref our and 33 other wel l - k n o wn for ei…     

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…     

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     

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…     

Showing Savoir Faire French President Jacques Chirac’s visit to China produced major business deals and an ambitious blueprint for bilateral relations

French President Jacques Chirac made his fou r th state visit to China on October 25-28, likel y to be the last of his tenur e, whi c h ends next yea r .China thus becomes the country thatCh i r ac has visited most freq u e n t l y as pres i - dent. On th…     

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.     

Ancient Cures For Modern Pets Traditional Chinese medicine is showing its edge in helping pets as well as humans

After traveling on a bus for the entire mo r ni n g , He Guoping and his wife fin a l l y arrived at the animal hospi- tal of the Chinese Agric u l t u r al Un i ver si t y , ackn o wl e d g ed as thebest such facility in Beijing. In He’s arms was his be…     

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     

I KNOW I CAN The Special Olympics in Shanghai next year can help more people with intellectual disabilities learn to cope with the challenges of life

On October 14, Xu Chuang said more in one day than he had in an entire wee kthree years ago. During the Invi t a ti o n a l Games held in prepa r ation for the 2007Special Olympics Wor ld Summer Games in Shanghai next October, Xu, 19, made a sp e e c h at the opening cerem o n y of a he a d s - o f - d e l e gation seminar, as a SpecialOl ympics Global Messenger , a Special Olym p i c s Athlete Leader and an athlete from the host city. His me s s a ge drew gen e r ous app l a u s e . T…     

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…     

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     

State of the Market

Trade and Investment Policies At the 2007 China Industry De velopment Repo r t Confer e nc e , Fu Zi y i ng , Assistant Minister of Co m me rce , gave a speech on China’s for eign trade and investment policies in pr omoting the country ’s interna ti o n…     

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 …     

EYE ON THE OLYMPICS Shanghai, the host city of the 2007 Special Olympics, is preparing a warm welcome for the athletes

The emblem of the 2007 Shanghai Special Olympics is an eye with two tumbling athletes in the center, whi c h res e m b les the shape of a blossoming yu l a n , the city’s flo wer .The crea tor of the emblem, Zhou Baomei, a teache r , said she is most impres s e d by the look in the eyes of mentally disable d students. “Tha t look is about their longing for lo ve, care and success,” she said. “Tha t’ s also a look of att e n t i o n . ” Ne xt October, the Special Olym p i c s will tak…     

China''''s Media Morphosis From new content to new media, communication is more profitable than ever in China

Walking the streets of Beijing, a Westerner , glancing at the ma n y news p a pe r s being rea d by Chinese, might think that Ch i n a ’ s media is vas t l y under-de vel o p e d . In fact, the media industry has been mo ving for w ar d in leaps and boun…     

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