On the Criminal Protection of the Right to Education of Chinese Citizens——With a Review on Article 32 of the Amendment to the Criminal Law(Ⅺ)

The Amendment(Ⅺ) to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China responds to the institutional needs of civic education,and supplements the clause of the Criminal Law on protection of citizens' right to education nuy means of Article 32.Imposing legal responsibility in the form of internal punishments,administrative punishments,and economic compensation have failed to prevent infringements on citizens' right to education.Its role as a "secondary protection law" is the conceptual obstacle that hinders the Criminal Law from effectively intervening in the field of citizens' right to education.The equivalence between the legal interests of people to the right to education and the rights protected by the existing charges in the Criminal Law is the legitimate basis for it to intervene in disputes over the right to education.Based on Article 32 of the Amendment(Ⅺ) to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China,it is suggested to further clarify the prepositional law,improve the liability provisions for the right to education,change the modest and restrained view of the Criminal Law regarding protection of the right to education,and expand the behavior types of Article 32 provided in the Amendment(Ⅺ) in due time.     

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)     

Second to None The Beauty of China＇s Smaller Cities

IT is a common attribute of people absorbed in the humdrum of their daily lives that they fail to see the special qualities of the cities they call home. How many New Yorkers have never visited the Empire State building？ How many Beijingers have never walked on the Great Wall nor explored the Forbidden City？ We do not see what is directly around us when the pressures of the ＂real world＂ dictate how we spend our time and on what we focus our energies.     

Israel Epstein： Witness to the Chinese Revolution

On April 20, our esteemed Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Israel Epstein, celebrates his 90th birthday. All of us here at China Today extend our sincere best wishes to the eldest member of our family, who helped Soong Ching Ling set up our magazine. Happy Birthday, Eppyl Epstein is a distinguished veteran journalist and a member of the CPPCC Standing Committee. There will be all kinds of celebrations to mark his 90th year, including a birthday party attended by State leaders, and Chinese and foreign friends. What's more, an exhibition will be held, displaying his personal achievements and devotion to introducing China to the outside world. A photo album illus- trating his 90 years' of life in China will also be published. The Chinese have a deep-rooted tradition of respecting the elderly. Within Chinese households, the greatest celebrations occur on the birthday of a senior family member. Chinese people have held such celebrations for Rewi Alley, George Hatem, Hans Mueller and many other foreign experts who ha     

A pot of tea in the Hilton lobby

The noise in my apartment was relentless: day in, day out, the construction crew chinked and drilled and hammered as they laboured on the plumbing and electrical lines in the unfinished part of the building. As usual, the volume seemed to get louder when it was time to do my tutoring lessons. I had to escape... go outside, into the blazing heat of the sun, and once there, to where? As is common with my lady friends, we are acquainted with the lobbies of nearly every hotel within a one-mile radius of our favourite haunts.Three reasons why women are on a     

The Many Faces of The Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic,lasting for about two years,has undeniably presented one of the greatest protracted challenges to humanity.Now it is surging with more variants that spread even faster.It has exerted a profound impact on a world doused in turbulence and transformation and poses a serious threat to our safety and health.All of us have seen the well-established rhythms of our personal lives abruptly altered.COVID-19 is a huge stressor shaking up our psyche and triggering our fears and uncertainties.     

Introductory Remarks by H.E. Duan Jielong, Head of Chinese Delegation, at the Consideration of the Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on China＇s 10th to 13th Periodic Reports

Madam Chairwoman, Mr. Rapporteur, Distinguished Members of the Committee,
First of all, I would like to extend, on behalf of the Chinese delegation, our heartfelt greetings and respects to all the distinguished members of the Committee. The Committee has made enormous efforts and played an important role in promoting the objectives and principles of the International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Chinese Government appreciates your endeavour and will continue to support the work of the Committee.     

Promote the All-round Development of China's Human Right Cause in the New Era——Summary of the Symposium on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human Rights Development”

On November 8, 2022, the symposium on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20^th CPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human Rights Development” was held by the China Society for Human Rights Studies in Beijing. Focusing on “the leadership of the CPC and human rights development”, “adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of our times and human rights theories in contemporary China”, “the Chinese path to modernization and the new form of ...     

Taking a Path of Human Rights Development Suitable to the Economic Basis and Humanistic Environment of China, Realizing“Chinese Dream”

The Sixth Beijing Forum on Human Rights is opened today,which is co-sponsored by the China Society for Human Rights Studies and the China Foundation for Human Rights Development.First,on behalf of the China Foundation for Human Rights Development,I would like to express warm congratulations to the opening of the Forum,and heartfelt thanks to the friends who have always cared for and supported for the development and progress of human rights cause of China.Since the first session of the Forum in 2008,six years have passed.For past six years,human rights experts,scholars,renowned personages and governmental oicials from countries in the world have gathered in Beijing once a year,discussing the     

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     

SNOW''''S UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS——In Communicating to the World About the Chinese Revolution,in Promoting Sino-US Understanding and Better Ties

We gather here today to mark the 100th birthday of our genuine and esteemed friend Edgar Snow. This year also coincides with the 60th anniversary of the victory of the World's Anti-Fascist War as well as the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in China. It is against this historical background that I would like to talk about Edgar Snow's unique contribution of communicating to the world about the Chinese revolution. Edgar Snow is the most widely read and influential American journalist on 20th century China. He was the first American journalist who in 1936 risked his life and broke through the Kuomintang blockade visited Bao'an in the Northwest and gave the first authentic account of     

How China Protects People's Right to Labor——An interview with Labor and Social Security Minister Tian Chengping

EDITOR'S NOTE:Following is an interview given to our staff reporter by Chinese Minister Tian Chengping of Labor and Social Security on protection of the people's right to labor,which is an important part of the national endeavor to protect human rights.The minister spoke on a range of questions,including employment and reemployment of workers in Chinese cities,wages of migrant workers from the countryside,efforts to narrow the gap of income between different population groups,and protection of the legitimate rights and interests of the working masses.     

Right to Resignation——Thoughts of a lawyer

One day in March 2000, a young man came to the Qiankun Lawyer's Office, asking for help in a labor dispute. He is Tong Li, 25. He signed a "life-long" labor contract with the Beijing Fenghua Engineering Co. Ltd. in June 1999. On January 5 of the following year, however, he demanded termination of the contract on account that he was far from home and he had to take care of his ailing mother. But he was refused. Later on, the workers' congress of the company issued the rules on the management of labor contract and its detailed implementation rules.     

Group of Markets in the North of Nanjing

Agroup of markets is in adjacent to the Xixia Avenue. It borders on the Yangtze River Bridge atthe west and its east is adjacent to the No. 2 Yangtze River Bridge and the port of Xinshengwei. The highway surrounding     

Should There Be a Limit to Number Of People Allowed to Climb Mount Qomolangma?

Every summer, there is a surge of climbers seeking to make use of the precious window of good weather to summit Mount Qomolangma, the highest mountain in the world. With the number of climbers rising every year, overcrowding on the top of the world has given rise to the incredible phenomen on of 'traffic jams"―ong queues of climbers from different countries and regions awaiting their turn to reach the top and then descend. The long wait in below freezing temperatures in the rarified atmosphere is tuming increasingly perilous with some climbers meeting their death due to altitude sickness, excessive oxygen depletion and exhaustion.     

Studying the Moon

The moon,sister sphere to the Earth, has long held the attention of mankind as a source of mystery,inspiration and wonder.Its sway has been chronicled in myth,literature and song.In the final week of October,China embarked on its first attempt to better scientifically understand the moon and its relationship to the Earth by launching the lunar orbiter Chang'e-1.Though named after a deity that Chinese fairy tales say lived in the moon,this new venture to study our closest celestial neighbor is based largely on the reality of technology and scientific advancement.As the most recent phase in China's decades old aerospace program,the launch showcases both the country's place on the world stage and its technological and scientific advancements-not only for the benefit of its own people,but for all of mankind.     

An Interview with Ksawery Burski Ambassador of the Ropublic of Poland

Journalist: Could you comment on the greatest contribution of Poland'sculture to the world?Ambassador: As there is no one dislinguishable world culture, the most valuable charocteristics of world cultural heritage is its diversity created by all the nations-among others the Polish or the Chinese people. It is really difficult to "grade" our contributions because all the artistic creation belongs to     

Fly Me to the Moon

Humans have a fascination with the unknown and we know very little about outer space.When it comes to exploring our solar system,let alone the universe,mankind has barely managed to scrape the surface.Dreams of space exploration have long had a strong hold on the human imagination.