Deepening Exchanges and Cooperation Between Sister Cities and at Local Government Level——Speech by Wim Kok,Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands

First of all,being former Prime Minister of the Netherlands and on behalf of the Club de Madrid,let me thank the organizers of the 2014China International Friendship Cities Conference and Guangzhou International Urban Innovation Conference for their kind invitation and for offering the opportunity to address this very engaged and distinguished audience.The Club de Madrid is a worldwide organization that brings together nearly     

Peking Man''''s Sister was Found in Nanjing

"All through my life, I am walking to you," wrote Robert Kincand to Francesca in the pop novel "The Madison Bridge".Was a European ape-man walking to a Chinese ape-woman all through his life, in a time with no airplane, train or bicycle?The question was posed as recent researches on the skull of an ape-woman from Nanjing allegedly proved the "marital relations" or genetic hybridization between Chinese and European ape-men.Researchers with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have recently made a portrait of the ape-woman, whose fossilized skull was found in 1992 along     

Growing Cities

正A larger urban population needs more flexible policies For the first time in history China's urban population will exceed its rural population at the beginning of 2012,according to the 2011 Blue Book on China's Society.     

Making Cities Better

<正>Livelihood programs change the lives of urban residents For decades Chinese cities have vied with each other to top national and international development rankings. However, the triennial national list of cities with an advanced living environment judges candidates according to less conventional     

Cities of War

Shanghai: Humanity Amid Occupation Shanghai of the 1930s had particular appeal for Japan, being a large international metropolis in its immediate vicinity. After World War I, Japan concentrated all its China trade, shipping and manufacturing in Shanghai, and by 1930, 30,000 of the 50,000 foreigners living in Shanghai were Japanese.     

Drifting into Cities

MOU Runan is a sixthgrader at the Beijing Lantian （Blue Sky） Experimental Primary School, a school for children of migrant workers. ＂I haven＇t been home in five years, and I miss it very much. I miss my fellow villagers and things in my hometown,＂ she wrote on a painting she did entitled My Hometown.     

Exploring Underwater Cities

正China's Atlantis rediscovered beneath the water of Qiandao Lake Two ancient cities lying at the bottom of Qiandao Lake were unveiled, enthralling the nation with their mystery and beauty. From April 27 to May 1, China Central Television and Zhejiang Satellite Television jointly telecast an underwater exploration of the two cities. With reporters on site and an unmanned     

Cities Without Waste

Smack in the middle of two buildings an upscale residential compound in Shenzhen,south China's Guangdong Province,stand six"picky eaters"who are waiting for their exclusive feed of the day.Each has its own special diet:glass,metal,plastic,paper,batteries and light bulbs.     

Cities Enter New Stage

正Urban centers shift gears to be more people-and eco-friendly Never before has any other country in the world experienced such a large-scale and rapid urbanization drive as the one that is ongoing in China.Fueled by rapid economic growth,the country’s urbanization rate soared from under 20 percent more than a decade ago     

Tale of Two Cities

Aid programs bring big changes from the Yangtze River Delta to a border county in Xinjiang     

Escaping The Big Cities

The energy and excitement of first-tier cities,including Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Guangdong Province,have long served as magnets attracting enthusiastic young people.But recent surveys have overturned the perception of this urban draw.     

Hegang-Flower of Northern Cities

HEGANG City is onChina's northern frontier,and has a population of1.1 million. It does notrank highly in HeilongjiangProvince in terms of its overalleconomy. however, over theshort span of a few years,Hegang has emerged, by meansof its urban construction, andattracts visitors from numerouscities within and without theprovince. On arriving in Hegang,one is pleasantly surprised by itsclean, neat streets, imposinghigh-rise buildings, and garden-like square -- not at all typicalfeatures of a s…     

Our Brotherhood and Your Sister: Building Anti-Rape Community in the Fraternity

Research shows that male peer influence is a significant predictor of violent sexual behavior. However, men challenging sexual violence within their male peer communities may exert a counter-influence, shifting community norms and behaviors. Using the Fraternity Peer Rape Education Program as a case study, this article examines the ways that fraternity men in a peer rape education program make sense of and interact within their communities. Through coded interviews, this article examines participants' perceptions of change within themselves, within their interactions with fraternity brothers, and within their fraternities. Learning about sexual violence altered participants' worldview and created a communal sense of partnership and responsibility, while simultaneously limiting the traditional ways that fraternal communities are maintained. This experience provides lessons for how we may begin creating communities of men against sexual violence, as well as what support may be required for such messy, nonlinear change processes.     

Two Cities,One Goal

As the top two cities in terms of composite strength in China, Beijing and Shanghai, with different functions designated in the national strategy, are both striving to grow their clout as financial hubs.     

Better Cities Through Cooperation Exhibition

The booming city of Shanghai was the focus of world attention for months last year as it hosted the splendid 2010 Shanghai World Expo.     

A Tale of Two Cities

正Before Beijing became the capital of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, it had faced ups and downs in its status as the first city. In the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the honor fell to Jinling, today’s Nanjing in Jiangsu Province, east China. However, Emperor Yongle (1360-1424) proclaimed Beijing the     

A Tale of Three Cities

<正>An integrated transportation grid will connect Beijing,Tianjin and HebeiProvinceRen Aifan,a 28-year-old who works in downtown Beijing and dwells in Yanjiao,a town in neighboring Hebei Province,has to spend four hours in commuting every day."I get on a bus at 6:50 a.m.and take Beijing’s Subway Line 1 around 8:00a.m.When I get off at Chongwenmen Station and arrive in my office,it’s usually almost 9:00a.m.,"Ren told Beijing Review,complaining about the crowd in the bus enveloped in