Lei Jieqiong, an Outstanding Chinese Woman

I first heard the name LeiJieqiong on June 23, 1946,at the time of the XiaguanTragedy in Nanjing. Theeight-year War of Resistance against JapaneseAggression had just ended, and the Chinese peoplelooked forward to a peaceful life. However, in order tomaintain his rule, Chiang Kai-shek, the KMT leader,had plans to launch a civil war, which the Shanghaipeople opposed by setting up the Shanghai Union ofPeople's Organizations. On June 23, 1946, a union del-egation, consisting of ten social…     

An Unfortunate Patient''''s Good Luck——Story of a Rural Woman and a Pharmaceutical Company

Xi Jianying is unfortunate and fortunate at the same time. Now in her late 60s, the woman in Shandong Province, eastern China, has suffered an unknown pain in her head since young. She is fortunate in that for the past 20 years, a pharmaceutical company in Jinan, the provincial capital, has done everything it can to relieve her of the pain. Believe it or not, the Dongfeng (meaning East Wind) Pharmaceutical Factory has been producing a "miracle" medicine just for one patient, for Xi, who lives in a mountainous village on the suburbs of Tai'an City, in total disregard of the huge cost involved and the loss thus incurred.     

Accelerating the Pace of CPC Transformation——An Interview with Wang Changjiang,Director of the Party Building Teaching and Research Department,the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC

The Communist Party of China was founded in 1921 and came to power in 1949.It steered the country through a planned economy operating under trade blockades from 1949 to 1978,and ushered in a market economy under the reform and opening-up policy that took effect immediately afterwards.During this entire period,the CPC also transformed itself from a revolutionary party to a ruling party.Now civic awareness is growing among the Chinese people,and the market economy phase has nurtured an independent and autonomous spirit,which requires the Chinese leadership to promote political restructuring and the building of democratic institutions.     

Dawa Zhuoma: Tibet's First Woman Horsemanship Instructor

A warm spring sun shines on a spacious horserace ground in Tibet. At ten o'clock in the morning, horsemanship training formally starts. A woman, more than 30 years old, rides a horse at galloping in front of a group of riders. She stands up or bends flat on the horseback, shouting instructions amid the sound of hoofs. She is Dawa Zhuoma, the first woman horsemanship instructor in Tibet     

PIMM—the project

Like other contemporary developments, e.g., the World in Dubai or the Pearl in Qatar, the architecture of PIMM is based on a single unifying concept, explained Katz. "Panama in the native     

Traditional Tibetan Culture Transmitted——An Interview with Zhou Wei,director of the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies,China Tibetology Research Center

ZHOU Wei,born in Qamdo in 1958,holds a doctorate in Tibetology,and writes and speaks Tibetan fluently.His tanned complexion stems from the annual field investigations of several months duration that he has made on the plateau.As the world witnesses the marked improvement in the local economy and people’s livelihood in the autonomous region in the 60 years since its peaceful liberation,Zhou Wei points to how well traditional Tibetan culture is being transmitted in a modern society.     

Saving the Earth——a Global Mission

With the financial crisis wreaking havoc on nations across all continents, our sense of living in a globalized age has become more acute than ever. China is also feeling the pinch, despite initial confidence that it would stay immune to the meltdown. Thousands of labor-intensive plants in Guangdong Province, a major engine of the nation＇s export industries, have closed. And in the nation＇s leading coal-producing area of Shanxi Province, the highways are no longer choked with fully loaded trucks, a clear sign of the scaling-back of manufacturing nationwide.     

The Firm,the Enduring,the Simple,and the Modest Are Near to Virtue——Confucius and The Analects

EVIDENCE of the lasting influence of the Chinese philosopher Confucius can still been seen around the world. In September 2009 a life-size bronze statue of the scholar was erected at Hermann Park in downtown Houston, Texas, com-VVI DDDDEEE NNC EE of thhe llaasst iing iiiinnn ?u     

Star Woman Entrepreneur of Asia

THE c o v e r of t h e J u l y 11 is-sue of Business Week bearsthe legend: Stars of Asia:25 Leaders at the Forefrontof Change. It is a tribute toprominent businesspeople for their crisisleadership, managerial know-how andinnovation. Cher Wang, chairwoman ofVIA Technologies Inc of Taiwan, is theonly woman in this exalted company.Her name also appears in the Wall StreetJournal's Top Ten Asian Women Entre-preneurs.Cher Wang is initiator and chairwom-an of VIA Technologies Inc. a lead…     

Prisons of Learning——Human rights in the eye of a prisoner

On February 25, 2004, the United States issued its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2003, distorting the human rights conditions in China, including human rights in Chinese prisons. As a prison inmate in Beijing, I have a say in the human rights conditions in prison based on my personal experience. 1 wrote an article titled "Human Rights in Chinese Prisons in the Eye of a Prison Inmate," which was published in the journal Human Rights (Issue No. 6,2003 of English Edition). Now I'd like to say something about the right to education in Chinese prisons.     

The Woman in the Moon

As they watch the bright moon gradually disappear,villagers shout,＂The Celestial Dog is eating the moon!＂ and race home to fetch the nearest acoustic implement to hand.The entire village then takes to the streats and makes as big a commotion as possible-setting off firecrackers,beating drums and gongs,and banging pots and pans-until the moon completely reemerges.     

First Chinese Woman to Reach the North Pole on Foot

WANG Qiuyang's slightbuild and ostensiblydelicate demeanor couldnot be more misleading.She has proved herselfcapable of withstanding hardship thatwould test the fittest of men her age.An Armyman's DaughterWang Qiuyang was born and raisedin a mountainous area of Fujian Prov-ince, her father a deputy commander ofa field army stationed there. As a childshe was always, what is termed in theWest, a tomboy, preferring to climb treesand rocks rather than play with dolls.During her childhood Wang…     

Chinese Etiquettes——Vitalin the Business World

正NO matter what part of the world they come from,expats in sales and marketing jobs in China and those planning to set up new businesses here need to study how the Chinese behave in the business environment.Expats come to China to be involved in the second biggest global economy.Figuring out the four rising and falling tones in spoken Mandarin–no easy task in a month–will not,however,help in delicate business     

Sex and the Contemporary Chinese Woman

A full 90.6 percent of the women that participated in the investigation spoke openly on the topic of their sexual desires and 75.1 percent of them expressed satisfaction with their sex life.     

African Woman Gets No.2 UN Post

With a pledge to work for an inte-grated UN, former Tanzanian Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro was sworn in as UN deputy secretary gen-eral on February 5, making her the first woman from the African conti-nent to hold such a powerful posi-tion in the world body.Migiro’s appointment early last month was widely seen as a signal of new UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s reform initia-     

The Zhuang——Within the Na Cultural Circle

Professor Tadayo Watabe is a Japanese expert on the origin and development of rice culture. In his book The Rice Road, Professor Watabe argued that an arc-like area extending from South China to the Assam plain in India is likely to be thestarting point of ＂The Rice Road,＂ and the source of the world＇s rice civilizations. The area identified by Professor Watabe basically overlaps with a belt plotting the distribution of places having the word Na in their name. Wenshan, the home of more than one million Zhuang population in Yunnan Province also lies within this arc.     

Mother or Lover, That＇s the Questio

WHEN word spread about a Leonids shower in mid November 2009, there was a flurry of excitement among young Chinese, astronomy fans or not. The event appears once every 33.5 years, meaning a mortal can watch three of them in a lifetime at best. But a rarer occurrence is now on the way - the Chinese New Year and Valentine＇s Day fall on the same day in 2010, a happenstance of once in 38 years.     

From the Diary of the Friendship Society——A Visit to China

In May 2000, a delegation of the Israel-ChinaFriendship Society visited China at the invita-tion of the Chinese People's A ssociation for Friendshipwith Foreign Countries. The delegation spent tendays in China, visiting four cities-Beijing, Shang-hai, Harbin and Tianjin, in the last three of which     

Ruling for the People——An overview of new Chinese leaders' governance

The year 2003 marked the debut of the new Chinese leaders in governing the country. Their love and care for the people have featured their governance and won extensive acclamation in China and the world. On March 18, the top legislature of China, the National People's Congress, elected Hu Jintao President of State and Wen Jiabao Premier of the State Council. The new leadership of China was formed in the applause of NPC deputies. Right after the new leadership took its office, a tough challenge confronted them as a series of disasters broke out suddenly. In spring, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) rapidly swept over half of the country within a month; in summer, an unprecedented flood hit South China; then earthquakes erupted in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Yunnan in succession. In front of these disasters, the new Chinese leaders remained calm and confident, with resolute measures they successfully brought the situation under control and tid-     

Seize the Opportunity, Advance in Pioneering Spirit——Xia Yan On the 40th Anniversary of the CPAFFC

The 40th anniversary of the CPAFFC is a remarkable occasion. In order to meet the needs to develop nongovernmental diplomacy, The Chinese People's Association for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, the predecessor of the CPAFFC, was established in 1954, and thus started New China's people-to-people diplomacy. In the early years of New China, only the Soviet Union, India and some north-