Achievements in Safeguarding Disabled People＇s Rights ——An Interview with Shen Zhifei,deputy general director of the China Disabled Persons＇ Federation

There are about 83 million disabled people in China, accounting for 6.34% of the total population, according to a national survey in 2006. As a disadvantaged group, the rights and interests of the disabled are arousing more concerns from all walks of society in the country. Following is Human Rights＇ interview with Shen Zhifei, deputy general director of the China Disabled Persons＇ Federation, on the legal guarantee of the special group＇s rights and interests, their rehabilitation, education and employment.     

Will Online Medical Treatment Bans Help?

<正>Nowadays,many people turn to the Internet to solve a multitude of medical quandaries,extending even to the matters of how to find a doctor and access medical treatment.With the prevalence of online health care services in China,more and more cases have come to light concerning patients being defrauded of money and sometimes having their condition worsen     

What the People Want From the New Leadership

THE 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was a heavily anticipated event in China. The Chinese people expect their country to grow more prosperous after such congresses. And prosperity means tangibly happier, healthier-and richer-lives for all. China Today interviewed three random citizens to hear their views on the congress and the policy initiatives they hope the government will pursue in the immediate future.     

Transparency,It's the Law

China has been moving toward"rule of law"for more than a decade.It has been an eventful period,during which common people are given increasing say in lawmaking. For years in China,administrative regulations issued by government agen- cies have constituted a major basis of the legal system and proven effective in the settlement of a large proportion of judicial proceedings due to their concrete and specific stipulations.However,since the regulations place more emphasis     

Strutting Her Stuff

Hip-hop granny rolls back the years to prove that with passion,anything is possible Who says hip hop belongs to the teenagers? In China,more and more seniors are choosing this trendy dance style as a way to keep fit,rather than the more serene move- ments of taiji or ballroom dancing in the parks. Wu Ying is one of them.The 71-year- old Wu is the founder of a granny hip-hop dance team in Beijing,whose participants are in their 60s.Wu is the oldest in the team.In their loose modern outfits and hair wrapped in bandanas,these old ladies are     

A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD

It has been more than half a century since the friendship between New China and African countries was forged. In the past decades, the peoples and governments of China and Africa have supported each other in their various endeavors, particularly in their common struggle for national independence, state sovereignty and economic development. During the past 50 years, China has attached great importance to     

Donnersburg Germany-China Friendship Association Gives Financial Aids to Poor Chinese Children

At the invitation of the CPAFFC a delegation of the German Donnersburg Germany-ChinaFriendship Association paid a goodwill visit toShaanxi Province from May 31 to June 2, 2000. The Donnersburg Germany-China FriendshipAssociation was founded in 1988.In 1989 wheninternational friends encountered great difficultiesand pressures in their work to enhance friendshipwith China, the Association withstood pressureand persisted in friendship with China.In the pastten years and more the Association has carriedout many friendship activities and established of close     

Lethal Injection, A Humane Execution

The Supreme People's Court of China called meetings in Kunming and Nanjing, setting a timetable for the spread of lethal injection in execution of death penalties in the whole country in a bid to make death execution more civilized and more scientific. A major step forward The meetings urged all people's courts of various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and some central cities to actively create the     

Analysis of Migrant Population＇s Social Integration in Hangzhou

Since China began implementing reform and opening-up policies, along with a fast development of the national economy and great changes of social life, an increasing number of peasan＇s have kept flowing into cities and economically more developed regions. Aspiring to improve their life and yearning for a better urban life, they defy the restraint of the household registry system and, in the process of moving from one place to another, ignore economic and psychological costs. As early as in year 2000 China＇s migrant population reached 140 million, more than 10% of the total population. Since 2000 the migrant poptilation in Zhejiang Province, east China, has kept growing by 20% annually, the second fastest in the country for seven consecutive years.     

The Dragon and the Kangaroo Young Australians in China

APOLOGIES for the clichéd zoophilia of the title. Unfortunately,with the most auspicious of Chinese zodiacs swooping in only once in 12 years,2012 journalistic protocol for articles on China stipulates bestial kitsch whenever possible. And the kangaroo,whose pouch and hallmark hop seem perhaps even more improbable than a winged,fire-breathing serpent,is the obvious choice to complete our epithet for a story about Australia and China.While "The Dragon and the Kangaroo" are yet to make their way into popular fable,an interesting story is certainly being drafted by a young generation of antipodean Asianists who have found their métier in China’s capital,Beijing.     

Spring,River, Flower,Moon, Night

<正>The world premiere of Pearl electrifies Lincoln Center with its heartfelt tribute to one of America’s greatest novelists By Corrie Dosh Asmall girl named Pearl runs and skips along the banks of the Yangtze River, playing with peasant fishermen, mimicking the graceful movements of village girls,     

文化、文明、民族

文明是文化的实体,文化是文明中最根本的东西。文化水平的高低上可以看出一个国家、一个民族或者一个社会的文明程度。文化是文明的沃土,文明是文化的结晶。文化中产生文明,而在文明中产生新的文化。没有文化环境就不可能有文明的成果。文化多样性是一种客观存在,它标志着各个不同民族的并存。因为,文化的最大的、最直接的载体就是民族。对中国而言,中华文化不是某一单一民族的文化,它是中国各民族共同创造的文化。因此,它不需要分层次,更不允许划等级。必须承认,文化既是民族的生存方式,也是不同民族的精神家园。     

Location,Location, Location

<正>Homegrown navigation system is improving and going global For smartphone users,finding a nearby restaurant,grabbing a taxi blocks away,and getting directions to a destination are all habitual processes,yet it is a satellite navigation system,by providing location positioning services,that makes all this happen.Until now,the technology has been dominated by the U.S     

Growing, Growing, Gone

Guangzhou is the capital city of Guangdong Province in China's developed southeast coastal area. Zhang Guangning, deputy to the 11th National People's Congress and Mayor of Guangzhou, told Beijing Review that the goal for Guangzhou's GDP growth in 2009 is 10 percent.     

Ready,Aim, Fire

<正>Local conferences set their sights on new targets for development Since January 7,provincial regions and cities in China have started holding annual conferences of law makers and political advisers.By February 5,28 out of the 31 provincial regions had concluded two sessions of local people’s congresses and committees     

SIGNED,DEALED,DELIVERED

<正>Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei signs the agreement for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB)in Beijing on June 29.Representatives of the 57 prospective AIIB founding countries signed the agreement at the ceremony.The signing wrapped up six months of negotiations and paved the way for establishing the Beijing-     

Yoga,Pray, Love

<正>Former ELLE editor forgoes the high life in quest of enlightenment following a journey to India If you have seen the movie Eat,Pray,Love,you must remember Liz Gilbert,a writer and the movie’s main character who gives up almost everything and starts a totally new life in her 30s.In today’s material world,how many people would possess the courage to do this for real?Well,51-year-old Yin Yan for one.In 2003,Yin was editor in chief of ELLE     

Muse,Music,Musings

EMBER Swift seems to be a walking collection of improbabilities and contradictions, which probably means she blends seamlessly into modern China. She is a white, foreign female singing original lyrics in both Chinese and English     

Yard,Net,Table

<正>E-commerce is the key to boosting slow produce sales Apples,pears and peaches color the landscape of Qianxian County in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.However,since last winter,pear sales have fallen.In the county’s Yanghong Town alone,millions of kilograms of pears await buyers.     

Optimize,Balance,Boost

<正>First policy document of the year continues pursuit of agricultural structural reform Liandaowan,shaped like the curved blade of a sickle,is China’s corn belt.It stretches from the northeast to northwest, then extends to the southwest with most of the area lying in semi-arid and semi-