Time to Stop Pining for ‘Authentic' Hutongs

<正>As a foreigner anywhere,it is important to make an effort to experience the cultura heritage of the city you are in.In Paris you should visit Montmartre,in London you can’t miss Buckingham Palace,and before you leave Sydney,a trip to the Blue Mountains is essential For Beijing,the unquestionable birthplace of Chinese culture is buried deep within the city’s ancient hutongs.Having once been at the nucleus of dynastic life and culture,the hutongs of Beijing have faced a turbulent journey to modernity.Their     

Xinjiang:China’s Jurassic Park

Xinjiang’s Secret “Did you know that there are dino- saur fossils in Xinjiang?” Almost every local inhabitant who is asked this ques- tion answers “No.” Xu Xing is leader of the Xinjiang dinosaur fossil excavation project. The excavation sites chosen by him and his team are in the “depopulated zone” hinterland of the Junggar Basin, 200 kilometers from the nearest city. “The discovery of winged dinosaur fossils in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province a few years ago was of great pa…     

万年冰洞走一回

After walking along the cave into its deep, the scene is very magnificent and exciting. Under the lighting, the ice is reflecting as there are so many diamonds and jades inlaying everywhere in the cave; there are all kinds of stalactites covered by the icicles so closely that you can see all kinds of things formed by the ice as flowers, curtains, whips, pil-lars, bamboo shoots, and also like the trees in the forests and the curtains of ice hanging on the ceiling of the cave. All these make eve…     

No Terror or Tension

One who has not been to Kashi has not been to Xinjiang, as a saying goes. Once a bus-tling trade hub on the Silk Road, today the city is a typical multiethnic community in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.The city is close to China's border with India in the south and central Asia to its west. Marco Polo (1254-1324), one of the first Westerners to travel to China along the Silk Road, once described Kashi as the "Cairo of the East."A terrorist attack erupted on the morning of August 4 this year, when terrorists attacked a group of border policemen jogging in Kashi. Using a dump truck, homemade grenades and knives, they killed 18. Three months have passedsince August when nightmare haunted the city, and life is gradually brought to normal. Cheng Gang, a correspondent with the Beijing-based Global Times made a trip to Kashi in October. Below are excerpts from his account of the journey.     

An Interview With Dr.Boutros Boutros Ghali

Question: What do you think of the world human rights situation now? Would you comment on its prospect? Answer: It is obvious that the aware-ness of the culture of human rights is increasing among the nations. The gov-ernments are on the track of establishing national commissions for the protection of human rights. Furthermore, there is a rapid increase in the number of non-gov-emmental organizations working in this field. However, we still can see clearly that the respect of human rights in…     

The Supreme China Rooster

WHEN looking at the map of China, its shape appears uncannily similar to that of a rooster. Its head is in the Northeastern provinces, its magnificent tail includes Xinjiang and Tibet and its wings spread over the resource-rich basins of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers. The belly of this cockerel is in the southeast, and Hainan and Taiwan islands are its feet. The tour guide on the Yangtze River cruise who pointed out this similarity to me explained: "This shows that Taiwan is definitely an inalienable part of China; a rooster     

On the PRC＇s 60^th Anniversary

On October 1,2009, the People＇s Republic of China celebrated its 60th birthday with a grand military parade and an extravagant civilian pageant in Tian＇anmen Square. Birthdays are a time to look back on your journey, at where you stand today, and where you are going. It was an occasion of justified joy and pride in our nation.     

Diverse Xinjiang

Xinjiang is China's largest provincial-level administrative region. Covering an area of 1.6 million square kilometers, there are eight countries along its 5,600-kilometer border. According to archaeological findings, human habitation began here in the Neolithic Age. Xinjiang was a main aspect of the Old Silk Road that traversed the region 2,000 years ago, and instrumental in linking the East and West. Migration from Central Asia and intermarriage brought about complex ethnic relationships culminating in the 13 ethnic groups that today inhabit this region of diverse culture and topography.     

PEARL OF THE SILK ROAD

<正>With its well-preserved ethnic culture,Xinjiang,the most western region in China,is drawing the eyes of the world Many visitors to Kashgar,the westernmost city in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,may well be lured by a widespread saying that"you’ll not know the true face of Xinjiang if you don’t go to Kashgar."With Uygur people accounting for around 90 percent of its population,the oasis city west of the Taklamakan Desert is called a living museum of Uygur culture owing to its preservation of ethnic lifestyles amid modern trappings.     

Diverse Xinjiang——The Western Regions

Xinjiang is China‘s largest provincial-level administrative region. Covering an area of 1.6 million square kilometers, there are eight countries along its 5,600-kilometer border. According to archaeological findings, human habitation began here in the Neolithic Age, Xinjiang was a main aspect of the Old Silk Road that traversed the region 2,000 years ago, and instrumental in linking the East and West. Migration from Central Asia and intermarriage brought about complex ethnic relationships culminating in the 13 ethnic groups that today inhabit this region of diverse culture and topography,     

A Glimpse of Aksu

The poet Guo Xiaochuan once advised, ＂A tour of Mountain Tianshan will tell you how strong men and horses are, a trip to southern Xinjiang tells you how high the sky is and how vast the land is.＂     

The Level Best

<正>Local Two Sessions outline regional development roadmaps’Where there are lights,you will find merchants from China’s Zhejiang Province;where there are no lights,you will still find Zhejiang merchants."This is how the province’s residents describe its entrepreneurial soul."I was born into a merchant family in Zhejiang.My parents became first-generation Zhejiang entrepreneurs after the launch of reform and opening up in 1978 and I am the second generation.The diligent and initiative spiri...     

Choice Food ,Choice Restaurant

Karamay Snow Lotus HotelXinjiang, in northwest China, has lushpastureland, and a long history of grazing, whichhas shaped its unique culinary culture. The dis-tinctive Xinjiang flavor has become very popularin Beijing, and the Karamay Snow Lotus Hotel,whose main ingredients are all transported fromXinjiang, is one of the city's restaurants special-izing in Xinjiang cuisine.Rainbow Mutton is a Snow Lotus Hotel spe-cialty. The main ingredients are high-grade mut-ton and mutton chops, that…     

India: The Next Frontier for Business?

<正>The world’s second most populous country is ripe for the taking Despite the fact that he has witnessed his company grow from scratch there in the past few years,Yu Yongbin,the former Executive Director of Huawei Technologies Co.Ltd.(India),still doesn’t feel like he has the world’s second most populous country all figured out."You can never completely understand the time-honored country,just like you can’t see its entire national emblem at a glance,of which only three lions are visible and the fourth one is hidden from the view,"Yu said with a smile.     

Xinjiang Dreamland

IF China resembles a rooster on a map, Xinjiang is its beautiful tail. Xinjiang＇s magnificent geography and numerous historical sites make for great tourism, with local bazaars providing a shoppers＇ paradise where all the wonderful products of the region are gathered for travelers who like to collect memorabilia. The fist of this western region＇s tourist attractions is endless; any one of them is likely to make a dream vacation or become the experience of a lifetime.     

Address Delivered to the Christian Leaders in the West Of the United States

This is my second visit to Los Angeles as the Director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs to exchange views with all the American Christian friends present. I believe what you want to learn best is the real situation of Chinese Christianity at present. I can tell you with pleasure that Chinese Christians are running their church independently and has thus removed the "cap" of "foreigness". It has become a religion that eulogizes love and traditional culture. As a reli-     

Xinjiang’s Border Trade Weathering Economic Crisis

YANG Ruiqing, head of the Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau of Altay, Xinjiang, got a call from Kazakhstan on the first of June this year. ＂Our vegetable supplies are low, pushing the prices sky high. Would you mind giving a produce fair by the end of the month to cool down the market a bit？＂ At the other end of the line was Chief of the Foreign Trade Administration for East Kazakhstan State. Before the local harvest season, vegetables there are always several times more expensive than those in neighboring Xinjiang. Yang routinely receives calls for help from his Kazakhstani counterpart at this time of the year.     

RESTAURANT & BAR INFORMATION

Taiwanese Hotpot Guo Bee Pen Da (Beijing) The menu, from which you can order using a Palm handset, is stuffed with so many choices that you will have to come back to the restaurant for a second tasting. Guo Bee is proud of its curry hotpot soup (48 yuan), satay hotpot soup (48 yuan), and light Jinhua ham hotpot soup (38 yuan). Most of the broths for the hotpots are simmered for several     

The Womanly Arts

THINK of a Chinese painter and it is likely you are thinking of a man. The world of Chinese art is generally believed to have been dominated by prolific males. But there are some brilliantly accomplished female painters, past and present, who are well worth a special look back in history, or who are essential to grasping the unique contributions of women to contemporary art.     

Club Oasis Fitness & Spa at Grand Hyatt Beijing

<正>Our luxurious club features a spa, a wel-equipped fitness center and a 55-meter resort-style indoor swimming pool with a virtual sky.Enjoy relaxation and recreation at Club Oasis, where you can find sanctuary from the rigors and hustle and bustle of the city.Therapies and treatments are also on offer.At the spacious Club Oasis Spa,there are a multitude of ways to in which