About Chinese Characters

The Chinese pictographs for 土 tǔ (earth) are "(?)", "(?)" and "(?)", reflecting the Chinese people of remote antiquity's understanding of earth. They divided it into two layers, upper and subterranean, and used the "二" in "土" to represent both layers, the central "(?)" representing the plants that     

About Chinese Characters

The Chinese character "立"li (stand) represents a person standing with two feet on the ground. It took its current shape after evolving from "(?)" to "(?)" to "(?)" to "(?)" and finally "(?)", "(?)" and "一" signify the sky and earth respectively, while the "八" between the two is the pictographic for person. The construction of "立"gives rise to the phrase "顶天立地" dingtianlidi (hold up the sky and stand one's ground, which indicates an indomitable spirit).     

About Chinese Characters

The character "力" li (strength) was originally written "(?)" The curving " (?) " indicates bulging muscles, while the "(?)" component represents skin. Despite its evolution over the centuries, "力" still symbolizes a strong arm.In combination with other characters "力" conveys the meaning "力量" liliang (strength), "力气"liqi (strength), "力求" liqiu (pursue) and "力争" lizheng (strive).     

About Chinese Characters

Some Chinese characters refer to natural phenomena andsubstances, such as "雨" yu (rain), "云" yun (clouds), "雪" xue (snow),"电" dian (lightning) and "雷" lei (thunder). The original form of "雨"was"(?)," in which"(?)" represents the cloud layer, and"(?)"symbolizes rain drops.     

Fried New Year Cake

China’s Spring Festival comes after the la month(the twelfth month)of the lunar calendar,when families join their relatives for a reunion dinner.In China,rich gourmet food is considered an indispensable part of the festive celebration.Niangao,New Year cake,is a homophone for"better year"and represents wishes for a happy life and prosperity in the coming year.This makes it a popular gift for friends and relatives during the New Year period.Niangao are often shaped like gold or silver bars,representing good fortune,or a pair of carps and ingots,a symbol of surplus and a welcome to the God of Wealth.     

Cool Gadgets

Hugging Salt & Pepper Shakers This sleek shaker set its perfectly together to resemble a couple in a loving embrace. From above, they resemble Yin and Yang, representing the balance of opposites:black and white, sky and earth,masculine and feminine, and, in this case,salt and pepper.Super-practical 4occhi Eyewear     

Urbanization and Sustainable Development

Urbanization works on two levels: the development of larger metropo-lises and that of smaller cities and towns. The rate of Urbanization is a major indicator representing a country's modernization level. China's urbanization rate will reach around 60 percent in 20 years.     

Beautiful and Smart

The Kushui rose has become a well-known brand that means more money for local farmers The rose is commonly called the flower of love, representing romance and passion.Today,farmers in Yongdeng County     

Zhang Yunsheng:Living and Painting Simply

ZHANG Yunsheng teaches at Xuzhou No. 3 Middle School, in Jiangsu Province. His living at the juncture of north and south China imbues his work with a combined aesthetic. His paintings express his gentle mood and great love towards life while representing the carefree and leisurely spirit of traditional Chinese literati.     

面对WTO，山西外贸进出口实现历史性突破

Shanxi witnessed in 2000 a spurt of export and import trade volume of up to USD 1.76 billion (the fastest growth in the past 5 years), of which export volume accounted for a gargantuan USD 1.24 billion, representing an import and export volume increase of 2.54％ and 19.46％ respectively over the national annual average. Among the USD 100 million export target countries were the United States of America, the Republic of Korea and Japan. The membership of WTO will exert a positive influen…     

Shandong Specialties at Made in China,Grand Hyatt Beijing

正Kent Jin,Chinese chef of Grand Hyatt Beijing proudly presents a special Shandong menu at Made in China restaurant,in May and June."We are thrilled to introduce a special menu representing the large Shandong peninsula,which is a province rich in produce from the inland areas to the coast,"     

Getting Chummy with the Foreign Media

BEIJING saw the opening of a two-day World Media Sum- mit last October, hosted by Xinhua News Agency and jointly initiated by News Corporation, Associated Press, Reuters, ITAR-TASS, Kyodo News, BBC, Tumer Broadcasting System and Google. Participants representing some 170 news agencies, radio, television, newspaper, magazine and online media came from over 70 countries and regions.     

AFRICAN PAVILIONS OPEN FOR BUSINESS Beijing Garden Expo’s International Exhibition Area still developing

The Beijing Garden Expo is flourishing,attracting between 30,000 and 40,000 visitors a day, translating into 3 million yuan ($489,300) to 4 million yuan ($652,400) in entrance fees every day. While most of these attendees are drawn to the large gardens representing various Chinese cities and provinces, one corner of the expo offers savvy visitors a chance to see some more international sights.     

Rediscover Quanzhou

China’s ancient port is crowned Culture City of East Asia 2014 Which East Asia city has a long history and preserves the most splendid culture?Is it Beijing,Tokyo,or maybe Seoul?Instead of such mega cities,Quanzhou,Yokohama and Gwangju,representing China,Japan and South Korea,were each recently designated a Cultural City of East Asia 2014 respectively during the annual trilateral Ministerial Conference on Culture(MCC) in Gwangju on September 28.     

COMMON GOAL,CONCER TED EFFORTS

<正>World leaders strive to achieve results against global warmingThrongs of people were overwhelmed by tears and cheers on December 12 as French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius,president of the Paris climate change conference,struck a green gavel.It signaled the conclusion of a marathon 13-day negotiation between delegates representing nearly 200different countries and regions,who had gathered in Paris.The representatives at the 2015     

Trade Organizations Show Collective Strength

IN China it is common that the company position of a businessperson is given a prime spot on their business card, but not in Wenzhou. Narives of this city reserve the conspicuous slot for their rifles within an entire industry group, or guild. Guilds have shown themselves to be a vital structure for a booming local economy, and guild leaders are held in high esteem in the region. There are 34 such groups in Wenzhou at present, representing 20,000 or more enterprises, and covering all sectors of the local economy.     

DEVELOPMETN AND PROGRESS IN XINJIANG（Part three）

Ⅴ. Upholding Ethnic Equality and Unity
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is multiethnic region. According to the fifth national census in 2000, it is home to 55 ethnic groups including the Uyghur, Han and Kazak. In 2008, it had a population of 21.308 million, 12.945 million of whom were of ethnicities other than the Han, representing 60.8% of the total. In 2007, three ethnic groups in the region had a population over one million each. They were the Uyghur with a population of 9.651 million, the Han, 8.239 million, and the Kazak,     

Mount Wudang——Abode of Immortals and a Martial Monk

CHINESE mythology tells of the perilous sea voy- ages by Chinese ancestors in search of the penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou mountains whereT aoist immortals dwelt. Mount Wudang is one of China’s Taoist mountains that actually exists. It is the mainspring of a wealth of legends that have been told for 2,000 years. abode of immortals The Chinese character xian consists of the radical (element of a character that conveys its meaning) representing a person on the left and the character for …     

Speech by CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin At the Opening Ceremony

First of all, on behalf of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and the China International Friendship Cities Association (CIFCA), I’d like to express our profound respect to the state leaders present here, a sincere welcome to the delegates and guests representing various cities in China and other countries, and, finally, cordial greetings and heartfelt thanks to all the friends who have over the years made unremitting     

丹青和鸣——“民族百花”中国画名家邀请展作品选登（英文）

<正>Master painters representing China's cultural diversity recently exhibited their works as part of an invitational to promote the significant role that ethnic fine arts play in contemporary China.To encourage artists to follow the progress of national minority areas and maintain their enthusiasm for minority-related subjects,15 master painters representing 10 of China's minzu,or ethnic minorities,were hosted at the"Minzu Hundred Flowers"Chinese