President Jiang Zemin Meets With Noboru Takeshita and Ikuo Hirayama

CHINESE President Jiang Ze-min met with Noboru Ta-keshita, Japanese former primeminister, Ikuo Hirayama, presi-dent of Japan-China FriendshipAssociation (JCFA), and otherJapanese friends in the GreatHall of the People on the morn-ing of August 22, 1994. Jiang Zemin welcomed Nobo-ru Takeshita,Ikuo Hirayama     

General Secretary Jiang Zemin Meets With Yoshiro Hayashi and His Party

JIANG ZEMIN, General Se-cretary of the CPC CentralCommittee, met with the dele-gation of the Japanese Dietmen's     

The Song Jiang Martial Arts School

WHENMOSTchildrenarestillasleep,studentsattheShandongYunchengSongJiangMartialArtsSchoolhavealreadybegUntheirmorningexercises.Theypracticewithspears,swordsorbarehands.Thecrispsoundsoftheirweaponsandtheloudshoutsaccompanyingeachmovementbreakthetranquilityofthemorning.Theintenseroundofmodrigexerciseendsanhourandahalflater,andthecampusagainbecomesquiet.Havingeatenbreakfast,thestudentsgatherintheirclassrooms.Theyareattentivetowhattheteachersays,butinsteadoflearningaboutmartialarts,theyarenows…     

President Jiang Zemin Meets A. Haig, Jr. and His Party

Chinese President Jiang Zemin met with Alex- ander M.Haig,Jr., former secretary of stateand senior consultant of the United TechnologiesCorporation (UTC) of the United States; GeorgeDavid, chairman and chief executive officer of theUTC and other UTC executives at ZhongnanhaiOn May 16.They were on a visit to China at theinvitation of the CPAFFC.     

President Jiang Zemin Meets with Japanese Friends

On the afternoon of January 28 at Zhongnanhai in Beijing, Chinese President Jiang Zemin hada cordial meeting with chief Japanese representa-tives to the meeting of leaders of the Chinese andJapanese nongovernmental friendship organiza-     

President Jiang Zemin Watches the Performance by the Red Flag Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army

The Alexandrov Red Flag Song and DanceEnsemble of the Russian Army have visitedChina three times. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, ZhuDe and Liu Shaoqi had watched their perform-ances of high artistic level, leaving a glorious recordin the annals of the Ensemble. Now the 20th cen-tury is approaching the end. The Chinese and Rus-sian peoples with great enthusiasm were celebrat-ing the 50th anniversary of the founding of thePRC, the establishment of Sino-Russian diplo-matic relations and the founding of the China-Rus-sia Friendship Association (CRFA), at seveno'clock on the evening of October 6, 1999, Presi-dent Jiang Zemin came to the Beijing ExhibitionHall Theater and watched the last show given bythe Ensemble during their fourth performance tour     

Kunming——Blooming and Booming

KUNMING in central Yunnan Province is he largest city in Chi-na's extended south-vestern frontier. Two housand years ago, it was a hub on the Southern Silk Road that connected inland China with Southeast Asia and a converging point on the Sichuan-Yunnan-Vietnam passageway. Today, as the capital city of Yunnan, it is home to 26 ethnic groups and a popular destination for tourists and business travelers from around the world.     

Jinjiang——Radiant and Vigorous

JINJIANG is a coastal city in southeast Fujian Province, across the sea from Jinmen and Taiwan. Before opening and reform, its lack of resources, undeveloped industry, large population and insufficient farming land rendered it poverty-stricken. In recent years, however, the city has undergone drastic change.In 1994 Jinjiang ranked 15th among the top 100 cities of China. Despite the impact of the Southeast Asia financial crisis and world economic recession, it has maintained its     

Space and Time——Chinese Style

China has far too many people.It's too crowded here.And every-where I go,whether by foot,on bike or in a vehicle,I alwaysencounter a bottleneck somewhere along the line.Waiting to walk through a ticket gate to get on a train,trying to enter the metal gates of my university or even traveling by car and encountering toll booths blocking the road-     

Chinese Qi Gong and Magic——the Rage in Namibia and Zimbabwe

On the occasion of the 5thanniversary of the inde-pendence of Namibia and the15th anniversary of the indepen-dence of Zimbabwe, a 9-mem-ber group of Chinese Qi Gong(deep-breathing exercise) artistsand magicians sent by theCPAFFC paid a friendly visit toNamibia and Zimbabwe fromMarch 15 to April 25, 1995 atthe invitation of the educationand cultural ministries of the two     

Beijing and Shanghai—Again

正So Nikki, she starts. Oh boy, I think. Since you’ve experienced both, she continues. Here it comes. I brace myself for it.Which is better? Shanghai or Beijing? my visiting aunt asks me over dinner.If I had 1 yuan for every person that’s     

Unprecedentedly Active Nongovernmental Diplomacy——Facts and Figures

In 2002 the CPAFFC gave full play to its characteristics and advantages, worked hard to serve the country's total diplomacy, economic construction and world peace, opened up new prospects in nongovernmental diplomacy, and made considerable achievements in various aspects of its work. It received 360 delegations with 5,478 person/times from 61     

Qianxinan——Its Bizarre Peaks and Graceful Waters

LOCATED in GuizhouProvince, southwesternChina, Qianxinan Bouyei-Miao AutonomousPrefecture is a tourist destination,due to its extraordinary naturalenvironment and distinctive ethnic     

Bazhong——A City of Tranquility and Beaut

IN northeastern Sichuan Province,diminutive Bazhong City exudes a pastoral sparkle and tranquility.It makes one wish to blend in with its unique natural environment.A walk through Bazhong,it is said,is like a hazy drizzle that awakens people’s memories.The picturesque city,resembling a Monet oil painting,lies inlaid within the southern foothills of the towering and extensive Daba Mountains.Situated at the center of three large cities of Chengdu,Chongqing and Xi’an,Bazhong also sits along the dividing line between south and north China.Covering 12,000 square kilometers,the city combines both the grandeur of northern China and the warmth of southern China,with distinctive vistas of mountains and rivers,as well as places of historical and cultural allure.It has also been a historical channel for cultural exchanges between north and south China,witness to the Qin and Han dynasties,the Three Kingdoms,and the Red Army.People here easily sense the pulse and echoes of history.     

Kaili——Scenery,Music and Southern Charm

FOR poets, she is an ancient ballad passed down through the ages,For scholars, she conquers suffering with beauty,But for me, her mysteries overwhelm all.She is Kaili, Kaili, Kaili.     

Speech by Vice Chairman Jiang Zhenghua At Opening Ceremony of Asia-Pacific Cooperation Forum

It's my great pleasure to partici- pate in this Forum sponsoredby the Chinese People's Associa-tion for Friendship with ForeignCountries, and to take the oppor-tunity to explore with so manyexperts and scholars from bothhome and abroad, the importanttopics of Asia-Pacific cooperation. I have noted that the forumhas set two major topics, a mac-roscopic one on the developmentopportunities in the Asia-Pacificregion in the new century, and a     

Beautiful Friendship and Happiness Accompanied——Mianyang Qiang Song and Dance Troupe Visits ROK

Gangneung is a city of some 230,000 people in Gangwon-do, on the east coast of the Republic of Korea popular as a tourist site for viewing the sunrise. It also has its annual Danoje Festival, an event that, since 2005, has always had a strong presence of Chinese performers from Sichuan Province.In 2012, it was the turn of a 21-member delegation of the Qiang Song and Dance Troupe of the Mian-yang Art College of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music to accept an     

Xiong Qinghua—Mayor and Scholar

Editor: Baoshan is a frontier city in western Yunnan Province on the Myanmar border.It was formerly one of the Southwestern Silk Road trade routes. Nestled among mountains, Baoshan is green as far as the     

The Emperor and the Concubine——A Legendary Romance

TANG women were the most fortunate of all in China’s feudal history. They lived in a period of unprecedented economic prosperity, cultural and artistic diversity and, most signi cantly, gender equality.