China’s Gold Medal Potential

Cui Dalin, deputy director general of General Administration of sport in China, confirmed at a recent press conference: "It is estimated that a record 550 to 570 Chinese athletes will compete at the Beijing Olympics." China first fully competed in the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, when the 15 gold medals it won gave the country a fourth world ranking. Twenty years later at the Athens Olympics, China won 32 gold medals, beating russia and giving it a world second ranking. shooting, diving, ta-ble tennis, badminton, weightlifting, gymnastics and judo are now the Olympic events that the world expects China to win. As regards the questions on everyone's lips -- how many gold medals will China win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? and will it surpass the 32-medal record it set in Athens? -- Cui Dalin remains low-key. He is candid in his opinion that China lags far behind the u.s., and that there is also a yawning gap between it and russia. There are currently 1,300 Chinese athletes mak-ing intensive preparations for the Olympics.     

Witty But Not Pretty- China＇s Most Popular Director

THE year 1987 is over.I will miss it,so ends the 1997 cinematie blockbuster The Dream Factory （Jiafang Yifang）by one of China＇s leading directors,Feng Xiaogang .The line probably expressed Fewng＇s own sentiments at the time.     

The New Year＇s Film Market Heats Up

THIS past December.Christmas came early for Chinese moviegoers. They had four big-budget films to choose from, including A Simple Noodle Story, an offbeat comedy filmed by illustrious director Zhang Yimou;     

China＇s Space Exploration

The three phases of outer spaceexploration are:the launch ofman-made satellites,mannedspace ight and lunar explora-tion.After more than 50 yearsof perseverance,Chinese scien-tists,relying solely on their ownexpertise and technical know-how,have become the world'sthird most signi cant explorersof outer space.     

China＇s New Deal

In the months after the new leadership took power, China appears to have entered a period of accelerated reform.     

China＇s Valentine＇s Day Love Affair

LIFE in China has become ever more diversified in recent years,allowing more space for Western fashion and convention. Today Valentine‘s Day and Christmas are widely celebrated, particularly among the young, who jump at every chance to party,revel and romance.     

China＇s Young Environmentalists

THE Great Power Race is a clean energy competition open to college students in China, India and the United States for the most numerous and most innovative clean energy projects and solutions. It starts in September, and by the end of July, over 500 universities had lodged entry applications, 177 of them from China.     

China＇s Wellness Revolution

SEVERAL years after its publication, the Wellness Revolution remains a cult best-selling book. Its writer, businessman and motivational speaker Paul Zane Pilzer, advised investors and ama-teur stock market players that “wellness“ would be the next tril-     

China＇s Railroad Through No Man＇s Land

THE last sleeper was laid at Lhasa Railway Station on October 15, 2005. sig naling completion of the world's highest railway.According to a project spokesman, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway's trial operation is set for July 1, 2006, and its formal in- auguration is scheduled to take place a year later, on July 1, 2007. Tibetan peo- ple living on the "roof of the world" will then have access to railway transporta- tion for the first time ever. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway stretch- es 1.956 kilome…     

China＇s Winter Olympians Set New Gold Standard in Vancouver

THE 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games ended on February 28, after two snow-and-ice-filled weeks of joy and peace. The Chinese delegation produced proof of their growing winter sports excellence, bringing home a sizable haul of five gold, two silver and four bronze medals. It was an impressive achievement from a country that had only won four gold medals in all the past winter Olympics combined.     

Behind China＇s Liquidity Crisis

IN June, China suffered its worst liquidity crisis in over a decade. Fortunately, the Central Bank reversed the situation by extending liquidity operations to responsible financial institutions.     

China＇s ASEAN Overtures

CHINA＇s No. 1 and No. 2 leaders both visited ASEAN countries in October. From October 2 to 5, 2013 President Xi Jinping visited Indonesia and Malaysia, and then attended the 21st economic leaders＇ meeting at the APEC forum in Bali. Hot on his heels, on October 9, Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Brunei, where he attended the 16th ASEAN-China （10＋1） Summit, the 16th ASEAN Plus Three （10＋3） Summit, and the 8th East Asia Summit. From there Li then headed to Thailand and Vietnam.     

China＇s Centers of Longevity

THERE are three recognized centers of longevity in China: Rugao City in Jiangsu Province; Zhongxiang City in Hubei Province and Bama County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The total number of centenarians in these three places exceeds by far the UN demographic projection of 75 centenarians among every million people.     

China＇s Growing ROK Communities

WHEN the first ROK businesspeople settled in Qingdao back in 1989, they were asalien to the locals as any other profitsavvy foreigners. Two decades on, the Koreans have become an organic part of the beautiful seaside city looking across the Yellow Sea to the Korean Peninsula. According to the online ROK news site Chosunilbo, there are now over 1 million ROK nationals living in China, residing mainly in China＇s eastern metropolises such as Qingdao, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenyang.     

China＇s Modernists In Manhattan

Canvasses by China‘s young artists are becoming hot commodities worldwide.