Hoary Humor

As a barber shaved a monk's head, his razor slipped and he cut off an ear. The monk was in so much pain he lost his voice. The flustered barber picked up the ear from the ground and said: "Master, don't be alarmed! Your ear is undamaged and in its original state!"A guest who had come from a     

Card Reader

正Zuoquan County spares no effort to help its villagers earn more Huo Haizhong,a farmer in Zhuning Village,Shanxi Province,holds a special card in his hand,a card that will help his future.     

Imperial Tea Connoisseurs

HAVING ruled for 60 years, in 1795 Qing emperor Qianlong decided it was time to abdicate in favor of his son. His ministers tried to dissuade him, saying: "A country cannot manage for a single day without its monarch." The emperor promptly retorted, raising his cup of tea, "A monarch cannot function for a single day without tea." Qianlong had several reasons for abdicating and mentioned tea only as a red her-     

PEOPLE & POINTS

<正>NEW PRESIDENT OF PEKING UNIVERSITY Optical expert Gong Qihuang becomes the new president of Peking University(PKU).Born in Putian City,Fujian Province,Gong started working as a lecturer after getting his Ph.D. from PKU’s School of Physics in 1989. In 195,he became a professor. Before his new appointment as PKU’s president,he was its vice president and dean of its graduate school.     

PEOPLE & POINTS

Archbishop Acknowledges Changes The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has gained a deeper understanding of China's progress in religious freedom and its role in establishing a "harmonious society" after wrapping up his October 8-23 visit recently. At the invitation of the Chinese Protestant Church, the spiritual head of the 77-rnillion-member Anglican Communion made full use of his trip by holding talks with church leaders, academics and government officials, giving sermons at churches     

DIGITAL BIG DIPPER

正Bei Dou delivers a wide range of servicesWang Chang still shudders to recall the day his boat nearly sank in the tropical waters off Hainan Island in south China. On that day in April 2015, Wang left his home in Qionghai, a city known for its fi shing industry, heading out into the open ocean in search of fi sh. In the middle of the sea, realizing his vessel     

Heavy Harvest

Daniel Yang, Managing Partner of SAIF Partners, shares with Chinese Venture his experiences as a venture capitalist, his principles in selecting valuable companies as well as the goal of SAIF Partners in its third round of investments     

The Development and Contribution of the Case-law of the Inter-American of Court of Human Rights

It is with particular satisfaction that I accede to the invitation to write this Preface to Dr. Gu Shengkai's book "International Human Rights Law: Inter-American Theory and Practice". I first met Dr. Gu Shengkai at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 09 December 2002, when I there delivered a public lecture, at the Human Rights Law Centre of its School of Law, on "Recent Developments in the Case-Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights". Ever since his successful completion at that University, Dr. Gu Shengkai pursued patiently his line of research on the subject-matter of his present book. The outcome of his research, his present book, gives testimony of all his endeavours in examining the subject in a proper perspective.     

Returned Tibetan Finds Shangri-la on Homeland

The greatest wish of Tibetan Nepalese Cering Losang is to be granted a Chinese citizen- ship. The 39-year-old man is finding his life cozy and busi-ness promising in his fatherland Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Gansu Province. Educated in the United States, Cering is now running an inn with his wife Tsega Losang, a Tibetan Indian, in Xiahe, a place embraced by charming landscapes and immersed in incense from its lamaseries. Their two children …     

Breaking Into the Olympics

正From b-boys to Olympic athletesWhen they fell in love with breakdancing,or "breaking," these young boys in beanie hats and baggy clothes never could have imagined this fringe cultural offering would one day become a mainstream Olympic sport.Shang Xiaoyu felt star-crossed when breakdancing foot rocked its way into his life.Considered a "bad student" who frequently skipped class and got into fights with other students in junior middle school,this millennial had no idea how his life could,and would,be changed dramatically by a niche dance genre.Shang was 13.It was a regular day at school when he happened to pass through a classroom where a handful of students were practicing their breaking moves.A mere glance of the scene made him stop in his tracks."This looks super cool,"Shang said."I must learn how to do that."     

Ronaldo''''s Ancient Hairdo

EYES on a soccer pitch are irresistibly drawn to Ronaldo, and his goal-scoring prowess, but his protean haircuts also score a hit with the fans. His latest inverted Mohican haircut, which made its debut in the FIFA World Cup, soon became widely sported by soccer aficionados. One Brazilian barber said that he had given over 50 customers the "Ronaldo cut" since the World Cup.     

Double Imbalance

The government has been introducing a string of policies to stabilize the economy and cushion the impact of the global eco-nomic slowdown since October.These policies are generally deemed"timely"and"necessary,"but not a long-term cure for problems in China’s economy.Renowned economist Wu Jinglian says the country must address its"double imbalance"and further reform its economic growth mode.He made his comments at the First Annual Global Management Forum on December 6 in Shanghai.Excerptsf ollow:     

Youth Film Zeitgeist

CHINESE actor and director Jiang Wen appeared once more at the Venice International Film Festival in August this year, this time as a juror. This annual event has marked milestones in his career： in 1994 Venice conferred their Best Actor award on Xia Yu, then aged 17, for his role in Jiang＇s directorial debut - In the Heat of the Sun. Time magazine rated it one of the lO best films of the year, applauding its original theme, and its cinematic narrative heralding a new era in China＇s film industry.     

The Worst of Times,Or the Best of Times?

<正>The widely discredited—but surprisingly durable—rhetoric of"China collapse"has recently once more reared its head.Fourteen years after American author Gordon Chang predicted the downfall of the Chinese Government by 2011,U.S.scholar David Shambaugh sounded the alarm again in early March.Shambaugh asserted that the time has come to give his verdict on a"protracted,messy and violent"regime change in China.While he handpicked a few phenomena to justify his end-of-the-world claims,often twisting them through misinterpretation and speculation,Shambaugh failed to look at how ordinary Chinese on the ground feel about their country and society.     

Bush Besieged by Troubles

When his now unpopular war against Iraq entered its fifth year on March 20, it was actually only one of U.S. President George W. Bush's various headaches. After his protest-rich Latin American tour in mid-March, Bush returned home to a string of scandals in his government. He was put on the spot to defend both the Attorney General Alberto Gonzales against a call for his dismissal because of the "mistaken" ousting of eight federal prosecutors, and Scooter Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, who revealed the identity of a female member of the CIA. The president also had to answer for the exceptionally unhygienic conditions in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the nation's top military hospital, just five miles from the White House. Nevertheless, the eye of the storm continues to be his Iraq policy. To restore peace in the war-torn country seems far more difficult than bringing down the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.     

A New Port of Call

<正>China mulls its first free trade port areas in Shanghai When President Xi Jinping,also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China(CPC)Central Committee,outlined China’s development blueprint for the next decades in his report to the 19th CPC National Congress on October 18,he laid out a series of ambitious plans.Among them is a pledge to"grant more powers to pilot free trade zones     

Spring of Tourism

<正>With rich resources and better infrastructure and services,China's tourism industry grows more competitive When"little brother Ma,"a tour guide in north China's Tianjin,took out his"flag"and hung it on his flagpole,there were peals of laughter in the tourist coach.It was no conventional flag but a doll fashioned from a cartoon character,once his daughter's favorite toy.     

A NEW LEASE OF LIFE

<正>The result of the universal two-child policy is in line with projected population growth After leaving Beijing for nearly a year,Qiao Shifu,a retired grandfather,was"summoned"back from Shanxi Province to babysit his newborn granddaughter,the second child of his son.Qiao had lived in the capital for more than six years since his first grandchild was     

杨齐福：唯爱怒江

In his Nujiang works,Yang Qifu envelopes people in atmospheric surroundings of poetic power.His oeuvre of woodcuts and paintings demonstrate his strong love for his native Nujiang.In translating his feelings of attachment to a homeland of steep mountains and ravines,Yang pays homage to the vitality of those dwelling in an agricultural landscape that was formerly poor,primitive,and utterly isolated,but is now coming into its own.     

SOCIETY

<正>A New Look A boy gets his hair cut in Zhengzhou,Henan Province,on February 27.It was the second day of the second month in the Chinese lunar calendar,known as the day when the"dragon raises its head."It means the advent of spring after the winter hibernation.It is a tradition for Chinese to have their hair cut on this day.