My House My Home

FOR people like me in China, roughly 20 or 30 years ago, the modest apartments allotted to us by the state were our homes, and I took it for granted that mine "belonged" to me. At that time, all apartments allotted to people were state-owned, nevertheless we felt more assured and confi dent than I think people do today, having to pay as-tronomical prices to put a house in their name, as verifi ed by their property ownership certificates. The deed has a sunset     

My Shopping List

Millions of Chinese are hitting the roads, traveling back to their hometowns to celebrate the Spring Festival, the country's most important holiday. But amid the festive atmosphere, will their spending during the holiday be affected by the turbulent global economy? How do they intend to ride out the crisis for the rest of the year? Beijing Review interviewed 10 people from all walks of life and various professions about how they are coping with the financial downturn.     

My Winter Holiday

Istood alone on the beach. Green plants surrounded me. The sea was immense, and gave me a special kind of feeling. There were just a few people, no pollution, no noise and no bustle. It was like being in a landscape painting. I felt overwhelming appreciation for this tranquil and beautiful place.     

加州西梅，我的最爱!

美国加州西梅是用经日光照射成熟后的新鲜梅子,干制而成。它和新鲜的梅子一样,富含同样的维生素、矿物质和纤维,且便于随时享用。据最新科学研究,加州西梅富含抗氧化剂。抗氧化剂能延缓人体衰老,保持青春活力。     

My Two Homes

Irecently hadto fly back to Australia to have some urgently needed surgery. I have had the surgery, and my doctor has given me the all-clear to travel internationally, and to go back to teaching again. I will return to China very soon. Now, I am writing from my study in my modest but comfortable home in Robertson, Queensland. This is a very wealthy suburb of     

My First Marathon

THE decision on where to run my first marathon was an easy one: I chose my second home, Xiamen, a beautiful city with long beaches and a lovely climate. The route for the Xiamen marathon, which runs along the Island Ring Road, must be the most beautiful in the world. This year was the city's third to hold a marathon, and it attracted 15,000 participants from several countries. I downloaded a training program     

My Admirable Comrade-in-Arms

People especially like to recall things of the past when they reach 60 or 70. The past events that one still remembers or have faded from one’s memory would come back clearly when mentioned by others. However,     

My Volunteer Life

SEVERAL years ago,I read anotice soliciting volunteerteachers to work in the west.It caught my interest and Iclipped it.Upon graduation in August2000,I postponed my graduate studies in sociology and joined the Fudan     

My Paranoid Confession

The father of malicious software starts an Internet security service business Known as the father of rogue software in China, Zhou Hongyi, Chairman and CEO of community website Qihoo.com, has now realized his dream of becoming a free network security service provider.     

My China Week

I can't believe that I just spent10 days in China.I had to keeptelling myself. "I am in China,CHINA." It was sounreal.So faraway from home, so differentfrom anything I was accustomedto. yet we are all alike, all part ofthe human family. Though wemay look different. We all come     

China,My Tattoo

正When I close my eyes and think about China and my life there,it’s like a dream.I was 22 when I first landed at the Beijing Capital International Airport in 2009.From there,the 18-hour slow train ride to     

My Oil Lamp Collection

I'n1968,a2,OOO-year-0ldlampshapedlikealady-.in-waitinRwasunearthed.ThiselegantculturalrelicfromtheHanDynasty(2O6B.C.-A.D.220)amazedartexperts,andbecamekn0wnasthefamous"ChangxinPalaceLantern."Fromthatday0nIfellinlovewithancientoillamps,andlaterIbegantoc0llectthem.FirstTryIboughtmyfirstlampattheJuShiZhai,asecondhandshoponYuquanRoadinBei-jing.LaoJi,theowner0fJuShiZhai,hadjustreturnedwithsomeg0odshehadfoundinthec0untrysideandtheflo0r0fhisr00mwasc0v-eredwithvari0uspotsandpans.Amongthedi…     

China Through My Eyes

Before coming to China, we all had our own ideas about China. I used to think that all Chinese were into martial arts. Also, due to the nation's advanced technology, I used to the think all tech-related gadgets and other electronics there would be very cheap.     

My Mother and Me

I was born in 1982, in theYimeng mountain area ofShandong Province, one ofthe poorest regions in eastChina. The local people therestill have a feudalistic mentality,and firmly believe that men aresuperior to women. Living in suchan environment, my mother and Ihave had to struggle hard to live adecent life.     

Tibet Through My Eyes

<正>The first Chinese college student video and photo competition focusing on Tibet lifts its curtain     

My Visit to Tibet

Like so many other people in the West, for a long time I have had a very romantic idea of Tibet as a mystical fantasy land. When, before the Beijing Olympics, somebody asked me what I thought about the riots in Lhasa, I realized I didn＇t really know anything about the past or the present reality in Tibet! This made me decide to start learning about the history and the current reality in Tibet.     

My Return to China

There is no doubt in my mind that I will return to China to live. This may evolve to being a 50/50 arrangement with my other home in Australia, but I will return! I am not a big believer in lists, as they seem to be the hackneyed territory of gurus and spotlight seekers, but here I am going to make an exception! These are the top 10 reasons that I will come     

Xinjiang on My Mind

I don't often get the chance to travel to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, one of China's wildest and most exotic provinces. It's a special place, and I was fortunate enough to have lived there for six months several years ago, when I worked for a Chinese oil company.