The Supreme China Rooster

WHEN looking at the map of China, its shape appears uncannily similar to that of a rooster. Its head is in the Northeastern provinces, its magnificent tail includes Xinjiang and Tibet and its wings spread over the resource-rich basins of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers. The belly of this cockerel is in the southeast, and Hainan and Taiwan islands are its feet. The tour guide on the Yangtze River cruise who pointed out this similarity to me explained: "This shows that Taiwan is definitely an inalienable part of China; a rooster     

Political Design Is Necessary

R ight now many tongues are wagging about how China should pursue its political reform in a tangible and effective way that its citizens and outside observers can feel. The topic is so tantalizing that even my 88-year-old mother, who is getting weaker and unfamiliar with     

Wheat-A Link Between China and Canada

BEIJING St. Paul's Cakes is a local bakery that offers delicious and healthy cakes and pastries to its customers. The main in- gredient in the company's success, its owners believe, is the premium-quality, high protein wheat flour that they import from Canada. According to Zeng Liying, vice     

Business Begins at Home

<正>A village makes room for guests and finds its fortune Among the traditional houses with their black roof tiles and white walls in Xiajiang,a village in Zhejiang Province in east China,there is a refurbished house that stands out with its cobbled yard and wooded grounds.The interior is Nordic in style,with a fi replace.This is a homestay house belonging to Jiang     

China Absorbs Overseas Talent

As the storm of the financial crisis gathers strength, China＇s market has shown its governance superior to the chaotic forces at work. The momentum of its economic development has been maintained throughout, and that success was bound to create a need for more human resources. So it is no surprise that Chinese enterprises are increasing their recruitment abroad, an effort focused on high-level overseas Chinese and foreign talent. The call is being answered - by more and more returnees and foreigners seeking to make China a career milestone.     

Physical Perfectionists

M ILLIONS of Chinese people start their sum- mer’s day with a fi ght – a battle, that is, for a place in the shade in the local park. The 72-year-old Bai Yixu is one of them. Every morning, she rises at 6am, drinks down a yo- gurt with a small cake, and rushes to her local common to per- form her daily exercises. There she meets dozens of her peers, all competing for that spot in the shade that will protect these health enthusiasts from the blazing sun. Summertime tempera- tures in Beij…     

Jiaozi

正No dish is better known in China than jiaozi,dumplings with meat and vegetable fillings wrapped in thin pastry and served boiled,steamed or fried.There are many stories about the origins of jiaozi.One widely cited is that the delicacy is the invention of Zhang Ji(Zhang Zhongjing,150-219),author of Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases and one of the greatest practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine in history.After retiring from his official post,Zhang established a clinic in his hometown of Nanyang that would open every winter with a kitchen serving a soup     

China's Greatest Contribution to the World Lies in Safeguarding Democracy and Wellbeing for One-Fifth of Humanity

China has a population that is one-fifth of humanity. Most of its people live in rural areas. This country has been built and developed on the ruins of semi-colonialism and semi-feudalism and on a foundation of poverty and blankness. The     

Supernatural Fengdu

FENGDU is famous for its ghost folklore,but its lure to visitors rests on more than that.Deep in the hills,an ancient lake surrounded by beautiful scenery and a cave full of strange shapes and shimmering walls are waiting to be explored. Mingshan Mountain:The Ghost Culture The Ghost City of Mingshan Mountain is located on the north bank of the     

China＇s Greatest Contribution to the World Lies in Safeguarding Democracy and Wellbeing for One-Fifth of Humanity

China has a population that is one-fifth of humanity. Most of its people live in rural areas. This country has been built and developed on the ruins of semi-colonialism and semi-feudalism and on a foundation of ＂poverty and blankness.＂ The founding of New China created the political condition for the advancement of people＇s democracy. Since the adoption of reform and open policies, or gaige kaifang, China has gradually found an effective way, suited for Chinese conditions,