Back on the Mend

<正>China’s support gives a boost to globalization What direction will globalization take in2023?The international community is in urgent need of an answer as the reconstruction of the world order accelerates amid the pandemic and the Ukraine crisis.According to a report released on January 8 by the Center for China and Globalization(CCG),a Beijing-based nongovernmental think tank,the nature of globalization is undergoing in-depth re-adjustment.     

Sichuan on the Mend

Reconstruction begins in quake-hit region Local and provincial authorities have initiated post-quake reconstruction in Ya’an City of southwest China’s Sichuan Province in the wake of a     

On the Bund andOn the Mend

正he wears a white coat,speaks fluent Chinese and diagnoses patients with the assistance of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).A German physician working at the Body and Soul Clinic in Shanghai's Huangpu District,Doris Rathgeber,born in Diisseldorf in 1966,has been familiar with TCM for more than 20 years.She has practiced mainly in Shanghai and dedicates her professional life to promoting China's centuries-old medical system around the globe.     

Time to Regulate

<正>As multinationals flock to China, the counhy has become the world’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment. Undoubtedly, foreign investment has played an important and positive role in China’s development in many areas, including economic growth, social proyess, technology     

Time to Learn

IN January 2002, representatives from the Development and Re-search Center of the State Coun-cil, John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) of Harvard     

Time to Talk

<正>All eyes on the upcoming meeting of minds in Boao The China Development Forum [in Beijing] and the Boao Forum for Asia(BFA) Annual Conference [in Hainan Province] will soon get underway,as will the Summer Davos,or the World Economic Forum’s global meeting on innovation,science and technology,in Tianjin.I have learned many foreign business leaders have applied to participate,     

Time to Care

Time bank offers a novel elderly care option in an aging society A decade ago, Xu Min began to volunteer at a community institution that provides services for people over 60. In the 10 years, she has cared for 20 seniors, giving them company and comfort. We grow into each other's family, she told Jiefang Daily.Now, the organization, based in Shanghai, has been included in a time bank program. As a result, Xu, nearly 60 herself, can exchange her service hours for others' services when she needs them.     

A Time to Reflect

Li Dongmei,a liquor salesperson at Majiapu outlet of Merry Mart in Beijing,has seen a drop in sales at the store recently. Because her income is directly tied to sales, fewer customers mean less take-home pay. Days between New Year Day and the Spring Festival,which falls on February 10 this year,     

Time to Get Fit

China tries to boost citizen involvement in sports to become an international power in competitions Retired 56-year-old Beijing resident Chu Lirong stood outside the city's National Stadium,the site of the Beijing Olympics     

Her Time to Shop

<正>Women now have more purchasing power Not long after the Spring Festival comes the first holiday of the Year of the Rabbit-International Women’s Day on March 8. Established about a century ago to honor working women, the holiday is now an important day for businessmen, who try to make money by capitalizing on women’s new buying power.     

A Time to Recharge

正As the novel coronavirus epidemic situation improves, tourism, one of the hardest-hit industries during the outbreak, is bouncing back.According to a report on China’s tourism market during the Dragon Boat Festival released by popular online travel agency Ctrip.com, during the three-day festival on     

Time to Pay Up

<正>Local government debt, while staggeringly high, is still within the nation’s safety threshold Yunnan Highway Development and Investment Co.,     

Time to Take Responsibility

<正>They were born with a silver spoon in their mouths.Their parents are the first batch of private entrepreneurs who got rich after China started its reform and opening up in the late 1970s.Most of them were born in the     

Time to Take Stock

正Return of foreign-listed Chinese firms sees China Concepts Stocks trending In 2000, when a 3-year-old Chinese Internet technology company called Net Ease made its debut on the Nasdaq, the results were far from spectacular. Its stock price declined continuously and it was delisted for four months     

Time to Tackle Child Abuse

正Child abuse has recently been a topic of widespread discussion in China. Two scandals that occurred this year have sparked renewed calls for legislation.In one instance, a picture posted on the Internet showed a young female teacher holding up a student by his ears with his feet about 10 cm off the ground in a kindergar-     

Time to Abandon Cultural Chauvinism

正At the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada, investigators recently uncovered a mass grave with the remains of 215 children. After Canada passed the Indian Act in 1876, nearly 100 such indigenous boarding schools were opened across the country.     

Time to Settle Tariff Disputes

Cooperation is the only way forward for Chinese and American businesses The Chinese Ministry of Commerce(MOFCOM) over the past two years may be the national trade administrator that has been under the most pressure comparedto any of its global counterparts.     

Time to Tolk of Slowdown

THE recent publication of America＇s second quarter GDP data, following that for China, makes it possible to accurately compare the recent performance of the world＇s two largest economies and the results are extremely striking. In the last year the slowdown in the U.S. economy has been far more serious than in China. Therefore while both economies are being adversely affected by current negative trends in the world economy, China is dealing with these much more successfully than the U.S. In light of media discussion about China＇s economic ＂slowdown＂ it is equally important that attention is paid to understanding why the U.S.＇s own economic slowdown is much worse than China＇s when confronted with similar global economic trends.