A Young Skater’s Road to Olympic Champion

THE medal will bring about many changes for me. It will give me an opportunity to provide my parents a better life, especially my mother who worked so hard to support the family by knitting sweaters for others,” Zhou Yang said candidly in front of a pack of cameras after winning the women＇s short track speed skating 1,500 meters final at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The moment was echoed repeatedly on TV screens across China, plucking the heartstrings of tens of millions of Chinese people.     

A New Road to Rural Prosperity

AT peak tourist season, 32-year-old Li Lianfen sees her husband and son just once a week. She has converted her home in Shicheng (Stone City) Village in Beijing's Miyun County into an inn. City people come here to stay and enjoy the beauty and tran-quility of the mountains around her village. As she has no time to look after her son, he attends a primary school in the county seat 20 kilometers away. His father is a teacher at the middle school nearby. They both stay there in the accommodation provided.     

Private Enterprises Contribute Greatly to China＇s Economy

The past three decades of China＇s reforms have witnessed the conception,birth and growth of private enterprises,which now play an important role in optimizing the country＇s economic structure and mode of economic growth, expanding state revenue and providing employment opportunities.     

A Father’s Chatter,A Father’s Love

My tather is an excellent surgeon and has just retired from the town hospital. Whenever 1 think of my father, his voice rings in my ears, always soft and encouraging. As time passes, I better understand my father and his seemingly endless and boring prattle.     

A Bumpy Road

Even as Iran and the United States embark on a unifying mission,experts believe their dialogue will not go smoothly as the world hopes     

A Company Reborn

HE 30 years from 1978 to 2008 have witnessed China＇s rise in the world economy amid industrial restructuring and the rise and fall of various enterprises, both state-owned and private. Some state-owned enterprises have been merged, while others have grown stronger and bigger through effective restructuring and reform. Freet Petroleum Equipment Company Limited is among the latter.     

Kunshan''''s Road to Modernization

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The Road to Modernization

"The boundless grassland lies beneath the boundless skies;when the winds blow,and the grass bends low,my sheep and cattle appear before your eyes." The Shepherd’s Song is a classical poem dating     

The Road to Prosperity for China＇s Most Populous Province

Henan has the biggest population of all China's provinces, and is also home to the highest number of rural inhabitants. Of its approximately 100 million residents, 70 million are farmers, among whom 15 million earn their living from casual work in other provinces.     

A Shopper’s Defense

<正>Consumer rights'protection fights to gain groundwith year-old lawZhao Ping a 27-year-old resident of Beijing's Fengtai District,is an online shopping fanatic.Her craze for online purchases was further fueled over the past year when Web retailers gave her the right to return her products after she receives them,as is required by a     

A Migrant’s Tale

正Documentary peeks into the lives and struggles of China’s migrant workers F or most of the 130 million Chinese migrants who make the annual pilgrimage from the country’s urban centers to their rural hometowns or interior cities for China’s Spring Festival holiday,the stories of their arduous journey home go     

A Reformer’s Victory

Holding high the banner of economic prosperity,pragmatic politics and dynamic culture as three pillars in managing the country,Hassan Rouhani emerged victorious in Iran’s most recent presidential election as a large turnout of voters expressed belief in his vision for changing the future of the Islamic republic In his inaugural speech to parliament Rouhani vowed to deal earnestly with the country’s social and economic problems and to launch "constructive interactions"with the world to mend Iran’s global image and to seek a     

Internationalization:The Key to RMB Flexibility

Recently,the fast appreciation of the Chinese currency has become a major concern both at home and abroad.Ba Shusong,a researcher with the Development Research Center of the State Council,in a recent article for the 21st Century Business Herald,suggested that the renminbi exchange rate can become more flexible if it is fully internationalized.     

A Road for All

CENTRAL China’s province of Shaanxi stretches across bleak loess plateaus,river-rifted plains and rolling hills. Locals have for centuries en-tertained themselves with the coarse Shaanxi Opera (Qinqiang) and Xintianyou folk music. These cultural activities evidence their ancient desire to com-municate with far-away friends. These days,such interaction is much easier,thanks to the transport and communications infrastructures that densely mesh the province.     

CPC’s Secret to Success

Why does the Communist Party of China (CPC) remain popular despite making several serious mistakes? How could the CPC make China the world’s second-largest economy? These are among the 13 questions answered by Xie Chuntao, a professor with the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC, in his latest national bestseller-Why and How the CPC Works in China. The English edition of the book, published in July by the Beijingbased New World Press, won a larger international audience at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October-not only because it addresses Western curiosity about the China model and China’s road, but also because it puts forward a new way of introducing China and the CPC to the world. For this and the next three issues, Beijing Review will publish several chapters of the book, allowing readers a glimpse into the book. Edited chapter one-Why Was the CPC Capable of Establishing a New China-is as follows:     

Pyongyang’s Path to Prosperity

<正>North Korea ponders a shift of strategic focus to economic development     

China’s Aid to Africa

China started providing aid to Africa in the 1950s by undertaking construction projects, providing goods and materials and dispatching specialists in various f ields. Since then, China has undertaken almost 900 social and economic develop- ment projects in the fi elds of agriculture, animal husbandry, fi sh farming, water conservancy, energy, transport and com- munications, TV and radio broadcasting, and food processing, as well as culture, education and health. More than 700 of these project…     

The Long Road to Unity

A new treaty recently agreed upon by European leaders paves the way for Europe's further integration Six years after the European Union (EU)deadlock over creating a con-     

A Jade Sculptor’s Dream

A craftsman’s journey from one art to another Give Lang Xiaofeng a jade stone and he can transform it into a splendid work of art. At his studio in Beijing,Lang was carving a small piece of jade under the light of a table lamp. Around Lang there were many uncut and finished