Ten Reasons Why I Am In China

A retired teacher who has spent many years in China, travelling, working and living here and who now tells people about his discoveries through the columns of Chinaweek, and in Britain by many well-attended public lectures and photographic exhibitions.     

The World Cup And Pluralism

The world's people are roughly divided into two categories: those who watch the World Cup and those who don't. The fact that global     

Should Good Samaritans Be Protected by Law?

The Beijing Municipal Government has recently issued draft regulations that mean to encourage more people to help those who need first aid, including seniors suddenly stricken by certain conditions. These regulations come amid a spate of reports of well-intentioned individuals who come to the aid of elderly people and end up being subject to slander or worse, black-mail. If passed, the local legislation will offer legal support for these good Samaritans so that they need not worry about being blackmailed after doing a good deed. The document provides that people who per-petrate unfounded slander and blackmail against those that help them shall be held legaly accountable.     

Man with a Heart of Gold——A website to help released former offenders

"One million private businesses arrange for the placement of and help one million people who have been     

Delegation of Zambian Chiefs Extols Africa-China and Zambia-China Friendship

Chiefs are traditional leaders in Zambia.Among the country's 73 tribes,there are altogether four paramount chiefs,48 senior chiefs and 286 chiefs.These people,who inherit their title through the maternal line,play an important and special role in Zambia's political,economic and social life and have the respect of people from all walks of life.     

Bright Future Ahead in China-Africa Relations of Cooperation

It has been half a century and more since the friendship between the New China and African countries was forged. This friendship has stood the test of time and can be considered as an exemplary model of contemporary friendly relations between developing countries.Beginning from the 1950s, the Chinese people who had liberated themselves from imperialist aggression showed deep sympathy for the African people in their dauntless struggle for national independence. African people and governments…     

UNMASKABLE HEROISM

With the worlcf s eye on the havoc caused by the novel coronavirus,there can never be too much space given to the ordinary men and women who have shown extraordinary courage and dedication to duty to keep life going for others.They range from people working in supermarkets and drugstores to security guards and transport workers who always turn up for work during the worst weather and crisis.     

Pursuing Human Rights——A Fair Go for All

The theme of this human rights conference is "Human Rights: A Fair Go For All." It's true that all people wish to enjoy human rights, especially those who lack or are deprived of human rights. The Chinese peopie used to have no human rights at all. They paid a most terrifying price through bloodshed and sacrifices to win their rights today. Therefore, the Chinese people attach great importance to and very much treasure human rights, and they also harbor great sympathy for those who still lack human rights. In today's world,     

The Plight of 'Educated Youth'

Updated book sheds new light on a "cultural revolution" phenomenonThe image of millions of young people trekking from the cities to the countryside to work alongside farmers in the fields is an enduring part of the chapter of China's history. Known as zhiqing, or "educated youth," these young people were a mixture of those who volunteered to go to work and those who were forced to go     

LAUDING CHINA'S RESOLUTION

Outbreak in UK makes people realize the necessity for drastic steps Apart from deaths and the distress caused to those most directly affected,another product of the novel coronavirus epidemic has been the increase in abusive behavior outside China toward people who are-or perceived to be-of Chinese ethnicity.     

Man with a Heart of Gold ——A website to help released former offenders

＂One million private businesses arrange for the placement of and help onemillion people who have been re- leased after serving their prison terms and those released from programs of reeducation through labor （referred to as released former offenders below）.     

Lasting Friendship Ivan Arhipov and China

Not long ago Premier Li Pengvisited Russia and cordiallymet with Ivan Arhipov, an oldfriend of the Chinese people, whohad made outstanding contribu-tion to the rehabilitation and de-velopment of China's economy. Inorder to let the Chinese peopleknow about those internationalfriends who have greatly contrib-uted to China's construction andare carrrying on and developingtraditional friendship with the Chi-nese people under the new situa-tion, we interviewed Yang Fanzhi,former deputy secretary-general of     

Bridging Cultures

It’s hard to imagine the world without translators, who connect people of different cultures. On December 24, 2012, Beijing Review reporters Liu Yunyun and Ji Jing interviewed Huang Youyi, Vice Chairman and Secretary     

LETTERS

Nowadays, we are no strangers to the phrase "Chinese Dream." As I see it, this "Dream" has to be based on building a government of the people, by the people and for the people, because deep down the true strength of a nation does not come from the might of its army or the scale of its economy, but from the enduring and unyielding power of its people.There are rising concerns about food safety. There are parents who lie awake after their children have fallen     

Language Corner

1. Chinese OperaPeople who have been to the 公园 gongyuan(parks) of Beijing are always impressed by suchsights as this: a group of people sitting in a circlesomewhere out of the way, practicing Chinese oper-a with 伴奏 banzou (accompaniment) on erhu.These people, who gather 自发 zifa(spontaneously) to enjoy themselves by listening toor performing Chinese opera, are what we call 戏迷ximi (opera fans).Chinese opera fans used to comprise mostly se-nior citizens and 退休 tuixiu (retired) people.…     

Letters

A Letter to Editor-in-Chief EmeritusI an a retired American High School principalwho loves China and the Chinese people, and havedevoted my life to assisting Chinese people andChinese groups in need of assistance.I have long had the desire to write to you as a fel-low senior who shares my great love for China and itspeople. I learned of you and your tremendous relation-ship with China when I first subscribed to ChinaReconstructs, and have continued to read more aboutyou. With each readi…     

The Last Hunting Tribe

IN the primeval forests of northeastern China live the Evenkis, an ethnic minority of about 30,000 people. Most of them inhabit Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the northwestern part of Heilongjiang Province, where winter is long and punishing. Evenkis are believed to be descendents of the Tungus people, who originated from lands to the east of Lake Baikal thousands of years ago. Later, some of     

Speech by New Zealand-China Friendship Society National President Margaret Cooper (Excerpts)

Rewi Alley was a great man——a New Zealander who made a difference to many thousands of Chinese people.We are here today to reflect,remember and honour this man,acknowledge the work that he did in China during the sixty years that he lived with the people he loved,and celebrate the links that he established between our two countries.     

LETTERS

It＇s interesting to see the diversity in people＇s affifudes toward birth.My grndparents have five children（excluding one who died soon after birth）,a normal figure for those of their age.My father has two children,and his siblings each have only one,I have one child,and my younger brother,who is 32 and has been married for quite a few year,has none.     

Between Death And Life

Organ donor coordinators have their work cut out for them in China Around an exuberant and gigantic banyan tree in Jitian Cemetery in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, is a special plot reserved as the final resting place for more than 20 people who have posthumously donated their organs since 2006, including a two-year-old boy who drowned and several young victims of traffic accidents.