A Positive Factor

China’s Special Representative on the Darfur Issue Liu Guijin recently clarified the country’s position on the crisis in Sudan at a Foreign Ministry press conference. He also addressed concerns about China’s weapons’ sales to Sudan and some attempts to tie China’s policy in Sudan to next year’s summer Olympic Games. The following are excerpts from the conference.     

HELLO,MUM!

<正>Two schoolmates invent a small gadget which helps women to boost rate of pregnancy Traditional y,conceiving a child was mainly considered to be a woman’s job.But this hasn’t discouraged two young men,who graduated from the largely male-dominated STEM hub of Beihang University in 2006.Liu Ting and Liu Hongtao have committed themselves to creating a device designed to help women get pregnant,this despite the fact that their respective majors are completely unrelated to the venture—one holds a master’s degree in aircraft engine data processing and the other     

Breaking Through

Chinese athletes wrote a new chapter in Paralympic history at Beijing 2022 When Liu Zixu put down his bow and took up the rifle,he wasn’t expecting to land the top spot in athletics.Liu finished first in the Para biathlon men’s sprint sitting on March 5,earning China its first gold medal at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.     

The Antisocial Network

Smart phones are intruding on people’s lives at a much faster pace.It is getting more difficult to get up in the morning for Liu Juan,a freshman in central China’s Wuhan University.Liu received an iPhone 4S from her parents as her college admission gift in September and since then the phone has become an irreplaceable part of her life.     

Shaping The Future

Fortune Global forum explores the major trends impacting China’s economy Liu Yonghao, Chairman of New Hope Group, one of China’s largest agribusinesses based in southwest China’s Sichuan Province,didn’t need to fly to Beijing,Shanghai,     

PEOPLE&POINTS

<正>NEW TABLE TENNIS CHAMPION Zhu Yuling,a Chinese table tennis player,beat her teammate Liu Shiwen four to three in the final of the 2017 International Table Tennis Federation(ITTF) Women’s World Cup in Markham,Canada,on October 29,securing the world cup champion title for the first time in her career.Born in southwest China’s Sichuan Province in January 1995,Zhu began to take     

Gold Diggers

Chinese athletes aim for new glory in London 2012 Summer Olympic Games China’s star hurdler Liu Xiang’s injury that forced him to quit the London Diamond League final will not     

Taking on Responsibility

Chinese companies act in response to the national carbon roadmap The fast-growing renewable energy industry stimulates China’s confidence in setting the timetable for peaking carbon emissions and reaching carbon neutrality,said Liu Hanyuan.     

Voices for the Visually Impaired

<正>The Mind’s Eye provides soundtracks to normal pleasures for the blind For sightless Liu Jianwen, much of the joy in life is found in an old-style Chinese courtyard compound.     

Rebuilding Afghanistan

At the International Day of Peace 2013&China-South Asia Peace and Development Forum,held in Kunming,southwest China’s Yunnan Province,on September 21-22,prior to Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to China on September25,panelists took part in a discussion themed Peace Building Process in Afghanistan:the New Starting-Point for Reconciliation and Cooperation of Countries in the Region.Beijing Review reporter Liu Yunyun covered the panel discussion.Excerptsfollow:     

Passing the Torch

A Chinese father and son’s devotion to the Olympic Games As the London 2012 Olympic Games approached,the grand event in Beijing four year ago seems even more distant in the past. But for an academician named Liu Hongliang,a commitment made at the 2008 games to promote a "Green Olympics" continues to this day.     

Treasure Trove Unveiled

正Ancient royal tomb illuminates emperor’s lifeThe discovery of an ancient tomb in a village near Nanchang,capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province,in 2011 has brought to light the life of its occupant,Liu He,an emperor in the Western Han Dynasty(206B.C.-A.D. 25) who was dethroned just 27 days     

Donation Ceremony of Microfilms of Rewi Alley’s Works Held in National Library of China

On the morning of December 12, 2005, the CPAFFC held a donation ceremony of the microfilms of Rewi Alley’s works in the National Library of China. CPAFFC Vice President Liu Zhiming, New Zealand Ambassador to China Anthony Browne and Director of the National Li- brary Zhan Furui were present at the ceremony. Others present included Rewi Alley’s relatives as well as his former old friends. In his speech, Vice President Liu Zhiming praised highly the outstanding contribution Rew…     

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY JULY

July 30, 1932
Chinese runner Liu Changchun competed in the 100 and 200 meter events at the 10th Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, marking China＇s first entry to this arena. On the recommendation of Zhang Xueliang （ 1901-2001）, a general in Northeast China, the Republic of China sent a six-member delegation to Los Angeles, with Liu being the only athlete. Although Liu failed in the qualifiers, he became China＇s first Olympic athlete.     

PEOPLE & POINTS

<正>ECONOMIST DONATES TOP PRIZE TO STUDENTS Liu Shibai,92,economist and professor at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics(SUFE),recently donated his prize to SUFE as a scholarship.Liu was awarded the Wu Yuzhang Lifetime Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences 2017 in late September.The prize is worth 1 million yuan($151,542.7).Born to an intellectual family in southwest China’s Chongqing City,Liu became interested in literature and social sciences during childhood.In 1942,he entered into the     

A Matter of Life and Death

正A surgeon’s decades-long dedication in the operation theaterSix operations a day,more than 30 years in a row,no vacation,no spare time.Meet Liu Peng,who has been working as a cardiac surgeon in the Beijing-based China-Japan Friendship Hospital since 1984."I come to the office at 8 a.m.and start operating right away,"Liu,Director of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and     

Friend,Not Foe

正New developments put Sino-U.S.relations under strain One of China’s top economic officials Liu He completed his visit to the United States in early March following an earlier visit by State Councilor Yang Jiechi.Both Liu and Yang are members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.     

Cleaning Up Cyberspace

On Actions taken to curb false rumors online On August 25,Beijing police released a statement saying that journalist Liu Hu had been detained on allegations of fabrication and dissemination of false rumors online.Liu works for New Express,a local newspaper published in Guangzhou in south China’s Guangdong Province.The police didn’t release any further details other than stating that the case was currently under investigation.On the same day,Zhou Lubao,a blogger,was arrested in east China’s Jiangsu Province for an alleged extortion linked to the spreading of misinformation online.Zhou is suspected of posting more than 15,000 items of misinformation online within the last year.The Ministry of Public Security said that Zhou had blackmailed more than 20 separate entities and individuals.     

Contributing to A Better Society

<正>Internet development makes charity go viral online and offline After his son was diagnosed with acute leukemia in 2013,a man known by the pseudonym Liu Hai sold all of his property to pay for the treatments.But,after two bone marrow transplants in three years,part of which was also funded by donations via an online charity platform established by Tencent Holdings Ltd.,Liu’s son lost his fight for life in August.     

Farmers'' No.1 Concern

Rural residents anticipate the impact of the No.1Document on China’s countryside in 2010 Liu Limin, a farmer living in Lanxian County, Shanxi Province, knows theins and outs of the No. 1 Document.From memory, Liu can recite major