Clinton’s China Legacy

A look back on the tenure of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as sheprepares to leave office Over the past four years as the top U.S.diplomat, Hillary Clinton has served her country in a variety of ways and forged a tenure that was full of firsts. Clinton has visited     

Beijing’s Rich Legacy in Sound

Last year I embarked on a new project for which I still don’t have a satisfactory title.It started out being the Beijing Hutong Sound Project,then the Beijing Sound History Project,and now the Beijing Sonic Reenactment Project.The lineage of titles reflects the project’s conceptualization from last summer,when it first began,up until the moment earlier this year when I started realizing its potential to     

Shandong＇s Legacy

MANY Chinese cities have stamped their names on the pages of the nation＇s long history by virtue of their rich culture and historic events. In February 1982, in order to protect Chinese cities where important political, cultural and economic events had played out, the Chinese government officially proposed the designation of ＂historical and cultural cities.＂     

Celebrate Mother’s Day With Sparkling Swana Diamonds

<正>Swana celebrates the romance of love with the most delicate of jewellery, stirring emotions with the world’s first diamonds to feature the patented 89-facet, trademarked Swana Cut.     

On Target for Posterity Yang Fuxi Upholds China’s Bow and Arrow-making Legacy

THE bow and arrow craftsmanship of the Ju Yuan Hao workshop in Beijing was recognized as one of China’s National Intangible Cultural Heritages in 2006.It was among the first cultural traditions to be given the title.At the time,48-year-old Yang Fuxi was one of the few master craftsmen remaining adept at traditional Chinese bow and arrow construction.Yang’s workshop,called Ju Yuan Hao for generations,produces some of the more complex bow and arrow designs of ancient China.Creating them today still requires many hours of     

Choir Practice Makes Perfect

Children’s choir from remote mountainous area lights up National Stadium You could hear a pin drop as more than 50,000 people at Beijing’s National Stadium awaited with bated breath this very moment:the Olympic Anthem—Greek edition—sung by 44 Chinese children.     

Swirling Through History

Artworks explore the origins of the Yangtze River An ongoing exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing themed on the Yangtze River makes visitors feel like they’re embarking on a journey through time and space.Scheduled to run until March 23,the exhibition celebrates the history of China’s artery,the Yangtze River.     

How Big a Mother＇s Heart Can Be

WHEN 69-year-old Anipa Alimahong was selected as one of the Ten People of 2009 Who Moved China earlier this year, her family decided to throw her a grand feast. But it is the understanding of her 19 children, particularly the 10 without blood ties to her, that there is nothing they could ever do to fully repay the love their mother and father have lavished on them for the past 40 years.     

Historical Lifeline

For Lantern Festival,which fell on February 8 this year,the Palace Museum in Beijing,the imperial palace built 600 years ago and a famed tourist destination since 1925,presented an amazing sight It was a vision in red and gold,bathed in the glow of multitudes of traditional lanterns hung across the sprawling complex,supplemented by ground lights and a radiant Moon.     

A Winter Dreamland

Harbin’s ice and snow festival brightens up the chilly season The glittering white world of snow and ice in Harbin,Heilongjiang Province in northeast China,was transformed into a stunning sight as colorful lights illuminated ice castles and other sculptures at the opening ceremony of the 36 th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival on January 5.     

Shared Legacy

正While dramatists Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare lived and worked on two different continents,they shared a literary legacy.As this year marks the 400th year since their passing,a series of cultural events are being held to commemorate the literary masters.Several commemorative activities were held in April in Shakespeare’s hometown,Stratford-upon-Avon,by the Chinese     

Green Legacy

The curtain went down on the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai,yet the exploration of better city, better life will not end.Many green technologies exhibited at the World Expo will have a     

Darwin's Legacy

Why does the world exist and what or who created it? These are the questions humankind asked for thousands of years. Before Charles Darwin gave his answers, only creationism and uniformitarianism were turned to as possible reasons.     

Merkel's Diplomatic Legacy

正In October 2018,German Chancellor Angela Merkel already announced that she would not participate in the elections taking place this year in September and would step down at the end of her fourth term.     

Performing a Legacy

Every month, Su Zhiyin sets aside four or five days for her favorite hobby— singing nanyin. As a resident of Jinjiang, southeast China's Fujian Province, the 60-year-old retired business woman has been practicing the art for over two decades. Nanyin is a musical performing art that originated during the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and is central to the culture of the people living in the southern part of Fujian, as well as residents on China's southeastern coast and overseas Chinese of south Fujian origin.     

Beijing's Olympic Legacy

In the very same way that Olympic athletes remain Olympians for the rest of their lives, Olympic cities are forever Olympic. And, in the eyes of the world, the deeds of the thousands upon thousands of athletes, organizers, volunteers and citizens of Beijing     

A Great Legacy

After running for 184 exciting and lively days, the curtain has finally descended on the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. As this great world event ends, heated discussion has started up about its significance, both internationally and for China.     

An Unfaded Legacy

正A late poet's great granddaughter retraces his footsteps inthe U.S.to find a continued linkWhen Wen Ting walked into the International House in New York City for the first time in 2018,she felt a spiritual connection with her great grandfather Wen Yiduo,who used to live on the ninth floor of the building 95 years ago.Wen Yiduo (1899-1946),one of the prominent poets in early 20th century China,was among the students chosen by the government in 1922 to pursue fine arts and literature in the U.S.He went to Chicago first but his last stop in the U.S.was the Art Students League in New York.a private art school.