A Cry for Help

Rescue of newborn trapped in sewer becomes clarion call for unwed mothers On the afternoon of May 25,the muffled cries of an infant echoed from the sewage drain of a public toilet on the fourth floor of a residential building in Pujiang County, east China’s Zhejiang Province.Police officers and firefighters jointly extracted the 2.3-kg newbom covered in sores and swiftly sent him to a local hospital.But how did he end up in the sewer? Who would abandon a baby boy in a toilet?Police identified the baby’s mother as a 22-year-old woman with the pseudonym Xiaofei who lived in a nearby apartment,but she was initially reluctant to admit     

Help Wanted

正German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits China as Europe’s economic struggles continue No one will doubt the purpose of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent official visit to China.Under the backdrop of the severe European debt crisis,China could have a major impact on the troubled European economy.     

A World ofDifference

正One of the great foreign misconceptions about China is its homogeneity.The idea that China’s vast lands are populated by nearly 1.4 billion members of an identical culture,that there is somehow an archetypal Chinese landscape,a Chinese person,or that spoken Chinese is a singular language,rather than a family of languages at least comparable to that of the entire European continent,are all at times prevalent concepts in the West.Despite     

A World of Color

<正>A children’s pastime kindles the passion of adults Zeng Xin,a master’s candidate at Peking University in Beijing,learned about the coloring book Secret Garden:An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book by Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford through a smartphone app that recommends items worth buying.She decided to venture into an artistic field utterly different from her inscrutable academic pursuit—Chinese philosophy.     

Help the Neighbors

Support from Beijing has boosted Chengde’s economic and social developmentChengde City, Hebei Province, a famous tourism city, has a unique location. It is adjacent to Beijing, China’s political and     

《天地祥云》——大型原创民族歌舞

创作时间：2004年创作背景：中华人民共和国成立55周年,《中华人民共和国民族区域自治法》颁布20周年。     

Restart of A New World

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games are rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2020 was expected to deliver a glorious Summer Olympics.Advertisements everywhere and changing numbers on countdown boards in Tokyo reminded people the event was coming,Li Yifan,a Chinese working in Tokyo,told Beijing Review.     

A Changing World Order

With its own development bank, the BRICS countries can work together to shape a new international monetary system 2013 is an important year for South Africa.The country will host the Fifth BRICS Summit in March and it also celebrates the 15th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with China.On January 31,Bheki Langa,South African Ambassador to China,shared his thoughtson the upcoming     

Outside Help Floods In

ON May 14 Premier Wen Jiabao was surprised to come across a group of foreigners in hard-hit Bei-chuan County of Mianyang City. ＂Are you tourists？＂ asked the premier. ＂No. We＇re rescuers,＂ answered a tall man in Chinese. ＂Where are you from？＂ ＂The United States, Heart to Heart International.＂ Their brief dialogue was shown on CCTV that night.     

Adapting to A New World

<正>Guangdong could be an ideal testing ground for economic innovation By Bryan Michael Galvan Captains of foreign industries gathered at the warm capital of south China’s Guangdong Province,Guangzhou,to set forth plans for increased investment and cooperation in China.This year,"innovation"was the most repeated topic at the     

A Party for the World

Shanghai World Expo gets ready to welcome 70 million visitorsT he Shanghai World Expo will kick off in less than two months. From May 1 to October 31, Shanghai is expected to welcome 70 million visitors,     

A Word to the World

English is undoubtedly the global language, but as China rises ever higher on the world stage, Mandarin is beginning to look like a potential challenger to that title. Satus—it means "the beginning" in Latin, but how many people would know that?     

Opportunity for A Better World

The coronavirus crisis should make us appreciate our common humanity The novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19)is now a truly global crisis,which has spread from public health to the economy and governance.With more than 460,000infections reported globally as of March 26 and the fatalities rising its impact in Europe has been particularly hard.Italy,Spain and Germany have been profoundly affected.     

Pros and Cons of Home Help

SHEN Shulan earns RMB 2,400 （US $320） per month, hourly-paid, as home help in two Beijing households. This sounds modest, but compares favorably to the RMB 300 （US $40） she earned in the year 2000 when she first started this type of work.     

More Help,More Prosperity

<正>Enhanced assistance program proves effective in its first-year operation Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,previously known as a vast,remote and underdeveloped land in China’snorthwest,has become one of the country’s hottest investment destinations.     

US Doctors Offer Much Help

DOCTORSfromtheAmericanmedicalteamoftheServantsintheNameofChristInternational(SNCI)becamemostwelcomevisitorsinLeshan.Duringtheirweek-longstay,theyofferedmorethan200localresidentsfreemedicaltreatmentwiththehelpofChinesedoctors.Theteam'striptoLeshanmarkedtheSNCI'sfourthvisittoSichuan.Since1994,itsmembershaveofferedfreetreatmentintheprovince'sYibin,JiangyouandLeshancities,benefitedmorethan8,000people,anddonatedUS$150,000worthofmedicalinstrumentsandmedicinetolocals."Theteam'sfirstSichua…