Do You Have Chinese Gongfu?

Foreigners in ChinaAddress of teahouse: No. 53A, Dongdaqiao Road,Chaoyang District, Beijing.Tel: 65070487DO you havegongfu? A Chinese friend casually askedme one day.It was a question I'd never expected to hear outside of a Hong Kong movie. I almost expected Jackie Chan, or a band of warrior monks to suddenly leap from behind a shadow-shrouded bambooscreen. As itturned out, I didhave gougfu afterall, despite mylack of martial artstraining. The question is a way to seeif a friend has fr…     

Do You Know? China''''s Top

The giant panda is one of the rarest animals in the world. Giant pandas live in remote high mountains in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Northwest China's Shaanxi and Gansu provinces and feed on bamboo. It is a species surviving from the Fourth Ice Age and known as a "living fossil". The giant panda is regarded as China's "national treasure".It is universally loved, but this peaceful, bamboo-eating member of the bear family faces many threats. Its population is small and isolated     

Language Corner:Lesson 4 What Do You Do?

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How Much Do You Know About China?

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Where Do You Draw the Line In Copyright Infringement?

Famous Chinese film director Chen Kaige has made a big comeback with the release of his visually breathtaking movie The Promise, a $44 million mythological epic said to be the most expensive film in the history of Chinese cinema. As with every project Chen is involved in, the film has drawn extensive attention before and after its screening. Having been given a Golden Globe nomination for best     

Are You Ready?

August 8 marks the one-year countdown to the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing.The Chinese nation has been preparing for this exciting moment for over six years.     

Are You Creditworthy?

A central bank personal credit information database is set to help banks make informed decisions when approving credit cards or loans Deng Ming, a fresh graduate who works with a newspaper in Beijing, spends almost all her monthly salary. But she has 12 credit cards with credit lines ranging from 3,000 to 8,000 yuan, with the total credit line touching 60,000 yuan. Deng said she     

Should News Anchors Speak Only in Mandarin?

More than 80 percent of people on the Chinese mainland communicate through thousands of dialects daily     

How Do You Describe China in One Word？

WE had heard so much about China, but with such a vast territory, so many people and such a long history, how do you describe China without covering every single aspect of it？ How can you sum up the whole of China in one word？     

Lesson 3：Do You Need any Help？

ConversationA:你好,需要帮助吗?Nǐ hǎo, xūyào bāngzhù ma?Hello! Do you need any help?B:是 的, 你 知道 奥运会 主场 在 哪 吗? Shì de, nǐ zhīdào àoyùnhuì zhǔchǎng zài nǎ ma? Yes. Do you know where the main Olympic venue is?80 CHINA TODAY March 2007 A:你 是 说 “鸟巢” 吧 ? 沿 这 条 路 直 走, 五 分钟 就 到 了。 Nǐ shì shuō “niǎocháo” ba? Yán zhè tiáo lù zhí zǒu, wǔ fēnzhōng jiù dào le. You mean the “Bird’s Nest”? Walk straight along this road. It’s a …     

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Legitimacy? Contributing to a new research agenda

Previously in this journal, Gunter Schubert's article, entitled ‘One-party rule and the question of legitimacy in contemporary China’, called for the setting up of a new research agenda to analyze the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). While making a valuable contribution to the study of the CCP's legitimacy, Schubert's emphasis on the empirical measurement of this concept gives rise to a number of conceptual and theoretical issues. As a consequence, this article seeks to contribute to the research agenda by addressing these issues. In so doing, it suggests that a shift away from a narrow empirically-measured focus on legitimacy towards a broader conceptually-driven concern with legitimation would allow for a more inclusive agenda within the China studies community and lead to a more complete understanding of why the CCP remains in power.     

I Do,Do I?

正A detailed survey on marriage reveals changing attitudes among young people In China, as in most other parts of the world, marriage has traditionally been seen as one of     

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

In his recent article on China's historical tasks at the primary stage of socialism and its foreign policy, Premier Wen Jiabao acknowledges that the socialist system in China is still immature and has a large room for improvement. It was the first time a senior Chinese leader had published such a judgment. An editorial of The Economic Observer, a leading Chinese business weekly, hails this as a breakthrough in guiding the country toward greater democracy and modernization.     

Why Did You Come to China?

正As a foreigner who’s been in this country for six years, I’m familiar with the questions that local people ask, one of which is the ubiquitous why did you come to China?I hope to answer this question for you.     

Facts Speak Louder Than Words

Is the Western world ignoring the real truth about Tibet?In order to separate Tibet from China, the Dalai Lama has always severely criticized China's Tibet policy and his words have been echoed by some Western media and politicians. But facts prove that these criticisms are totally groundless.     

You Are What You Eat

China is famous for its food,but increas-ingly for the wrong reason,following a series of safety scandals     

Would You Like Fried Fries With That?

"Tull" reads the sticker on the restaurant door. It's a promising start. At our table, the friendly waitress presents us with a Chinese and English menu offering a wide selection of hot drinks, including the intriguing "Ovaltion." Turning eagerly to the food pages, I breathe a sigh of relief as gems     

Do School Vouchers Work?

The Ministry of Education recently announced the priorities of its work for 2010. One is to ensure migrant workers’ children’s access to compulsory education     

What Will Iran Do?

Iran's response to a UN resolution requiring it to halt its nuclear program looms large,experts sayWith the halt in fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group, the world's attention is again turning to the Iran nuclear issue. The international community had been waiting for Iran's response to the package of economic, political and security incentives     

NPC Deputies Speak of State Affairs

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