Journey to the East Elyse Ribbon’s Decade in Beijing

YOU can use chopsticks;at least you won’t starve to deathi n is perhaps not the passionate argument in favor of studying abroad in China.But this facetious remark,made to Elyse Ribbons by a friend     

More Damage to Japan＇s Image

正MY daughter,who is studying a master’s degree at Japan’s Waseda University,always asks me:Most people I meet in Japan are quite amiable,and Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is popular among the Japanese people,so why does China accuse Japan of deviating to the right?Shigeru Ishiba,secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan,formerly Japan’s defense minister,also asked me during a China-Japan thinktank forum:Japan has kept to a peaceful road for decades since WWII,so why does China insist that Japan’s militarism is undergoing a     

Macao and Beijing on the Sly A European＇s Impressions ol His First Visit to China

I recently made a trip to China.Though I only had time to visit three places-Hong Kong, Macao and Beijing-the country made a deep impression on me.For one, it was nothing like I expected. I had arrived with a backpack and a good camera, hoping to capture some snapshots of traditional life in Chinese streets. But at the same time I suspected that the old ways had disappeared to make way for grand buildings and other symbols of newfound wealth. I     

The Insider＇s Guide to Beijing 2005-2006

SO, you're new to Beijing. Will you be living here for a while, or are you just passing through? Perhaps you haven't decided yet. In any case, you must determine which visa best suits your purpose, whether it be to travel, work, visit with a view to working, or study; also how to apply, extend and change your visa. If you have a job here, either at a Chinese work unit or foreign company, you should know about the available medical services, how to go about opening a bank account and the rami…     

Showcasing Colombia＇s Native Icons in Beijing

THE Object/Colombia Exhibition, the biggest ever held in China, went on display at the Beijing Jintai Art Museum in July of 2003. This exhibition structured as a journey across historic Colombia, featuring five uses of objects as icons: furniture, decorations, containers, clothes, and ritual and games relics, all grouped     

Valentine＇s Day the Chinese Way：Love and the City

WITH increasing exchanges between China and the West, many Western ideas and customs are modifying Chinese lifestyles, and Valentine＇s Day is one of them.     

“Weng Qianyu＇s World” Opened in Beijing

On September 17, “Weng Qianyu＇s World” Woodcut Engraving Exhibition was opened in the National Art Museum of China. The exhibition showcases 52 masterpieces of Weng Qianyu created in the past 30 years, some of which won various honors. It reflects her piety to art, her respect to culture, her love for nature and appreciation for life,     

The Countdown to the Beijing Olympics Commences

The year 2007 is crucial to the Beijing Olympiad organizers,as the digital clock in Tian’anmen Square counts the seconds to August 8,2008.Staff reporter Xu Xiaoyan interviewed Jiang Xiaoyu,executive vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the XXiX Olympiad (BOCOG) to see how preparations for this all-important,prestigious event are going.     

China＇s Accession to the WTO

LONG Yongtu is well known in China for his work as the chief negotiator on China＇s entry into the World Trade Organization （WTO）, helping to finally ensure its success in 2001, after 15 years of negotiations.     

SNOW’s UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS—In Communicating to the World About the Chinese Revolution,in Promoting Sino-US Understanding and Better Ties

Part IIWhen the People’s Repub-lic of China was foundedEdgar Snow and Helen Foster Snowin 1949, Edgar Snow was one ofthe earliest and most insistentAmerican voices for US recogni-tion of China’s new government(see Israel Epstein’s speech onOct.18, 2000). In 1959, he againfelt that the recognition of the PRCwould lead to the negotiation ofdisputes including the Taiwanquestion that were still pendingbetween America and China.In the 1950s, Snow was oneof the many China experts in th…     

Women＇s World Without Freedom——A glimpse of novel management of the Beijing Women＇s Prison

May 8 Women's Day "I will never sink with the waves. For the sake of the most beloved ones, I must be strong, no matter how hard it is; the dream is there, with the heart; there is true love between heaven and the earth; there are successes and failures in life; it is nothing but to start anew......"     

China＇s Human Rights Conditions in Chinese Media

EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is a collection of news reports about China's human rights conditions, which we hope will help readers know in what ways China has been trying to promote its human rights cause.     

After Gold,What＇s Next？——Chinese Athletes in Retirement

WHEN Chinese badminton player Zhang Ning won gold for a second time in the women＇s singles at the Beijing Olympics, she knelt on the ground and cried. Tears were still running down her cheeks when she mounted the podium. No doubt this was partly because the victory was also a farewell： soon after successfully defending the Olympic championship, the 33-year-old Zhang announced her retirement, bringing her 23- year badminton career to an end.     

China Southern Airlines--Yours,China＇s and the World＇s

China Southern Airlines operates the largest and most technologically advanced airline fleet, as well as the most extensive domestic air network in the People＇s Republic of China.     

Practice and Model of China＇s Participation in the World＇s Human Rights Development

China started to participate in the world＇s Human Rights （HR） development from the time when it began to reform and open up. The efforts over the past 30 years have made China one of the countries that are the best in respecting and protecting HR in the world. Not only has China made tremendous achievements in HR development but also attained a deeper understanding of HR that transcending ideology and the universal values for the mankind.