Shanghai''''s special date

"Their commitment to inspiring people throughout the world to open their minds and accept people with intellectual disabilities serves as a shining example of how to change not only attitudes, but also the world." Timothy Shriver, Special Olympics     

Daughter-in-Law with a Difference

THREE decades earlier most Chinese people would have regarded a romantic relationship with a foreigner as something beyond their imaginations, even actively seeking to avoid such a taboo scenario. However, as the opening-up and reforms nudged China into interacting with the outside world, societyhas begun to view this as a normal occurrence. Expats are no longer exotic and mysterious to ordinary Chinese people, and interracial couples have risen out of China＇s increasingly intemationalized society.     

Mind Opening Games

"Their commitment to inspiring people throughout the world to open their minds and accept people with in- tellectual disabilities serves as a shin- ing example of how to change not only attitudes, but also the world." - Timothy Shrivers Chairman, Special Olympics International X IAO Kun is a new Chi- nese hero. A student at Chongwen Special Education School since 1992, the 25-year-old won several awards for trying hard at school. But Xiao came into his own on the sports field, winning me…     

古城新韵：醇香可口的平遥牛肉

“Pingyao‘s beef and Taigu‘s pancakes”——thus begins the opening line of the lyric of “In Praise of Local Produce” sung by Guo Lanying, a famous soprano. Thanks to this song, the fame of Pingyao beef has reached far and wide. Always the tender cut, Pingyao beef tastes juicy but not greasy, chewy but not dry, achieving the right balance. Usually wok-braised for over 12 hours, Pingyao beef makes a delighlfully tasty dish rich in nutrition. And along with the photo festival, more and more visitors will get to know Pingyao beef and more and more people will take a liking to it.     

Rural Stars,Global Fans

Internet influencers from rural areas open a window for globalaudiences to better understand Chinese cultureIn today’s global supermarkets,people can easily get condiments from all over the world,such as soy sauce,which has an indispensable role in Chinese kitchens.So it is not strange that today few people know how to make the sauce,especially young people.However,29-year-old Li Ziqi is an exception.Li,who lives in a village in Sichuan Province in southwest China,recently uploaded a video to YouTube that records the entire process of making soy sauce,and attracted millions of global fans with her natural-style craft.     

Aesthetically Pleasing

A Western academic sets out to prove the practical side of beauty and helps Chinese artists in the process Aesthetics can be a pretty daunting concept to many people. Most people have heard the word, but it is vague as to its implications or even what part it plays in everyday life. And what kind of person studies this branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and expression of beauty?     

Want to Be Happy? Consult Wind and Water

PEOPLE all over the world love their homes anddesire a happy family life.Chinese people are no dif-ferent, but have the enviable capacity to place and arrange their homes in a manner that guarantees auspiciousness for the whole family. This know-how is based on the art or science of fengshui.Fengshui became a generally known term in the West around 20 years ago. Today it is a source of fascination to thousands, as may be     

Tai Chi Goes Global

正It's not easy for people to understand tai chi.The traditional Chinese exercise is not a religion,a science or a sport.Instead,it can be thought of as a system for developing people's ability to connect with their inner energy,or life force,and to use it to empower the body and mind.Tai chi was likely first practiced by Taoists centuries ago with the objective of purifying the mind and building the body's ability to     

Sports on Screen

Thanks to the development of technology and official recognition, today a new band of "athletes" are flexing their muscles. The computer screen is their stadium where they take on the persona of heroes and vie with one an other in a virtual world. For many, these on-screen matches are just as mesmerizing and full of nail-biting suspense as any conventional sport, be it tennis or soccer.     

中外摄影家再聚平遥交流大舞台又展风采

Approved by the Ministry of Culture, Pingyao International Photo Expo, 2002 will be held in Pingyao from September 20 to 27. There are seven special points in this year's Expo:First is to expand the scope of the exhibition with active participation from foreign and domestic big-name photo studios and well-known photographers. Governments from France, Spain and Russia showed interest in this event; New York-based International Center of Photography, and Swedish Photography Center expressed a     

Human Rights in China: Exploration and Development of Whole-process People's Democracy

Whole-process people’s democracy represents a new exploration of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era as well as a novel and important method for protecting the human rights of the Chinese people· It is conducive to solving a multitude of problems hindering the protection of civil rights and political rights·The greatest highlight of whole-process people’s democracy is that the people are the masters of their own country and exercise the power to govern the state through “extensi...     

A Colorful People on "China's WateTower"

Living in a place where China'stop three rivers originate, people of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture inQinghai Province of Northwest China prefer to call their home "China's Water Tower." The three rivers include the Yangtze, Yellow, and Lancang, which is known as Mekong and "the Oriental Danube" after it flows out of China.     

An Ancient Town Awakens

World heritage sites such as Pingyao are facing the dilemma of how to balance preservation and commercialization Travel southwest from Beijing, and after about 10 hours on the train and coach, you'll arrive at Pingyao, an old town in Shanxi Province. Nine years ago it was designated as a world heritage site. Visitors have since poured into Pingyao, waking up a town that     

Insidious SARS

As the war in Iraq ends, SARS dominates the media. This makes China, where the disease first broke out, the focus of world concern. What is SARS? How did it start? What measures are China and the Chinese people taking to fight the epidemic? And will China need to go into isolation? SARS has thrown the people of China and the rest of the world into a state of rising panic.     

A Medical City

正Taizhou plans to lead the world in both new and traditional Chinese medicineIf local government leaders have their way,the name Taizhou will soon be synonymous with China's Medical City(CMC),as it aspires to become the pharmaceutical and medical technology capital of Asia.Taizhou,even with a population of 5.08million,is a third-tier city located in the country's Jiangsu Province,on the northern bank     

On Chinese Media

正Southern Metropolis Weekly Issue No.27,published on July 28,2014Love It or Hate It,English Language Is Inescapable The popularity of English language learning has opened a new window for the Chinese,and advanced their integration with peoples of the world.The ability to speak and read English has changed many Chinese people’s fate.Meanwhile,English has become a staple on Chinese school curricula and is a main feature of the job market.Love it or hate it,therefore,English language learning in China is inescapable.     

走遍三晋大地 摄尽山西精华──“平遥国际摄影节”创作采风线路精选

To liven up the atmosphere of Pingyao International Photo Festival and help foreign and domestic photographers with their creations and coverage in Shanxi, People's Photo and Shanxi Photographers' Association will arrange eight groups to go to different places of Shanxi for photo opportunities. The eight routes will cover separately Ancient City Pingyao, Courtyards of Shanxi's Merchants, the sacred Wutai Mountains, Datong area, Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River, the rustic Ningwu an…     

Nature''''s Bounty on the Western Frontier

Baoshan is a frontier city in western Yunnan Province that borders Myanmar. In bygone days, it was one of the Southwestern Silk Road trade routes, and a vital link between inland China and the outside world.The altitude of Baoshan ranges from 535 meters to 3,780 meters above sea level. Its climate varies over the terrain as the altitude changes. A local saying describes it as having "four seasons within one day, and. different climates within a five-kilometer radius."I visited Baoshan in the spring of 2003. Nestling in the moun-tains, it is a compact modern city, with six-lane urban roads, large billboards advertising world famous brands, flowers and lawns. The local people are justly proud of the changes that have occurred in the city over the past 20 years. They stem front the city's rich tourism, resources and the initiative of its populace.     

Safeguarding and Promoting Human Rights and Building a Harmonious World

It is the common wish of the people from all over the world as well as the inexorable demand for the progress of human society to build a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity. Many preconditions are indispensable for building a harmonious world, one of which is to abide by     

Contributions to Globalization

<正>China is one of the fastest growing economies in the world.The nation has made huge progress over the last decade in reducing poverty and becoming more open to trade and foreign investment.Emerging as a global economic superpower in recent decades,it is now not only the world’s second largest economy and the largest exporter by value,but has also been investing in overseas infrastructure and development at a rapid clip as part of the Belt and Road Initiative it proposed in 2013.