Saving Face

正Facial recognition is omnipresent in China’s everyday life, used for purposes from mobile payments to compound entrance. With the broader application of the technology, related disputes, too, are on the rise.     

The Summer Semester

正While many parents schedule children's school holidays,students are encouraged to pursue interests of their own By Ji JingThis summer,Wang Tianshu,a 13-year-old junior middle school girl from Qingdao,east China's Shandong Province,signed up for a course at Beijing's New Oriental EducationTechnology Group,a renowned Chinese training institute focused largely on English instruction."I chose to attend the course entirely on my own will because I want to improve my English     

Advocating Meritocracy

<正>Canadian scholar extols China’s method of selecting officialsDaniel Bell,currently a political theorist,became an enthusiast of China in 1989when he met his Chinese wife,Song Bing,during his studies at Oxford.The Canadian national became even more interested in Chinaafter getting married and worked hard to learn Chinese.After receiving his Ph D from Oxford     

宪法修改的程序性力量与程序机制

宪法修改既可以通过宪法修改程序进行，也可以通过宪法解释、宪法惯例和宪法判例的形式来改变宪法的一些规定或改变宪法条文的原有含义。人民的愿望和态度是导致宪法修改的最根本的程序性力量。各国根据自身政治文化传统、权力分配架构和社会结构状况对宪法修改权和修宪程序作出制度安排，以期充分汇集、表达人民的意志，达到防止不合理的修宪议案被通过和减少将来修改案实施困难的目的。宪法修改程序是宪法规范和社会关系互动的权威机制，必须体现宪法适应社会要求和不断自我完善的内在规律。我国宪法规定的修改程序存在不合理之处，应该采取必要的措施完善修完建议权和提案权的程序规范，增加议决程序的民主性。     

PAINTING BY CHARACTERS

'When walking in a group of three,my teachers are always present.draw out what is good in them so as to emulate it myself, and what is not good in them so as to alter it in myself."     

China＇s Neighboring Diplomacy Demands Top-level Design

Prresident Xi Jinping＇s recent attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization （SCO） and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation （APEC） Summits, visits to Central Asian and Southeast Asian nations, together with Primer Li Keqiang＇s visits to South and Southeast Asia, followed with his attendance at the China-ASEAN Summit, and coupled with China hosting top leaders from neighboring countries, have all sent a strong signal to the outside world of the greater priority accorded to China＇s sun＇ounding areas by the new leadership. Needless to say, such a flurry of diplomatic activities is far from enough. In the future, China needs to turn this priority into a top-level design for a long-term program propped up by an unswerving management.     

Natural Wonder

Situated within the Wuling Mountain Range and covering an area of 40,300 hectares, Fanjingshan (Fanjing Mountain) in southwest China's Guizhou Province was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 2. The addition of the site has brought China's total number of World Natural Heritage Sites to 13, the most of any single country in the world.     

At Home Abroad

<正>An overseas Chinese entrepreneur helps build a bridge between China and small island countries Decades of living abroad have not meant SeychelloisChinese entrepreneur James Quincy Liao has forgotten his motherland.The businessman recently returned to China to attend the First Overseas Chinese Industrial and Commercial Congress in Beijing from July 6-7.     

SNOWBOARD WUNDERKIND

Child actor-turned snowboarder Su Yiming blazes China’s path to snow sports success At Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, Chinese teenage snowboarder Su Yiming put down three stunning runs to win silver in the men’s snowboard slopestyle on February 7. It was the first time a Chinese athlete had competed in this event at any Olympics.