Beyond Borders

Asian nations seek cooperation in the face of the financial crisis As the global financial crisis continues to spread worldwide, its impact on the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Plus Three countries-China, Japan and South Korea-is deepening, according to a semi-annual report recently released by the East Asian Economic News of the World Bank Faced with slumping exports and other challenges, Asian countries have come up with huge bailout packages in an ef...     

Citizens’Political Participation Inspired by the Internet

IN general, I surf the Internet to get to know what issues netizens are concerned about, and their opinions and suggestions on the work of the Party and the government," said Chinese President     

Cao Cao's Tomb Comes to Light

THE ghost of Cao Cao, a figure from the Three Kingdoms Period (220-265), reaches from his grave of 1,800 years to stir up the controversy that has surrounded him     

Mother or Lover,That's the Question

WHEN word spread about a Leonids shower in mid November 2009, there was a flu rry of excitement among young Chinese, astronomy fans or not. The event appears once every 33.5 years, meaning a mortal can watch three     

Zhang Jinling:From Screen to Ink and Paint

ON April 9, Zhang Jinling＇s solo art exhibition ＂Time Sculpting Beauty＂ opened in the Wuxi Museum.     

Constitutional Values of Protecting Human Rights of Disadvantaged Groups

The confrontation between the disadvantaged and advantaged groups is eternal throughout the competition for survival. But the human spiritual world has its humane aspect in addition to competition. The concern for and protection of the disadvantaged group is the moral law characteristic of humanity, just as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says in its Article 1： ＂All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.     

China Deluxe

WANG Yenan, like many other young urban professionals her age, has always been obsessed with spotting the latest fashion trends. She spends in excess of RMB 100,000 annually buying bags and clothes from brands like Louis Vuitton and Chanel.     

Gains of a Green Drive

Forests are replacing fields for the sake of ecology and economy, and it seems what＇s good for the planet is good for the wallet. Governor Qin Guangrong of Yunnan exhorts us to make protection of the environment an instinctual response at the personal and corporate level.     

Yan＇an： Red Capital,Green Revolution

YAN’AN on the Loess Plateau is known as the red cradle of the Chinese Revolution. It was here, from 1935 to 1947, that the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Mao Zedong directed the resistance against the Japanese invasion behind enemy lines and fought the Liberation War against the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, laying a solid foundation for the People’s Republic of China.     

Ancient Culture Revitalizes in Modern Times

WITH Peking Opera and Chinese acupuncture being inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity last year,China has altogether 28 traditions included on the list. Furthermore,another six items have been inscribed on a sub list In Need of Urgent Safeguarding. However,those 34 items are just the tip of the iceberg,compared with 870,000 intangible cultural heritage items designated by the cultural departments of the Chinese government. The Law of the Peo-