lutual Understanding Is theFoundation of Sino-Danish Cooperation

CHINA and Denmark have maintained highlevel contacts in 2014. In April, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark paid her secondvisit to China as the head of state. In September, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt visited China along with Danish Climate and Energy Minister Rasmus Helveg Petersen and Environment Minister Kirsten Brosbol. October saw a visit from the Minister for Culture, Marianne Jelved, who launched the Danish Cultural Season in Beijing on the theme ＂Little Fairy Tale, Big Future.＂     

Why Marx Was Right

Why Marx Was Right Author: Terry Eagleton 244 pages, paperback RMB 30 Published by New Star Press of China International Publishing Group in July 2011 WHETHER or not Marx’s work portrayed an accurate picture of the world has always been a compelling topic, both in China and in the West. Since the global financial crisis broke out in 2008, world markets have been shaken to their     

Padded Pockets to the Rescue——Look to Consumer Finance Companies for Economic Hope

THE China Banking Regulatory Commission （CBRC） broke new ground byapproving the establishment of three consumer finance companies in January 2010. This is the debut for firms of this kind in China although they have existed for more than 400 years in Western countries.     

Life and Silk,Intertwined Qian Xiaoping,Inheritor to the Song Brocade Tradition

SILK is synonymous with China. Chinese people started making the fine fabric around 4,700 years ago, and have been constantly improving their techniques ever since. The dozen varieties of silk are differentiated from each other essentially by processing techniques. Today, silk is ev- erywhere in our lives. It is in our clothes, scarves, ties, bags - and in some cases     

Bill Porter:American Follower of Chinese Zen

HAVING spent a decade in Taiwan practicing Chinese Zen, one of the major sects of Buddhism, and writing and translating books introducing Zen to Western readers, American Bill Porter came to China’s mainland in the 1980s in search of the few living Zen hermits.The book that his travels produced,Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits, was first published in 1993 and again in 2009. It introduced its American and European, and even many Chinese, readers to the modern hermits residing in the Zhongnan Mountains and aroused Western interest in traditional Chinese culture.     

Riding the Dragon into 2012

China’s Central Economic Work Conference discusses what the Year of the Dragon holds in store for the domestic economy THE annual Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC) has always been considered an influential forum at which the following year’s macroeconomic policy is discussed and decided. Economic forecasts given at this conference tend to be dead on the mark,and at this year’s event the buzzwords doing the rounds were "stability" and "progress."     

Finding the Best Teachers for Schools of Tibetan Buddhism

AS the pinnacle of domestic education in Tibetan Buddhism,the Beijing-based China Advanced Institute of Tibetan Buddhism is highly influential in all matters relating to the religion. Starting in 2006,the institute voted to launch an evaluation and qualification system for sutra lecturers,the professor-equivalents of the institute. On October 31 last year,the first session of the first evaluation committee was convened,marking an important step toward instituting an academic title system for the religion.     

Opportunity Knocks

THE development and construction of the Yellow River Delta has become a topic of intense discussion for the central government. In March 2009, a group of nearly 80 officials from 25 ministries and commissions, led by Vice Minister Du Ying of the State Development and Reform Commission, made an investigatory trip to Dongying, Weifang and Binzhou in Shandong Province regarding the planning and construction of the Yellow River Delta Economic Zone. "The State Council has agreed to increase financial and policy ...     

Human Rights Plan:Solve Existing Problems

SINCE ＂respect and protection of human rights＂ was written into the Amendments to the Constitution of thePeople＇s Republic of China in 2004, the Chinese government has set about drawing up implementation details and targets. On April 13, 2009, the Information Office of the State Council issued the National Human Rights Action Plan of China （2009-2010）, outlining goals and measures for the next two years.     

Where’s My Job?

BY early June, one month before graduation, Li Hai-yuan had not landed a job yet.In response to the financial crisis many enterprises have whittled down existing staff positions. Unsurprisingly, much fewer advertisements for new personnel can be seen on the campus this year.