China’s Double-digit Military Spending Increases Clarified

AT the annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislative meeting held in March, it was agreed that the defense budget in 2012 would be increased by 11.2 percent. With the growth rate remaining in double digits for the second consecutive year, this decision has attracted much international comment. Some people in the media believe that this could lead to an arms race in Asia, as nearby countries see China as an increasing military threat.     

Conserving Lusheng Cadences

PAIKA is a rural community of the Miao ethnic minority in hilly Guizhou Province.In the local language this name refers to a mountain village that produces the Lusheng,a reed instrument.This village of about 100 households has been known around the province for its Lusheng production for the past five generations or so.Mo Yanxue,62,is from a Lusheng producing family in Paika.He started to     

Women Hold up Holf the Sky

LAST October, the Genevahead quartered World Economic Forum (WEF) released the Global Gender Gap Report 2012,in which Iceland ranks first for the fourth consecutive time. China came just past midway down the list, taking 69th place,higher than Japan, South Korea and other East Asian countries.     

A Customer-centered Brand Building Strategy——An Interview with Zhang Zhanxin,General Manager of the New Mainland Hotel

Over the past three decades of reform and opening-up, the garment in- dustry in China has seen fast development. Liuhua Garments Commercial Circle has had a prominent place in Guangdong Province＇s wholesale garment market, and even the greater China market. The area boasts varied styles of clothes and a large number of vendors selling to niche clients. As an important part of Liuhua Garments Commercial Circle, New Main- land Garment Wholesale Market is a professional large-scale marketplace which realized the importance of subdividing the market and brand building at a very early stage. In keen market competition, New Mainland Garment Wholesale Market has gone through ups and downs, transforming from a state-owned operation into a joint venture, and finally returning to state ownership. However, it has continually striven to build a professional market environment and brands for its vendors.     

Darwaz Art：Airing the Daring

IN Darwaz a misstep means certain death. The word is straightforward, meaning ＂walking on a rope in the air＂ in the Uygur language. Tightrope walking is a traditional sport of this ethnic group in China.     

Happy at School

PROVIDING a happy learning experience and nurturing students＇ creativity has long been the main aim of China＇s elementary education. Beijing Primary School, a well-known and respected institution with a history 60 or more years, is carrying out trial teaching strategies aimed at easing the historically heavy academic burden on students.     

The Power of the Public Eye

BAIMIAO is an out-of-the-way township in Bazhou District of Bazhong City, Sichuan Province. Linked only by a country road to the outside world, it nevertheless engineered a politically transforming experience by using information technology to create public watchdogs on government spending.     

Frontier Stories

BURQIN County of Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, perches on the apex of the cock’s tail of the Chinese map,with Russia and Kazakhstan’s