The World as Classroom

IT was 11 years ago when Chen Bei, then a high school student in Henan, stood at one of life＇s first crossroads. She, like several million other Chinese students, faced the annual ＂Gaokao,＂ China＇s college entrance exam. Although it is equivalent to the SAT in the U.S. or the ＂A＂ levels in the U.K., it is considerably longer and more intimidating.     

Eco-agriculture and Eco-tourism Power Nanchang’s Green Development

In August 2010, Nanchang was chosen as one of China’s eight pilot cities for low-carbon development. Today, Nanchang Municipal Government has adopted the development of eco-agriculture as one of its core missions. Environment-friendly planting methods are not only helping build Nanchang into a model city for China’s green drive, but also adding impetus to the local tourism industry.     

Moves Afoot to Subdue Smog

正SMOG has been the bane of Chinese people’s lives in recent years.But as Premier Li Keqiang recently announced to the nation and the entire international community,China is to declare war on pollution.Although fraught     

2006:诺贝尔奖花落谁家

举世瞩目的诺贝尔奖是根据瑞典发明家、实业家诺贝尔的遗嘱所设基金提供的奖项.1901年12月10日即诺贝尔逝世5周年时首次颁发.诺贝尔在其遗嘱中规定,该奖应每年授予在物理学、化学、生理学或医学、文学与和平领域内"在前一年中对人类做出最大贡献的人",瑞典银行在1968年增设一项经济科学奖,1969年第一次颁奖.2006年,诺贝尔各个奖项已经揭晓,下面就让我们来看看花落谁家.     

Déjà vu:Earthquake in Haiti Echoes in Chinese Hearts

EVERY street we walked down, the locals would greet us by chanting China, China in the Creole dialect, wrote Zhong Jianqin in his diary. We are here to help, but also helping to deepen the Haitian people’s understanding of the     

Culture as a Common Language

ON February 1, the EU-China Year of Intercultural Dialogue kicked off in Brussels with performances of works by China’s and Belgium’s most celebrated choreographers. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’     

Revitalizing Soil

THE decades of China’s economic boom come at heavy environmental costs that are threatening the country’s agriculture and food safety. Huge amounts of industrial waste, chemical fertilizer,urban waste and other contaminants     

Yao Dixiong and the Nature of the Beast

FLYING Manes and Striking Hooves in the Singing Gale depicts a moving herd of hundreds of horses; viewers of the 10-meter-long scroll seem to hear the thudding of their stampede and the excited whinnying. The painter Yao Dixiong excels at painting horses, a beast whose majesty he can     

Pei Yuanshun:Age,Caution

PEI Yuanshun,now 70,taught in a vocational secondary school in Kaifeng,Henan Province before she retired in 1996. Two years later her husband Wu Yingfan retired too.As their grandson was enrolled in an elite high school in Beijing's suburb and far from his downtown home,the couple bought a home close to his campus and moved to Beijing in 2001 to house him while he studied.Two years ago,the boy continued his education abroad and the old couple became empty-nesters.     

Chinese Dreams of an Egyptian Songbird

I first met Israa Ahamed,known by her Chinese name Meiqi,at the second round of the Mandarin Star competition for foreign students in Beijing.I,along with all present,was deeply impressed with her pleasant demeanor,fluent Chinese,graceful dancing and melodic singing voice.