Living Music Fossil in an Ancient Temple

LOCATED in the heart of Beijing, Zhihua Temple is an oasis of tranquility in this busy metropolis. It is not only the largest existing temple complex from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Beijing, but also the home of some priceless cultural heritages, including China’s oldest style of music, elegant Buddhist sculptures, and exquisite frescoes.     

Supernatural Fengdu

FENGDU is famous for its ghost folklore,but its lure to visitors rests on more than that.Deep in the hills,an ancient lake surrounded by beautiful scenery and a cave full of strange shapes and shimmering walls are waiting to be explored. Mingshan Mountain:The Ghost Culture The Ghost City of Mingshan Mountain is located on the north bank of the     

China Issues White Paper on Foreign Aid

ON April 21, China issued its first-ever White Paper, presenting an overall picture of its foreign aid activities over the past     

The China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue The Insider View of a Former Ambassador

ZHOU Wenzhong took up the post of China's ambassador to the United States in 2005 and soon after that preparatory work began for the launch of the China-U. S. Strategic Economic Dialogue. During his five years in the post the ambassador witnessed the evolution     

Lighting up the Darkness

SABRIYE Tenberken is a household name in Lhasa,the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region where she founded a school for the blind 13 years ago. Her reputation spread to the rest of the nation in 2009,when she was elected one of the "ten most inspiring people in China" for that year.     

Taking the Chill off Harbin

In a city whose winter temperature can be as low as minus 38 °C dense ice and snow are the clay of sculptors, the field of sports-men, and the stuff that carnivals are built of.     

Yang Xinmiao:Jams Are Just Starting in China

YANG Xinmiao is deputy director of the Research Institute of Transportation Engineering,Tsinghua University. In this recent interview with China Today he expounded on the traffic conundrum in the Chinese capital.     

Better Today,Better Tomorrow

LIKE her fellow Tibetans in Yamda Village,Doilungdêqên,Drakse knows first-hand how much local lives have improved.She is now 52,and when a little girl in the 1960s,her family of five toiled on a plot of less than a half-hectare,with the assistance of a horse,goat or donkey.After she spent two years in the classroom her parents sadly couldn’t afford any more education for her,and they needed her help on the farm in any case.At age 16 Drakse joined her father on the road building team,earning RMB 5 a day.They had roasted barley flour for all three daily meals in those years,an unthinkable privation for Tibet’s youth today.     

The Kids Are All Right

THIS column has been exploring what people come to China to do,and the unique perspectives they get on this rapidly developing country as a result of their work and passions. Much less has been said about the families that come with them. In Beijing,25 percent of all expats are estimated to be families with children,     

Gutian:Red History,Green Future

GUTIAN Town in western Fujian Province is known as the site of the Gutian Conference of 1929, a landmark event in China’s revolutionary history. After the defeated Kuomintang fled to and occupied Taiwan