Property Owners Take Initiative

THE state of disrepair of household buildings, evident in falling exterior tiles, was a common worry last year among residents of the Shuiyan Mingju community in Beijing’s Haidian District. Dissatisfaction with their property management company and the need to have a say in repairs and apportionment of related costs prompted Yu Lin and other householders to apply to the local administrative office for permission to set up a property owners’ committee.     

An Ocean of Hope

ON December 18, 2009,Chang Dechuan, president of Qingdao Port Group. and Fu Yuning, chair of China Merchants Group, clasped their lands in a wave met by a blinding flash of cameras. They were announcing the establishment of Qingdao Qianwan United Container Terminal Co., Ltd. （QQCTU）. The agreement added one more joint venture under Qingdao Port＇s name, and raised the profile of the company＇s transnational reputation; its number of corporate investors is now six, in three countries.     

Western Holiday Warms Country Hearts

TOUGH Valentine＇s Day was first embraced by college students and the middle class in China, it is now finding its way into rural areas. Country dwellers have become better connected with the outside world through the televisions and computers that are increasingly common in their homes, or more directly through their working experience in cities. The holiday calls for the blatant celebration of love, a custom not found in traditional Chinese culture, and this gives the generally shy and conservative Chinese farmers the chance to express affection in public for the people they privately adore.     

Insights into Public Diplomacy from Those in the Know

Title:The Wisdom of Public Diplomacy: Cross-Border Dialogues Author:Zhao Qizheng et al.279 pages,paper cover RMB 56 Published by New World Press in April 2012 Although public diplomacy is not a new term in political and academic circles,perhaps it still sounds abstract andalien to members of the lay public.Discussion of it is mostly con nedto serious seminars and academic publications.The Wisdom of Public Diplomacy: Cross-Border Dialogues is presented in the form of dialogues     

On a Mission for Homeless Children

I had a loveless childhood. I didn’t have loving parents. I didn’t know how to care about others and I didn’t even really know what love was. I always complained, thinking everyone owed me something, and I blamed life for not giving me what other children had. Not until I came to the Guang’ai Family did I truly discover love, thanks to my teachers and classmates.     

Fei Qing and Renhe Architecture

JELLY Prototype 0612 sounds like a laboratory experiment by food scientists, but this structure may represent China＇s best architectural response to the unprecedented historical changes of its last 30 years. This is actually a large structural model for a building designed by Fei Qing and Frank Fu, partners in Renhe Architecture, prefiguring the ＂Jelly Building＂ to be erected in Yizhuang, or, officially,     

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