Legendary Life in the Land of Lupanshui

LIFE first appeared in Lupanshui. Guizhou Province, during the Permian and Triassic periods, around 200 to 300 rail]ion years ago. At that time,the entire area lay under the ocean. Then in the Paleolithic days, land emerged, and early man appeared on the scene, Still more time passed.     

Dancing for the Future

A dance exchange ties youth in Taiwan and the mainland much closer together The 2010 Cross-Straits Youth Dance Exchange was held in Qingdao,east China’s Shandong Province,on July 24-28,2010.     

The Belief In Mazu

0ill the afternoon of May 15, a ship carrying 350 worshippers of sea goddess Mazu from Taiwan's Taichung Port arrived at Fujian Province's Meizhou Island passenger port It was the first direct passage between the two points. A grand cer-     

Pros and Cons of Overseas Study

THE Chinese word for sea turtle, haigui, has recently taken on a whole new meaning. In the modern Chinese vernacular, it refers to overseas Chinese students who have returned to their motherland to contribute to China's economic boom. Since the end of the 1970s more than     

The Government Behind an Internationalized Central Business District

TOWARDS the end ot 2004, one of the world's largest international consultancy firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). set up shop in Beijing's Central Business District (CBD). The site it selected is the company's largest property in the Asia-Pacific Region. Executive chairman of PWC China Silas Sin Shun Yang says that Beijing is the engine room driving China's economic development, and PWC's presence in the nation's capital would indicate that it plans to channel more funds towards China. Other international financial institutions have also mushroomed in Beijing's CBD. in the city's Chaoyang District. By October 2004. 17 of the 24 foreign bank branches and 68 of the 91 foreign bank representative offices in Beijing appeared in and around the CBD. Six of the world's ten most competitive banks have entered Beijing, and more are expected to follow this year. as China enters the latter stage of the post-WTO transitional period, and accelerates opening up of its financial sector.