Shenyang Lce and Snow Festival：Quick Before It Melts！—— For ice sculptures, go to Harbin; for snow sculptures, Shenyang is the place.

THE Shenyang Ice and Snow Festival has been makingits name as awinter holiday destination for the past seven years, having learned much from its sister city‘s international Sapporo Snow Festival. The 2005 Sheny ang Ice and Snow Festival runs from January 15 to 21 at Shenyang Qipan Mountain International Scenery and Tourism Development Zone, China‘s biggest ski resort.     

Pitfalls of Olympic Championship

THE expulsion from the China National Diving Team of Tian Liang, 25-year-old diving champion of two Olympiads, early this year caused a storm of controversy across China. It brought to light the quandary contemporary Chinese athletes face, caught     

Deer City Legend

MORE and more com—modities, such asclothes,shoes,millinery,lighters and shavers,now bear the“Made in Wenzhou”mark.It would appear thatWenzhou grooms the wholenation.Lucheng(deer city)District in central Wenzhou is thenucleus of the city’s thriving lightindustry sector. According to myth,when acity was first built on the site of the     

Small Port,Big Market

The city resembled a huge construction site,its skyline punctuated with tower cranes,andManzhouli's enterprise registration officeheaved with applicants.     

Steel Giant to Leave Beijing

RAPID economic growth in China has accelerated urbanization and industrialization, enabling many Chinese people to emerge from poverty. This boom, however, has also had negative impact, most particularly that of pollution. The Shougang (Capital Iron and Steel) Group has long been one of Beijing's leading companies, and next to the Shanghai Baosteel Group Corpora-