Encounter with an American Martial Arts Fan

IT was showering the evening the 2003 China Boxing Match was held in Cangzhou, Hebei Province. Nevertheless, the stadium was crowded, and amid the applause and cheers, I could occasionally pick up some foreign-spoken Chinese.As I was taking a picture, a young man came over to me and asked to exchange photos. He told me his name was Jim. "I came to     

Self-made Billionaire at 32

His bespectacled face and mild expression gives him the look of a young Bill Gates. Ding Lei, 32 year-old founder of Netease, has no known kinship with this dollar billionaire, nor is he on the international Forbes list. But Ding, with his 7.5 billion RMB, is the richest man on the Chinese mainland.How did he make so much so young?     

Haunt of Nomads

ON the map of China, Inner Mongolia appears as a long swath heading due north. At its center is grassland, to the west boundless desert, and its east is densely forested. Habitat of Mongolians, the region is rich in historic sites, legends of Genghis Khan and the folkways of its herdsman.     

China on Wheels——The Volkswagen Success Story

“When are you going to buy car?“is a question frequently heard these days. Over the past few years,automobiles have become a feature of Chinese households.China‘s first automobile manufacturing base was 50 years ago in Changchun, Jilin Provice. For three decades, produciton was limited to old-style lorries, and a limited number of Red-flag brand carrs for government use. Technology as outdated and output capacity low. The few family cars on Chinese roads were imported.In the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping,pioneer of China‘s reform and opening policy, decided to develop China‘s national automobile industry in order that the Chinese people might drive Chinesemade rathe than foreign cars.In the following two decades,with the estabishment of joint ventures,the Chinese automobile industry boomed.By 1998 China had become one of the top the automobile manufacturing countries in the world. Now,in 2003,with an estimated annual production volume of 4 million vehicles,China ranks fourth in the world. The developement of the automobile industry has brought an enormous change to he Chinese people. The development of the automobile industry has brought an enormous change to the Chinese people. The increasing number of family cars enriches their lives, stimulates the tourism industry, and keeps business at car repair firms and driving schools brisk. Since China put it self on wheels, an increasing number of leading world automobile companies have focused on its market.     

Toast of Business Savants

SUNZI'S brilliantwork on militarystrategy,ThP Art ofWar,is generally considered a classic,mostparticularly within theworld of commerce.Linyi inShandong Province,where the HanDynasty bamboo slips inscribedwith Sunzi's Art of War wereunearthed,has become the toast ofbusiness pundits in and outsideChina.     

Champion of Chinese New Year Prints

IT was 7:00 o'clock in Beijing on a bitter cold January morning when an elderly man arrived at the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles office.It was the day that members of the China Society for Folk Literature and Art were to travel to Weifang City, Shandong Province for a meeting promoting     

The Return of China＇s ＂Sea-turtles＂

Known as “sea-turtles“ for their foreign experience, overseas Chinese students now find their career arena at home.     

Building a Green Screen around Beijing

IN the past few years, Beijing's spring season has brought sand storms. In 2000 alone, 8 storms hit northern China. Gray skies meant limited visibility and because the air was so dusty, women wore gauze scarves when they went out. Most people avoided leaving their homes. In the spring of 2003, Beijing had no sand storms, the number of sunny     

Online Farm Agents

THE Internet has changed the way people live. Farmers in the remotest of villages have benefited from it, and now want to join the ranks of China's netizens. "Online Farm Agent" Several years ago, farmers in Zhangzhai Village, Fengxian County, Jiangsu Province lived a primitive lifestyle. Their sole income was from crops grown on one mu (1/15