The Summer Semester

正While many parents schedule children's school holidays,students are encouraged to pursue interests of their own By Ji JingThis summer,Wang Tianshu,a 13-year-old junior middle school girl from Qingdao,east China's Shandong Province,signed up for a course at Beijing's New Oriental EducationTechnology Group,a renowned Chinese training institute focused largely on English instruction."I chose to attend the course entirely on my own will because I want to improve my English     

Zhou Tiehai：It Is not Difficult to Make Art

正ZHOU Tiehai is an extraordinary facilitator and clever conceptual artist.Both of these traits have made him a successful contradiction in the contemporary Chinese art world of the past12 years.He has encouraged a younger generation of artists to think about new and unique approaches to identifying themselves.A graduate of the Shanghai College of Fine Arts in painting and design,     

Bilingually Mobile

正CHILDREN here are from various ethnic groups,notably Uygur,as well as Han.A main feature of the kindergarten’s early education is that although children are encouraged to speak Putonghua–standard Chinese–from a young age,care is taken not to let them forget their mother tongue,"Beibu Bay Radio(BBR)anchor Su Yan said on her micro-blog,which     

COUNTER TERROR

正Efforts to root out religious extremism and terrorism are increasing On May 26,China’s top leadership reiterated that the country will crack down on terrorist activities and ensure that the lasting social stabil-     

Challenges Faced by Transitional China and Countermeasures

正The socio-economic transition of China features the transformation from planned economy to market economy,from an agrarian society to an urban society,from an industrial society to an information society,and from a poverty-stricken society to an affluent society.Reform is theprerequisite and driving force of transition.Both transition and reform will confront with various resistances,obstacles,problems and hardships.     

Funding SMEs

正Expansion of the new third board and easier access to market capital will ease financing woes In December 2013,almost all of the securities companies in China received an emergency notification from the National Equities Exchange and Quotations(NEEQ),which encouraged securities companies to be ready for the listing of qualified companies after the NEEQ was expanded.All qualified joint-stock companies across the country can apply to the NEEQ,the so-called"new third board,"for trading.The document says innovation-based,and growing micro-,small and medium-sized enter-