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Editor's Note: Mrs. Barbara Singleton, a high school principal at Halton District School Board in Milton, Ontario, Canada, and her husband, Dr. Paul Singleton, adopted two Chinese daughters, now 9 and 10 years old, from Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province in 1993 and 1994. From September 17 to December 10, 2001, the daughters, Mrs. Singleton's 11-year-old son Jamie, and her 19-year-old niece Kristen returned to China to live for two and a half months...

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CULTURE

THE large-scale TV program, "Gems of the Country," has had several airings on prime time CCTV, and has been warmly received each time, winning the unanimous praise of viewers. The program actively promotes Chinese national culture, boosting national morale, and bringing the splendid culture of China to the world...

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Cultural Exchanges

On August 15, 2002, world famous escapologist Robert Gallup gave a free performance at the foot of the Badaling Great Wall. It was for the benefit of young people from China's western regions who cannot afford to continue their education....

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Pieces of the Past

IN August 2002, the Changpu River east of the Tian'anmen Rostrum saw daylight once more after 40 years concealment underground. In the late 1960s the river was boarded over and warehouses in which to store adornments for Tian'anmen Square pageants were built on it...

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Art Gallery

CAI Zhisong puts down his boaster, and pushes the baseboard lightly with his foot, sending the statue of a woman upon it spinning. He then steps back and scrutinizes his work, chin cupped in hand. Outside, stars twinkle in the dark night sky. Cai appears accustomed to working in the Central Academy of Fine Arts studio at such a late hour...

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Museum

The Beijing Natural History Museum was the first natural science museum established after the founding of the People's Republic. Its activities include specimen collection, preservation, and research, as well as bioscience popularization. The museum also serves as an education base for Beijing primary and middle school students...

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SOCIETY/LIFE
Photo Essay

Inside the Potala Palace lives its own fire brigade, comprising 11 lamas.Constructed from earth and wood, the Potala Palace houses a large number of priceless cultural relics, as well as silks and satins, such as thangkas and prayer banners. Great importance is therefore attached to fire prevention...

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People

Muhai Tang's name has a poetic nuance -- the sea bathed in the sun's golden rays, and is usually associated with sailing, sunrise, and things of beauty. In 1983, at the invitation of Karajan, he conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He has since frequently been invited to conduct various world famous orchestras...

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TOURISM

AS the Chinese saying goes, "In heaven there is paradise; on earth are Suzhou and Hangzhou." Chinese people and foreigners alike first hear of Suzhou from this maxim. In ancient times, Suzhou was a center of economic prosperity and cultural abundance. Even after the passage of time...

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AFTER years of booming tourism on the sunny beaches of seaside towns, and within the prosperous modernity of metropolises and coastal cities, many holiday-makers now seek a change, and have set their sights on the bold and magnificent beauty of northeastern China. In recent years Yichun's primitive natural beauty has drawn a steadily increasing volume of visitors...

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NEWS COLUMNS
FOCUS
Cultural Spectrum
Business in Brief
Beijing in Favor of Transnational Investment
China to Open Sky to Private Planes
HIV Positive Men Five Times that of Women
Hotel to Phase out Disposable Articles
Technical Workers in Great Demand
The October Three Gorges International Tourism Festival in Yichang

Did Man Evolve From Fish?
Award Set for Future Scientists
Bible Depicted in 2,000-year-old Han Dynasty Stone Carvings
Blacklist Established in Chinese Audiovisual Market
Elementary Contraceptive Information to be Included in Beijing's Middle School Textbooks
Archeologists Find 2,700-year-old Liquid

Falsifying of Accounts to Incur Severe Penalties
Free Convertibility of Renminbi May Be Earlier than Expected
Beijing Strengthens Tax Control over Those in High-income Bracket
APEC E-Exposition to Be Held in Yantai
Automobiles and Key Parts Import Quota to Increase 15 Percent Next Year
Foreign Firms in Beijing Enjoy "Full-on Nanny Service"


 
October 2002
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