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SPECIAL REPORT
The WTO Changes Lives in China

DURING the Fifth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress held last March, the WTO remained a hot topic among deputies. Premier Zhu Rongji pointed out in the government work report that China should adapt itself to the new situation created by China's entry into the WTO and elevate the overall level of the country's opening to the outside world...

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CULTURE

Cultural Exchanges

Russian Red Army Song and Dance Ensemble - A Dazzling Star

THE Russian Red Army Song and Dance Ensemble, Russia's national armed forces' performing troupe, was established in 1973 and enjoys a high reputation throughout the world. During the development of the ensemble, general Eleseyev, its president and art director...

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Pieces of the Past
Celestial Horses and Chinese Civilization

Editor's Note: Ms Lin Ying compiled and published a lengthy academic work entitled Celestial Horses in the Year of the Horse. Charles Willemen, a well-known Orientalist and member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences, commented that this is a well-documented and original study about the relationship between horses and Chinese civilization...

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Museum

Yangzhou Museum
Art Gallery Reality Far Away From Fashion

IN the course of time, one disposition has given way to two contrasting forms of expression for Chen Shuxia. One is of being tolerant with people and temporal matters, while the other makes excessive demands on herself regarding the quality of her art. She is, for example, uncaring, to the extent of indifference...

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SOCIETY/LIFE

THE door to China that had been so firmly closed since 1949 first cracked on President Nixon's visit in the early 1970s. In 1972 the United States, which had two decades previously severed all ties with China, began to seek reconciliation with this colossus of the Orient. The arrival of President Nixon marked the beginning of a new era in Sino-US relations.....

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Photo Essay

Savior of Captive Birds
People
Li Yang Crazy for English
A Headmaster Devoted to Educational Reform

NEWS COLUMNS
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Leisure Spectrum
Business in Brief
Termination of a Free E-mail Service Arouses Controversy
Causes for the Disappearance of Whitebait from Qiandao Lake
Photos Taken Covertly Can Be Used as Evidence in Court
Beijing Checks Cosmetics from Countries Affected by "Mad Cow Disease"
Foreign Teachers Enter Ordinary Chinese Families
Foreigners Can Obtain a Driver's License at Shanghai Airports
One Million Literature Award -- the Chinese Nobel Prize
Swedish Veteran Persson to Participate in Chinese Ping-pong League Matches
Owen to Become the Image Envoy of the TCL Mobile Phone
Broadcasting of Meteor Garden Banned
Inland Youth Bands Short on Individuality

Use for 150 Billion Treasury Bond Decided
Green Book Urges Economic Policy Pivoting on Employment
China to Relax Limit on Proportion of Foreign Shares in Airline Companies
New Catalogue of Industries for Foreign Investment Published
Citibank Approved for Overall Foreign Exchange Services
Six Largest Potential Consumer Markets
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May 2002
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