Specialties of Shanghai, Wuxi and Suzhou Still Popular

THE area along the lower reaches of the Changjiang River is rich and populous. It has given birth to many great men and has produced quality brandname products. It is a pleasure to buy some of these special local products while traveling in the area.     

More Publlc Exerclse Facllities

BEIJING is both an ancient and young city. It is ancient for its history of thousands of years, its splendid culture, the golden roofed imperial palace and the elegant imperial gardens. But everything is quite different from history now. It is the masses of Beijing who are strolling inside the imperial walls and the imperial gardens in the light of the rising and setting sun, integrating their slow motion Taichi with the environment of the imperial buildings. And the city is young for its courage to improve itself: with the emergence of one after another modern buildings and tridimensional traffic nets, a new plan for the exercising of the masses is now under     

Women and the Environment: Declaration Encourages Active Participation

JUNE 5, 1994 has been mandated World Environment Day. On this day the first meeting on Women and the Environment in China was held in Beijing and the Declaration of Chinese Women on Environment was established. According to the declaration, environmental pollution and the destruction of the ecology have posed a serious threat to the survival of the human race. It has become a great issue of common concern. The functions of women in procreation and social development are directly affected by the deterioration of the environment. It is the common interest of the populations of the world to protect the environment. The declaration notes that Chinese women are greatly concerned about the environmental conditions of their     

Heart of Shanghai

Since the reform, especially in the 1990s, Shanghai has raised a grealnumber of financial resources, materials and human force to rebuild thecity's infrastructure. Great changes have taken place there. The People'sSquare, which used to be a center for political activities only, has turnedinto a garden-like arena, now the center of administration, culture,transportation and commerce. It is an oasis in the center of Shanghai. Inthe holiday season, residents use the square to relax and wind down.     

Guizhou Boasts of Its Maotai, Batik and Miao Embroidery

EVERYONE who likes to drink wine knows Guizhou's Maotai, a well-known white spirit. It is the pride of the Guizhou people, because it has been elected as the most famous Chinese white spirit three times and honored as the "state white spirit." Maotai tastes mellow and leaves a pleasing aftertaste. The good taste of this strong spirit benefits from its good water source and the skill of the masters. The Maotai Township is located by the limpid Chishui River, which has clear and sweet water. The method of making Maotai is complicated. It uses wheat to     

四川饭店(英文)

Sichuan Restaurant is located at No.51, Xi Rongxian Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing. The total area is about 10 thousand square meters. It consists of four Siheyuan(traditional rectangular courtyards)and a garden that all have a history of over 400 years. These buildings used to belong to the royal family of the Qing Dynasty(1644—1911).     

Hongshan Goddess

The Hongshan cultural relics at Niuheliang, Liaoning Province is a large scale ruin where sacrifices used to be offered to the goddess and ancestors. It is composed of a goddess temple, a sacrificial altar and many stone graves. From the ruins of the goddess temple, a clay sculpture of a goddess head has been unearthed.     

FROM THE CHINESE PRESS

The population of Shandong Province is about 87 million. Currently the leading groups of 17 cities and 137 counties in the province have 355 women cadres. For the first time since the founding of New China the province has a woman vicegovernor and a woman mayor. The provincial Party committee has paid close attention to the training of the grassroots women cadres. It believes that with a large     

Guoqiao Mixian, A Local Flavor in Yunnan

YUNNAN Province, at the southwest border of China, is one of the main rice producing area in China and much of its culture is connected with the planting and consuming of rice. It also has a rich variety of local snacks. The most popular snack is guoqiao mixian (rice noodles that go across the bridge). Local people like to serve this treat to their guests and visitors from faraway lands. Mixian, a fine noodle made of rice flour, is popular in many southern regions like Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong provinces. It looks quite similar to the common noodle, except     

Three Generations, One Oilfield

HUABEI Oilfield in the North China Plain beganto be explored in 1976. Its annual oil output hasbeen over 10 million tons for the past ten succes-sive years and it is ranked ninth amongst thenational enterprises handling oil and natural gas.During its 20-year construction, it was built to bea grand oil city. There are 110,000 emptoyeesincluding almost 40,000 women. It displaysfeatures of a modernized city when you walkthrough it-wide streets, office buildings, grass-land in inhabited areas, hospitals, schools, shopsand various recreation facilities. It takes on thehappy and auspicious atmosphere more than theimpetuousness of a big city On a mission to learnmore about the women working there, talked toHuang Lan, the committeewoman of the LaborUnion of Huabei Oil Administrative Bureau. Thefollowing are the women she sent me to meet: