Changes of Zhangjiagang

ZHANGJIAGANG, a small city with a population of 820,000 in southern Jiangsu Province, has become famous recently. Media from the central authorities to the localities vie with each other to report on the city. Over the past three years the economy of the city has quadrupled and increased by over 60 percent annually. In 1995 its average income per capita was US $2,146, which was second among the 100 top counties and cities in China. As new villages and towns have been built one after another, the city has taken on a new look. It was     

编者寄语(英文)

China has more than 60 million disabled people-nearly five percent of the country's total population. That means that in every six families, there is a family with a disabled member. The Chinese Government is devoting great effort to improving the lives of disabled people and is taking various measures to solve the difficulties faced by them, in education and employment for example. However, protecting disabled people from poverty and discrimination still calls for long-term mechanisms to be in place, a sound social welfare system and awareness of the general public to disability issues. On May 15, 1991, China's Law on the Protection of the Disabled Person came into effect, stipulating the third Sunday of May every year as the National Day for Helping the Disabled, which calls on the public to show their concern. Many kind-hearted people have reached out to help the disabled. Yang Jinhua, Director of Huanggang Social Welfare House in Hubei Province is one such person. She has been honored this year as on     

A Brief Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Language works as one of the most important instrument of social interaction. From social point of view,two aspects of language behavior are very important. 1） The function of language in establishing social relationships. 2） The role played by language by conveying information about the speaker, That is to say,sociolinguistics concerns with the interaction between the society and the language. In this paper,we are going to talk about the interaction in two aspects： the basic social functions of language,and the relationship between language and society.     

Loving Groups Change Climate of University Campuses

ESTABLISHED at the Nanjing Teachers' University, members of the Loving Fund, a group of university students and teachers who participate in charitable activities to aid poor students, has gradually increased its influence throughout the university and society. In 1992, 69 new students from southern and northern Jiangsu Province     

Hani Women Gear Up for Opening

Most of the 1.253 million Hani people live in mountainous areas between the Honghe and Lancang rivers in the south of Yunnan Province. The Hani language, with a Latin alphabet similar to the Yi language, was formulated in 1957. Both the Hani and Yi nationalities evolved from the ancient Qiang people. The tribe, called Heyi 300 B.C., is said to be the ancestors of the Hani. The tribe moved south to Mount Ailao and Mount Wuliang, the present home of the Hani. The social development of the Hani was unbalanced at the founding of New China in 1949. The area inhabited by the Hani nationality belonged to the feudal society, with some areas still at the end of the primitive society. The Hani people tend to live in the mountainous areas at between 1000- 2500 meters above sea level. The Hani, who have engaged in agriculture for generations, have mastered method for reclaiming the terraced fields, which was included in the "Agriculture Encyclopedia" by Xu Guangqi, a scientist in the Ming Dynasty. The Hani have a long h     

Perspective on Juvenile Crime

JUVENILE crime is on the rise and has become a problem for schools, parents and society at large. According to the latest investigation and analysis by the public security department, 65 to 70 percent of criminal cases per year involve youth under the age of 25. Guo Xiang, executive director of China's Juvenile Delinquency Research Society, explained it was in 1970 that juvenile crime really became a social     

一封来信,满载对聋儿的关爱(英文)

On June 1, 2006, Han Yuqun, Governor of Shandong Province, sent a congratulatory letter to teachers and students at Jinghua Speaking Training School for Deaf Children, which is located in Xiajin County, Shandong Province. Han wished I them a happy Children's Day. In the letter, Han encouraged the physically challenged children to be independent and self-reliant. He said he hoped the children would become a new generation of people with lofty ideals, moral integrity, good education and a strong sense of discipline. Also, Han called for concern from all segments of society, and he asked provincial finance officials to allocate 300,000 yuan (US $37,500) to the school. Jinghua school was founded in 1992 by Yuan Jinghua, a deputy to the National People's Congress. About 370 deaf children, from across the country, have learned to speak at the school. The facility currently has 42 teachers and 160 students.     

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     

Container with Pig Pattern Design

Unearthed from Hemudu ruins of the New Stone Age in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province in 1977, this rectangular-mouthed container belongs to the Hemudu culture. It is carved with a pig pattern on both sides in realist style. A complete piece, the container has a flat bottom and slightly sloped belly, with a mouth 21.7 cm long and 17.5 cm wide. Most of the artifacts from Hemudu culture are charcoal black pottery. The stem and leaves of the pottery can be seen clearly. The walls of the artifacts are usually thick but porous. The carving lines are rough and the designs are simple and natural, reflecting the ancient people's love of nature and life. The pig's four strong feet and backward bristles carved on the container are vivid, with ears sticking out and mouth     

City Women Confront New Choices

THE Chinese economic reform has pushed society into a period of transformation. City women—especially career women—once again are confronted with new choices. Compared to Nora's choice to leave or stay at home, as depicted in the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, the Chinese career women's choice is obviously more complicated. It involves social roles and the expectations society has about their gender. Several women doctoral students with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently talked about this issue.     

Dulong Women in the Embrace of Nature

The Dulong people, with a population of 5,816, live along the Dulong River in Gongshan Dulong Nationality Autonomous County of northwest Yunnan Province. The Dulong nationality has its own unwritten language. Since ancient times. the ancestors of the Dulong nationality have settled in the "mysterious valley" by the Dulong River. The Dulong nationality is called "Qiu People" in history books published in the Han language. After the founding of New China in 1949, it formally received its present name based on what they had called themselves. Believing that every creature has a soul, the Dulong people worship natural objects. The Dulong nationality still maintains the old social tradition "not to pick up things on the road and to close the door at night", When they go on a long journey. they hang their necessities in trees along the way until they return. No one takes the things away. During the day, even when the entire family goes out, their doors are kept unlocked. The Dulong people are good at weaving. The     

Photographer Follows Progress of Rural Family

At the 1994 Spring Festival Party held by China Central Television, a press photographer and the four large photos he had on display became one of the highlights of the event. The photos were taken in 1950, 1963, 1979 and 1994, respectively of an ordinary rural family in Zhejiang Province. They were selected from nearly 1,000 photos taken by the photographer on more than 50 visits to this family. They trace the changes of an ordinary Chinese family and vividly illustrate the historical changes that have taken place in New China. The photographer was Xu Yonghui, a senior reporter with Zhejiang Daily. In this issue we feature a few of his photos and a report which testify to those changes.     

Looking Towards the 1995 World Women's Conference——the second international seminar on women's studies

Women's development is a process. It is also a process to await the Fourth World Conference on Women to be held in Beijing in 1995, a process to further mobilize women from various countries to gain equality between the sexes and to take a part in social development. The second international seminar on women's studies was held from November 23 to 26, 1993, at Beijing University in preparation for this day. Some 100 women researchers from Australia, Bangladesh', Canada, the United States, England, Malaysia and Japan, as well as Hong Kong and China participated in the event. It was one of the most lively and active seminars held during this process. To take prompt action in development was a common nderstanding of the participants.     

Women of China

Women of China English Monthly has been one of nay work homes in recent years, one of the lens through which I see and have begun to understand this incredible country. I haveworked here as Foreign Expert and columnist with joy and pride. In my columns I have been able to comment on many aspects of this rapidly evolving country, its social and economic translbrmation as well as partake in personal, philosophical meanderings.     

Boat-shaped Inkstone Water-dropper

The inkstone water-dropper was used to prepare ink for brush writing. As a traditional object in a Chinese study it can be made in any shape or design and serves both a practical and decorative function. Unearthed from kilns of the Yuan Dynasty in Longquan, Zhejiang Province in 1956, this 9.3 cm high and 17.3 cm long porcelain inkstone water-dropper vividly depicts'a boat. Narrow at either end, the tiny boat has two cabins, one for goods and the other for passengers, and rails on the boat's sides. A man and a woman sit aboard chatting, looking carefree as they enjoy     

A'shima and Her Lover Live Happily Ever Afterwards

One of China's most popular tourist attractions, the Stone Forest in Yunnan Province is said to be the home of A'shima, a beautiful young woman who was tragically changed into a stone statue after she refused to marry a local tyrant and tried to escape with her lover. This legend has helped lure in countless tourists from home and abroad, many of whom, like this foreign family, can't pass up the opportunity of posing for a picture in local costume.(Selected from the photo exhibition "China in Foreigners Eyes.")     

Interesting Ziandao Lake

LOCATED in Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province, Qiandao Lake (Lake of a Thousand Isles) is a state-level scenic spot and a bright pearl of the golden tourism line between Hangzhou's West Lake and Anhui's Huangshan Mountain. Last autumn, we went to Chun'an. It took only three to four hours by coach to travel from Hangzhou to Chun'an. Flanked by mountains on the west, the small county faces water on the east. A street goes across the county; it takes less than half an hour to walk from one end to the other. Small restaurants and shops line the western side of the road,     

为了男女平等理想

Gender equality is closely related to the customs and social development of a country. Given the different cultures between East and West, gender issues vary from one nation to another. The advancement of gender equality, whether in developed or developing countries, also differs from one nation to another.     

Lotus Pond in August

Sun Weimin. born in 1946 in Helongjiang Province. graduated from the middle school attached to the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1967 He went on to attend the Deparment of the Oil Painting of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and graduated with a master's degree in 1987. Now he is the dean of the Department of the Oil Painting. associate professor and member of Chinese Artists' Association. His master works include