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A Great Read I'm a 17-year-old Indian girl. Afriend of mine introduced me to yourmagazine. It was a great read. I've always been fascinated byChina. I love everything about thisland--its people, culture, history and     

Sisters (oil painting)

This painting reflects the lives of Yi women living in the Xiaoliangshan Mountain area in Sichuan Province mong the many artistic schools, Luos paintings reveal the beauty of simplicity There are no strange expressions in uos paintings—usually still paintings depicting a tranquil environment His paintings are intended to reveal his true feelings about life Luo tries to reveal truth, kindness and love among people in life with a touch of sadness     

Learning to Understand Love

I'M still young, but I've experienced a lot emotionally; I've been married twice and had extramarital affairs. Thinking back on the past, I was really a fool back then, continually mired in confusion. I had my first love affair about 10 years ago when I was a university student, and didn't know much about life.     

徐静蕾和她的电影《一个陌生女人的来信》(英文)

Plot 剧情简介 During the late winter of 1948, a man received a thick letter on his 41st birthday. In the letter, a dying woman shared a sentimental love story, but the man-the hero-knew nothing about it. The story was set 18 years earlier. A woman fell in love with a dissolute writer who lived next door. Despite their two romantic encounters, the writer soon began to ignore her. After learning she was pregnant, the woman decided to have, and keep, the baby. To raise the child, she turned to a life of prostitution. She endured all the hardships, and she never asked the man for his help. Eventually, the child died. Soon after, the woman became critically ill. Before her death, she wrote to the man to tell him the story.     

I Married a Chinese Woman

He became known all over China because of his appearance on the national television competition "Foreigners Singing Chinese Songs."Dressed in traditional Chinese costume and accompanied by his Chinese wife,he Chinese Girl."In this article,Stephen Sayers tells about his marriage and his personal feelings during his five years in China,Stephen and his wife Candy just moved to Macao in July.In arecent letter he asked the editor to give the money for this article to the education-aiding"Hope project" and specified it for Guizhou.     

Yang Liping and her Love Story

YANG Liping, known as the nation's flower, dances with her spirit and repays the land and people that have fostered her through her dance. With her superb performances she has joined the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and has united people of different countries and nations. Just as the American petroleum king Armand Hammer says, "Yang's dance belongs to all mankind." Yang's husband, Tony Liu, is Taiwanese, who worked 12 years in the United States. He describes his wife's dancing "The Two Trees" as "entwining in life and death. No matter how you regard it, as an ancient theme of love, or the relationship between the two sides of the strait, Yang's language of dance tells you a story about the tradition of the Chinese nation;     

读者来信(英文)

Dear Women of China, I like some of the articles you have written about finding love in China,and other articles that have to do with hifestyle,such as the health and advice columns.They are"easy-going"topics that are easy to read. I think you can spice up your layout.For me,there is just too much text,and too few     

A gilt from Heaven

DR.Martin Wilbur,an American historian,recently gave a speech in the United States entitled "The Influence and Contribution to Contemporary Cultural Development by the Chinese." Apart from his study on the history of Chinese contemporary political and social development, Dr. Wilbur talked about significant contributions made by Chinese in the fields of science, architecture and art. There are about 1 million Chinese-Americans living in the U,S.,Composing 0.5 Percent of the American population. About 100,000 of them immigrated to     

Should Parents Say "No" When Their Children Fall in Love?

In my opinion, so-called "puppy love" among high school students can't really be called true love. Most of these boys and girls only want to hang out together. "Love" can encompass a large number of meanings. Making vows of eternal fidelity can be called love, but passing notes and writing letters to each other can also be called a kind of love-     

建议(英文)

Editor Paloma Robles,from Spain, answers readers'questions about life and relationships in China. Dear Paloma, I've just arrived in Beijing.I have heard many people say that China is massage paradise.I've been going to     

Dragon Daughter Tree

LONG long ago, Heavenly King Mu who ruled the Lijiang River intended to extend his kingdom. In order to occupy Yongning, a fertile land, he wrote to the king of the North (the North was inhabited by the Primmi and Naxi nationalities in Yongning) to propose a marriage between the two families. On the 50th birthday of Heavenly King Mu, his daughter, Princess Longnu (Dragon Daughter), fell in love with the Prince of the North, a kind and handsome young man. The Prince of the North and the Dragon Daughter were deeply attached to each other after their marriage. Before long the King of the North died and the prince became the new King. Heavenly King Mu wanted to     

A New Method—Traditional Chinese Medicine Relieves Toothache

BECAUSE I had a toothache, I followed my colleague to the home of Zhang Fengwu; he is the inventor of "Zhangshi Miracle Tooth-Protection Liquid." When I had toothaches, I used to go to the dentist. Recently, however, I have felt very weak, and was afraid that I couldn't bear more pain, so I went to see this inventor and learn about his work even     

Women's Day—Othello

THE tickets were already sold out when I learned that the British Royal Theater was staging Othello—one of the four great Shakespearean tragedies—in early March in Beijing. A friend of mine kindly offered his ticket to me. He said he didn't understand English, and that his daughter was going to perform in a play on that same night on the same stage with the famous star Xia Yu. I knew he was just trying to make me feel better about accepting the ticket. He had already been to his daughter's performance twice. Nonetheless, I was very happy to get the ticket. As he handed it to me, he asked, "Isn't it a bit irrational to put on such a show on     

Stepping Back in Time in Xi'an

AS a metropolitan resident who is used to seeing towering buildings, an incessant stream of vehicles and people, I've always longed to have a taste of an ancient civilization, which is vigorous but exquisite, bold but elegant, natural but mysterious. I realized my dream when I went to Xi'an, a capital with a history of over 1,000 years. Xi'an was once the capital for eleven dynasties, including the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang. This is the place where China's ancient civilization developed. Ancestors at Banpo created exquisite painted pottery; the Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1,066-771 B.C.) saw the height of the splendors of the bronze culture; the Qin Emperor Shi Huang (Qin Dynasty, from about 221-206 B.C.)     

来信

Dear Women o f China,I am interested in the traditional Chinese art form of paper-cutting.I've read several articles about it on your website.The paper cuts,in different shapes,are vivid and charming.Jessie/the United States。Dear Women o f Chinaf I am a high school student who is interested in gender studies.I hope to learn more about women's development in China through your magazine and website.Jane/Canada。     

《海上传奇》

After having examined China＇s historic changes, through his films, in the past decade, Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke developed a growing interest in history. As a result, he visited Shanghai with his movie camera and traced the footsteps of Shanghai and its people who had stories about the city. The experience gave birth to his latest movie, I Wish I Knew.     

妇联动向(英文)

Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu Discusses Rural Women Workwith ACWF国务院副总理回良玉同全国妇联座谈农村妇女工作 Recently,Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu paid his first visit to theheadquarters of the All-China Women's Federation(ACWF)andhad a discussion with the staff about the work of rural women.     

《中国轻喜剧》

＂Dear Scott, you are about to embark on the ride of your life, so, buckle up dude,＂ writes author Scott Kronick in the opening line of a letter his younger self. ＂When you have the chance to move to China in 1995, jump at this. It will be an inflection point in your life you will not forget.＂     

Promises

AT dusk, I switched on my radio. What I heard was a special call-in program entitled "New Air of the City," on a local music channel; the two silver-tongued hosts were discussing the topic of promises. A young woman with a soft voice managed to get through first. She said that she had been in love for many years. She and her fiance often went to the banks of the Yangtze River in their spare time, lifting stones to look for small crabs, as tiny as fingernails. They liked to raise the crabs in a glass bowl. But one day, there were few stones by the river; they searched for a long time, but found nothing. An old man who was catching fish told them that it was difficult to find those crabs on the bank. Then he took several crabs out of his