Spending Tomorrow

RECENTLY, the China EconomicMonitoring Center conducted asurvey among 940 citizens inBeijing and Shanghai. The surveyshowed that 64 percent of urban citizensknow what mortgages are. Among them,56 percent said they would considertaking out a mortgage if it wasnecessary, 13 percent would not, and theother 31 percent were undecided.     

不少女性不想过早做母亲(英文)

The Social Survey Agency of China has conducted a survey among 600 married women in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, which shows that 39 percent women do not want to be a mother early.     

A De'ang Wedding

Every wedding is different, but somehow they are all the same. That is what I felt when I attended the wedding of Yang Yubu, a De'ang young woman who is an acquaintance of mine. Chudonggua Village is located at the eastern part of Santai Township. It is about 30 kilometers away from tile seat of Mangshi. When I learned that Yubu was going to get married, I jumped onto a shuttle bus that would take me past the foot of the mountain where the village sits. Halfway along the journey, I disembarked and started     

Marrying a National——How to Get Your Marriage Registered in China

Li, a lady who works for a foreign enterprise in Beijing, fell in love with her non-Chinese colleague Paul a year ago. Now they plan to get married in Beijing. What kind of formalities do they need to go through? Stipulations on the Marriage Registration of Chinese Citizens with Foreigners announced by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China on August 17th, 1983 provide as follows:     

数字解读(英文)

50.1 Percent The Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission recently conducted a survey of 4,800 adults aged 20-30,who were single children.Some 50.1 percent of the respondents said they hoped to have a second child.     

编者寄语(英文)

Have you ever wondered what would happen if there is ever toomany men,compared with women,in this world? The competitionfor a woman's favor, and to get married,would surely become veryintense.It might even result in serious challenges to social harmony. Although China has been developing rapidly,in terms of culture and theeconomy,the feudal mindset,which values men more than women,still prevails     

数字解读(英文)

Some 16.4 percent of respondents in a recent survey said they spend more than 3 hours a day following SARS-related news.More than 80 percent said they were concerned about medical workers fighting the disease.Some 78.2 percent of the respondents were moved by the workers' spirit.Public satisfaction toward medical staff was 4.7 on average, near the "completely satisfied" level of 5.Some 91.3 percent of the respondents said they would support family members' decisionsto work in SARS isolation wards.     

Rural Women Get Help from Women Students

SINCE more and more rural women have become involved in commercial production, they have become more and more eager to learn about scientific technology. The Women's Federation of Beijing had long been looking for a direct and effective way to help them. Luo Xiaolu, vicedirector of the Federation, found in her investigation of the present conditions of intellectual women in Beijing that women students were also eager to get in touch with society. Then she had an idea that women students in universities and colleges should go to the countryside. Thus, an activity developed called "women college students and rural women, hand in hand."     

新年新愿望(英文)

Yangchun Baixuepainter杨春白雪 小画家"I would have a pair of wings with which I would fly to all places of happiness. Even if I could not get the wings, I would have a greater imagination.In the crispy air in the early morning, I will hear the singing of nature. When it snows, I will see flowers of spring in full bloom. In the spring wind, I will fly like a bird. I believe deeply that apes would possibly still roam wild if they did not have an imagination.In the new year, the wings of my dreams will be even stronger."     

在婚姻中成长

Society expects children regardless of their gender -- to get married when they grow up. How, ever, for some people, marriage is not the ultimate goal, It is also not a safe haven, just because two people exchange vows, it certainly does not mean that they will be protected from problems, And there is no such thing as a smooth journey in marriage. Many couples end up filing for divorce, and those who manage to stay together until old age must all cope with friction and difficulties along the way.     

Weaving a Foundation for Independent Living

FOR many years, learning how to weave cloth was a type of compulsory education for girls living in cotton-growing areas; the skill was usually handed down by their mothers or grandmothers. After the girls got married, spinning and weaving for their families would become their lifetime work. The girls in the photo, however, were not those home weavers, but students of the Women Department of the Industrial School in Rugao County, Jiangsu. The photo records the transformation in the     

总算交流了(英文)

Many women dream that one day they will have a wedding ring slid onto their finger by someone they dearly love, and they will happily spend the rest of their days with that person. My wife was no exception. When wewere preparing for our marriage, I asked what she wanted most. "A ring, an exquisite ring, for sure," she said excitedly. Taking her into my arms I said, "You'Ⅱ have it." Unfortunately I failed to keep my word. When we were just about to get married, my father contracted lung cancer. I spent nearly all of my savings and got into debt because of the hospital bills. Ten days after my father's death, my wife brought her luggage to my room. We pasted the character “喜”(double happiness) at the bedside and in the living room. It was autumn. "Now let it be the time to harvest our four years'love. "said she. Without any ceremony or guests, we got married. Thinking that my wife couldn't get the ring she craved for filled me with regret. That evening I held her tight, gently stroking her delicate     

Inheritance Rights Under Chinese Law

FIFTY-five-year-old Li Xiuhua is a rural woman, whose husband died, leaving her two sons and a daughter, who had all been married. In the past several years, Li Xiuhua and her husband worked very hard and earned a considerable sum of money through pig and rabbit raising. Besides a new house worth 50,000 yuan, they also had a deposit of 100,000 yuan in the bank. After her husband's death, Li Xiuhua's parents-in-law told her that the new house and all the savings would belong to them and their grandchildren if Li     

播种爱的幸福女人

Qian Chenjie,founder and president of Shanghai Villia Vocational and Technical Training School,is committed to fulfilling her corporate social responsibility in helping to reduce poverty,and in helping female students from impoverished rural areas acquire vocational skills so they can support themselves.     

Rural Women Fight for Their Right to Land

TONG Sufang never expected that she would lose her land ongetting married.Tong,27,was married in 1992 to a man inanother village.The couple moved to the city to find jobs,leavingtheir land to their parents.Earlier this year,when the village whereTong lived before her marriage distributed another round ofcontracted land,Tong was not listed as a candidate for a share ofthe village soil.The reason:Tong is married and does not live inthe village any more,although she has never moved hermembership to her husband’s village and is still legally a memberof the village of her childhood. The same thing happened to Hou Cunli,who moved to her     

Double Cups with Phoenix

THIS cup, unearthed at the site of an aristocrat's tomb (No. 2 Baoshan Tomb) of the Chu State, was a vessel used during weddings in ancient times. According to the earliest account of the vessel, found in the book Liji, a new couple would use it to gargle together, which meant that they would be of one heart and one mind, and that they would love and take care of each other. Shaped like a standing phoenix, the vessel is 17.6 cm. long. The phoenix holds a pearl in its beak and its wings are spread     

短讯(英文)

Becently a survey was conducted among 2,055 urban women from 18 to 40 years old in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Shenyang. According to them, independence and equality between men and women are the striking features of women in the new century. 63.2 percent were willing to compete with men in the workplace. In terms of the best family mode, 42.2 percent of them partially agree that a perfect woman needs to     

上海“空嫂”八年路(英文)

Shanghai Airline Co (SAC) took a bold step on December 13, 1994 when it announced plans to recruit stewardesses from among Shanghai Textile System's married employees.More than 2,300 were qualified after the first round of selections in the textile system and, in the first 10 days of 1995, 1,698 workers were interviewed and 193 passed, among whom 64 went on to have physical examinations.     

Chinese Family Patterns Undergo Changes

IN China, family patterns change as children get married, have children and the family line continues. Aunt Cheng is a retired teacher. After her husband died, Aunt Cheng continued to live with her unmarried younger son. She got on well with neighbors in the building, who would often see her out walking with her son. One day, she began to furnish their apartment. Her neighbors assumed her son     

Insurance Enjoyed During Child-Bearing Period

XIAO Li is a worker with a textile factory and has been married four years. At the end of last year she got pregnant and was excited by the news she would soon become a mother. But she was not sure what insurance she could enjoy during her child-bearing period. She went to ask the person who is in charge of the women's section of her trade