北京爱山国际

Sun Huijie gave up her dream of becoming a fashion designer to operate a family owned, outdoor-activity company, Beijing Hikers, in 2003. More than a decade later, working in an industry, which at one time she knew so little about, is her passion.     

古丽米娜·麦麦提:用舞蹈展现新疆魅力

Gulimina was born in Dushanzi District,in Karamay,a city in Xinjiang,in 1986.Xinjiang is known as an“ocean of song and dance,”as many of the residents are good at singing and dancing.Gulimina displayed her talent in dancing as a child.When she was 6,she began learning to dance at a children’s arts center,where she realized dancing was not easy.     

FROM THE CHINESE PRESS

Nie Li Admitted to the Standing Committee of NPC Nie Li, the first woman lieutenant general of China, was voted in by election as a member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee in March at the Second Session of the Eighth NPC. Nie Li was born in September, 1930, a native of Jiangjin in Sichuan Province. From 1955 to 1960 she specialized in the automatic control at Leningrad Precision Machinery and Optical Instrument College in the former Soviet Union. When she returned to China, she     

艺术空间

In August 2006, Peters, who had once worked as an artist and a teacher in the US, traveled to China. Why？ She was searching for a magical coat, which she had seen in a book about textiles when she was a student in Paris. She eventually found the coat in Guizhou, and she quickly realized it was an item of the Miao ethnic groups＇ traditional clothing. Peters met many Miao people in Guizhou, and she was fascinated by the minority group＇s history, culture and beautifully made crafts, such as the batik-dyed clothes.     

ON THE COVER

SHEN Peiyi entered the Beijing Institute of Dancing in 1978. She graduated in 1986, but remained as a dancer with the Youth Song and Dance Ensemble of the institute. In 1988, she was named as national first class dancer because of her outstanding artistic achievement. At that time she was the youngest dancer to achieve this honor in the Chinese dancing field.     

Art Appreciation

Wang Erkeis a middle-aged woman with deep feelings and a strong character She has lived on the black land of the Great North Wilderness and gained abundant experience from her ups and downs She has tasted the happiness of marriage and as well the pains of divorce in the new life she has made for herself, she feels as fresh and vital as the spring. She tried to discover the type of painting that enabled her to express her inner feelings Though she lost the chance to study at an art academy. she studied and practiced ink and     

Adopted by Naxi Culture

WHEN she graduated from the Beijing Broadcasting Institute, Zhang Xu was a fan of television dramas. Less than two years after her graduation, she had adapted and directed "Lost in the Trees," a TV serial about youth filmed on Hainan Island. Her impulsiveness and determination sustained her through the struggle of filming in the tropical forests, as well as the laborious editing process. Little did she know that her next project would turn into an adventure more thrilling than any TV drama.     

喜欢花衣衫(英文)

Whenever her mother was making up colorful clothes, the girl would sit around, watching with great interest. In her mind's eye, there appeared the happiest moment when she, in clothes of beautiful colors, became the focus of attention. She felt like a princess. At night, when she was lying in bed, she went off to her dreamland. "What a wonderful thing if one day I could design clothes for myself as well as for others, " she thought. Later the girl grew up and her sweet dream has come true.     

The Woman Who“Manages Weather”

TENG Youlian, a Miao woman and the chief director of the Meteorological Bureau of Mayang County, Hunan, is one of the most reliable people in the area. The local people affectionately refer to Teng as "the woman who manages weather," because she and her meteorological bureau can forecast weather precisely, and predict rainstorms and floods in advance. Several times, they have been able to greatly reduce the losses for Mayang County caused by disastrous floods. Though only a junior high school graduate, and one who had never formally learned meteorology, Teng studied very hard to gain practical knowledge after she transferred to the meteorological bureau in 1969; gradually, she became familiar with the work. In 1981, she became a technician in weather forecasting, and was promoted to assistant engineer in 1988. She worked diligently and carefully; in 1989, she set a record     

身影(英文)

Cao Aiwen曹爱文Twenty-three-year-old Cao Aiwen, a journalist with the metropolitan channel of Henan TV, which is based in Central China, has been praised as the "most beautiful female reporter in China," by netizens, because she put a story on hold to try to save a girl's life. At 5 pm on July 10, Cao was at work and she received a call that a girl had fallen into the Yellow River. Initially, she thought it was a great story. She rushed to the scene and watched as some people     

My Italian Friend—Where Are You?

Yu Xiuhui is a teacher with a vocational school in Dalian, During a visit to Beijing last summer, she befriended a young Italian woman. The brief encounter left Yu with a sweet memory,as well as a regret. So she came to us, hoping that Women of China could help her fulfill her wish—to convey the message of a young Chinese woman latent in her call...     

白菜的幻想

Chinese artist Ju Duoqi creates artworks with vegetables of all shapes and sizes. Ju first started working with vegetables in the summer of 2006. In the following years, she spent a lot of time trying new vegetable in different positions. The artist real zed she no longer needed models for her work. as the vegetables could easily be used instead.     

林徽因:绚烂人间四月天(英文)

She was hailed as a "gifted female scholar of her time." She possessed the eyes of an architect and the soul of a poet. Throughout her life, she was poetic and rational.她被誉为“一代才女”。她拥有建筑师的眼睛,诗人的心灵。她的人生诗意而理性。Lin Huiyin was born in 1904, into a bureaucrat's intellectual family in Minhou County, Fujian Province. She displayed a remarkable interest in and understanding of literature and art when she was a young girl. When she was 16, her father, Lin     

Following Zhang Wenjin to the United States

In 1937,Zhang Ying studied at the Lu Xun Art Institute in Yan'an.After graduation she began working in the art world under Zhou Enlai's direction.In 1983, she followed her husband Zhang Wenjin to the United States as wife of the ambassador.During her two-year stay in the U.S., she came into close contact with many American women while working to promote mutual understanding and friendship between the people of the two countries.After her retirement in 1991,she sponsored the production of a 10-episode documentary TV program,"Zhou Enlai and the Arts."She also wrote a book about her experience in the United States,Called,Following Zhang Wenjin to the United States—Notes of an Ambassador's Wife.The following are extracts from the book.     

Memory Like A String of Pearls

WANG Mingzhen is a wellknown Chinese physicist. Recently the 91-year-old woman looked back over the profoundly affecting experiences of her life. A Series of Setbacks As soon as she graduated from Peking University in 1930, Wang Mingzhen received an offer of admission from the University of Michigan in the United States. Although the school offered her a four-year scholarship for her tuition, she was penniless and could not afford the steamer ticket. Unwilling to seek help from her friends and relatives, Wang sent a letter declining admission, using her mother's illness as an excuse. She could not know that this action would postpone     

Child Laborers

"When I was 12, I started working in a cotton mill as a child laborer." Fan Xiaofeng, the former vice-director of the Labor Protection Department of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, wrote this sentence in one of her books. In 1932, she came to     

Cheng Fangyuan—a Singer Who is Bold in Making Ewploration

FROM the first moment I met Cheng Fangyuan, I was affected by her indescribable zeal, and her persistent pursuit of art. To be a singer is not her whole life, she treats scholarly honors and official rank as nothing. When she steps into the spotlight, she wears a calm smile, as brilliant as sunlight. That smile reveals her animation and her strong character to all. Cheng Fangyuan started her musical career with the traditional Chinese instrument, the erhu. During her childhood, she liked singing and dancing, and often participated in school activities. At the same time, she started to study the erhu. The melancholy and mild music appealed to her. In the single notes and chords of the erhu, Cheng found the beautiful world of music.     

两纲之窗(英文)

Providing Assistance in a Time of NeedIn the remote mountainous area of Ma'erkang County, which is in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the story of Ruo Sijie, a 31-year-old Tibetan peasant, is spreading among the locals. During the past several months, this ordinary woman has suffered tremendous hardships, and she has received tremendous support from both the government and society. In October 2004, Ruo Sijie fell as she carried grain onto the roof of her home. She fractured her cervi…     

Chen Jie A Promising Director

CHEN Jie, who grew up in thenorthwest of China, is a young woman whocompleted her education in a constant stateof flux--Changsha, Urumqi, Beijing,Guangzhou, Brighton and London. At theage of twelve she joined the Army as partof an acting troupe and performed as a     

chool Board Protects Students' Rights and Interests

IN a test. Li Xiangmei, a sixth grade student at the Central Primary School of Majuqiao Township, Tongxian County in the suburbs of Beijing, didn't do well. She scored only 70-odd marks out of 100, and when she took the test home, her mother got so angry that she tore her textbooks to bits and wouldn't allow her any lunch as a punishment.