My Grandma and I

GRANDMA is an old house—an old tree that I grew up with. Although my grandmother is a typical rural woman with bound feet, she has a man's name—Liu Hongqing. Women from her era usually did not have their own names, but she has one and it sounds so good, because her family was rich when she was born. Her father ran a large dyehouse and all her uncles had businesses in Qingdao or Yantai. But Liu Hongqing's lot in life would be different. At the age of 16, the casting of a horoscope dictated that she marry a local blacksmith, Ni Runtai. From that point on, she lived in     

Out of Misled Love

Astray "I couldn't understand it," she said in a sad and serious voice, "in what way do I not match her? I'm more beautiful, more selfrestrained and more tender and considerate than her...." Sitting at the psychological consultative center, Xi'er buried her head in her hands. Only at the center could she, not being all nerves, get her tangled feelings of anxiety, agony and antipathy off her chest. She is an unbending young woman and conscious of her image all the time. So, even shedding sad tears, she took a tissue from her purse to     

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     

Lady Zhang Fuqing: Her Life, Family and Work Revisited

ZHANG Fuqing, born in June, 1919, was from Fenyang, Shanxi Province. During her childhood, she went to school in Beijing, where her knowledge was broadened and her field of vision was widened. She gradually grew into a talented and sedate girl. It was while she was still a little girl that she developed an interest in cooking. At home she often helped her parents to prepare meals. On New Year's Day or during other festivals, what interested her     

New Understandings——Accepting Burdens

YAN Cailing lives on the Loess Plateau in northwestern China. In spite of her lightheartedness and cheer, she actually leads an uneasy life. At 37,she has three children. When she was small, her family lived a hard life. Her parents couldn't afford tuition fees for all their six daughters. She went to school without textbooks, always having to listen attentively to insure she would remember the teacher's lessons. In winter, she wore thin clothes and ragged shoes. Even when both her feet were frostbitten, she still continued to go to school. In 1974, Yan Cailing was admitted to a senior high school but then failed to pass the     

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     

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...     

Woman Sacrifices All for Family, Community

YUAN Shuguo, 82, is an amiable and kind woman. Despite many years of hardship and frustration, she has brought up and educated four children. Even her granddaughter is married. Many of Yuan's burdens have been lifted from her shoulders and she now lives a content life with her husband. Yet deep in her heart, there will always be one regret. This is her story, in her own words.     

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.     

Seven Leaves Yoga

Ye Na graduated from the School of Performing Arts, under Beijing Film Academy, in 2004. However, she opted not to become an actress： instead, she sought a career that would allow her to live a quiet life. At that time, she was interested in yoga, which she thought would be an ideal career for her. She studied Bikram yoga, at the 42 Degree Hot Yoga Club. for several months in 2004. Later that year, she turned down roles on several TV shows so she could become a yoga teacher. For the next nine years, she taught Bikram yoga in various yoga clubs.     

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     

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.     

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.     

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.     

There's No End to Learning

ZHAO Yan, a top accounting student at the Correspondence College of People's University of China, Beijing Branch, was an employee of the Sino U.S. joint INTEL Computer company. In her spare time, she completed the curriculum for two subjects—economy and trade, and accounting. In addition, in her first secretarial speciality, she held three diplomas. This ambitious 25-year old woman had just left the INTEL Company, where she had worked four years. In her own words, she intended to start her own business. Zhao is one of 55,000 students who has graduated from CCPUC in the past 42 years. Since the college was set up in     

《无穷动》(英文)

Director:Ning Ying Cast:Hong Huang,Li Qinqin,Liu Sula,Ping Yanni and Zhang Hanzhi When Niuniu,a successful magazine publisher,realizes that her husband is having an affair with one of her friends, she invites her three best friends to a gettogether in an effort to find out who is sleeping with her husband. The gathering takes place,during Chinese New Year,in Niuniu's luxurious residence in a traditional Chinese courtyard.The     

新书架(英文)

This is the second book written by the child author and has been popular on the net for its jest, but it is not just simple witted. Jiang Fangzhou was born in a small city of China in October 1989. She is a well-behaved student in an ordinary primary school. But sometimes she does something to make people stare at her, such as wearing her trousers inside out or donning a pair of sandals in late autumn. "The adults do not know our children's life," she says in     

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     

Zhang Leiping: Painter, Wife and Mother

BORN into an artistic family, Zhang Leiping grew up surrounded by ink and paper. Though now a famous representative of the Shanghai Painting Studio, she owes her success to more than 30 years of diligence and hard work, habits learned in her childhood.     

Song Huai Kuei Never Accepts Defeat

FORTY years ago, Song Huai Kuei was a 17-year-old student enrolled in the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. It was there that she met Maryn Varbanov, a young Bulgarian painter. Their meeting marked the beginning of a legendary life. Today Song Huai Kuei is the Chinese chief representative of the French Pierre Cardin Fashion Company and chairwoman of Maxim's. She has gained celebrity status and often appears in the media. Her Asian countenance and her Pierre Cardin wardrobe display an excellent combination of Chinese and Western elements. She herself, however, says that she is essentially just an ordinary Chinese. Although others have had different opinions about her lifestyle, Song has