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11. Spring Festival: A Holiday That Blends Man and Nature
SINCE 1912, the Chinese people have celebrated New Year twice each year, due to China's use of both the lunar and solar calendars.Lichun - the Beginning of the New YearFor the 3,000 years leading up
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2002 Issue 2 PDF HTML
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12. He Shen The Richest and Most Corrupt Official of the Feudal Times
THERE are few people in Chinese history whose fame, be it for reasons of heroism or infamy, has lasted over centuries. He Shen is a name enshrined in ill fame.It is recorded that in 1799, when He
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2002 Issue 4 PDF HTML
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13. Beijing's Rivers
IN August 2002, the Changpu River east of the Tian'anmen Rostrum saw daylight once more after 40 years concealment underground. In the late 1960s the river was boarded over and warehouses in which to
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2002 Issue 10 PDF HTML
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14. Emigration and Hometown Nostalgia
ACCORDING ancient Chinese philosophy, a person's hometown is the starting and ending point of his or her life. A hometown and its inhabitants are like the roots and leaves of a tree. Those that go
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2003 Issue 3 PDF HTML
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15. Pujiu Temple and Notre Dame de Paris
AS the curtain lifted on the year 2003, two classic love stories were staged in China: the Peking Opera The West Chamber and French musical Notre Dame de Paris. To the throngs of theater-goers who
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2003 Issue 4 PDF HTML
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16. Medicine - the Beneficent Vocation
IN ancient times, medical practitioners were China's most exalted Angels in White, their lofty office of preserving human life inspiring a reverence otherwise accorded only to deities.Celebrated
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2003 Issue 7 PDF HTML
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17. Traditional Chinese Medicine Tried and True
IT was at the end of 2002, when no one suspected a global epidemic was about to break out, that SARS claimed its first victims.It soon became apparent that SARS was a new, highly contagious disease.
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2003 Issue 8 PDF HTML
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18. Ethnic Emperor and Advocate of Sinicization
IN 493, Emperor Xiaowen set out with 300.000 troops, from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) capital of Pingcheng (present-day Datong, Shanxi) on a southern expedition. The emperor, called Tuoba
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2004 Issue 5 PDF HTML
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19. The Decline and Fall of Shanxi Tycoons
IT was in 1914 that the thriving hubbub of West Street in Pingyao rapidly disappeared, as shops along it, most notably the distinguished Rishengchang, were one by one locked and shuttered. The owner
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2004 Issue 7 PDF HTML
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20. Lady Gallants of Old
THE standard scenario in films and literary works about ancient China is that of an honest man being attacked and robbed by bandits, or a beautiful woman about to lose her virtue to a gang of ruffians
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2005 Issue 3 PDF HTML