31. Sketchbook

Author: Yang Zaosan    Year 1981 Issue 9 PDF HTML

32. 'I'll Never Retire from Music'

OVER a thousand music lovers gathered last May in Beijing for the farewell performance of soprano Lang Yuxiu. As Lang began to sing in the soft, sweet voice that belies her 63 years, those over 30

Author: YANG SHUYING    Year 1981 Issue 11 PDF HTML

33. China's Ancient Weapons

IN 1974 one of the great archaeological finds of all times was made near Xian, Shaanxi province - a whole army of life-size pottery warriors of the Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.). These realistic

Author: YANG HONG    Year 1982 Issue 1 PDF HTML

34. Amputee Sportsman Wins Five Gold Medals

DURING the Third Asian-Pacific Games for the Disabled in Hongkong last November, five gold medals were won by a Chinese man who had lost both his right arm and leg. ?Li Chenggang came first in the

Author: YANG XUEWEI    Year 1983 Issue 4 PDF HTML

35. Swaps Solve Some Housing Problems

SOME people wanted to live closer to work; some needed more space as their families have grown; others wanted more rooms in the same amount of space; some wanted to find a first-floor flat because of

Author: YANG HENGSHENG    Year 1983 Issue 5 PDF HTML

36. Rose Smith, Devoted Friend of China

THIS is to introduce Rose Smith, a very old friend of China, now in her 93rd year, who since the 1960s has worked with our Xinhua News Agency and still does.An old revolutionary, her friendship

Author: YANG RONGGUO    Year 1983 Issue 7 PDF HTML

37. Three Big Hotels in Guangzhou

IF I were asked, "Which of the three big hotels in Guangzhou (Canton) is the best - the Dongfang, White Swan or the China Hotel?" I would not be able to give a good answer because they are all

Author: YANG LINLIN    Year 1984 Issue 10 PDF HTML

38. China's Electronics Industry

LAST July thousands of families in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on China's northwestern frontier, enjoyed the spectacle of the Los Angeles Olympic Games on TV at the same

Author: YANG JIGANG    Year 1984 Issue 11 PDF HTML

39. Aviation Summer Camp

IN A BOEING 747 flying north from Beijing. the intercom crackles to life and the pilot announces, "Now just under us is the Great Wall." The passengers, several hundred youngsters in their teens,

Author: YANG CHUANHUA    Year 1984 Issue 12 PDF HTML

40. Cartoons That Bite

WHEN one is enraged, it's not easy to scold an unhealthy social tendency with a smile. Famous cartoonist Hua Junwu does just that. Most of his works are satirical, criticizing harmful trends and

Author: YANG HENGSHENG    Year 1985 Issue 1 PDF HTML