A Tale of Two Books

Two years ago I published a book here in China.It is called Stories from My Chinese Journey and it tells about China through my eyes and experience. I wrote my book to help foreigners better understand China and I explain in the "Introduction" that it is "for those who are seeking a view of China not clouded by the politically motivated rhetoric" that is most commonly found in western media portrayals.     

Qipao： Traditional Elegance Reinvents Itself In Modern Chinese Fashion

It was with some trepidation that I first went to teach in China, in 2004.All my information about China had come from old newsreel films. Basically,I was expecting a drab, black and white place where people queued to use the local telephone.     

Tell Your Stories about China

I have just finished writing my new book and I appreciate the efforts of everyone who has written stories for "My Foreign Teacher and I "essay contest. Those which I read left me with the knowledge that their experiences were all worth sharing and writing about. Whether foreign teachers or Chinese students, both have had     

Offer a Informative Window into China

I＇m Ravi Shankar from India and I have been with China Daily for more than a decade; l＇m currently executive editor of Overseas Editions. An American professor friend insists that only two things have shaped the world since the 1990s： the Internet; and the amazing growth of China. It is an enriching experience to be here at such a time and enjoy every moment of it. It has been a profound and rewarding journey for me in telling the China story around the world. We write on the real China and the Chinese -- the very people that embody the Chinese Drearn （zhongguo meng）. China Daily is very much a part of communicating that China Dream, not just to those in China, but to people across the globe.     

Dave’s China Adventure

It was a cool foggy morning in Palm Beach , Florida the morning my friend dropped me off at the airport at 6 AM. He said , " Are you really leaving today for China ? You don’t even speak the language! You must have some real adventure in your blood! Your NUTS he said! Well, that was almost 4 years ago and I have     

China Through Different Eyes

正On the 22nd of May at a Foreign Experts Symposium in Shanghai,it was a great honour for me as a foreigner,to present to President XI some of my observations on how to attract foreigners to contribute to China’s innovation ambitions.It is also my honour to consider myself as one of the foreign experts,which President called"private ambassadors"and members of the Chinese family.It is my privilege to answer to     

A Warm Reception for the Year of the Dragon

<正>A dragon year, so I read somewhere, is one in which, individually and collectively, we are filled with energy and confidence. It’s supposed to be a year of transformation, good fortune and prosperity; all of which, it seems to me, is just what the world needs as it continues to shake off the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.     

Tobacco Control： China＇s New Challenge in Health

I am Richard Peto from University of Oxford, UK. I am honored to receive the prestigious Chinese Government Friendship Award. Ever since my early visits to China I have had the privilege of working closely with many distinguished medical scientists in China. This has been an exciting chapter in my academic life. My first visit to China was over 30 years ago, as economic reforms and the open door policy were just beginning. Beijing then was very different; streets were full of bicycles rather than cars, there were piles of winter     

The Big Red Fish

In the last decade, I had the opportunity to come across and hear about incredible stories of brave founders of Chinese families companies. These companies have become more and more important in the national economy and society. Accord-ing to recent statics, they are estimated to be more than 80% of Chinese non-public ownership companies, reaching 90% in Zhejiang province. Most of them can out-perform over the no family firms around the world as they have a longer term strategy and they desire to build business for the next gen-erations.     

China Banking: How to Make Breakthrough

China banking improved much within the past 10 years, but the industry is still largely traditional in thinking with a very heavy reliance on simple lending and deposit taking. So what breakthroughs should be made in future of the industry? Richard Jackson, president of Shenzhen Development Bank holds that medium and small banks must improve their strategic planning capabilities and differentiate themselves more clearly based on their own particular advantages and strengths. Difference and diversity should certainly be the way of development.     

I had a dream

I had a dream. Like Martin Luther King, Jr. said in a speech memorized by almost all Chinese students, I had a dream. My dream was that one day I would teach in a foreign country. Little did I know how fascinating and rich teaching in the Law School of Shandong University would be.     

My Trip of Friendship Award

It was an amazing honor to meet Vice Premier Ma Kai at Zhongnanhai on Sep.29th.We were touched when he gave us our plaques and shook our hands at such a prestigious venue,during perhaps the first time the annual ceremony had been held there. We were moved when he said:"Foreign experts working in China are close friends of the Chinese people",and "We have already taken you as part of the big family of China".We also appreciate his call for us to continue to contribute to China's innovative,coordinated,green,open and shared development.     

International Cooperation of Space and China

Space science offers a unique opportunity to open dialogue between countries,independently of their political system. In the early 1990s,Dr. Roger-Maurice Bonnet,Director of the Science Program of ESA received a letter from a group of Chinese scientists in response to an invitation,to cooperate on the ESA CLUSTER mission. That event marked the initiation of space cooperation between ESA and China. He is very disappointed about that the partners of the International Space Station(USA,Russia,Europe,Japan,Canada) would not agree on accepting China as one of their partners,and China has to develop its own space station with its own means.     

Open Basic Science Needed for Significant and Fundamental Discoveries

Basic science is about new things.A fundamental principle for basic science is luck.I have been very,very lucky throughout my life.Early on,I got to work with some of the most outstanding scientists globally,including British scientists in Cambridge,people like Francis Crick,John Kendrew,and Max Perutz.These are the scientists who redefined life as physics and chemistry in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century.     

国家开放与优秀领导力

When I was growing up in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, the country was full of optimism about the future. We were building a magnificent infrastructure of roads, airports, railroads and seaports that would link each part of the country for commerce and tourism. We all believed in President John F. Kennedy when he challenged the country to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. The first jumbo jet, the Boeing 747, was a product of this belief in the future.     

There is No Fear in Love

There is no fear in love. When love is complete, fear is removed. It is hard to sleep when fear creeps into the mind. Images of doctors in masks trying to help suffering patients fill our thoughts. Terrible questions tease us as we lay in bed:"Will I get sick?""Will my family get sick?""What will happen to the country?"Students and teachers alike both suffer from these fears.That is why it is so important to encourage each other.