简介:LatinAmericaistheonlyunderdevelopedregionintheWesternHemisphere,andChinaisthelargestdevelopingcountryintheEasternHemisphere.AcrossthevastPacificOcean,theChineseandtheLatinAmericanpeoplehaveahistoryofnearly500yearsofexchanges.Startingfromthe1980s,bothChinaandtheLatinAmericanstatesadoptedthereformandopening-upstrategiesfordevelopment,whichledtoprofoundpolitical,economic,andsocialtransformationsinthetwoareas.
简介:"Energyindependence"hasbeenanage-olddreamoftheU.S.administration,andrecentlyreemergedasahottopicintheUnitedStates.ThecurrentdeclineofU.S.dependenceonforeignenergyismainlycausedbyitseconomicdownturnratherthangenuineenergyindependence.ActuallytheU.S.stillneedstoimportlargequantitiesofcrudeoilinaratherlongtime.
简介:<正>"Allthroughmylife,Iamwalkingtoyou,"wroteRobertKincandtoFrancescainthepopnovel"TheMadisonBridge".WasaEuropeanape-manwalkingtoaChineseape-womanallthroughhislife,inatimewithnoairplane,trainorbicycle?Thequestionwasposedasrecentresearchesontheskullofanape-womanfromNanjingallegedlyprovedthe"maritalrelations"orgenetichybridizationbetweenChineseandEuropeanape-men.ResearcherswiththeChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)haverecentlymadeaportraitoftheape-woman,whosefossilizedskullwasfoundin1992along
简介:NewChinaiscelebratingits50thbirthdayatthedawnofanewmillennium,thethirdone.Thisprovidesanopportuneoccasiontoreflectonthenation’squestformodernization,ahalf-finishedsagaofupsanddowns,joysandsorrowsandtolookaheadtothecountry’sfuture.
简介:<正>NGOsarevoluntary,non-governmental,non-profitsocialorganizations.InChina,NGOsactiveinecologyandenvironmentprotectionaregenerallyknownasenvironmentNGOs.Taskedwithprotectingecologicalenvironment,theyareselfgoverningorganizationswithnoadministrativepowerwhichprovideenvironmentalpublicservice.Inthelast20years,NGOshavechangedprofoundly
简介:AstheColdWarhaspassedintohistory,China’snationalsecurityisnowfacedwithanewinternationalenvironment,inwhichthebipolarconfrontationhasdisappearedandthedangerofanewworldwarhasfurtherreceded.China’scurrentsecuritycanbesaidinabetterconditionthanatanytimeduringtheColdWar.
简介:<正>PrefaceOnequestionfrequentlyraisedindiscussionswithcolleaguesfromneighboringcountries,andwithEuropeanandAmericanscholarswhofollowcloselyChina’sneighboringrelationsis,howdoesChinadefineitsrelationswithneighboringcountries?Althoughasearlyassixtyyearsago,theChinesegovernmentalreadyprovidedtheansweroffiveprinciplesofpeacefulcoexistence
简介:Theaggregatepopulationofethnicminoritieshasneveraccountedformorethan9percentofChina’stotal,currentlyapproaching1.3billion.YettheirdevelopmentandprosperityhavealwaysbeenhighontheagendaoftheleadersofthePeople’sRepublic.OneofthefirstthingsChineseleadersdidafterNewChinawasfoundedin1949wastoconductlarge-scalestudiestoidentifythecountry’sethnicgroupsandnamethemproperly,basedonscientific