Life Changing | Trying to reduce cervical cancer cases
In recent years, the Chinese government has provided significant financial support, totaling over 57.4 billion yuan, to the healthcare system in Xinjiang.
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Who shapes Xizang's history?
Modern archaeological discoveries have rewritten and reconstructed the prehistory of Xizang, allowing us to describe Xizang's history and social development by drawing upon abundant physical evidence.
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Why did the Chinese government launch democratic reform in Xizang in 1959?
To Western societies, Xizang remains mysterious. Many in the West are not informed of the fact that Xizang had been ruled by serfdom until 1959 when democratic reform, to which the Western media turned a blind eye, took place, thus changing the lives of millions of serfs.
Continue readingLife Changing | Resolving 200 court cases with milk tea
A tribunal in Xinjiang has introduced several new ways to hear cases, such as preparing milk tea, using cozy yurts as mediation rooms, and moving the court on horseback or in a vehicle.
Continue readingLiangzhu Ruins: A testimony to 5,000 years of Chinese civilization
The discovery of the archaeological ruins of Liangzhu Ancient City, with the magnitude of the site, the complexity of the urban design, and the enormous amount of engineering in the construction, confirms that there was already a civilization in ancient China.
Continue readingHow are human rights concepts in China and Europe related?
Respected in Chinese culture, the human beings, different from other animals, are the people between heaven and earth, and in their own relationship, and can "carry the boat and overturn it as well."
Continue readingHow did this Russian Sinologist study China?
Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, a Sinologist from Russian, pointed out popular errors such as the saying that "Chinese civilization originated in the West" in historical materials on Chinese history printed in Europe in 19th century.
Continue readingLife Changing | Covering glaciers with "blankets"
An experiment of using a special kind of blankets to slow the Urumqi Glacier No. 1 melt is carried out in Xinjiang. Theoretically, we could extend the glacier's life by forty years if it is done well enough. This gives us great hope.
Continue readingWitnesses of the ancient Maritime Silk Road
One shipwreck discovered last year may have been sailing from South China Sea to the western oceans and seas on the eve of the Age of Exploration. At that time, Turkey monarchies and some European royal families collected blue-and-white porcelain objects from China.
Continue readingAre Western anthropologists acting as "White Saviors" in China?
It is important to acknowledge that in the perception of these Chinese minority children, being Chinese and so-and-so Chinese ethnic minority are not separate choices but rather an organic fusion of their identity.
Continue readingWestern China in the eyes of Western travelers
The British diplomat Reginald Fleming Johnston wrote about Lijiang, "The great majority of the inhabitants are of mixed race…. The streets are not very unlike those of an ordinary town in China: the shops have much the same outward appearance."
Continue readingWhy fortunes of the Chinese Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire differ?(Part Ⅱ)
The Roman city-state and the provinces were not a unified system; while the unified system of prefectures and counties never wavered in ancient China.
Continue readingA community model: Being away from extreme individualism
Recently, many Americans have realized that thinking of ourselves as self-contained individuals misleads us. People belong to families and communities. This is a much better understanding in China than in the United States.
Continue readingChina shows a new but possible way of development
The experience of China makes the Global South "hope", as the Brazilian Paulo Freire put it, for cooperation instead of confrontation; for dialog instead of war; for mutual development instead of unilateral exploitation……
Continue readingWhy fortunes of the Chinese Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire differ?(Part I)
In essence, it could be argued that the Roman Empire did not possess the characteristics of a unified country. This is the fundamental distinction between the Chinese Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire.
Continue readingWhat factors inhibit Uygur-Han intermarriages?
Interethnic marriage has a very long existence in China. Since the 1980s, religious extremists have intensified their interference in the secular life of the Uygur people, making it much more difficult for a Uygur-Han couple to get married.
Continue readingThe Art of War: A military classic cares life
According to Sun Tzu, the best policy in war is to thwart the enemy's warlike behavior. The second best is to disrupt his alliances through diplomatic means. The third best is to attack his army in the field. Attacking the city was a last resort, a way that was out of the question.
Continue readingLife Changing | We are all the same!
A woman from Xinjiang shares her story to encourage everyone with low self-esteem or those who dare not step out of their homes due to physical disabilities to have the courage to pursue happiness.
Continue readingThe loong story: China's zodiac animal is not the fire-breathing dragon
"The Western dragon usually seems more of an enemy to humans,"said James LaLonde, an American who has been living in Beijing for almost 10 years,"But here in China, it seems like the dragon is more friendly."
Continue readingLife Changing | Becoming career women in Xinjiang
An increasing number of women in Xinjiang's rural areas have found their way to their own careers, thus realizing their own dreams.
Continue readingWhat does the Spring Festival mean to the Chinese people?
The Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese Lunar New Year, was officially recognized as a floating holiday by the United Nations in December of last year. To truly grasp the essence of Chinese culture and its people, it is essential to comprehend the significance of the Spring Festival.
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