Archive for the Life/Society Category
Tibet moving on climate change threat
By Sun Xiaohua (China Daily)
For Tibetan yak herder Bugye, the grassland in Nagqu prefecture, Lhoma county is much greener this year.
“The animals have more fresh grass, especially this summer,” Bugye, 68, said, watching over his herd of 70 yaks and 200 sheep grazing under blue sky and bright sunshine this early autumn.
The rainy season came [...]
Putting aside space for an aging population
By Cao Li (China Daily)
SHANGHAI: Four years ago when his wife died, Wang Zhende, 88, decided to rent out his apartment and moved into the Quyang Neighborhood Retirement Home in the north of Shanghai.
Wang has been living with his 77-year-old roommate, Ren Zeru, in a 15-sq-m room on the third floor of the home. The [...]
Culture of eating well has blossomed in China
They run the gamut from the simple — mom-and-pop dumpling place– to the showy — the starkly modern Green T. House, where dishes are decorated with curling tree branches, and the Whampoa Club, where roast spring onion ice-cream can be enjoyed in a dining room that sits beneath a massive glass goldfish pond — to [...]
The Chinese Banquet
By LIN ZILONG Chinatoday
Traveling to Beijing for the first time? Don’t get caught in, out, or up by culture shocks. Know how things should – and shouldn’t – be done to ensure your trip is a memorable one for all the right reasons.
Tourist George Johnson had skipped his breakfast, and the pangs of hunger were [...]
English menu stir fries food for thought
By Raymond Zhou (China Daily)
The process of standardizing a menu translation is a double-edged sword. It removes the ambiguity and unintended humor, for sure. But then it takes away the fun and the rich connotation too. It turns a menu into the equivalent of plain rice, which has the necessary nutrients but is devoid of [...]
Justice for those wronged by the judiciary
By Xie Chuanjiao (China Daily)
He was convicted for murdering his wife. But she was found to be alive, and reappeared with her second husband and their son. That happened after 11 years, though. And throughout those years he was in prison.
The dramatic turn of events proved She Xianglin was innocent. The 39-year-old resident of Shayang [...]
Comfort food starting to come at heavy price
By Lu Haoting and Qu Xiaozhen (China Daily)
Bread, pasta, tortillas, canned fish and meat, dairy products, imported vegetables and fruits. These are staples of foreigners living in China. And that’s precisely why spiraling food prices across the globe and the rise of the yuan against the US dollar have spelt double trouble for them.
Prices of [...]
Wedding prices soaring: to be or not to be married?
From Xinhua News
BEIJING — When Xu Lin and her groom decided to marry, they got on their bikes and cycled around the hilly streets of the south China city of Chongqing.
Dressed in the traditional wedding dress and morning suit, the pair led a wedding procession of more than 200 people all on bicycles last year.
But [...]
Small fire that causes lots of smoke
By Wang Zhuoqiong (China Daily)
Save the children from second-hand smoke and cancer. That is what the World Health Organization (WHO) wants the grown-ups to do today - World Cancer Day. The year-long smoke-free childhood campaign is the first global initiative of its kind.
WHO has joined the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), a global consortium of [...]
HIV/AIDS sufferers coming out from the shadows
By Lin Shujuan (China Daily)
Hotel guest Dr Bai was annoyed his breakfast was taking such a long time and was quite pleased to finally see a waiter arrive at his table - but this was no ordinary waiter. About six months ago this man had discovered he was HIV positive and like most people in [...]