IN the dense forest of the Daxiangling Mountains in Sichuan Province grows the favorite food of giant pandas—various bamboo species including arrow bamboo.The slopes are usually covered with snow from the end of Nove...
Bamboo and rattan can be strategic solutions to some of the most pressing global challenges.BAMBOO and rattan can mitigate pressing global challenges,particularly climate change,desertification and biodiversity.That’...
PAPER plays a key role in the inheritance of culture and social progress.Paper making is one of China’s greatest inventions which dates back to 2,000 years ago.Compared with other writing materials,paper is cheap and...
CROUCHING Tiger,Hidden Dragon was the dark horse in the 73rd annual Academy Awards race in 2001.It unexpectedly picked up four Oscars:for best foreign language lm,best cinematography.
SUBTROPICAL Xishuangbanna,Yunnan Province is home to 13 ethnic minorities,including the Dai,Hani,Blang,Yi andJino,all of whom go about their daily business clad in colorful folk costumes.Xishuangbanna resembles a real...
THE bamboo plant,fargesia spathacea,is the staple food of the giant panda and a cultural icon in Chinese history.In sharp contrast to other plants,the bamboo only blossoms every 60 to 80 years,and perishes soon after....
ANJI County in northwestern Zhejiang Province is synonymous with bamboo, with its 60,000 hectares of bamboo groves. Anji has been designated a pilot county for ecological construction. Within its boundaries are moun-