Through the Fulfilled Self Program that we launched this year for Chinese women, we've seen the first cohort of women open up, give and receive feedback -- and take meaningful action in their lives. One of the six se...
I have returned to my native country, Canada, as I prepare for the birth of my second child. Here we are, in a heated and cozy house equipped witha roaring fireplace; I stare through glass at trees with white garland,...
Even though it was not the most suitable place for a child, Hu Zhong and his wife, Xie Xiaqun, moved their young daughter to the plateau area in Kangding County, in Garze Tibetan Ethnic Group Autonomous Prefecture, in...
Chinese parents and teachers,especially in the urban areas,have an obsession:To give children the best-possible education,even though the heavy burden that comes with that education is often overwhelming.It begins lon...
This is a true story,but it’s so sad,like a tragic novel! Xixi is a pretty,lovely one-year-old girl who once was the source of incredible hope and happiness for her family.But,one day, the family’s world was turned ...
Twelve years ago,a young rural girl,Wei Minzhi,achieved overnight fame by performing the lead role in director Zhang Yimou’s award-winning film Not One Less.The then-13-year-old Wei had no idea how the film would cha...
"Blindness was the watershed in my life.At 29,I shifted my goal from outdoing others to transcending my own limits,"says Yang Jia,47,professor of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).Before her ...
Anipa appears to be an average Uygur woman. Truth is, she is an elderly woman - full of love and compassion - who leads an extraordinary life. The 70-year-old woman and her husband, Abibao, who live in Qinghe County, ...
Recently,a man named Dong Yufei,an official with the government of Beichuan County,one of the areas severely affected by the May 12,2008,earthquake in Sichuan Province, committed suicide.Why?The heavy pressure he face...