CHINA had long aspired to be an innovation powerhouse.Now,it is one."Over the past decade,China's scientific and technological undertakings have undergone historic structural and overall changes.We have entered the ra...
COILING Dragon Houses can be found across Meizhou City of Guangdong Province,and are a major type of residential buildings for the Hakka,a sub-group of the Han Chinese.Most buildings are 200-500 years old.Having a dis...
THE Chinese people have arisen"–with these words Chairman Mao Zedong declared on October 1,1949 not only the victory of the revolution,but also the founding of the People’s Republic of China(PRC).This historic date ...
Let's go through the keyhole!You step into a房地产公司(fang di chan gong si),a real estate company.or meet with a中介(zhong jie),a housing agent,because you plan to买房子(mai fang zi).purchase a house.Before arriving,...
FOR people like me in China,roughly 20 or 30 years ago,the modest apartments allotted to us by the state were our homes,and I took it for granted that mine"belonged"to me.At that time,all apartments allotted to people...
THE president of the United States might be one of the most familiar strangers to the Chinese people.One may be not clear about hisfull name,but one should be aware of the issues that concern him the most,and of his l...
KEEPING up with the Joneses"is actually driving a whole economic sector:new housing construction and renovations.The f irst document issued by the Chinese government in 2010 said that effective measures shall be taken...
DESPITE the rnortgage repayments I've been making since December 2005.it will be another year before I actually see my new home.My boyfriend and I recently completed what is known as the forward purchase of u house.Th...
DAQING High and New Technology Industrial Development Zone is in its famous namesake oil city,which grew around the derricks on an expanse of wasteland in northestern China's Heilongjiang Province.It was here that bla...