| CONTENTS |
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| Front Cover |
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| Irina Moldovan from Moldova sings a Chinese song |
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| Suolang Wangmu, a renowned Tibetan singer |
2 |
| A member of Olympic security force |
3 |
| Guo Degang at a performance |
4 |
| A still of the Kunqu Opera, The Peony Pavillion |
5 |
| Shaolin Abbot Shi Yongxin leads a temple ceremony |
6 |
| One Dream, sculptured by Chinese artist Deng Gang |
7 |
| A performance of "Ansai Waist Drum" |
8 |
| Tennis teammates Zheng Jie and Yan Zi |
9 |
| On Mt. Qomolangma, a local Tibetan woman collects litter |
10 |
| Huizai gazes into the distance at a Tang Dynasty pagoda in Xinjiang |
11 |
| Miss World Kenya with Chinese child actors |
12 |
| Snapshot |
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| Snapshot |
1-12 |
| Sino-Foreign Interact |
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| Sino-Foreign Interact |
12 |
| China Pictorial Features |
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| Chinese Language Learning Expands Globally |
1 |
| Qinghai-Tibet Railway Spans Roof of the World |
2 |
| To Nurture a Nation - Advancing Agriculture |
3 |
| To Move a Nation - In Honor of the Everyday Heroes |
4 |
| China Moves to Protect Intangible Cultural Heritage |
5 |
| China Promotes a New Model for Rural Areas |
6 |
| The Golden Route-A Train Ride Like No Other |
7 |
| The Powerhouse Province - Zhejiang Soaring |
8 |
| Binhai New Area Moves to Fiscal Fore |
9 |
| A Nation Challenged - To Protect Air, Water and Earth |
10 |
| A Convergence of Nations |
11 |
| China's Fifth WTO Anniversary |
12 |
| Profiles |
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| Tibet's First Air Hostess - A Favorite Daughter Returns to Lhasa |
1 |
| The Mountain Mailman |
2 |
| Man of Letters Guards Cultural Legacy |
3 |
| A Special Ballerina Finds Her Way |
4 |
| The Pathfinder of Printing - Wang Xuan |
5 |
| The Young Abbot Shi Yongxin of the Shaolin Temple |
6 |
| They Are the "Yimou Girls" |
7 |
| Luo Zhewen: A Lifetime Dedicated to the Great Wall |
8 |
| Hyper-Hot Duo Burns up International Courts |
9 |
| Flying Spectacles Man |
10 |
| Businesswoman Brings Benefits to both her Nations |
11 |
| One Man's Enduring Innovation and the Gain of a Nation |
12 |
| FOREIGNERS IN CHINA |
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| Frederique Darragon's Himalayan Mission |
1 |
| Mastering the Martial and Martial Arts of China |
2 |
| When in China - Westerners Will Do As |
3 |
| A Frenchman in China |
4 |
| A Mother's Special Education in China |
5 |
| French Students Work Towards the Beijing Olympic Games |
6 |
| An American Professor in China |
7 |
| Foreign Friends Try out Ancient Chengdu Customs |
8 |
| World Choir Games Unite Young People |
9 |
| African Disciples Study Chinese Acrobatics |
10 |
| An Indian at Home in China |
11 |
| From Harvard to Huangbaiyu |
12 |
| China Charged-Up |
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| 3-D Animation Industry Takes Off |
1 |
| Sporting the Sino Slopes |
2 |
| Cosplayers Co-Op Fantasy and Fiction |
3 |
| A New Generation Rises to Literary Fame |
4 |
| China Signs In and Blogs On |
5 |
| Gym Trend Muscles into Culture and Business |
6 |
| China Goes CRBT Crazy |
8 |
| The Chinese Valentine's Day |
9 |
| South Korean TV Shows Draw Big Numbers |
10 |
| New Age of Venerable Occupations |
11 |
| The Rise of Chinese Children |
12 |
| Society |
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| Former Jewish Refugees Revisit Shanghai |
1 |
| Walking Tall |
1 |
| Beijing's Beloved Living Artifacts - Venerable Trees of an Ancient City |
1 |
| Seniors Seize the Day |
2 |
| Spring Festival Set to Soar as Ban Lifted |
2 |
| China Aids International Effort to Beat Bird Flu |
3 |
| Video Nation - China Changes Channels |
3 |
| City of Ambition |
3 |
| Keeping the City Alive |
4 |
| Preserving China's Ethnic Bloodline |
4 |
| Cross Talk Bridges the Ages |
4 |
| Family Life in China |
5 |
| Time-Honored Brands of Beijing |
5 |
| Rural Schools Welcome more Students |
5 |
| The Villages in the City |
6 |
| The Way of Wedding - Couples Consider Cost and Customization |
6 |
| The Freedom of Self-Drive |
6 |
| "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" Revisited |
6 |
| Blossoming Business |
7 |
| Dayingjie Village-Rural Rejuvenation Realized |
7 |
| China Moves to Strengthen IPR Protection |
7 |
| The Children of Beslan Rest |
7 |
| "No Car Day" Seeks to Push out the Pollution |
8 |
| Beijing's Emergency Response System |
8 |
| The Culture of the Lop Nur People |
8 |
| Reapers of Rice Take to the Camera |
9 |
| A Case Study in Sustainable Development |
9 |
| The Return of the Gotheborg |
10 |
| Picture-Story Books: From Childhood Diversion to Artistic Collectable |
10 |
| Chongqing Endures the Sweltering Summer of 2006 |
11 |
| First Direct Air Ambulance Traverses the Straits |
11 |
| Youthful Dreams Beget Dread in Oppression by Debt |
12 |
| Noble Homes of Past Royalty Remain in Reverence |
12 |
| Building Bonds with Kenya |
12 |
| Series: Olympiad News |
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| New Mascots Introduced to China and the World |
1 |
| Prelude to the Games - A City's Spirit in View |
2 |
| Beijing Cops Gear up for Olympics |
3 |
| Students Take up Spirit of the Games |
4 |
| Corps Jump Abroad Accelerating Beijing Bandwagon |
5 |
| The Opening Extravaganza - Zhang Yimou Set to Wow the World |
6 |
| Artists Compete in Support of the Games |
7 |
| Building the "Bird's Nest" |
8 |
| The Fourth Annual Festival Sparks Olympic Spirit |
9 |
| Signs of the Games to Come |
10 |
| Qingdao Regatta Scores High in Advance of the Games |
11 |
| Olympic Organizers Test and Perfect for 2008 |
12 |
| Shanghai Hosts 2006 Special Olympics Invitational Games |
12 |
| Travel |
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| The Isle of Melody |
1 |
| Saving Shantang Street |
1 |
| Jiaxin: A City of Color and Movement |
1 |
| Exiting Xanadu - On the Road to Daxu |
2 |
| A Stroll from Past to Present - A Visit to Jinli Ancient Street |
2 |
| A Village Pure-Hemu |
2 |
| Mount Huashan |
3 |
| On the Road to Daxu (Second of a two-part report) |
3 |
| Living Long - The Land of Bama |
3 |
| Lost Loulan - An Ancient Kingdom Revealed |
4 |
| The Temple of Chongsheng |
4 |
| A Reflection of Moscow - The City of Harbin |
5 |
| Lanzhou's Leather Rafters |
5 |
| On the Road to Basha - A Miao Village |
5 |
| The Stone Archways of Longchang County |
6 |
| Tongling Canyon: The Once Hidden Natural Beauty |
6 |
| The Pu'er Tea Rally - Off-Road to the Remote Kunlu |
7 |
| Ceremonies and Sutras on Qinghai Lake |
8 |
| Journeying to Grand Jiuzhai |
8 |
| The Mystery of Mountains on the Central Plains |
8 |
| The Ancestral Halls of Shunde City |
9 |
| The Home of Regong Art |
9 |
| Colorful Ethnic Life |
9 |
| Traversing the Karakoram Highway to Karakul Lake |
9 |
| Tourism Trends to Countryside |
10 |
| Yin Ruins Added to World Cultural Heritage List |
10 |
| Baotong Temple |
10 |
| The Miao Thanksgiving |
11 |
| The Mystic Folk Art of Shehuo |
11 |
| Sizzling Sichuan Province of Abundance |
11 |
| A Village in Name - Zhang Guying's Descendants Carry on |
11 |
| An Urban Park of Another Sort |
12 |
| Bullfighting of the Dong Ethnic Group |
12 |
| The Red Beach of Liaoning |
12 |
| Economy |
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| Pricy Global Brands Expand with China |
1 |
| Suifenhe: A Golden Passage Between China and Russia |
1 |
| Western Hypermarkets Take Hold |
2 |
| China-Mongolia Cooperation Drives Frontier City |
2 |
| The Golden Path - Traversing the Mercantile Mountains |
3 |
| China Wines Cultivate Culture and Commerce |
3 |
| Transnational Ties Strengthen Across Treacherous Terrain |
4 |
| Auto Nation - An Industry Hits Hyper Speed in Hybrid Mode |
4 |
| Food and Fantasy - Dining Does Drama |
4 |
| The Business of Beauty |
5 |
| A Place Called ZHAM |
5 |
| France-Sino Clothing Industries in Sync |
5 |
| Tradition and Transactions by the Holy Mountain |
6 |
| Sino Coffee Comes on Strong |
7 |
| To Capture the Cartoon Cash |
7 |
| Silk Road Thrives at China-Myanmar Border |
7 |
| Sino-India Border Trade Resumed |
8 |
| A Business of Art |
8 |
| A Provincial Push - The Liaoning Linkage |
9 |
| A Visit to the Sino-Vietnam Trade Fair |
9 |
| The Pioneering Pingxiang Border Trading Post |
10 |
| A Vital Place Called Xinjiang |
10 |
| Air Show China 2006 Set to Soar |
10 |
| The Canton Fair Reflecting a Changing Society of Business |
11 |
| Retail Goes Big, Bold, and Beyond |
11 |
| Restaurant Tycoon Thinks Big, Bold and Beautiful |
12 |
| Foreign Car Makers Accelerate New-Model Launches in China |
12 |
| Culture |
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| Foreign Talents Take to Chinese Stage |
1 |
| The Chinese Impression |
1 |
| Painter Cen Qi and the Art of Happiness |
1 |
| Kung Fu Capital: Beijing's Wireless Wushu |
1 |
| The Rise of a Tibetan Singer |
2 |
| Artist Wang Dongling |
2 |
| First in Fashion - Chinese Designer Mark Cheung |
2 |
| Painting the Abstract Symphony - Zhang Guiming |
3 |
| A Master's Hand - Creation and Cause |
3 |
| The Venerated Craft of Tie-Dyeing |
3 |
| The Venerable Master Remembered - Painter Liu Haisu |
3 |
| The Etched Art of Han Tianheng |
4 |
| The Palace of the Rolling Dragon |
4 |
| Enrollment Expands at Nation's Art Schools |
5 |
| A Venerated Art of Cloth and Color |
5 |
| The Life and Work of Painter Lin Ximing |
5 |
| Italy and China Signal Increasing Cooperation |
5 |
| Acrobatic Swan Lake |
6 |
| Twelve Mukamu - An Uygur Epic Spans the Ages |
6 |
| Hunan Institute of Science and Technology |
6 |
| The Sculpture of Wu Weishan |
6 |
| English Study Still on the Up |
7 |
| Yangjiabu Village: A Place of Wood Block New-Year Painting |
7 |
| Professor Wu Yongliang's Work on Southeast Asian Themes |
7 |
| Changzhou International School |
7 |
| The Spirit of the Drum (Chinese Intangible Heritages) |
8 |
| The Sculpture of Yu Qingcheng |
8 |
| The Hutong Watchers |
8 |
| Landscape Painter He Shuifa |
8 |
| The Banquet or The Armor - China's Filmgoers Await Battling Blockbusters |
9 |
| Thangthong Gyalpo and the Seven Maidens (Chinese Intangible Heritages) |
9 |
| The Natural State - A Grand Gift of Guangxi |
9 |
| Pebble of a Film Makes a Big Splash |
10 |
| Festival of Water (Chinese Intangible Heritages) |
10 |
| The Painted Epic of Liang Pingbo |
10 |
| In Modern Mode - New Wave Art Rises |
10 |
| The Masterful Art of Face Changing (Chinese Intangible Heritages) |
11 |
| The Miao Ethnic Group Relishes in Lusheng Fair |
11 |
| A Taste of India |
11 |
| Molding Temperament with Brush and Ink |
11 |
| Especially Errenzhuan |
12 |
| A Poetic Casting of Ink and Wash |
12 |
| Services |
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| ENTERTAINMENT NEWS |
1-12 |
| FOR YOUR INFORMATION - Calendar of Cultural and Art Events |
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| CHINESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
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| Mountain Climbing |
1 |
| Red Autumn Leaves |
2 |
| Buying Train Tickets |
3 |
| Going to the Library |
4 |
| Visiting Beijing Again |
5 |
| Going to the Seaside |
6 |
| Subway |
7 |
| Each to His Own Taste |
8 |
| Studying Chinese |
9 |
| How Many People Are There in Your Family? |
10 |
| What Are You Going to Do Tomorrow? |
11 |
| When Did They Come? |
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