Opening up about the salty snack that left a big chip on my shoulder

China's opening-up policy has done wonders for the economy and is now transforming the Middle Kingdom into a world super power. However there is one industry that has failed to adopt a successful opening-up strategy: the one devoted to making those tasty and tormenting packets of potato chips.

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Book

Dancing to digital's tune

Although a fan of jazz and pop music, 24-year-old Zhang Wei, who works in a UK consulting company in Beijing, confessed that she rarely buys CD except for her favorite musicians: Norah Jones and Leehom Wang, a pop singer from Taiwan.

Special Supplement

Coop enhanced for electricity supply

Following the implementation of the program to revitalize the traditional industrial base in Heilongjiang, power consumption in the province is expected to rise. One solution for likely shortfalls is enhancing cooperation with Russia in this field.

Province excels in foreign trade

Increasing foreign trade has made Heilongjiang a major exporting power in China's central, western and northeastern regions.

Seeking stronger business ties with Russia

Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province expects to take its partnership with Russia to a higher level in the next few years, according a recently held work meeting.

Export zones see steady growth

Export processing zones, the major venues of Sino-Russian trade in Heilongjiang, witnessed steady growth in trade with Russia in the first quarter of this year.

Life Pulse

Hassled in my home away from homies

Ten years ago, I visited Hong Kong for the first time. I was on my way home from New York and was dressed like a typical "boy in the 'hood".

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Art

The good fight

Xiao Chen (pseudonym), 23, admits that the place she works is "not extravagant". Besides struggling to survive, she has another mission: "We often have new 'sisters', young and naive; I have my own way to raise their awareness of HIV. I tell them that once you've contracted the virus, your life is over, regardless of how much you've earned. Most of the time, they listen to me, because I'm one of them."