If we date or marry someone from our neighborhood we will likely have a great deal in common - shared ideas and feelings about many things in life, from how relationships are supposed to work, to what is humorous, and how to raise children or even how to clean a kitchen (the way my mother did, of course!).
Liu Dalin, the founder of China's first sex museum, is not proud of helping send his former colleagues to hard labor for their extra-marital flings, but during the height of the "cultural revolution" (1966-76) this kind of sentencing was fairly standard.
China has undergone not one, but a series of sexual revolutions, radically transforming Chinese sexual culture, marriage and love.
Dr Bai Zhixue looks back on his life and says he has served each role with love and responsibility.
When I arrived in Beijing in 1987, everyone was discussing and trying to predict the future of China. Topics such as the continuation of economic reform and the viability of sustained economic growth dominated the analysis and reporting of the day.
Deep in the back of his mind, Liu Xiangyang keeps a story about a nurse.
New technologies are not for farmers, thought Long Zhipu, then a government researcher on desertification in 1992.
When I learned about the microfinance program of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) two years ago, I was attracted by the concept of using microfinance as a tool to reduce poverty.
As mission statements go, the Songmudao Chemical Industrial Base's strategy is about as direct as it comes - the plant, unashamedly, aspires to the best chemical processing facility in northeastern China.
Work on the Dalian Jinbo Coastal Service Industry Development Zone, one of the priority projects identified in the Liaoning Coastline Economic Development Plan, is now well under way with the ultimate aim of establishing it as Dalian's business and administrative center and the headquarters of the service sector in the area.
The Dalian Lushun Economic Development Zone was established in June 1992 and promoted to a provincial-level Economic Development Zone in January 2002. As one of Dalian city's 10 key industrial parks, it was identified as a key support area for the coastal economic belt of Liaoning province in April 2008. With a planned area of 60 sq km, the Lushun Economic Development Zone will play an important role in promoting the construction of the coastal economic belt.
Another of the key industrial development areas along the Liaoning coastal economic development belt, Dalian Piyang Industrial Zone is envisioned to spread across 170 sq km and be home to shipping and logistics, equipment manufacturing, marine biology and garment production.
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