Chai Jingjing, a 15-year-old student, kneeled down and hugged her teacher's leg, begging to stay at the school where she had spent the last three years. However, it didn't help her much. Last winter, Chai's parents took her out of Anhuibeili Middle School in Beijing to move back to their home province of Sichuan in Southwest China. They believed that the best option for their daughter was to take the entrance examination there, so she could have a better chance of entering a decent senior high school and eventually get into a better university.
One of the best ways to utterly dampen the cheerful mood of a friendly dinner party is to serve up the subject of global warming. What a party pooper!
Down in a small valley in Northwest China's Shanxi Province stands a unique coking plant, which produces little noise or dust, no unpleasant smell and no smoke. Moreover, it generates electricity. This is Gaoping Xinggao Coking Group, a pilot site of a six-year international project that aims to help Chinese township and village enterprises (TVEs) cut carbon emissions.
Upon entering a restaurant, many men like me would browse through the waitresses before browsing through the menu. After ranking them on appearance, we'd begin a guessing game: Would the most beautiful woman serve our table?
Carrying his baby daughter in his arms, Yang Nan stepped out of the airport and into Beijing's potent atmosphere. Immediately, he was gripped by familiarity: This was home. It was 2001 when Yang finally decided to return and establish an architectural design company.
In English-speaking countries, there is a saying that the Chinese use the same word for "crisis" as they use for "opportunity". It is a saying that has been used in motivational seminars, self-help books, and courses for thinking outside the box. It has been used by John F. Kennedy, Al Gore, Condeleeza Rice, and even entered an episode of The Simpsons.
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