Smoke signals

He Yong and Huang Min are two strangers who earn different amounts of money and live thousands of kilometers from each other. What they do have in common, however, is they both did something last year to help combat global warming.

World warms to climate fight

The Synovate survey found more than two thirds of the people in the world are concerned about climate change with the South Africans and Brazilians most anxious. As a result, they are most likely to encourage their friends to become greener. Respondents in two major industrialized nations not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol are well ahead of their leaders, with 84 percent of Australians and 57 percent of Americans concerned about climate change. There is a significant section of the population that does not back the prevailing scientific view. A quarter of Americans either do not believe climate change is man made or are unconcerned about it.

Laughing all the way to Lhasa on the KTV express

Isn't it odd that trains are the only vehicles in China in which onboard entertainment is absent? I am talking about a rail network, where it is possible to travel at top speed in a straight line for more than two days without coming close to reaching an international border; where train journeys are so long that a migrant laborer may be labelled a workaday commuter if his ride home is less than 24-hours in duration.

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Life Pulse

Good man in Africa

When Miao Yunsheng learned he'd be going to Sudan to work for China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), his preparations included studying the Quran. A liberal drinker and smoker, Miao ended up giving up alcohol and cigarettes as he settled in for a sojourn that eventually stretched into 11 years.

Medic lured by the call of wild

While Chinese doctor Guo Long refers to local Sudanese as "laoxiang", an amiable Chinese phrase to call villagers, the Sudanese called Guo "Abdullah doctor", praising him as a servant of Allah.

Catkins a pest? Oh, give it a rest

The season of willow catkins is almost gone, and I'm starting to miss it.

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Special Supplement

Biz meet to heighten Anhui's global appeal

In order to increase the international business community's awareness of Anhui, the East China province will host the 2007 China International Anhui Businesspeople Conference, also known as Investment and Trade Expo 2007, from May 18 to 20 at Anhui International Convention and Exhibition Center in Hefei, its capital city.

The many wonders of Anhui

Anhui, located at the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, has an area of 139,600 square kilometers and a population of 66 million.