简介:<正>WhatdidIknowabout5,000yearsofChinesehistorywhenIlandedatPeking?Well,IknewtheGreatWallwasveryoldandtheSilkRoadmysterious.I’dheardofGenghisandKublaiKhan,andMarcoPolo,ItalianguesttotheImperialcourt.MycuriositywasarousedbyPekingMan.IhaddifficultyconnectingPekingandBeijing,MaoTseTungandMaoZedong,KuomintangandCommunism,CantoneseandPinyin.Mr.Turner,myGrade11Historyteacher
简介:AgoldByzantinecoinoftheAnastasiusIera(491-518)wasunearthedlastOctoberfromaNorthernWeiDynasty(386-534)tombinLuoyang,HenanProvince.ThefindcausednoparticularstirinChina’snumismaticcircles,however.OverrecentdecadesPersianandRomangoldcoinshaveoccasionallycometolightinhistoricalsitesalongtheancientSilkRoad.
简介:THEBeijingNaturalHistoryMuseumwasthefirstnaturalsciencemuseumestablishedafterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublic.Itencompassesspecimencollection,preservation,and
简介:<正>Yiheyuan,ortheSumrnerPalace,isthebest-keptexistingroyalgardeninBeijing.Withaconcentrationofthebestofancientbuildingsaswellasstylesofgardening,itisavirtualmuseumoftraditionalChinesegardening.ItisthelargestancientpreservedgardeninChinaandaformersummerretreatforEmperorsandthechosenfew!Thesiteincludesmorethan100ancientstylepavilions,mansions,towers,halls,temples,bridgesandan
简介:IFChinesehistoryandciviliza-tionwereatree,Beijingwouldbeatitstop,andXianyangatitsroot.Just25hilometersfromXi’aninShaanxiProvince,Xianyangwascapitalof13dynasties,andissiteof27imperialmausoleumsand1,000tombsofnobles,courtiersandcelebrities.ItisawonderlandforanyoneinterestedinChineseantiquity.
简介:Theinternationalsystemhasundergonetwomajortransformationsinmodernhistory,firstfromaloose,scatteredregionalpatternintoacentrallyunifiedglobalstructure,thenfromBritishtoAmericandominationofsuchaglobalarchitecture.Athirdoneisunderway.East-WestcondominiumwillpotentiallyreplacethecurrentUSorWest-ledglobalorder.Basedonhistoricalexperience,thisarticleattemptstomakeaforward-lookinganalysisoftheway,directionandformoftheunfoldingtrajectorythroughexploringthegenerallawgoverningthisprocess.
简介:AttheinvitationoftheChineseAssociationForInternationalUnderstanding(CAFIU),a7-memberdelegationoftheInternationalInitiativesofChangeAssociationofJapan(IICAJ)headedbyToruHashimoto,AdvisorofJapanMizuhoFinancialGroup,PresidentoftheJapaneseBranchoftheDeustchBankGroupandPresidentoftheIICAJvisitedChinafromOctober10to16,2004.
简介:<正>AttheinvitationofFriedrichEbertStiftung(FES)ofGermanyandCzechslovakForeignInstitute(CFI)oftheCzechRepublic,Mme.YanJunqi,Vice-ChairwomanoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople’sCongress,ChairwomanoftheCentralCommitteeofChinaAssociationforPromotingDemocracyandPresidentofCAFIU
简介:TranslatedTheyearof2005isthe60^thanniversaryofthevictoryoftheWorldWarofAnti-Fascism.Itisaloftymissionofthemankindtolearnfromhistoryinordertofacethefuture,topreservepeaceandtopromotedevelopment.Thisarticlecoverstwomainpoints:oneisthereflectionontheWorldWarofAnti-fascismandtheotheristhecurrentworldsituationafter60yearsofthewar.