Archive for July, 2010

Chinese people have stood up!

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Madhav Nalapat writes in the China Daily newspaper:

“It was my wife Lakshmi who first awakened me to the beauty of China. She had been invited to attend the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the founding of the People’s Republic in 1999, held in the Great Hall of the People at Beijing. The festivities were grand, and as usual, Chinese hospitality was superb. However, more than the architecture and the visible progress that China had made, what stood in her mind was the warmth of the Chinese people…”

Read Madhav Nalapat’s full story on the China Daily website.

Breathtaking islands of Guangdong

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

It’s now summer in China, and in southern China you can enjoy island paradise and at the same time experience Chinese culture and history. The Shenzhen Daily newspaper introduces the ‘Breathtaking islands of Guangdong”: