Archive for April, 2008
Beijing subway will adopt magnetic ticket
Beijing is upgrading its metro ticketing system with magnetic cards set to replace the current paper tickets in two months.
The Beijing subway control center said on Tuesday that single-journey magnetic tickets are expected to be put into use in late May on all of the city’s metro lines. Automatic cashiers to sell and collect [...]
Beijing photos of sunset scenery
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Beijingers Have The Highest Longevity in China
It shows the average longevity of Beijing residents to be 79.6, tops in the country, and having increased 26.8 years over the figure of 52.8 during the infancy of the People’s Republic of China.
It was learned that average longevity is a unified reflection of the level of health of a city’s total population. This figure can [...]
How to Apply for a Chinese Green Card
How to Apply
To qualify for the Green card, you need to fulfill at least one of the following criteria:
I Be a high-level foreign expert holding a post in a business that promote China’s economic, scientific and technological development, or social progress.
II Have made outstanding contributions, or are of special importance to China.
III Have made large [...]
Chinese Green Card
About Chinese Green Card
With the approval of China’s State Council, the Minister of Public Security, Zhou Yongkang, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Li Zhaoxing, jointly endorsed Decree No.74 and officially issued the Regulations on Examination and Approval of Permanent Residence of Foreigners in China for implementation on August 15.
According to this regulation, foreigners with [...]
Olympic Flame Lands in 2012 Host London
The Olympic flame for the Beijing Games landed Saturday in London, the 2012 Olympics host city, setting out for the largest city relay outside the Chinese mainland.
The Olympic flame will be carried through London as part of the global Olympic flame journey. Large crowds are expected to cheer for the 80 torchbearers, including Paralympics, [...]
Beijing ready for marriage registration boom on opening day of Olympics
Beijing will try its best to meet its citizen’s aspiration for marriage registration on August 8, the opening day of the Olympic Games, Vice Mayor Ding Xiangyang said on Wednesday.
He made the remark at a civil affairs working meeting and said that citizens who want to register their marriages on the date, can fulfill their [...]
More than 100 mln Chinese mourn for deceased on tomb-sweeping day
BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) — More than 100 million people mourned for the deceased at graveyards or memorial parks and halls on Qingming, or grave-sweeping day, on Friday, the Ministry of Civil Affairs estimated.
Figures from the ministry’s 150 monitoring places nationwide showed memorial sites in the country received more than 5.6 million people and nearly [...]
An old poem about Qingming
清明 The Day of Clear and Bright 杜牧 Du Mu
清明时节雨纷纷,Around Clear and Bright showers are so frequent;
路上行人欲断魂.Wayfarers on the road feel despondent.
借问酒家何处有,Tell me, Buffalo boy, is there a tavern somewhere:
牧童遥指杏花村.The lad pointed to a hamlet with blossoming apricot trees way down the road.
What would people do in Qingming
In ancient China, Qingming was by no means the only time when sacrifices were made to ancestors. In such ceremonies were held very frequently, about every two weeks, in adddition to other important holidays and festival. The formalities of these ceremonies were in general very elavorate and expensive in terms of time and money.
Qingming is [...]
