American journalist documenting China’s Reform and Opening up
Amazed at China's opening to the outside world, he decided to record this extraordinary change in video when he came to China more than 30 years ago. Today, recalling the past, his eyes glistened with tears.
Jeffrey S. Lehman: a key contributor to China’s educational reform
Jeffrey S. Lehman, Vice Chancellor of NYU Shanghai. Early this year, was honored as one of the 40 most influential foreign experts in China by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) for his contribution to China's reform and opening up, especially in Sino-US educational exchanges and cooperation.
The Reform and Opening up witnessed by a Chinese American artist
With the reputations of “ambassador of the Western and Chinese cultural exchange”, “the first overseas achieving Magnolia Opera Award”, “Oscar lifelong judge”, Lisa Lu, a 91-year-old Chinese-American performing artist is impressive for her elegant temperament and modest attitude. The elderly who has lived on the other side of the Pacific for 70 years witnessed the opening up of Chinese culture.
China’s tourism development: Life begins at 40
Early each summer, the Shanghai World Travel Fair (SWTF) is hosted in Shanghai, gathering travel agencies, industry professionals and travel enthusiasts. With outbound travel as the ultimate specialty, SWTF has attracted many loyal participants, including those from the Czech Republic, Peru, Malaysia, Tunisia and Turkey.
Fujimoto Michio, founder of Shanghai’s Jiading Wisteria Park
In recent years, when spring comes to Shanghai, the wisteria in Jiading and the cherry flowers in Gucun Park are top tourist attractions during the blossom seasons. But the wisteria vine does not grow to its current size in a day. There is a story spanning almost thirty years behind the present-day Jiading Wisteria Park. Fujimoto Michio has spent the last 30 years contributing to Sino-Japanese friendship and the wisteria park is the crystallization of his efforts.
Chinese people’s friendly witness to Reform & Opening Up
The 77-year-old Franco Terenzi is the Former Captain Regent of the Republic of San Marino, a microstate in north ern Italy, as well as the current President of the San Marino-China Friendship Association. The man who has visited China 58 times is an enthusiast of the country and has been devoted to friendly cooperation between China and San Marino for many years. For China’s reform and opening up, he is a star witness.