2016/12/02
The most daunting problem is a shortage of doctors at the grassroots level. According to Qinghai healthcare standards, there should be two general practitioners per 10,000 residents. By this standard, a single doctor working in rural areas would have to cover an area of 1,200 square kilometers. The ...
2016/11/12
Why is "Shared Development" the fifth and final of the Five Major Development Concepts - President Xi Jinping's guiding strategy to transform China? After all, China cannot realize its overarching goal of becoming a "moderately prosperous society" until poverty is eliminated and economic and social ...
2016/06/22
LHASA -- Kelsang, 62, is delighted to see more tourists visiting his hometown.For the past 20 years, he has made a living by providing horses to Buddhists and tourists wanting to make the mountainous journey to Yumbulagang, Tibet's first temple, in Shannan Prefecture.He makes more than 300 yuan ($45...
2015/07/31
Following the 2010 quake and fledgling Belt and Road Initiative, Yushu is courting tourists to improve Tibetan nomads' livelihoods A car crunches into a yak, destroying both. The driver confronts the herdsman: "Why'd you guide your yak on the road? There's no grass on it!" The nomad retorts: "Why'd ...
2015/03/30
Vision and proposed actions outlined on jointly building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk RoadEditor's Note: The following is the full text of an action plan on the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative issued by the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of For...
