Harmony  Free from Stereotypes,Differences Free from Conflicts
"Small Ethnic Minority Groups"Helped to Get Rid of Poverty
China Willing  to Share Europe an Experience in Protecting Ethnic
Minority Languages

Special Reports
Ancient Map Gives Rise to Controversy over Discovery of New World
/ by Niu Zhinan
Why Liu Gang's Map is Genuine?
--Historical Importance of World's Oldest Map /by Gunnar Thompson
What if the Eunuch Admiral Had Reached the Americas .../ by Niu Zhinan
Some 200 years ago, a French sinologist published a study suggesting that Chinese navigators had sailed along the coast of the Americas before Columbus. A latest piece of material evidence supporting the theory is an old world map, whose owner attributes it to Zheng He, the eunuch admiral of the Ming Dynasty's imperial fleet that made seven voyages over 28 years, reaching parts of southeast Asia, the Middle East and east Africa. However, the map, like all pieces of evidence previously produced, is itself a controversy ...

Human and Nature
Traditional Code of Conduct Keeps Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Clean/ by Tianli
Codes of Conduct Practiced By Tibetans Conducive to
Nature Conservation / by Zheng Qian
Thanks to a traditional code of conduct followed by the local ethnic Tibetans for centuries, China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has been kept clean. To be more precise, the plateau has won worldwide recognition as the cleanest and least polluted region on earth.

Memory
A Tribe with Guns/ by Wei Dehuai_Sun Mingguang
There is a famous saying in the theater world: If there is a gun at the beginning of an act, the gun is certain to be fired before the curtain falls. The first thing I noticed when I entered the ethnic Basha Village is a group of barefooted men with their hair tied up on their heads and guns slung across their backs. I paid close attention to the guns, guessing at the role they played in the course of the development of the Basha civilization. But until the end of my visit, the guns were not fired.  What had been fired up is the interest of tourists in this ancient civilization.

Transmission Of History
Following a traditional lifestyle in peace:
A true story of a long-haired old man from Yi Ethnic group / by Hu Xiaoping
Huobushayi, an old man of Yi ethnic group, embraces the traditional long-hair lifestyle of his ancestors, although he suffered in the past by being forced to cut off his hair.  His traditional life helps him to be serene and unruffled, just like his saying "I feel surefooted while sleeping with my long hair as a pillow."

Cultural Heritage
The Rugby of the East
--The Game "Scrambling for the Huapao"of the Dong minority / by Wang Haitao
The Dong ethnic group of Guangxi province celebrates each year on the 3rd day of the 3rd month of the Chinese lunar calendar a traditional sports event--"Scrambling for the huapao". It is said that the rules of this sports competition are similar to those in rugby, thus the name "Rugby of the East".

Collection Pieces of China¡¯s History
Jewelry Decorations and the Beauty of Human Body /by Jia Tianli
You can always find relevant stories about the diverse and fantastic style jewelry worn by Chinese ethnic groups.

Art Appreciation
Ancient village is revived through an artist's paint brush
The art of Chinese landscape paintings /by Shi Enzhao