China propaganda art evokes a revolution, now past: Yang Pei Ming has more than 5,000 propaganda posters and believes he has amassed the world's largest collection of Chinese revolutionary art. Asked to pick the most significant example, he picks out a poster from 1952. "Build a New China," Mr. Yang reads, guiding a shaky finger under the Chinese characters that float alongside a garish drawing of Mao Zedong. The late Communist leader towers over a mob of furious workers, which in turn looms over a terrified, portly man in a Western-style begging for his life on a factory floor. "Fight Against Illegal Business People Who Violate the Nation's Development."
U.N. Official Criticizes Education In China : The first U.N. human rights investigator to visit China in nearly a decade delivered an unusually harsh critique of the country's education policies today, blasting the government's ban on religious schooling and a system of arbitrary school fees that forces many families into debt.
China becoming new engine for world economy: China is playing a more important role in global economic development, according to regional and global business leaders and economists at the 2003 Forbes Global CEO Conference, which concluded in Shanghai on Thursday. China's economy has maintained a high growth rate for over 20 consecutive years, bringing about huge business opportunities and injecting energy into the world economy.
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