OVER a century after droves ofAmericans were heading to thewestern states to seek out newopportunities,the Chinesegovernment launched its own campaignto put Western China onto a fast devel-opment trac
IN May 1900, a Briton spent 10 pounds for an old Chinese vase. On July 15, 2005, his offspring sold the vase for £3.5 million. Over a century plagued by two world wars and miscellaneous other crises,
On August 95,1,192 villagers inZhangzhuang Village, Nanyang City,Henan Province, moved to a newly builtneighborhood in Xiangeheng Countyof Xuehang City some 3oo kilometersaway. This marked the end of