EDITOR'SDESK
2A Minority Report
PEOPLE&POINTS
WEEKLY WATCH
WORLD
10 Establishing Regional Rapport
The SCO summit in Tajikistan
12 Playing Hardball
Russia defies the West in the Caucasus
14 Campaign for Change
Barack Obama at the U.S.
Democratic National
Convention
NATION
16 Ningxia's Long Marchto
Progress
How unit yandst ability lead to
economic success
19 Forging an Industrial Center
The Ningdong Development Zone
20 50 Years of Advancement
Ningxia in figures
22 Life Is Elsewhere
The benefits of ecological
migration
23 Riches of the Mind
Investing in education for poor
students
24 More Earthquake Misery
Temblors rock Sichuan again
25A Stage to Shine on
Zhang Jigang's choreography
at the Paralympics
BUSINESS
26To the Rescue.*
Help for the real estate
industry
28 The Blame Game
Who's responsible for the
country's thermal coal
dilemma?
30 Make a Digital Difference
The advent of wireless cities
32 Relying on Domestic Demand
An interview with economist
Huo Deming
37 Legal-Ease:Establishing
A Foreign-owned Financial
Institution in China
38 Market Watch
LIFE STYLE
42FinishingTouches
The essential accessories
for a qipao
44A esthetically Pleasing
An American academic
helps start a new museum
in Beijing
FORUM
46 Should Students of Higher
Education Receive Minimum
Living Subsidies?
EXPAT'SEYE
48WasteNot—Want Not
The amazingly resourceful
Chinese