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Letter from the Editor

2002/06/01

Is it really a year since we published our last Christmas features?Time really does seem to rush by our increasingly frenetic city ,possibly because many of us lead such busy lives congtributing to that same urgency and which translates into-we hope a vibrancy that will see our great capital continue to modemize and blossom as never bifore,economically and otherwise.

This said,it is comforting to trturn to earth ,as it were,and remind ourselves of China's amazing culture,ang Beijing's contribution to it. Few cities can be the custodian of such gloriensuring their preservation while making the vast majority of them accessible to citizens and foreigners alike.

Culitural awareness is,alas,fast disappearing in many countries,sight having been lost of its inestimble value to the younger generation.They will only realize this when their own children are growing up and striving for some kind of self identity.

Inside we bring you quite a few more pages in our attempt to record all the extra going-on around town in this busy end-of-year month . Christmas figures in this,of course,because it's an imortant time of year on the commercial front as well as,for many,in spirtual terms.Thus this tie around we attempt to explain to the unversed the true meaning of the December 25 celebration-much sight of which has also been lost in tjhe west particularly.Happily for the young and young at heart,Santa Claus continue to thrive,and we actually talk to him.

We also appeal to our generous readers for donations of all kinds on behalf of Beijing's superb refuge for abandoned and cruelly treated pets,and the amazing lady who runs it, and record the first-month diary of intrepid 2002 Long Marchers Ed Jocelyn and Andy MeEwen.You will also find a profile of noted Australian sculptor-painter John Gould,and a photo-features and lots mote.

A Merry Chritmas to you all from eneryone at BTM.


LiMingxia

Deputy Editor-in-Chief



 
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