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The willow branches of Beijing have put on a tender green; spring has come. In the south one is not easily moved to joy by this long-awaited green, but in the north, after a long winter, seeing green shoots again is a different feeling altogether.

In an era saturated with noise, silence and stillness have become exceedingly rare. Everyone is in a hurry to express themselves to the world in one form or another—through words or through adornment—displaying themselves to the full. We have forgotten that a certain innate human…

Because of work, I had the chance to converse at length on two occasions with Dr. Liu Guangrun, a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a renowned American cardiologist, and a Chinese-American medical doctor. These two conversations had a great influence on me. Dr.

Introduction This is an excellent speech given by CCTV anchor Bai Yansong at the "Peking University Health Science Center Medical and Health Management Forum and the 100th-Session Alumni Gathering of the PKUHSC Hospital Management Advanced Training Program." Addressing hundreds of hospital administrators, Bai Yansong vividly…

There is a Chinese saying: "It is easier to change rivers and mountains than a person's nature." Once a character has formed, it is very hard to change, which is why people often say: character determines destiny. But in the course of studying medicine and…

When my late mother passed away, I grieved deeply for a long time over her early death. As time passed, I gradually came to accept the reality. Having spent all these years in the cancer world, what I have heard and seen is nothing but…

My mother's illness was a watershed in my life. Before it, I lived a rather flamboyant life, cherishing the ideal of an eagle striking the sky, hoping for a life of fierce and stirring passion. Even now, when I occasionally slip back into that old…

An oncologist faces families under extreme tension. The patient's life hangs by a thread; overanxious family members have long since been pulled off their normal life track, and the oncologist is their last hope of salvation. If the physician can bring them hope of being…

Only when you like someone can you spend a lifetime with her (or him). Only when you like something can you do it tirelessly, never tiring of it. Only when you like your life can you live happily. Liking is the source of vitality, the…

Some things are supremely precious, yet we often overlook them—time, for example. Time flies like an arrow, the sun and moon shuttle like a loom. Whether we wish it or not, time leaves us unrelentingly; as Confucius sighed by the river Si: "It flows on…