LETTERS

Your June issue special report on a green life reality particularly interested me， because I am a staunch defender of the environment： I avoid any waste of energy， I prefer to ride my bicycle rather than take the car， and I fight to protect the ecosystem in my hometown. Therefore， I am happy to discover that China also does what it can in the environmental sector. I must confess I had no idea that organic agriculture was booming in China. It is interesting to read about the organic products that Jiang Gaoming and his team grow without the six unsustainable technologies of fertilizer， pesticides， herbicides， plastic sheeting， additives， and transgenosis. These products grown in an eco-friendly way must be tasty！ I hope in any event that Chinas efforts will intensify， and that other developing countries will follow its example.

Gérard Nieul

France

I am the Vice President of the Australian Soong Ching Ling Founda- tion. Few know that China Today （originally named China Reconstructs） was founded by Soong Ching Ling and is now published around the world as a multi-language periodical. Both your magazine and all overseas Soong Ching Ling Foundations are the babies of Madam Soong that serve as a friendly cultural bridge linking China to the outside world. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Peoples War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. We will hold a great commemorative event in Sydney， one that has attracted the participation of large numbers of overseas Chinese in Australia. We are also looking forward to reading your special report on the 70th anniversary. I sincerely hope that we can carry out further cooperation to promote cultural communication and people-to-people exchange in the future.

Denny Zhou

Australia

I am a Chinese exchange student in Spain. After a year of studying here I still missed my family until one day I saw your magazine by chance. Life in Spain is totally different from what it is in China. Thanks to China Today， I can not only read articles that interest me， but also have the opportunity to communicate with other foreign students. For example， whenever I read articles on culture and tourism I share them with my foreign friends. Articles about foreigners living in China are always of interest to them， and make many eager to study in China. Before I came to study in Spain， I never imagined China would develop so quickly and become such a powerful country.

I have a little advice for your magazine. In addition to the Potluck column about traditional Chinese dishes and their cooking methods， I suggest you publish a column on regional Chinese cuisine. As we all know， traditional Chinese dishes are popular around the world. Your magazine could give foreigners the opportunity to learn even more about this aspect of Chinese culture. You might consider a column called Cuisine Map of China. Finally， I want to say thanks to China Today for helping overseas students like me keep in touch with what is going on in our country while we study abroad. I wish your magazine the very best for the future.

Leticia Qu

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