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Aid climbing is a style of climbing in which standing on or pulling oneself up via devices attached to fixed or placed protection is used to make upward progress.

The term contrasts with free climbing in which progress is made without weighting artificial aids: a free climber ascends by only holding onto and stepping on natural features of the rock, using rope and equipment merely to catch them in case of fall and provide belay.

In general, aid techniques are reserved for pitches where free climbing is difficult to impossible, and extremely steep and long routes demanding great endurance and both physical and mental stamina. While aid climbing places less emphasis on athletic fitness and raw strength than free climbing, the physical demands of hard aid climbing should not be underestimated.

Aid is sometimes errantly referred to as “Class 6″ climbing, since its reliance on ascent via one’s equipment rather than merely being protected by it is regarded by purists as falling outside the traditional Classes 1-5 Yosemite Decimal System rankings that rely on making progress with one’s hands and feet in direct contact with the rock alone. Aid climbing has its own ranking system, using a separate scale from A0 through A5

Until the 1960s or so, aid climbing was normal practice in most climbing areas. But as improvements in technique and equipment meant that many aid routes could be climbed free, some influential climbers began to criticise the use of aid as being against the spirit of mountaineering. Reinhold Messner wrote, “Rock faces are no longer overcome by climbing skill, but are humbled, pitch by pitch, by methodical manual labour … Who has polluted the pure spring of mountaineering?” (from “The Murder of the Impossible”).

Free climbing is now the mainstream of climbing. But aid climbers have answered the criticism of Messner and others by climbing routes where the absence of holds or features in the rock make free climbing impossible, and by eschewing purely mechanical techniques (such as repetitively drilling bolts).

Today, many routes which were originally done using aid are being climbed free by a new generation of climbers with immense skill, physical ability, and significantly advanced equipment including modern ropes, sticky rubber shoes, and modern camming devices. Ironically, some of the techniques used to achieve free ascents of aid routes, for example placing extra bolts for protection (retro-bolting), are now sometimes thought to have “polluted the pure spring of mountaineering” by destroying the route as it was climbed by the first ascenionists. The solution is often a compromise in which an absolute minimum of bolts is added to allow safe protection for free climbers, while not totally destroying the challenge of the route as an aid climb. However, as with most compromises, this is not a solution that satisfies everyone.

Worldwide Day of Play is an annual event designed to encourage kids and parents to turn off the television and play, especially outdoors. The yearly event officially began on all US Nickelodeon channels: Nickelodeon, Noggin (now Nick Jr.), The N (now TeenNick), and NickToons on October 2, 2004. Some foreign versions of Nick also participated. The event is designed as a finale for Nick’s six-month long Let’s Just Play campaign. In addition, Nick.com would also have special features for children to learn how to stay active and healthy.

The event influences kids to be active by getting their schools and educational organizations to host an event to get out and be active. Those wanting to participate would contact Nickelodeon for instructions and permission.

When the Let’s Just Play campaign ended in September, Nickelodeon aired the finale during the last Saturday of September, the “Worldwide Day of Play”. Nickelodeon and its sister channels suspend programming for three hours from 12 Noon to 3PM ET/PT. During the time there was no programming, a special message would appear on the screen — for instance, this message was displayed during the dark period on Saturday, September 29, 2007:

Yes, your TV is working. Yes, this is Nickelodeon. And yes, this is Nickelodeon’s World Wide Day of Play! This is Nickelodeon’s celebration of all things active-an entire day devoted to play! That means YOU should get off the couch, get up from the floor, and definitely quit slouching in your bed. You should be celebrating! Ride a bike, do a dance, kick a ball, skate a board, jump a rope, swing a swing, climb a wall, run a race, do ANYTHING that gets you up and playing! Once you’ve played, there will be more Nick at 3pm, but until then, get up, get active, and GO PLAY!

On September 27, 2008, the following message was shown on Nick:

“Today is Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play- an entire day devoted to play! And to celebrate, Nickelodeon has gone off the air from 12pm to 3pm to encourage you to get outside and play. There will be more Nick at 3pm, but until then, this message will keep repeating. So don’t just sit there. Go play!”

On September 26, 2009, the following message was shown on Nick:

” Today is Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play! Turn off your TV, shut down your computer, put down that cell phone-yes, YOU! and go ALL OUT! We’ll see you back here at 3! ”

Previous editions took place October 1, 2005 and September 30, 2006. There was no Let’s Just Play campaign in 2008, though the Day of Play was held that year.

A flysheet or rain fly (found only in double skin tents) is used to protect the actual tent from water. A flysheet is waterproof on the outside and also provides a surface to collect condensation on the inside, which then runs down to the ground. When a flysheet is used, it is important that there be no contact with the inner tent it is protecting; this keeps the inner dry. ‘Expedition’ tents often have extra poles to help ensure that wind does not blow the two layers into contact.

The inner tent comprises the main body of the tent. For double skin tents, the inner tent (often mesh) is not waterproof since it is protected by the rain fly. For single skin tents, the inner tent is often made of waterproof-breathable material that prevents liquid water from penetrating the inside of the tent, but still allows water vapour to be transported out.

The vestibule is a floorless covered section located outside a tent entrance that is typically used for the storage of boots, packs, and other small equipment. Vestibules are often used for activities that cannot be performed within the tent itself, such as cooking or equipment cleaning. Vestibules may be included as a removable attachment or integrated into the tent itself.

A groundsheet is used to provide a waterproof barrier between the ground and a sleeping bag. With double skin tents, the inner tents normally have a sewn-in groundsheet, but a separate flat groundsheet may be provided for any living area. With single skin tents, the groundsheet may be sewn in or separate. Normal practice with sewn-in groundsheets is for the groundsheet to extend some 15 cm (6 in) up the lower part of the walls (sometimes called a ‘bathtub’ arrangement); this copes with a situation where water seeps under the side walls of the tent. Separate groundsheets allow load-sharing when backpacking, and may make it easier to pitch and strike a tent, but they provide less protection against insects etc. getting into the sleeping area; also, if any part of a separate groundsheet protrudes from under the side walls, then it provides a ready path for moisture to flow into the tent.

The poles provide structural support. They may be collapsible for easier transport and storage. Some designs use rigid poles, typically made of metal, or sometimes wood. Other designs use semi-rigid poles, typically made of fiberglass, or sometimes of special metal alloys. Another pole type uses inflatable beams as the structural support. Some tents, particularly very lightweight models, actually use hiking poles as their structural supports.

Stakes (or tent pegs) or screws may be used to fasten the tent to the ground. Some are attached to guy ropes that pull outward on the poles and/or fabric to help shape the tent or give it additional stability. Others are used to anchor the bottom edge of the fabric to the ground. Pegs may be made of wood, plastic, or metal. A mallet may be needed to drive thicker pegs into the ground. Skewer metal pegs consisting essentially of a length of thick wire with a hook on one end can usually be inserted by hand, except if the ground is very hard, but may not be as strong as more substantial pegs. Pegs used for guy ropes should not be driven vertically into the ground; instead for maximum strength they should be driven in at an angle so that the peg is at right angles to the guy rope attached to it. Lighter free standing tents may need some guy ropes and pegs to prevent them from being blown away.

Air vents help reduce the effects of condensation. When people breathe, they expel quite a lot of water vapour. If the outside of the tent is colder than the inside (the usual case), then this vapour will condense on the inside of the tent, on any clothing lying about, on the outside of a sleeping bag, etc. Hence ventilation helps to remove the vapour, although this may let in cold air.

An optional tent footprint or groundsheet protector may be used. This is a separate flat groundsheet which goes underneath the main groundsheet, and is slightly smaller than that groundsheet. The intention is to protect the main groundsheet, especially when camping on rough terrain, since it is much cheaper to replace a separate footprint groundsheet than it is to replace a sewn-in groundsheet.

By Qi Zhai (China Daily)
There is a group of people in China who frequently come up in conversation accompanied by a resigned sigh or a dismissive “Oh, them.” In the media, they regularly feature as a subject of discourse, as the public attempts to diagnose them, identify the causes of their malaise, and figure out what can be done to fix them. From the way they are talked about, you would think they were a colony of aliens.

But they are not. They are just like me, only younger.

I am talking about the “post-90s”, the cohort born during China’s golden decade. Most of them are just now entering adulthood. In their lives so far, they have only tasted the sweet fruits of market reform and they harbor no bittersweet memories of the past. Because of the fortuitous timing of their births, the post-90s are a distinctive breed.

In public discussion, the post-90s are routinely characterized as a selfish, unwelcoming, and solitary bunch. They are allegedly unmotivated about exerting themselves, yet have expensive tastes, fed by the collective doting of six parents and grandparents. In school, they are supposedly apathetic; in life, lethargic.

The only thing that captivates their generally disinterested attention is the Internet. The prototype post-90s child spends his days poring over a laptop, conversing intensely with hundreds of strangers who are also doing their best to avoid communicating with real people, especially their parents.

Is there truth to this harsh depiction or have we concocted an exaggerated stereotype? Are the post-90s really so bizarrely different, and if so, why?

The adults - parents and teachers especially - certainly think that their charges are in fact oddly different. I myself have observed post-90s children sulking at home on weekends, plugged into three electronic devices and ignoring all conversation directed their way.

There are a few common explanations for why the post-90s are the way they are. Economic prosperity during the decade is seen as the main culprit. Born into the laps of luxury, these young ones are used to having nice things without working to earn them.

One mother of a 13-year-old boy lamented, “My elder daughter remembers falling asleep on the backseat of my bicycle in the 1980s, so she is a lot easier to please when it comes to material goods. But when my son was born, we already had a car; he always expects to have the best.”

The “one child policy” is another aggravating factor that is often blamed. By 1990, the policy had been in place for a decade, producing a generation of children who grew up in isolation, without the camaraderie of siblings, or cousins even. The post-90s exhibit classic single child syndromes. A history teacher at Beijing No 80 Middle School pinpoints one culturally important quality that has been lost on this generation: “They are unprepared to chiku (literally “eat bitterness”), and they don’t want to chiku.”

Perhaps the most profound force shaping the post-90s generation is technology. A study reports that 70 percent of children in China aged 7 to 15 have surfed the Web; and more than half of those living in townships and cities have Internet connections at home. The figure for Beijing is surely much higher.

While computers and instant access to wide-ranging information can be useful tools in learning, they can also cause “alienation, poor social skills and Internet addiction”, in the words of a veteran expatriate educator who has taught at the Beijing Foreign Studies University.

So the post-90s are dramatically different from other cohorts and society is worried. What then?

As parents and educators try to prepare post-90s children for the “real world”, they sometimes resort to scolding, pressuring and pulling out the “when I was your age” card. I’ve been guilty of doing the same with younger relatives. But each time I tell a yawning 18-year-old what he should be doing at his age, I also remember that I’m applying an outdated mentality to current issues.

After all, how can we expect the post-90s to resemble their elders in work ethic or attitude on life when they lived through such a unique time in China’s history? Is it right to impose our fears on these insouciant youths? Didn’t the parents of post-90s work hard precisely so their children could grow up without the oppressive worries that preoccupy people who have experienced war and famine?

Perhaps the apathy, lethargy and selfishness we observe are normal responses to the post-90s environment. And let’s not forget that every generation tries to define itself in opposition to its precedents. It may turn out that when they get older, the post-90s will prove themselves to not be so different from the rest of us.

I do think more could be done to engage post-90s children with the world outside of their comfortable homes. Making room for charity work and community service in crammed school days may produce more responsible, aware and compassionate students, who may eventually begin to give a hoot.

Other than this, the mass stress over the state of the post-90s may be excessive. As one teenager coolly told me, “I just want to tell everyone to relax. I’m going to be OK.”

As tent is mentioned, most people would firstly remind the leisure camping on the grassland, and enjoy a nice time with inflatable tents.

It is common for people that tents are a temporary shelter. And they are usually for fun and convenient. But do you know that there are many interesting stories about tents.

In the near past, the leader of Libya, Gaddafi, arrived in Roman, and began his visitation in Italy. This is the first time for Gaddafi to visit Italy in the near 40 years. But what is quite different from other nations is that Gaddafi feasted his guests in a tent. The Italy media said, the coming of Gaddafi means the ending of hate between Italy and Libya. However, Gaddafi still kept his habit which was formed during his nomadic life. He required Italy office to set tent for his in the largest park in Roman to feast his gusts. It is said that the equipment of the tent is very luxurious. Many people even did morning exercise near there in order to visit the tent. Gaddafi often set large tents when he visited other countries. And he treated the tents as a place for feasting and entertainment. This visitation ended the antinomy between the two counties, and opened a new chapter for the counties.

Do you feel quite strange for the leader’s usage of the tent? It is surely uncommon. But it may be the tent that showing the leader’s sincerity, and changed the relationship of the two counties.

Do you still remember the earthquake in Sichuan in 2008? Do you still remember the homeless people, and do you still remember the ruin after earthquake? We know thousands and hundreds of people become homeless. Their house ruined, and some others’ did not, but they dare not to live in house for fare of the earthquake. Then where did they live. During that time, you can easily find many tents in the parks, beside the streets and so on. It is true of the school, as there were no schools for students, local government and kind-hearted people set large tents for students. The tents are simple, the environment is bad, but they provided a place for learning. They brings warm to students. Now, tent life and tent school almost disappeared from people’s eyes. But the picture of large square of tents will never leave from our memory.

The first individual trampolining competitions were held in colleges and schools in the USA and then in Europe. In the early years of competition there was no defined format with performers often completing lengthy routines and even remounting if falling off partway through. Gradually competitions became more codified such that by the 1950s the 10-bounce routine was the norm thereby paving the way for the first World Championships which were organised by Ted Blake of Nissen, and held in London in 1964. The first World Champions were both American, Dan Millman and Judy Wills Cline ( both pictured to the right together with members of the Household Cavalry at the closing ceremony). Kurt Baechler of Switzerland and Ted Blake of England were the European pioneers and the first ever televised National Championships were held in England in 1958.

Soon after the first World Championships, an inaugural meeting of prominent trampolinists was held in Frankfurt to explore the formation of an International Trampoline Federation. In 1965 in Twickenham, the Federation was formally recognised as the International Governing Body for the sport. In 1969, the first European Championship was held in Paris and Paul Luxon of London was the winner at the age of 18. The ladies winner was Ute Czech from Germany. From that time onwards, European and World Championships have taken place in alternate years - the European in the odd and the World in the even. In 1973, Ted Blake organised the first World Age Group Competition (WAG) in the newly opened Picketts Lock Sports Centre; these now run alongside the World Championships. Blake also used the first WAG as an opportunity to organise a World Trampoline Safety Conference which was held in the Bloomsbury Hotel, London, in order to codify safety concerns. There is also a World Cup circuit of international competitions which involves three competitions every year. There are also international matches between teams from several countries.

At first the Americans were successful at World Championship level, but soon European competitors began to dominate the sport and for a number of years, athletes from countries that made up the former Soviet Union have often dominated the sport. Germany and France have been the other strong nations in trampolining and the first four ranking places in World Trampolining used to go to USSR, France, Britain and Germany. In recent years, Canada has also produced Olympic medalists and World champions due in large part to contributions made to the sport by Dave Ross. Ross pioneered the sport in Canada almost 30 years ago and consistently produces Olympic and World Cup athletes. Since trampolining became an Olympic sport, China has made a successful effort to develop world-class trampolinists, culminating by winning the 2007 Men’s World Championship and both Men’s and Women’s gold medals and a bronze in the 2008 Olympic Games held in Beijing.

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The death toll has climbed to 2,039 from a devastating earthquake in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, with 195 people still missing, according to the rescue headquarters.

As of 10 p.m. Monday, the 7.1-magnitude quake, which struck the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu Wednesday, has also left 12,135 injured, of whom 1,434 are in serious condition, the rescue headquarters said.

YUSHU, Qinghai — As truckloads of food, water and tents poured in amid inclement weather, a state of relative normalcy has begun to return to Gyegu, the epicenter of a powerful tremor last Wednesday that has left 1944 people dead and 216 missing in Qinghai province.

Dispelling the gloom briefly was news of two miracle rescues.

Five days after the catastrophe, an elderly woman and her four-year-old granddaughter were pulled out from the rubble on Monday.

A woman in her 30s was also rescued at 5:30 pm after being trapped under debris for 130 hours.

Badly-needed daily necessities as well as the first batch of television sets arrived Monday morning from Xining, the provincial capital 840 km away. Earlier efforts to send aid to this remote plateau town, home to 100,000 people, had been hampered by poor road and weather conditions as well as heavy traffic.

Survivors packed temporary phone booths and charger stations on Gyegu’s main street, trying to make free calls to relatives and friends or recharge their cellphones.

Life limping back to normal in Yushu
A family cooks a meal outside their tent in earthquake-hit Yushu, Qinghai, on Monday. [Agencies]

Jin Shan, a vendor from Henan province, and his wife were selling household necessities by their tent just outside Gyegu’s King Gesar Square. They had been running a store in Gyegu, the seat of the Yushu prefecture government, for five years, and pulled out some of the goods from the rubble of their collapsed store.

Although most survivors are housed in government-issued tents, some people were still staying in the open by the side of their flattened homes.

Kunkyap, from a local rural community, was one of them. The 27-year-old bought five pairs of socks for her mother, whose ankles were injured, and other family members. Her three children - aged 7, 3 and 4 months - were all rescued from under the rubble.

“I just hope that we can find accommodation in tents as soon as possible,” Kunkyap said.

Evening temperatures drop to below freezing point in Yushu, and there was a little snow and sleet on Monday afternoon.

The Ministry of Commerce said in Beijing that it had sent 3,000 stoves and some mobile shops to the quake-hit region. The stoves will arrive in Xining on Tuesday, the ministry said.

Electricity supply has been restored to pre-quake levels as of Monday morning, according to Gu Junyuan, chief engineer of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Miao Wei, vice-minister of industry and information technology, said telecommunications were back to normal in all six counties in Yushu prefecture. Every village and township has been equipped with at least one means of direct contact with the rescue and relief headquarters.

Kunga, a “Living Buddha” from Derge county in Sichuan’s Garze prefecture which neighbors Yushu, arrived at the quake zone a day after the disaster with 280 monks. He said they were now trying to reach more remote regions.

“Tibetan Buddhism should be a vital component in the mental recovery of the victims,” Kunga told China Daily.

As Yushu is a predominantly ethnic Tibetan region, he believes survivors require the comfort of monks.

In Beijing, authorities begun to draft plans for a new Yushu, with “ecological tourism” as its pillar industry.

Xinhua and Wang Huazhong contributed to the story.

* The world’s only two-row stationary carousel built from an original Dentzel blueprint left in existence, the Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building, is located in Highland Park in Meridian, Mississippi.
* William Henry Dentzel III, built the world’s first solar-powered carousel. The carousel is in operation in the Solar Living Institute in Hopland, California.[citation needed]
* There is only one carousel in the world that rides in a waving motion - “Over the Jumps: The Arkansas Carousel” in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is also the only remaining wooden track carousel built by the Herschell & Spillman Company, and one of only four track carousels still in existence.[citation needed]
* The carousel at Hersheypark in Hershey, PA is purposely misspelled as “Carrousel”.[citation needed]
* The carousel at Eldridge Park is one of the fastest in the world.
* The carousel at Conneaut Lake Park in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania is the last T.M. Harton Carousel that is still in operation and its Artizan band organ is one of two known of the same model in the world.[citation needed]
* Binghamton, New York is considered the “Carousel Capital of the World” due to the six original carousels in the Triple Cities area, donated by George F. Johnson, owner of the Endicott-Johnson Company early in the 20th century. These Carousels were donated with the express stipulation that they would never charge admission for anyone to ride them. Apparently when Mr. Johnson was a child he was frequently too poor to ride the local carousel and he vowed this would never happen to another child in the area. The carousel at the Ross park zoo in Binghamton, NY does charge admission, in a way, as it requires the child to drop one piece of litter found in the park into a trash barrel in order to ride. This is all written on a plaque at the entrance to the carousel.[citation needed]
* The oldest existing carousel made in 1779 to 1780 stands in Germany at the Wilhelmsbad Park in Hanau.[citation needed]
* The carousel in Riverfront Park in Spokane, Washington is an original Looff carousel built in 1909 and installed at the Natatorium Park in Spokane.
* The Richland Carrousel Park in Mansfield, Ohio is an indoor carousel in the downtown Historic Carrousel District that was completed in 1991. It is the first hand-carved indoor wooden carousel to be built and operated in the United States since the early 1930s.
* Sydney’s Darling Harbour Carousel is a New South Wales Heritage listed attraction. It is an example of an old Edwardian Carousel which are very rare nowadays. It is operated by a classic steam motor which has been retained. The Carousel dates back to the ‘Golden Age’ of Carousels between the 1890s to the 1920s.[citation needed]
* The merry-go-round at Kennywood Park was built by William H. Dentzel in 1926 and is a National Historic Landmark. The music on this carousel is provided by a 1916 Wurlitzer band organ and over 1500 lights decorate this ride.[citation needed]
* Cafesjian’s Carousel was a mainstay at the Minnesota State Fair from 1914 to 1988 when it was saved from the auction block by a non-profit group organized to save the landmark. The carousel is now located in Como Park in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [4]
* The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda, NY is the only carousel museum in the world located in an original carousel factory building. It occupies the building complex which housed the Allan Herschell Company.[citation needed]
* Columbia Carousel, located at Six Flags Great America and California’s Great America are the biggest carousels in the world.[citation needed]
* The Merry-Go-Round located at Tilden Park in Berkeley, California was built in 1911 by the Herschel-Spillman Company and is one of the few carousels from its day still in operation. In 1978 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[citation needed]

Kids love to splash in the water! Nowadays, inflatable pools are becoming more and more popular and continue to enthrall many more families. When summer comes, are you bothered by the high temperature? So stay in water may be the best entertainment. But when you see countless people crawded in the swimming pool, do you still willing to take part in? having an inflatable pool is your best choice for enjoy the cool summer.

the following are some Tips To Choose Quality Inflatable Pool:

- Inflatable pool slides are available in a variety of colors, appendages, forms and shapes. Hence, you will be spoilt for choice.
- Make sure to buy a set that comes with all the related stuff like portable blower, repair kit and so on.
- You can compare the prices being offered by different slide manufactures and bargain for the best package.
- You can search them online and offline to crack the best deal on inflatable pool slides.
- An inflatable pool slide is very easy to assemble.
- Make sure to check their acrylic quality.
- Make sure that they are compatible with your swimming pool.
- They must ensure slippery sliding surface for faster action and wild excitement.
- Follow the steps on the manual for better results.
- They should deliver a gushing flow of water to your pool if you really want to have a great slip sliding experience.
- An inflatable pool slide must provide fade resistance and superior flexibility.
- An inflatable pool slide is guaranteed safe. Children aged five years and above can enjoy it with minimal supervision.

to make a decision to buy a qualified inflatable pool is indeed not an easy business. Luckily, there are many products in the market for you to choose. But don’t forget to find a qualified manufacturer, he can do everything for you and your inflatable pool’s quality can be definitely ensured.

An inflatable pool slide is a good alternative for the busy people who cannot take their children out on a vacation. You may have promised your kids that you will take them for a vacation but got stuck due to unavoidable reasons. There is mo need to worry. You can set up the inflatable pool slide on your swimming pool and spend some quality time with them having fun. It really helps in saving your money and time. It can give you a feel of real vacation without you having to go anywhere.

To make the inflatable pool more fun, you can also get some small inflatable toys for your kids.

Editor’s note: China attaches great importance to its relationship with India. Only by putting aside differences and expanding cooperation will the two countries play a bigger role in the world.

To mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and India, top leaders of the two countries recently displayed strong political will to shelve differences and push bilateral ties to new heights. The ongoing visit by India’s Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna to Beijing is important for officials from both sides to carry out dialogue, build trust and establish cooperation.

China regards its relationship with India as one of its most important bilateral ties. The growth in their relationship in the past 60 years have made it possible for the two most populous countries to forge ahead with a long-term strategic partnership.

The two developing but emerging economies have been regarded as bright spots bringing hope of a full global economic recovery. Expanded cooperation in trade will bring more benefits for the two neighbors and further shore up their economic clout around the world.

As two important regional powers, China and India share common interests in sustaining regional development and stability. The two nations also have common ground in tackling global challenges including climate change and energy security.

By cooperating on regional and international affairs, the two countries will better safeguard each of their interests and those of the developing world at large.

The call for China and India to play a bigger role in the world has been growing. The call will be better answered if the two neighbors leave behind their past friction and look to the future. The two countries will be better positioned on global affairs if they could stand united.

(China Daily 04/07/2010 )