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This is a Chinese story that belongs to our era. It tells the joy and tragedy behind the prosperous times of a great country. It tells the story of a pair of schoolmates after a major earthquake, one of whom became a national hero, while the other lost his arm and is worried about tomorrow's livelihood; it tells the lives of a group of forgotten abandoned babies, who were abandoned by their biological parents, became bargaining chips for social capital with their adopters, and eventually died in a fire; it tells the story of a business established by 80,000 Qingtian people who came to Western Europe The Kingdom of Industry; it tells the story of gold diggers from Shanglin Township, Guangxi who were expelled in Africa; it tells how the Internet inspired the democratic impulse of a village in northern Jiangsu... The author hopes that with the help of the people and stories in his writing, it can bring some thoughts: when the country develops, how to improve the happiness of every Chinese person, so that the dignity of the individual soul can float to the surface and bathe in light.

The politics of the Qing Dynasty had a strong "family and world" theme. The aristocratic group composed of clan princes was the core part of the ruling group and played an important role in state affairs. The "Manuscript of the History of the Qing Dynasty" said that "the internal support is the foundation of the government, and the external leadership is the teacher" and "begins with the regency and ends with the regency." The Xuantong Dynasty's "relatives and nobles used affairs" has always been regarded as a major malpractice that led to the downfall of the Qing Dynasty. The relatives active in the political arena during this period, except Yixu, were all young and powerful people who were new to the political arena. They led or participated in all the key decisions of the Qing court and had an important influence on the political situation. "The Last Family World: Young Kinnobles and the Xuantong Political Situation" attempts to focus on the political practice activities of the Xuantong Dynasty, and uses time as a clue to divide the Xuantong Dynasty into three stages of development: the beginning of the regency, the acceleration of the establishment of the constitution, and the destruction. "The Last Family and the World: Young Relatives and the Political Situation of Xuantong" focuses on collecting various historical materials related to young relatives and nobles. Based on empirical evidence, through the construction of important historical facts and the research of key details, it systematically explores the participation and influence of young relatives on the decision-making of the Qing court in the Xuantong Dynasty, and enriches the understanding of the political situation in the late Qing Dynasty.

Three Chinese "chefs" from different eras, the evolution of British Chinese food, and the century-old history of overseas Chinese immigration. Zhou Yinghua, an immigrant from Shanghai in the 1950s, Helen, an immigrant from Hong Kong in the 1970s, and Wei Guirong, an immigrant from Xi'an in the 2000s. In the UK, these three generations of Chinese finally chose Chinese restaurants as their place to settle down, and they also subtly revolutionized Western society's understanding of Chinese food and food. "A Taste of Chinatown" uses interviews with three generations of "chefs" and combines historical data on the development of Chinatown and Chinese food in the UK to outline the immigration history of overseas Chinese in the past century. In the ups and downs of foreign stories and food adventures, a new flavor of the Tang Dynasty is revealed.

Reform and opening up has suddenly revealed a powerful and unfamiliar China to the world: from the cold Qingtian in Zhejiang to the noisy Madrid in Spain, from the impoverished Shanglin in south-central Guangxi to the gold mines in Ghana, Africa, from the prosperous Dandong on the Yalu River to the North Korea The silent night in Pyongyang; from hometown to foreign land, from the early super stability to the current wandering to make a living. While the strange Chinese people continue to surprise the world, how much emotional suffering have they endured, how much pain have they experienced, and how many souls have they left behind? In this issue, we have selected some chapters from Yang Meng's long documentary "Strange Chinese" to let you experience the tearful and bloody struggle experience of Chinese people overseas - smuggling to Spain. In early October 1995, on a cold night, 19-year-old Zheng Jianmao left his hometown Qingtian and embarked on the road of smuggling.