简介：<正>CharlesHardTowneswasborninGreenville,SouthCarolina,onJuly28,1915.thesonofHenryKeithTownes,anattorney,andEllen(Hard)Townes.HeattendedtheGreenvillepublicschoolsandthenFurmanUniversityinGreenville,wherehecompletedtherequirementsfortheBachelorofSciencedegreeinphysicsandtheBachelorofArtsdegreeinModernLanguages,graduatingsummacumlaudein1935,attheageof19.Physicshadfascinatedhimsincehisfirstcourseinthe

简介：<正>FewWesternersknowmuchaboutPakistanbeyondmediareportsofIslamicfundamentalism,communalviolenceandmartiallaw,butitcontainssomeofAsia’smostmind-blowinglandscapes,extraordinarytrekkingopportunities,amultitudeofculturesandalongtraditionofhospitality.TheChina’sneighbouringcountryisthesiteofsomeoftheearliesthumansettlements,hometoanancientcivilisationrivallingthoseofEgyptandMesopotamia,andthecrucibleoftwooftheworld’smajorreligions,HinduismandBuddhism.You’llsurelygetmorethanwhatyouexpectedthere..

简介：<正>IneverimaginedtheAmbassadorofRomaniatoChina,Mr.Isticioaia-Budura,wouldbesoskilledinspeakingbothChineseandEnglish.Hecameinexactlyatthetimeweappointedwithahospitablesmile,makingmefeelratherrelaxed.