Think tanks developing in different ways

The top leadership has long recognized the important role of think tanks and encouraged their development. According to a "2013 Global Go to Think Tanks Report", released by the University of Pennsylvania at the beginning of this year, there are 426 think tanks in China, only the US with 1,828 has more.

Justice delivered at last

THE DETAINING OF JAPANESE BULK CARRIER Baosteel Emotion by the Shanghai Maritime Court, is the result of two Chinese brothers' winning a civil lawsuit against the Japanese company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.

Abe's irresponsible schemes

By calling China irresponsible, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has once again merely demonstrated his own irresponsibility.

Watching the watchdogs

Good journalism has boundaries but it knows no borders. It is not without guidelines and a guiding spirit, but it is not beholden to any person or power. We live in an age of disruption, in which the old paradigm of mass media dominated by TV and newspapers is being transformed by the promise and pitfalls of the interactive Web. The new way of doing things both informs and infuriates the guardians of traditional media, as the new way of doing things poses serious challenges. Ultimately, the new and old will be absorbed and incorporated by the best and most adept as the media reinvents itself.

2019 Asiad should not be China's game

Cut their coats according to their cloth. That is exactly what Vietnam and China are doing on sports galas.

Letters

The complexity of Sino-US ties

From the Chinese press

A useless public toilet

Asia remains US' priority

China Forum | Chen Xiangyang

Cartoon

Better GDP growth rebuts 'China collapse' theory

Official data show that China's GDP grew 7.4 percent year on year in the first quarter, 0.3 percentage point lower than the pace in the previous three months.

China displays soft power in MH370 search

As the frustrating, until now futile search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 wears on, some people may be wondering: How long will China continue its big and costly operation in the Indian Ocean?

Tax reform for innovation

Stock-based incentives should be encouraged to attract and retain talent for startups and high-tech companies