Redemption or self-deception

The attempts of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other politicians to change history, combined with his visit to Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 14 Class-A and hundreds of lesser war criminals, on Dec 26, has further soured relations between China and Japan. Especially nauseating has been the denial of "Nanjing Massacre" and trivialization of the "comfort women" issue by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) chief Katsuto Momii.

Think tanks have got "pivot" to Asia wrong

In the minds of former US government officials and policy academics who populate Washington think tanks like the Brookings Institution and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Asia before the arrival of the East India Company's taipans and Commodore Perry's "Black Ships" was devoid of an accepted, or acceptable, international order. China, Korea, Japan and the rest of the region were backward and incapable of sophisticated engagement with each other, or with the outside world.

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Toilet facilities poor

From the Chinese Press

More equitable development needed

Into an abyss of disgrace

Among world leaders, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unparalleled in making headlines for the wrong reasons.

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Foresight into common dreams with India

Editor's note: The following are remarks by State Councilor Yang Jiechi at the launch ceremony of the Year of China-India Friendly Exchanges held in New Delhi on Feb 11.

Cross-Straits step forward

Some are calling it a major breakthrough, even a milestone.

Target sex trade bosses

After China Central Television reported on the rampant sex trade in Dongguan, Guangdong province, the local police, employing a reported 6,000-strong force in all, launched a crackdown on suspected entertainment venues and arrested 67 persons for further investigation.

The global impact of US shale

The biggest innovation in energy this century has been the development of shale gas and the associated resource known as "tight oil". Shale energy ranks at the top not only because of its abundance in the United States, but also because of its profound global impact - as events in 2014 will continue to demonstrate.

Capital's control will be of poorer population

Echoing the recent plan of Beijing to control its rapidly growing population, officials in the capital's Chaoyang district have said they will cease the mass building of subsidized houses and launch crackdowns on group renting and the renting of underground spaces, so as to "cut the inflow of people".

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Happy Year of the Horse