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Year of reform and hope

President Xi Jinping said in his New Year address on Tuesday that greater strides will be made on reforms in 2014, and people have much to expect of the materialization of the specific reform plans and their benefits to people's daily lives.

Abe's malicious intentions

Less than a week ago, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine. This insolent act is an open defiance to justice, and the international community should strike back hard, said a People's Daily editorial published on New Year's Day.

Peaceful growth the only path

Editor's note: Wu Jianmin, executive vice-chairman of the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy and former Chinese ambassador to France, summarized China's diplomacy in the past year in a recent interview with China Daily reporter Wu Jiao. Excerpts from the interview follow:

Will gold regain buyers' favor?

The consensus is that the price of gold will, at best, grind lower this year, as the support from loose US monetary policy gradually weakens. In contrast, with investor sentiment already heavily negative, our (Capital Economics') view is that the risks for the coming year are firmly skewed to the upside.

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Culture is not about making money

From the Chinese Press

A welcome move against smoking

Putting folk art skills to work

Adecade ago, it seemed the best option for young people like Cai Qun from the mountainous areas of Guizhou province was to head to the cities in search of work. However, these days Cai would advise girls to stay in their villages, where there are more employment opportunities than before.

Congolese artist sees big picture

In a Kansas schoolyard in 1979, alone in a crowd of children at play, Theodore Jonas Akonga made a discovery that would determine the course of his adult life.

Common destiny needs stability

Strategic focus of China's foreign policy is consolidating friendly cooperation and security with neighboring countries

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CSRC will need to show teeth in time

The China securities watchdog, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, reportedly conducted a series of seminars in Beijing recently for selected stockbrokers and investment bankers to brief them on the new IPO rules that, as expected, are based on the concept of self-regulation in disclosure and pricing.