Leading in the age of disruption

The year 2013 moved the world further into the Digital Age - a global epoch of changes whose likely impact on the world economy will be 2-3 times greater than that of the Industrial Revolution. Some 90 percent of the world's total data were created in the past two years. By 2020, the quantity of stored data could be 50 times greater than it was in 2010. Many pundits regard this massive explosion of data as the new oil, even a new asset class.

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A great panda success story

From the Chinese press

A heartbreaking tragedy

Governance reform the key

Of the many innovative decisions made at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as a blueprint for the ongoing reform drive, the modernization of governance is the most significant.

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US should support China's reform drive

Just three days after the conclusion of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on November 12, US Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew, paid a visit to Beijing as Obama's special envoy and met with China's top leader Xi Jinping. Three days after Lew finished his visit Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong made an eight-day trip to the United States. Then, US Vice-President Joe Biden visited Beijing. This high-level interaction between the two countries sent a clear signal that both sides expect to deepen their engagement and advance bilateral cooperation.

Great moon mission

The successful landing of the Cheng'e 3 probe on the moon on Saturday and the smooth separation of the Jade Rabbit lunar rover from the lander on Sunday make China the third country to own such space technology after the former Soviet Union and the United States.

More antics from Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is waging a relentless public opinion offensive against China.

An emphasis on stability

The Chinese government wrapped up its annual Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC) on Dec 13 and released a statement afterwards. The CEWC is part of the annual policy cycle, following on the Politburo meeting earlier this month.

Chinese abacus on the moon

If you have seen Chang'e-3 land on the moon and its very smart-looking six-wheeled rover, Yutu (or Jade Rabbit), being lowered to the moon's surface, think for a second. From "made in China" to "an export of China", the world has changed, accelerating into new situations and joltingly amended viewpoints.

What's the buzz

A recent online report that said a Chinese woman threw herself in front of a foreigner's motorbike with the intention of extorting money from him triggered netizens' fury against the woman. Later, it was learned that the foreigner had indeed knocked down the woman, but a photographer who happened to be passing by took photographs of the foreigner and the woman arguing and uploaded them on the Internet with a made-up description of the incident despite not being a witness to the accident. Since online information plays a very important role in our lives, we need to make sure we know the truth before we start believing in everything that is posted online. The following are the reactions of China Daily's mobile news readers to the incident:

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