From the Chinese Press

Help the needy without a show

Relations back on fast track

Cameron's fence-mending trip has opened the door for the UK and China to tap the potential of the complementary economies

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Job-oriented foreign languages teaching

A sea change is on horizon in the way Chinese people learn English. And along with it, a debate is growing among teachers and parents as to how foreign languages are to be taught and learned in this country.

Chance to roll out reforms

The better-than-expected growth figures in November may have spared Chinese policymakers the trouble of delaying long-term reforms in favor of avoiding a sudden slowdown or taming a jump in prices.

Eliminating loopholes

A new series of guidelines on official receptions have been introduced recently, as part of the leadership's anti-extravagance drive. The guidelines, jointly issued by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, will replace those introduced in 2006 and apply to all Party branches, government agencies, legislative and political advisory bodies, and judicial authorities, as well as any organizations funded with public money.

Land policy a long-term affair

The Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, adopted by the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee, says farmers will get more property rights and ways will be explored to increase rural residents' income from property.

'Houses with limited property rights' pose a real problem

'Houses with limited property rights - investment for the future." Over the past couple of weeks, such advertisements in big, black fonts have hit Beijing. And the prices of such houses have been rising almost everyday. In eastern Tongzhou district, for example, the prices of some houses have risen by hundreds of thousands of yuan overnight. The craze stopped only when the Ministry of Land and Resources and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued an emergency notice.

Rural land transfer to help farmers

The Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, issued by the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee, highlights the CPC's efforts to ensure that rural residents enjoy an equal share of the fruits of modernization.

Connotations of Chinese Dream

It means nation's rejuvenation and has a strong appeal as it reflects the wishes of all Chinese people for a better future

China's ADIZ no cause for concern

It seems the hours of talks US Vice-President Joe Biden had with Chinese leaders last week in Beijing served their purpose and the United States might have got the message, as he said on Friday in Seoul that it is necessary to improve cooperation among the US and its Asian allies so they can get their relationship with China right.

Smog, an alarm to be heeded

Smog has become a nationwide scourge, as it has shrouded more than 100 cities all over the country in the past couple of days.