Care for adopted children

Yuan Lihai was raising 17 abandoned children on her slender income as a market vendor and the subsistence allowance provided by the local authorities. But after seven of the children died in a fire at their home in Lankao county, Henan province, on the morning of Jan 4, she was questioned for illegally adopting the children. Since then many people have voiced their sympathy for her.

End accident cover-ups

The two recent incidents that had been covered up in Shanxi province, one concerning water contamination and the other an explosion in a tunnel, should remind policymakers of the urgency to rethink the country's accident reporting mechanism.

China has role to play in Mideast

Several major factors will affect the situation in the Middle East in the next decade. First is the eastward shift of the United States' strategic focus.

A chance to resolve Iran issue

A new round of talks on the Iranian nuclear issue between the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany (G5+1) and Iran will start in January, which will be the first such meeting after the re-election of Barack Obama as US president.

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Africa must follow China's example

From the Chinese Press

Dog owners' comment condemnable

Desirable global trend

The advent of a new year always inspires aspirations for the times ahead. A recent report released by the United States National Intelligence Council offers the world a crystal ball to gaze into the future as far as 2030.

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Economy must adapt to changes

The quantitative easing measures of the United States, the European Union and Japan can improve expectations for the global recovery and cushion the eurozone debt crisis' impact on the global economy. But these measures will not change the weak growth of the global economy. The International Monetary Fund's predicts that global economic growth will be a mere 3.6 percent in 2013.

Reviving the stock market

The Chinese stock market ended 2012 on a slight high, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closing with a 3.17 percent tick-up. However, continued recovery will not be possible without real reforms this year.

US export control

China was justified in expressing its disappointment and dissatisfaction on Saturday after the United States retained restrictions on the exporting of satellites and related items to China.

Sino-Russian stable relations

I would like to evaluate the relations between Russia and China in 2012 in the context of the last 10 years and their projection into the future, as well as looking at them through the prism of global problems, on the one hand, and the interests of Russia, on the other.