From the Chinese Press

Regulate cyberspace with special law

Why people drive the way they do

Driving in Beijing can be a dangerous experience because traffic is often congested and, worse, infested with reckless drivers who tend to cut into lanes or jump red lights or speed on emergency lanes to get ahead of others.

Expanding trade relations

The fact that Vice-Premier Wang Qishan co-chaired the 23rd Session of the China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade with Acting US Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk on Tuesday and Wednesday indicates the importance attached by the Chinese government to China-US economic and trade relations, and also highlights the important role of the commission in promoting bilateral economic and trade cooperation and stabilizing overall China-US relations.

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Farewell to arms no easy task

Just a few hours after the tragic shooting last Friday in Newtown, Connecticut, which killed 20 children and six adults, my colleague suggested that we should discuss gun control in our weekly Across America Talk video program.

Growth with quality

after the annual Central Economic Work Conference that concluded over the weekend set the tone for quality and efficiency-oriented national economic growth next year, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday reiterated such a policy shift and called for renewed efforts to push for its implementation.

Aimed at the wrong target

First it was Baroness Ashton, on behalf of the European Union. Then came Hugo Swire, British foreign office minister.

Bridge over troubled waters

The Liberal Democratic Party won 294 of the 480 seats in the Japanese parliamentary election on Dec 16. Together with its coalition partner, the Komeito (Clean Government Party), that won 31 seats, it now controls more than two-thirds of the seats, enough to amend Japan's constitution.

China pivotal to Australia's success

Nearly half a century ago, Geoffrey Blainey's The Tyranny of Distance argued that Australia's geographic position shaped Australians' psychological attitudes. The long distance between Australia and its colonial forebears in Europe, and also the United States, made Australians unsure of their future economic prosperity.

Christmas calling Chinese parents

The Christmas season is here again and Chinese cities seem to be catching on the festive spirit with Christmas trees displayed in or in front of many shopping malls. But, and it is a huge but, if Christmas is about anything it is about children and the beautifully gift-wrapped presents they receive from their parents, families and friends.

Investment good for both sides

The world's largest economies should promote direct input in each others' businesses and help the global recovery

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