Are free Internet services sustainable?

Free e-mail, free games and free access to many online services, when describing the Internet age it is hard to ignore its "for free" aspect.

Protect water sources

THE CONTAMINATION OF DRINKING WATER IN the city of Lanzhou as a result of a crude oil leak is horrible, but what is even more terrifying are the potential threats this accident revealed to the safety of drinking water in this northwestern provincial capital, and maybe in other cities.

Asian integration will benefit all

Compared with global economic growth of 3 percent and three leading developed economies' growth of only 1 percent, Asia's growth of 6.1 percent last year was a seemingly unattainable feat.

Strictly enforce rules to fight graft

Editor's note: At a symposium on "Governance: Anti-corruption and Financial Reform" at Peking University on Friday, two Chinese scholars and two South Korea scholars shared their views on how to promote the anti-corruption campaign. Below are excerpts of their speeches:

Can a mini stimulus boost GDP growth?

China has set a GDP growth target of 7.5 percent for 2014, but because of the economy's weaker-than-expected performance in the first quarter of this year, many institutions have lowered their annual growth forecast for the country. It seems the 7.5 percent growth target is too ambitious to meet.

Jointly open up new vistas for Asia's development

Editor's Note: The following is a full-text translation of the keynote speech delivered by LiKeqiang, premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, at the opening plenary of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2014 in Boao, Hainan province, on April 10.

A pointless exercise in futility

By seeking arbitration the Philippines is seeking to 'legitimize' and gain US support for its invasion of China's territory

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Abe's friends lend him wrong ideas

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration is receiving flak all round, a situation made worse by friends and like-minded people that he has recruited to push his nationalist right-wing agenda.

Change growth engine

NEGATIVE TRADE GROWTH IN THE FIRST quarter definitely surprised Chinese policymakers who have forecast annual trade growth of 7.5 percent.

Move colleges out of capital

That Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province are working on a joint development plan to ease the population pressure on the capital and boost the overall development of the surrounding areas, has grabbed much public attention lately.

Weak buildings threaten life

On April 4, a building collapsed in Fenghua, Zhejiang province. Five days later, the deputy chief of construction of the street where the building once stood is said to have committed suicide.