West casts shadow over Africa's development

After the unbearable heat of Ethiopia, I ended my trip to Africa in Egypt, where it was raining and comfortably cool almost every day.

Reconnaissance damages trust

AGAIN IT WAS A NEAR THING ACCORDING TO the narrative of the US military: a Chinese jet fighter made "dangerous" passes at a US navy plane. The US Deputy Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said what the Chinese jet did was "obviously deeply concerning provocation". But the real question is what were US navy planes were doing near China's territorial space?

US surveillance the real issue

After a Chinese fighter jet made a regular identification and verification of a US anti-submarine plane in the "international airspace" of the South China Sea, Washington accused Chinese jet of an "illegal" interception and a "dangerous operation" as it came within fifteen meters of its US counterpart. However, what needs to be made clear is that frequent close-in surveillance of another independent country has no legality at all. Confronted with US hegemony under the cloak of "free navigation", the Chinese fighter was entitled to make a safe interception and protect the country's military intelligence from being spied upon.

Chinese help Japan economy recover

An estimated 1.27 million foreigners visited Japan last month as tourists or businesspeople, a record for a single month, with the number of Chinese visitors increasing twofold year-on-year to 281,200, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. And the number of Chinese tourists to Japan in the first six months of the year increased to 1.01 million, a year-on-year growth of more than 88 percent.

Making business teaching a good business

The number of university students, especially in business schools, in China has increased considerably in recent years, giving rise to two important questions: How to ensure that students' time in business schools is well spent, and what approaches to teaching would produce the best results?

How to take the anti-graft drive forward

The Chinese media and the Internet are full of speculations on how the top leadership will continue the anti-corruption campaign after putting former security chief Zhou Yongkang under investigation. A former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Zhou is the highest-ranking official facing investigation for corruption since the launch of reform in the late 1970s. As Chinese often say, Zhou is the "biggest tiger" to be trapped in the anti-corruption net.

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Mackay apologizes for 'disrespectful' messages

Former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay has apologized for sending text messages that were "disrespectful of other cultures" after he was ruled out of the running to take over at Premier League club Crystal Palace on Thursday.

Lavillenie's 20-win streak ends in chilly Stockholm

Olympic champion and world record holder Renaud Lavillenie suffered a surprise defeat in the pole vault at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Thursday, just five days after the Frenchman wrapped up a third consecutive European title.

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