Caging corrupt 'tigers'

FOR MONTHS, AS HIS RELATIVES AND FORMER underlings were caught up in the anti-graft dragnet one after another, the fate of Zhou Yongkang was at the center of a guessing game.

Nobody can stand against the law

Hidden rules are different; some are severe violations of the Constitution and Party discipline, while some are slightly lighter; we can see social progress in the elimination of those that are overdue. People say there used to be a hidden rule that members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee are immune to legal and disciplinary penalties, but the investigation of Zhou has shown the alleged hidden rule doesn't actually exist.

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New model to boost South-South ties

President Xi Jinping visited four countries in Latin America between July 15 and 23, where he held decisive bilateral and multilateral meetings.

Properties abroad a two-edged sword

With risks rising in the domestic real estate market, investors are switching attention to overseas markets. Among the difficulties investors face in the domestic market are tighter credit policies, stricter scrutiny and over supply of housing units. In contrast, they find the global realty market brighter because loans are more forthcoming and the yuan has been appreciating at a consistent pace.

Letters

Why is sex still a taboo in China?

From the Chinese press

Heroic deeds demand better reward

Overcoming HK's social divide

As we all know the process of political reform in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is well underway. The government has completed its public consultation and subsequently presented its report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Vocational schools need reforming

China is striving for a transition to a service-oriented economy. But is it ready? Does it have the workers trained in the right skills?

Full rice investigation

IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER GENETICALLY modified food is safe or not. Instead it is a question of whether the country's top agricultural authorities will be able to maintain their policies, and a question of whether the provincial agricultural bureau of Central China's Hubei province has turned a blind eye to the illegal commercial farming of genetically modified rice.

Strict GM testing and labeling

Transgenic food is concerned with public health. In the United States and some European countries, some genetically modified products have already proved detrimental to health; however, compared with the European Union's strict transgenic tests on imported foods, China lags far behind in the testing and supervising of transgenic food.

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