Knife's edge

Metal and rubber scrapers, several pieces of foam material, woodchips, two rolls of gauze, various brushes of different size ... whenever Lin Baojun opens his tool box people are baffled by what he does for a living.

Dangerous mission down below

It is one of the most dangerous professions in the world and Chu Jinyong has been doing it for nine years.

Brother nurse comes of age

A young man is pursuing a career dominated by women, his dedication hopefully will change the skepticism of many.

Time for China to go it alone?

Country will no longer allow its legitimate rights to be wantonly encroached upon by some of its neighbors

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Reforms respond to people's concerns

The new round of reform not only marks a new stage in comprehensively promoting the rule of law, it also reflects the all-round and integrated concept of the rule of law that China has formed.

US needs reality check

WITH THE WORLD'S MOST DYNAMIC ECONOMY and peerless military, "America has rarely been stronger relative to the rest of the world," US President Barack Obama declared at the US Military Academy at West Point.

'Visible and invisible hands'

President Xi Jinping's recent emphasis on the necessity of the government and the market correctly playing their respective roles to promote the sustainable and healthy development of the economy should serve as a timely reminder that any over-use of either the visible hand or the invisible hand will produce the opposite effect.

China's democracy to prosperity

Addressing College of Europe students during his state visit to Belgium in April, President Xi Jinping said: "In 1911, the revolution led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the autocratic monarchy that had ruled China for several thousand years. But once the old system was gone, where China would go became the question. The Chinese people then started exploring long and hard for a path that would suit China's national conditions. They experimented with constitutional monarchy, imperial restoration, parliamentarism, multi-party system and presidential government, yet nothing really worked. Finally, China took the path of socialism."

The truth about an income survey

A recent survey of the "1980s generation" that indicates "Communist Party of China members are better paid than non-members" and "most senior managers have only a high school or bachelor's degree" has sparked a heated online debate. Since many netizens seem to have misinterpreted the findings of the survey, there is need for some clarification.

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Severe crackdown on violent and terrorist crimes 严打暴恐 (yan da bao kong)

From the Chinese press

Display of wealth to no purpose