Upholding press freedom

Journalists' association defends country's progress and development and urges Western media to abandon their 'double standards'

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Reforms prove media accusations wrong

No matter how powerful a censorship infrastructure a country has, it cannot filter all the information circulating in the real and virtual worlds today. But when it comes to China, the West has been promoting a perception to the contrary.

Vietnam has duty to protect foreign investors and staff

Thousands of Vietnamese protesters have gone on the rampage, setting fire to foreign-funded factories, including a huge foreign steel plant in Ha Tinh, as anti-China riots spread from the southern to the central parts of Vietnam. This has endangered the lives and property of not only Chinese citizens and enterprises, including those from Taiwan, but also seriously affected enterprises from Singapore and Japan, the Beijing News said in an editorial.

Hanoi on a dangerous course

Aggressive actions in Chinese waters are in violation of international law, damaging relations and threatening regional stability

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Cease provocative activities in Chinese waters

Relations between China and Vietnam have undergone a subtle change following a series of provocative activities by Hanoi intended to disturb the normal drilling operations of a Chinese oil rig in the waters off China's Xisha Islands, also known as the Paracel Islands.

Vietnam must end violence

DESPITE THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT reportedly arresting hundreds of rioters, there is reason for people to question how the demonstrations could turn into such a deadly rampage against foreigners and their businesses in Vietnam, and why the relevant local governments failed to prevent the protests from turning fatal.

Manila's premeditated ploy

In a reckless move that further undermined the peace in the region, the Philippines detained 11 Chinese fishermen and their boat near China's Half Moon Shoal in the South China Sea on the grounds that they had poached sea turtles.

Anatomy of national elections

A number of countries, some of which face serious domestic problems, have held or will hold elections to choose new governments. Will the elections install governments that can solve the domestic problems of these countries and help improve regional and global security?

Savor a delicious bite of China

After two years' wait, the second season of A Bite of China was finally "served" on TV screens, again to visually satisfy the culinary cravings of viewers across the country. The show, which debuted on China Central Television on a non-prime time slot with relatively few viewers, later turned out to be the most popular documentary to be telecast in a long time.

Time to further ease family planning policy

A farmer in Guizhou province committed suicide because he couldn't afford to pay the fine of 22,500 yuan ($3,612.5) for having more than one child. The incident has once again exposed the dark side of law enforcement in family planning cases. Wang Guangrong, 37, had four children, but the younger three couldn't attend school because the children of parents violating the family planning policy cannot be admitted to school or get medical welfare or have household registration (hukou).