Financial market reform on track

Deutsche Bank, which opened its seventh office in China - a sub-branch in the Pilot Free Trade Zone in Shanghai - on May 8, has a positive outlook on China's economic growth and the government's commitment to market liberalization. In fact, at 7.8 percent, our (Deutsche Bank's) economic outlook for China's GDP growth for 2014 is at the higher end of the consensus.

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Handle with care

From the Chinese press

Intensify fight against corruption

Putting house prices in order

Local govts' attempts to prevent housing prices from falling will not succeed as market undergoes necessary adjustment

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US shows malign Chinese elements

The rise of China has prompted US film and TV series directors to include Chinese elements in their works. The way China is portrayed in American TV series - one of the most representative cultural products of American society, values and ideologies - largely reflects mainstream American views about China's political system, social issues, economic development model and its rising global status.

Crisis of public trust

HAD THERE BEEN PROPER INTERACTION between the Yuhang local government in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, and residents, the construction of a garbage incinerator would not have led to a public protest on Saturday. More importantly, proper communication between the local authorities and residents could have prevented the public protest from turning into a riot, in which police vehicles were overturned and torched, and police officers attacked.

ASEAN faces integration hurdles

Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are expected to use the 24th ASEAN Summit that started on Saturday to establish an economic community by the end of 2015, regardless of the political and economic obstacles and challenges they face, says a Xinhua News Agency analysis.

Manila testing Beijing's patience

On May 6, the Philippines again created trouble in the South China Sea by illegally detaining 11 Chinese fishermen and seizing a boat in the waters off China's Half Moon Shoal in the Nansha Islands. On the same day, the Philippine military announced a so-called South China Sea defense plan, saying that to protect the Philippines' "national interest", it will resist "China's increasingly assertive behavior in the South China Sea".

Kids' well-being best gift for moms

As a mother of two, I know how much I want the best for my children. I want, with all my heart, to know that my children are healthy, develop well and will thrive when they grow up. Our family is lucky: we have always had food on the table, access to great schools and time to spend together.

Letters

Mainland tourists not to blame

The tragedy in Thailand proceeds apace

More than almost any political crisis on the face of the earth today - more than in Russia, Ukraine and Crimea, even more, in a way, than in dreadfully miserable Syria - it is the crisis in Thailand that seems so sad.