Internet financing boom

The success of online wealth management products such as Yu'ebao has pushed Internet financing into the spotlight and it even appeared in the government work report in March this year.

Lessons learned from Rwanda

Today in the Central African Republic, government and community leaders are struggling to help the country find the path of peace.

What Indian election holds for China

Polling began in India's general election on April 7, and a new government is expected to assume office by the end of May. The excitement in the country over the outcome of the keenly contested election is palpable. The questions being asked both within and outside the country are what will be India's foreign policy orientation after the election - and what will be its economic policy, which will have a bearing on the foreign policy. Some people are also asking whether there will be any change in India's policy toward China.

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EU must serve tourists better

From the Chinese press

Tighten construction rules

Slowdown can be tolerated

The government will push forward further reforms and opening-up to release the potential for economic growth

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Terrorist violence is not an ethnic problem

Editor's Note: The following is part of an interview Zhu Weiqun, director of the Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top advisory body, gave with the www.ifeng.com website on China's anti-terrorism struggle in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and the country's work on ethnic issues.

Start new growth engines

THE SEEMINGLY BUMPY START FOR THE CHINESE economy has recently sparked talk of possible stimulus measures.

Explanation from Hagel needed

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel started his first visit to China since taking office on Monday.

Boost to Sino-US military ties

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel started his four-day official visit to China on Monday in Qingdao, Shandong province, where he visited China's sole aircraft carrier, Liaoning, which showed Chinese military's sincerity in improving Sino-US military ties by further raising military transparency.

Pricing for a blue revolution

China's economic growth during the past three decades has been dazzling. During this period, the country has lifted an estimated 650 million people out of poverty. The speed and extent of this growth is unprecedented in human history. Viewed from any direction, this has been a remarkable transformation.