With history beckoning, the way to handle China-US relations is not to pursue the best scenario, but to avoid the worst.
The consensus reached by Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Japan's National Security Council head Shotaro Yachi on Friday in Beijing on the four principles for improving bilateral ties not only creates conditions for a meeting between the leaders of the two countries during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering, it also lays a solid foundation for the recovery of bilateral relations.
BEHIND THE ASIA-PACIFIC DREAM THAT PRESIDENT Xi Jinping proposed at the APEC CEO Summit on Sunday lies China's wish for as large a proportion of the global population as possible to benefit from economic development and the progress of human civilization.
The Asia-Pacific Dream is more than just the well-being of China alone; it seeks the common prosperity of the whole region. With China's development over the past decade, some overseas media have exaggerated its negative influence and promoted a China threat, the Asia-Pacific Dream deals a blow to such irresponsible words by displaying China's sincerity and goodwill to all its neighbors.
Beijing is hosting the 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference from Nov 5 to 12, with the most important meeting scheduled for Nov 10-11 near Yanqi Lake in Huairou district. Beijing authorities have mobilized all human and material resources to ensure APEC participants enjoy their stay and the clear air in the capital. Photographers have sketched some moments from the daily life of the city to share with our readers.
It's been nearly a month since Diomar Pereira has had running water at his home in Itu, a commuter city outside Sao Paulo that is at the epicenter of the worst drought to hit southeastern Brazil in more than eight decades.
Philippine climate change envoy Naderev Sano will reach on Saturday ground zero of the strongest typhoon ever to make landfall, completing an epic march he believes will help spur action against global warming.
More than three years after the Fukushima disaster, the final obstacle to restarting two nuclear reactors in Japan was removed Friday when local politicians granted their approval for a plant in the south to go back online.
Some special operations service members and veterans are unhappy that retired Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill has taken credit publicly for killing Osama bin Laden.
From robots that chop up your vegetables to detectors that measure how long you sleep, "smart" appliances are becoming more and more a part of daily life, according to industry players.
The United Nations' Ebola chief said an extraordinary global response over the past month has made him hopeful the outbreak could end in 2015, although he cautioned that the fight to contain the disease is not even a quarter done.
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