The rule of law figures high on the agenda of the ongoing Fourth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Heavy smog did not stop thousands of people from taking part in the Beijing Marathon on Oct 19, and although the participants and fans ignored the alleged health threat, the event has sparked a public debate.
There is no sign of the debate on whether China should legalize planting of genetically modified (GM) crops, such as rice and wheat, ending anytime soon. Pro-GM and anti-GM activists both have refused to back off, leading to the two camps bickering with each other on various traditional and social media platforms.
Comment on "HK leader says protests hatched for more than year" (China Daily website, Oct 16)
Making the largest pumpkin pie to promote locally grown pumpkins is more like an entertainment show for the media than an effective measure to help farmers solve their problems in selling their produce, says an article on guancha.gmw.cn. Excerpts:
Education authorities and parents need to know that team work and good health, which many old games used to promote, are more important for young people than many rigid exam-oriented homework and learning.
As an emerging power that faces competition and even efforts at containment by the existing powers, China has reached a stage where it needs to adopt an innovative diplomatic strategy.
The ongoing joint military exercise in northern Australia is the first in which China, the United States and Australia are taking part. Though only 25 soldiers are participating in the drill - 10 from Australia, 10 from China and five from the US - its significance goes beyond the symbolic.
THE LATEST GOVERNMENT STATISTICS WERE not ambiguous about the economy's performance in the third quarter. The nation's GDP growth slowed to its lowest rate in more than five years.
A slowdown in economic growth is not necessarily bad news; it could be a good opportunity for structural adjustment. The State needs to know that a GDP growth rate between 6.5 to 7 percent is normal, and that it should improve the quality and optimize the structure of Chinese economy.
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