Chinese help Japan economy recover

An estimated 1.27 million foreigners visited Japan last month as tourists or businesspeople, a record for a single month, with the number of Chinese visitors increasing twofold year-on-year to 281,200, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. And the number of Chinese tourists to Japan in the first six months of the year increased to 1.01 million, a year-on-year growth of more than 88 percent.

Making business teaching a good business

The number of university students, especially in business schools, in China has increased considerably in recent years, giving rise to two important questions: How to ensure that students' time in business schools is well spent, and what approaches to teaching would produce the best results?

How to take the anti-graft drive forward

The Chinese media and the Internet are full of speculations on how the top leadership will continue the anti-corruption campaign after putting former security chief Zhou Yongkang under investigation. A former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Zhou is the highest-ranking official facing investigation for corruption since the launch of reform in the late 1970s. As Chinese often say, Zhou is the "biggest tiger" to be trapped in the anti-corruption net.

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Beware of bad effects of WeChat

From the Chinese press

Drugs akin to a Pandora's box

Guide to seeds' rivals at US Open

Top guns face some tricky opponents in first round at Flushing Meadows

Mackay apologizes for 'disrespectful' messages

Former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay has apologized for sending text messages that were "disrespectful of other cultures" after he was ruled out of the running to take over at Premier League club Crystal Palace on Thursday.

Lavillenie's 20-win streak ends in chilly Stockholm

Olympic champion and world record holder Renaud Lavillenie suffered a surprise defeat in the pole vault at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Thursday, just five days after the Frenchman wrapped up a third consecutive European title.

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England braces for Balotelli return

Volatile Italian poised to take over Suarez's role at Liverpool

Five things you should know about the EPL

One round of Premier League games has already backed up many pundits' preseason predictions, notably that Chelsea and Manchester City are title favorites and Manchester United needed more than just a change of manager to arrest its slump.