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For honest governance gangs of corrupt officials must be broken

[2015-01-05 07:51]

FROM FORMER SECURITY CHIEF ZHOU YONGKANG to the most recently fallen Ling Jihua, former vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, almost every senior corrupt official has been found to own a network of personal relations, intermingled with power and interests, involving hundreds of officials. Such gangs of corruption must be removed for the ongoing anti-graft efforts to truly succeed. Comments:

Revealing cuts from TV dramas

[2015-01-05 07:51]

THE SAGA OF WU ZETIAN, a popular royal-themed TV drama, has had most shots of exposed cleavages cut and replaced with close-ups, which aroused a wave of discussions on-line. Comments:

The best reformer will win the century

[2015-01-05 07:51]

Corruption, environmental pollution and widening wealth gap are the side-effects of China's fast economic growth and industrialization over the past 30 years, and these are evidence that reforms in some key areas are overdue.

Cartoon

[2015-01-05 07:48]

Cartoon

Extreme disparity attack on democracy

[2015-01-05 07:51]

The economic geography of the world is changing. The eurozone faces the specter of another round of stagnation, Japan has slipped into recession, and the United States, despite relatively strong performance in the latter part of the year, has raised concerns worldwide with its exit from quantitative easing.

Curbing graft not to compromise normal welfare

[2015-01-05 07:51]

In a recent joint circular, the General Offices of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council reiterated the ban on the use of public funds to pay "bonuses" to employees and prevent "holiday corruption" during New Year's Day and the upcoming Spring Festival.

Abe should watch Jolie's Unbroken

[2015-01-05 07:51]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was reelected on Dec 24 for a third term, has an uphill battle to prove that he no longer harbors a revisionist historical view that whitewashes the atrocities of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.

Hot Words

[2015-01-05 07:51]

Chinese President Xi Jinping has used a popular Internet phrase "giving it one's best shot" to praise officials at all levels in his New Year Speech.

SOE salary reform sets an example

[2015-01-05 07:51]

Central State-owned enterprises launched a pilot pay reform at the beginning of this year. The pilot reform of the salary system for the executives of State-owned enterprises directly under the central government's supervision introduced at the beginning of this year will serve as an example for reform of the salary system for SOEs nationwide.