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.
The words of Francisco de Paula Santander, a Colombian military and political leader of the early 19th century, are inscribed high above the Palace of Justice in Bogota: "Weapons have given you independence. Laws will give you freedom." Powerful words by a man who was known as "el hombre de las leyes" (the man of the laws).
Although some protestors are still battling police, the "pro-democracy" protests in Hong Kong will eventually fizzle out, as Hong Kong residents' support for the protest is waning. Now it is time to examine the causes, effects and validity of the protests.
Beggars are using emaciated camels in Foshan, Guangdong province, to exploit people's compassion to get alms, a person recently wrote in his micro blog. Such scenes, however, are not restricted to Foshan, for since early this year beggars have been using ill-fed camels in several major cities, including Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Guangdong province and Xiamen in Fujian province, to seek alms.
China is a vast nation full of talented people. The country has proven its might, growing into the second-largest economy. It is expected to surpass the United States in the near future. It is an amazing feat, but it shows that success does not come easy. To grow further, China would do well to heed the author's advice.
A shopping mall managing company in Dongguan, Guangdong province, has decided to divide garbage collectors into two categories, regardless of their workload, and thus offers different salaries to the two groups.
The Beijing local government has decided to allow children up to 1.3 meters tall - increased from 1.2 meters - to travel free on the subway. This is a welcome move, which will help parents of tens of thousands of children in the city to save some money, says an article of the guancha.gmw.cn. Excerpts:
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