Times and culture beck on Confucius back

About 2,565 years ago a wise and aristocratic Kong Qiu came to the world, 551 years before a certain Jesus of Nazareth.

Chinese tourists are golden harbingers

The National Day holiday is round the corner and, if things go like last year, this fall's "Golden Week" too will be a "golden mess".

Men can't shy away from paternal duties

A series of recent incidents has put the focus on the role of fathers in children's lives.

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Li Na, winner of two Grand Slams and China's most successful tennis player, announced her retirement recently.

'Sub-healthy' cities a warning sign

Almost 90 percent of Chinese cities, including Beijing and Tianjin, are "sub-healthy", says a study conducted by the Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies, affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Punish corrupt officials' mistresses

With the exposure and/or arrest of many corrupt officials at different levels, people are now pointing the finger at their "mistresses", saying they can easily get away despite raking in considerable amounts of illegally earned money.

Manila has duty of protection

A total of 12 kidnappings, 10 murders and three robberies targeted at Chinese citizens have occurred in the Philippines from Jan 1 to Sept 18, in which 18 Chinese nationals were killed and another 12 were victims of thefts, statistics from the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines have indicated.

US should respect sovereignty of others

US President Barack Obama likes to talk about international laws and respect for other nations' sovereignty, but he himself violated it blatantly on Tuesday when he ordered airstrikes in Syria.

Look behind promotions

SO, LIU TIENAN, THE DISGRACED FORMER chief of the National Energy Administration and deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, is not one of a kind.

Public can help bust corruption

When two years ago a journalist reported Liu Tienan was involved in corruption, the National Energy Administration, where Liu served as director, accused him of "blasphemy" and threatened to "resort to official, legal means".

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Enhancing global climate governance

The UN Climate Summit, held in New York on Tuesday, was not regarded as part of the negotiations for the 21st Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2015, which is supposed to reach a new multilateral legal agreement to enhance the implementation of the convention, rather an opportunity to create a constructive and cooperative political atmosphere for the parties to express their political will and enhanced pledges to address climate change.