Chinese participants at the World Economic Forum (this year's session ended in Davos, Switzerland, last week) and other international gatherings are becoming increasingly articulate, with Peking University's Justin Yifu Lin, Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Huawei president Ren Zhengfei being prominent among them.
"Seeking common ground while putting aside differences", a famous quote of former Chinese premier Zhou Enlai is the long-time guiding principle of China's diplomacy. It helped China resume diplomatic relations with the United States despite the Cold War.
Data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that China's working-age population decreased by another 3.71 million last year, which means it has declined for three successive years. At the same time, the national gender ratio, or the number of males to that of females, is as high as 1.16. Comments:
At a recent news conference, the authorities in Shandong province publicized 20 local cases of serious food safety violations. However, only one of the companies' names was mentioned; the bureaucrats claimed that this was to protect the reputation of the other companies. Comments:
The number of suicides among government officials has been on the rise in recent years. It is calculated that about 30 percent of such suicides are related to corruption.
Instead of giving a specific GDP target for Shanghai this year, the mayor said in his report to the city's People's Congress on Sunday that steady growth will be maintained, the economic structure further optimized and the quality of growth improved.
The fight against corruption in China is not a blitzkrieg, but a protracted war that entails special and powerful anti-graft agencies armed with laws, says an article in People's Daily.
India may be pushed back against China once again. This, in essence, is the line many media commentaries have been taking. It is this backdrop that makes US President Barack Obama's visit as the chief guest at India's Republic Day parade on Jan 26 interesting. His visit follows that of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who visited India last year in same capacity and whose second visit is expected in the near future.
The debate over taxi services, cabbies' incomes and passenger complaints is not over. Thousands of cabbies in major cities such as Shanghai have gone on strikes against Uber-like apps, including the Didi Taxi and Kuaidi Taxi, despite the Ministry of Transport banning the use of private cars as taxis earlier this month.
The sixth State of the Union address of US President Barack Obama deepened the political divide in Washington, which now reflects the country's economic divide and which, in turn, will reflect across the US foreign policy, including US-China relations, in the coming years.
The Chinese translation of The Good Citizen by Michael Schudson hit bookstores recently, providing Chinese readers a chance to gain an insight into the history of American public politics.
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