One, if not the most, critical factor in understanding the current state of the China-US relationship and where it is heading is the ability to see the larger picture. The relationship has been an intrinsically complex one from the very beginning and it is even more so in this time of major change. It presents both opportunities and challenges, featuring contradictory trends and competing interests.
HONG KONG Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced the city was ending its capital investment immigration program in his Policy Address on Wednesday. Leung said Hong Kong is now looking for talent rather than capital. Comments:
IT'S REPORTED that the domestic anti-corruption campaign has spread to show business and the arts, which has attracted the public's attention. Some famous calligraphers and musicians have been investigated by the supervision authorities because of their involvement in the corruption of officials. Comments:
On Jan 12, President Xi Jinping had a panel discussion with 206 county-level Party chiefs in Beijing.
French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published its new issue, again with the image of the Prophet Muhammad on its cover, on Tuesday, a week after a murderous attack by militants on its Paris office.
Promoting global governance requires more deeds rather than words from big countries to ensure emerging market economies and developing countries have their say, and the interests of all are guaranteed. China's development experience and political wisdom can inject vitality into global governance and bring hope for improvement.
Air quality has improved dramatically in rich countries over the past century. Yet air pollution is still a huge problem, especially in the developing world. It kills about 7 million people each year, accounting for one out of every eight deaths globally. But the most deadly air pollution comes from inside people's houses, because 2.8 billion people still use firewood, dung and coal for cooking and keeping warm, breathing polluted air inside their homes every day.
The Chinese staple consisting principally of rice, wheat and corn will soon include potatoes (tudou or malingshu in Chinese), the Ministry of Agriculture said recently. This is a welcome move to diversify Chinese people's staple to a more balanced diet, which should also include high-nutrient food such as fruits and vegetables.
It was a spectacular scene, although it looked alien to modern Chinese society: a large number of students in a Shanghai school kneeling down in front of their parents in a traditional "ritual of worship".
Once upon a time there was an 11-year-old boy in a city who was good at computers, but not in the way you might think. He could use parts of discarded computers to make useful things like a dynamo to light a bulb or conduct other experiments.
Delivering a keynote speech at the 25th China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade session last month in Chicago, the United States, Vice-Premier Wang Yang said China was willing to join the US-led economic system, stressing that the US would continue to be the most powerful nation and that a rising China "has neither the intention nor the capability to challenge America's leading status".
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