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Calling back unfit officials will work better with precise criteria

[2015-04-17 07:16]

SINCE LAST YEAR, THE QIANXINAN Buyi and Miao autonomous prefecture in Guizhou province, Southwest China, has experimented in "calling back" officials that do not fit their current positions and offering training for them. By this February, 1,334 badly performing officials had been called back for further training. Comments:

Time to reform telecom companies' operations

[2015-04-17 07:16]

HOSTING AN ECONOMIC MEETING on Tuesday, Premier Li Keqiang mentioned the high cost and low efficiency of mobile Internet access in China, and urged that these issues be addressed. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology later responded that they will accelerate this process. Comments:

Netizens quick to locate the humor in sandstorm

[2015-04-17 07:16]

BEIJING SUFFERED its heaviest sandstorm in years on Wednesday, with PM10 levels at 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter, which is extremely hazardous for health. Comments:

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New momentum for ties with Pakistan

[2015-04-17 07:16]

Pakistan, an all-weather friend and important trade partner of China, has had an impressive economic growth rate in recent years (it was 4.1 percent in 2014). With per capita GDP of more than $1,300 and a population of nearly 200 million (the sixth-largest in the world), the South Asian country is witnessing an increase in its middle class population at a fast pace.

Chinese tourists must act like envoys abroad

[2015-04-17 07:16]

People spitting or urinating in public, coming to fisticuffs on aircraft with flight attendants and fellow passengers, vandalizing cultural relics and removing shoes on public transport vehicles creating a foul smell. These are just a few of the litany of revolting behaviors that we have come to tolerate in our everyday life in China. But imagine Chinese people doing the same overseas and what that could do to China's soft power.

Let cars, not models, attract buyers at show

[2015-04-17 07:16]

The 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, scheduled to open later this month, has officially announced that no models would be seen at the show.

Rule of law covers drivers and smokers

[2015-04-17 07:16]

Building a nation based on the rule of law is the ambitious goal set by the Fourth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held last October. It involves reform of the judicial system and other related institutions so they are fairer and just to the whole of society.

Economy to flourish after 'between harvests' period

[2015-04-16 07:49]

Listening to the language Chinese officials and economists use to describe their task helps to explain the logic behind the policies they come up with.

AIIB open and inclusive

[2015-04-16 07:49]

From October 2013 when the concept of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank was first advocated by China to October 2014 when a memorandum was signed and then to this year's April 15 deadline for membership applications, the bank has received increasing endorsements and faced declining resistance.

Premier calls for improved net speeds and bandwidth

[2015-04-16 07:49]

IN A MEETING WITH ENTREPRENEURS and economists in Beijing on Tuesday, Premier Li Keqiang urged the head of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to lower the fees for mobile Internet users, expand the bandwidth and improve Internet speeds. Comments:

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