Heads of government from European and African countries, together with delegates from international and regional organizations, gathered in Malta on Wednesday and Thursday for a summit on migration. And the Middle East refugee crisis will be an important topic at the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, on Nov 15-16, too. This is a good time for the entire world to reflect on the reasons behind the crisis.
Larry Summers is an insider of the Obama administration having served as director of the White House United States National Economic Council from January 2009 to November 2010.
Amid global fears about China's economic slowdown, the jaw-dropping amount that Chinese consumers spent on Wednesday was a much-needed display of China's huge potential domestic consumption, which if realized would be a key growth engine for the world's second-largest economy and the global recovery as well.
The announcement on Wednesday that Beijing's Deputy Party Secretary Lu Xiwen is under investigation for suspected violations of Party discipline came just a day after the disclosure that Shanghai's Vice-Mayor Ai Baojun is under scrutiny.
AFTER A RECENT VISIT TO XIAMEN University in East China's Fujian province, journalist Jia Jia wrote that universities should not limit the number of daily visitors, contending that a good university should have an open campus. This has sparked a heated debate. Comments:
AT LEAST 37 HIGH-LEVEL CHINESE BANK EXECUTIVES, including Mao Xiaofeng, former president of China Minsheng Banking Corp Ltd, have resigned so far this year, fueling some speculation that such personnel changes might cause instability in the country's financial system. Comments:
THE MINISTRY of Environmental Protection has issued a notice requiring local governments in Northeast China to come up with measures to minimize smog, which has reached harmful levels across Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. Comments:
Nov 12, 2016, will be a day of grand celebrations, for it marks the 150th birthday of Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), "a great national hero, patriot and the front-runner of China's democratic revolution". The decision to celebrate the occasion came just a day after the historic meeting between Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou in Singapore on Saturday, a milestone in cross-Straits relations.
The flood of advertisements on men's cosmetics have gradually become a force propelling the spending spree on Singles Day, which falls on Nov 11, and indicating a silent change in Chinese men's perception about looks.
The South China Sea is one of the busiest sea lanes in the world used by China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and many other countries, including the United States, and keeping it open is in the best interest of all.
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