Many outside China believe the country's economic slowdown is to blame for the recent drastic fluctuations in the global stock, foreign currency and commodity markets. They also think that the prospects of the world's second-largest economy are gloomy.
Du Hong, writer of books for children, died on May 30 of cancer. She is back in the news more than three months later because journalists have found she spent $120,000 to have her brain cryopreserved with US-based Alcor Life Extension Foundation in the hope of "coming back to life" with the help of future technology, say, half a century later. Neuro-cryopreservation means keeping a person's brain in liquid nitrogen at about minus 196 degrees Centigrade.
In response to frequent terrorist and extremist religious activities in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in recent years, the central and regional governments have taken a series of measures aimed at strengthening Xinjiang's stability and development.
President Xi Jinping's visit to United Kingdom next month may be less problematic than his current trip to the United States, if media reports in both countries are anything to go by.
On Friday, just before the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly, member states adopted a new set of Sustainable Development Goals. President Xi Jinping joined more than 150 leaders from other countries at the UN Headquarters in New York to participate in this historic moment.
With President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States coming to an end, many observers are trying to fathom the strategic implications embedded in his weeklong tour of a country battling on several fronts.
President Xi Jinping has said it is the responsibility of all countries to maintain the world order and international system with the UN Charter at its core, and promote new type of win-win international relations.
A high-standard Bilateral Investment Treaty is a tall order but essential for China and the US to emerge economically stronger from the current global slowdown.
As the jewels of classical Chinese literature, four-character idioms, those based on educating legends in particular, are wonderful vehicles of traditional values. When used properly, the terse phrases can convey profound messages. Like the two President Xi Jinping used in Seattle.
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn's resignation over the pollution cheating scandal that has wiped off billions of dollars of the world's largest automaker's market value should be a warning for businesses that dare to put profit above the global fight against pollution.
During his first state visit to the United States, President Xi Jinping's meeting with US President Barack Obama will give an indication of whether the two leaders can use their vision and courage to set the right tone for handling the differences between the two countries and defusing the geopolitical tensions.
Senior Chinese and US government officials had been speaking and writing on China-US relations in the run-up to President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States. The tone of senior US officials, including a policy speech by National Security Advisor Susan Rice at George Washington University on Monday, has seen a clear shift toward a more positive and cooperative plane despite the media's obsession with the South China Sea issue and cyber hacking.
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