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Reaction to Ban's visit sets Abe on wrong side of history

[2015-08-31 07:50]

The Japanese government's "concern" about UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to Beijing betrays the narrow-mindedness of the Shinzo Abe administration and its obstinacy in clinging to wrong perceptions of history.

Border stability and security

[2015-08-31 07:50]

Given that the stability and security in the Tibet autonomous region are closely relevant to those of the whole nation, any work related to the region should focus on maintaining national unity and consolidating ethnic solidarity, President Xi Jinping stressed at the sixth central meeting on work related to Tibet and the Tibetan-populated areas.

Poverty-stricken county leaders shouldn't rejoice at such a label

[2015-08-31 07:50]

In his recently published book on prefectural governance, China's top leader Xi Jinping noted that he was truly outraged by a county which "celebrated" being listed as a national-level poverty-stricken county in 2012 on its official webpage. Comments:

Public's opinions must be honestly heeded

[2015-08-31 07:50]

On Wednesday, the local commodity price bureau in Lanzhou, capital of the Northwest China's Gansu province, held a "flash mob-style" public hearing on the price of gas for domestic use, giving rise to doubts about its sincerity. Unsurprisingly, the hearing, which lasted for just over half an hour, passed the decision to raise the price of gas with few objections. Comments:

Kneeling to get son off the hook deserves no sympathy

[2015-08-31 07:50]

Photos of two traffic policemen in Handan, North China's Hebei province, kneeling beside an old woman who was begging them on her knees not to punish her son for drunken driving, recently went viral over the Chinese Internet. The policemen reportedly chose to go down on their knees to explain the penalty, in order to "clear unnecessary misunderstandings", according to the local police station. Comments:

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US can help itself by helping China

[2015-08-31 07:50]

Large-scale economic fluctuations have hit almost all emerging market economies. China's economic growth in the first two quarters plunged to its lowest level since 1990.

Lesson to be learned from EU's refugee influx

[2015-08-31 07:50]

The desperate attempts of refugees to enter Europe have caught the world's attention, and China has a lesson to learn from it.

Japan may need quotas to get more women working

[2015-08-31 07:50]

During dinner in a sushi restaurant the other day, I asked the chef behind the counter why sushi is a man's world.

A call to not lead humanity into another war

[2015-08-31 07:50]

China's decision to hold a military parade on Sept 3 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II serves important domestic and global purposes.

Pengxin may buy 2 cattle farms in Australia

[2015-08-29 07:20]

Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Pengxin Group Co Ltd is set to become the largest farmland owner in Australia if it is successful in the acquisitions of two cattle farms for A$1 billion ($720 million).

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