Building an Asian community of shared destiny

Last year, six countries through which one of the world's longest rivers runs agreed to establish the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation framework to coordinate development works and promote the well-being of the people living in the subregion.

Czechs are helping build a road of common prosperity

My interviews with politicians, businesspeople, shop owners, writers, sports coaches and even people on the streets show the Czech Republic, which I visited recently, is "tailor made" for China's Belt and Road Initiative, because Czechs are well prepared to meet China's proposals, have a long list of ideas about how to engage with the Chinese people and are ready to turn those ideas into reality.

Long road ahead for US-Cuba ties after visit

US President Barack Obama's visit to Havana is touted as "historic" mostly because he is the first sitting United States president in 88 years to set foot on Cuban soil.

Misjudgment of ratings agency

Moody's cut its credit rating outlook on China and the country's biggest banks from stable to negative in early March, citing rising debts, falling foreign reserves and an "inadequate capability to carry out reforms".

Justice won't be done till truth of college entrance fraud is revealed

A WOMAN, who faked the identity of someone else to enter Zhoukou Vocation and Technology College in Central China's Henan province in 2003, has had her diploma invalidated and been dismissed as a teacher by the school where she worked.

Longer weekends not a perk for govt employees

REPORTS SAY THAT ON APRIL 1, Jinzhong city, in North China's Shanxi province, will introduce a 2.5-day weekend for all government departments and State-sponsored institutions. That might constitute a privilege for government staff, says Beijing Youth Daily:

Live streaming sites ought to be regulated by law

MANY CHINESE streaming sites reportedly broadcast sexual, violent and vulgar content.

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Share onus to resettle laid-off workers

Minister of Human Resources and Social Security Yin Weimin said recently that the central government would spend 100 billion yuan ($15.3 billion) in the next two years to help resettle 1.8 million laid-off workers in coal, steel and other sectors that suffer from overcapacity.

High-income status an achievable dream

'What if this is 'as good as it gets'?" Jack Nicholson asks, as he walks through his psychiatrist's waiting room in the eponymous film.

An administrative shift for the better

Beijing is expected to make substantial progress by 2017 in transferring its departments in charge of political and cultural functions to Tongzhou district, its new "subsidiary administrative center".