China's economic slowdown in 2015 will have important consequences for countries in the region and beyond.
Beijing has issued two red alerts against air pollution in two weeks.
The United Arab Emirates is founded on the principles of peace, tolerance, dialogue and openness towards other cultures.
After spending two years getting to understand each other's respective positions, the leaderships of China and the European Union are determined to seek synergies in each other's mega-projects, Beijing and London have pledged to form a global strategic partnership and, Beijing and Paris worked together to reach a historic deal on climate change.
The annual Central Economic Work Conference, held in Beijing between Friday and Monday, has called for all-out efforts to speed up the carrying out of essential economic reforms.
Lately, the Philippines has been selling the South China Sea arbitration case it unilaterally initiated to the international community while defaming China, claiming that China's non-acceptance of and non-participation in the arbitration undermines international rule of law. Such moves are best captured by a Chinese saying: the guilty party filing the suit first.
Reviewing the process of the change from demand management to supply management in market economies will help us understand China's supply side management.
The Barack Obama administration has just authorized another round of arms sales to Taiwan worth $1.8 billion, which Beijing has strongly opposed because it undermines the country's sovereignty and national integrity.
The historic agreement passed at the Paris climate change conference compels all countries for the first time to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that cause global warming. In particular, the agreement aims to keep global average temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels on the basis of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities of countries and their respective capabilities.
Among the cornucopia of goods, rice cookers, toilet seats, thermos mugs and ceramic knives are the "four treasures" Chinese tourists usually buy in Japan. And they buy in bulk.
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