Forced demolition violence raises many questions

A video clip, in which some men wielding clubs and electric shock batons assaulted women and children during the demolition of illegally built housing, sends a chill down the spine.

Japan's self-made dual personality

While more and more Chinese people are choosing Japan as a tourist destination, they have become increasingly aware that the Japanese government's deeds contradict its welcoming words.

Breaking Baidu's monopoly would help curb selling of search rankings

BAIDU, THE WEB SERVICE COMPANY behind China's leading search engine, is facing a storm of netizen criticism after the death last month of Wei Zexi, a 21-year-old man who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Searching for a hospital that could help him on Baidu, Wei was guided to a hospital in Beijing that reportedly provided him with expensive treatment that it had allegedly misrepresented. It is Baidu's virtual monopoly of online searches that is behind such incidents, says Zhang Zhouxiang with China Daily:

Tobacco supervisor goes too far with letter

THE TOBACCO MONOPOLY BUREAU in Dezhou in East China's Shandong province issued a letter calling on its employees to promote the sales of expensive cigarettes. Gmw.cn commented on Sunday:

Swat swarms of 'flies' from public purse

FORMER LOCAL LEADERS in Banqiao village, Hainan province, are being investigated for the squandering and misappropriation of funds. People.cn commented on Monday:

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Difficulties ahead to revive China's 'Rust Belt'

A recent policy document issued by the State Council, China's Cabinet, says "old industrial bases", meaning Northeast China, will make significant progress in the key areas of reform by 2020 and, revive by 2030.

Develop reliable online business profit model

In only a few decades, China has gone from copying even cumbersome foreign commercial internet models to building internet economic models that foreign countries are now imitating. However, the race among domestic internet enterprises to offer huge subsidies in order to raise their market value has left foreign companies wondering how they can survive in then long term.

The tiger's walk into the sunset continues

The number of tigers across the globe (read Asia) is on the rise for the first time in a century. Tigers in the wild, according to the most recent data, number about 3,890, up from an estimated 3,200 in 2010. The increase, a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature says, can be attributed to improved surveys and strengthened protection of the iconic species in India, Russia, Nepal and Bhutan.

Neighbors face tough challenge of building trust

On Saturday, while Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida was visiting Beijing, Japan announced it was relaxing its multiple-entry visa requirements for Chinese citizens.

Protesters storm parliament in Green Zone

Thousands of angry protesters broke into Baghdad's fortified Green Zone area on Saturday and stormed the Iraqi parliament building after lawmakers again failed to approve new ministers.