Satellites map epic migration of Beijing cuckoo

Chinese poets have often used the cuckoo's arrival as a symbol of homecoming, but few knew where the bird came from.

Goodbye TPP, hello inclusive trade

President Xi Jinping has just wrapped up his third visit to Latin America since 2013, which took him to Ecuador, Peru and Chile. During his visit, he also attended the 2016 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Lima.

You can't kindle change in a dinosaur

I'm surrounded by a whole array of the latest high-tech gadgetry - an iPhone, an iPad, a Kindle - and I work on a state-of-the-art computer to bring you this column.

Should Britain's charity begin at home?

Domestic critics of Britain's generous overseas development program have seized on an official watchdog report revealing that the government continues to provide China and other new global powers with millions of pounds in aid.

Trump win a subject for media research

Donald Trump's election as the president of the United States was a big surprise for many people in the world. But Trump won because he identified the problems troubling the lower and middle classes in the US, such as social inequalilty and the negative consequences of globalization.

New DPRK sanctions can push parties toward talks

Precisely 11 weeks have passed since Pyongyang carried out its fifth and largest nuclear test. And it remains an open question whether the UN Security Council can put the draft of a new resolution to the vote next week.

Dovetailing development paths

The community of shared destiny that China and Latin American countries are endeavoring to build will not only lead their ties to a new height, but also benefit the world at large.

Report on the growing US military presence in the Asia-Pacific region

Editor's Note: The following article is an abstract from a report by the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, headquartered in Haikou, capital of South China's Hainan province.

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Helping Venezuela to honor commitment

In a recent televised address that coincided with President Xi Jinping's third visit to Latin America since 2013, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro thanked China for "not giving up on" his country during hard times.

Regulate programs to save kids from harm

What if you look like a celebrity? How can that influence your life?

Making sense of life on a remote cliff top

The steel-tube ladder is steep, 60 degrees, but it is safer than the old rattan ladder that consisted of nose-to-tail 17 sections on way to an 800-meter-high cliff. The new ladder, coated with blue antirust paint, came into use on Monday. And for more than 20 children of the Yi ethnic group from Le'er village, Zhaojue county in Southwest China's Sichuan province, the vertigo-prone journey to and from school has become easier, so to say.