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Online video dramas out to find their niche

[2016-11-21 07:52]

Once shot for commercial promotions and coupled with cheesy jokes, Chinese online video dramas now appear to be flourishing thanks to China's booming "Internet Plus" economy. According to a recent report on video series made by video websites such as Youku Tudou and iQiyi, an estimated 2,000 episodes will be produced by the end of this year, taking the 2016 total to more than 5,000, almost 250 times the figure in 2009.

Wait and see is the message on ties with Japan

[2016-11-21 07:52]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the first foreign leader to meet with the US president-elect, and Japan's media excitedly seized on anything that could be regarded as a positive signal from the high-profile meeting on Thursday between Abe and incoming US President Donald Trump. Their smiles, and the gifts they presented to each other, were believed to betray there was chemistry between them during their meeting in Trump's penthouse in New York.

TPP 'demise' prompting a global pivot

[2016-11-19 07:13]

US President Barack Obama's landmark Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement was already on life support before his successor, Donald Trump, promised American voters worried by the impact of globalization that he would kill it and bury it.

Too early to write the epitaph for TPP

[2016-11-19 07:13]

Like the "rebalancing to Asia-Pacific" strategy of US President Barack Obama, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement also faces uncertainty with Donald Trump, who will enter the White House on Jan 20, vowing to "kill" it during his presidential campaign.

Visit to smoothen trans-Pacific trade routes

[2016-11-19 07:13]

"Timing isn't everything - it's the only thing" is a mantra I used to hammer into my students and now into my staff. President Xi Jinping is visiting Ecuador, Peru and Chile, during which he will also attend the 24th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Lima on Saturday and Sunday, at a critical time for Sino-Latin American relations. Needless to say his visit may have a lasting impact on China-Latin American relations.

Braving the growing challenges of UN peacekeeping

[2016-11-19 07:13]

When the bodies of three Chinese soldiers were taken home from Mali and South Sudan in June and July, the shock waves felt throughout China reminded people how dangerous peacekeeping had become.

A triumph for anti-graft law enforcement cooperation

[2016-11-18 08:04]

The surrendering to justice of China's most wanted fugitive Yang Xiuzhu on Wednesday is a major achievement for the country's anti-corruption efforts.

Yuan just self-correcting

[2016-11-18 08:04]

The central parity rate of the yuan dropped 97 basis points to 6.8592 against the US dollar on Wednesday, the lowest since Aug 19, 2008.

New regulation on government transparency has welcome details

[2016-11-18 08:04]

THE STATE COUNCIL, China's Cabinet, published a detailed regulation on promoting transparency of governmental affairs earlier this week. Compared with similar past regulations, the new one, for the first time, clearly requires local governments and departments to respond to major incidents of concern to the public within five hours, and hold press conferences within 24 hours. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Survey facilitates targeted help for kids

[2016-11-18 08:04]

THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AFFAIRS said last week that around 9.02 million children aged 16 or under have been left behind in their rural hometowns by their migrant worker parents, marking a major decline compared with the All-China Women's Federation's previous estimation of more than 60 million. Sznews.com commented on Thursday:

Airline lacks care for those in special need

[2016-11-18 08:04]

AN AIRLINE rejected a father taking his 13-year-old autistic son onto a plane on Tuesday on the grounds that "the child's behavior was weird". Beijing Youth Daily commented on Thursday that the airline's dogmatic refusal to allow the juvenile passenger to board the aircraft exposes a lack of understanding of autism.

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[2016-11-18 08:10]

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