I've always had mixed feelings about e-commerce that has increasingly become part of our lives.
The social changes that high-speed trains have wrought add up to far more than the hours and minutes saved
The year 2008 was memorable for China and the world not least because of the hugely successful Beijing Olympics; it was also the year that China opened its first high-speed rail line, from Beijing to Tianjin. When the line opened on Aug 1 it took the metaphorical gold medal as the fastest train service in the world measured by its top speed, capturing the attention and admiration of visitors who came to Beijing to see records broken.
My memories of China Daily years can be clearly traced along the railway track.
The compass, paper money, moveable type printing, gunpowder and silk. These are a few of the inventions that until the early modern era put China ahead of the West as an innovator. But past glories are insufficient to address current and future challenges.
Country's future rests in the hands of the bright and the young
I began working with China Daily as a copy editor on the night desk; and to fill the long hours of the day I would seek interview assignments from editors who were short of hands.
When I was assigned by China Daily to study at the University of Hawaii two decades ago, the question I most frequently faced in Honolulu was: Are you Japanese?
Heading out of the country on holiday used to be the preserve of a privileged few
In 2014, overseas trips by the Chinese crossed 100 million for the first time. Last year, the figure rose to 117 million and China has become the No 1 country of origin for outbound tourism.
For an average family in China now, owning a car is no longer a symbol of wealth or social status. But two decades ago, it was an enviable luxury few could afford.
China's auto industry officially started in 1955 when First Auto Works, or FAW, was established in Changchun, Jilin province. That year, it produced 65 trucks. Even 30 years later, in 1985, China produced 443,000 units - about one week's production volume in the United States for the same year.
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