The Communist Party of China has always sought to reinvent itself. Its leaders have contributed to the evolution of the Party, making it more adaptive to the changing times. Every time the Party leadership perceives a chasm between the leadership and the people, it makes successful interventions, strengthening its credentials as the benevolent Party working to improve the lives of the people.
An 80-year-old passenger recently threw some coins at one of the engines of the plane she was boarding at Shanghai airport because she believed it would bring good luck and ensure a safe flight. A co-passenger saw her doing so and alerted the airport officials, following which the flight was delayed. Considering her advanced age and given that her action didn't cause any serious damage, police remitted her five-day detention.
Russia's "pivot to East" continues, which will make Russia-China ties even more dynamic through bilateral trade, cross-border initiatives and corporate deals. Russia's economic recovery, along with Asian institutional and private investors' decision to venture overseas, is creating a positive trade and investment environment.
A Japanese friend, Michio Hamaji, sent me an email on June 25, saying he was annoyed to hear that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has ruled out the inclusion of some documents related to Japan's Constitution in its memory register. The 70-something businessman-turned-campaigner for the pacifist Constitution blamed the administration of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the UN body's decision.
With the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China approaching, all eyes are focused on the country and the Party, because the international community has been wondering how China under the leadership of the Party has maintained sustainable growth despite the weak world economic recovery.
When he lit his oven in London's Pudding Lane in September 1666, baker Thomas Farriner could have had no idea of the massive social change he was about to inadvertently trigger. History records that the Great Fire of London, as it became known, started at Farriner's bakery, not far from where China Daily's offices now stand.
A friend from Beijing was in Brussels about two weeks ago to attend a business meeting, and before departing for London on June 20 afternoon, he told me at the Brussels airport, which suffered a deadly terrorist attack 15 months ago, that, "Europeans have a short memory".
At a grand banquet held in his honor in Hong Kong on Friday by the special administrative region government on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the resumption of China's exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, President Xi Jinping delivered a heartfelt speech.
That some people in Washington still see China-US relations as a zero-sum game is surprising, to say the least.
President Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday for a three-day visit to the special administrative region, during which he will take part in celebratory activities to mark the 20th anniversary of its return to the motherland and swear in the SAR's new leadership team.
The European Commission fined Google a record 2.42 billion euros ($2.7 billion) on Tuesday for breaching the European Union's antitrust rules on the grounds that the world's largest internet search engine has abused its market dominance by favoring its own shopping service in its search results.
WEI XIANG, a disabled high school graduate from Dingxi, Gansu province, has been admitted to Tsinghua University this year, and the university has approved his application for a special dormitory place so his mother can be with him as he cannot walk on his own. Guangzhou Daily comments:
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