Trump's kiss of life for the Quad

At the Raisina Dialogue with senior naval officials from Japan, India and Australia in New Delhi last week, United States Pacific Commander Admiral Harry Harris Jr claimed "China is a disruptive, transitional force in the Indo-Pacific".

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Collaborative development of the e-commerce, express delivery and logistics industries

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A year of success since Xi's Davos speech

One year ago, President Xi Jinping delivered a landmark speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, outlining his views on the major trends and challenges affecting the world, from slow growth and climate change to rapid advances in technology, inequality and inadequate and unrepresentative global governance.

Saving spouses from becoming loan victims

Since 2004 people have often criticized Article 24 of the Supreme People's Court's judicial interpretation of the Marriage Law, which says debts incurred by one spouse should be repaid jointly by both unless the other spouse can prove the debtor and creditor clearly agreed the loan was for personal use.

Govts should act now to narrow wealth inequality and save the world

Eight men own as much wealth as the poorest 3.6 billion people, or half of the world's total population, says Oxfam in its latest report. The report titled "An economy for the 99 percent", released just before the Jan 23-26 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, reflects the horrific global wealth disparity that is being further widened as big businesses and the super rich continue to dodge taxes, lower wages and use their powers to influence political regimes.

Abusing trade remedies part of Trump's agenda

The decision by US President Donald Trump on Monday to impose tariffs on imported solar energy components and large washing machines, signals Washington is quickening its pace to embrace anti-trade populism under the pretext of pursuing "fair trade".

Joint efforts on climate needed

The extreme weather around the world recently, from the blizzards in the United States to the sweltering heat wave in Australia, further verify the previous predictions that hurricanes, floods, droughts and other natural disasters will become increasingly frequent worldwide.

Trillion club reveals cities are the driving force for growth

ELEVEN YEARS AGO, Shanghai became the first city in China whose GDP exceeded 1 trillion yuan ($156 billion). By the end of last month, the number of the cities in the 1 trillion yuan club had risen to 14, with Wuxi in Jiangsu province, and Changsha in Hunan province, as the latest newcomers. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

App may have sought to cloak corruption

IN ORDER TO participate in the bids to provide school uniforms, companies in 16 provinces and municipalities are reportedly required to mandatorily join a third-party app called YGZY. According to some local education officials this was intended to prevent corruption. However, YGZY takes 4 percent of the total value of the uniforms provided, which pushes the prices higher. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

Will planes, pets and electronic devices be a troublesome mix?

HAINAN AIRLINES has said it will allow some pets to travel in the cabin with their owners on domestic flights on a trial basis, making it the first commercial airline in China to do so. Sichuan Airlines reportedly intends to follow suit in March. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

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