Every advertising executive knows the difference between marketing and propaganda. One uses facts to espouse a point of view, while the other relies on falsehoods and deceit. But if the difference is truth, what is the commonality? Dopamine, say scientists. For the processed food industry, that fact has been worth trillions of dollars.
November 2018 will mark the 10th anniversary of quantitative easing (QE) - which has undoubtedly been the boldest policy experiment in the modern history of central banking. The only thing comparable to QE was the US Federal Reserve's anti-inflation campaign of 1979-1980, orchestrated by the Fed's then-chair, Paul Volcker. But that earlier effort entailed a major adjustment in interest rates via conventional monetary policy. By contrast, the Fed's QE balancesheet adjustments were unconventional and, therefore, untested from the start.
Lawmakers in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have revised local regulations to allow local governments to set up education facilities to help those who have been lured into terrorist activities and those affected by extremist thoughts to return to society and their families.
Editor's Note: China has achieved remarkable progress in recent decades, thanks to the efforts of its people working in all sectors. Starting today, China Daily will publish a series of reports on how the people have played a role in striving for a stronger country and better life.
From December, high-speed train passengers in Guangdong province who refuse to move after taking other people's seats will face fines ranging from 500 to 2,000 yuan ($72 to $295), according to a new regulation.
Chinese scientists have developed a new remote-sensing approach to assess nutrient levels in inland waters.
As the first ray of sunshine reaches Donggou village in Beijing's Miyun district, Yang Chenghai and his fellow villagers walk behind 14 mules, each laden with bricks, and make their way up a hill to a section of the Great Wall.
The story behind the Oishi Shanghaojia brand, one of the most respected and recognized in China, is a remarkable tale of how the reform and opening-up policy drew foreign investment to the country.
Editor's note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of China's reform and opening-up policy. China Daily profiles people who experienced or witnessed the important drive.
Curiosity is Bai Yu's default setting. Since 2014, his sense of adventure has prompted him to travel to more than 20 countries in just 20 months, and also led him to quit his job to make a solo cycle ride through the northern part of the Tibet autonomous region.
Ye Ziyi has been obsessed by the cosmos since 2003, when she joined an astronomy club at age 15 and was given the opportunity to visit an observatory in the Beijing suburbs to view the night sky through an astronomical telescope.
For many people, the name Changzhi is synonymous with coal. The city in northern China's Shanxi province has 90.6 billion metric tons of coal reserves, and the "black stuff" can be found under 61 percent of its land area.
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