Hangzhou to bolster educational brand image

Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, is accelerating its pace of building itself into an international hub for educational exchanges in order to help improve its position in the education sector both at home and abroad.

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"Task-based language teaching requires teachers to ponder the role English education plays in all-around development of humans.

More sober approach would benefit trade talks

Chinese and US trade negotiators are scheduled to resume talks in Shanghai, birthplace of the first joint communiqué between the two countries, next week, the first time they will meet since the top leaders of the two countries agreed to a temporary truce during the G20 Summit in Japan in late June.

US interference in HK, Taiwan will not pay off

The United States again sent a warship through the Taiwan Straits on Wednesday. The motivation and implication seemingly explicit, since the move coincided with the release of China's white paper on its national defense policy.

New US defense secretary unlikely to be his own man

MARK ESPER WAS SWORN in as the new US secretary of defense on Tuesday. In an article in Beijing News on Thursday, Diao Daming, a researcher in international politics at Renmin University of China, comments:

Sex case exposes double standard

ON WEDNESDAY local time, the Minneapolis police released their investigation report on a rape allegation against Liu Qiangdong, founder of JD.com. Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Original intention of Bretton Woods worth cherishing

Editor's note: This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Bretton Woods system. Zhao Ke, a researcher in international strategy at the National Academy of Governance, in an article in Beijing News on Thursday, comments:

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Huawei's honeypots for talent reflect competitive reality

HUAWEI, CHINA'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANT, is in the public eye again. This time for the high salaries it is paying to some newly hired college graduates. Beijing News comments:

Deter misdemeanors with higher fines

THREE YOUNG MEN POSTED A VIDEO CLIP on social media showing themselves smoking in the Palace Museum, where it is prohibited. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

White paper debunks 'China threat' theory

With its rapidly growing economic and military strength since the launch of reform and opening-up four decades ago, there has been a global cacophony trumpeting the "China threat" theory.

UK's new leader faces same old problems

The United Kingdom got its third prime minister in three years on Wednesday, when Boris Johnson defeated his rival Jeremy Hunt to become leader of the Conservative Party and finally realized his ambition of moving into No 10 Downing Street.