Editorials

Love sacrificed on the altar of Mammon

Marriage and love now come with added cost for men in China. Some women go even further, putting a price for going on a date with a man.
Promoting agriculture

Innovation in science and technology is the only reliable way to ensure long-term and healthy agricultural development.
Bright future for ties

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to China presents a good opportunity for the two governments to promote their comprehensive bilateral cooperation and enrich their strategic partnership.

Integrate to grow, innovate to prosper

As the chair of APEC this year, Russia vows to foster cooperation in trade liberalization, food security, logistics, energy and innovation.
Cultivating the cross-Straits generation

If cross-Straits educational exchanges can be efficiently coordinated by the authorities on both sides they can play a forceful role in spreading goodwill and building a common identity.
High-tech edge is needed

Given that there is not too much space for boosting the growth of its middle- and low-end manufacturing, China should try to press for high-end manufacturing.

Kitsch version of reality

The CCTV Spring Festival Gala presents a contrived but kitsch version of Chinese culture; it is almost entirely devoid of meaning or, in Zhou's words, "it is a toothless victim of its own success".
Some thoughts on retirement

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has been studying different possibilities of changing the retirement age or making it more flexible.
Call for harsh punishment

In the article on Wu Ying's death sentence, any reader can feel the damage that money and greed cause to society's standard behavior.

Han Han vs Fang Zhouzi

Han Han stated publicly he will bow out of the dispute. But it will be a long time before this war of words comes to an end.

Chunyun: Chinese characteristics?

Difficult as it may be to get a ticket, we can still choose to face it with a sense of humor.

Education: China vs US

Is Chinese education better than its US counterpart at producing "global citizens"?

Death of a young girl

Balancing work and health has been and will always be a major concern for anyone with a job

As the chair of APEC this year, Russia vows to foster cooperation in trade liberalization, food security, logistics, energy and innovation.

Cultivating the cross-Straits generation

If cross-Straits educational exchanges can be efficiently coordinated by the authorities on both sides they can play a forceful role in spreading goodwill and building a common identity.

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Removing fungicide from the orange juice agenda

Unnecessarily orange juice went to media all over the world and mostly in the USA, receiving headlines that is was contaminated with fungicides.
A Spring Festival Beijing hutong memory

One of my best Beijing Spring Festival memories dates back to the 2009 New Year, when I lived in an apartment complex on the corner of Ghost Street and Dongzhimen Beixiaojie.
Brazilian orange juice exports switch to EU, Asia

Brazil is a long-term very traditional supplier to the USA and Europe. This article has the objective of analyse the structural changes in the Brazilian orange juice chain in the last 20 years.

Playing dirty with poverty tag

People are questioning whether the management of poverty reduction funds is standardized and strict, and whether some adjustments in the assessment system are necessary.
Where has filial piety gone?

The refusal of some grown-up children to take care of their parents is aggravating the aging problem.
Duping stain on Sanya

Netizens, including some celebrities, have posted about 40,000 comments in just two days in response to a micro-blog that describes how a tourist was overcharged at a seafood restaurant in Sanya.

China investment unlikely to swamp EU

With Europe drowning in debt and flirting with recession, China's influence can only rise further.
Supporting the past, ignoring the future

Most media companies prefer not to talk about the support they receive from their government, but all developed democracies intervene in media markets in direct and indirect ways to serve a range of public interest goals.
China's $300 bln fund a wake-up call to US

China's plan for a new $300 billion sovereign wealth fund is as much a warning to Washington as it is a body blow to Brussels.

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There is more to Iran than meets the eye

Chen Weihua

Luxury shoppers ring alarm bells

Zhu Yuan

Individual efforts count in social progress

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Marriage and love now come with added cost for men in China. Some women go even further, putting a price for going on a date with a man.

Innovation in science and technology is the only reliable way to ensure long-term and healthy agricultural development.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to China presents a good opportunity for the two governments to promote their comprehensive bilateral cooperation and enrich their strategic partnership.

As the chair of APEC this year, Russia vows to foster cooperation in trade liberalization, food security, logistics, energy and innovation.

If cross-Straits educational exchanges can be efficiently coordinated by the authorities on both sides they can play a forceful role in spreading goodwill and building a common identity.

Given that there is not too much space for boosting the growth of its middle- and low-end manufacturing, China should try to press for high-end manufacturing.

The CCTV Spring Festival Gala presents a contrived but kitsch version of Chinese culture; it is almost entirely devoid of meaning or, in Zhou's words, "it is a toothless victim of its own success".

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has been studying different possibilities of changing the retirement age or making it more flexible.

In the article on Wu Ying's death sentence, any reader can feel the damage that money and greed cause to society's standard behavior.

As the chair of APEC this year, Russia vows to foster cooperation in trade liberalization, food security, logistics, energy and innovation.

Unnecessarily orange juice went to media all over the world and mostly in the USA, receiving headlines that is was contaminated with fungicides.

One of my best Beijing Spring Festival memories dates back to the 2009 New Year, when I lived in an apartment complex on the corner of Ghost Street and Dongzhimen Beixiaojie.

Brazil is a long-term very traditional supplier to the USA and Europe. This article has the objective of analyse the structural changes in the Brazilian orange juice chain in the last 20 years.

People are questioning whether the management of poverty reduction funds is standardized and strict, and whether some adjustments in the assessment system are necessary.

The refusal of some grown-up children to take care of their parents is aggravating the aging problem.

Netizens, including some celebrities, have posted about 40,000 comments in just two days in response to a micro-blog that describes how a tourist was overcharged at a seafood restaurant in Sanya.

With Europe drowning in debt and flirting with recession, China's influence can only rise further.

Most media companies prefer not to talk about the support they receive from their government, but all developed democracies intervene in media markets in direct and indirect ways to serve a range of public interest goals.

China's plan for a new $300 billion sovereign wealth fund is as much a warning to Washington as it is a body blow to Brussels.

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