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The implications of this scandal should propel the establishment of a mechanism for more effective supervision over the use of donated money for charity purposes and more transparency in the charity funds managed by the RCSC.
In his latest meeting with consultants to the State Council, Premier Wen Jiabao expressed serious concerns about what he called the absence of good faith and a slide in morals.
We must confess to having mixed feelings about the Ministry of Science and Technology's (MOST) information about its san gong expenses, or expenses to finance overseas trips, vehicles procurement and maintenance, as well as official receptions, in its 2011 budgetary report.
How should China's railways better serve the needs of different passengers?
With China's economy growing by almost double digits in the first quarter of the year, the country seems well set to cross its 8 percent growth target for 2011. This is certainly welcome news for the world economy that has come to depend on the robust growth of major emerging and developing economies to sustain its recovery.
Some officials of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) squander outlandish amounts of public money on lavish dinners, exotic liquor and other highly expensive commodities. This abuse of power is another form of corruption.
The joint declaration that leaders of China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa issued in Sanya on Thursday highlighted "a new model" of global economic cooperation and an important way of pursuing multilateralism.
The whole world, not just Japan, is watching how the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) handle the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The initiative China's police launched on Tuesday to step up the search for missing children till June 1 is a move in the right direction. Police at local county and city levels will issue the alert when missing children are reported.
The BRICS Leaders Meeting starting today in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, should be listened to carefully if the global economy is to pull itself out of the worst recession in more than 70 years any time soon.
Despite the publication of 2011 budgets by an increasing number of governments at all levels, including some central government departments, more pressure is apparently needed to push for greater transparency of government expenditure.
Every time something nasty is found in our food, there are intensive official efforts to deliver the sense that they are seriously concerned and that it won't be allowed to happen again.