Anti-corruption bureau
2010-11-27 08:03:46
Sichuan has become the fifth province to open a bureau of corruption prevention. The bureau is in addition to the branch of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and government departments assigned to deal with corruption.
Competing universities
2010-11-26 08:00:50
With six months to go before China's college entrance examinations you can smell the tension in the air from the cut-throat competition among the elite institutions of higher learning.
Classification of trash
2010-11-26 08:00:50
Many factors matter when it comes to sustainable urban life. The safe treatment of trash is one of them. Beijing is asking its citizens for opinions about the proposed garbage classification rules that it intends to introduce to better manage trash, a step toward its goal of reducing the total amount of trash and achieving sustainable treatment of it.
Forced demolitions
2010-11-25 08:00:00
Local governments' direct and deep involvement in forced evacuations and demolitions and in disputes over land seizures is a major cause of violent confrontations at the grassroot level.
Green life, green growth
2010-11-25 08:00:00
The 2010 China International Green Industry Expo that opened on Wednesday in Beijing speaks volumes about the country's ambition to make the green economy a new growth engine for its sustainable development.
Reciprocal neighbors
2010-11-24 07:56:54
The remarks made by Premier Wen Jiabao after his arrival in St. Petersburg in Russia on Monday evening pointed to the significance of his two-day official visit to the northern neighbor.
Behind the fire
2010-11-24 07:56:54
More than a week after Shanghai's deadly fire, the investigation into its cause has revealed the unimaginable disorder of the construction industry in this international metropolis.
Conquer inflation
2010-11-23 08:06:17
The ongoing war against soaring consumer prices is one that the Chinese government must fight and fight well.
Melamine supervision
2010-11-23 08:06:17
We wonder how it sounded to the bureaucrats assigned to safeguard our food safety when they learned that melamine has resurfaced in the dairy market.
Prosecutors' scrutiny
2010-11-22 07:49:21
The Supreme People's Procuratorate's idea to let two levels of local procuratorates practice joint scrutiny of judgments of first instance concerning crimes by state functionaries may make behind-the-scenes manipulation more difficult. But the loophole that makes malpractices possible has still to be effectively plugged.
Rules on demolition
2010-11-22 07:49:21
It is weird that nothing has been heard about the amendments to the 2001 regulations on real estate demolition and relocation a year after the State Council started to solicit public opinions about its new proposals.
Mutual benefit
2010-11-20 07:48:34
The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has become an important vehicle of China-Africa strategic partnership, facilitating mutually beneficial and fruitful cooperation in trade and people-to-people exchanges, and deepening mutual trust.
