Debate: Chinese mothers
2011-02-09 08:11:30
The high-profile debate over Chinese mothers continues. A China Daily senior editor says Chinese education needs to incorporate broader values but an education researcher praises China's educational achievements
Learning different ways of thinking
2011-01-28 08:05:57
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama highlighted the importance of education by stating that to win the future for the United States, "we also have to win the race to educate our kids".
Weathering storms to chart common course
2011-01-21 08:10:13
On Wednesday, both Chinese President Hu Jintao and US President Barack Obama recalled in their speeches the days when China and the United States broke off their estrangement and started to engage in exchanges and improve mutual understanding despite their differences in ideology and social systems.
A hard time learning the lingo
2011-01-14 08:02:04
Last Sunday, I visited the University of Cincinnati's Raymond Walters College campus. It was the opening day of the new semester of the Greater Cincinnati Chinese School.
Cities on the front line of climate change
2011-01-07 07:40:00
Garbage has been piled up on the streets of New York for nearly a week after a blizzard hit the northeastern part of the United States on Dec 30. The city's sanitation workers had a hell of job to tackle the garbage after days of hard work to clear the streets of thick snow.
Unfairness of selling low and buying high
2010-12-30 07:50:31
I may not have picked the best time to visit my sister in New York, as a full-scale blizzard, with hurricane-force winds and something called "thunder snow", hit the East Coast of the United States on Sunday.
Less salt can better preserve health
2010-12-20 08:02:59
About 6,000 years ago, our ancestors discovered that salt can preserve food.
Time is of the essence at Cancun
2010-12-10 07:00:43
Each of us - officials, activists, and journalists - left a substantial carbon footprint just to get here. According to the host's website, I will have created 14.51 tons of carbon dioxide traveling to Cancun from Beijing and riding buses every day between my hotel and the conference venues.
Japan should take pride in Kyoto Protocol
2010-12-03 07:58:58
Japan has long been recognized as one of the global leaders in battling climate change. It is arguably the most energy-efficient country in the world.
Bring action plans, not empty words
2010-11-26 07:15:33
'Please consider taking the stairs if you're going to one of the first five floors," says a sign by the elevators in an office building of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in Beijing.
Starting green lifestyle with the haves
2010-11-12 08:01:59
New heroes are born every day on the major Chinese Internet portals. One of the most recent is Zhang Qingtian, 74, a farmer in mountainous Fude village, Kaixian county of Chongqing municipality.
Don't pull apart the countryside
2010-11-05 08:31:20
Lu Ye, a top Party chief in Luojiang county, Sichuan province, still remembers a quarrel he had with local farmers earlier this year. They disagreed over whether additional walls should be built inside the courtyards in a new village called Daowan.
