Enforcing law can ease traffic woes
2010-10-22 07:52:49
We were waiting for a stoplight to turn green in Beijing on Tuesday when a champagne-colored Mazda-6 with Snoopy painted on the right rear door screeched to a halt.
Protect people from phone scams
2010-10-15 08:12:45
Several years ago, many people received text messages telling them that large purchases had been charged to their debit or credit cards in other parts of the country.
On own road to green revolution
2010-10-08 07:52:33
Smog blurred the skyline Wednesday morning as I opened the curtain of my hotel room in Tianjin. The day was hot and stifling; the heat and CO2 seemed to be trapped beneath a blanket of smog.
New schools rising from quake ruins
2010-09-30 07:49:25
Four months after the devastating earthquake destroyed a large area of Sichuan province, my colleagues at China Daily and I made a commitment to support at least one rural student apiece.
Going beyond sightseeing and shopping
2010-09-16 07:48:13
Last Saturday, an elderly American friend of mine went to see Peking Opera in a small theater in the rear garden of Prince Gong's Palace in Beijing.
Beware the cost of 'getting there'
2010-08-27 07:46:18
My colleagues from the China Daily Guangxi bureau and I took a week-long drive through Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region - from Nanning, the capital, southwest and south to Chongzuo and Qinzhou.
Do not sacrifice farmers' interests
2010-08-13 07:54:38
A two-day brainstorming session on trends and challenges in "urban-rural integration" in Haikou left me with more questions than answers.
GDP ranking no reason to celebrate
2010-08-06 08:02:32
The foreign media are abuzz with the news that China may soon surpass Japan to become the second largest economy in the world.
It is time to rethink new CBDs
2010-07-30 06:37:50
On Monday, a worker in Beijing dropped dead while delivering bottled water. The cause of death: heat stroke.
Getting down to action on climate change
2010-07-23 08:04:18
Exceptionally high temperatures from New York to Paris, Berlin, and Moscow to Beijing and Shanghai is making climate change a hot topic these days at forums, workshops and conferences.
No escape from environmental concerns
2010-07-16 06:54:13
Two months ago, I shared my experiences covering the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference at a forum that examined the roles and influences of government, the media, and non-governmental organizations.
Should 'Harvard girl' be a role model?
2010-07-09 06:46:48
The results of the annual college entrance examinations are in, and the media are full of success stories.
