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How much monthly income do people need to feel secure? Different respondents, of course, will give different answers based on where and how they live.
Economic advance in Asia and the Pacific has been impressive in the last decades, and a recent World Bank report has highlighted the dramatic progress made in poverty reduction across the region.
Responsible protection can more faithfully reflect the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and the basic norms of international relations, and is more in line with the trend for peace and development.
There shouldn't need to be a debate about whether China should provide economic aid and technical assistance to other countries.
Bombarded with eager inquiries from their parents and relatives about whether or not they have a boyfriend or girlfriend, Spring Festival has become something of a nightmare for many single people of marriageable age in recent years.
China should shoulder its due responsibilities as a rising power based on the principle of not intervening in the internal affairs of other countries.
Basically, the Sino-US trade imbalance is a reflection of the global economic imbalance. But that should not be taken to mean it is a simple issue.
Unlike multinationals from Europe, the United States, and Japan, aspiring Chinese multinational companies have to cope with competition that is increasingly global, capital-intensive and innovative.
China should work out a comprehensive income distribution reform package as soon as possible to promote sustainable, fairer and more balanced development of its economy and society.
The No 2 document issued by the State Council will further promote the sound and rapid economic and social development of Guizhou province.
This year's presidential campaign in the United States has been marked by calls from Barack Obama's would-be Republican challengers for a radical transformation of US foreign policy.
Although the commercialization of the cultural industries brings with it the growth of related industries, neither commercialization nor broadening will produce the creativity that China needs.