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  • Containment a profoundly unfriendly act

    2012-03-02 13:08

    An enhanced military position in the Philippines is merely the latest development, other US actions in recent years also show it is trying to contain China.

  • Scenario planning for food chains

    2012-03-01 15:58

    It may be useful to exercise how will, for instance, the coffee chain, sugar chain, poultry chain look like in 2022 and how a company operating in this particular food chain can better position itself.

  • China's old museums need to modernize

    2012-02-28 14:46

    Officials are planning to do up the Palace Museum and improve its image. It's about time, too. I have been to the Forbidden City twice. For me, that was twice too many.

  • Changed perceptions of China in Europe

    2012-02-23 14:20

    VP Xi Jinping's visit to Ireland has highlighted a major change the impact of the international financial crisis has brought about in the perception of China in Europe.

  • Lesson for Lin from the Ming Dynasty

    2012-02-21 14:57

    While the US, European and South Pacific edition cover stories were dominated to the ascent of Kim Jong-un. The entire front page in Asia was all about meteoric rise of NBA's latest basketball star Jeremy Lin.  Melo, Lin partnership off to rough start as Knicks suffers loss

  • Languages matter for learning and harmonious development

    2012-02-21 14:40

    A language is more than a means of communication: it is a unique reflection of the worldview held by the group of speakers; a vehicle of cultural expression and a depository of the value system of the speakers.

  • Love is ideal; marriage is real

    2012-02-13 15:22

    Valentine's Day brings love and marriage to mind, but in modern days, there is also this question: Is money so important for marriage?

  • Maintaining Sino-US relations

    2012-02-10 13:52

    Two opinion polls made public concurrently in China and in the United States Friday indicate that Chinese and Americans do not have a favorable impression of each other's country.

  • Removing fungicide from the orange juice agenda

    2012-01-31 11:04

    Unnecessarily orange juice went to media all over the world and mostly in the USA, receiving headlines that is was contaminated with fungicides.

  • A Spring Festival Beijing hutong memory

    2012-01-20 11:05

    One of my best Beijing Spring Festival memories dates back to the 2009 New Year, when I lived in an apartment complex on the corner of Ghost Street and Dongzhimen Beixiaojie.

  • Brazilian orange juice exports switch to EU, Asia

    2012-01-16 12:12

    Brazil is a long-term very traditional supplier to the USA and Europe. This article has the objective of analyse the structural changes in the Brazilian orange juice chain in the last 20 years.

  • For Chinese, shopping is saving face

    2012-01-10 19:30

    It's true that China's economy has been growing remarkably in the last few years, but behind this, there's another factor with great influence on the shopping sprees - face.

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