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Editorials

  • Australian leader should not pander to anti-China bias

    Turnbull should not have bought into this media orchestrated falsehood. And it is wrong for him to engineer his country's policies based on the Australian media's bias against China. The unjustified finger-pointing at China only hurts Australia’s ties with its biggest trading partner.

  • How gas-for-coal program is carried out makes a difference

    The National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner, has stepped in to coordinate the major natural gas suppliers to stabilize prices and ensure an adequate supply to cope with rising demand in northern China.

  • Alarm bells ringing as US continues to up the stakes

    There is real danger in the game they are playing, as the bellicose posturing between the US and DPRK leaders is raising the stakes to the point where they are putting their own futures as leaders on the line. With both counting on the other to fold, that is high-stakes play that risks misjudgment and conflict, and puts regional stability in jeopardy.

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Op-Ed Contributors

  • Media failed Wu in life and even in death

    Wu Yongning, known for scaling skyscrapers without safety equipment to snap astonishing selfies, died last month after slipping off a 62-story building in Changsha, Hunan province. The video of the 26-year-old's accidental fall went viral online about a month later.

  • Timely news on military will boost public confidence

    The official micro blog or weibo of the People's Liberation Army Air Force has sparked a heated discussion online by posting a piece of news saying the air force's planes have flown on routes and over areas which they had never flown before.

  • Party-to-party talks for mutual benefit

    The recent Communist Party of China in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting in Beijing, the first such dialogue between the CPC and political parties from across the world, was organized with some specific goals in mind.

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From the Readers

  • Holidays help us transcend differences

    Despite being a Muslim, I look forward to this time of year to share the jovial activities of Christmas and New Year's with my fellow human beings, regardless of their religious beliefs.

  • The Zunyi Conference rebooted

    An account of the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) or to be precise modern China’s history would be incomplete without a reflection on the historical Long March, a march that was the turning point of the Communist forces (Red Army) on a courageous journey to victory against the Nationalist forces during the Chinese revolution and the total liberation of China.

  • Dalian will always be my second hometown

    Most people complain that their once-spectacular city has since taken a turn for the worse over the years. People love to focus on the negative. Perhaps that’s just part of human nature. On the contrary, my report on Dalian happens to be quite the opposite. So if you’re looking to read another venting session from another downer of a foreigner in China, you can stop reading right now.

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Experts' take: China's healthcare achievements model for others

With the aim of building a healthy China, the country has deepened its reform and made remarkable progress in its medical and healthcare systems.

  • Timely news on military will boost public confidence

    The official micro blog or weibo of the People's Liberation Army Air Force has sparked a heated discussion online by posting a piece of news saying the air force's planes have flown on routes and over areas which they had never flown before.
  • US can't rein in DPRK by using force

    The international community is keeping a close eye on the Korean Peninsula situation as Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in pays a four-day state visit to China, especially because Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency termed the just concluded US-ROK military drill a "projected war rehearsal" that will push the already acute situation on the peninsula to "the brink of nuclear war".
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  • Gaokao reform merits applause

    Calls for reform of the current gaokao regime, under which students are admitted based largely upon their academic performance instead of practical skills, have been running high in China in recent years.

  • Is China's housing market bottom in sight?

    If uncertainty and fluctuations occurred in the housing market, the government is capable of employing financial and economic leverages and fine-tuning policies to keep the market afloat.

  • Why terrorists attack Kunming?

    Despite the wide coverage of the attack, many questions remain unanswered, and most importantly, why Kunming has been chosen as the target?

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From the Press

  • Heating policy inconsiderate

    Northern China has long been plagued by smoggy weather, especially in winter when heating is supplied, and they have a deep longing for cleaner air. That explains why residents in the region have warmly welcomed the top authorities' promotion of natural gas as a substitute for coal.

  • CPC continues to make history

    These anniversaries serve as milestones to look back on what has been achieved over the past decades and highlight that the bright prospects for the Party and the country in the new era cannot be attained without reform, innovation and determination.

  • Practical environmental measure

    The general offices of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, China's Cabinet, recently published a document stipulating that officials must receive an audit of natural resources when leaving office.

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From Overseas Press

  • Japan's claim illegal and worrying

    Ingo Nentwig, a German sinologist and ethnologist, wrote an article explaining why Japan's claim to the Diaoyu Islands is both illegal and worrying.

  • Dalai Lama's links to CIA

    A series of books and movies about the links between the CIA and the Dalai Lama have appeared since the 1990s, but the truth is still not clear to many people.

  • Falling prices to kill off half of Chinese LED chipmakers

    Sluggish global sales of TVs and computers may further cut LED chip prices by 20 percent this year, and consolidation or closure are the only options for China's smaller LED players.

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Manila's scheme abuses law

The Philippines' groundless filing for international arbitration concerning the South China Sea disputes will prove futile.

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