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The recently concluded BRICS summit in Sanya, Hainan province, has once again highlighted the importance of emerging economies in the transformation of the international political and economic order.
The problems at the Japanese nuclear plant have not only cast a shadow over nuclear development, they have also brought uncertainties to the global climate change negotiations.
'Every man, woman and child has the inalienable right to be free from hunger and malnutrition in order to develop fully and maintain their physical and mental faculties, " says the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition.
Mediterranean countries are experiencing turbulence unseen since the era of decolonization and independence.
The earthquake and tsunami have caused huge human and material losses in Japan, and the threat of nuclear radiation has added to people's woes. Many people have been injured and many traumatized.
Western countries have long harbored the intention of dethroning Libya's Muammar Gadhafi regime. The recent military strife in the country between government troops and rebels offered an immediate and a rare excuse for Western military intervention.
The impact of global financial crisis on the West will help Asia, especially China, rise in the field of higher education.
To resolve the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, it is thus important to first figure out the crux of the matter. Pyongyang, for instance, has been arguing that the nuclear issue is an offshoot of Washington's hostile policy.
The troubles of Fukushima nuclear-power plant - and other reactors - in northeast Japan have dealt a severe blow to the global nuclear industry, a powerful cartel of less than a dozen major state-owned or state-guided firms that have been trumpeting a nuclear-power renaissance.
The troubles of the Fukushima nuclear-power plant - and other reactors – in northeast Japan have dealt a severe blow to the global nuclear industry.
The devastation caused by the disastrous 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan and the potential risks from radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant once again highlight the urgent need to establish a global disaster emergency relief mechanism.
The term "civil society" means different things to different people. It can be generally defined as a body of voluntary citizens' groups which aim to protect or extend their interests and values vis--vis the market or state.
All across the world, the drive for higher incomes in the face of mounting environmental destruction has heightened the tension between rapid economic growth and environmental protection.
Mitigating climate change is often presented as imposing a trade-off between the economy and the environment.
Food prices are soaring to new highs only three years after the 2007-08 food crisis. The international prices of wheat, for example, increased by 85 percent between June 2010 and January 2011. Domestic food prices are also rising in many countries. In China, food inflation rose 10 percent between December 2009 and December 2010, driven mainly by higher prices for meat, dairy, vegetables and fruits.
None of Western media outlets or other news channels has identified the small group of individuals who were truly and directly responsible for much of the unrest sweeping across Egypt.
An acceptable outcome is a prerequisite for the peaceful transition of power. If any standoff develops after the election because of disputes over the results, it will be difficult for the military to hand over power as scheduled.
It's my secret dream that one day or one night, a Chinese author reads a book I have translated and bangs on the desk: "I didn't know that novels can be written like this! I can do that!" There, the circle of life for writers goes on.
Reading Amy Chua is like reading a book of your own dirty little secrets. The first gust is that of relief: "Yes, someone else is cracking the whip as hard as I am!" The second is the breath of fear: "Oh no! She is doing more than me!"
The 41st World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting started in the Swiss ski resort of Davos on Wednesday with the theme of "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
Since iPad2 went on sale in China on May 6, hundreds of iPad fans and scalpers queued up overnight at almost every Apple store. The craze even led to a violent incident in Sanlitun, Beijing. Do you think iPad2 is worth the hassle?
Beijing - Dressed in a crisp suit, Li Zhirui, sitting on the window seat of a Beijing bus, silently gazes at the European-style villas, luxury cars and illuminated shopping malls as they pass him by.