Editor's Picks
Posted on May 22, 2012 21:05
China has been seeking to present a friendly image to the outside world, including never taking advantage of its own power to exert pressure on others. But today we probably need to restrain idealism about our reputation.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 19:35
Few have faith in any prescription drug for the eurozone disease without a major operation on the entire system.
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Posted on May 20, 2012 18:50
With nobody around to challenge or question them, the Baathists simply sat back and enjoyed the luxuries of power.
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Posted on May 18, 2012 00:35
China's ethnic policy is designed to help leverage ethnic minorities in their competition with the Han.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 19:40
Revenue expansion relies on simply raising the entrance fee, rather than improving services.
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Posted on May 14, 2012 20:40
The reliance on the human rights argument demonstrates that Americans continue to have an apparent lack of pragmatic understanding about China’s current domestic issues.
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Posted on May 13, 2012 19:15
The US and China are in a new era in the relationship, presenting different challenges. This is partly true because of the breathtaking pace of China’s rise in the last decade.
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Posted on May 10, 2012 20:45
As a migrant worker living in Beijing, a city far away from my hometown, I often feel shame and don’t dare to look at my mother. She wanted me to stay even when she helped me pack and wished me good luck in this city. I wish all mothers around the world a happy Mother’s Day and good health.
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Posted on May 10, 2012 20:35
In different places in China, where population density varies, the flexibility of family-planning policies is different.
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Posted on May 09, 2012 20:45
Although the mainstream parties luckily no longer principally oppose economic reform, the center-left refuses to restructure the labor market which locks people into jobs and means that the new generation cannot get work.
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Posted on May 08, 2012 21:25
Some of the "universal approaches" Chen learned, particularly when he was in the US, could only worsen his problem than solving it.
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Posted on May 08, 2012 21:20
To the surprise of absolutely no-one, Francois Hollande has become the next president of France. His major problem will now be to provide an answer to the most damning question in politics: "Now what?"
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Posted on May 07, 2012 20:10
There are many things in the society for young people to learn and to experience rather than dreaming about idling away their days running a small hostel somewhere in the Tibetan area.
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Posted on May 06, 2012 19:30
The US hasn't given up Chen, but they know that Chen is a special trump card.
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Posted on May 03, 2012 21:00
As the disputes between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Islands have intensified recently, Japan hopes confrontations with China in the South China Sea could distract China's attention.
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Posted on May 02, 2012 19:35
Asian countries do not want to pick a side between China and the US.
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Posted on April 30, 2012 10:00
Wiretaps, political struggles and so-called "exclusive tip-offs" regarding the Bo Xilai incident have been reported by some foreign media in recent days.
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Posted on April 26, 2012 19:55
I can now quantify my intuition. There's about a 85 percent probability that Europe will muddle through, though it will be ugly. But there's still a 15 percent chance of true disaster.
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Posted on April 25, 2012 19:25
Del Rosario has probably forgotten that the DOC also stipulates that all parties concerned should undertake to exercise self-restraint in the conduct of activities that would complicate or escalate disputes and affect peace and stability.
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Posted on April 25, 2012 18:25
Illustration: Liu Rui
Editor's Note
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