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Corrupt officials can derail economy
2013-06-14 09:37
Interesting things tend to happen in China when trading is closed for holidays. The recent Dragon Boat Festival holiday, from last weekend to June 12, is a case in point.
Battle cries of examinees reflect reality
2013-06-14 09:37
How do Chinese schools psych seniors up for the annual gaokao, the all-important national college entrance examination? A number of slogans and mottoes that were doing the rounds in high schools have hit the Internet recently. They are both amusing and disturbing.
An index that runs rings around others
2013-06-07 09:48
One of the most widely used housing indices in China is the China 100 city housing index compiled by China Index Research Academy. According to the index's website, it is based on project housing now on sale, and the weighting of each project is the sales, in transaction value, of each housing project.
The chance to dream a common dream
2013-06-07 09:48
The US and China are still in a position to master their national destinies. Global financial markets, fluctuations in oil, gas and food prices and the constraints of a multipolar geopolitical order can affect their economies but do not hold sway over their policies. While others react, they simply act.
A meeting of utmost importance
2013-06-07 09:48
On June 7-8, US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first summit after Xi assumed office in March. According to a White House statement, the two leaders "will hold in-depth discussions on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues. They will review progress and challenges in US-China relations over the past four years and discuss ways to enhance cooperation, while constructively managing our differences, in the years ahead."
Benefits of banking in the shadows
2013-06-07 09:48
Despite the mixed headlines shadow banking generates, it plays a significant role in the sustainable growth of China's economy.
It's time to engage emerging neighbors
2013-06-07 09:48
China is in the process of a modest recovery, with lower growth bottoming out in the third quarter of last year. Over the next decade, growth is likely to continue to be boosted by an investment boom centered on infrastructure, bringing about another golden decade.
It's all a question of power, not controls
2013-06-07 09:48
Month after month the price of city housing has edged up. The latest figure shows that the average price of new homes in 100 cities monitored rose to 10,180 yuan ($1,650, 1,270 euros) a square meter last month, despite the government's ever tightening price controls.
Launch campaign to make tourists behave properly
2013-06-07 09:48
In the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games, on the 11th of every month, tens of thousands of volunteers in Beijing would be dispatched to encourage people to queue up to use public transportation.
Two faces of the China dream
2013-05-31 08:55
The national vision is more a collective ambition than individual aspiration
What on earth is going on downstairs?
2013-05-31 08:55
That's The question everyone should be asking about China's ties with Africa
Li's overseas trip just a first step
2013-05-31 08:55
China's development depends on its success in integrating itself into the world around it
Light needed in EU solar tariffs debate
2013-05-31 08:55
China, Europe share the same value chain of pv products; should agree on optimum division.
Scope for aspirations if jobs can be created
2013-05-31 08:55
Last week investors were disturbed by changes that might be coming in Japan and the US - compounded by a rather lackluster domestic economy.
Want to stay in touch? Post a funny joke
2013-05-31 08:55
What should you do when you just want to say hello to somebody? You can make a phone call or text a greeting. But the easiest way to keep in touch with people in China is probably by sharing a joke with them through your cell phone. That's what millions of Chinese do everyday.
Why rates can stay on hold
2013-05-24 09:09
Whenever the Chinese economy slows down, there are calls to trim the interest rate to shore up growth. So it is no surprise to see such appeals growing in recent months.
Give us respect, not patronizing gimmicks
2013-05-24 09:09
As is typical of the genre, Tony Stark, the hero in Iron Man 3, the latest installment of the sci-fi action series, finds himself in trouble early in the film. Somewhat less predictably though, the film abruptly cuts to a middle-aged Chinese man speaking into the mobile phone about how he is the only person in the world who can help Stark wriggle out of this one.
New growth model, new investment
2013-05-24 09:09
During the past three decades, China's growth was predicated on investment and net exports. In the future, it will be driven increasingly by consumption. How will the transition affect foreign companies in China? Where are their new opportunities and what are their challenges?
Churning revenue out of value-added tax
2013-05-24 09:09
China's value-added tax pilot program, applicable to the transportation and modern services industries, has started expanding nationwide. This major expansion represents the completion of the first phase of a broader reform process to ultimately replace business tax with a modern VAT across China. This important development, in turn, will align the indirect tax system applicable to the goods sector with that of the services sector, thereby achieving efficiency right across the economy.
The importance of Chinese friends
2013-05-24 09:09
Discussion about Britain's visa system is not new, but it constantly draws attention from business, media, and government officials.
E-paper
We will not give up search, Li vows
International hunt for missing airliner continues after fruitless six-day search
Challenging times forecast as growth falls
IMF: China has pivotal role in 2016 economy
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