CHINESE BASKETBALL STAR YAO MING was elected chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association by a unanimous vote at the association's ninth national congress on Thursday. Thepaper.cn commented on Friday:
CHEN SHUN, vice-governor of Southwest China's Yunnan province, launched a personal, off-the-record inspection of the province's tourism industry before Spring Festival, and reportedly was "deeply" shocked by what he found. Thepaper.cn commented on Saturday:
In his speech at the UN office in Geneva in mid January, President Xi Jinping addressed in great depth the subject of building of a community of shared future for mankind, which is the call of our time.
It is one thing to make promises, but quite another to keep them. The Chinese government has promised to eradicate poverty by 2020 - the target year for China to become a "moderately prosperous" society - and the country is confident this promise will be kept.
China's developmental engagement in Africa, especially in infrastructure, often generates polarizing views that sometimes result in big controversies.
The recent announcement by the Chinese government of a ban on ivory trading and processing by the end of 2017 offers real optimism in the fight against elephant poaching.
Early this year, Uganda agreed to the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway linking Kampala to Kenya.
The Chinese government has put technology innovation high on its agenda over the past few years and has made many achievements.
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve became the latest European leader to beat a path to Beijing, carrying a message in support of globalized free trade and against a protectionist revival favored by "certain populists".
Barely a cannon shot from where I sit writing this column lie three concrete reminders of the golden age of maritime history - the World War II warship HMS Belfast, the 19th-century tea clipper Cutty Sark and a working full-size replica of the Golden Hind, the ship that British seafaring hero Sir Francis Drake used to navigate the world in the 16th century.
The United Kingdom's vote to exit the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States are clear manifestations of a backlash against globalization in some advanced economies.
As they expand overseas, Chinese enterprises have entered a new phase: taking advantage of international knowledge and technology.