Mini markets, vendors integral part of city
2016-06-23 08:17:10
The phrase "non-capital functions" should not be misunderstood or misinterpreted. It seems the local authorities are trying to move the low-end workforce out of the city and keep only high-end employees who earn higher incomes, pay more tax and generally carry a better image.
Tricks won't earn Tsai overseas support
2016-06-23 08:17:10
New Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen is scheduled to make transit stops in Miami and Los Angeles in the United States during her nine-day overseas trip that will also take her to Panama and Paraguay.
Give Alibaba a second chance to purge fakes
2016-06-23 08:17:10
Jack Ma, the founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, courted controversy last week for saying that many fake products are better than branded goods.
Authorities' silence over toxic tracks is deafening
2016-06-23 07:38:02
Latest media reports show manufacturers are using used tires, cables, even plastic wastes as raw materials to make synthetic running tracks and sports fields. Along with this revelation come new suspicions and confusions.
Belt and Road will boost SCO strength
2016-06-22 08:24:25
President Xi Jinping will attend the 16th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tashkent on June 23 and 24 to end his eight-day visit to Serbia, Poland and Uzbekistan which started on Friday.
The silver lining in high-priced urban land
2016-06-22 08:24:25
For those of us living in prosperous first- and second-tier cities in China, the land beneath our feet is exploding in value. Every week seems to set a new price record, as real estate developers buy up land to build on in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing and elsewhere.
Brexit is about governance, not economics
2016-06-22 08:24:25
Brexit, or the Britain's exit from the EU, is a part of this larger drama. It is primarily about governance, not economics. From a strictly economic point of view, the risks for both Britain and the rest of the EU are almost entirely on the downside.
Eco-watchdogs need to do their job to abate pollution
2016-06-22 07:44:40
Weeks after a central government inspection team completed an extensive survey of environmental protection in North China's Hebei province, the central authorities have reportedly decided to dispatch environmental ombudsmen to several other provinces for a new round of inspections.
SCO meeting likely to deepen regional security cooperation
2016-06-22 08:24:25
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization which turned 15 on June 15 will get a good opportunity to review its achievements and chart a new course at the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO in Tashkent on June 23-24.