Japan's ugly truths cannot be retracted
2014-12-25 07:38:57
The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper is changing itself from a truth-seeker to a whitewasher of Japan's wartime history.
Rumors over water project destructive
2014-12-25 07:48:50
Concern over the South-North project is welcome, but spreading rumors is rather destructive.
For whom does the road toll greedily?
2014-12-25 07:48:50
The prolonging of the charges violates this contract and those doing so should be put under strict public scrutiny.
A volatile year awaits emerging economies
2014-12-25 07:48:50
To avoid excessive short-term cross-border capital flows and their impact, the International Monetary Fund and many EM countries have sought to develop a framework for "Capital Flow Management".
Rational middle ground needed
2014-12-25 07:38:57
This makes it all the more important for China to be guided toward a "rational middle ground" rather than toward increasing polarization.
China needs own metrics for corruption fight
2014-12-24 08:19:41
China, India and other countries perhaps should develop their own anti-corruption indexes, presenting new metrics to the global marketplace of ideas and exposing the analytical shortcomings of Western analysis, if existent.
Onus on Japan to boost regional trade
2014-12-24 08:19:41
With sound economic foundations and rich financial experiences, Japan and the ROK should work with China and other Asian countries to help improve infrastructure in the region and promote common development.
A Caribbean victory for diplomacy
2014-12-24 08:19:41
The Cubans need normalization more than the US does. There is every reason to think that they will pursue more of it, if the US government remains respectful and stays out of Cuban politics.
Push for new developments in China's human rights
2014-12-24 08:02:50
The following is an excerpt from the speech by Cai Mingzhao, minister of the State Council Information Office, at the Mid-term Assessment Meeting on the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2012-15) on Dec 23, 2014.
Rising power should be given more say
2014-12-23 08:15:49
The world's newest powers must begin to take on a greater share of responsibility for the global order upon which their success depends.
Film too rude and crude for Asian tastes
2014-12-23 08:15:49
Hollywood hardly holds the high moral ground; it has a rich history of self-censorship, pandering to vested interests and playing to power.
Sustaining new-normal growth
2014-12-23 07:50:48
China needs to accelerate innovations and adjust its economic structure, so that innovation, not investment, will drive the economy.