Attaining an olive-shaped society
2013-03-06 07:08:30
An expanded middle-income group will help China form an olive-shaped income distribution structure and cement its driven economic growth capability.
The challenge of a graying China
2013-03-06 07:08:30
The new leadership has embraced the need for reform. China's strong fiscal position provides ample room to finance the transition to consumption-based growth, supported by increased public spending.
The problem of water management
2013-03-05 07:55:26
Despite its extraordinary economic growth in the past three decades, China has not made commensurate progress in planning and managing its water resources. Chinese policymakers appear to have made an implicit decision that it would be possible to resolve the country's environmental and resource-related problems only after its transition to an economic superpower.
Turning outrage into action
2013-03-05 07:55:26
As we commemorate International Women's Day, we must look back on a year of shocking crimes of violence against women and girls and ask ourselves how to usher in a better future.
Advantage of upgrading
2013-03-05 07:55:26
China should not undervalue the development of its labor-intensive manufacturing sector while accelerating efforts to pursue high technologies and the development of its financial sector.
Keep a kitchen diary and prevent waste
2013-03-05 07:55:26
All of us should keep a kitchen diary, showing how much food leaves our home uneaten, as garbage. We all waste food, you and me, every day, millions of tons of it. In China, enough food is wasted in restaurants every year to feed 200 million people. In the United States, 40 percent of food is wasted from farm to fork. Each year, the amount of food thrown away in rich countries is almost the same as that produced in sub-Saharan Africa. This raises some important questions.
Tokyo faces a dilemma of sorts
2013-03-04 07:51:38
Instead of daydreaming of making Japan a tier-one country but kowtowing to the US, Abe should help ease regional tensions and make sincere efforts to start dialogue with China.
Wen to leave behind busy legacy
2013-03-04 07:51:38
Given the historic leadership transition, it is time to analyze Wen's legacy in terms of the economy and people's livelihood, which are the responsibilities of the premier.
Reducing income inequality an urgent task
2013-03-04 07:51:38
The growing income inequality in China will be in focus at the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
A new great power relationship
2013-03-04 07:51:38
It is a mistake to allow historical analogies determine our thinking. Instead, we should be asking how China and the US can create a new great power relationship.
The genie of wealth disparity
2013-03-02 07:50:31
The economics jargon of Gini coefficient, which measures income inequality, has become a buzzword in China since the official Gini coefficient for the country from 2003 to 2012 was released in January.
The dangers of US' strategy vacuum
2013-03-02 07:50:31
Apparently, policymakers at the US Federal Reserve are having second thoughts about the wisdom of open-ended quantitative easing. They should.