China issues white paper on foreign aid

2011-04-22 10:20:06

China defended its often-criticized role as a foreign aid donor Thursday, saying its assistance boosts developing countries.

Little guys enjoy last laugh in football

2011-04-18 16:47:18

At a time when football's development ought to favor physical strength and stature, the success of those like Lionel Messi (1.69m tall), appears to be counterintuitive.

China seeks heft for BRICS

2011-04-14 15:36:54

As host of BRICS summit this year, China seeks to boost the group's profile as a platform for emerging economies to gain stronger leverage over more advanced countries

Danger hampers China's fast-growing success

2011-04-13 16:53:08

Although China's economy has grown at the phenomenal annual rate of around 10 percent during the past three decades, there are still three problems

Two challenges for Asia's economy in 2011

2011-04-11 16:48:59

Asia's recovery is firm, but it needs to tackle two important challenges in order to sustain its growth, said Changyong Rhee, chief economist with Asia Development Bank

South China's new labor paradigm

2011-04-08 14:02:32

A wave of export manufacturers, big and small, are moving from China's coastal manufacturing regions to cheaper inland provinces or out of the country altogether

Yan Xuetong: China should be more assertive

2011-04-02 11:06:53

With its growing, mighty national strength, especially in economic capacity, China should take on more responsibility in the international stage

US spy operation to manipulate social media

2011-03-30 17:26:44

The US military is developing a software that will allow it to use fake social media personas as a pro-American propaganda tool, said an article in the Guardian on March 17.

The pain of rejection really hurts

2011-03-29 15:28:26

Heartbreak, it seems, is really capable of breaking your body, specifically, your brain, the Associated Press reported on March 29, 2011.

Another unnecessary war

2011-03-28 17:21:49

US intervention in Libya is a blunder, which will stretch an already overburdened military and undermine US national security,

WHO: Japan must act quickly for food safety

2011-03-22 10:53:38

The WHO described as "serious" readings in spinach found some distance away from Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor, and said Japan needed to act quickly and ban food sales from those areas if food there has excessive levels of radiation

Japan disaster offers hope for diplomatic opening

2011-03-18 14:41:41

As the world is concerned about the catastrophe in Japan, the mega-disaster may also bring about a diplomatic opening, said an article by Agence France-Presse on March 15.