Opinion / International ties

US finally comes to its senses

[2011-06-25 16:11]

It seems that American war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan did not get America anywhere except the unnecessary casualties and financial duress it cost American society.

India is not balancing China in Africa

[2011-06-20 10:33]

It is not India versus China in Africa. It is India and China in Africa. India does not believe in balancing China in Africa, or in any other part of the world. There is enough space for these two countries to grow together and reestablish their paramount economic and political status,

Yellow journalism still alive and kicking

[2011-06-15 09:56]

We are all children of the Internet and there simply are no adult models around to tell us how to act. The Internet is in its infancy and like babies we are crawling, walking, and falling together. Unfortunately, that means we often behave like babies when we go online.

US creates the storm over South China Sea

[2011-06-16 17:31]

The current tension over the South China Sea could not have broken out without the US factoring in it. Those still avid for US support should remember: Washington always puts its own interest above those of others when it projects its power globally.

India's positives China could learn-Part II

[2011-05-23 09:46]

Here I would like to concentrate on the many things India has that the Chinese could learn. The main objective is to introduce the many facets of each country where some mutual learning can take place.

China's positives India could adapt-Part I

[2011-05-16 09:55]

Coming from India and living in China makes me observe more of the similarities and dissimilarities between the two great nations. To build a cooperative relationship between the two nations, the essence lies in learning from each other.

Chinese hospitals scare Indians

[2011-05-31 16:04]

India has many free or charitable medical institutions that can cater to the poor. Is it the lack of such institutions that one now finds many with illness in China begging on streets or is it the scariness of Chinese treatment that makes them run away?

Traditional Chinese medicine for American education

[2011-05-17 11:26]

Nearly every study of American education points to the middle school years (roughly age 11-14) as the period when young people in the US begin to slip academically behind their international peers.

China, US can both learn on human rights

[2011-05-09 13:27]

This week in Washington, American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is attending high-level government talks between China and the US on the subject of human rights. The talks are a constructive attempt to improve relations between China and the US.

Chinese investments to drive Africa's action plan

[2011-05-02 14:56]

China's investments in Africa look poised to help the continent to move from the vision to action stage

A tale of distortions and fabrications

[2011-03-28 17:12]

The Chinese society is stable and, if truth be told, the Chinese people enjoy stability. They, after all, have suffered so much from turmoil and chaos in the past. Any attempt to derail China's stable development is doomed to fail. (92 comments)

Facing disasters, we are all human

[2011-03-16 15:20]

Bearing the recent history between China and Japan in mind, we often view each other with ambivalent attitudes, to say the least. But the candles lit, the vigils held and the tears shed for the ordinary lives have told a totally different, yet not unexpected, story,

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