A promotion video released two days before President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the United States has become popular because it lends a touch of compassion to the interactions between ordinary people of the two countries.
CHINA'S CHARITY organizations received 104 billion yuan ($16 billion) in donations in 2014, 52.9 billion yuan more than the previous year, according to a report issued by the China Charity Information Center on Saturday. At least 75 percent of the donations were made in areas such as healthcare, education and poverty alleviation. Comments:
ON SEPT 20, the Supreme People's Court and several other top judicial authorities jointly issued a regulation aimed at protecting lawyers' working rights like access to court materials and meeting their clients. The detailed regulation comes in the wake of reports saying many lawyers have been denied access to necessary court materials or prevented from meeting their clients. Comments:
Although there are expectations that the summit meeting between China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama will be cordial and produce a constructive dialogue, there are influential elements in the United States who seem unable to restrain their hostility toward China. That sentiment is especially evident among the Republican Party’s presidential candidates. It is an unfortunate attitude that could do serious damage to the bilateral relationship.
In an effort to address its economic slowdown, China has been rapidly moving forward on an array of national public infrastructure projects.
China and the US must work together to fulfill their shared responsibility of making the world a better place. The world will be watching to see if they can deliver on that when President Xi visits the US.
The Belt and Road Initiative is intended to change the former global trade patterns for China, shifting away from the export of low-end manufacturing goods to Western economies toward the export of capital and goods westward and southward, focusing on high-end equipment and excess production capacity. This will enhance China's opening-up reform.
President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama have plenty to talk about this week. The relationship between China and the US is far-reaching, and the agenda spans a broad range of economic and diplomatic topics.
This year sees the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations. Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay his first visit to the UN headquarters in New York from Sept 26 to 28 and attend a series of summits commemorating the anniversary.
What do Sunnylands, Yingtai and Blair House have in common? They are venues that have hosted private dinners between President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama in the last three years. While some critics have described these shirtsleeve summits as "pomp-heavy", the truth is, they provide an intimate environment for unscripted talks between the leaders of the world's two largest economies.
