Preventing Islamic risk on ‘Belt and Road’
When promoting OBOR, China should fully consider risk returns, and try to maximize returns while minimizing risk.
Candidates battle for political agenda after Orlando attack
Clinton holds a slim lead over Trump in polls, but each time there is a major terrorist attack, Trump gains a few points.
Britain steps backward as EU faces decline
The UK voted to leave the EU, with the Leave supporters beating Remain by 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent. The slight victory is likely to have opened a Pandora’s box in Europe, pushing the continent into chaos.
Reverse salaries
As graduate job-hunting season is around the corner, predators are now anxiously waiting for their naive prey with their elaborately-designed traps.
Multiple failures created toxic school tracks
From melamine-tainted milk to yogurt made from old leather shoes, the exposure of public-health scandals in China has greatly lowered public trust. Recently, toxic running tracks have made headlines.
Shark protection needs more than losing taste for fin soup
More efforts and wisdom are needed to curb shark-hunting activities, in which China has already turned into a contributor in cutting down its market.
Convention snub
Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.
SCO shows vigor of geopolitical cooperation
The SCO works out its cooperation timetable according to the demands and needs of its members.
SCO’s influence not yet fully unleashed
The transformation and adjustment in the diplomatic strategies of China and Russia have placed a more important task on the SCO, calling for it to play a major leading role in global governance in the new epoch.
Putin’s Eurasian hopes fit China’s needs
As long as Russia’s clout is not threatened, Moscow accepts Beijing’s involvement in Central Asian affairs but insists on maintaining its dominance in Central Asia. Russia has gradually accepted China’s Silk Road Economic Belt initiative, which indicates that the bilateral mutual trust is deepening.
Don’t group ‘Asian Americans’ together
We must realize that these individuals are not from a mythical “Asia,” which has more to do with US’ attitudes than it does any real historical basis, but are from China, Japan, Vietnam, and many other nations, all with their own unique history and culture that can help to enrich the US, just as every other immigrant community has enriched the US.
Murder case raises tensions over continued US presence in Okinawa
There’s a mentality among some military service people in Okinawa that they can do what they like, firstly, and that they can act with impunity off base, as long as they can make it back to base without being arrested as the bases offer them something similar to diplomatic immunity, as local authorities’ access to bases to investigate crimes committed is greatly restricted.
Fear shouldn’t be keynote of contentious US electoral season
What the US society and people need is policymakers who can put the mechanisms of problem-solving back on track. Trump or Clinton, as presidential candidates, they shouldn’t use the tragedy to denounce each other or instigate people’s anger. They should respond to people’s demands and focus on how to solve problems.
Trump’s tough talk on terror little help in ever tougher presidential race
While it remains unknown whether Mateen, who was killed by police during the attack, ever had any direct contact with IS, there is evidence that the killer was influenced by online Islamist propaganda, as well as by what may have been internalized self-hatred as a result of his own homosexuality.