When Chinese-speaking foreigners bring hope and profits back to their own countries, these countries may have felt the meaning of mutual benefits and stop speculating about the Confucius Institutes' intentions.
The dog meat festival is a custom and business-oriented event, and shouldn't be labeled as a brutality. The involvement of the local government is not an attempt to manipulate the free market, but an effort that must be taken to restore the image of Yulin.
There are so many lifestyles in this world. It is not that working in a big metropolis means chasing a successful career, and going to smaller cities means becoming idle.
Will anyone believe that the officials inside these buildings live a frugal lifestyle?
Given the a soaring unemployment rate of college graduates and expanding employment channels outside the academy, the old belief that “gaokao changes one's destiny” has been under question.
In any case, hiding behind the word “security” to justify attempting to collect the e-mails, phone calls and other cyber-information of people and institutions of the whole world does not make the US state look good. What makes it look worse is charging Chinese military officers for alleged crimes which the US side commits on a daily basis.
Let the Chinese dream hold up anti-corruption as a real policy to cleanse China's soul, and let its global policy act, understandably, for China.
making food a political tool seems to be out of track
By careful and just tactics, China will end up with the last laugh.
To mitigate the current waste problem, Hong Kong has created a Blueprint for Sustainable Use of Resources.
The biggest challenge for Japan will be to confront the assumptions long used in the racial politicking in the country and convince its neighbors that it is serious about changing its relationship with the Korean people.
This “talent threat” is probably just a new variety of the lingering sense of China threat.
By changing our own behaviors, we help reduce pollution. Individual contributions might be minimal, but every bit counts.
We can only hope that the search finds the remains of the plane and its critical “black box” soon, as only hard facts can throw cold water on the public's paranoia.
No one disputes that the reports by the Western media demonstrated a high degree of professionalism. For Chinese media, professionalism remains a dream for many journalists, despite the rapid growth of the media over the past couple of decades.
A confrontational approach on the visit would only lead to a round of complaints from the Chinese. As a guest, it's better to concentrate on points of mutual cooperation.
Although the international community has so far failed to agree on a uniformed academic or legal definition of terrorism, there is a minimum consensus in this regard.
The deteriorating water is not a local threat, but a national presence.