Land violations

The Ministry of Supervision and its land and resources counterpart are right when they require local leaders to learn the lessons from past mistakes and do a better job after they meted out administrative disciplinary…

A good omen for Sino-US relations

Following the visit of General Chen Bingde, chief of General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), to the United States in May, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, paid…

CPC recharged for the future

China celebrated the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) earlier this month; in fact, the celebrations continue. The history of the CPC is the history of modern China. The…

Tiananmen massacre a myth

Gregory Clark, a former Australian diplomat who specializes in Chinese affairs, wrote an article in Japan Times recently, saying the Western media forged the so-called Tiananmen myth. Excerpts: The recent WikiLeaks release of cables has…

China calls on world to normalise ties with Sudan

The world should recognise the efforts made by Sudan in bringing peace to its southern region, now an independent state, and normalise relations with Khartoum, state media on Thursday quoted a senior Chinese diplomat as…

China neither world power nor shrinking violet

US Admiral Mike Mullen and China’s General Chen Bingde sparred over the South China Sea issue Monday. The small-scale war of words made headlines at many media outlets. Chen’s tough words impressed more than a…

Fugitive from China wins interim stay of deportation

Lai Changxing, long considered one of China’s most wanted fugitives, faces deportation to the People’s Republic later this month, after his dramatic arrest late last week by Canadian border services agents. In a brief conversation…

Action Plan tasks turned into reality

Vice-Minister Wang Xiaochu of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security gave a speech at the “Assessment Meeting of the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010)” in Beijing on Tuesday. Following are…

Mullen visits air force, army bases in East China

HANGZHOU / BEIJING – Top US military officer Mike Mullen praised the transparency of the Chinese military after visiting air force and army bases in East China on Tuesday. “I appreciate them showing me this…