LASTING PEACE A decades-old international relations tenet remains crucial to global security

正Although China is demonstrating its peaceful approach to international affairs,it has always been an easy target for critics in the Western media.Any unharmonious interaction between China and its neighbors is likely to be exaggerated by the outside world as China’s wrongdoing.Observers call it undergoing the"growing pains"of a giant.Regardless,China is trying to     

The Myth of the ‘Land Grab'

正Researchers debunk the theory that the Chinese Government is tackling food security by buying African land By Corrie Dosh It’s the kind of headline that sells magazines:"China Buys Up the World."It appeared in a November 2010 issue of The Economist,illustrated by a faceless,militaristic figure loading cars,oil barrels,power lines and various manufactured goods into     

Sino-Indian Relations in the New Era

To have a clear understanding of the features of the Sino-Indian relations and its developing trend,it is necessary to take of the tinted spectacles and see the stark realities.     

More Expectations

正The year 2014 is crucial for China to implement the projects of its 12th Five-Year Plan(2011-15).It is also the year the country will push forward its comprehensive and deepened reforms.As a result,higher-than-average expectations have been pinned on this year’s"two sessions"—annual plenary sessions of the National People’s Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.Reform,anti-corruption,stabilizing the     

Two-Way RMB Fluctuation to Become the Norm

正In the first half of the year,the renminbi exchange rate showed a depreciation tendency,which is a rare occurrence.At one point,it depreciated as much as 3.5 percent against the U.S.dollar.yet,entering the second half,as the economy regains momentum,foreign trade surplus continues to climb and the margin of interest rates becomes increasingly attractive to international investors,this trend has come to an end.     

Reading,Back in Vogue

正READING is a long cherished tradition in China.A well-educated family is often approvingly referred to as"a home f illed with the fragrance of books."However,after the market economy swept across the country,frenetic changes in lifestyles began to upend certain long-standing social norms.The number of books read per capita in     

Mid-Term Misfortune

正Barack obama strives for a sound legacy Predictably,the U.S.Republican Party(GOP)took back the Senate after eight years in a landslide victory during the mid-term congressional election in November.While the GOP is still in control of the House of Representatives,it also gained ground in state governor elections in Illinois,Maryland,Iowa and Colorado—the traditional spheres of influence of the Democrats.     

Efficiency of Anti-Corruption Efforts

正Dear Readers,Forum is a column that provides a space for varying perspectives on contemporary Chinese society.We invite you to submit personal viewpoints on past and current topics (in either English or Chinese).zanjifang@bjreview.com Please provide your name and address along with your comments The Communist Party of China resolved to fight corruption with an iron fist and build a cleaner system of politics at the 18th National Congress in November 2012.     

The Politics of Grief

正The Confucian classic of China,the Liji,or The Book of Rites,is a work that teaches through numerous examples the proper ways to grieve for and remember the dead.In some cases,the requirements are quite extensive;the rituals prescribed for a son upon the death of his father,for example,require donning a mourning sackcloth.The first three days are spent fasting,leaping and crying;the burial     

LOOKING TO THE TWO SESSIONS

The following three stories lay out an overview of the hot issues to be addressed in the upcoming two sessions of the National People’s Congress as well as the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in the nation’s capital in March