A Real Estate Revival?

Further regulation in the real estate market is a must,but tighter controls won’t be easy Several government departments released a joint circular to control borrowing by local governments, which is the first policy involving the real estate market in the new year.     

China-U.S. Relations: What Now,What Next?

After Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit at the end of June in Osaka, Japan, and agreed to restart economic and trade consultations, trade tension between the two largest economies in the world glimpsed a ray of hope after the stalemate of the past couple of months since trade negotiations broke down in early May.     

Can Citizens Effectively Boycott The Real Estate Industry?

The sky-high house prices are nothing new in China, especially in metropolitan areas like Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, where houses in prime locations can fetch prices as high as those in London, New York and Tokyo. People with an average monthly salary of between $400 and $500, the group most affected, face enormous pressure, both psychologically and financially, when required to repay bank loans on their new home. This has led to a new relationship where home-     

No Subsidy,Now What?

Small appliance retailers fear the future as government subsidy programs come to an end Li Haiyan is a saleslady in the TV section of a Dazhong Electronics store in Beijing.At 3 p.m. on June 5, Li was napping on the shop’s sofa instead of servicing customers.     

What Incentives Are More Effective to Recruit Talented People?

<正>In April,Wuhan,capital of central China’s Hubei Province,put forward a talent recruitment plan that includes 3,600apartments with a minimum monthly rent of just 200 yuan($30).Changsha,capital of neighboring Hunan Province,has promised to subsidize the housing of college graduates,who will receive 10,000-30,000 yuan($1,509-4,527)to buy their fi rst house in the     

What Next for Chinese Football?

Earlier this year, a crackdown on football match-fixing and gambling was launched in China, ending with the arrest of several high-ranking officials with the Chinese Football Association, referees, coaches and senior club executives.     

What Next for Property Market?

He Yuanxiang is a Beijing-based real estate agent working at Homelink,one of the biggest house brokerages in the country.She expected a lesser workload after an extremely busy March,but that’s not what she got.     

What Does Foreign Study Do for China?

<正>China now leads the world in sending students to the United States for education.Recent reporting on the experiences of those young men and women should cause us to question the value this has for the     

What Should Be the Minimum Age for Marriage?

正During the 2012 session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in March,a deputy named Huang Xihua submitted a proposal to lower the minimum legal age for marriage to 18.Currently the minimum legal age for marriage is 22 for males and 20 for females.Huang said the current marriage age threshold is the highest in Chinese history and is responsible for     

The U.S. School Bus System:What Can China Learn?

The school bus system in the United States took its form in 1939 when Frank W Cyr,from the New Yorkbased Teachers College of Columbia University,organized a nationa standards conference for schoo transportation.Representatives of education and transportation departments from all 48 states,together with school bus manufacturers,attended the 7-day meeting.They worked ou 45 standards and rules concerning     

SHARING THE FUTURE What can China offer for inclusive global growth?

正We live in fast-moving times and an increasingly interconnected world.Globalization has reached new heights in the 21st century.Together with new technology,it has brought enormous benefits to many,but these gains have not been distributed evenly,which has been a source of discontent and the cause of recent backlashes against the very processes of globalization.Indeed,when about half of the world’s     

What’s in an MSW? Graduate education for public child welfare workers,intention, engagement,and work environment

ABSTRACT

This study employs a mixed methods analysis of exit survey data gathered from public child welfare employees at their completion of a Title IV-E funded MSW program, distinct because it was initiated during a period of major reform and permitted students to continue employment during their studies. Findings suggest that opportunities for growth and manageable levels of stress were associated with intentions to stay and engagement with the work, reflected in respondents’ positive perceptions of their roles in the work environment and their retrospective assessments of the impact of their social work education.     

Great Expectations The EU wants China to shoulder heavier international responsibilities. Is that too much of a burden for a developing country?

Fairness and mutual responsibility are likely to become key notions in China - European Union (EU) rel a - tions, exp e r ts say. In a rec e n t l y released policy paper on China, thesixth the European Commission has adopt- ed since 1995, “fair” and “res p o n s i b i l i t y ” ar e the wor ds that claimed the most att e n - tion from Chinese analysts. Ac c o r ding to Feng Zhongping, Direc t o r of the Institute of European Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporar y Interna …