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: HONG LIANG
High diplomacy has yuan problem in hand
The intensifying US pressure on China to revalue the yuan is more about job creation in the US than its merchandise trade deficit with China.

: Op Rana
GM-tech running agriculture to seed
To eat GM food, or not to eat: that is the question in China after the Ministry of Agriculture allowed field trials with genetically modified rice seeds. The experts' world is divided.

: LI Xing
Like the Na'vi, we'll decide, thanks
The sound and fury in the United States over China's valuation of the yuan reminds me of nothing so much as a scene in Avatar in which the soldiers from Earth prepare to destroy the Tree of Souls on Pandora.

: Zhu Yuan
Solving climate change? Why bother?
It's human nature to address immediate problems and consider remote ones later. It is particularly so for a government that must meet the immediate needs of its citizens. That may explain why only nonbinding agreements could be achieved thus far at international settings on climate change.

: Chen Weihua
Parents of adopted children full of love
The sexual abuse of an 8-year-old adopted Chinese girl that lasted for four years in the state of Washington in the United States was a tragedy.

: Hong Liang
Come and see the Expo effect to believe it
In an online interview in Beijing last week, Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng clarified that the cost of hosting 2010 World Expo, scheduled to open in May, would be about 28.6 billion yuan rather than the rumored 400 billion yuan.

: Liu Shinan
Unqualified colleges must be shut down
The last day of February, I was driving past the gate of the "Langfang University City" in Hebei province when my car was stopped by hordes of students, back from their vacation, crossing the street in front of the "city".

: Li Xing
High time for the nation to enforce the law
My friends and I celebrated International Women's Day on Monday by going to dinner at a restaurant near our office. While we were still looking at the menu, we suddenly found ourselves surrounded by cigarette smoke. More than a dozen men had just taken their seats at nearby tables and immediately lit up.

: Chen Weihua
Don't miss the forest for the trees
I happened to be in Honolulu in 1993 when Hawaii tried to become the first state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage. Even the Crossroad Church came out to pledge its support.

: Alexis Hooi
Ensuring food safety
Picking the right souvenir to bring back from China is always a tough decision when I head home for work or vacation. Especially when Chinese foodstuff has become one of the least popular gifts among my family and friends.

: You Nuo
Sustainable cities key to growth
Some social reform champions are calling for the immediate abolition of the hukou system, or the notorious household registration system that was designed to block rural-urban migration half a century ago.

: Li Xing
Equality for women still far behind
"Equal rights, equal opportunities, progress for all" is the theme for the celebration of International Women's Day at the United Nations in New York on Wednesday.

: Zhu Yuan
The looming threat of high home prices
Everybody is talking about housing prices, which have skyrocketed in recent years. In major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, it is impossible for a white-collar worker to purchase a decent home even after saving all of his or her earnings over a lifetime.

Debate

21st century, a century of China?

The Chinese Century is a neologism referring to the possibility that the 21st century will be dominated by China, similar to how the 20th century is often called the American Century when the United States was in the lead of the world in economy, culture, technology, politics and military. Is Chinese Century a reasonable prediction or an overstated praise?

Reports

World Bank says China should grow 9.5 pct in 2010

The World Bank raised its China growth forecast this year to 9.5 percent from 9 percent on Wednesday but said Beijing needs to cool inflation and possible bubbles in real estate prices.

China says water pollution double official figure

China-Japan scholars' report completed

China could overtake US by 2020: PWC

Children in China sickened by school pressure—study

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OPINION

High diplomacy has yuan problem in hand

GM-tech running agriculture to seed

Like the Na'vi, we'll decide, thanks

Solving climate change? Why bother?

Parents of adopted children full of love

Come and see the Expo effect to believe it

Unqualified colleges must be shut down

High time for the nation to enforce the law

Don't miss the forest for the trees

Ensuring food safety

Sustainable cities key to growth

Equality for women still far behind

The looming threat of high home prices

21st century, a century of China?

World Bank says China should grow 9.5 pct in 2010

China says water pollution double official figure

China-Japan scholars' report completed

China could overtake US by 2020: PWC

Children in China sickened by school pressure—study

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ID scandal reveals more

Tennis-Li and Zheng, China's chalk and cheese vanguard

Baidu founder rules China's Web with pragmatism

Mo is no Mo'

In an unending search for spirituality

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EU duties unwarranted

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