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In the next few weeks, Premier Li Keqiang's "new type of urbanisation" is expected to take off. In the West, the response has often been sceptical and occasionally very critical. It is time for a...
People used to worry that democracy would encourage the tyranny of the majority. With the US federal government shutdown this week, what we are seeing is the tyranny of a fanatical minority. It...
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While we wait for details on the Chinese government's latest reform blueprint, Shanghai is already leading by example - by pushing for change through liberalisation.
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While we wait for details on the Chinese government's latest reform blueprint, Shanghai is already leading by example - by pushing for change through liberalisation.
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It is tempting, perhaps irresistibly so, to celebrate the government shutdown in the United States as a result of the budget impasse. Business people are supposed to be in the...
I recently asked a roomful of eight-year-olds what time they go to bed. I was shocked when some said 10pm or even later. Why? Homework. Studies show that the amount of homework...
One of the effects of Typhoon Usagi, which received little attention, was its impact on the Honghaiwan wind farm in Shanwei, eastern Guangdong, about 130 kilometres northeast...
This column has argued ad nauseam that anyone who expects China to open up to free flows of cross-border capital will have a long wait.
There was a time when trawling through the comments section to stories in this publication and others was a source of enlightenment, sometimes amusement. Not any more.
It's only fair to return the favour of friendly reminders that the director of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, Wang Guangya, purportedly gave to a group...
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