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Wang Huiyao: Challenging Times, Creative Efforts
As the curtain comes down on 2018, it is a good moment to look back at the highlights and central themes of China’s diplomacy during another eventful year.
December 17 , 2018 -
Zamir Ahmed Awan: Chinese universities a big draw for foreign students
China offers thousands of scholarships to students in developing countries. It is part of Chinese strategy of reform and opening-up Almost all well-known universities are open to foreign students in all parts of the country. The number of foreign students has grown into thousands and this trend is set to increase year to year.
December 12 , 2018 -
Andy Mok: Sanya city, where beauty and intelligence go together
Like Perry Peirui Mao, Miss China, the hundreds of other contestants are vying for the 2018 Miss World title on December 8. Sanya, the venue for this year’s pageant, is blessed with a captivating abundance of physical beauty.
December 12 , 2018 -
Wang Huiyao: Growth in Parallel with Reform and Opening-up
FORTY years ago, China launched the reform and opening-up policy; but the earth-shaking transformation actually materialized in 1977 when the Gaokao System – the annual college entrance examination – was restored, since it ushered in a new era in which both knowledge and talents would be respected. I was fortunate enough to be among the first batch of college graduates after the restoration, and thus my life underwent great changes in parallel with the historic 40 years of reform and opening-up.
December 10 , 2018 -
Zamir Ahmed Awan: IMF pressure won’t weaken Pakistan’s CPEC commitment
Pressure and challenges from the IMF regarding debt woes over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) won’t compromise Pakistan’s commitment to the CPEC.
December 06 , 2018 -
Jorge Heine: A ‘make or break’ G20 summit in Buenos Aires
Much, if not most, of the media attention at the 13th G20 summit in Buenos Aires this weekend will not be on the meeting itself, but rather on a dinner held on the sidelines of it, that is, the one between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Admittedly, much is at stake in the latter, and not just on matters of trade and global economic governance. As the world economy tatters, expectations are that some kind of truce in the trade war between the planet’s two largest economies will be declared.
December 06 , 2018 -
Andy Mok: Black Friday and 11.11: A tale of two (shopping) holidays
Black Friday, the Friday following Thanksgiving, is a well-established tradition in the United States. It marks the start of the Christmas shopping season, which is vitally important for American retailers. The color black is typically associated with calamities, especially financial ones such as stock market crashes. But in this instance, black has a positive meaning. While there are several different origin stories for the name “Black Friday,” since the 1980s it has become commonly accepted that the name marks the time when these retailers move from being in the red (meaning losing money) to be in the black (being profitable).
December 06 , 2018
