When some raised the issue that the Kai Tak Area in Hong Kong can be used for building more residential units with modifications to the stadium plans, it caused an uproar.
For years, the abiding view of China has been of a workshop powered by waves of young migrants able to out-compete workers elsewhere in the world because of their low wages.
The validity of capital controls has been declining as financial opening up deepens and China needs to further open up its capital account.
The nature of work and the availability of workforce vary from industry to industry. If our aim is to protect workers from overwork, setting legal maximum working hours would suffice.
Taxation and greater investment in the western part of the country could help alleviate problems stemming from income disparities.
China cannot stand still. The new leaders must seek and embrace well-planned changes that encourage more growth and prosperity in China.
Robert Mundell, "Father of euro", said China could help restore international monetary system.
Domestic consumption. Two grim words that to those unfamiliar with the business pages sound like something a waif-like English lady died from prematurely in the 18th century.
China Daily asked a number of top executives from international companies to give their impressions of China's 18th Part congress and their expectations for the country.
China has maintained growth momentum and will continue to see higher growth in coming years, but it also needs to mull over "how to sustain a relative high rate of growth".
Many developing countries look to China as a model of growth, as the country has become an engine of global economic growth.
Many foreigners to China would be unable to say how this big country with the world's largest population has managed spectacular economic development for decades. What has led China, languishing in poverty for decades, to become the world's second largest economy?
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