Even though the Republic of Korea's presidential election is just one day away, the candidates are still debating security matters rather than economic recovery and employment, because the winner will have the tough job of dealing with the security jigsaw on the Korean Peninsula.
The cost of living in Asian cities generally increased last year, with Singapore remaining at the top for the fourth consecutive year. But exchange rate volatility and resurgent commodity prices, rather than productivity gains, were responsible for the increase.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has waited for the right time to show his hand. And the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, by test-firing missiles and threatening to conduct another nuclear test, has given Abe the ruse.
Ever since Deng Xiaoping stepped on the gas pedal for China's economic reform when he made the now famous "southern tour" to Shenzhen in 1992, companies in China-big or small-have been looking for ways to better manage and develop strategies and capture value.
Statistics can be a blur, but recently one piece of data stood out like a beacon. According to World Bank statistics, China now has fewer people living below the poverty line than the United States.
News that space experts from Europe and China are to discuss collaboration on a manned "Moon Village" as a launch pad for potential missions to Mars offers a colorful symbol of a wider growing relationship between the two sides.
On May 7, France will elect a new president and, as has been the case in previous electoral campaigns, candidates have been focusing on domestic issues.
When Vice-Premier Liu Yandong led a large delegation to South Africa for the second session of the China-South Africa high-level dialogue in Pretoria on April 25, the concepts of Ubuntu and a community of shared future informed many of the deliberations on matters of culture, education, communications, health, science and technology, sports, tourism, youth and women.
Calling the Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader a "pretty smart cookie", and displaying amazing readiness to personally meet him, United States President Donald Trump has apparently softened his rhetoric, prompting some to imagine that once unlikely scenario might happen.
The authorities are demonstrating their firm determination to eradicate corruption in the financial sector and prevent financial risks through an intensified crackdown on malpractices and those who violate the rules.
RECENTLY GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK were reported to be the victims of a $100-million phishing scam conducted by a Lithuanian man, who has now been charged by the US Department of Justice. Beijing Youth Daily comments:
THE CHINA FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION recently issued a draft regulation, which stipulates that health food products cannot be named after their claimed health benefits and the advertising for such products should make clear they are dietary supplements. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Wednesday:
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