Editor's Picks

Best government money can buy no longer good enough

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-11-10

THE protest movement that began in Tunisia in January, subsequently spreading to Egypt, and then to Spain, has now become global, with the protests en...

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Setting the stage for 'wars of competitiveness'

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-11-10

THERE are increasingly louder voices in the United States against the way China manages its exchange rate. They aim at spreading the notion that the undervalued currency is China's most important tool to compete in...

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Aging society not ailing society

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2011-11-8

THE birth of the symbolic 7 billionth citizen of the world on October 31 has rekindled the debate on the validity of China's family planning policy, which some have claimed to be out-of-date in recent years. The...

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Future cities can help or harm the future of the planet

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-11-9

GREEN living environments can play an important role in making cities more equitable for their residents. A number of cities in western Europe, the United States and Canada have pioneered green strategies. Freiburg,...

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Asian economic unity likely a model for Europe

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-11-8

THE gadget might have traveled through a long supply-chain throughout East Asia, but European consumers see only one "Made in ..." from a single country on their phone. With the pride of the beholder they show...

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Quality education means more than bricks-and-mortar schools

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-11-7

THE world is assailed by problems that defy easy answers. Economic shocks are destabilizing countries and regions, and inflicting great social and financial hardships on families and their communities. Environmental...

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Ethics training for officials too little too late

Opinion | Book review
2011-11-5

EDITOR'S note: Will six hours of pounding ethical principles into resistant brains reshape their ethics for the better? Will six hours of ethics boot camp elevate anyone's morality and behavior? Apart...

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Plunderers of Earth now set sights on colonizing Mars

Opinion | Book review
2011-11-5

ASTRONOMY is always a fascinating subject appealing to the populace as well as experts. Thus Astronomy is virtually the only field of science where amateur observers have made significant contributions. Most...

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Business Books TOP FIVE US

Opinion | Book review
2011-11-5

1.CONFESSIONS of a Public Speaker Harness your self-consciousness and become a skillful, relaxed public speaker. Scott Berkun | O'Reilly 2011 | 225 pg. | ISBN: 9781449301958 2.The Dragonfly Effect ...

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Climate talks in Durban need China, EU leadership

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-11-4

IN 1931, The Economist wrote: "The prosperity of Shanghai can still grow indefinitely. Towards the end of this century, it could be the richest and most prosperous city in the world." What extraordinary foresight!...

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Law can encourage good Samaritans or deter helpers

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2011-11-4

AMERICAN founding father and political philosopher Alexander Hamilton wrote in the "Federalist Papers" that "the judiciary has no influence over either the sword or the purse," meaning that the judiciary is weaker...

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Victoria state strengthens China ties

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-11-3

IN today's global economy, the "great transition" is the great fact of our time. From parity less than a decade ago, the output of emerging market economies has already rocketed to almost 145 percent of the GDP...

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Moral decay stems from pursuit of wealth at all cost

Opinion | Shanghai Daily columnists
2011-11-3

RECENTLY there has been considerable speculation that our citizens are fast losing their moral decency. A host of reports are shameful reminders of the degree of decay. On October 13, in a marketplace in Foshan,...

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Global population rises but fertility declines

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-11-2

ACCORDING to the United Nations' Population Division, the world's human population hit 7 billion on Monday. As always happens whenever we approach such a milestone, this one has produced a spike in conferences,...

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Good pension program should help those who really need it

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-11-2

I found the article "Pensions Needed as Elderly Population Soars" in the October 12 issue of The Shanghai Daily quite interesting. Its discussion of the challenge presented by the declining ratio of workers to...

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Less excess and more access must be mantra of growth

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-11-1

MANY on the left are suspicious of the idea that economic growth helps to reduce poverty in developing countries. They argue that growth-oriented policies seek to increase gross national product, not to ameliorate...

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Truth in advertising lost on real estate giant

Opinion | Shanghai Daily columnists
2011-11-1

NO sooner had China's Cabinet called upon the whole nation to be honest and credible than one of China's largest property firms sought in vain to defend its controversial sales advertisement that many customers claimed...

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Global economy in dire straits but US Senate enters troubled waters

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-10-31

AS the global economy tosses in dire straits, the US Senate is tacking into even more troubled waters. If no good can be expected from Europe, if Japan is still working its way out of recession and if Latin America...

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Booming shadow banks undermine the economy

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2011-10-31

FOR a long time Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, a hub of private enterprises, has arguably been a poster child of China's robust private sector. Yet the recent cash flow debacle that unfolded there has seriously called...

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Business Books TOP FIVE US

Opinion | Book review
2011-10-29

1.YOU Already Know How to Be Great Achieve your goals with this uncomplicated approach to eliminating the obstacles that block your success. Alan Fine and Rebecca R. Merrill | From YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO BE GREAT...