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Walk in each other's shoes to enhance trust

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2011-8-11

EDITOR'S note: This is the second and final part of an article on Sino-Japanese relationship. A monument erected in July in Fangzheng County, in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, has provoked anger and...

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Some folks forget Japanese invasion

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2011-8-10

ALTHOUGH hundreds of miles apart, Tanjiaqiao Township and Fangzheng County have both slipped into controversy after Internet users shamed residents of both regions for kowtowing to money and forgetting the humiliation...

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Foolish deadlines for birth, wedlock and high-speed rail

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2011-8-10

CHINA is home to some of the world's most absurd deadlines. For example, the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China marked a deadline for infrastructure projects as significant as the Beijing-Shanghai...

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Rail travelers' confidence badly shaken by collision

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2011-8-9

LAST month's fatal high-speed train crash has shaken the country, not only because of the life but also the delayed and unclear explanations of the tragedy. All of this has undermined people's confidence in the rail...

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Short-termism drives West to its knees

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-8-9

THROUGH several decades of disastrous decision-making our Western politicians have made the future for the West an unthinkable economic and social nightmare. By accumulating vast unsustainable debt accumulation...

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Time to prepare for shift to barter in international business

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-8-8

INTERNATIONAL exchanges of goods and services are typically conducted with currencies, the value of which is settled by the four legs of trust, demand, supply, and risk. If any of these legs are weakening, substitute...

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Family planning policies now more family friendly

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2011-8-8

DRIVING through China's countryside a decade ago, it was not uncommon to see harsh-sounding family planning slogans painted on the sides of buildings. Frightening phrases like "one more baby means one more tomb"...

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America loses despite debt deal

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-8-6

THERE are two principles that are ingrained in the American character: one states that transparency in government and corporate dealings benefit the public and the other states that we should not air one's dirty laundry...

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Plundering the planet produces painful problems

Opinion | Book review
2011-8-6

WHILE stuck at home earlier this week with a sprained knee I was spared the ills of modern offices. My wife and I rent a dilapidated, ground-level apartment of about 50 square meters in downtown Shanghai, too...

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Business Books TOP FIVE US

Opinion | Book review
2011-8-6

1.THE Thank You Economy If your firm isn't already using social media, it clearly doesn't care about its customers. Gary Vaynerchuk | Copyright @ 2011 by Gary Vaynerchuk Published by arrangement with HarperBusiness,...

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Local corruption rife as China races to build affordable homes

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2011-8-5

A RECENT string of high-profile accidents like bridge collapses and the Wenzhou train crash have stoked widespread concern about the safety of public works. While the authorities are trying very hard to convince...

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Well-connected profit from cheap houses

Opinion | China Knowledge@Wharton
2011-8-5

CHINA began accelerating construction of public housing units in 2008 and intends to build or renovate 10 million units this year. By 2015, if the government meets its target of 36 million units, social housing will...

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Unraveling the public housing sector mess

Opinion | China Knowledge@Wharton
2011-8-4

TWENTY years ago, China had no real estate market to speak of. Change began when the government ordered state-owned companies to privatize the housing that had been part of the cradle-to-grave benefits they provided...

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China can no longer afford its breathtaking pace of development

Opinion | Foreign perspectives
2011-8-4

A decade or so ago, I read in an American magazine called Fast Company that one should go "Faster and faster, until the thrill of the speed overcomes the fear of death." It is a truly insane but fascinating concept;...

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China's car culture spreads like prairie fire as traffic worsens

Opinion | Shanghai Daily columnists
2011-8-3

RECENTLY I had lunch with two Western friends on two separate occasions, and as we talked, there was brief mention of cars. One friend believed car ownership is an indicator of Chinese middle class. I argued...