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New action plan to tap full potential of new cities - China Opinion

New action plan to tap full potential of new cities

Reporters gained first-hand experience of the futuristic Qingpu New City in a press tour that coincided with the unveiling of the 2025 Shanghai New City Development Action Plan.

Tariffs & trade! Foreign investors reaping benefits of China's opening-up, development - China Opinion

Tariffs & trade! Foreign investors reaping benefits of China's opening-up, development

In many ways, foreign investment (including from the US) and China's development have formed a win-win relationship, so when China grows, foreign investors gain as well.

What about the kids? The digital dilemma raising junkies - China Opinion

What about the kids? The digital dilemma raising junkies

We’re asking children to navigate a digital world we can’t handle. When we can’t put our devices down, how do we convince kids they should?

From a poem to a pouch to an outdoor cafe courtyard, Shanghai's Wukang Road takes on smoking - China Opinion

From a poem to a pouch to an outdoor cafe courtyard, Shanghai's Wukang Road takes on smoking

In nudging smokers toward proper cigar etiquette in public places, nothing may be too small to matter as even a poem or a pouch can help.

2025-04-10 21:31 0

Harnessing people's inertia and nudging your way to tame outdoor smoking - China Opinion

Harnessing people's inertia and nudging your way to tame outdoor smoking

If we hate passive smoking, we probably will prefer an outright ban to simple moralization, forgetting that something in the middle may well work wonders in certain contexts.

2025-04-03 19:42 0

The 'Adolescence' paradox: How many lambs to the slaughter? - China Opinion

The 'Adolescence' paradox: How many lambs to the slaughter?

Is it ever OK to put a child in the limelight, no matter how much cotton wool we wrap them in, no matter how good the performance, no matter how important the story?

2025-04-03 14:39 0

Once a laggard in industrial development, China is now at the forefront of progress - China Opinion

Once a laggard in industrial development, China is now at the forefront of progress

No longer just mass producers of cheap goods, manufacturers have moved up the value chain to create new products, technologies and world standards.

2025-04-01 20:41 0

How ordinary people are quietly changing relations between countries - China Opinion

How ordinary people are quietly changing relations between countries

From viral "Say Hi" videos to family meetups arranged through social media, ordinary people are reshaping relations between countries through genuine connections.

2025-03-31 16:58 0

Thwarting tariffs! Proper division of labor among nations vital for global trade to boom - China Opinion

Thwarting tariffs! Proper division of labor among nations vital for global trade to boom

Tariffs are all about trade in goods, leaving trade in services largely out of the bigger picture of global commercial exchanges, but that picture – balance of trade – matters.

2025-03-27 20:51 0

The urgency addiction: What nature can teach you about change - China Opinion

The urgency addiction: What nature can teach you about change

Nature has been at this a lot longer than we have. It’s time we follow her lead.

2025-03-14 17:27 0