As expected, the new round of sanctions against Iran, adopted by the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, was met with strong opposition from the Islamic country.
As Gaokao fever hits China, I am reminded of my own University entrance which I sat as a 17-year-old in New Zealand.
The idea that we dissipate aggression by getting it out on a substitute for the real target of our anger has been tested and, as it turns out, doesn't work.
In a couple of days I will be going home to visit friends in the US They will certainly ask me why I'm writing for Chinese newspapers.
Things happening in the last few days in New York's Times Square and the northwest Pakistan's tribal area of North Waziristan provide a clue why we live in a world much less safer than before.
To replicate such folly in Iran would be to do an immense injustice to the people of Iran, who share a history of thousands of years of civilization with India and China.
The volcanic eruption is not, by any means, a large-scale one and has not caused casualties up to now.
The conflict in Thailand is a struggle in search of acceptable government that can bridge the gap between urban elites and the rural working class, by catering the needs of both populations.
It is pathetic to see that US President Barack Obama is likely to succumb to domestic politics and go ahead with a plan to meet the Dalai Lama.
The more the world is under the pressure of short-term problems the more it is in need for big ideas. This is true for governments and companies in the developed as well as the developing countries.
Will there be an on-line Davos of some sort - so that speakers and journalists do not have to travel physically to one place to join each other in forums and exchanges? Some international web sites may be doing or planning similar services. I hope there can be one from China.
No Chinese player will lift the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup at Rod Laver Arena tomorrow night but the nation’s top women players walk away from the year’s first Grand Slam winners.