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IEA director hopeful agency and partners can lead the world out of global predicament The International Energy Agency’s members and its partners can help lead… Read More »Action urged to fight climate change

Shen Bing’s first foray into secondhand book buying turned out to be a revelation. The book she bought, Tengxun Zhuan (The History of Tencent), was… Read More »Readers revel in used book market

Deng Xiaoping’s advice to ‘seek truth from facts’ and ‘liberate thought’ is appropriate not just for China but the wider world The Third Plenum of… Read More »Why 1978 is vital to everyone in 2018

China’s economic rebirth in 1978 swept the country, profoundly changed whole world Forty years ago this month in the Jingxi Hotel in Beijing’s Haidian district,… Read More »Miracle turns 40 – EUROPE

Former leader recalled as a visionary who changed China forever Former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was a visionary who always saw the long-term potential of… Read More »Remembering Deng’s dream – EUROPE

China needs to build on what it has achieved, but it needs new thinking to do it One of the things that makes China unique… Read More »Integration is key to economic future

Among the equipment aboard China’s Chang’e-4 lunar probe as it heads to the far side of the moon is scientific apparatus developed by the Netherlands,… Read More »Politicians, not scientists, should have last word

Stock Connect with London could be adversely affected by ripple effects in market Over the past few years, Stock Connect (Shanghai-Hong Kong in 2014 and… Read More »Shanghai shudders over Brexit process

Collaboration between British, Chinese leads to new method for cracking water molecules A collaboration of British and Chinese researchers has taken the world one step… Read More »Researchers tap limitless hydrogen – EUROPE

Shanghai retail stores learn to offer unique value in an ever more digital world Women dressed in elegant qipao and highheels with dainty bags in… Read More »Shopping: Brick and mortar still matters