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Peatlands could help reduce carbon emissions

WETLANDS, forests, and oceans absorb and store carbon, which makes them a vital asset for countries pursuing the Paris climate agreement’s targets for reducing CO2 emissions. So how can we use them most ...

November 21, 2016, Monday

Looking back on 30 years of Sino-ADB ties

EDITOR’S note: This article is adapted from the speech by Takehiko Nakao, President of The Asian Development Bank, at the ADB-PRC Symposium commemorating 30 years of partnership at the Asia-Pacific ...

November 17, 2016, Thursday

US professor lays out top policy priorities, possibilities as Trump enters White House

JAMES G. McGann, a senior lecturer in International Studies and Director of the Think Tank and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, talked to Shanghai Daily reporter Chen Huizhi ...

November 15, 2016, Tuesday

The end of US soft power as fear overtakes hope?

TRADITIONALLY, countries’ global political power was assessed according to military might: the one with the largest army had the most power. But that logic was not always reflected in reality. The US ...

November 15, 2016, Tuesday

Ambassador: Economic rebalancing might strengthen Sino-Irish business collaboration

EDITOR’S Note: Paul Kavanagh, Ambassador of Ireland to China, talked to Shanghai Daily reporter Chen Huizhi during the Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum 2016 held in Shanghai on November 4. He talked ...

November 10, 2016, Thursday

Reforming end-of-life healthcare system in the US

DURING a CNN presidential town hall early this year, an 81-year-old man from Concord, NH, with phase IV colon ...

November 9, 2016, Wednesday

How to reap real demographic dividends

ACHIEVING the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals — which aim to end poverty, boost shared prosperity, and promote sustainability, between now and 2030 — will require overcoming some major obstacles, ...

November 4, 2016, Friday

Sustainable investment can spur growth

THE big disappointment in the world economy today is the low rate of investment. In the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, growth in high-income countries was propelled by spending on housing ...

November 2, 2016, Wednesday

‘Golden Era’ brings opportunities from English midlands to the Middle Kingdom

What do you get if you add up seven regional leaders, 40 prominent business people and the heads of eight of the UK’s leading universities? A great opportunity to make a big splash in the most dynamic ...

November 1, 2016, Tuesday

Whoever wins election, status quo no longer option

DEAR editor, I share many of Mr. Richard Haass’ opinions as expressed in his thoughtful article of October 27 (“America after the election: Deeper division between and within the two major parties,” ...

November 1, 2016, Tuesday