Carbon intensity a faulty gauge
By Yang Hongliang
China is the world's second largest energy consumer after the United States, and has one of the world's fastest growing energy sectors. While energy fuels economic growth and poverty reduction, inefficient energy use depletes resources at a faster rate and severely damages the environment.
Post-crisis: a time for creative competition
By Xiao Ping
The 2010 annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress has been held against a backdrop of initial economic recovery.
Is US' nuke-free world pledge sincere?
By Hu Yumin
Media reports from the United States say the Barack Obama administration is conducting a "nuclear posture review", aimed at reducing nuclear arsenals and reassessing the importance of nuclear weapons in America's national security strategy. A "historic change" this review could consider is adopting a policy of no-first use of nuclear weapons.
Don't have yuan for the road
By WILLIAM DANIEL GARST
China's central bank will keep the yuan's exchange rate relatively stable this year and deepen coordination with other countries on major policy issues. China opposes politicizing monetary issues, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said on Saturday in response to growing foreign pressure to ease the yuan's exchange rate because it is hampering trade and could be slowing down global recovery.
The rush to untie purses
By Sun Lijian
Premier Wen Jiabao set an 8 percent growth target for this year and outlined measures to make that goal a reality in his government work report to the ongoing third session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, on Friday.
The unfinished war game in Iraq
By An Huihou
Even seven years after the US-led invasion, the situation in Iraq is far from stable. Sunday's parliamentary election, the second since the US invasion, was marred by factional feud and bloody violence.