http://www.cdeclips.com/China Daily RSSCopyright © 2008- China Daily Hong Kong Limited, All Rights Reservedhttp://www.cdeclips.com/web_xml/RSS/ChinaDaily_RSS_columnists.xmlThu, 08 Dec 2011 07:40:18 GMThttp://www.cdeclips.com/web_xml/RSS/china_daily_logo.jpghttp://www.cdeclips.com/If I had been asked more than 30 years ago, which I would prefer, a planned economy or a laissez-faire free market, I would have chosen the latter as the best pick-me-up for the country's abject economic condition at that time.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=70815http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=7081503 Dec 2011 08:53:02 +0800Greenpeace International released a report on Nov 22, saying a handful of multinational corporations are "exerting undue influence" on the political process in the United States and Canada and other pivotal countries to delay global action on climate change. http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=70686http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=7068626 Nov 2011 09:11:28 +0800Thursday is the annual Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=70657http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=7065725 Nov 2011 08:43:57 +0800It is hardly coincidental that two talks in New York on Monday both focused on China's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=70515http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=7051518 Nov 2011 09:08:25 +0800I have a confession to make. I am a small investor. During the past 10 years, I have invested part of my income in stocks and warrants, funds and gold, in the hope of beating inflation. But the result, it pains me to say, is I am no wealthier now than I would have been without such speculation.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=70491http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=7049117 Nov 2011 09:16:15 +0800The Shenzhen civil servant who beat his parents committed what was considered a serious crime in ancient times.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=70464http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=7046416 Nov 2011 08:59:05 +0800On Wednesday evening, I listened to talks by Chinese entrepreneurs on philanthropy and social responsibility at Columbia University, New York.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=70381http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=7038111 Nov 2011 09:22:13 +0800By Chen Weihua