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.xmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 08:36:26 GMThttp://www.cdeclips.com/web_xml/RSS/china_daily_logo.jpghttp://www.cdeclips.com/On Monday, a worker in Beijing dropped dead while delivering bottled water. The cause of death: heat stroke.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=48761http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4876130 Jul 2010 09:31:47 +0800When the credit crisis rocked the world in 2008, many political leaders and prominent economists in the United States and Europe argued with great fervor and conviction for the need to address the global imbalance, which they considered to be the root cause of the financial calamity that pushed the world into a recession.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=48625http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4862528 Jul 2010 09:07:50 +0800The massive joint military drill by the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK), which began Sunday in the Sea of Japan, is intended to show off its mighty power.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=48545http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4854527 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800Long queues are not a feature of Shanghai's Expo Garden alone. Just a few days ago one was seen in Pudong's Lujiazui financial area. Thousands of people, most of them young, waited in a hundreds of meters long queue in front of a new Apple store, the first in Shanghai.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=48427http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4842724 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800Exceptionally high temperatures from New York to Paris, Berlin, and Moscow to Beijing and Shanghai is making climate change a hot topic these days at forums, workshops and conferences.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=48355http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4835523 Jul 2010 09:21:31 +0800Television on the mainland is made for older folks like me. I watch TV all the time partly, at least, to learn Mandarin. (If you don't already know, I'm a native Cantonese speaker from Hong Kong.) In time, I have come to appreciate some of the locally-produced TV drama series and become a fan of a few outstanding stars, including Wang Baoqiang and Fan Bingbing.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=48280http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4828022 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800What is wrong with us Chinese, I wondered recently.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=48206http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4820621 Jul 2010 09:28:45 +0800By Zhu YuanI have been an admirer of the US Constitution's First Amendment since my school days.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=48123http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4812320 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800By Chen WeihuaThe results of the annual college entrance examinations are in, and the media are full of success stories.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=47538http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4753809 Jul 2010 10:05:32 +0800By Li XingIt struck me as highly unusual for a group of European leaders, many of whom were brought up in the cradle-to-grave welfare systems of their respective countries, to talk so passionately about budget cuts in the G20 conference in Toronto.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=47453http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4745308 Jul 2010 09:57:51 +0800By Hong LiangAmericans have always been known for their optimism and can-do attitude. But, as the country marked its Independence Day on Sunday, the mood is much less sunny than what the scorching weather would suggest.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=47301http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4730106 Jul 2010 09:37:46 +0800By Chen WeihuaThe Greek sovereign debt crisis has apparently set the tone at the G20 meeting in Toronto, Canada.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=47098http://www.cdeclips.com/en/opinion/fullstory.html?id=4709802 Jul 2010 09:57:25 +0800By Hong Liang