China is considering deploying an advanced rescue ship that could carry drones and underwater robots to the Nansha Islands this year to help ships in trouble, including foreign vessels.
Some have claimed that overcapacity in China's steel industry has weakened the global economy and resulted in high unemployment. These accusations are unfair.
A disused complex in Beijing that once housed a major steelmaker has been transformed into a hub for organizers of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
"To resign, or not to resign, that's the question," says Du Peng, an electrician for Jinan Steel Group.
Look at an issue, any issue, and the truth often lies midway between two arguments. The current imbroglio involving the world steel trade is a perfect case in point.
China, together with other countries and regions, is facing severe challenges from overcapacity in steel production, which requires the joint efforts of international players to solve.
Bohunt School, deep in rural Hampshire, southern England, was pretty much unknown in China before August last year.
In November, when Bao Xin's weight soared to 120 kilograms, he decided to take steps. "That time my life was seriously disturbed by being so overweight. I couldn't even hold my 1-year-old baby for more than five minutes because I would be soaked in sweat," says the 34-year-old IT worker in Beijing.
Everybody was shouting out "yuanchang jiuqiu" (home run), as a year 9 student passed the fourth base line on the Bohunt school playground during a physical education lesson involving a game of rounders, a softer version of baseball played in British schools.
Xia Qing, a math teacher with almost a decade of experience, has been invited to the UK three times for education exchanges.
A strong voice has been rising in China in recent times, one that criticizes test-oriented education and says the Chinese system kills children's creativity.
The experiment at Bohunt School illustrated what those engaged in the study of comparative education have long believed: that it is not possible, or even desirable, to transplant into one's own educational system the features of another system rooted strongly in its own cultural context.
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