The finances used in private loans currently sit behind a precarious dam, where their legal status is dubious . We need to make them part of the regulated flow of capital.
The only possible explanation as to why the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not want to release this information is that they are embarrased by the huge size of their spending
A round-up of recent commentary in the EO: Why the first instinct of officials is to deny everything, the children of migrants are entitled to an education too and the real problems revealed by a fake document
A round-up of recent commentary in the EO: Spreading Rumors on Weibo, University Education is No Longer the Route to Social Advancement it Once Was and the Sentences Handed Down in the Shanghai Fire Case Represent Progress
Smashing shop windows, stealing sports shoes and setting fire to buses is an unusual way to express your solidarity with a mother whose son was shot by the police.
A round-up of recent commentary in the EO: What made Yao Ming special? The NPC should force government departments to release spending and the schizophrenia of the US political system.
Peking University economist Zhou Qiren defends recent criticisms of Chengdu's pilot land reform project which allows farmers to trade the usage rights to their land
Translations of commentaries about the Wenzhou train disaster and China's high-speed rail system that have appeared on the Economic Observer Online over the past few days
At the press conference held by the Ministry of Railway to explain the cause of the accident, the spokesman didn’t mention the driver of train D3115 , let alone allow him to appear in public.
Translations of commentaries that have appeared in the newspaper or on our Chinese site over the past week. Includes Teng Biao and Xu Zhiyong on the death penalty and a call for more Chinese citizens to take part in public hearings
