China has gone through an extraordinary economic transformation over the last 30 years. This transformation has remade the face of coastal China. It's now spilling over into the interior and it's raised, literally, hundreds of millions of people to an unprecedented level of affluence.

According to data from the Sixth Census, China has a population of 1.34 billion on its mainland (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Since I myself is an ex

On April 28, 2011, the National Bureau of Statistics hosted a press conference to release key figures from the 6th National Census. These figures have shocked a

On April 6, 2011, the U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman gave an eloquent speech at the Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture in Shanghai. In his speech, Ambassador Hunt

Seen from an economic angle, China’s 12th Five-Year Plan follows the theme of structural adjustment and drives for two goals: sustainable economic growth and s

U.S.-China relations are on more stable footing since the January summit between President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao, which helped reduce the tension

The “China Model” has recently become a topic of heated discussion among both Chinese scholars and their overseas colleagues. Some are trying to link up this

Ideological confrontation is the default mode for some Westerners and Western media when it comes to issues of human rights. For these people, it has become an

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is being investigated over "suspected economic crimes", according to authorities on Thursday. Some Western media outlets immediately qu

In his government work report to the 4th Session of the 11th National People’s Congress, Premier Wen Jiabao said that during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, pa