Xi’an – where antiquity & modernity meet

Commentary by Jin Ruiting        BEIJING – Recently, American politicians and the media have fabricated a theory claiming overcapacity in China’s new energy industry. This theory is nothing but applying old cliches to a new industry. It is a continuation and replication of many negative views about China, such as the “China threat” or “peak China” rhetoric.Similar statements have long been hyped up. In 2016, the United States ignored the fact that China’s steel

Commentary by Swallow Xu*First I was joyfully dining at a Chinese vegetarian eatery run by two Chinese ladies and three minutes later I was sampling yummy Portuguese pastries managed by a hospitable Filipina lady and owned by a Portuguese guy just next door, in the same hidden alley in the city centre.Is Macau a city of multi-cultures? Please pause and think about it.For me, it’s both ‘yes’ and ‘no’.Yes, because, historically, the city was truly China’s first window to the world and