Opinion & Analysis

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Aggressive Pilot to Transform 12 Industrial Cities

Interview: A former high-ranking development official talks to the EO about 12 resource-reliant Chinese cities slated for an agressive reform project to improve their sustainability.

Xin Wang, Qin Beibei | 2008-07-11

OPINION

Call for Land Reform to Facilitate Post-Quake Migration

Commentator Wen Guanzhong argues that populations living in potentially dangerous places, like those located in the quake zones, should be encouraged to migrate. Land reform is necessary to facilitate it.

Wen Guanzhong | 2008-06-05

CIVIL SOCIETY

Disaster and Chinese Civil Society

If the Sichuan earthquake could provide a chance for the Chinese government and civil society to foster trust, it would be a blessing in disguise.

Zhong Weizhi | 2008-06-04

SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE

Foreign Views on China's Earthquake Responses

The collapses of public buildings, like schools, during earthquake are avoidable if more investment had been made in structural design and construction material.

Zhang Bin | 2008-05-23

ANALYSIS

Comparing Information Openness in China and India

Does China's regulation on information disclosure truly guarantee public's access to information?

Xu Zhiyong | 2008-05-20

COMMENTARY

For One in Fifty-Thousand

Wen Zhao reflects on pushing past the window of opportunity for rescuing trapped victims, and on further opening up the flow of information.

Wen Zhao | 2008-05-19

COMMENTARY

Why are Schools Crumbling like Sand Houses?

The May 12 earthquake obliterated schools and buried students under debris while government buildings remained intact. Why are the schools so fragile?

Zhang Jinghua | 2008-05-15