Global Times Daily Newsletter 20180305

2018-03-05

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Editor's Picks

NPC meeting has vital task

The revision of China's Constitution is an important task for the annual session of the country's top legislature, and the removal of the presidential term limit is an attempt to safeguard the authority and leadership of the Party, a spokesman for the annual session of the country's top legislature said Sunday.

• Laws needed to encourage people to donate organs, save lives
• Beijing-Vatican agreement 'a good thing' says bishop
• Develop HK border to boost region

In-Depth

A time for tea

Now, things have changed. For Long, the plantation has become a "gold mountain" for Niujiao village that has helped lift villagers out of poverty while also helping drive the country's Belt & Road Initiative.

China

• Moo market
• Non-battle personnel downsized: PLA report
• Shrewish advice pamphlet by Beijing bureau rankles users

Op-Ed

• Australia tries to strike US-China balance
• Indiscreet moves by Washington harmful to bilateral ties, global economy
• Religion, nationalism make festivals divisive

Business

• Accountability can help Chinese dairies regain trust
• Moves by EU to raise barriers against Chinese investment can only backfire
• Potential, value of nuclear power could be huge

World

• Food-related death in S.Africa
• S.Korea sending envoys to N.Korea as Trump hints US may be willing to talk
• Merkel to serve for the 'good of Germany'

Life

• 'Get Out' tops Spirit Awards
• Flying your flag
• Flashy fashion

Sports

• Del Potro wins Mexican Open
• Fiorentina's Astori, 31, found dead, Serie A games canceled
• British athletics great Bannister dies at 88

Metro Beijing

• The secret shift
• Paris: brief encounters in the City of Light
• Word matters

Metro Shanghai

• Translator Anna Holmwood is the hero of Jin Yong's wuxia
• How do Chinese and foreigners react when their friends ask them to lend money?
• Foreign cultural industry optimistic about the Chinese market

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Daily Quote:

How should the two sessions convene? There should be no simple, final answer. But the answer must be closely linked to the basic purposes of Chinese politics, the mission of China in the new era and the fundamental interests of the Chinese people.

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