US scholar: China's 15th Five-Year Plan a blueprint for innovation, welfare, global engagement By Zhao Manfeng | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-11-17 08:50 +++

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/17/WS691a717ca310d6866eb29c6f.html In a recent analysis of China's upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), Denis Simon, a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute and senior lecturer at Duke University, outlined four key pillars that will define the country's strategic direction for the coming five years. China's primary school population peaks, middle school to follow By Zou Shuo | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-11-18 17:35 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/18/WS691c3de5a310d6866eb2a216.html China's primary school student population peaked in 2023, with middle schools expected to follow next year, according to Huai Jinpeng, the minister of education. Scholar clears misconception of Taiwan under Japanese rule chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-11-18 15:55 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/18/WS691c2685a310d6866eb2a1b0.html Lan Po-chou, a well-known writer from Taiwan, in April shared his reflections on Taiwan's history of resistance against Japanese colonial rule in an exclusive interview with China Daily: "Did our Taiwan compatriots, our forebears, not fear death? I later came to a realization: life under Japanese colonial rule was worse than death." He emphasized that Japan's colonial rule over Taiwan was by no means "development", but rather amounted to blatant "robbery".