Such factors lie at the heart of China's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).

CNN: Open the Gates

In both respects, a resurgent China is at the heart of things.

ECONOMIST: America reaches a pivot point in Asia

Mr Thubron spent eight months travelling the 11, 300 kilometres (7, 000 miles) of the old Silk Road from Xian in the heart of China to Antioch (Antakya) in Turkey and, although he scrupulously admits in a note that his trip was broken by fighting in northern Afghanistan and that he was obliged to continue the following year, this interruption does not disrupt the flow of his narrative.

ECONOMIST: Travel writing

China is still a big knot of emotion in my heart that I cannot forget.

CNN: EXPORTING DISSENT

Celine Dion's performance of My Heart Will Go On from Hollywood film Titanic - a highly popular film in China - still "moved people's hearts even after 15 years", the newspaper notes.

BBC: China media: New Year haze

You might want to hold your nose before touring the heart-pill factory run by Shanghai Hutchison Pharmaceuticals on the gritty industrial outskirts of China's largest city.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Our correspondent says that, according to one well-known Chinese songwriter, My Heart Will Go On is one of two English songs that are well known in China.

BBC: Chinese Year of Snake celebrations in Asia