As the four-day annual jamboree of ideas and opinions wound down in Davos, Switzerland on Saturday, the general verdict on the diplomatic offensive of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was it had failed.
Despite the optimistic prediction by medical experts that there will not be any widespread outbreak of H7N9 bird flu during Spring Festival, it is imperative for individuals to exercise caution while celebrating the Lunar New Year.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, authorities in Beijing are advocating officials and Party members to set an example to residents by not letting off firecrackers for celebrations.
This is the time when people to return home for Spring Festival family reunions. But despite being busy preparing for that all-important annual event, we should not forget the many challenges facing children in our society.
French film personality Sophie Marceau and South Korean actor and singer Lee Min-ho have been invited as guests to the most-viewed Spring Festival television gala on Lunar New Year's Eve, sparking a public controversy.
Tibet has been of great significance to China, economically, strategically or in other aspects, and this is based on the precondition that Tibet is part of China's territory. Given that whether from a historical or from a de jure perspective the vast plateau region is China's territory and we will in no case allow its separation from the country. Our determination in opposing "Tibetan independence" is by no means based on what some Westerners have claimed is China's need for the resources in the region.
Fifty years ago on Jan 27, chairman Mao Zedong and president Charles de Gaulle made a historic decision to establish diplomatic relations between China and France, thus opening the door to friendship and cooperation between the two big countries with major influence. This visionary and momentous decision brought a warm breeze to the international relations in the Cold War era and had a far-reaching impact on the evolution of the international landscape.
While addressing the problems in the poverty alleviation mechanism in the near future, the authorities should raise the efficacy of the inputs of both money and other resources.
Spats between Japan and its Asian neighbors over its imperialist history escalated again after the new chairman of NHK, Japan's public broadcaster, claimed that the Japanese imperial army's "comfort women" brothel system was "common" worldwide during World War II.
The US House of Representatives followed by the US Senate recently passed an expenditure bill containing a reference to House of Representatives Resolution 121 (or H.Res 121), which President Barack Obama subsequently signed into law. Put simply, H.Res 121 urges the Japanese government to address the issue of "comfort women" - more than 20,000 women of Korean, Chinese and other nationalities who were forced into sex slavery by the Japanese imperial forces before and during World War II.
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