China has achieved remarkable economic growth since it launched reform and opening-up in the late 1970s, but the need to improve the quality of its economic growth has become urgent.
Restaurants and bars are always full in Tokyo in December, as it is the time for year-end parties and people tend to go drinking with their colleagues or clients for fun.
SHOULD THE SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS make money for the operaters and related departments?
Theoretically, government lotteries are to raise additional funds to support public welfare; but in reality lottery agencies become interest groups that derive huge profits from the process. It is urgent to strengthen supervision over the lotteries so that they serve public welfare instead of their own selfish interests.
In the first three quarters of this year, China's GDP grew by 7.4 percent, or 0.1 points short of the planned annual target of 7.5 percent. The housing market experienced an unprecedented decline in prices and sales in the country's 70 major cities, implying that the pressure on economic growth is historically high, because a chilly housing sector could have massive repercussions on the national economy.
Counterfeit products can still make it to Chinese markets by playing on words, mostly clumsy reworking of famous brand names or logos, or "creative" renaming, that is, labeling 100 percent "made-and created-in-China" goods as foreign products.
An estimated 13 million abortions are performed in China every year. The number is much higher than in many industrialized countries. There are several reasons for this: the strict family planning policy, inadequate sex education and ignorance about the use of contraceptives. Given the ill effects of abortion on women, it is necessary to devise new policies that will reduce the number of abortions.
Comment on "Are tablets the future in class?" (China Daily, Nov 1)
When people's average income reaches a certain level, the currency's marginal utility, too, will diminish and their happiness will not be that strong, something corrupt officials will soon realize, says an article in Southern Metropolis Daily. Excerpts:
The government should reform the examination-oriented education system to promote creativity among students and help them acquire the knowledge and skills to succeed in the wider world, says an article on guancha.gmw.cn. Excerpts:
Editor's Note: On Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was authorized to release the Position Paper of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Matter of Jurisdiction in the South China Sea Arbitration Initiated by the Republic of the Philippines.
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