On Tuesday, the Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou announced to quit the party chairmanship in a gesture acknowledging responsibility for the unprecedented recent election defeat the KMT suffered.
The introduction of the bank deposit insurance system in China will cause significant changes in the banking sector, increasing big banks' savings and putting small banks at a disadvantage. The move also signifies a fundamental change in the regulatory mentality.
The rapid graying of the world's population is the subject of many newspaper columns and scholarly articles.
Face is very important for many Chinese people, and saving face is mostly related to money. Many Chinese people, especially those living in big cities, are stressed, not because of work but vanity.
The public should respect teaching methods as long as they are reasonable and condemn those that are irrational, says an article in Yangtze Evening News. Excerpts:
The government should guide the classification of books sold in the market in different grades for readers of different age groups in order to keep adolescents away from literary works meant for the consumption of only adults, says an article on pinglun.youth.cn. Excerpts:
President Xi Jinping underlined the importance of China's neighborhood diplomacy at the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs held in Beijing on Friday and Saturday.
Before he officially took office, the European Commission's new President Jean-Claude Juncker announced his intention to create jobs and inject new life into the stagnant European economy by injecting an additional 300 billion euros ($374.25 billion) over three years, beginning 2015.
FACING HEIGHTENED PRESSURE TO END THEIR disruptive occupation actions, leaders of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) and Scholarism - two student groups in the frontline of steering the illegal "Occupy Central" campaign - have been busy playing various political stunts over the past few weeks.
By attempting to charge against the Hong Kong Special Administration Region government venue despite a court prohibition, even using the Internet to openly incite students and citizens to assemble, the protesters have upgraded their challenge to the rule of law.
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