China's "Belt and Road Initiatives" can be considered an upgraded version of its "going global" policy, something that was discussed by President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama during their meeting last week.
One of the highlights of this year's Singles' Day was parents acting as proxies for their too-busy-to-attend children at the matchmaking events. This reflected the anxiousness of Chinese parents whose children have crossed the traditional age of marriage to find a life partner for them. Perhaps the lack of social security is to blame for the situation.
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The repeat telecasts of Journey to the West, a TV series produced in the 1980s based on one of China's four ancient classics, demonstrate the lack of good ideas for TV dramas, says an article in Qianjiang Evening News. Excerpts:
China has declared it is establishing a special fund for the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, two initiatives proposed by China to promote regional integration, cooperation and trade.
Speaking at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, on Saturday, US President Barack Obama gave what at least one person has called "the historic Brisbane speech".
SEEKING ASYLUM OVERSEAS WITH THE wealth they have illicitly accumulated will likely not be so easy for corrupt officials in the near future.
International treaties offer an additional choice for China to hunt corrupt officials that flee overseas. For example, China hasn't signed a bilateral extradition treaty with Canada but both are members of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, so it can resort to specific articles to net corruption suspects.
The G20 Summit in Brisbane has, it seems, taken a step further than the APEC conference in Beijing in the fight against climate change.
Education department authorities have rubbished rumors that "985" and "211" projects have been cancelled. The "985" and "211" projects are decades-old national education plans to build some key institutions of higher learning in China. But it is high time that the government stopped running institutions of higher learning in a biased manner, says an article in Beijing News. Excerpts:
Although the possibility of any exit from the euro has basically been left behind, both socially and economically, the European Union is still very sick. Several core economies such as France and Italy may slip into their third recession in six years.
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