The mere mention of China can arouse controversy. Many comments have been made about its rapid economic and social transformation over the past three and half decades.
The sweeping victory Japan's ruling coalition secured in the Lower House election on Sunday heralds a big change in Japan, for better or for worse.
A RETRIAL LASTING MORE THAN THREE weeks finally acquitted a young man called Huugjilt of the rape and murder of a young woman, for which he was wrongly executed in 1996 at the age of 18. An investigation will now probe how such a terrible mistake was made and who should be held accountable for it.
A single case is enough to hold or ruin the people's trust in justice. The retrial of Huugjilt's case is a good opportunity for the Chinese judiciary to defend justice and prove it is making progress toward rule of law; let the case be remembered as a milestone on the path to a judicial civilization.
China's new Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road economic strategies confirm the adage that rising powers make all the right decisions while falling ones (such as the British Empire in the first half of the 20th century) make all the wrong ones.
The sluggish global petroleum market can be blamed on economic fundamentals. The sluggish trend, fuelled in no small measure by Western countries for their own gains, is likely to continue in the next decade.
Hollywood director Christopher Nolan's new sci-fi flick Interstellar has caught Chinese people's imagination, with their common question being: Can Chinese filmmakers make such a movie?
Comment on "First hand accounts expose brutality of Nanjing Massacre" (China Daily website, Nov 8)
I have read many articles on the most brutal mass murder carried out by Japanese soldiers. Words cannot describe what happened during those tragic six weeks in Nanjing. The Japanese unleashed barbaric violence on the Chinese people in the city.
Chinese history has many good stories that can be written into children's books and turned into cartoons, both in print and on the audio-visual media. More importantly, such books and programs, if well produced, can be a great source of knowledge for children, says an article in People's Daily. Excerpts:
The Chinese people and government must work together to spread sex education, says an article in Beijing News. Excerpts:
The basic principle of modern justice, that illicit property shall be confiscated or returned to the victims, applies to not only domestic but also international laws.
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