This year, the relationship between China and Japan reached an all-time low since the normalization of diplomatic ties in 1972, and this is reflected in the attitudes of people in both countries toward bilateral ties.
Since entering office, the new Chinese leadership has become more confident in its diplomacy, and the country has taken a higher diplomatic profile than it did before.
'The story ended with a whole world in panic; it began in a small village in Africa." This sentence in the German magazine Zeit best describes the fatal nature of the Ebola epidemic. Since its outbreak in West Africa in February, Ebola had infected 17,145 people globally by Dec 4, out of which 6,070 died.
Islamic State is by far the most barbaric terrorist group. Founded on the war-torn ruins of Iraq and Syria, the IS is reportedly using "sex slaves" and indiscriminately executing captured Iraqi soldiers. And it excels in uploading videos of hostage executions on the Internet to spread terror.
This year has been one of military and political crises, with some involving direct confrontations between major powers. Perhaps the only exception is the disapperance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Despite being far removed from "hard politics", it brought the world together in an unprecedented global search mission.
When Ukrainian protesters camped on Independence Square in Kiev demanding their country join the European Union, they might have not known that the incident could escalate into a major crisis splitting Ukraine and triggering a confrontation between Russia and the West.
The blue skies Beijing enjoyed during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in November were followed by dense haze, suggesting that China's efforts to reduce air pollution cannot succeed at one go.
The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have issued a series of policies this year on the reform of the household registration (hukou) system.
Allowing couples, one or both of whom is/are the only child, to have two children is one of the most important decisions taken by the Third Plenum of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee.
Celebrities rarely fail to provide fodder for the paparazzi, but 2014 has turned out to be more eventful than expected for some of the bigwigs. Perhaps the most interesting drama of the year was played out by Chinese diva Faye Wong and her former boyfriend, actor-singer Nicholas Tse.
China will soon start rating the trustworthiness of cloud computing service providers, especially for government procurement contracts, a move that could potentially shut the doors to foreign companies, a leading expert involved in drafting the policy told China Daily on Friday.
Investigations are being conducted into alleged market manipulation of 18 A-share issues, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said on Friday.
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