As the end of the year approaches, it has become increasingly clear that 2014 will be a year marked by moderate economic growth and low inflation for China.
There will be little rejoicing over this weekend's Japanese election. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe remains the leader of his party and his country. But very few can imagine him winning a single popularity contest anywhere in the neighborhood of East Asia. No wonder, the Japanese people are not exactly reacting in wild kanpai-yelling celebrations.
We are reaching the end of the year, a year full of buzzwords. The process of selecting the buzzwords for 2014 started late last month, and for the first time since the event started in 2006 people can vote for their favorite words or terms through weibo, microblogging service, and WeChat. The result will be declared on Dec 19.
The government has made the promotion of the sports industry a national strategy. This innovative policy will, indirectly and directly, help people maintain physical fitness and increase their (especially youth's) participation in different types of sports.
Fulfilling filial responsibilities is easier said than done. And meeting all the requirements of filial piety has become all the more difficult in these postmodern times, because many people still stick to age-old beliefs that are no longer applicable or practical, says an article in Qianjiang Evening News. Excerpts:
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?
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