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.
Few expected a breakthrough at the UN climate conference in Lima, and they were not wrong. Yet many would see the outcome at Lima as a good omen for a "historic" climate conference in Paris next year. They may have their reasons to think so, as many did after the 2007 Bali climate conference and the 2009 Copenhagen climate talks.
A WOMAN PASSENGER THREW HOT WATER AT a flight attendant and, along with her three friends, created such a ruckus on board that an AirAsia flight to Nanjing was forced to return to Bangkok on Thursday night. One of the four even threatened to blow up the plane.
Experts say violent physical clashes on a flight could upset a plane's balance, which could possibly lead to a crash. In other words, the four passengers onboard the AirAsia flight put the security of passengers and crew at risk. They should be punished for that.
Disregarding China's strong objections, the Philippines approached an international tribunal in January 2013 for arbitration in the South China Sea dispute. Manila's continuous push for mandatory arbitration since then has prompted the tribunal to ask Beijing to respond by Dec 15.
The US Senate Intelligence Committee has released a 535-page report on the torture of terrorism suspects by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appears so enamoured with Chinese President Xi Jinping's book, The Governance of China, that after reading it he ordered several copies for his staff.
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