Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's key foreign policy adviser Shotaro Yachi visited Beijing a few days before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings closed last week. His mission was to arrange a meeting between Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC talks.
But a customs agency in Sha Tau Kok, Shenzhen, did the opposite, collecting bribes from smugglers and providing cover for them.
Like most of its counterparts globally, China's customs system has an inner control mechanism that aims at preventing corruption and other risks.
President Xi Jinping's proposal to build a new Silk Road Economic Belt is in line with the trend of economic globalization, leading to a truly multipolar world and "information revolution".
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.
Comment on "Surprise as Mexico rail contract withdrawn" (China Daily, Nov 10)
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.
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