The crackdown on corruption and the abuse of power by lower level and junior officials who grab the interests of rural villagers or urban residents will be intensified, as part of the deepening of the anti-graft fight in 2015.
As the rotating presidency country of the United Nations Security Council, China will continue to make unswerving efforts to promote world peace, says an article in People's Daily.
THE AUTHORITIES HAVE RECENTLY PUBLISHED SOME INSTANCES of officials fabricating GDP statistics in a bid to get a promotion. For example, the GDP of Hengshan county, Hunan province, was reported to be 4.4 billion yuan ($718 million) in 2013; the true figure was 580 million yuan. Comments:
THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY RECENTLY ISSUED GUIDELINES for physical training in the military over the next five years. Among others, a most notable measure is the plan to gradually set bodyweight standards for soldiers and officers. Those failing to meet these standards might lose the chance of promotion. Comments:
AFTER A WHOLE YEAR of fierce competition, Beijing-based Didi Dache and Hangzhou-based Kuaidi Dache, China's two major taxi-hailing apps, announced a merger on Saturday. The new company now has a 90 percent of market share, and analysts say it could be valued at $6 billion. Comments:
Officials should resolutely strive to reduce corruption and effectively curb any new corruption, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee said on Thursday.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China vowed to intensify its fight against corruption in State-owned enterprises, and a series of specific regulations are being drafted for the purpose. Predictably, SOEs will be the next big "battlefield" between corrupt forces and anti-corruption agencies.
Many Chinese people are visiting Japan not only to get a firsthand experience of the country but also to buy small yet high-end electronic and electrical goods, such as rice cookers, and even toilet seats. Some reports say many Japanese duty free shops are running out of products that even cost as much as 10,000 yuan ($1,601).
Going by a preview on Feb 6, the 2015 Spring Festival (chunwan) gala on China Central Television will include a cross-talk (xiangsheng) performance. This signifies the return of xiangsheng - humorous or sarcastic stories told through dialogues or monologues - to the chunwan gala after years.
Being pragmatic is good, being practical better. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was both when she said she had "no illusions" about the ceasefire agreement reached on Feb 11 to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine. It only offers a "glimmer of hope", Merkel said of the deal that she, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and French President Francois Hollande reached in Minsk.
China is likely to import more iron ore from Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the Brazilian mining giant, to bolster its raw material reserves, after the Ministry of Transport issued a new rule permitting construction of wharves that can berth bulk carriers with a capacity of 400,000 deadweight tons.
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