ON WEDNESDAY, Dalian Wanda Group, one of China's enterprise giants, announced it was investing 45 million euros ($52 million) on purchasing 20 percent shares of Atlético de Madrid, thus becoming its second largest shareholder. Wang Jianlin, Wanda's boss, said it would "help homegrown football players and narrow the gap between China and the rest of the world". Comments:
President Xi Jinping has given important instructions recently on political and legal work. He said, "We should cultivate a political and legal team that is loyal to the country, the people and the law. We should guarantee that the sword hilt is firmly held in the Party and the people's hands."
At long last, the performance assessment mechanisms for law enforcement agencies are to be adjusted. The mal-designed assessment requirements, the misleading quotas that have been adopted in particular, are an obvious source of injustice and corruption.
Developing the less-developed inland areas is not only a responsibility for the local governments concerned, it is a joint endeavor for all parties, said an article in People's Daily on Thursday.
It's that time of year again, time for the State of the Union, the annual speech where the president of the United States proclaims the state of the union and outlines legislative priorities.
Politicians in Berlin and Brussels are not too inclined to give in to being blackmailed by Alexis Tsipras and a potential next Greek government led by him. And for good reason.
She attained fame overnight, almost rudely. But then she is no ordinary poet (poetess, to be politically incorrect), for she has been serving the three muses of poetry, Calliope, Euterpe and Erato, for 16 years.
As if the murderous rise of Islamic State, the continued mayhem in the Middle East, the bloody violence unleashed by Boko Haram in Nigeria, the rise of right-wing nationalists from the United States to Ukraine, the increasing terrorist attacks across the globe, the standoff between the Washington and Moscow that threatens to lead toward global economic and military emergencies were not enough of an indication that the world was heading toward a real crisis, comes something even more devastating from researchers at an American university.
The history of international economic cooperation teaches us one important lesson: every form of cooperation will die, essentially if not formally, if it does not adapt to new conditions.
According to reports, officials from the Ministry of Public Security will arrive in the Macao Special Administrative Region at the invitation of the local financial administration, possibly to help the local authorities further regulate the gambling industry. This pillar industry of Macao's economy is considered one of the main channels corrupt mainland officials use to launder their illicit money. Comments:
At the National Conference on Political and Legal Affairs, held on Tuesday, Xi Jinping, the top leader, vowed to deal a hard blow to corruption in judicial agencies and called on judicial staff nationwide to stay clean. Comments:
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