Under the guise of "anti-parallel trading", protesters led by two "nativist" groups, Hong Kong Indigenous and Civic Passion, on Sunday laid siege to downtown Yuen Long, New Territories, storming shops and provoking violent scuffles with local residents and the police.
With Party General Secretary Xi Jinping at the helm, comprehensive measures to deepen reforms and push for rule of law are continuously driving forward China's socialist cause, the building of a well-off society in an all-round way and promoting the nation's governance, says a People's Daily editorial.
China's provisional law on realty registration came into effect on Sunday, according to which property ownership will be registered in one system that can be accessed online. Some residents in several cities have already got new versions of their ownership certificates to replace the old ones. Comments:
Chai Jing, a former journalist with China Central Television, has made a documentary on China's air pollution that has won both applause and criticism. Comments:
Thailand's Wat Rong Khun, known as the White Temple, will reportedly build more toilets exclusively for locals and non-Chinese tourists, following complaints of some Chinese visitors' inappropriate use of the existing facilities. Comments:
Air pollution plagued many developed countries during their economic development. China faces the same problem. To eliminate pollution in the air, we first need to change the country's economic structure.
With China's economic slowdown more apparent than ever, its prospects of avoiding a hard landing are weakening. Whether policymakers succeed will depend on whether they can navigate the challenges stemming from an increasingly divided dual-track economy.
The atmosphere on the Korean Peninsula is once again strained with the joint military exercises Key Resolve and Foal Eagle by the Republic of Korea and the United States, which began on Monday, and the responding call by the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong-un for the DPRK forces to be ready for an "inevitable war" with the US in the future.
Modern America's savviest prophet, Don McLean (American Pie), patriotic and positive, said, "I really don't like the term the 'American Dream' - the problem with my country is that people really do dream too much and now they're getting a very rude awakening."
China's central bank cut the benchmark deposit and loan interest rates by 25 basis points from Sunday, which has been widely interpreted as an effort to prop up economic growth, which has been slowing.
Instead of telling us something new about smog, a result of serious air pollution caused by pollutants from both the use of fossil fuels and motor vehicle exhausts, a documentary self-produced by former TV anchorwoman Chai Jing gives some insight into how to solve the problem.
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