IN HIS SPEECH AT THE RECENT BOAO FORUM, top leader Xi Jinping said China's "Belt and Road Initiative" will not replace the existing regional cooperation mechanisms. Instead, they will help economies coordinate with each other strategically. More than 60 economies and international bodies have welcomed the initiative. Comments:
IN A RECENT INTERVIEW with The Washington Times, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke vaguely about the "comfort women" who were forced to be sex slaves by the occupying Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, calling the issue "human trafficking" without mentioning who was responsible. Comments:
A MIDDLE SCHOOL student in the Haidian district of Beijing was recently scolded by four adults, who had illegally parked their car in a bicycle lane, for shooting a video of their action. The irritated four even said the boy had no right to do so. Comments:
Will China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative benefit the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' member states? The answer is "yes", because it is a win-win initiative based on equality. By joining the initiative, the developing countries in the region will get funds for improving their infrastructure, deepening investment cooperation, and increasing cultural and personnel exchanges, which are necessary for their economic development.
China's leaders are taking action to support the shift to a more sustainable growth model. But not everyone is optimistic. Veteran China watcher David Shambaugh recently warned that the challenges facing the political system, led by the Communist Party of China, may be severely compromising the government's ability to implement the package of ambitious economic reforms announced in 2013.
Since Xu Caihou was the senior-most military officer put under investigation for bribery, his death (he died of cancer) has raised some questions in people's minds, with some asking what will happen to the enormous wealth he had amassed through illegal means.
In October 2001 Shinzo Abe, then deputy chief cabinet secretary, accompanied Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on a visit to the Lugou (Marco Polo) Bridge and the Memorial Hall of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Koizumi said the exhibits made him feel again the "horrors of war" and offered "heartfelt apology and condolences" to the Chinese victims of Japan's wartime aggression.
Editor's Note: The following is the full text of an action plan on the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative issued by the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, with State Council authorization, on Saturday.
Editor's Note: Following is the full text of the keynote speech given by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2015 on March 28, 2015.
Local authorities have been encouraged to relax their rules on land sales in an effort to create more affordable housing, two official government websites confirmed on Friday.
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