The abductions of Vietnamese women by "matrimonial agencies" to get them married to Chinese men have become a sore point for China. The "matrimonial agents" get handsomely paid for "introducing" the abducted Vietnamese women to Chinese bachelors desperate for a wife regardless of her nationality, making the marriages a brutal violation of human rights and criminal law. Such cases are nothing but human trafficking.
The actions of Alexis Tsipras, who heads the new Greek government, have been swifter than most expected, as he bids to deliver on the promises he made to voters in the run-up to the election on Jan 25.
In whatever form and on whatever occasion, should a president of the United States meet with the Dalai Lama, it will unquestionably step on China's toes and therefore cast a shadow over US-China relations. This should be clear to all US politicians.
Looking for internal driving forces for economic recovery and improving the global economic governance are two important tasks for the international community. But it requires sober judgment, clear objectives, strong leadership and mutually beneficial cooperation to address the risks and uncertainties facing the global economy, says an article in People's Daily.
ON FRIDAY, THE MEXICAN FINANCE MINISTER, Luis Videgaray announced the shelving of the tender for a $3.75 billion high-speed railway designed to connect the capital Mexico City and the central city of Queretaro, citing the drop in oil prices. A Chinese consortium was considered the most likely to win the contract. Comments:
AT A NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON STRENGTHENING ideological education, Yuan Guiren, China's minister of education, said: "Textbooks that spread Western values should never appear in our universities." Comments:
Li Qiufang, a senior official of communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China's top anti-graft body, said on Thursday that after investigating them for corruption last year, the CCDI will further regulate the film and television industry this year, with special attention paid to eliminating the "hidden rules" such as the giving of bribes to bureaucrats. Comments:
Recently several local regions, especially those with poor transport links and which lag behind economically, have been competing to get high speed railways.
On Jan 27, hours after taking office, the new Greek government halted the privatization of the country's largest port in Piraeus. Since China's COSCO Group was likely to win part of the privatization bid for the port, which is also the starting point of a planned China-Europe land-sea "express line", many observers say China's investment in Greece now faces an uncertain future.
Fears about the impact of technology on the labor market are nothing new.
Hong Kong opposition Civil Human Rights Front organized a march themed "We want real universal suffrage rather than pseudo democracy" on Sunday, which was the first street protest in the city after last year's 79-day "Occupy Central" movement.
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