"ONE OFMYFAMILY MEMBERS FAILED TO GET A CAR plate number for three years too," said Yang Chuantang, minister of transport, when answering a question about the license plate lottery policy of Beijing. In the discussions and interviews at the ongoing National People's Congress, several ministers were asked questions concerning the difficulties people experience in their daily lives, and they have answered they have similar problems. Comments:
A reporter from Xinhua News Agency, has aroused hot discussions recently because she released an interview and a reporter's log with famous actor Chen Daoming during the ongoing sessions of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which were written from the view of a fan instead of a professional journalist. Comments:
The anti-corruption drive launched by the top leader Xi Jinping and top graft-buster Wang Qishan since the 18th CPC National Congress has produced powerful shockwaves that have spread throughout the Chinese political system and society. It has also been associated with the serious economic slowdown, as the country's GDP is decelerating quickly from its breakneck growth of recent years.
The high suicide rate among the rural elderly is a trend that is likely to continue for a while, given China's aging population and urbanization drive, if it remains a left-behind social problem.
Whether or not to limit the number of individual tourists from the mainland is a question the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is mulling over.
China and Japan will renew their security talks and consultations on their ties and regional affairs this month. The talks have been stalled since the Japanese government illegally "nationalized" part of the Diaoyu Islands in 2012.
Chinese people have long been renowned for luxurious shopping when traveling overseas, the articles they purchase ranging from jewelry and expensive clothes to luxury handbags and watches. So the expectation about reports of Chinese tourists coming back from overseas trips after their Spring Festival holidays was they would offer no surprises.
As thousands of delegates converge on Beijing for the annual meetings of China's National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee this week, health is likely to feature prominently in the discussions.
Premier Li Keqiang delivered the Government Work Report on Thursday during the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, in which he detailed the difficulties confronting the country's development, and, more importantly, the government's confidence in the strategies outlined to resolve the problems.
It might be annoying to hear too many people talking on their cellphones in Shanghai's subway, but I became a bit desperate one day last week while riding the subway in New York, as there was no signal throughout the 40-minute ride and I wanted to inform a friend that I would be late for our meeting.
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