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.
The comprehensive and deepened reforms advanced by top leader Xi Jinping and his colleagues over the past two years are aimed at serving the country's comprehensive, fundamental and long-term interests and their implementation will be helpful to the Party, the people and long-term national prosperity and stability, says a People's Daily editorial.
LEUNG CHUNYING, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said in a recent conference that he would continue discussing with the central authorities whether to limit personal trips from the mainland to Hong Kong. This has intensified the feelings of some irrational mainland tourists, with some radical ones tearing up their travel documents and posting the photos online as a protest. Comments:
ON SATURDAY EVENING, the People's Bank of China announced it was "asymmetrically" adjusting downward the benchmark interest rates of domestic financial institutions for RMB savings and loans, and allowing the institutions greater freedom in floating deposit interest rates upward. Being the second adjustment within three months, the move aroused much discussion. Comments:
OVER 450,000 CHINESE tourists travelled to Japan over the Spring Festival holiday and they spent about 6 billion yuan ($954 million). Multi-function toilet seat covers with smart control were among the most popular buys. However, a recent report said that some goods, including the covers, are actually made in China, yet they seldom appear in the domestic market. Comments:
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