AN ONLINE VIDEO CLIP in which Bi Fujian, a popular host with China Central Television, used vulgar terms against late Chairman Mao Zedong while singing Peking Opera at a dinner, has become a hit on the Internet after being released on Monday. In the aftermath, Bi's TV programs will reportedly stop being broadcast until at least Sunday, and his employer CCTV has promised to investigate the incident. Comments:
It is not difficult to imagine the tremendous relief of the Chinese workers when they got on board the two Chinese frigates that rescued them from war-torn Yemen. The rescue was just a fresh example of the increasingly sophisticated operations of the People's Liberation Army Navy in the Indian Ocean.
With the lifting of the West-imposed oil and financial sanctions on Iran after a framework agreement was reached between Iran and the 5+1 nations, Teheran will get more space to improve the national economy and the livelihoods of the Iranian people.
A series of photographs of a little boy physically abused by his adoptive mother in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, has gone viral on Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter.
I didn't realize I would be missed so much so soon after leaving Washington for my home in Shanghai for holidays. Just hours after landing in Shanghai on April 2, a fellow journalist sent me a message via instant messaging service WeChat, saying David Shambaugh mentioned my name multiple times that day during his talk at George Washington University.
Japan's new textbook revisions provide another example of how the Japanese government, under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has plotted one trick after another to whitewash Japan's history of aggression.
The recent approval of a guideline on accelerating the building of an ecological civilization by the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee shows the top authorities' hardened resolve to push for green and environmentally friendly development.
A PARAXYLENE PLANT IN ZHANGZHOU, FUJIAN PROVINCE in East China, suffered an explosion on Monday, and the tremors could be felt about 50 kilometers away, while the fire was not extinguished until the next day. PX plants have aroused fierce opposition in recent years because residents fear they might be a safety risk. Comments:
THE STATE COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED A PLAN, submitted by the Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan provincial governments, to develop a cross-province city cluster along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Comments:
A RECENT EMPLOYMENT report released by Zhilian Recruiting, a leading recruitment website in China, indicates that a growing number of public servants are looking for jobs in the private sector. The South China Morning Post said on Monday that many civil servants from the Chinese mainland are looking for positions in the private sector because the ongoing anti-corruption campaign has eroded their extra benefits. Comments:
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