She attained fame overnight, almost rudely. But then she is no ordinary poet (poetess, to be politically incorrect), for she has been serving the three muses of poetry, Calliope, Euterpe and Erato, for 16 years.
As if the murderous rise of Islamic State, the continued mayhem in the Middle East, the bloody violence unleashed by Boko Haram in Nigeria, the rise of right-wing nationalists from the United States to Ukraine, the increasing terrorist attacks across the globe, the standoff between the Washington and Moscow that threatens to lead toward global economic and military emergencies were not enough of an indication that the world was heading toward a real crisis, comes something even more devastating from researchers at an American university.
The history of international economic cooperation teaches us one important lesson: every form of cooperation will die, essentially if not formally, if it does not adapt to new conditions.
According to reports, officials from the Ministry of Public Security will arrive in the Macao Special Administrative Region at the invitation of the local financial administration, possibly to help the local authorities further regulate the gambling industry. This pillar industry of Macao's economy is considered one of the main channels corrupt mainland officials use to launder their illicit money. Comments:
At the National Conference on Political and Legal Affairs, held on Tuesday, Xi Jinping, the top leader, vowed to deal a hard blow to corruption in judicial agencies and called on judicial staff nationwide to stay clean. Comments:
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has issued documents to increase civil servants' salaries nationwide, which is connected with income distribution reform, fiscal reform and, in particular, the anti-corruption campaign.
An apology from Shanghai's vice-mayor and the dismissal of three district leaders from their posts were the metropolis authorities' conclusive response to the tragic stampede at the Bund on New Year's Eve, which killed 36 people and injured another 49.
In response to people's complaints and reports, authorities shut down 133 WeChat accounts recently for distorting the history of the Party and the State in the information they provided for their subscribers.
The economic data of Jan 20 showed that, on a quarterly basis, the slowdown of China's economy was interrupted in the fourth quarter of 2014. However, for the year as a whole, GDP growth slowed from 7.7 percent in 2013 to 7.4 percent last year, slightly below the official target of 7.5 percent, the first time this has happened since 1990.
Responding to a report in a German magazine that Chinese cyber spies stole sensitive data on defense programs, such as the United States' F-35 Lightning II fighter jet, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Monday that such allegations are "totally groundless and unproven".
The Chinese mainland stock market may have suffered its biggest loss on Monday, but rebounded on Wednesday. 2015 is set to be the first of what is likely to be a three-year bull run for Chinese equities.
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